Recent content by dad7432

Or more concisely put: There is a good reason for range anxiety for cars and trucks. LI batteries can be dangerous cause they catch fire and are hard to put out. We don't have the infrastructure in place to support an all electric fleet. Electric cars are going to put many mechanics out of...

Which is one reason I have kept my mini rider (MTD/Yardman Yardbug) with its 27 inch blade for 25 years. Its a weird one, with the bagging basket under the seat.

I would agree that for the professional landscaper mower service, electric is not there. But for harry homeowner, an electric is a forever mower. For the 20-22 inch mower for the homeowner, we are already there, and have been for 5 years. Yes batteries are going to get better, but if all you...

Folks: I think I see what the real problem here is. What we have here is another person who has decided to stick with solutions and facts from 50 years ago. I am a ski instructor. Been skiing for 55 years. Don't tell me that there is no climate change unless you call it what it really is...

I gotta chime in here. You sound like you need to seriously open your mind and welcome yourself to the 21st Century. It's not 1945-75 anymore. Electric battery powered mowers are for now and they are real. A few of my neighbors have battery powered electrics, and one has had his for almost a...

Really dude. Reported

If it was me I'd get rid of it asap. If they won't refund your money, get it repaired at their expense and sell it. Don't spend any of your own money repairing it if the dealer can't (or won't) fix it. In any case sell it for whatever you can get, and buy a cheap gas or a high rated electric...

Nope, Lambert's intention all along was to make money by selling off the assets a piece at a time, making money because the parts are worth more than the whole. Take a look back at the movie Wall Street, where Gordon Gecko bought an airline that was under performing. He bought it because he knew...

Because they can make lots of money doing it. Look what has happened to Sears since Lambert took them over years ago.

Your comments here about how problematic battery powered electric outdoor power equipment can be are dead right. It will be a sad day when the ICE is gone, but like it or not folks the ICE's days are numbered. For so many reasons, but mainly b/c emissions controls and safety regs have made ICE...

How long do you WANT it to last? I've got a "narrow" 27 inch blade rider made by MTD (a Yardbug) that I use in a couple of large suburban gated yards. It's 23 years old. It's a residential mower, with too many control cables to count, but it's such a pleasure to use, because its fast, all steel...

Like it or not, a running ICE is both powerful and powerfully polluting. Like it or not, mining for batteries wrecks the physical environment and creates tons of other pollution. Both have huge issues. I expect that electric is better for hand tools and mowers used by small urban or suburban...

My marina's mechanic would disagree. Strongly. He's repaired plenty of fuel injected inboard and outboard engines and drained plenty of trailer boat fuel tanks that were filled with phase separated E-10 gas. He does this even on boats with fuel/water separators where the separator has failed...

These are the mowers one finds left at the end of the driveway every monday morning. Or left at the shop after their owner gets their (pre-paid) estimate for repairs. If getting a cheap walk behind costs $300.00+ at the Big Box, who's paying for a big repair on a old mower?

At the risk of being contrary, I have to share my frustrating experiences with smaller shops in my area over the last couple of years. This month the shop closest to my house went out of business. I had been using this shop for years. I bought my Ariens snow blower there in 2003, so I tried...