No more lawnmowers or generators?

[drcoastline]

Ya had to know this was coming? I have been saying it since the two stroke utboard started being phased out. I don't agree with it but I am supprised it took this long. I didn't give the generator any thought but I see where it fits in.

[pmax]

Get a Honda, they'll last forever.

Hmmm, as a matter of fact, any will do. They all live forever.

[drcoastline]

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

My Dad was way ahead of this kind of thing, he had a push mower no engine, our yard wasn't huge but still...all the neighbors all had gas mowers except one had an electric mower w/ a long extension cord !!

Yeah, Leaf Blowers have to be near the top of the list of "stupidest things ever invented" and near the very top of "MOST annoying things ever invented"

Ahead or waiting for the push mower to come back into vogue? When I had a little yard I had a push reel mower. I loved it unless the grass got over three inches tall.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by VINMAN

The happiest day of my life will be the day those things are banned!
Besides the noise, all the a-holes that just blow everything out into the center of the street.

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Originally Posted by speeder

Anything to get rid of those fking things has my vote.

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Yeah, Leaf Blowers have to be near the top of the list of "stupidest things ever invented" and near the very top of "MOST annoying things ever invented"

Yes to all the above.

[Bill Douglas]

Shouldn't be a problem.

May I recommend a small flock of sheep, and if that doesn't quite work, some cattle. They do their own recycling of grass too. So you're way ahead of the game right from the start.

Small shrubs, yes they can be a problem. But wait... I have a solution for that as well. Goats. Yes goats like eating small shrubs and can even strip out small trees if the trees are becoming a little unsightly.

I imagine the neighbours might become jealous, but that's covered as well. The goats will find a way through their fence one evening and will tidy up that vegetation that's be plaguing the neighbourhood for years.

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by drcoastline

Ahead or waiting for the push mower to come back into vogue? When I had a little yard I had a push reel mower. I loved it unless the grass got over three inches tall.

I have an Scotts old reel mower. I break it out once in awhile to do the lawn.

Then I go right back to my riding mower!

[KFC911]

Be careful what ya ask for CA .... I see a bunch of 25 hp gasoline powered push mowers, weed eaters, and leaf blowers coming your way.... on Sundays too .

Or mebbe a $25K Z-turn that can't even mow all day?

Silly wabbits....

[biosurfer1]

I made the switch to EGO yard tools last year and can't believe I didn't do it sooner.

Don't know the solution for commercial but for residential, it's not even a question, battery powered is better is every possible way. No more storing gas, dealing with carbs, spark plugs, loud smelly equipment. I have a large battery for the mower that provides enough juice to mow, edge and blow, plus I have a second smaller battery just in case I need it, which hasn't happened so far.

[Sooner or later]

I wish it was in effect here. My lawn guy got behind and he is weed eating and mowing this morning. Even a little chainsaw work on my magnolia that has a limb touching my roof.

My mutt ain't happy.

[KFC911]

Most of the lawns here are mowed by professionals .... probably 75% at least. I have never seen a pro crew out on a Sunday .... ever.

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by KC911

Most of the lawns here are mowed by professionals .... probably 75% at least. I have never seen a pro crew out on a Sunday .... ever.

He was way behind. His truck broke down this week and took three days to get parts and repairs.

[GH85Carrera]

So all the professional law care folks will just have a special truck to haul around all the huge pile of batteries to replace the many gallons of gasoline they use now?

I see a lot of folks driving across the state line to buy a lawn mower. Electric has a place for small yards, but it will never work on the larger lawns or for professionals making a living mowing and landscaping yards.

Whatever, not my problem.

[gumby]

Well..This wont effect my mowing, I have a diesel power Kubota mower

[1990C4S]

My gererator is safe.

[Joe Bob]

I just washed my 911. The City of Santa Barbara had just banned leaf blowers. I worked in the County for the Air Pollution Control District. They dusted the lot and covered my car with black dust.

I *****ed to my boss....he said tuff ****ski.....douche bag mofo.

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by speeder

Anything to get rid of those fking things has my vote.

Agree! And to make the noise issue even worse, many mow & blow outfits will just run these things into the ground with mufflers that are totally shot. They can be heard blocks away.

I did see a gardener using a gas-powered Stihl blower recently that was very quiet...looked like it even had some sort of muffler on the output tube.

[Joe Bob]

Probably regulated by the atf.....

[Eric 951]

thank goodness I use a gereator for emergency power, I don't see those mentioned in the ban

[look 171]

Originally Posted by 911boost

Make sure CA tells you what kind of clothes to wear.

They tell us what kind of light bulbs to use. Is that close enough. These sound like a lot of my neighbors. They btich and moan about gardeners that take care of our places yet she has the balls to ask me if I knew anyone to keep their grounds clean but she wants cheap and request they sweep instead of blowing leaves. If they do, use only elect and no gas. 80 bucks a month was too much for her. These fking people don't think.

[look 171]

Pisses me off when I read about stuff like this. Newsome needs to get hit by a school bus.