[Scott Douglas]

I have a Snapper Hi-Vac mower that I salvaged by putting a Honda engine on it many years ago.
I'd tie off the dead man lever, take the bag off it, start it up while standing off to the side, run the engine up then spray water from the hi pressure nozzle on the hose up into the spinning blades. The stuck on grass would exit the shoot by the clumps.
Then I'd get to clean up the street which was easier than cleaning the underside of the mower would have been if doing it by hand.

I too enjoyed mowing my lawn. Now I'd rather go for a bike ride to stay in shape than do the mowing.