For quite a while now, I’ve wanted a manual lawn mower. The kind that just has a bunch of blades on a barrel that turns as you push it – no noise, no emissions, no gas used. We’ve been using a gas powered mower ever since we got our house. We cut way back on the size of our lawn last year when we xeriscaped most of our front yard, but we still have grass in the back yard and around the sides.
Yesterday, my husband noticed that a house around the corner from us was being emptied out. Most of the stuff was going in a huge dumpster, but some things were being set out by the curb, obviously the ones that were considered nice enough that someone might want them. And there was a manual lawn mower in the pile. It needs a little work – it hasn’t been used in a while and the blades are pretty dull, but he’ll have that fixed up in no time. We’re both very excited to use it this summer, and you can’t beat free dumpster diving when it comes to getting used stuff.
Mrs. Micah says
I think one of those would be nice once we actually have a yard to mow. I liked my parents’ electric one…but it uses energy. Plus it got into this thing near the end where it didn’t want to turn off. Even if you pulled the safety key. Not cool!
Fabulously Broke says
My dad has one and I actually find it more fun cutting the grass with it than with a gas or electric… plus, the smell of gas in those gas powered ones make me really sick
Early Retirement Extreme says
We just got one. Sadly we didn’t get it for free, on the other hand we only paid $25 for it used. If the blades don’t turn well, there are two screws on each side that change the angle. Just adjust those until it cuts. If you try to cut a piece of newspaper, the cut should be straight. I wrote an entry about it a couple of weeks ago in my blog.
Jean Ericson says
husband got one last year and now I never hear him mow…..just see his head go back and forth past the window! He loves it!