While it’s a project too involved for most of us, I have no doubt a few are drooling at the idea of turning their lawnmower into a solar-juiced, grass-eating machine they can control from the comfort of their veranda. More »
I love avoiding household jobs, and I love robots. So I’m all about the Automower 305, Husqvarna’s cheapest robotic lawnmower yet. But by cheap, I mean $2000. That’s a chunk of change, though certainly more realistic than $3000+ for their other models. The 305 is designed for gardens 500m² or less, and uses a rechargeable battery that provides a 50 minute mow time on 2.5 hours of charge. More »
The problem with naming our tools is that we tend to pigeonhole them. Case in point: who says a lawnmower is strictly for mowing lawns? Especially when it’s clearly equally well suited to the business of playing mighty steed to your manual wheelchair chariot. More »
To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to Mervyn Victor Richardson, who made the menial job of mowing grass faster and easier for people around the world with his two stroke Victa lawnmower. More »
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All Bobby Cleveland wanted was to drive the fastest lawnmower in the world. And last weekend, he took his easy rider all the way to 154km/h. Here’s the bastard child of John Deere and Speed Racer in action. More »
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Clippers? Trimmers? Forget all that. All you need to keep those hedges under control is a lawnmower on a stick, provided you’re both very strong and completely insane. Seriously, don’t try this ever. More »
Anyone who thinks that driving around a clown-sized tractor beats a bubble dome on a giant, bladed dust buster will be banned in the comments. [core77]
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If you’ve got a self-propelled lawnmower, a stake and some rope then there’s no reason to waste your day sweating. Just use setup like this and your lawnmower will be on autopilot. More »
New Zealanders do it with a crane people… with a crane. It makes perfect sense now. More »
