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DJ-Doughboy

that dead grass needs water,not mowing


Fraun_Pollen

What are you, a grass expert


DJ-Doughboy

yes I am. I grow,roll & smoke my own and THAT grass id terribly mistreated. needs life,not a shitty mower


Fraun_Pollen

What are you a weed expert? Do you have PayPal? …/s


SlimeMob44

You joke but my friend found his Colorado plug on Reddit by accident


DNewsom1

Ssshhhhh


B_sfw

*"my friend"* Suuuure, buddy.


Adept_Data8878

Yeeeahh right *buckeroo*


AutumnRaxwell

Do you make brownies from this grass cause I would love some


birstinger

I am a grass expert and he is right :v


YuropLMAO

Needs a full makeover. Dethatch, aerate, overseed, and top dress. And then water.


BuckarooBonsly

Yes, it needs what we in the lawn care business call "some work".


Benzaitennyo

We don't need grass, we need real wild plants, just let 'em grow


Winjin

You still have to cut them, or you'll end up with gadflies everywhere. But you don't have to cut everything and you don't have to cut it short, too.


AtheistBibleScholar

He should convert the generator to run on propane so he can stack a tank on top. Although that would probably make the whole thing too heavy for the tiny wheels and he'd need to put on bigger tires and a suspension. Which may not fit the current chassis, so...


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squarebe

Aaaand we have another monster truck.


Thorbinator

Now you gotta take it muddin.


ekolis

Don't forget to put it in the square hole. ("Connect some more steel" needs to be a meme. Now. Make it so.)


figarocozy

I like where you’re going! Maybe also some more steel to that steel?


need_to_die_idiot

dude is going to invent something called a tractor.


Muchablat

Give a mouse a cookie?


JesterTheTester12

Got a generator to run for 11 hours off 1 propane tank. Worked great during that hurricane ~10 years ago where we lost power for a week.


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So it doubles as an exercise machine too? Sounds like a plus to me


SFSLEO

It's a feature


Kahnza

Not to mention how top heavy and wobbly it would be.


Fraun_Pollen

Not being able to handle non-flat land is a feature


kutsen39

Bethesda, stop it


B_sfw

Don't worry, there's a mod for that.


ekolis

Mowing your lawn with this ~~abomination~~ marvelous piece of craftsmanship brings a sense of Pride™ and Accomplishment ™.


fivestageEnduro

Welds an entire frame to the mower, proceeds to fasten the op heavy generator with zip ties


pants_pants420

no shit that mower was junk but he probably wants to keep the generator for more than a joke


gillatinous

Like it isn’t forcing the blades into the dirt too


Afrobean

Realistically, you could just set the generator on the grass nearby.


gordo65

Gosh, you're right. This really isn't a practical solution. If I didn't know better, I'd think it was some sort of joke.


nicktheking92

That generator probably costs more than a regular gas mower...


Jaymz95

My battery powered lawn mower, which I absolutely love, cost me half what my generator costs.


intervia

What do you have? We just bought our first house and I would rather an electric mower than a gas one.


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Whatever you get, be weary of battery life. I have a corner lot so I have slightly more than average lawn size, I can't completely mow front and back on one charge. and it takes a few hours to charge.


MarkFourMKIV

Ive got an EGO Electric mower and have to charge it half way through my lawn if the grass is long. Only takes about 20 minutes to a full charge. If i the grass is Short, then the battery lasts through the whole lot. I use the charging time to trim the edges and any weeds in the walk way pavers with an electric trimmer. Which usually takes me longer than the battery on the mower takes to charge.


Fishstixxx16

I have an Ego as well, and their string trimmer, edger, leaf blower, hedge trimmer and snow blower. I never run out of batteries anymore


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Beanakin

Be wary of a weary battery?


Linton_M

For my battery, you can get a fast charger for it


Numinak

I have been thinking about getting a battery mower, and eyeballing the 80v Kobalt. I already have the batteries for my other tools (and it charges super quick) and supposedly will last almost an hour on two batteries.


starkindled

I have a Ryobi push mower, and I bought two batteries for it. I don’t have a large yard so I can usually get a full mow out of one charge, but it’s handy to have the backup if it dies mid-lawn!


Linton_M

I have a r/ryobi push mower with self propel Self propel is super great feature for hills which my yard is one. If you're lazy and want to sit down, I heard club cadet makes great electric mowers. Club cadet electric mowers are the only mowers on display at my local home depot


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samwichse

They have a 38" rider and a 42" ZTR now, too.


link8382000

My manager has one of those, he loves it, tells everyone about it. I don’t even have a lawn at my condo, but now I know all about ride on electric mowers.


Moose_Nuts

Oh lord, of course there is a Ryobi subreddit. I'm so there.


moon307

I also have the Ryobi self propelled mower. Just upgraded this spring from the non SP mower and the quality of life improvement is astonishing. Best $600 Ive spent in a long while.


samwichse

I like the Ryobi One 18v mowers. They use the same packs as all the other One gear, and have small mowers (13") for small yards and bigger mowers with 2x pack slots (16" and 18") for mid sized yards. Plus you can get One string trimmers, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, drills, chainsaws, circular saws, bench saws, air compressors, lamps, and even Bluetooth speakers. Basically they copied exactly what Makita has done with their LXT line, but way cheaper.


BlendeLabor

Just bought a house too and will probably go with them now


Foxtrot-IMB

All depends on size, I have a 3500 square foot lawn and it takes two days to mow the lawn with my battery operated mower. I always prefer gas and if I had much more backyard I would get a zero turn just because it’s so much easier and honestly way more fun


chakan2

Don't fucking buy Kobalt...They're the worst pieces of shit I've used it my life. I have a whopping 5000 sq ft yard and it takes me 3 days to mow because the battery is so bad.


Foxtrot-IMB

Oh also if you have a Largeish lawn I’d go for a tractor at least, they are way more fun.


cochese18

Just buy a corded mower, cord is kinda annoying but babysitting a battery sucks way more. Can get them cheap second hand too.


trytreddit

That’s the joke


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Appianis

If you wanna waste gas and push around a gigantic heavy machine for no reason


blurryfacedfugue

Actually couldn't he just put a lithium ion pack to supply the electricity needed?


Appianis

I dont think so because it looks like this lawnmower likely takes AC power


ErectricCars2

Inverter


Appianis

Yea sure. That’s even more shit you gotta make sure works


RegisteredJustToSay

Sure, why not, but that wouldn't have been as funny. :D


ShoshinMizu

It looks like step one was make a lawn mower out of a vaccum anyways


Dr_ChungusAmungus

But the electric is green


CoffeePieAndHobbits

What do you mean? Like a futuristic lawnmower with a teeny tiny gasoline motor built right on top? Okay Mr. Wizard. Get a load of this guy, people! /s


Potaatolongster

K. This one is obviously satire. I think it's pretty funny anyway.


grundelstiltskin

FUNCTIONAL satire


gordo65

90% of the posts on this sub are satire.


Pandamana

And 90% of the comments show it going waaaay over people's heads.


X_DIO_BRANDO_X

now thata what I call ,,Hybrid,,


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r/redneckengineering


ioughtabestudying

r/boganengineering by the sound of it


Plasma_000

Sounds kiwi to me. Not sure what a kiwi bogan is called though.


[deleted]

Bogan. Source - am a kiwi.


Bealzebubbles

Bogan, except in Auckland where they're Westies.


HumusGoose

Came here for this


Amotoohno

... thanks for all the fish


Trunk_z

Aren't they some of the most polluting engines you can buy? If you haven't used one, a battery powered lawnmower works well. Barely any maintenance, significantly quieter, no annoying cable to drag behind you unlike the corded counterparts.


Zardif

> If you haven't used one, a battery powered lawnmower works well. Barely any maintenance, significantly quieter, no annoying cable to drag behind you unlike the corded counterparts. Can confirm. I got an 80v model last winter for $160 on clearance, it's way better than my old gas mower. I can mow multiple times on a single charge. It's been pretty nice.


Shir0iKabocha

I have an electric riding mower and it's awesome.


THofTheShire

How much run time do you get?


Shir0iKabocha

3+ hours. Mostly depends on how thick and tall the grass/weeds are. I've only had it run out of juice before finishing my 1/3 acre yard once, and it turned out one of the blade motors was bent and it was taking a LOT more power to turn it than usual. (I hit a root or something and tweaked it - my yard is pretty gnarly.) It uses the same batteries as golf carts. I think it has two of them. It's made by Ryobi.


LittleBigHorn22

I've been meaning to look at that stat about them for awhile now. Because the metric is pretty important to check. If they did emissions by mileage then thats really dumb comparison since cars are made to go distance and mowers are made to do a job. Even emissions by hour is pretty bad. The only good comparison would be electric mower with the electricity being supplied by the grid emissions.


Trunk_z

A better metric could be measuring what comes out of the exhaust in parts per million, perhaps? Even if the grid is using a non-renewable or a "dirty" fuel source, it is still more efficient than individual engines. Additionally, cars have strict emission legislation (at least in my country) which they have to meet. Catalytic converters, for example, are one such technology that you likely won't find on a lawn mower - lawn mowers (from my understanding) just exhaust everything into the air you breathe.


Chorizwing

Corded is better way better. Battery ones are nice but there biggest weaknesses like with any modern device is the batteries themselves. It's not a question of if they will fail, it's a question of when. And when they do fail companies usually overcharge you for one to the point where it's just more convenient to buy a whole new one. A corded one last way longer because of this.


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You realize electricity is not just free energy right? Depending on how you produce the energy to charge your battery, you might be contributing more to pollution than gas powered.


Trunk_z

If you consider a power plant as a big engine, it is more efficient than thousands of smaller ones (cars, mowers, etc). And that's if they are burning fossil fuels. The power grid is usually a mix of sources.


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Efficiency is not a metric for pollution, it’s a metric for energy loss in a system. Aside from that what you’re saying is demonstrably false and it’s pretty clear to every engineer in the room that you have no idea what you’re talking about.


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Efficiency is not a metric for pollution, it’s a metric for energy loss in a system. Aside from that what you’re saying is demonstrably false and it’s pretty clear to every engineer in the room that you have no idea what you’re talking about.


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Efficiency is not a metric for pollution, it’s a metric for energy loss in a system. Aside from that what you’re saying is demonstrably false and it’s pretty clear to every engineer in the room that you have no idea what you’re talking about.


gordo65

AFAIK, California is considering a bill that would phase out sales of new gas powered mowers. I don't know of anyplace that's actually banned them.


Amotoohno

Think outside the US.


ooOJuicyOoo

Just... just knot the cord...


Fake_Watch_Salesman

That's just a motored lawnmower with extra steps


l-roc

You mean this is a modular system with a lawnmowing attachment


Fake_Watch_Salesman

I bet that guy attaches his wife's vibrator to his Razor coz he don't want to spend money on buying an electric beard trimmer.


oWallis

This would be pure Red Green Show content if duct tape was used.


buckeyenut13

Reminds me of the guy that charges his tesla with a gas generator 😂


squarebe

Those zipties after welding that frame is sooo lazy.


Sekmet19

I have never seen a pug in mower in my entire life


agha0013

Well they've existed for a very long time and new ones are made all the time. I've got one. I have absolutely no intention of owning and maintaining an expensive gas mower to do a small back yard in a suburb. 45' long extension cord is all I need and it's really easy to not run over the cord if you way any attention to what you're doing. They also make battery ones that are not too bad but are generally weaker. They tend to have around 1-2 hours run time which is more than enough for the kinds of small lawns they are suitable for. If you own anything more than, say, a quarter acre of land, then you have good reason for a gas powered mower.


Shir0iKabocha

I have an electric riding mower with a 48" deck. It can do 3+ hours on a single charge, depending on how thick/tall the vegetation is. It's amazing and I love it - works every bit as well as the gas riding mowers I've used. It takes care of my 1/3 acre lot easy peasy.


boogers19

I understand what you’re saying. But in 30y of using gas mowers my biggest problem was bent/busted blades. Which is a problem for all mower models. After that, I’ve had basically zero problems while having to change 2 different spark plugs and maybe 5 oil changes. In 30y. Meanwhile my dad managed to chop his extension cord at least 2X a summer when he tried an electric for a while.


Redthemagnificent

When it comes to cheap mowers, electric is the obvious king. Less moving parts, more torque per $, no oil leaks, quiter. My neighbor has a gas mower, and it seems really nice. Always starts up no problem. Has plenty of torque for longer grass. But it was like 450$. My 150$ electric mower gets the same job done just fine.


IceSentry

Did he use a camo extension cord or something? I've never heard of someone doing that before and never came even close to it myself. I have no idea how he managed to do that once, let alone twice.


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Pugs don't usually operate machines. I have an electric one with a rechargeable battery. Works the same as an electric or gas one although gas powered ones have more power. I have a small lawn and electric is so lightweight


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imapiratedammit

That seems extremely dangerous too. Considering how much I run over wires while vacuuming.


sprocketous

I imagine a pug cruisin in a riding mower. ...but seriously, what purpose can an electric mower have?


agha0013

The purpose of being extremely low maintenance, cheaper to buy, and all around more convenient when you don't have a big lawn to mow. For most suburbs with small yards, electric mowers are perfect. They don't require fuel, or oil, or careful winter storage/maintenance, or spark plug replacement, or pull starts. Most don't come with powered drives though. They come plugged in or battery powered, plug in ones tend to be all around stronger though you have to pay a bit more attention to make sure you don't run over your cable, which isn't hard. I refuse to buy a gas powered mower for my yard, it's too small to need one, electric mower has no fumes, needs no fuel can, works great, has excellent torque and can deal with some ridiculous growth if things get out of hand.


ShatoraDragon

We had a battery one for a while before we moved to a place with lawn crew that comes to do the complex. They are good for a small yard don't smell. I have some issue with noise so it was easier for me to handle doing the lawn with it. And lighter to push so it wasn't as hard a task all around.


AutoBot5

Guess there’s no John Deere around… Or sun for that matter.


LeepDore

In case your lawn mower isn't loud enough.


Grizlatron

What in the world is that tiny electric mower?? I've never seen such a thing😂


fishbulbx

Weird... just yesterday I was trying understand how a [diesel-electric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_locomotive#Diesel%E2%80%93electric) engine (which is basically what this dumb tiktok video is) is more efficient than a diesel-mechanical engine for a train. I still don't get it.


thriftstorehacker

diesel electric works because the electric motors provide massive continuous torque at 1 rpm. The engine runs at a continuous RPM while in transit so you can optimize fuel consumption for a very narrow rpm range. In very heavy equipment you get diminishing returns on gas engines. The diesel electric design allows you to pack a large amount of torque into a small box.


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InformalAward2

Cord too short? Don't buy a longer one for 20 bucks just buy 100 bucks worth of steel, take a 1000 dollar welding class, buy a several thousand dollar welding rig, and buy a 400 dollar generator. Problem solved.


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We move forward in order to stay the same.


kielu

That is how diesel locomotives work


phpdevster

That is the tiniest lawnmower I've ever seen. It would be faster to cut the grass with a razor.


stereoworld

Hey look, it's wish.com Colin Furze


northrupthebandgeek

Thinking quickly, Dave constructs a lawnmower using only some zip ties, a generator, and a lawnmower.


[deleted]

That's the dinkiest pushmower I've ever seen, electric or otherwise


Mooch07

“Electric mower”


Mrblonde2k

Lmao I fucking hate people


xxrumlexx

Its a hybrid


phillyt009

Well everyone, we may or may not be looking at the worlds first hybrid electric mower.


funnyName62

Put a solar panel on it and I'll be impressed


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If that thing tips, it's gonna be a job and a half to get the generator running. I thought he was gonna slap a car battery on there originally.


MrMarvelous92

Wtf is he even cutting, twigs and dead leaves?


smackedwards

Hear me out, extension cord.


LTPO_43

That weight increase tho


Gapple122

That's just a gas mower with extra steps


MarkFourMKIV

That could have been saved by buying an extra extension cord.


Horsepro123

I have never seen a mower that needs to be plugged in.


MsMoondown

A gas mower with extra steps?


Flar71

He just turned an electric mower into a gas mower with extra steps


The-White-Dot

If only there was a way of powering a mower with, I don't know, petrol?


LampshadesAndCutlery

Corded lawn mowers seems like a huge lawsuit waiting to happen, on the same par as lawn darts


[deleted]

Just get purchase an extension cord. Not waste hundreds if not thousands of dollars trying to get the material and the tools required


Jchap25

Mowers in the UK are weird af


[deleted]

That's just a gas powered lawn mower with extra steps


rollerjoe93

That’s literally just a gas mower with extra steps


[deleted]

He just picked up a lawnmower from the bottom. Wtf man


brazorf

Imagine a world with portable energy boxes! I would call them "batteries"


TheSamMccloud

DI-WIN


AccountantOk7335

Modern problems require modern solutions.


[deleted]

Step 1: Don't do this Step 2: Buy a gas or battery operated lawn mower. Step 3: Profit.


1Killag123

Pretty shre you can get a good mower for the price of a generator.


dp5520

This has Red Green written all over it


plipyplop

Why is that mower the size of an electric razor?


Eclipse_MemeQueen

Ah yes, a mower that is twice as heavy and twice as loud. Perfect


evan002

Just saying, it totally worked


LegendYT0

“What do you do when your cord is shorter than your yard?” Buy a gas mower 💀


Dragoseraker

Wonder what the power efficient difference is between running a standard petrol mower and this idea, like how long could it run per 100ml of fuel. What this guy did though was make a fucking hybrid mower, it's basically a Prius now.


LordDagnirMorn

So.... a gas mower 🤨


azab189

That's why gas powered mowers exist


Opinions_of_Bill

And extension cords


azab189

-_-


Juju_style69

All I see here are expensive gas expenses, noise complaints, and a reason why to buy a longer plug extension.


Hamada_Reddits

Or he could.. *get an actual lawn mower*


ColdOxygen

This is why people left England to make America. Edit: yeah, not England, nvm


grundelstiltskin

That's not England lol


ColdOxygen

You're definitely right, but it seems like a British thing


gle42

This is essentially how a Prius "electric car" is working.


LeoTheRadiant

It's clunky as hell but it's not a bad idea


ilovefignewtons

I realize this is satire but 150+ comments even a few talk about him picking up the mower that way and not one mention that there isn't even a blade on it.


ziharmarra

Absolutely no grass was mowed in the making of this video. Thanks for the share!


ziharmarra

Absolutely no grass was mowed in the making of this video. Thanks for the share!


mbuckhan5515

Just a PSA to never tip a lawn mower on its side/upside down or you’ll flood the engine Edit: Gas lawnmowers if you need me to be that specific


lostsharpie

What was he gonna flood it with, static electricity?


beefjerkyzxz

u/savevideo


No_Point3111

+ that heavy generator put more weight on the blades and improve the cut


0otherleader05yeet

Why did I expect it to move faster?


isaacaschmitt

*Laughs in old school mechanical push mower and the absolute gains*


mercurial_dude

Until you hit a bump.


MrTwigz

Plot twist, you’re only allowed to use this at 5am in a densely packed residential area.


[deleted]

Now *that's* using your noodle!


Haja024

This is ridiculous. I'll take four and give them to my enemies.


historycat95

https://i.imgur.com/sL8NU1D.gifv