kevin - it'll be a couple of months before our back yard is not too soggy to cut the grass (we're at the bottom of a slope with a small spring in back corner of the yard), but eventually we're gonna be in the market to replace our 10yr old Toro, What brand / size 'lectric did you to go for?
Hi Chris,
We got one of these: Shop Greenworks Pro 60-volt Brushless Lithium Ion 21-in Deck Width Cordless Electric Lawn Mower with Mulching Capability (Battery Included) at Lowes.com
We're very pleased with it so far... We have a pretty small lawn, if you can do it all in an hour or so a single battery should suffice, otherwise you might need two or a bigger mower.
Saying that small engines smog more than cars is become a weak statement.
Fair enough.
I would love to see what kit you used or how you manage to mod that. I'm considering getting a 2.4kW Ryobi generator but would love to modify it so it runs on propane just so I can use it as a dual fuel. So a mod involving no destruction of the factory fuel delivery system would be ok.My generators are propane so no gasoline-spills. (The new sno-blo is gas-sloppy.)
Ryobi 2400W Portable 4 Stroke Petrol Generator | Bunnings Warehouse
To use during a lengthened power outage (longer than 12 hours)
Doing that might require more work than its worth, expending energy to fix a widespread problem usually produces little benefits. I just use plastic jerry cans now with a plastic filler spout/neck to fill up my brothers whipper snipper and the lawnmower whenever its needing topping off, they are superior to the old metal jerry can spouts of old as long as you don't lose the rubber nozzle gasket. They taper down to a smaller exit at the end aswell but the best part is that you can tip it over on a longer arch and control the flow a lot easier than you can on a metal jerry can spout. See attached pic for the spout.Gas-station pumps no longer spill gas (hardly-ever). I wish the gas-engine and gas-can makers would come together and develop a standard filler that will NOT slop.
Funny how that goes in cold weather environments, here even if its on your clothes it evaporates within a few minutes in the sun but leaves behind an oily residue which only comes out with furious scrubbing with laundry soap and water.Some years back I gushed gasoline all over my snow-suit in freezing weather. It BURNS. It can be quite serious.
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I have decided not to dig the car out of the snow that is still falling.
Cancelled my regular dance class.
Went out for a walk to see if I made the correct decision and met the Farmer clearing our road. He tells me there's been at least three accidents at our road end and my neighbour has been carted off to hospital.
Correct decision made!
"Its cold today"
And it is only +2C here on the English Riviera, but my b****y gas central heating boiler has just switched itself off. Terminally! So, A cold night.
Fortunately I have a contract with British Gas and the internet has allowed me to book a priority callout for tomorrow morning.
We awoke to 40-some F one day when our heater went out. We all slept really well. It was the waking up that was brutal . Good luck!
I would love to see what kit you used or how you manage to mod that. I'm considering getting a 2.4kW Ryobi generator but would love to modify it so it runs on propane just so I can use it as a dual fuel. So a mod involving no destruction of the factory fuel delivery system would be ok.
My 91y.o. father lives in a remote part of NH and has a propane generator (to go with propane heat and stove). It is designed as a propane unit. The generator will provide plenty of power for key needs including furnace startup and water well. It will start automatically when power goes out, and even starts up once a week on a schedule to test itself. They lose power A LOT and it tends to be out for long periods (there's a long line from the street to the house through woods), and at his age and our winter temperatures, it's pretty important. I live a 1.5 hour drive away in the best weather, so am not able to be much help on short notice.
Knock on wood: Sydney weather: Dangerous storm supercell could develop, forecasters say
I'm going to go and give my current 2-stroke generator a run and see if it still works. The danger has passed for now but who knows what next week will bring up. The strong winds that we got the other day was a big tip off to me that we might be getting a superstorm.
I'm going to go and give my current 2-stroke generator a run and see if it still works. The danger has passed for now but who knows what next week will bring up. The strong winds that we got the other day was a big tip off to me that we might be getting a superstorm.
I'll be honest. I forgot that I left fuel in it, I'm not usually that dumb. 2 stroke generator kicked over no problems however once I sprayed some starter fluid into the carbie and its running like a uh.. well I was going to say metronome but its running like a 2 stroke.
More hot weather on the way. Hot weather = severe lightning/rain.
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide weather: 40C+ days as heatwave hits
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide weather: 40C+ days as heatwave hits
My 91y.o. father
Its good to know that he has a source of electricity, sounds like he needs it badly.
"Melt" ?We both got woken up by hail stones hammering on the windows at two in the morning. It did not melt until the sun came up.
Is that a word in common use in England?
Us Borders' folk don't understand !
[melt]
verb (used without object), melted, melted or molten, melting.
1.
to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
2.
to become liquid; dissolve:
Let the cough drop melt in your mouth.
3.
to pass, dwindle, or fade gradually (often followed by away):
His fortune slowly melted away.
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Are you still speaking Gaelic up there?
verb (used without object), melted, melted or molten, melting.
1.
to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
2.
to become liquid; dissolve:
Let the cough drop melt in your mouth.
3.
to pass, dwindle, or fade gradually (often followed by away):
His fortune slowly melted away.
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Are you still speaking Gaelic up there?
I'm waiting for the 1-3" of snow they said would arrive around noon today. So far there is a smatter on my windshield, and that is about all.
We have about 3" here in Morris County NJ -- the heavy kind.
Hello, just thought maybe someone wanted to have a look, posted a short vid on youtube of my back yard, nothing special really. measured 105cm's total now.
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Beautiful.
Lucky you.
On a sidenote:
Winter might be the best time for outdoor speaker measurements since the snow will dampen the sound quite a lot.
6" and falling here in New Hampshire with school closed, but a balmy 30F/-1C.
We got less, and it seems to have stopped. It's a few degrees warmer here and may transition to rain. Will be making the run to Haverhill 99 tomorrow night if interested.
Hi Chris,
We got one of these: Shop Greenworks Pro 60-volt Brushless Lithium Ion 21-in Deck Width Cordless Electric Lawn Mower with Mulching Capability (Battery Included) at Lowes.com
We're very pleased with it so far... We have a pretty small lawn, if you can do it all in an hour or so a single battery should suffice, otherwise you might need two or a bigger mower.
Thanks, Kevin - the Canadian Lowes' house brand are labelled Kobalt, but I'd like to assume they're close enough. Price for basic mower is reasonable enough - I think our last gas mower was almost the same about 10yrs ago. Extra batteries are available as well.
Chet - back to you for the regularly schedule weather reports
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