My birthday was earlier this month. I don't celebrate but appreciate the cards and phone calls I receive. This year a purchase I made happened to coincide, sort of, so I'm calling it a BD present to myself.
Last summer I started looking at battery operated mowers. I have a bunch of Ryobi 40v tools that perform their jobs well, so a mower would fit in. It would also be easier at times, to use a battery operated mower for areas of the yard when the entire thing doesn't need to be done. I also have a couple of neighbors that use battery operated mowers of different brands, and the reduced noise is nice. Oh, and I can use solar to charge the batteries, so less gas to keep on hand.
On April 6, Home Depot had a small sale on a model that has everything I wanted. Well, it had batteries and a charger too, neither of which I need, but they weren't selling just the tool. I had a 10% off coupon. And, I was eyeing the threatened tariffs that had me thinking if I was going to do it, now was the time. Oh, and delivery was free.
Last Tuesday, April 8, the mower was delivered to my place. Thursday night I got it out of the box, did what little "assembly" needed done (lift the handle into place, remove batteries from boxes) threw two batteries in, and started it up. Well, it seems to work. I just won't have any grass to cut until at least mid May, maybe the end of May.
I'll still be keeping the trusty gas powered mower to take care of select areas in the yard such as the drainage are between my place and the trailer. That area rarely dries out but has fast growing grass, and it has some rocks that I hit on occasion, so it is best I use the beat up model not my new one for that area.
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