What do you know about lawn mowers?

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1. I know they cut grass

2. They sound like every teens’ Honda

3. They cut grass.

4. Someone else owns them and I pay him for the privilege.

5. They are a pain in the grass

6. I would have to know a lot about her……I married her.

7. They’re usually a 4 stroke engine. Produce between 15 to 25hp.

   Edit: riding mower

8. All of it. I know it all. They CAN NOT KEEP ME FROM THE KNOWLEDGE I ALREADY HAVE!!! I AM ALL KNOWING!!!!!

9. There’s not too much to know about a lawnmower.

   The push kind are usually 3 – 4 horsepower. If you used it to power a go-cart, you’re looking at around 25-30mph max speed.

   Almost all common mowers these days are 4-stroke engines, so they use the same gasoline you put in your car (whereas old 2 stroke engines used a combo of gas/oil)

   Lawnmower Man, is a really cool and bizarre cult B movie series that has nothing to do with the Stephen King book of the same name.

10. Stuff. I can use and maintain them, they’re not overly complicated.

11. They’re great when the Vtec kicks in

12. They are fiercely known for their drive-by-cuttings

13. For 4H we did small engines one year, so I have a basic understanding about how they run. There’s not really too much more to know about them. The motor turns the shaft that the blade is connected to. The blade spins and cuts the grass.

    They are a bit more complicated when you get into riding mowers.

14. Lawn mowers go brrr

    But seriously, as long as you know to change the oil, use the right gasoline, and replace the spark plug, gasket and blade, your mower should last a while. My Craftsman gave me almost 20yrs of great service.

15. Robots are the future.

16. We have an electric one, a Makita. Its batteries work with our Makita strimmer as well. Well neat, does the job, is quiet. Highly recommend.

17. In theory, quite a lot. In practice.. dunno. I know how the four-stroke cycle works. I know how to change the spark plug. I generally understand how carburetors work. I replaced the piston rings on an old four-stroke motorbike. I imagine a lawn mower is about the same.

    I reckon I could probably break down a basic lawn mower and put it back together again and it would work.

    Oh, I recently had to replace a bend shaft on a lawnmower because I bent it by hitting a large piece of wood.

18. Is it a codeword for pubic hair trimmers ???

19. I know enough to drive/use them and enough to work my way through most repairs.

20. Basic maintenance, what else would you need to know

21. What’s to know. It’s an engine on a shaped metal box, connected to a blade that cuts grass. Then it exits somewhere.

22. Their mystery is only exceeded by their power!

23. I can rebuild one. 🤷

24. If I push the left handle all the way forward and the right handle all the way back, I’ll do donuts

25. I do all the maintenance on my 24 year old riding mower my self. Have a shelf of spare parts. Recently got a book on the engine so I can’t adjust the valves.

26. They’re good if you have one

27. how to run basically every type, though im not very good with the weedwacker style of mower and definitally not qualified for the types you attach to a tractor.

    most basic repairs as theyre just motors with some extra parts to me.

    could probbably build a pretty crappy one in a pinch, though i think id be better off making a scythe at that point.