Let's ban petrol lawn mowers!

[haydes55]

These lawn mowers are noisey and interupt my sleep in at 11am! Lawn mowers are usually between 90 to 110 decibels! Thats 25 decibels highers than motorsport is allowed to be! And right next door. They can be heard 4 or 5 times a week!

[awa355]

I wonder if Quasievil uses a petrol powered lawnmower? :laugh:.

[Phantom Limb]

I thought them new Masport 4 strokes were quiet as!
Sure there are still a few 2 smoke rattlers out there, but the new gas mowers are way more livable.

That said, I've got a 300cc thumper motor in my push mower with a baked bean can stuffed with grow wool for a muffler. Now that sucker makes a racket, still it sounds better than my neighbours 1350 EVO :laugh:

[Akzle]

These lawn mowers are noisey and interupt my sleep in at 11am! Lawn mowers are usually between 90 to 110 decibels! Thats 25 decibels highers than motorsport is allowed to be! And right next door. They can be heard 4 or 5 times a week!

i deliberately bought the loudest weedeater i could find. when i'm doing manly shit, i want the neighbourhood to know.

unfortunately, i don't live in town any more, so i only annoy myself.

[Big Dave]

so i only annoy myself.

I have anecdotal evidence to the contrary. :-)

[Big Dave]

FWIW I have an electric mower. Only have 25m2 of lawn in total - but the cord is still a PITA.

[Brian d marge]

and when one retard starts mowing the lawn , they all start

Lawns ... useless should be banned

Stephen

[FJRider]

- but the cord is still a PITA.

Either use a shorter cord or use lube ... but you've found the downside of being a tightarse ..

[Maha]

My lawns get mowed while I am at work so bothers me not.

PS: Why would you buy a house so close to someone with a lawn mower?

[FJRider]

and when one retard starts mowing the lawn , they all start

Lawns ... useless should be banned

Stephen

I mow mine once a month ... if it needs it or not.

[BigAl]

These lawn mowers are noisey and interupt my sleep in at 11am! Lawn mowers are usually between 90 to 110 decibels! Thats 25 decibels highers than motorsport is allowed to be! And right next door. They can be heard 4 or 5 times a week!

Yeah the fuckers, they should be out screaming up and down the neighbourhood on their yosh equipped sprotsbike or straight piped harley.

[Rhys]

I only mow mine when i can't find the car :headbang:

[jellywrestler]

i deliberately bought the loudest weedeater i could find. hard to sneak up on peacocks and get a colour fest with a noisy one though

[Big Dave]

Use lube? They sure do things different in Alexandra.

Lucky I didn't mention a whipper snipper.

[haydes55]

I wonder if Quasievil uses a petrol powered lawnmower? :laugh:.

If he did that would be hypocrisy, he hates noise. Can he help us start a petition? Please.

[Brian d marge]

I mow mine once a month ... if it needs it or not.

come the revolution, "one man went to mow" ...........and all he may produce(d) is/will be /were ruthlessly crushed by the new world order

there wasn’t any fanfare or trial , he was just executed for "just the thought of mowing" his ( anti new world order show of decadence ) lawn


and as penance to the state his entire family were forced to construct;-


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Shrubbery




Stephen

[Road kill]

Two horses "the population seems to be growing when I'm not looking" an one bottem less pit called a goat.
So no problems with lawn mowers at my place,,,,wear boots but:laugh:.

[nzspokes]

FWIW I have an electric mower. Only have 25m2 of lawn in total - but the cord is still a PITA.

We to have electric. But our one has a battery. No cord.

Works well as long as the grass is under an inch tall. :facepalm:

[Kornholio]

These lawn mowers are noisey and interupt my sleep in at 11am! Lawn mowers are usually between 90 to 110 decibels! Thats 25 decibels highers than motorsport is allowed to be! And right next door. They can be heard 4 or 5 times a week!

Thats like living in Westmere and moaning about Western Springs speedway......

[haydes55]

Thats like living in Westmere and moaning about Western Springs speedway......

But the springs benefits aucklands economy and entertains thousands of people per week, no one likes mowing the lawns and it doesn't bring money to NZ. :bleh:

[Kornholio]

But the springs benefits aucklands economy and entertains thousands of people per week, no one likes mowing the lawns and it doesn't bring money to NZ. :bleh:

Meh, you get my drift ....

[Motu]

I've been using an electric mower for the last couple of years - $80, twice as powerful as a petrol one. 96db....and my petrol mower says 76db. Guess which one is Chinese.....

[Brian d marge]

I've been using an electric mower for the last couple of years - $80, twice as powerful as a petrol one. 96db....and my petrol mower says 76db. Guess which one is Chinese.....

dont u get a bit of volt drop over in the back blocks?

Stephen

[FJRider]

Two horses "the population seems to be growing when I'm not looking" an one bottem less pit called a goat.
So no problems with lawn mowers at my place,,,,wear boots but:laugh:.

Recently ... a Hawkes Bay family were set to trial a few sheep. But Police intervened ... :shifty:

[Ocean1]

lets ban petrol lawnmowers!

Be fukt, I've just bought a new one. Complete with minibar.

[Smifffy]

Just ban lawns. Maybe all lawns should be converted to speedway tracks?

[haydes55]

We had a (at the time modern) masport and the lawns half cut (not drunk, we had cut half of the grass). We ran out of gas. Option 1 go to the gas station around the corner. Option 2 use the avgas from our speedway bikes.

The mower never ran right again, never had constant revs and was substantially louder.

So no, avgas won't let you mow the lawns quicker but it sure annoys neighbours!

[haydes55]

Just ban lawns. Maybe all lawns should be converted to speedway tracks?

Our back lawn to this day hasn't grown grass. About 6 years ago my older brothers birthday party we had a friends 50cc scooter with a sidechair! Everyone was going around our lawn marked by a washing machine in one corner and a cone for the other corner. We ripped all the grass off then decided the track needed watering, out came the hose and the lawn ended up splattered over the house. The scooter seized at some stage (not surprising given the thrashing it received), the house had to be water blasted and everyone reading this just called my family bogans :headbang:

[Smifffy]

I should get Avgas round to cut my lawns, get him off KB for a bit. ;)


We had a (at the time modern) masport and the lawns half cut (not drunk, we had cut half of the grass). We ran out of gas. Option 1 go to the gas station around the corner. Option 2 use the avgas from our speedway bikes.

The mower never ran right again, never had constant revs and was substantially louder.

So no, avgas won't let you mow the lawns quicker but it sure annoys neighbours!

[ktm84mxc]

Got a old Victa 2 smoke mower 25yrs old run it on old race fuel with a mixture of 50/1 synthetic oil , a hole in the muffler chunks outta the skirts makes a lovely sound and smells devine , same could be said of chainsaws/brush cutters to noisy for city's.

[dangerous]

These lawn mowers are noisey and interupt my sleep in at 11am! Lawn mowers are usually between 90 to 110 decibels! Thats 25 decibels highers than motorsport is allowed to be! And right next door. They can be heard 4 or 5 times a week!

Well... I take it your post is a piss take, but some of the replys ya do have to wonder... I cant believe this is all there is to talk about on KB fuck me...

as far as your 11am wake up goes what the bloody arse are you doing in bed at that hour... tell ya what Ill swap you your lawn mower for my to 2 under 4yr olds and then you will be awake at12pm, 2am, 5am, 5:30am, and forced to get up at 6am every fucking day...

and NOW I feel like mowing my fucking lawns withe my big bored piped mower... then I might take a ride and go look for the local tagorama.

[george formby]

I won't be able to yank start the old 2t rattle mower until I'm finished with the chain saw. 7am tomorrow morning, into some felling. If the sky heals. Mind you, I cleared enough trees for another section in the garden so I could ride the bike around instead. Got to practice my wheelies. Neighbours? Pffffffft.

[haydes55]

Well... I take it your post is a piss take, but some of the replys ya do have to wonder... I cant believe this is all there is to talk about on KB fuck me...

as far as your 11am wake up goes what the bloody arse are you doing in bed at that hour... tell ya what Ill swap you your lawn mower for my to 2 under 4yr olds and then you will be awake at12pm, 2am, 5am, 5:30am, and forced to get up at 6am every fucking day...

and NOW I feel like mowing my fucking lawns withe my big bored piped mower... then I might take a ride and go look for the local tagorama.

I actually had a sleep in today, work had a late start. Got up at 7am instead of the usual 6am

[caspernz]

as far as your 11am wake up goes what the bloody arse are you doing in bed at that hour... tell ya what Ill swap you your lawn mower for my to 2 under 4yr olds and then you will be awake at12pm, 2am, 5am, 5:30am, and forced to get up at 6am every fucking day...

I actually fully agree with the OP, no lawn mowers should be petrol powered, make them electric. Preferably battery powered. If your lawn is bigger than one battery can handle...get a friggin goat!!

BTW-The time one wakes up kinda depends on ones hours of work don't ya think? I've got a job which has rockstar hours now, start about 10pm and finish around 9-10am, so I'd be climbing into bed around 11am.

[Kornholio]

Meh, it's your lawn and should be able to rape and pillage it at any time of the day and whatever machinery you can take to it with... I believe the first post is about the guy skiting that he can sleep in to high noon... The lawnmower is just an annoyance that doesn't really bother him... Kudos to lunchtime sleep ins, Just coming into an off season myself where sleep in s will be plentiful! Viva la bed :D

[Banditbandit]

's been said before .. but hey .. worth repeating ..

http://images.thevine.com.au/resources/VAR/000/001/i-wish-my-grass-was-emo-funny-haha_h.jpg

[240]

Got me a shiney new victa 2 stroke last week and I am fucking loving it!!
Even fired it up in the garage last night (told the missus that this was to run it in) :apint:

[dangerous]

Shit, ya can still buy a stroker... cool thought the PC brigade woulda stomped that by now... best mower I ever had was a Iron Horse (who remembers them?) mine was old in the early 90's exhaust went through the base above the blade, was a 2 piece half moon muffler, only the bottom half was missing on mine and it only had one speed... FARKING LOUD, suck on that OPer LOL, and tell ya what anything in its way was mauled.

[sketch]

my grandfather had a bunch of great sayings with such infinite wisdom as "women and fools should never see a job half done" and "bullshit bullshit it all sounds like bullshit to me to me"

He sed electric mowers are for poofs........

[Big Dave]

my grandfather had a bunch of great sayings with such infinite wisdom as "women and fools should never see a job half done" and "bullshit bullshit it all sounds like bullshit to me to me"

He sed electric mowers are for poofs........

Dave the bricklayer told me 'Only fools and children judge unfinished work.'


And tell grandad I got 195cm, 130kgs and enough ugly to deadlift a Harley that says I ain't no poof. :-)

[sketch]

Dave the bricklayer told me 'Only fools and children judge unfinished work.'


And tell grandad I got 195cm, 130kgs and enough ugly to deadlift a Harley that says I ain't no poof. :-)

hes dead, but il try and send him an email

[Big Dave]

hes dead, but il try and send him an email

Oh, errr. This is where the pregnant pause would go in meatspace.

[sketch]

Oh, errr. This is where the pregnant pause would go in meatspace.

tis ok i wasnt his biggest fan

[Big Dave]

I have an etching of Quixote and windmill by Dali.

[scumdog]

as far as your 11am wake up goes what the bloody arse are you doing in bed at that hour... tell ya what Ill swap you your lawn mower for my to 2 under 4yr olds and then you will be awake at12pm, 2am, 5am, 5:30am, and forced to get up at 6am every fucking day...



Cry me a river sunshine - YOU made the little larrikins didn't ya???:bleh:

[tri boy]

I can't wait till the trees at chez tri boys lose enough leaves so pruning can start:devil2:
Chainsaw/chipper and mulcher at 8.30 on Sunday morning:wings:

The farmers cows hate being woken up:laugh:

[kiwi cowboy]

Cry me a river sunshine - YOU made the little larrikins didn't ya???:bleh:

:confused:Well we hope it was him????.:bleh::bleh::bleh::msn-wink:

[240]

Shit, ya can still buy a stroker... cool thought the PC brigade woulda stomped that by now... best mower I ever had was a Iron Horse (who remembers them?) mine was old in the early 90's exhaust went through the base above the blade, was a 2 piece half moon muffler, only the bottom half was missing on mine and it only had one speed... FARKING LOUD, suck on that OPer LOL, and tell ya what anything in its way was mauled.

Sure can mate most contractors buy victa 2 strokes.:drinkup:

[nallac]

Sure can mate most contractors buy victa 2 strokes.:drinkup:


Victas???? Almost all the contractors round here use Hondas..... except me i still run the good old Suzuki powered Rovers.

[awa355]

A few years ago, the wife decided we were both going to lose some weight and get fitter. She went out and bought a handmower. We sold it a year later in a garage sale. Still had the black paint on the blades.

The earliest motor mower I can remember dad having was a yellow and gray BMW mower back in the 50's. Had the wind on rope start. Cant remember what BMW stood for, but it sure wasn't associated with sophisticated technology. No catcher on it. With dad mowing, one of us kids had to rake the grass into mounds, then onto the wheelbarrow and over to the A2 Bedford truck.

[T.W.R]

MTD ride-on 42" with a 15hp boxxer twin with straight pipes & no baffle box :lol: awesome @ 8am on saturday morning :2thumbsup

33cc brush cutter with rotted out baffle plate spinning it up @22000rpm :whistle: the neighbours love that :lol:

[dangerous]

MTD ride-on 42" with a 15hp boxxer twin with straight pipes & no baffle box :lol: awesome @ 8am on saturday morning :2thumbsupcool... whats a boxxer? mines a brigs V2 and Id love straight pipes :woohoo:

[unstuck]

My mower is a red one that the wife pushes. Must have a look at the brand next time im in the garden shed.:whistle:

[Ocean1]

cool... whats a boxxer? mines a brigs V2 and Id love straight pipes :woohoo:

Aye, mine's a Kawasaki V twin.

No straight pipes.

Does have a mini-bar though.

[T.W.R]

cool... whats a boxxer? mines a brigs V2 and Id love straight pipes :woohoo:

lol boxxer twin :lol: same layout as a BMW.....you know those jerry built gizmos :nya:
The motor was a Briggs & Stratton :yes: pipes were about 200mm long, 20mm dia

You've seen the beastie in the past anyhow :yes: up at Charing Cross...mowed that whole property with it even topped out the hay paddocks...damn glad it had a tinny holder for a brew on it....used to get a few odd looks mowing the roadside along Bealey Rd having beer at the same time :lol: Drink driving lol

[dangerous]

lol boxxer twin :lol: same layout as a BMW.....you know those jerry built gizmos :nya:
The motor was a Briggs & Stratton :yes: pipes were about 200mm long, 20mm dia

You've seen the beastie in the past anyhow :yes: up at Charing Cross...mowed that whole property with it even topped out the hay paddocks...damn glad it had a tinny holder for a brew on it....used to get a few odd looks mowing the roadside along Bealey Rd having beer at the same time :lol: Drink driving lol
ahh yeah, didet know brigs did a flat twin



Aye, mine's a Kawasaki V twin.
No straight pipes.
Does have a mini-bar though.
My beer holder is flored aye, I find it shakes the shit out of the can and I loose more than I drink... what to do?

Hey look, all this big bore talk has me thinking, as its non mowing season and I think the mowers out of its warantee its time to use the off cut from my truck... what ya s reckon out the bottom where the muffler is or go the tractor tradition way through the hood?285358 285359

[unstuck]

ahh yeah, didet know brigs did a flat twin



My beer holder is flored aye, I find it shakes the shit out of the can and I loose more than I drink... what to do?

Hey look, all this big bore talk has me thinking, as its non mowing season and I think the mowers out of its warantee its time to use the off cut from my truck... what ya s reckon out the bottom where the muffler is or go the tractor tradition way through the hood?

Unless you get off on the fumes from a labouring engine, I would face it down towards the ground.:whistle:

[dangerous]

Unless you get off on the fumes from a labouring engine, I would face it down towards the ground.:whistle:what if I run it on avgas and add a tad a castor?

[unstuck]

what if I run it on avgas and add a tad a castor?

In that case it would need to be coming through the bonnet.:headbang::headbang:

[T.W.R]

ahh yeah, didet know brigs did a flat twin



My beer holder is flored aye, I find it shakes the shit out of the can and I loose more than I drink... what to do?

Hey look, all this big bore talk has me thinking, as its non mowing season and I think the mowers out of its warantee its time to use the off cut from my truck... what ya s reckon out the bottom where the muffler is or go the tractor tradition way through the hood?

Get a fat neoprene holder.... chunker version of the ones Dale was palming off to peeps with Southern rider logo on them :msn-wink: the one the MTD was on the guard never had a problem with getting the turps shaken up.... or just drink the stuff faster :bleh: or a strategically located chilly bin for drive-by pick ups :niceone:

What ya done to the truck?

Put the pipes out the side like a decent V8 with lake pipes :shifty:

[dangerous]

What ya done to the truck?
ohhh just a wee motering issue 285361

[T.W.R]

ohhh just a wee motering issue

:eek: Fark! throw a wheel bearing did ya?. Nah looks like a fairly serious nudge though, written off huh?

[dangerous]

:eek: Fark! throw a wheel bearing did ya?. Nah looks like a fairly serious nudge though, written off huh?

found the bearing man 285365 285366 the boys wanted to check out the snow and big water (lake coleridge) a company car with 5 in it came around the corner on the wrong side of the road in typical kiwi right had cutting fashion.

[unstuck]

I do hope that is not part of someones scalp next to the bearing.:crazy:

[T.W.R]

found the bearing man 285365 285366 the boys wanted to check out the snow and big water (lake coleridge) a company car with 5 in it came around the corner on the wrong side of the road in typical kiwi right had cutting fashion.

lol bearing looks OK :niceone:. mmm yeah there's some real numb nuts get up there and think they're possum bourne on the shingle :tugger:. Least no one was hurt huh? just a bit shaken up I'd say. looks like the track up from the coleridge township heading to the hydro pipes?

[dangerous]

Least no one was hurt huh? looks like the track up from the coleridge township heading to the hydro pipes?just me and the boys, T (4) got out went around and looked at it and I quote said "Its buggered dad" then went off jumping in the puddles, C (3) lost it and still isnt good in a cage and wants to take the bike instead, but no one injured including the car with 5 in it that went down the bank.

Close, the road were ya turn off to head into the hydro inlet, one bend before that turn and where the rd from the township is.

[granstar]

What cracks me up is the mentality of those loaded enough to own Kiwi batches. Go to any small hideaway town where people flock to in weekends to get away for some rest and relaxation ( take Waikaia for instance) from the rat race. All you can hear is fucken lawnmowers! :blink:

However! Take them away, what is the wife going to do with all the spare time?

[T.W.R]

just me and the boys, T (4) got out went around and looked at it and I quote said "Its buggered dad" then went off jumping in the puddles, C (3) lost it and still isnt good in a cage and wants to take the bike instead, but no one injured including the car with 5 in it that went down the bank.

Close, the road were ya turn off to head into the hydro inlet, one bend before that turn and where the rd from the township is.

Lucky! definitely would've been a shake-up for the boys funny how some take it in their stride & others become wary :yes:

lol just out from the forestry had close one there myself but the ol Cruiser had the height so I saw the twit coming :pinch: funny how cars react when they size up big nudge bars :lol:

[dangerous]

OK.. hers the mother of mowers.. Honda ride on 1000cc http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/photos/8934977/Honda-builds-210kmh-fire-spitting-ride-on-mower

[granstar]

Argh make yer own nice quiet one , here's the plan..

http://content.lolspots.com/636512999711604.jpg

[Grumph]

ohhh just a wee motering issue 285361

Fuck, D, you live life dangerously...thought moving to the country was meant to slow things down.

Glad the lads are OK.