Why go through the hassle of using a loud and smelly gasoline powered mower that blows up dust and pollutes, when you can push a clean, quiet reel mower? I have a half acre lot (approximately) and I asked myself that question a little more than a year ago. I was toying with the idea of buying a reel mower and mentioned it to my friend Lee. It just so happened that Lee had a reel mower or two, or three, hidden away in the corner of his garage. He gave me two of them and I have been using them to mow my lawn for more than a year now. I've worn a heart rate monitor to calculate the calories burned while mowing and it requires about 1400 calories to mow my lot. Not too shabby. Of course, now my gas mower won't even start so I'm stuck with the reels whether I like it or not.
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Nice picture, I can see the grass flying! I am really impressed that you are actually using the reel mower. They are nice and quiet.
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