Mower on a String

This chap in our neighbourhood has a ingenious way of dealing with his sloping yard. Or does everyone keep their lawnmower on a lead? I'd not seen it before...

UPDATE:  A dude on Flickr tells me Mowers On String are hella common. I plead ignorance as someone who's previously always lived in flat places :)

Comments

[1 · Posted by Paul · August 19, 2009 at 01:41 AM]

I am SO totally impressed that someone still uses the word 'hella'. Nice.

[2 · Posted by ganching · August 19, 2009 at 07:20 AM]

This is an excellent piece of filming. I like the 'blink and you miss it' police car.

[3 · Posted by Shauna · August 19, 2009 at 09:11 AM]

I'm leading the Hella Revival, Paul... JOIN UUUUUS!

[4 · Posted by Nic · August 19, 2009 at 10:04 AM]

I've only seen this in Europe and the UK. In Australia the guys are far too macho and busy proving themselves to ever come up with such a scheme. They would rather herald their own doom manually pushing that mower down 45 degree+ terrain (the steeper the better if any mates are watching) than waste precious beer-drinking time inventing a solution. After all, sitting around together in a shed should only be for talking about sports....

Heh! Sorry, gorgeous. I actually give the string the thumbs up of approval. I just wanted to give you a flashback to the good 'ol Central West. *wink* ;D

[5 · Posted by beetricks · August 19, 2009 at 02:13 PM]

What. The. FUCK? LOL!

It looks like an electric mower...surely he's not Flymo-in' with a string???

Have to go and watch again.

Thanks chick! Wonder how mower man would feel being so famous and watched by millions!!! LOL!

[6 · Posted by Tash · August 21, 2009 at 09:40 AM]

Ahh! I just had a moment of panic when I remembered that I hadn't checked for updates in a little while, and then all I was getting was 'page not found'.

While I realise that sounds a whole lot more stalkerish than I had intended, I'm glad you're up and running again :D

And the mower - I'm with you on the What The...?

[7 · Posted by Lesley · August 23, 2009 at 01:04 AM]

That looks good sturdy string. Possibly saved from a parcel. I have seen the cooncil boys using string in a similar way too - but I expect its officially sanctioned string.

[8 · Posted by anji · August 26, 2009 at 03:56 PM]

Hey, that seems like a lot more work than actually just pushing the mower! hehe...

[9 · Posted by Emily · September 06, 2009 at 11:07 PM]

We used to cut our really steep garden like that until my Dad slipped on the slope and pulled the lawnmover over his foot. He broke a few toes but if he'd actually sharpened the thing in 20 years it might have been a different story.