Mowing acreage with a push mower is no fun!

[Brian Elfert]

My riding lawn mower broke after mowing a portion of my 2 acres of grass this past weekend. The broken part won't be delivered for another week. I had to pull out my push mower and start mowing this evening. I had about an acre left when the rider broke. I figure it will take four to five hours to mow the rest of the lawn with the push mower. I was already nearly a week overdue on mowing and I can't wait another 10 days past when the rider broke.

I only did 30 to 40 minutes today and I'm roasting to death from the humidity. It is only about 74 degrees outside. I'll be real glad when I'm done mowing with the push mower probably on Saturday.

[Bruce Page]

Reminds me of Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang Theory.. "I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested"

Don't give yourself a stroke!

[Mark Blatter]

When my dad retired, they bought a place on the Missouri River between Great Falls and Helena MT. The house came with 12 acres, about half of it wooded, the rest was natural grass land. The house had about 1/2 acre of lawn is all. Not having enough to keep him busy, he bought a skid steer and started planting lawn. By the time he died he had almost 5.5 acres of grass to mow each week. He loved it, but it helped that he had a John Deer zero radius turn mower that cut about a 6 foot swath. I swear that sucker moved at close to 15 mph. It would take him half a day or so to mow the entire lawn. He had the entire management of the company out to the house each year for a BBQ and everyone would get a turn mowing. Always made me think of Tom Sawyer, the bucket of whitewash and the fence.

[Robert Engel]

You're not getting any sympathy from me, pal.

I have 4 acres of grass to cut and I have a farm tractor to do it with.

74 degrees?

Where I live its been 93-97 degrees almost every day for almost 2 months.
Coupled with 75% humidity and its been raining like Amazonia.
And now we might have a hurricane coming......

Get off your wallet and just somebody to cut the grass

[Justin Ludwig]

You're not getting any sympathy from me, pal.

I have 4 acres of grass to cut and I have a farm tractor to do it with.

74 degrees?

Where I live its been 93-97 degrees almost every day for almost 2 months.
Coupled with 75% humidity and its been raining like Amazonia.
And now we might have a hurricane coming......

Get off your wallet and just somebody to cut the grass

That made me laugh. #firstworldproblems

[roger wiegand]

Trying to decide how bad to feel-- by "push mower do you mean one of these?
ReelMower.jpg or one of these: lawn-mower_17497_600x450.jpg

If the latter, not so much sympathy I'm afraid. If the former, I'm impressed.

[Malcolm McLeod]

74deg? ...I am trying to decide how bad I feel too.

I keep the house at 78deg. Wanna trade?

[Brian Elfert]

My body is very sensitive to high humidity so even 74 degrees with high humidity causes me to sweat like a pig. I have suffered heat exhaustion multiple times in my life.

I was soaking wet with sweat from just 30 to 40 minutes of mowing.

[Keith Outten]

Brian,

Maybe you could rent a riding mower for a couple of hours.
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[Larry Edgerton]

I figured out how long it was taking me to mow the lawn with my rider and went out and bought a X Mark 54" walk behind with a sulky. Not only has it cut my time by 50%, but its fun! The turns bring me back to my enduro riding days.......

[Beau Cassidy]

I would definitely pay someone to cut my grass once or twice or go rent a larger lawn mower. Having a stroke or hear attack isn't worth it.

[Greg R Bradley]

No neighbors with a big lawn and lawnmower?

Oh, and its 74 degrees here at 5am.

[Bert Kemp]

Yes and my house is 80 to 82 from June till Sept and altho its 105 to 110 outside low humidity the house humidity is around 70% because a swamp cooler makes humidity So I can go outside and roast or stay in and sweat.Not much sympathy from me either.But hey I'm in NH right now just getting over kidney stones 75 and 80% humidity so still no sympathy from me LOL

74deg? ...I am trying to decide how bad I feel too.

I keep the house at 78deg. Wanna trade?

[Phil Thien]

I would definitely pay someone to cut my grass once or twice or go rent a larger lawn mower. Having a stroke or hear attack isn't worth it.

Yeah I read that sweating profusely or a lack of appropriate sweating is an indication your body is having problems regulating your temperature.

I'd proceed very carefully.

[Wade Lippman]

I've always wondered why people HAVE 2 acres of grass. Certainly there are more interesting plants you could put in. Make one acre a flower meadow or a woods.
Why grass. I have a quarter acre and my plan is getting rid of it. Now... my wife feels differently.

My first house was a half acre and cutting it with a push mower was a chore. Do you have a neighbor you could borrow a rider from?