Reel vs Other push mowers

[plpenn]

I am thankful every day that I do not live in a neighborhood that is run by such a fascist organization

You know it was a really hard choice. I looked over all of the paperwork and then talked to a few people who live on the street and even the VP of the HOA and as long as you mantain you stuff it's really not a big deal.

I keep my yard tight, pick up my trash cans and keep my fence in good shape so I really don't see many issues. I want to build a porch out back and when I was talking to the VP about it and sketched it out he said it seemed way over built and as long as I didn't want to paint it a crazy color it would be approved.

I get what they are trying to do and while I don't "like" it I can deal with it to know the folks next door wont be doing crazy stuff and leaving crap in the yard.

 

[oc_in_fw]

You know it was a really hard choice. I looked over all of the paperwork and then talked to a few people who live on the street and even the VP of the HOA and as long as you mantain you stuff it's really not a big deal.

I keep my yard tight, pick up my trash cans and keep my fence in good shape so I really don't see many issues. I want to build a porch out back and when I was talking to the VP about it and sketched it out he said it seemed way over built and as long as I didn't want to paint it a crazy color it would be approved.

I get what they are trying to do and while I don't "like" it I can deal with it to know the folks next door wont be doing crazy stuff and leaving crap in the yard.

I got lucky, I moved in to an older neighborhood with older residents. People keep up their place pretty decent. It will work until I retire, when I plan on getting about 20 acres in Texas Hill country and get away from everyone.

 

[plpenn]

We looked at some older houses but this one was too nice to pass up and the price was great! It is a good compromise between town and country (I can thow a golf ball in the lake/stock tank from my drive way)

When it comes down to it, it is what it is. I always said I would never live anywhere with an HOA, I geuss thats what I get for saying never

I got lucky, I moved in to an older neighborhood with older residents. People keep up their place pretty decent. It will work until I retire, when I plan on getting about 20 acres in Texas Hill country and get away from everyone.

 

[DougieB]

I used to shave with a Reel mower. My experience was that it was nice if you didn't skip a week or hit a twig. IF you have a lot of twigs in your yard you will need to go on twig patrol first. If you skip a week it really is no fun at all.

I switched to a electric with a chord. Don't have to mess with gas and no emmissions. I do need to run a pattern to avoid the chord. Basically passes incrementally farther away from the wall outlet.

I don't like gas mowers.

 

[plpenn]

Yeah I would not use a corded mower, I bet it is a real pain. I won't have to worry about twigs for a while they just planted 2 small trees in the front and there are none in the back. I know trees are nice but I welcome not having to spend 2 weeks a year trimming and hauling tree branches off to burn!

 

[Bobbers]

No one has mentioned propane mowers yet. http://www.golehr.com/products.shtml This is an interesting option.