Sellout!

After mowing the lawn with a push mower for most of the summer, I have concluded that not only must one stick to a strict mowing schedule to stay abreast of the task at hand(and even accelerate it, should rain be more prevalent than not), but also, that push mowers are simply not made for the St. Augustine type grass that grows in most lawns around here (typically, one "pass" over a given patch of grass just isn't enough).

So when a lawn mower with a Briggs & Stratton engine and only one minor flaw I could identify (screwed up starter cord) fell across my path for a reasonable price yesterday, I bought the thing. It rained for most of the day, so I didn't get to try it out until today.

Replacing the cord was pretty straightforward, and I was out there cutting grass (with a bag attachment, I might add) in no time. FWIW, the task is not particularly easier, for whatever energy I no longer have to exert to drive the cutting blades of the push mower is now exerted in pushing a heavier mower (that grows only heavier as more grass accumulates in the bag).

Cheers...