Husqvarna Automower (Page 4/5)
rbell2915 JUL 30, 08:25 AM






I am very impressed at how well the lawn is being maintained. I put down lots of Bermuda seed and topsoil and the lawn is certainly the best in the neighborhood so far since everyone else has dirt and dead rye grass from last winter.

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Zeb AUG 03, 09:46 AM
Blackrams, you need to get ahold of TDA and have him fit your Kubota with remote controls. A couple of servos, a camera, and a cellular data link, and you can be sitting pretty in your house, away from all the allergens. Drive it just like a video game!

Full autonomous operation might take a bit more effort, even for TDA.
ls3mach AUG 03, 05:44 PM

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Originally posted by Zeb:

Blackrams, you need to get ahold of TDA and have him fit your Kubota with remote controls. A couple of servos, a camera, and a cellular data link, and you can be sitting pretty in your house, away from all the allergens. Drive it just like a video game!

Full autonomous operation might take a bit more effort, even for TDA.



I can tell you first hand, the technology is absolutely already here.

I watched something recently about robots. Americans in particular have had HUGE phobias about them for as long as they've existed. It is a cited (in the show) reason they want them to look like robots and not more realistic. We are scared of them taking our jobs and eventually subjugating us.

That thing looks damn cool. $3k isn't too absurd.
rbell2915 NOV 28, 12:44 AM


Still working great at keeping a manicured lawn every day. It's fascinating watching it work. I'll never go back to mowing a lawn by hand again. All I do is a bit of edging on the weekend and I'm done.
blackrams NOV 28, 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by rbell2915:

Still working great at keeping a manicured lawn every day. It's fascinating watching it work. I'll never go back to mowing a lawn by hand again. All I do is a bit of edging on the weekend and I'm done.



Just curious but, can the blades be sharpened or just replaced and how often do you have to do either. I've found the quality of the metal on blades is very telling. No, I don't enjoy changing the cutting blades on anything, that just ends up with me being more exposed to allergens.

Rams
rbell2915 NOV 28, 12:28 PM

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Originally posted by blackrams:


Just curious but, can the blades be sharpened or just replaced and how often do you have to do either. I've found the quality of the metal on blades is very telling. No, I don't enjoy changing the cutting blades on anything, that just ends up with me being more exposed to allergens.

Rams



The blades are tiny, like razor blades. You just replace them. Maybe once or twice a month.
maryjane DEC 03, 01:42 PM
just wait, till another one comes rollin down the street and convinces 'your' mower to desert it's assigned job and go malingering down the road with it's new friend...
Patrick DEC 03, 11:09 PM

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Originally posted by rbell2915:

My home is new construction, on about 3/4 acre.




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Originally posted by rbell2915:

The blades are tiny, like razor blades. You just replace them. Maybe once or twice a month.



Even if the robot mower itself was inexpensive (which it definitely isn't), replacing the blades that often would be a deal killer for me.

I recently bought a place that's just over an acre in size. I made sure that the rider mower (actually, two of them) on the property were included in the sale. I don't mind cutting the grass the old fashioned way... or failing that, I'll get a goat.
maryjane DEC 04, 12:26 AM
You would be disappointed in a goat. They aren't grazers. they are browsers and eat weeds, leaves, branches and brush but very very little grass.
Get a sheep or cow but not a goat.
Patrick DEC 04, 12:35 AM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

Get a sheep or cow but not a goat.



Being city born and bred, my knowledge of such things is basically zilch. Do sheep require other sheep buddies, or can one sheep be content to share an acre with just a dog and a cat?