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One year since gasoline lawnmower sales banned in California
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we can put rum in the tanks and crankcases
Got one a few months ago. Even Lowes has "used" gas powered mowers in my area.
Sales of 26hp riding mowers have skyrocketed. 
My next door neighbor's electric push mower is louder than my B&S 6.5hp GAS push mower. I guess the blades still make a lot of noise.
Anybody want to buy some stickers for their mowers? 
AZjeff
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That's the sounds of summer. Well not here really but there is the sound of blowers run by the landscapers. Anytime.
Based on what I see, gas riding mowers are still around but for personal use most have either switched to battery or corded electric mowers. So far I haven't heard people complaining about it, and the neighborhood is less smelly and quieter. I am still happy with my corded electric mower I got in 2006, better than a gas one that I would have gotten. Most people in urban area have small enough yard that a 100' cord is fine. If you really really want it you can probably drive to Nevada and bring home a gas mower so it is not that big of a deal.
Drought and water cost is the bigger problem though. I am paying like $6 per CCF and my water bill is often $50 in the winter and $100 in the summer just for water alone. They are that expensive because most of the cost is to fund the earthquake update of the water system that's 100 years old and wouldn't survive another 1 in 100 year earth quake.
Drought and water cost is the bigger problem though. I am paying like $6 per CCF and my water bill is often $50 in the winter and $100 in the summer just for water alone. They are that expensive because most of the cost is to fund the earthquake update of the water system that's 100 years old and wouldn't survive another 1 in 100 year earth quake.
I kind of like the sounds of birds chirping, or wind in the trees, less so my wife's roosters, but if you're going to eat chickens, we have to keep a couple around...
We certainly make some noise, but for small lots in town, some quieter options seem like a good idea, since the activity is almost constant there.
Why so sad?
4WD
$50 site donor 2025
Half the folks with the screaming 2 stroke blowers can do battery blowers right now - no mandates needed …
Since it only applies to engines under 25 hp, the professionals shouldn't be affected, as those V-twins make that much power anyway. However, a V-twin can cost as much as a car engine
If a push mower is sufficient for your lawn, then electric will be fine. Even riding mowers can handle up to 2 acres per battery charge.
2-stroke OPE engines should definitely be banned, as they are the worst offenders. Honda makes a nice 4-stroke for leaf blowers, if you really really don't want to use electric for whatever reason.
But the biggest benefit is the reduction in noise. They are so much quieter
4WD
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I pre trim with a 40V walk behind that likely cuts 30% off my gas rider time bcs I can run much faster with the finesse work gone …
4WD
$50 site donor 2025
Oh, so my 20 HP must be traded for a 25 HP … I like itSince it only applies to engines under 25 hp, the professionals shouldn't be affected, as those V-twins make that much power anyway. However, a V-twin can cost as much as a car engine
If a push mower is sufficient for your lawn, then electric will be fine. Even riding mowers can handle up to 2 acres per battery charge.
2-stroke OPE engines should definitely be banned, as they are the worst offenders. Honda makes a nice 4-stroke for leaf blowers, if you really really don't want to use electric for whatever reason.
But the biggest benefit is the reduction in noise. They are so much quieter
When you enter California there are check points. They rarely interact with the vehicles, just wave you by if open. The checkpoints are agricultural. They ask if you are transporting fruit or vegetables. As of this week they are being sold in the box on an empty lot in front of a Chp office.
Very telling. A person in Nevada could buy new mowers. Sell them to a group of customers, buy them back as used and take them into California to sell.
Good points. With the southwestern water crisis, California may be forced to curtail lawn watering, thereby making a lot of this mower controversy mostly moot.
Why would you sell and buy back? I see a dozen brand new in the box sold on a street corner. Also selling toro weed eaters and DeWalt generators.
Waiting for the self propelled 25hp push mower, calif edition!
In Colorado according to statistics (I'd have to dig them out) 7% of the air pollution if not more is just from small engines.
