Spotted at local gas station. "It's for my lawn mower. I swear"

[USALiberal]

[ProfessorGAC]

1. I Have 2 Gas Cans

A 1 gallon for my snow blower, a 5 gallon for my emergency generator.
If I wore that sign, my neighbors would know I'm lying.
My mower is electric.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. I'm 68 and I am thinking of buying a riding lawnmower.

Not exactly a 2 acre flat lawn. And I can use it to move firewood, etc.

However, I think I want to consider an electric version. Know of any?

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Ryobi & Cub Make Them

I have an EGO self-propelled, but I don't know that they make a rider.
My yard has curved sidewalks & bordered garden cutouts so a rider would be more trouble than benefit, although the side by the corner is hilly.
I don't know anybody that has one, but a buddy of mine has a Ryobi walk behind (about like my EGO) and he likes his as much as I like mine.
One giant benefit to electric is how quiet they are.
There are times when I put the stereo on in my car & listen to it while I'm cutting the grass. I have to be on the north side of my front yard (garage enters the basement from rear of the house) before I can't hear the music. That's how quiet the mower is.
Plus, no carburetor maintenance, no oil changes or 2 cycle oil blending.
When my snow blower bites the dust, I'm going electric with that, too. Hopefully, that will be several years, as it's only 7 or 8 years old.
I'm sold on the electric yard stuff.

[OAITW r.2.0]

8. I like the elecctric snowblower idea, too!

I have a 500" driveway with a 90' elevation climb. Every fricken year (like now) I have to repair the lawn from snow play damage. Next winter, I want to manage the 100' in front of the house and let the snowplow guy deal with the rest.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Ninety Feet Of Rise?

Wow! Now, that's a hill!
My driveway is almost flat, but we have a retaining wall (curved) that holds up the part of the yard where we turn in from the side street. Shoveling is not an option on that side.
Besides, at 64 shoveling is risky.

[Luciferous]

20. I have a Ryobi and I love it! I also have their snow blower and the batteries

are interchangeable so I have a spare. I don't need it for mowing but the kiddos are slower than me and usually need to use the second one- my yard is 1/3 acre.

[KT2000]

9. Don't know about electric

but make sure you get a powerful enough mower if you want to haul things like firewood. A garden tractor might suit you better than a regular mower. They are more expensive but probably worth it.

[hurl]

11. Ego does make an electric rider

I've had great luck with my Ego trimmer so this is the brand I'd likely choose.

https://egopowerplus.com/power-riding-mowers/

Lowe's carries Craftsman electric riders, but they don't get great reviews. Home Depot carries some Ryobi electric riders, but I have had terrible luck with Ryobi gas trimmers, so I wouldn't consider this brand myself.

So the answer is yes, electric riders exist, but they are in the early stages and probably not able to cover 2 acres in a single charge.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. He could have bought a siphoning hose and filled his container off the car at home.

I have one for those times I need to finish the lawn, when I've run out of gas.

Just don't swallow when the gas enters the mouth.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Not Getting Me To Do That!

Even the vapors coming through the hose taste awful!
If there's gas in the car, I can get to the station and fill a tank.
If there are lines to get gas, the grass can wait!

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. LOL, I've done this for 55 years......

It's something I don't do frequently, but it's relatively benign. Just don't swallow. I only did that once and it was not good reaction.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. For Most People...

...gas is emetic. A little bit can push your lunch backwards, right quick!
That the reaction you had?

[OAITW r.2.0]

14. When I was 14 or so, Dad had me learn this gas extraction technique.

He sucked, dropped the hose into the gas can and spit out out the gas. I did 1 and 3 properly, but the gas went to stomach. It did not spend a lot of time there....I wretched for an hour, I think. Once you you learn to do 1,2,3 or 1,3,2 properly....no big deal.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. I've Siphoned Lab Solvent From A Drum

But, I used a suction bulb to get flow.
Doing it by mouth is anathema to work place safety! LOL!

[OAITW r.2.0]

18. In my defense, I was never doing lab experiments.

Pretty sure this technique was a learned thing.

[fescuerescue]

22. That's a lot of risk to save 2 gallons in stockpile

[happybird]

4. I feel his pain!

My mower is still sitting in the front yard where it ran out of gas on Tuesday and I’m hesitant about going to get more. Don’t want anyone side-eyeing me and don’t want to wait in the stupid line of panic-ers for a couple gallons.

[USALiberal]

16. Same here! Nt

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Glad I bought my lawn mower gas a couple of weeks ago, and it'll last me the rest of the

summer...ouch to those suffering from shortages...maybe it's time to get some goats to keep the yard down?

[Trailrider1951]

17. Here in Washington State, you can rent goats for your property

http://www.rentaruminant.com/

I'm not kidding!

[SWBTATTReg]

21. Neat! I had heard of this before, but I didn't know where and if this was still going on...again,

neat! Figures it's in Washington state...you all seem to be at the forefront of conservation efforts!

In Missouri, we do have a conservation tax of 1/8th of a percent (and it was passed again I think last year too) that raises approximately $100 million a year for conservation efforts in MO. The scumbag republican representatives in MO had better leave this conservation tax alone...

Have a nice weekend!

[LeftInTX]

25. You can do this in Texas too

However, it works best in rural locations.

Some people rent goats to control poison ivy and kudzu. Goats are not allergic to poison ivy.

http://www.rentaruminant.com/texas-2.html

https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/mclennan-county/city-of-waco-to-test-goat-landscaping-program

[SWBTATTReg]

26. Interesting...I'll have to suggest this as a means to control the poison ivy to my neighbors.

This sounds like an safe and easy way to control the ivy, it does grow crazy down there in the Ozarks, and the terrain is difficult to weed-eat/mow (Ozarks is rather hilly you know).

[Blanks]

19. Mowing when there's a gas shortage...

Seems like the first logical thing to do away with to save fuel for emergency fuel needs. Municipalities should waiver mowing requirements for this reason during this kind of crisis, maybe even discourage it by levying fines for people wasting fuel in this kind of activity.

[fescuerescue]

23. Yea we have a mobile dog grooming business. And it relies on a generator

to run the Dryers, clippers, AC etc. we have to make regular runs to the gas station to replenish the fuel supply. At least once a week.

At the beginning of the week I grabbed 2 cans instead of the typical 3. Been doing this for a over a year, But last Monday was the first time I got eye rolls for it.

Oh well.

We still ended up shutting down this week anyway. While we have enough gas for the generators, the vehicles themselves still burn fuel (naturally) and it's really really hard to find any fuel right now (Carolinas). Getting stuck with one tow-in would wipe the profits for the week.

[LeftInTX]

24. The till indicates he also purchased gas for his vehicle

[Kaleva]

27. I have a reel mower as a back up which I use on occasion.

It's light enough for me to transport it to the small house in town 12 miles away with my scooter and mow the yard there.

One summer I kept the big yard here at the big house mowed with it. I could only do sections of the yard at a time over the course of several days.