California’s Bold Move: Say Goodbye to Gas Lawn Mowers in 2024

Like a battery operated one wouldn't

 

They know their way back to the hive by using the sun.

 

All my battery-operated tools are Dewalt, never had an issue with any of the batteries. I just the large hedge trimmer and I have several batteries, but I will say I hate stopping to change the batteries. So, I like the gas trimmer for that reason, and it still cuts better

 

Only if you don't have a yard without a lot of trees. And in Gainesville you know they love their trees

 

I just bought my first solar generator, nothing to do with climate but the fact once it's charged you can operate it inside your home with no fumes. I got this product from 4-Patriots.
I can take this with me anywhere, with the purchase of the large one they also gave me the smaller one as a package.

 

Winner and those sheep would follow

 

The state will ban the sale of gas-powered lawn care equipment according to a new law phasing out small, off-road engines.

Use your current one all you like

 

I will consider an electric mower when mine finally goes. My Troybilt I bought in 2007 when we bought the house is still running. Rear wheel fell off this summer as I was mowing. Probably should have ordered two but will wait for the other to fall off before ordering that replacement.

Going to be a sad day when she finally dies as it has been a great run…

 

I agree, it is unfortunate that the political leaders in California have used the cause time and time again to drive home political points, despite the fact that our technology and cost structures cannot necessarily support mass adoption.

Just as moderation and common sense have left the GOP long ago, so too are the Democrats afflicted by the same lack of common sense in places like California and Oregon, and to the detriment of their own citizens.

 

Agree completely. I hate this term but this sort of legislation is "virtue signaling."

 

I’ve had the Stihl Kombi package for nine years. Both the gas and battery power heads were the smaller professional units. I have no idea how many hours I had on the gas unit when I sold it but it had been used a lot. For the first two years it was used extensively with the metal blade brush cutter to clear waterfront property. I always used the pre-mix gas from Home Depot but still had to replace the carb after 6 years.

I would definitely recommend the professional level Stihl products but have no experience with the “homeowner” level products. I considered getting the homeowner battery units but decided to get the battery powered Kombi power head to use with the attachments I had.

Both power heads had more than enough power. The edger pulls me down the sidewalk at full throttle.

 

two fans of loud, annoying leaf blowers. LOL you do you...

 

My brother lives on a wooded 20 acres in rural Idaho and bought an electric chainsaw. He loves it. I think it came with two or three battery packs.

 

I have an Ego electric mower. It's decent but it does struggle with thicker, faster growing St Augustine here in Florida in the rainy season.

 

I have a greenworks pole saw that works off of my lawn mower batteries. I have taken down trees with a five inch diameter with it. I have had it for four years. My neighbors use it more than I do these days.

 

I have the Stihl equipment and they are great. I have the original batteries 3 years old and they haven't lost any juice yet. I have a small yard though. Takes me about 30 minutes to mow and another 20 to edge and blower.

 

Just my experience is that you have to change batteries much more frequently than you need to add gas. I don’t recall ever running out of gas mid-use.

 

Our 64 year old nephew was on his riding lawnmower last May when he apparently rode it a bit lower into a ditch than he usually did and it flipped over on him, trapping him and caught fire. His screams alerted a neighbor who came and managed to flip the mower off him and put out the fire on his body by rolling him on the ground and beating the fire out.

He was immediately driven to the local 'hospital', they were living in rural southwest Arkansas, where a helicopter medical team sedated him and flew him to an LSU operated hospital in Shreveport that has a large state of the art burn unit. He remained sedated and was placed on a medical device that did all his breathing for him the last 8 days of his life. His lungs were burned from the fire and all the additional burns from the fire were too much for his body. His wife and adult sons agreed to remove all life support and he died 15 minutes later.

If he had owned an electric mower to mow his 2 acres, if...

Two of his sons are firemen in Little Rock.