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The Wonderboy X-100, an experimental air-conditioned lawn mower, 1957
(files.catbox.moe)
cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/19658267
I find it insane that you can buy a used Toyota Camry with AC for the same price as a zero turn lawn mower.
I've often dreamed of buying a tiny car and welding a mechanical reel push mower to the front. Then I could mow the lawn with AC and relative quiet.
i give you The Ron Beer
That man is living my dream!
Completely different engineering (ZT transaxles are hydrostatic), but yea, it's nuts they cost as much as a car.
Far, far less material, far less structure, no safety engineering (well, not like cars anyway), and frankly pretty low quality structural design and manufacturing. My family is always welding something back on, or replacing a part.
What the hell are they charging for?