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Holy smokes, y'all, I saw the coolest remote control mower yesterday! It wasn't really a robot, per se, as there was a fella walking around about 10 yards behind it with a big ol' remote control in his hands.

The device was mowing a slope -- steep enough that I don't think any of us would want to ride a tractor or a zero-turn on it. I saw it a couple of seconds before I saw the (remote) operator.

It looked like this, sort of:


The bulk of it was orange, so I assumed it was a Husqvarna product, but I haven't looked into that yet.
When I was researching my RC mower that was one of the mowers I checked out because it’s based on a zero turn.

Unfortunately the guy was great at engineering and terrible at business and collected a bunch of deposits and only delivered a few mowers and kept the big down payments.
 
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I aways bought a good quality rider with a maintenance agreement because I liked to mow the grass. I would put on my headphones and ride like the wind. I even enjoyed trimming and weed whacking too.
The only time I did not like it was when it was very hot and humid. A robot would have killed the joy for me.


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John Deere was at one time working on a G.P.S. "smart "mower.

I.i.r.c. it went from 21" cut to 32" cut and from gas to electric
And from rear wheel to front wheel drive
With whispers of a 4 w.d. model.

Four years went by and it went from manufacturing in America to over seas

That was three years ago.
Have not seen them around here at all





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Robot mowers, snowblowers, vacuums, etc. No need for them.
We need a robot wife Big Grin


Many of us have been saying this for years.




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Just remember that these won't eliminate all your yardwork, but it will turn what would be a 4 hour job into a 20 minute job(detail trimming).



Juan eliminates all yardwork, does a damn good job, and costs about $40 every two weeks.




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Just remember that these won't eliminate all your yardwork, but it will turn what would be a 4 hour job into a 20 minute job(detail trimming).



Juan eliminates all yardwork, does a damn good job, and costs about $40 every two weeks.


You must have a postage stamp. The Juan’s around here learned from hanging out in front of Home Depot that they should be making $40-$60 an hour, cash.
 
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Virginia Aviation Museum had a couple of them running when I was there last week,

grass looked fine, but you could see where they were programmed to not go, or could no go due to the terrian



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My fathers last project before passing last year. He didn't like the turning, so he removed the two front drives.
 
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I'm holding out for GMO-grass that doesn't grow or need to be cut. Smile
 
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I'm holding out for GMO-grass that doesn't grow or need to be cut. Smile
Astro turf.

I told my wife that we should just call the concrete truck and paint it all green.



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Battery should last the season.
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^^^That is in reference to the Smart Tag.
 
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