Crash!
Flash!
GRUMBLE!
I already knew what needed to happen.
It’s been far too long, and being a man of efficiency, I try not to spend time fixing high maintenance situations when they’re just going to get bad again. But it’s something every property owner does unless they’re a posh city-dweller.
So I ran to the garage, filled up the tank with fuel, opened the garage, and went as fast as I could.
I knew I had to mow the lawn quickly if I was going to beat the rain. I also knew it was long because I find it more efficient to not mow it too often (when I apologized to y neighbor for letting it get so long, George replied, “that’s okay. I like grass.” Best neighbor ever!)
Needless to say, this wasn’t my first time mowing long grass quickly (did I mention efficient earlier? Why take time mowing when you can take less time?). So I thought I’d share the secret with you.
When you mow quickly, you basically run behind the lawn mower and jump to the side to turn it (picture rotating very quickly on the outside of a lever). There’s a problem:
The blades slow down and eventually stop. If it’s warm out, the lawn mower will overheat.
I pay attention to the sound of the blade, and when it slows down, I quickly (because everything is quick) throw up (lift) the handle of the lawn mower to raise the rear wheels off the ground. This releases all the grass clippings out of the mower centrifuge, the high density of which is the reason for its slowing down.
I hope these tips help you waste less of your life doing lawn maintenance.
Cheers!
(Yes, I just wrote 2 pages about how you should lift the back of your mower when mowing fast. But the video before the storm didn’t turn out)