EPA says we use 800 Million gallons of gas a year mowing our yards. WHAT A WASTE!
17 million gallons a year spilled during refueling. I know that new self sealing gas can spout makes me spill a LOT more gas. What a dumb idea. I need to try one of the push button types but mine is not so bad after I cut out the flapper valve.
Your new mower emits more than 11 cars.
2 cycles are supposed to waste 30% of their fuel.
So riddle me this, 2005 briggs 20 inch deck uses more gas to mow my yard than my 1979 F engine lawnboy.. It will mow over an hour on about ¾ quart of gas. The brigs uses a full tank at about 1.2 quarts. Yes, I poured the gas in a mason jar, and used a funnel to fill. The Lawnboy is full with less than one mason jar, and the briggs uses much more. I have a non-mulching blade on the briggs. The lawnboy also has more power and cuts better. So who really pollutes more?
Heck my old 1956 C engine lawnboy, since sold to a collector for way more money than it was worth, would run about an hour on it’s 1 quart tank. It did only have about 2 horsepower though.
Rod
17 million gallons a year spilled during refueling. I know that new self sealing gas can spout makes me spill a LOT more gas. What a dumb idea. I need to try one of the push button types but mine is not so bad after I cut out the flapper valve.
Your new mower emits more than 11 cars.
2 cycles are supposed to waste 30% of their fuel.
So riddle me this, 2005 briggs 20 inch deck uses more gas to mow my yard than my 1979 F engine lawnboy.. It will mow over an hour on about ¾ quart of gas. The brigs uses a full tank at about 1.2 quarts. Yes, I poured the gas in a mason jar, and used a funnel to fill. The Lawnboy is full with less than one mason jar, and the briggs uses much more. I have a non-mulching blade on the briggs. The lawnboy also has more power and cuts better. So who really pollutes more?
Heck my old 1956 C engine lawnboy, since sold to a collector for way more money than it was worth, would run about an hour on it’s 1 quart tank. It did only have about 2 horsepower though.
Rod