Oakland bans the use of combustion engine-powered leaf blowers and trimmers

Re:Oakland bans the use of combustion engine-powered leaf bl... by folkrav on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:05PM (#26360683)

I don't know how much grass you have to deal with, but before renting, I had a small-to-medium sized lawn to mow, and I just didn't mow in heavy, damp grass. The electric I had supplied way more than enough power to mow everything I had to cover without a hitch.

I can definitely see it becoming in issue on larger areas, with larger weeds or, in less dry weather, if you really _have_ to, like landscaper services, maybe. But for the average suburban lawn maintenance?

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Re:Oakland bans the use of combustion engine-powered leaf bl... by sokoloff on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:13PM (#26360818)

My lawn is on the small side (I can mow it all in 40 minutes, even if bagging). But it's a thick Kentucky Bluegrass and needs to be mowed 2-3x a week during the cool, wet spring and mid-fall. If we go away for a week-long vacation somewhere in the spring, that's a thick, high mess of grass that I need to mow when we get back.

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Re:Oakland bans the use of combustion engine-powered leaf bl... by folkrav on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:44PM (#26361161)

Ah, fast growing and thick, yeah. I had to mow every week and could push it to 2-3 in very dry weather.

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