lxskllr
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Also, in regards to lxskllr's "1/4 hour to mow 1/4 acre with one of those" - It's amusing how people have no clue how big a 1/4 acre is. An acre is roughly the size of a football field (not including the endzones.) A football field is 100 yards by 53 1/3 yards or 5333 square yards. An acre is 4840 square yards. I don't think that 4 guys with reel mowers are going to mow an entire football field in 15 minutes. 4840/4 = 1210 square yards. That means, if you had a 3 foot wide lawnmower, and never had to turn around - could just mow one long 3 foot wide strip equivalent to 1/4 acre, you'd have to walk 1210 yards - more than 2/3 of a mile. The narrower your mower gets, the farther you have to walk. Add in all the turns, and either get a better sense of estimates for areas, else a riding mower. Get an older, used one. The new ones are crap.
That was a 1/2 hour to mow a 1/4ac, and that's from experience mowing my 1ac lot ;^)