My lawn mower saga continues.

Apr 14, 2025, 2:37 PM

Now viewers, where we last left off, I was struggling to get my new Makita mower. Physically, that is. Home Depot had no problem collecting my money, but delivery the mower presented something of a challenge. First order, the order system did not communicate with the shipping system. Second order, the shipper (FedEx) damaged the mower during shipping, and when it said "delivered" what it actually meant was delivered back to shipper. Finally, the third order made it.

Unfortunately (sorry Obed®), the mower didn't cut it. (HAHA!) Firstly, the estimated battery life was nowhere near the stated 1.2 acre range. Secondly, when the first battery died after cutting maybe half the front yard, the mower died and did not automatically switch to the second battery as was supposed to happen. Even swapping battery places didn't help. I am leaving ample margin that the error was mine, but seeing as how the battery life was not going to work, I decided another call to support to get it sorted was a waste of time, and it was going back. It did get hung up in deeper grass once, which was also a red flag for what I needed it to do in order to be a worthwhile replacement. I am sure it would have made an excellent mower (assuming it works) for a smaller or less hilly yard, but with the high price tag (even with 20% discount for the shipping errors), I needed something that could get the job done in one go.

Obed, fwiw, I still make love to my trimmer on a weekly basis.

Enter the Honda HRXHYA. This is an upgrade to my current Honda push, which I very much love and has been a true workhorse for seven years. However, when I bought it when we first got the house, I both didn't really know much mower I needed for this grass and it, as might as it is, was underpowered.

I was very excited to get this mower, but as soon as they pulled it off the truck, I knew I was looking for trouble. The box looked like YeahBuddy's dinger after breaking up with the redhead but still tryna get one last throw for the road. And sure enough, as soon as I opened it, I saw that the deck was straight sliced where there was a big cut in the box. So, another call to Home Depot. Another reorder. Another 10% discount. And the replacement is on its way. Now, I'm just waiting to see if UPS will actually be coming by today to pick up the old one.

I just don't get Home Depot's shipping. They have now smoked more than $2k in product from FedEx damaging it during shipping. I get that the manufacturer packaging is probably built for shipping in containers where they're not getting moved long distances as single units, but hfs. If this is happening to me, as one consumer, how much product are they losing? It's like they need to invent some special rails or something for them. Had the same issue trying to get a replacement air fryer. At one point I literally had four damaged air fryers in the house because each one arrived dinged up from shipping.

I will keep you posted.

In a spot of good news, I put the old Honda on FB Marketplace, and sold it in four hours for half of what I paid after seven years of use.

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My lawn mower saga continues.

WU TANG! WU TANG!***

What is it exactly that you use the trimmer on?***

Monkey Grass.

and manscaping***

Run that shid over with your mower like a REAL man***

Just get two of these.

Want***

I want them to design one with rollers and have it so

I have a Ryobi 40V that I purchased 3 years ago.

One of my old bosses has a robot lawn mower.

I still enjoy cutting grass

Thats what the oak ridge boys had here for their office.

I have a Ryobi 40V that I purchased 2.5 years ago and it hasn't

Or buy an old gas mower.

100% agree, but....

Right now I have 2 lawnmowers in my garage

I had a Ryobi 40V that worked for about 30 minutes and

I also have a trimmer and leaf blower

One of my 40V batteries just went to crap yesterday

I use the Ryobi 40V weed eater that you can put all the attachments on - got

Nothing runs like a Deere.***

An old briggs and stratton***

Re: My lawn mower saga continues.

Mulching is such sweet sorrow.

Re: Mulching is such sweet sorrow.

I like how he got rid of the green part.***

Excellent street sign work btw***

Re: Excellent street sign work btw***

Given my history with them.

I have a Honda push mower that has sat outside for probably 10 years uncovered,

My last mower I owned before this one was a Husqvarna w/a Honda engine.

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