As Texans become more green at home and around the yard, an almost forgotten American-made product is making a comeback.
The American Lawn Mower Company of Shelbyville, Indiana is the only remaining “reel” type lawn mower manufacturer in America. Reel mowers have no motor and require no gasoline or electricity to operate. The company has reported rising sales in the face of an economic slowdown which they attribute to the desire of more consumers to live green lifestyles. In addition to the obvious benefits, reel mowers have fewer parts and don’t weigh as much as power mowers, so less fuel is used to manufacture and ship them.
According to the American Lawn Mower web site, 50 employees pump out between 700-900 mowers per day. Where are they all going? Primarily to people interested in living a green lifestyle. The typical push lawnmower uses one gallon of gas for every two hours of mowing time, so if you spend 50 hours mowing the grass each summer, you’ll save approximately 25 gallons of gas per year by converting to a push mower.
The savings are even greater when other lawn care alternatives are taken into consideration. Replacing the leaf blower with a broom, for example, will yield additional fuel savings as well as cleaner air and quieter evenings in the neighborhood.
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