The "flight attendant" visualization at the beginning is gold! 😂

@ComingWithTheClouds

7 жыл бұрын

lol

@Sickler_1

6 жыл бұрын

Solid gold Lofl. Made the video for me. Well done sir!

@randybird9979

2 ай бұрын

don't call them a flight attendant, the pilot will turn around and take you all back to the starting point

If there's one thing i love, its ingenuity, and creativity! Well done, sir!

yup , I have reached the edge of the internet . I have seen it all.

@Carl-LaFong1618

6 жыл бұрын

no, I just commented on your observation of this video. that puts me one rung below you.

@joewoodchuck3824

6 жыл бұрын

If you saw the edge of the internet, does that mean it's flat just like Earth?

@WickdPerfekT

6 жыл бұрын

joe woodchuck think of it more like an inside-out spherical ocean and the edges are the crests of the waves.

@nabotic6832

6 жыл бұрын

joe woodchuck ok.... "ITS TIME TO STOP"

@radiantaudio944

3 жыл бұрын

😆

One of the most common comments is a statement that I should use a Ventrac/Ventrak or other brand of riding/stand-on mower. Some are polite/intelligent but others are rude or idiotic. Ventrak's website includes a page stating the maximum safe slope for its various models. Only one, its most expensive mower, modified to add dual wheels, is rated for 30 degrees. That mower, used, is over $20,000. Other manufacturers also give the maximum safe slope for their products. Several automated/slope mowers are rated for steeper hills. For example Husqvarna. I am unaware of any other stand-on or riding mower that the manufacturer believes is safe at 30 degrees. Many are rated below 15 degrees. If you can point me to a manufacturer's website or other reliable resource that says a product is safe at 30 degrees, please post it; I would love to know of it. Skip any comments that you "don't care about the rating because you have used it safely for years." I believe you but more strongly believe the manufacturer's rating. Sorry for my tone but I am tired of rude comments

@rushinbot1830

6 жыл бұрын

It's typical KZread trolling. I swear some just troll for trolling sake. 93% thumbs up, so most viewers clearly appreciate you showing us what you made. I think you came up with the best low cost system possible to conquer that big steep lawn. I would try to make it remote controlled battery powered with cleats on the wheels for better traction, but that obviously would make it a good amount more expensive and time consuming to fabricate as well. Plus even the best batteries won't do that whole lawn in one go. Probably would be a real trick to get the right weight with the right wheels so it doesn't tear up the grass peeling out going uphill. But yeah, 30° is well beyond what practically any riding mower is capable of without tearing up the grass, and you definitely wouldn't want to try turning around on that grade. It could tip over.

@justinb7039

6 жыл бұрын

I work for a professional landscape company in N.Y. we would put a zero on it...We do own two Steiner mowers with said dual wheel setups and I can say we go well over the manufacturers 30 degree limit lol. We go so far over the company sent out a representative to watch us do it...We use them to mow the steep side walls of the reservoirs in our area. I know my comment doesn't help u in anyway but I couldn't help myself

@jessivital9877

6 жыл бұрын

Justin Brooks post a video

@justinb7039

6 жыл бұрын

Jessi Vital I might be able to get a link to a photo from the Democrat and chronicle of the mowing on the hill. I could take a video but it won't for a while I run a different contract most of the summer. Later 8n the season when this one ends I'll get thrown back on that and I'll see what I can do :)

@roberta6641

6 жыл бұрын

to be honest you seem to have made something that suits your environment down to the ground. shame you cant add some rc to it and have a camra feed on it so you can drive it around. haha

SOD, I think you're a genius. Not only is your invention brilliant and simple, I think your video is brilliantly and simply told, in a very compact amount of time.

@dhall9183

7 жыл бұрын

that's the way MacGyver would do it

@ricksteen935

2 ай бұрын

I’m envisioning a lawn chair with a winch for the power cord and for the towline, and a huge cup holder for the beer🤣

This guy here innovates better than Apple, Inc.

@jsee2385

3 жыл бұрын

10 years later his mower still fits the same plug.....

I’m an Australian, but touring England a few years ago, I observed a lot of very steep mowed hillsides around monuments. I thought this was because they used sheep or goats, but I was wrong, one day I saw a man mowing the steep hillside using a modified “Flymow” on a very long tether. He stood at the top of the slope and it swung from side to side like a pendulum!

@terrywereb7639

3 жыл бұрын

I would use sheep..but then, I like sheep.

Necessity is still the mother of invention! Great job

@Jimmy-Legs

2 ай бұрын

Next step is to hook it up to an electric winch.

Damn... no offense i expected really bad results after looking at that mower, and was pleasantly surprised when i saw how amazing a cut that made! Good job!

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Zelezni

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

?

@jaybournagain1002

7 жыл бұрын

seriously brotha bravo I wish the world was more like you we wouldn't let our simple problems be big ones awesome Innovating

@terrebear426

7 жыл бұрын

jay Bournagain h

@GUSftw

7 жыл бұрын

I was skeptical as well, but damn the results are great. I suppose the thicker cord has a large impact on cut quality.

MacGyver would be so proud of you! You've mastered "improvise adapt and overcome". Necessity truly is the mother of invention.

"all done" "until next week" - i love that because its so damn true... very well done!!

Truly great, it seems that so few people actually make things these days. Well done that man

Goat is another option here.

@GangstaDoggo65

7 жыл бұрын

David's Favorite Videos my goats are picky eaters, they don't even eat my grass

@gljay

7 жыл бұрын

Jakob Werbe goats are browsers sheep are grazers. Goats are best at clearing brush to eliminate fire hazards.

@NyuuMikuru1

7 жыл бұрын

David's Favorite Videos How then the poo get picked up? Same dilemma.

@johnwildwest1

7 жыл бұрын

few lambs would really suite the job ,poop not a problem tiny raisins,fatten for the freezer nd get a few more the next year.....some times lambs are without a mother only in this case it would suite

@fkujakedmyname

7 жыл бұрын

BUT BOOMERS ARE LAZY NAZIS WHO WANT WHITES ONLY SAFE SPACES GOATS WOULD BE WORK SOMETHING BOOMERS WONT DO OR PAY YOUNG PEOPLE TO DO

that hill must be awesome to sled in the winter

@sonofdodie

8 жыл бұрын

So true! When we moved in, I made sure our insurance protected against sledders (yes) and mowing services (we added a rider/endorsement). I know of 3 broken/cracked bones, all adults. One of our newer neighbors who is pretty clever (he installed a zip line in his yard) asked about putting in a tow rope (I said no).

@sonofdodie

8 жыл бұрын

So true! When we moved in, I made sure our insurance protected against sledders (yes) and mowing services (we added a rider/endorsement). I know of 3 broken/cracked bones, all adults. One of our newer neighbors who is pretty clever (he installed a zip line in his yard) asked about putting in a tow rope (I said no).

@sonofdodie

8 жыл бұрын

So true! When we moved in, I made sure our insurance protected against sledders (yes) and mowing services (we added a rider/endorsement). I know of 3 broken/cracked bones, all adults. One of our newer neighbors who is pretty clever (he installed a zip line in his yard) asked about putting in a tow rope (I said no).

@grizzlyclaw4511

7 жыл бұрын

sonofdodie good invention for that slope of yard

@i-never-look-at-replies-lol

7 жыл бұрын

sonofdodie lol good idea, sledding was seriously responsible for a bad case of legitimate whiplash I got several years back!

Can we be just as impressed with his mowing creation as we are with his presentation (voiceover, hand movements, etc.)?

@sonofdodie

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Filmed a lot of video to edit down. Re-recorded voice overs several times.

Now here's a serious man with great sense of ingenuity...Great job sir.

Got a few compliments about the video. Thanks. My daughter did the filming and was creative, including filming with the camera low to the ground.

@modelnutty6503

7 жыл бұрын

the idea is really brilliant+simple = even better! I can't tell from the video how short it's doing the cut but it sure does the job! might be a little easier handling with an extension cord devoted and taped to the rope, roll easier on larger diameter wheels (does good now too!), is the only obvious stuff I see to maybe play with.

@77yogurt

7 жыл бұрын

sonofdodie Very clever man. Kudos to you!!!

@Smitten702

7 жыл бұрын

you should just get rid of the hill, and do a step down every few feet. Could make an incredible staircased garden, or even grass if you want, which could be moved evenly with the steps every 4 feet or so.

@lylestavast7652

7 жыл бұрын

Props to the lady - nicely done.

@jameswarren2045

7 жыл бұрын

Ryan Smith I bet the home made mower is a lot cheaper option than what your talking!!

I liked the video because of your great hand signals

Mr Schley, You, sir, are a genius! I love your creative problem solving.

Necessity is definitely the mother of invention. Never question the creativity of a man who has experience and high standards at the same time. This is fantastic stuff! Great job! You need to patent a system of pulleys in a mower that can safely do a hill like this.

A brilliantly simple solution to a big problem, offer to mow your neighbors hills for a fee 😀👍

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

Ash Ackroyd There were two very nice "little old ladies" (I mean that politely, not sarcastically or meanly). Their lawn is dramatically less steep and this doesn't work there. I can easily mow that one like a normal lawn.

That was some amazing ingenuity! Improvise, adapt, and overcome!

Had a steep hill I cut years ago for a fella that's now passed, I took a regular push lawn mower and took the handle and all that off and had a rope tied to the mower to do pretty much the same as you're doing here. Work smarter, not harder folks!

IN 1978 I went from Georgia where i live to Pennsylvaniar to visit my sister. On the way I tried a schortcut and wound up on a back road. A guy was cutting grass on a straight vertical slope about 20 feet high. He had a push mower attached with rope and lowering down the vertcal slope and it was working. Your video reminded me of that and the saying "Where there's a will there's a way"

I am getting so tired of the word Ventrac and a couple other brand names. I assume it's a fine product, and works well on hills but it tears them up when you have to turn around tightly, and costs $20K compared to $100.

@losi8ightyew

7 жыл бұрын

Now you just got to get a little handheld winch to pull it up and down the hill for you! Awesome idea man! Sweet build! Screw a ventrac.

@losi8ightyew

7 жыл бұрын

+losi8ightyew Or some type of electric winch would work.

@grumpyoldman3597

7 жыл бұрын

when you were brainstorming ideas, did you consider the bottom portion of a push reel mower so the electricity isn't even needed? my steep hill is nowhere near this, so I got a $30 manual reel mower to push up and down so my tractor didn't butcher the ends and I didn't need to regrade the whole lawn... just trying to think of what could possibly be lighter than wood and weed wackers... what were all the ideas you considered?

@JohnDiMartino

6 жыл бұрын

A Ventrac would not tear up any turf when turning on hillsides... Mine never does, there is a video on KZread by Jack Wiley showing how well they turn without disturbing turf, the only downside to a Ventrac is the obvious ... initial cost... I agree he doesn’t need one his electric mower seems to do a great job for what he has in it .

@Lincolnator721

6 жыл бұрын

sonofdodie some people like to be know-it-alls

A few goats might be the cheapest solution.

@BlueRidgeMtns100

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe sheep. Goats browse. Sheep graze.

@seebaastian

6 жыл бұрын

hughtub hey!! I just thougth the same. In my place i had the same issue. My solution was a cow... Every morning the cow is milked and the cow poop is placed with the worms to produce compost. I liked your solution the most because is natural!

@v10f1

6 жыл бұрын

Sebastián Pacheco sustainable methane production??

@LundBrandon

6 жыл бұрын

Im guessing you dont know what livestock costs

Bloody awesome. A tip of my hat to you from Australia

Genius! Pure Genius! This is one of those things that make me think, "DUH! Why did I think of that?" I guess that's why you're the genius.

I'd have me a bad ass slip n slide going down that hill😂😂💯

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

JOSEPH SKOVIRA Yes but... You would get a speeding ticket. Three sledding injuries that we know of (all adults)

@LEO1WOLF

6 жыл бұрын

sonofdodie - - well, you shot my idea outta' the air. 😉 🤣

@andrewc0128

6 жыл бұрын

No. Even better, because now you know you'll be able to go really fast. Plastic tarps, a water hose and Dawn soap! 🤣

@andrewc0128

6 жыл бұрын

Yard Sale Dale, A Target? Hahaha

@BTAKasper

6 жыл бұрын

Yard Sale Dale Death

Well that saved my summer, brilliant idea.

I wished I had a 1/3rd of your knowledge. Truly Guinness.

Absolutely love your hillside mower! While I own a Ventrac Mower with Duals and the capability to mow that, I don’t think you need one , you seem to have it covered pretty good with what you have! I really like the setup it doesn’t disturb anything either.

GREAT WORK!!! BRILLIANT!

you should of patented this before uploading tbh

@modelnutty6503

7 жыл бұрын

by uploading it, it may fall into "self copyright" needing permission/pay if anyone wants to produce similar for sale, but SO helpful to anyone watching that has need for making one for themself.

@RPDundas

7 жыл бұрын

Sushii why? Only a tiny fraction of the population has a yard where this could work, it would never sell.

@Eli-fj3sc

7 жыл бұрын

I believe that there is a company doing exactly this. It is how Daytona Raceways grass is cut I believe its called the Spider mower and it is based on this concept on sure on how far reaching the spider mower's copyright is but it is the same concept just DIY'ed

@GrandpasDE

7 жыл бұрын

How are toads born

@brianwilless1589

7 жыл бұрын

an uploaded video is all that is needed to prove first in regards to patents. www.google.gr/search?q=poor+mans+patent&oq=poor+mans+patent&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.2448j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Awesome idea and execution! Well done!!

Great idea, you really helped a lot of people by showing them this invention. Thanks for your time!

landscapers wone touch that hill? well fuck im coming there then.

@robertkeel7916

7 жыл бұрын

Sss Ddd right?!?! I could easily mow that with my 48" walk behind lol easy money

@happys104092243

7 жыл бұрын

Robert Keel. i would use a 61inch scag.

@ar-gaming9014

7 жыл бұрын

Ill cut your whole yard in 15 minutes with my John Deere 4255 with a moco cutter looks like a golf corase after

@shawntracey

7 жыл бұрын

wtf is a corase?

@NyuuMikuru1

7 жыл бұрын

shawn tracey Maybe it's a sprinkle on ice cream. Hi, I'd like an ice cream with some corase on it.

I wonder how much gas, time, and money get spent on "lawns" in the US. I bet Saturdays alone, could feed a major city lol.

@williamlewis7846

7 жыл бұрын

I get it... Unfortunately things have to change at a government level to be able to incorporate food and other beneficial plants without them defining them as weeds and order removal. We have destroyed butterfly populations by defining milkweed as a noxious weed and may other beneficial plants have suffered a like fate.

@williamlewis7846

7 жыл бұрын

Ya I often stereotype too. Jesus man, childhood poverty is higher now than when Johnson started his war on poverty. www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/10/29/child-poverty-in-the-u-s-is-among-the-worst-in-the-developed-world/?.faab374564a8

Oh man, that's pretty inventive!! the results and time are phenomenal. well done.

Necessity is the mother of invention... Great stuff man 👍👍

Necessity is the mother of ingenuity.

@gf4353

6 жыл бұрын

INVENTION!! LOL. DILLY DILLY

Better than just sitting around on your grass!

Now thats a very SMART way to avoid excess wear & tear on a body while still getting health benefits from the cardio & strength workout involved. Genius!!!

Besides being a wing dinger of an idea, there was no annoying music. I give it a thumb's up!

And that is why you check houses before you buy them!

I agree bigger wheels.

@kentuckycowboy2

3 жыл бұрын

At least pneumatic tires and wheels it might be easier to pull up and lower down the hill. Harbor freight has them on sale regularly for around six bucks a piece ( cheaper than fixing a flat on one ) you would need to fab an axle.

That might be the most clever invention I've seen in a long time! Well done sir!!

American ingenuity, love it. Nice work.

You need to make a handle so someone at the bottom of the hill can pick up/drag/slide it over so when you pull it up you cut a new row.

@macswanton9622

6 жыл бұрын

Each row took two passes

Problem solving at it's finest!

@DanVR001

6 жыл бұрын

"at it is finest!" ?????

You win. I couldn’t compete with that. But I’d be taking pictures and notes so I could build my own. Great work Sonofdodie

Genius. We have 6 acres we have to mow up and down hills. Absolutely brilliant

And when your arms go out, get a winch!

@TickledFunnyBone

6 жыл бұрын

that is what i'm thinking only on a track that moves to the next row every time it is reeled back up.

@tinytattoomike7943

6 жыл бұрын

Tickled Funny Bone make it into a R/c car /mower maybe ?

So I just need to get a hill under my grass yard... Challenge accepted!

That is an amazing piece of ingenuity you've got there! And, I would mow that lawn. ONCE.

Good job, Sir 👍🏾 Improvements to be considered: • Use a winch • Allow the winch to move along a rail laterally • Automatize the entire mowing • Add fans that suck the gras upwards ✌🏾

"until next week" yeah, if I had to do that every week, i'd just pour kerosene on it and light it on fire.

@Shawnmacomberr

3 жыл бұрын

same lmao if anything his neighbors are the smart ones they said fuck it

@6stringgunner511

3 жыл бұрын

Yep! LMBO 😂🤣😅😂!!!

Genius!

I live near the old Olympia Beer brewery in Tumwater Washington. Years ago the lawn maintenance guy used to mow the steep lawns next to the Deschutes River by tying off a gas powered mower to ropes and doing the same thing. This was back in the stone age when mowers didn't have deadman switches on them.

Ingenuity at it's best. I bet you neighbors want you to mow their lawns now. Great job.

Now if you can figure out a remote control way without rope, then you will be all set. Great ideas come along sometimes after many trials.

@sonofdodie

8 жыл бұрын

One of my partners at my law firm (before I was disabled) has adapted a rumba vacuum into a mower so that it randomly mows his lawn, automatically returning to his garage to charge itself. His is a flat lawn however.

@lewiemcneely9143

7 жыл бұрын

A capstan setup would be best and just take the strain and you could control it like you do anyway but it's something else to roll around and have to store too.

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

Lewie McNeely What's a capstan setup?

@lewiemcneely9143

7 жыл бұрын

A capstan setup is a powered slow-geared revolving spool that your rope would be wound around, probably once. When you wanted the mower to come back you just pull on the loose end of a rope and the rope tightens up on the spool and the spool does the pulling. Like on old ships handling cargo.

@Tyler-xe1es

7 жыл бұрын

Lewie McNeely That is exactly what I was thinking. It would be brilliant.

142 losers who never accomplish anything 1 home owner who is a genius

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

Bill Russell Thanks.

@billrussell7672

7 жыл бұрын

I assure you the pleasure is mine , thank you for sharing

@BenDover-ye6tj

7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Great problem solving.

@soydenso

7 жыл бұрын

hes cool

@CobraAR

7 жыл бұрын

Bill Russell. i know rite. People get jealousy and they judge. Losers

I've heard it said that "necessity is the mother of invention". I beg to differ! In my life I have learned that desperation is really the mother of invention.

I am impressed!!! This is more American ingenuity at its finest!!!

HEY! This is a great idea. Congrats on MANY levels. There are so many clever ideas out there just waiting form someone to think of them. I own 9 acres of flat land in Central Florida, and I don't really mind cutting it, but I've often considered using multiple (5+) Echo string heads powered by a small gas engine on a frame to construct a very light cutting machine. I don't need rock slinging steel blades. Sometimes smaller IS better. Its the same concept, as yours sir, except I would push it, or if big enough pull it behind a deck-less rider. SonOfDodie, you stepped outside of the box, and came up with a very useful gadget that solved YOUR problems. If 1% of the human race could step out of that box, and solve THEIR problems, AND share it on a video, perhaps we could undo the damage caused by Public Schoolz [sic]. Keep up the good work, and... THANKS FOR THINKING! Mr. Brown (57) Florida

@LEO1WOLF

6 жыл бұрын

Mr Brown - - you Gents might need to "colab" on a better version of your inventions.

@mrbrown6421

6 жыл бұрын

...LEO1WOLF... How many filaments failed before the light bulb was invented? Is there something wrong with getting exciting about simple things? Did you know today may be the best day of your life? I saw a car accident the other day. It was the LAST day for the driver. Dead and buried, and no chance of coming back. I'm going to weed eat a 5 acre cemetery, and I'm excited about it because I've made brilliant (simple) mods to my weed eater... I WAS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER, working on the 737-300 before you were walking. Go "colab" something, but never ever ever put anybody down for THINKING and enjoying life. THanks for THinking!

@LEO1WOLF

6 жыл бұрын

Mr Brown - - my apologies, as I had no intentions to offend. I was genuinely excited about the VID & the fact that both of you had come up with something important that could possibly help others. When I mentioned a collaboration, perhaps it was my naïveté to suggest that if one person creates something beneficial & someone else creates something equally as beneficial the two of them could possibly create something extraordinary. I most certainly was NOT trying to put anyone down here & again, I'm sorry if I came across as anything but positively excited. Have a good weekend Sir.

@mrbrown6421

6 жыл бұрын

LEO1WOLF thank you sir, no offense taken. Back to work the weeds are waiting.

why not use a riding lawnmower and build roller cage wheels on it so it cant tip over

@johnnyllooddte3415

7 жыл бұрын

great video and great invention tho

@wesley7910

7 жыл бұрын

johnny llooddte why spend 1-4k on that when you can string this up for less than 200$

@johnnyllooddte3415

7 жыл бұрын

why spend 200 dollars when i can pay the neighbor kids 10 bucks,, 5 times a year

@johnnyllooddte3415

7 жыл бұрын

or buy 2 goats for 40 bucks

@johnnyllooddte3415

7 жыл бұрын

i built my roller wheells for about 10 bucks

Pulling it up that hill a few times will require a couple cool drinks. From the cooler I would have sitting right there!

Who doesn't love to see creativity and ingenuity solve a problem? Awesome build. Now you just need to find a way to automate the thing so you can cut that hill from your deck. Nice job.

when I was in South Korea, I watched the Korean landscapers use a regular push mover and long rope to mow the grass over the large ammo bunkers on base. it was steep, but they had a good rythem and started at the top going horizontal across and going down

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

Walker Prescott I actually considered that as a low cost option.

@walkerprescott393

7 жыл бұрын

sonofdodie They pulled the mower to the top of the burm,.started the mover and walked back and fourth on the top, guiding the mower, it looked fairly effortless

@shawnv1600

7 жыл бұрын

key word "looked".

I really appreciate the effort and thought to value put into this mower. It looks great. I'm just wondering why a ride-on mower wouldn't do the trick? You said that there wasn't a mower that could do it but I don't think the hill is steep enough to not have any rider mowers be able to cut it easily. If you meant that there wasn't an affordable mower that could do it then I retract my statement.

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

Echocookie There are some that do but the cost is high. Consider it "poetic license." That said, many comments refer to specific brands but when you check them out, they are not rated for this degree of slope.

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

Oh, I forgot to mention that the third of the lawn that is shaded is very subject to shifting. I couldn't mow it on foot without shifting some of the grass and dirt.

@doctorlarry2273

6 жыл бұрын

I suggest you find a real 30 degree slope and try even walking on it.

Yall did a great job filming and making the mower. Thanks for sharing. Awesome

@sonofdodie

6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Wingard Daughter Renee gets most of the credit for video, including the low-to-ground shots.

Brilliant ! Nice work - you are on to something there :)

now patent it...

0:43 cue third Reich music

@willwork4superpowazz

7 жыл бұрын

fuuuuuuck, I just made a nazi comment now I see someone had beaten me to it lol

@captainspaulding2693

6 жыл бұрын

Anthony Adams this comment is such a win, I'm crying swastikas. Remember, if you see a Jew with serial numbers, grab it, it's very rare and collectible.

@jackthompson1382

6 жыл бұрын

I did NAZI That coming!!!!

@dayovtheropjr7489

6 жыл бұрын

Even in some obscure video about homemade mowing devices i can find fellow natsocs. Love it

You can also get those tractor mowers you ride on. Those always seem fun to me

hook that sucker up to an electric wench/ garden hose roller

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

Vincent Castellano Thought of it but it really is easy to pull up and down. A winch would actually make it more work. If the hill was bigger, I would do that.

@triggertherapist1955

7 жыл бұрын

sonofdodie you could already go get r/c supplies and make it work with a remote control. about $200 you could get everything you need from a hobby shop

Why not just plant a perennial ground cover, problem solved

@aguyandhiscomputer

7 жыл бұрын

I second the ground cover.

@twoblacklabs904

7 жыл бұрын

Swimbait1 nah, there's plenty to be said about the beauty of a nicely manicured sloping lawn.... "Necessity is the Mother of Invention..." is a great quote, and is perfectly evident in this great video. Why spend thousands for a Ventrac mower when you can get a positive result with 3 household string trimmers and a wooden deck? The only thing I'd add is a dedicated pulley/track system to aid in uphill retrieval. Something other than ropes that can get tangled, frayed or cut. Great job, sonofdodie! You've really solved your backyard grading issue.

@MrCoffeekelly

7 жыл бұрын

Salvatore DiSanto you're right....it's says people are brainwashed into thinking they need a perfectly mowed lawn.

@twoblacklabs904

7 жыл бұрын

MrCoffeekelly sorry, but I really like the look of a manicured lawn. I just hate working like a dog to get those results....I already work hard enough Monday-Friday!!!

@MrCoffeekelly

7 жыл бұрын

Salvatore DiSanto why? perennial ground cover and flowers would look much better and provide habitat for animals and attract pollinators like humming birds and bees. maybe you should just get some kind of synthetic astroturf and be done.

Peak KZread content. Will I ever find a video better than this?

Great idea, that's how you do it, make it yourself. I love people who can take a problem and solve it in the coolest and easiest way. Bravo sir

good idea! but, why even bother mowing it when u can't use the slope for anything productive?

@nathaniellarson8

6 жыл бұрын

Livereater00 ticks, rodents, etc. Keeps them further away from the building.

@KB4QAA

6 жыл бұрын

Time to return it to nature!

@nathaniellarson8

6 жыл бұрын

Pelican1984 what we do with nature is part of nature.

@KB4QAA

6 жыл бұрын

Only the most most minimal actions, e.g. breathing. Flying to the moon and disturbing the surface with a moon buggy is an intentional act of man, not nature.

@nathaniellarson8

6 жыл бұрын

Pelican1984 we are nature, to think anything else is delusion.

Buy a goat!

Well done man. Love the ingenuity.

That's one hell of a hill to mow!

Why not get a Ventrac. They go much faster, can do many more things, and they can climb a hill up to 45 degrees!

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

VM D. My hill is only about a quarter of an acre. My mower: $100; Ventrac: $20,000. Mine: about 3 square feet of floor space to store; Ventrac: 1/2 of a car stall. Mine: no gas; Ventrac: unknown amount of gas. Mine: a "handy" guy like me can build and maintain; Ventrac: pay for motor and other maintenance. Note that Ventac's lower priced version is only rated to 20 degrees. I'm sure Ventrac is a fine product (lots of recommendations in the replies) but if I bought one for my yard I would be either too rich or an idiot.

@theman6760

7 жыл бұрын

sonofdodie I'm not just talking about the hill. I'm talking about your entire lawn. It can also maintain snow during the winter season.

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

VM D. I see your point but the front and side yards are smaller, collectively perhaps half the size of the hill part of the yard.

@theman6760

7 жыл бұрын

sonofdodie Yeah I get what you're saying.

@Brandon-ch2ot

7 жыл бұрын

sonofdodie still I would try a ventrac

Shouldn't of posted that. You have money on your hands with possible patent

@larrylund2682

6 жыл бұрын

Money is not the mother of invention. Necessity is.

@noahu3422

6 жыл бұрын

Larry Lund damn smartest thing I read all day

Looking at that lawn, allí could think about is how awesome a slip-n-slide would be there...

Back in the 1970s I used to help my grand pa mow a bank around his pond! He had a old lawnboy he lowered down over a bank with a old rope!

you need a Ventrac!

@oEx0duSo

7 жыл бұрын

He already replied to another person and said those are $20,000 and too big.

@pearsonebfd1

7 жыл бұрын

He needs a Exmark Turf Tracer. The ventrac are to heavy and destroy grass when turning on hills

@sonofdodie

7 жыл бұрын

shift 2first A Turf Tracer is not a unit I found when I was figuring out how to solve the problem. But it isn't a solution. I would still need to walk behind it. My Honda works very well. The whole reason for my design is to get me off the hill because of my seizure medicine-caused imbalance and to reduce ankle and knee pain. A Turf Tracer would do neither.

HELL YA!!!!! That’s homebrew ingenuity at its finest I love it!! Don’t listen to the negative comments what you did was pretty awesome!

Genius! I love it, Awesome job sir.

Incredible work! You've really come up with a great solution.

This video was inspirational man. I have some bad slopes in my back yard to and my ankles are killing me. Cool contraption.

Very creative & most excellent contraption. Congratulations on your great problem solving skills! I love American ingenuity. Too bad there's not more of it these days.

very impressive. Never seen something so simple so effective

Lawn mowing Genius! Kudos Sir!

wow looks really good! good for you best lawn in neighborhood now!

Pretty neat idea and great results!

That's pretty dam ingenious there. Well done, and good job!

Hats off to you sir...you found a solution to a problem you alone had to solve and you did it with style !

A good friend told me this regarding Solar Power. "Find a need and fill it". Very strong statement,and well thought.