John Foss wrote:
> So without wheels, does it matter how you propel a hover mower? Can you
> swing it side to side like with a floor buffer (or sander)? If you’re on
the
> side of a slope, it must be hard to push it in a straight line. You must
> have to go either straight uphill or down. Is this right?
It tends to work better if you push it forward and back, but side to side
works too. My back garden slopes, and I find it’s easiest to push it
forward and back, straight uphill and downhill, facing uphill, starting at
the top and working down.
A hovermower works better on level ground, but it still works on a slope.
It’s also not great on long grass (which is why Richard chose not to buy
one, he knew he wouldn’t mow his lawn that often), though I reckon my mower
could just about handle Richard’s lawn if I put the blade on the highest
setting. (NO, I’m not about to take up Richard’s challenge!)
> Reminds me of supermarket shopping carts in Holland, which steer with all
> four wheels (American carts steer with front wheels only). It has its
> advantages, but surely it’s hard to turn the corner with a fully-loaded
> cart!
Trolleys in the UK are designed to steer with all 4 wheels (though
traditionally only 3 of them actually work). A trolley with 4 wheel
steering has much greater manoeuvrability in the narrow supermarket aisles.
The hardest ones to use are the trolleys designed for carrying heavy loads
in some DIY stores (B&Q springs to mind), which are rear wheel steering
only.
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Re: Mowing the lawn (increasingly OT)
On 8/5/02 10:23 pm, Danny Colyer posted:
> John Foss wrote:
>> So without wheels, does it matter how you propel a hover mower? Can you
>> swing it side to side like with a floor buffer (or sander)? If you’re on
> the
>> side of a slope, it must be hard to push it in a straight line. You must
>> have to go either straight uphill or down. Is this right?
>
> It tends to work better if you push it forward and back, but side to side
> works too. My back garden slopes, and I find it’s easiest to push it
> forward and back, straight uphill and downhill, facing uphill, starting at
> the top and working down.
>
> A hovermower works better on level ground, but it still works on a slope.
> It’s also not great on long grass (which is why Richard chose not to buy
> one, he knew he wouldn’t mow his lawn that often), though I reckon my mower
> could just about handle Richard’s lawn if I put the blade on the highest
> setting. (NO, I’m not about to take up Richard’s challenge!)
>
>> Reminds me of supermarket shopping carts in Holland, which steer with all
>> four wheels (American carts steer with front wheels only). It has its
>> advantages, but surely it’s hard to turn the corner with a fully-loaded
>> cart!
>
> Trolleys in the UK are designed to steer with all 4 wheels (though
> traditionally only 3 of them actually work). A trolley with 4 wheel
> steering has much greater manoeuvrability in the narrow supermarket aisles.
> The hardest ones to use are the trolleys designed for carrying heavy loads
> in some DIY stores (B&Q springs to mind), which are rear wheel steering
> only.
>
Our Sainsbury’s had a few “all plastic” trolleys on trial a couple of years
back - they also happened to be front wheel steering only. When you’re used
to four-wheel ones, they were are pain to get round corners!
Trevor Coultart