Today's Yard Equipment Makes Easy Work Out of Yard Maintenance
Yard equipment; ah, the feeling of making your first money from mowing the neighbor's lawn. In the fifties, mowing the lawn was good for a dollar or two for sweating in the hot sun pushing the mower over the grass. Once motorized lawn mowers became popular it was easier and quicker to cut the grass and you could even charge more for it. But you didn't really evolve until you made it to your first riding mower. The riding mower was the best. It made a job seem more like fun. Kids begged to mow the lawn. Even mothers didn't seem to mind the lawn work. Lawn equipment in the early days wasn't exciting. Your father went to Sears, Penny's, and Montgomery Ward's and bought whatever was sitting on the show floor. As the years went by, home improvement businesses like Lowe's and Home Depot put many different brands and types out there for us to choose from. Owning a really nice riding mower became another step in "keeping up with the Jones...