Quote Originally Posted by WOXOF
That's funny.

http://www.friendlyrobotics.com/videos/robomow/

Thanks, but I just bought a Husqvarna lawn tractor. I pick it up Saturday. How much does that RL1000 run? I have a 3/4 acre lot. As slow as that thing is going, it would take it 2 days to cut my yard. What keeps someone from stealing it?

I can still drive the tactor with one hand and hold the cigar in the other. It also comes with a cup holder. It doesn't get any more redneck than that. My wife thinks I look silly on the little tractor smoking a cigar. She's probably right, but it's "quiet" time for me where my thoughts can wonder.
Th RL1000 retails for about $1900, but you can get them cheaper. I paid about $1500 for it 3 years ago and I would imagine they've come down somewhat since then (don't know, don't care!). It's suposed to do about 1/2 acre and runs about 2 1/2 hours on a charge, so you don't have to rush thru the cigar and you can finish the whole pitcher of martinis. You can set up zones so you can have it restart and finish larger areas when the battery recharges. Or you can just get an additional battery. It has a theft lock on it so it's virtually useless unless you know the code to get it started.

(Hmmm,,, sittin' on a tractor chompin' on a cigar or stretched out on a lawn chair leisurely smoking a cigar and sipping a martini... oh well, whatever floats your boat! )

Now before you go shootin' off about how expensive it is, I was paying a service $32/cut once a wek and I still had to cut it one time in between. Now I cut it 3 times a week, so I figure I'm saving about $100/week. Pays for itself in one season!

(Don't start shooting holes in my dillusional fantasy! It's worth it... yeah... really... and it might even have sold the wife on the idea if I had one (a wife, not an idea.))