Toro 6.5 Recycler
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I am so excited. I have been wanting a high wheeled mower and I got one for my birthday! It is Toro 6.5 Recycler and it is amazing. It has a variable Speed Front Wheel Drive and a guaranteed-to-start engine which is a bonus because our former mower needed so much "husband" work before you could even think about starting it. This one I can start myself easily. The front wheel drive makes it so easy to get through the grass.
This is the grass I am talking about. It is as high as my fruit trees.
The blade shreds this very tall grass in to nice tiny pieces.
Believe it or not there are 17 blueberry bushes back there.
At 6.5 horse power it has plenty of guts to plow through 5' high grass without a lot of effort on my part. I plan to use it to open the paths up around the property.
There are my apple and pear trees.
Here are the blueberries. Now I can run the soaker hose to keep them watered on these hot dry days.
If you are in the market for a mower I can recommend this one. It was pretty affordable. The original price was $299 at Home Depot but this one we bought was a refurbished return at $239. Since the book was not available I asked them to mark it down some more so they took another 10% off. So we got to bring it home for $215. I love a bargain.
The other thing I have been wanting is a pressure washer. Living in the middle of a rain forest the moss grows on everything! You have to have a pressure washer to get it off. Now I can finally finish our deck.
I won't try the pressure washer out just yet but in the next few weeks I'll get to and and review it.
We built our deck out of IPE.
IPE is a beautiful Brazilian hardwood that naturally resists rot, decay, insects, and mold without the use of chemicals used in other deck products. It is naturally fire resistant and incredibly strong. It is not, however, immune to moss and it gets pretty slippery.
This is what it looked like when we first installed it. It has reds and greens and yellows. What we were supposed to do is seal it right away. Well, that didn't happen so now it looks like this.
It has grayed and has green moss deep in the wood.
Once I get it pressure washed I am going to seal it with Cabot Australian Timber Oil. That should bring the color back out and protect the wood from the moss this fall.
I have a general rule about buying presents for my wife. She can hint but if she asks for something specific I won't get it for her (where is the surprise). but today when she said she wanted a lawn mower and pressure washer for her birthday I called Ripley's, grabbed my keys and sped all the way to Home Depot.
Sorry guys she is mine!!
Posted by: David | June 02, 2007 at 03:21 PM
That wood is beautiful.
A pressure washer and lawn mower for your birthday? I hope you at least got cake!
Posted by: Amanda | June 02, 2007 at 07:43 PM
YEAH! Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Barb | June 03, 2007 at 07:59 PM