Re: Possible to buy a mower WITHOUT a bagger?

 

What I remember is that most people didn't use baggers.  Instead, they
raked.

 

Don't use it. New 6.5HP mowers are less than $200; used
mowers can be had for $50 or so. Hang the bagger up in
your garage, shed, or somewhere and use it as an easily
emptied trash bag.


Yes, then came mulching mowers. No raking and no need for
the bagger, either. I think they're included simply as a
selling point. I never used the bagger on the last mower, and
won't on the current one. About the only application I can
think of for it would be collecting shredded leaves, but the
chipper/shredder does a _much_ better job of that.


Gary

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 Gary Heston wrote:


How is a mulching mower different from an ordinary mower without the bag?

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 On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:21:05 -0700 in misc.consumers.frugal-living,

I'm no expert, but my understanding is:

The airflow in an ordinary mower is designed to throw the clippings
out as expeditiously as possible.  Into the bag, or if no bag is
provided onto your lawn, often in uneven piles, where they sit until
you rake them away.

The airflow in a mulching mower is designed to recirculate the
clippings until they are chopped more finely, whereupon they drop
more evenly and settle into the depths of the lawn, where they
remain.

 

Pretty much it, except that the finely chopped grass decays quickly,
recycling nutrients into the soil.  And because they're finely chopped and
spread more or less evenly, they don't somother the lawn the way piles of
clippings will.