A few months ago I drove by a steep grassy hill sloping down to the road from a cemetery. I didn't notice until I was passing it and it began to move, but it was a large remote mower of some sort. It was within 50' of me but I only caught a glimpse of it, and I think it was a Spider. I have no idea where the operator was but it creeped me out seeing it make a turn and move back up the hill like a 6' beetle with no one in sight.
Any guess what this is?
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fordmantpw
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I would LOVE to have one of those! I used to enjoy mowing the yard, but my allergies have gotten to the point where it takes me out for two days after cutting grass in the early spring. I'm not sure how it would work on my 2 acres though.
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This mower is waaaay cheaper than my two sons that use to cut my grass.
feeding, clothing, send them to school, college, vehicles, etc,. I would have been ahead big time with one of these
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But then you wouldn't have the fun of making it.
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FWIW...Several years ago Honeywell had an R&D contract with one of the big golf course maintenance co...(may have been Toro)...to design an autonomous mowing system...
...At any rate the project was shut down when the system could not meet the control guidelines that kept the machines to a 4cm stray limit...
BTW, Honeywell was the contractor that designed the guidance systems (GPS and Inertial) for the F-35...
...At any rate the project was shut down when the system could not meet the control guidelines that kept the machines to a 4cm stray limit...
BTW, Honeywell was the contractor that designed the guidance systems (GPS and Inertial) for the F-35...
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Funny you mention that, because the entire F-35 fleet is currently grounded again.
If they can't do lawnmowers, what makes us think they can do stealth aircraft?
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Maybe it's just me but I'd rather mow grass that watch TV. The robot mowers look like they just run around at random rather than cutting back and forth.
Years ago I remember seeing the equivalent "redneck" system simply by using a self propelled mower tied with a rope to a driven stake in center of yard, spirally cutting as it wound around stake.
Years ago I remember seeing the equivalent "redneck" system simply by using a self propelled mower tied with a rope to a driven stake in center of yard, spirally cutting as it wound around stake.
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Funny you mention that, because the entire F-35 fleet is currently grounded again.
If they can't do lawnmowers, what makes us think they can do stealth aircraft?
Remember the good old T87 mercury t-stat everyone use to have on the wall? Same company, different division. They used their RedLINK wireless technology from their security alarm division and applied it to their thermostats. Pretty bombproof other than guys in HVAC always get RedLINK, wireless and Wi-Fi mixed up with each other laying out jobs LOL
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Remember ? lol I still have one on the wall !
That's not a very tough decision. I would rather do most anything than watch commercials on TV, with the occasional break for the show I'm allegedly watching.
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Yes. We had one when we bought this house back around 1995. I replaced it immediately with.......
A Honeywell programmable dual setback thermostat. :laughing: It's very undependable because I've had to change the batteries in it twice in 23 years! :laughing:
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LOL when I was up at my dad's house last week, I HAD to take a pic of a heat only model.... guys in NC don't see em that often.
I installed a Burnham oil boiler (and that t-stat) for my dad back in 94, still running strong.
Thing is, when I was up there in June helping him with his operation, it's been a LONG time since I was sweating my nuts off at night (watching TV) needing to run a fan for cooling.
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Me too! But I say this as I am searching on YouTube for autonomous lawn mower videos. :laughing:
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About 20 something years ago I had the great idea of tying the push mower to the back of my four wheeler and mowing the back yard. It didn’t do turns very well. At one point I noticed the wife and son watching through the living room window. Think they were both shaking their heads.
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That's okay... I tell my family that I am ahead of my time.
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hahaha Yep. Needs what I call the (sub-base) for the cooling.
you should as least install him a window shaker for a little cooling
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I won't lie... after being in NC for over 15 years, I was looking for that same subase when we were leaving PA over this past weekend after ready to leave, sitting in the car, I asked my dad if he turned the heat down and he said no, so I ran back inside to make sure the heat was set appropriately.
I compelete forgot what it was like not to "need" AC. Funny enough, really can't remember the last time I handled a Taco 007 to boot.
He has a window shaker, he's just getting too old to put it in and take it out by himself (generally I'd put it in when I'd come up in the spring and take it out on the next trip, but he spent more time down here than I'd go up there). House is laid out easy enough for central air with an unfinished basement, but if the realtor thinks we could recoup the AC cost when we sell, most likely go with a 3 zone mini split for the main floor. Best of both worlds then for heat as well.
My parents live modestly within in their means and had money to burn, which they didn't. Pretty good trait IMO. Although we have no debt other than our house and land, still can't live as frugal as my parents did. That guy (dad) spent 25 years in the military and pretty much saved every penny until he got out.
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Dumb question, but what is a window shaker? A window unit? Just never heard that term before.
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Is it related to a widow maker?
