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The Best Push Mowers for Ditches
The Best Push Mowers for Ditches. Mowing is a central part of lawn maintenance and a regular chore for homeowners. Ditches, which divert water from yards and help keep homes dry, are an especially important place to mow. Without mowing, ditches can flow more slowly or cause water to back up, threatening landscaping and potentially allowing water to...
Mowing is a central part of lawn maintenance and a regular chore for homeowners. Ditches, which divert water from yards and help keep homes dry, are an especially important place to mow. Without mowing, ditches can flow more slowly or cause water to back up, threatening landscaping and potentially allowing water to wash over the road. The best mower for tackling your ditches depends on the type of ditches you have and your level of physical ability.
Rotary Mowers
Rotary mowers are a traditional solution to mowing ditches. They use no power source other than the energy you provide by pushing them along a ditch, The turning wheels power a rotary blade, which clips the grass below it. Rotary mowers are very lightweight, which makes them easy to push up and down the steep sides of a deep ditch. Since they lack motors, there's no risk of stalling them by pushing into dense grass that clogs the blades. Rotary mowers also minimize the risk of accidents, which makes them ideal for elderly homeowners or children to use.
Electric Motors
Using electric motors to power their spinning blades, electric mowers are heavier than rotary mowers but feature more cutting power and cut grass more evenly and quickly. Electric mowers are also less heavy than gasoline-powered mowers, making them easier to maneuver when mowing ditches. Some electric mowers require an outlet and extension cord, but others use rechargeable batteries that allow you to operate them any distance from your home. Like rotary mowers, electric push mowers produce zero carbon emissions, making them a good environmental choice.
Self-propelled Mowers
Self-propelled mowers are gasoline-powered mowers that include a motor for spinning the blades and a second motor that drives two of the mower's wheels, which means you can engage the drive mechanism and simply walk behind the mower without any need to actually push it forward. Self-propelled mowers are heavy but they can drive the length of a ditch as long as the incline isn't too steep, which makes self-propelled mowers best for mowing wide, long and shallow ditches. Self-propelled mowers are also very capable of mowing grass on flat ground, and their automatic drive mechanisms make them a more versatile type of push mower.
