Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Robot Lawn Mower

[John Gear (catalyst]

On Sun, 25 Sep 1994, William Johnson wrote:

> In the Houston area, Lawn Boy has recently been pushing a robot lawn mower.
> A few years back, Radio Electronics featured a robot mower by another company
> somewhere in the northeast.  
> 
> Considering their cost, I would gues these to be in the class of tools which 
> cohousers might be able to justify even if most individual families cannot.
> Has any cohousing group bought such a mower?
>    ... for the community grounds?
>    ... as a community project?
> 
> 
> BTW, I've only seen two such mowers mentioned. The Lawn Boy mower is solar
> powered, mulches, cuts randomly within user-defined boundaries  (user must lay
> a guide wire), includes an anti-theft alarm (sounds off if you lift it), and
> costs about $2000.  All I know about the other mower is that it costs about
> $700-1000 and comes in kit form.
> 
> 
> William Johnson
> 5638134 [at] mcimail.com
> 
> 
Mr. Johnson, I suggest you contact Real Goods Trading Co., 800.762.7325; 
they sell the things (or, from what I can tell, offer to sell them) and 
would probably be able to hook you up with buyers.  They are a dealer for 
all sorts of solar assisted tools for independent living and seem to have 
a close connection to a lot of folks at Whole Earth (Point Foundation) 
and so, the WELL as well.  Bet they can answer your query or, even if 
they don't want to give you the name of a customer, give that customer 
YOUR name.  Good luck.

John Gear