What are Some Different Types of Lawn Mowers?

Lawn mowers come in a variety of types and price ranges. Though there are two basic types of lawn mowers, push mowers and riding mowers, they still vary in size, design, and engineering. There are also differences in the way the various lawn mowers cut your grass. Push mowers are either gas or electric, except for the reel style lawn mowers. Most reel style lawn mowers are powered by pure human touch. In years past, reel lawn mowers are more difficult to push than modern designs. Because they use no alternative source of power, they are considered the most environmentally friendly mower. Other variations of push mowers include gas and electric power. Many people find fueling and maintaining gas powered mowers messy and inconvenient, but others prefer their increased power. Whatever the power source, push lawn mowers have varying features including self-propelled, mulching or bagging. Mulching lawn mowers mulch the grass clippings and throw them back out onto the lawn. Bagging or ...  more