Lawn Care Guide

Mr. man asked:

I can start up my seated lawn mower just fine. But sitting on the seat is the problem. Recently our lawn mower was repaired *blades completely unrelated* and a fat repairman guy not fat obese repairman fixed it and adjusted our seat *were short people* so he could sit on it and start it up. He moved our seat back which we moved up and fixed. But now when we sit on our lawn mower it stalls out like were not on it in the first place. This was never a problem. I know it’s a safety feature to have weight on the seat and if theres no weight your not on the mower so it stops. Now we can’t sit on it right because it will stall. We either have to lean back as hard as we can. Or sit with half our weight forward and lean back. It gets quite complicated but what can I do? Is there an easy way to adjust the amount of weight required on the seat. Or does it have to be repaired again. Which the fat man came in about last week and we haven’t used our mower since.

Question posted courtesy of: Alicia

Traveler asked:

I was given an estimate from a local “lawn care specialist” to put in a lawn: spreading 20 yards of top soil and planting seed over and area that is 1/10th of an acre for $800.00. Just before putting the seed down he told me he forgot to add fertilizer and hay for mulch. He insisted that at the very least I need the hay which will cost and additional $200.00 and fertilizer would be “a bit more”.

I assumed when he gave me an estimate to put a lawn over a bare already graded area, that fertilizer and mulch were included in the price. I have not paid the final half yet and want other opinions as to whether these items are typically part of an estimate.

I feel this to be similar to being told that a visiting nurse will cost $180.00 for a four hour visit that will cover an exam and dressing changes, then after she shows up be told that the sterile gauze and normal saline will be an additional $45 or the wound will just be left open!

Question posted courtesy of: Craig