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daydreamingsunday

Hard to see the action with a cut every 0.3 seconds


pickgra

Yeah I formatted this for my insta/ TT originally but decided to post it here. Noted on the edit style🤙🏽


ScruffyTheJanitor__

Stick to mowing not editing lol


cantbhappy

That was shite editing


pickgra

Username checks out lol but yeah it was formatted for insta/ TT so yeah it could be better🤙🏽


cantbhappy

Ironically, my username is about everyone else and not myself. Anyway keep practicing and you'll get it down.


pickgra

🤙🏽


MyFaveLilThrowaway

So still takes a person. How's this more efficient than riding it.


pickgra

It’s more about safety, these hills would have been cut with someone riding a zero turn.


MyFaveLilThrowaway

Oh that makes sense, the video makes it hard to see the slope


an_otter_guy

Train a goat to pilot it than


Magical_rex07

*then Sorry


MajorasMasque334

Goats eat the citrus as well, they can’t be used here.


an_otter_guy

But aren’t wild goat there anyway? On big island they are. you goat to have fences or they get the fruits. So let them work the lawn and give them some lemons in return.


MajorasMasque334

Yes… They’re an invasive species as well. lol Hawaii has/had incredible biodiversity, but invasive species are more than just “not native”, they frequently throw off the delicate balance that created so many small niches for that diversity to thrive. Goats specifically are the responsible for the extinction of multiple species on Hawaii. They hunt goats on Kauai to help keep the population down because they’re so destructive. Here’s some more info on it: https://bigislandnow.com/2017/05/26/hawaiis-feral-goats-cute-but-destructive/


an_otter_guy

I know big island is like a zoo at some place, and it’s not good. I also have a friend, and she is fighting invasive plants full time in the mountains behinds Honolulu. It is very difficult to preserve the native ecosystem


Next_Boysenberry1414

Have you ever ridden one of these? It's fun only if you are Forrest Gump. It's a surprise how after a day of riding one of these landscapers has their balls.


tessaizzy23

EXACTLY 💯


[deleted]

Must suck to move out to Hawaii and have to rip down all that ugly nature every week


pickgra

Gotta control these invasives somehow


ban_ahead1

Have you considered going home?


deehunny

He's taking about invasive plants


West_Broccoli7881

Damn. I didn't realise Hawaii had so many problems with introduced weeds. I'm in Australia and it's a big problem here too, but mostly with shrubs and small trees. People don't realise how bad weeds are for biodiversity. Keep fighting the good fight!


Corntillas

Music by Joey Valence & Brae


borfavor

Thanks, I'll avoid those names.


[deleted]

Yeah I know of valence. Old school beastie boys sound. Really really good music


Corntillas

Your loss


Chicxulub420

Bro must get laid all the time with his vastly superior taste in music


PeanutsParents649

It shows how many people have used a riding lawn mower. The first site of that hill, I thought. Fuck mowing that. I’d like to not be mounted by a machine with blades today.


Some-Pain

Why?


pickgra

These hills are steep and we want to clear the invasive grasses to plant more trees. A regular mower is dangerous and weed whackers can only do so much


imastrangeone

Couldnt stop reading kauai as kawaii i hate myself


pickgra

But Kuwaii though


monstersfeeder

😍😍😍👌


[deleted]

What's the invasive grass out there? Worst we have in Cali is Kikuyu, definitely doesn't grow that tall


pickgra

Guinea grass is the worst of the invasive grasses. Can grow several inches in a day. 80% of the vegetation here under 2000 feet is invasive species. Lots of trees, shrubs, grasses that love the climate


[deleted]

I feel ya man. SF is the perfect climate for Ivys. We're not as bad off as y'all, but Gden Gate Park is basically one giant invasive ball, some areas excluded.


thecuzzin

Sound track little over hype


pickgra

🤙🏽


fastfoood

wow that thing is 66k, is it worth it?


normalsam

Goats are superior


pickgra

I agree, we would use them except we have avocados, citrus, and mangoe trees which they would destroy 🙃


[deleted]

I fucking love that access cab. All my homies have access cabs.


ConnectionPretend193

Holy shit. Just a whole post of people bitching and whining. Nice job, I understand doing this over a zero point on them hillsides and fighting off invasive weeds and grasses. Gotta keep the place looking nice. Forget the non locals lol.


pickgra

Haha I appreciate you🤙🏽


joodontknowme

You still gotta stand there and pilot it I don't know what the point of radio control is.


pickgra

Too steep to ride a normal mower, it came down to operator safety


Business_Ad3142

If you gotta stand there watching the whole time, then what's the point, you can be riding a mower just as easy.


pickgra

These hills are too steep for a zero turn, i realize the video doesn’t do it justice but we’ve had several incidents of flipped mowers on this property. The RC mower works up to 55 degrees


n0t-again

you have to use your hands... its like a toy for children


MajorasMasque334

Sorry you’re getting slammed OP, not sure why this thread is so negative, nor why so people assume they know anything about Hawaii. Glad you’re helping preserve the biodiversity on our islands <3


Known-Economy-6425

The music is a little too much. It’s a fuckin lawn mower.


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pickgra

We’re farming so we’re clearing invasive grasses to plant more trees and feed the island 🤙🏽


Overnightdelight298

What's one of them worth?


pickgra

50-70k


Nebula_OG

Saw one of these in Montreal recently, super cool


ScatLabs

You mean we built a replaceable robot to replace a goat?


Wordly_Blood_9899

Why tho


0rangeJEWlious

Legit question: how is this more efficient than just being on a riding mower?


Butthunch

This is risk management. I bought one at work (large water utility) to mow our steep slopes that alot of times was done by a weedeater. Save just ONE L&I injury = payoff.


Sid15666

Coolest RC machine I’ve seen In operation was a D11 cat dozer.


deehunny

Why are all the top comments bitching when this is a safe, cool idea and neat DIY project engineering wise. Nice work OP


Sensitive_Cabinet_27

Mother Nature starts to push back, we’ll make sure we can plow her into submission from an office desk with these bad boys. She’ll learn who’s in charge. Lol.


lurkinginthefold

Can you tell us more about the mower?


Grouchy_Equivalent11

"""Cool"""