World's fastest lawnmower reaches 133 mph in Norway

upi ^ | Nov. 6, 2015 | Ben Hooper |

[Patriot Babe]

ROFL ROFL

[GreyFriar]

I don’t see it doing a very good job actually cutting the grass at that speed.

[ETL]

"The National Drag Racing Lawn Mower Association racers put on quite a show for the fans Friday night at San Antonio Raceway. A field of eight drivers competed on the quarter-mile dragstrip. A full report with results will be posted here on Saturday."

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/motorsports/2007/05/lawn-mower-drag-racers-burn-rubber-at-san-antonio-raceway/

[JoeProBono]

[envisio]

This my old junker I threw together for about $80 total.
I drive it around the local dirt track and drag strip infield. According to my MPH app on my phone it tops out at 31 MPH.
Just a smaller rear pully and larger tires to change the gear ratio.
I build much nicer ones with quiet exhaust that I have sold to people that use them for racetracks and campgrounds and whatnot.
Since this picture was taken I have changed the exhaust to dual pipes out the back and of course finished up the paint.
Its blaze orange with Camo panels now. Very quiet now.

[njslim]

Why could not have had that back in the days when parents made mow the lawn........

[MistrX]

I would be embarrassed to be seen on that contraption.

[MistrX]

Nice!

[DJ MacWoW]

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[ETL]

Some turnout they got at that track.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

How many migrant Mohammadmen are required to keep up with raking the grass?

[JoeProBono]

[ETL]

Lol! That's great! You should put a 't-handle' knob on the shifter. :)

[onyx]

What do I know?
I’m female ... lol.

[onyx]

LOL.

Well, I used to “want” to mow the lawn, but my Mom also said it was a chore for boys.

Thankfully, my Dad let me.

[onyx]

Tell me!

[envisio]

Actually I used the lever on the side that used to raise and lower the blades for a brake by welding and rigging some linkages to the actuator that normally applies the brake.
(I learned that these things need brakes the hard way.) Usually on mowers the belts are the brakes. But when you swap the pulleys from front to back to gain speed they have a tendency to fly off. So, then you have no brakes at 25MPH. Not good.

I use a pistol grip shifter handle that looks like a revolver grip.
And the one pictured has a old 70s style footprint gas peddle that I rigged to the throttle. So it idles very low... the lowest setting that would normally be on throttle control and revs up with the foot pedal.

[redangus]

Didn’t know they had rednecks in Norway;).

[envisio]

Hey, where I’m from is 4x4 trucks, good ole boys, hold my beer country.

Lawn mower racing and lawnmower pulls are SERIOUS BUSINESS.

[davius]

‘Honey, I’m going to mow the front and back lawns. I’ll be tied up for 14 seconds or so.’