Introduction
Are you still worried about taking care of the lawn? A lawn mower can help you. A lawn mower is a mechanical tool used to trim lawn vegetation. There are many types of lawn mowers. According to the driving mode, there are 11 types in total. Today I will introduce them to you one by one.
Manual Mower
The first is powered by manpower, which can be divided into hand-push and backpack lawn mowers.
Hand push lawn mower
A hand push mower is a mower that you need to push manually to move forward. The push rod and wheels of the mower make it easy to move on the lawn. At the same time, the engine drives the blade to rotate at high speed to mow the grass, and the grass collecting device collects the cut grass.
The cutting height of the push mower can be adjusted to meet different mowing needs. It has low power and a beautiful appearance. It is suitable for small residential gardens, community lawns, etc.
Backpack lawn mower (side mounted)
A backpack mower is a mowing device that operators carry on their back. While working, the operator controls the speed and direction of mowing by manipulating the operating lever. It mainly consists of three parts: the backpack, the operating lever, and the transmission hose. The backpack includes a gasoline engine, a shoulder strap, and a clutch box. The operating lever features an operating joint, a grip, an engine switch, a safety cover, and a blade. Depending on the weed situation, the blade can be made of nylon and have 2, 3, 4, or 8 teeth. The transmission hose transmits power to the rotating blade, allowing the operator to work at any angle and height. The backpack mower can have its cutting head replaced based on different needs and can be used for tasks such as root hoeing, soil loosening, watering, and pruning.
Walk-behind mower
The walk-behind mower is a grass-cutting device operated by a person walking behind it while guiding its direction. It is suitable for smaller lawns and areas with limited space. Walk-behind mowers include cylinder mowers, rotary mowers, self-propelled mowers, and hover mowers.
Cylinder mowers
The cylinder mower is a mechanical device that cuts grass stems using rotating drums to drive blades. Its main features are high-precision cutting and low-noise design.
The cylinder mower consists of a reel unit and a traction unit, which are connected by a hinge. The reel unit can adjust vertically to match the height of the grass and move up and down with the contours of the ground. It is equipped with a battery, an electronic controller, and an electric motor to provide power and control for mowing operations.
The cylinder mower is powered by a battery, which drives an electric motor to rotate. The motor then drives the blades on the reel unit to spin at high speed. As the blades rotate, they contact the grass stems and generate cutting force to slice them cleanly. The reel unit can automatically adjust its height according to the contours of the ground, ensuring consistent cutting performance.
The cylinder mower delivers high cutting quality and operates with low noise. It is suitable for areas that require precise mowing, such as golf courses, football fields, and park lawns.
Rotary mowers
The rotary mower is designed for cutting forage grass and trimming or leveling landscaped lawns. It cuts grass using high-speed rotating blades. The blade disc is mounted on the drive wheels and equipped with an engine. The engine’s output shaft drives the blades, which spin rapidly to increase cutting speed. This design saves power, reduces operation time, and lowers labor costs.
The rotary mower is mainly used for mowing grasslands, clearing shrubs, and renovating uneven terrain. It can cut and dry pasture and weeds in gardens, and the collected dry grass can be used as livestock feed.
Self-propelled lawn mower
The self-propelled mower is a type of mower that has its own power source and moves automatically under operator control. For field operations, it is typically powered by a diesel or gasoline engine. For use in poultry farms, livestock areas, or greenhouses, it can also be equipped with an electric motor or battery.
Based on functionality, self-propelled mowers can be divided into standard self-propelled mowers, remote-controlled self-propelled mowers, and self-propelled mower-conditioners. These machines are easy to operate and highly adaptable, making them suitable for a wide range of applications such as orchards, roadside greenery, solar farms, public green spaces, football fields, golf courses, and agricultural stubble clearing.
Hover mower
The hover mower is an innovative mowing device that uses aerodynamic and mechanical principles to achieve floating operation. It offers advantages such as efficient contour-following, intelligent obstacle avoidance, and low maintenance costs. The hover mower relies on aerodynamic lift to float above the ground.
Its core components include a fan, a high-pressure air cushion system, and a cutting mechanism. When the fan rotates, it draws in air through intake vents and creates a high-pressure zone inside the machine. This generates upward lift, allowing the mower to hover. The blades are connected to the rotating fan and perform cutting as the mower moves, while the clippings are directed back into the machine for collection.
Hover mowers are suitable for working on complex terrain. Their floating design prevents uneven cutting caused by ground irregularities, making them ideal for applications that demand high cutting quality.
Riding lawn mower
The riding mower is a type of mower that you can ride and operate, designed for use in large open areas such as lawns, golf courses, and parks.
A riding lawn mower mainly includes an engine, transmission system, mowing system, cockpit, tires, and safety devices. Riding mowers come in three types: rear-engine, front-engine, and zero-turn.
Rear-engine riding lawn mower
The rear-engine riding lawn mower means that the engine is at the rear of the mower, so the front of the mower is relatively small and light, which makes it more flexible to operate in a narrow space and provides a wider field of vision during operation, allowing you to observe the mowing effect and the surrounding environment at any time. It is also cheaper.
Front-engine riding lawn mower
Front-engine riding lawn mowers have the engine at the front of the mower. They are usually larger in size. Because the engine is at the front, you need to pay more attention to strong obstacles when operating. They are suitable for fast mowing of large areas of lawn, and the price is relatively high.
Zero turn riding lawn mower
The two riding lawn mowers mentioned above both control the direction of the mower through the steering wheel. The radius is large when turning, which easily leaves a dead angle when mowing the lawn. Therefore, there are zero-turn mowers that are more flexible to operate, more convenient to turn, and have no dead angles when mowing the lawn. This is because it adopts a two-wheel independent drive method, that is, each wheel is equipped with an independent engine. By directly controlling the speed and direction of the two wheels, it can achieve fast and flexible turning, and even 360-degree rotation on the spot. The blade assembly and base plate of the zero-turn mower can be suspended, which can achieve more precise cutting. In general, zero-turn mowers are very suitable for mowing small and irregular lawns, such as parks, courtyards, etc.
Trail Mower
According to whether it is pulled by a tractor or driven by other equipment, it is mainly a traction mower. The main categories are ATV mowers, flail mowers, disc mowers and reciprocating mowers.
ATV lawn mower
ATV mower (All-Terrain Vehicle), also known as all-terrain mower, is designed with wide tires and a special suspension system. It has a compact structure and runs smoothly, suitable for all kinds of terrain including slopes and some uneven terrain. It has its own power, rather than relying on the power transmitted by the tractor to run, which makes it more efficient and more stable. Its blades are hammer-shaped and Y-shaped. The hammer-shaped blade mainly relies on the weight of the blade and the impact force generated by the rotation to mow the grass. It has high cutting efficiency and can quickly complete the mowing of a large area of lawn. The lawn after cutting is relatively flat. The Y-shaped blade mainly mows the grass through the rotation and cutting action of the blade. The cutting work is more delicate and the lawn after cutting is more beautiful.
Flailing lawn mower
The flailing lawn mower is operated by the tractor transmitting power to the mower through the transmission shaft. The working principle of the flailing mower is to rely on the high-speed rotating blade to achieve the purpose of mowing. At the same time, the blade rotates at high speed, throwing the grass clippings away and scattering them around the lawn. This is why it’s called a “flailing mower”.The flailing mower has a fast cutting speed and is suitable for the maintenance and pruning of large areas of lawn. It is widely used in gardens, orchards, pastures, etc.
Disc lawn mower
Disc mowers use rotating discs to cut weeds or lawns. Different disc numbers correspond to different cutting widths. The conventional one is 6 discs, with a 2.5-meter-wide cutting width. The working efficiency is 30 acres per hour. Each additional disc increases the working efficiency by 5-8 acres per hour. When the disc mower is working, the engine drives the disc to rotate, cutting weeds and lawns when it comes into contact with the ground. It can also flatten the grass leaves while cutting the lawn, reducing the flying and accumulation of grass leaves. It is very suitable for various terrains such as embankments and the sloped ground on the side of highways.
Reciprocating lawn mower
Reciprocating lawn mowers work by reciprocating the mowing blade in a straight line. They are mainly used to cut pasture grass or relatively soft grass. Reciprocating lawn mowers work like scissors, relying on the relative shearing movement of the fixed blade and the movable blade on the cutter to cut pasture grass. They have high cutting accuracy and are suitable for trimming low grass and small-area professional gardens.
Intelligent Mower
According to automatic drive, there are robotic lawn mowers and remote control lawn mowers.
Robotic lawn mower
The main components of the robotic lawn mower include the body, charging station, boundary line, and adapter. It is a machine that can walk autonomously, automatically detect and prevent the machine from colliding with obstacles, can automatically return to charge, and also has a certain climbing ability.
You can issue instructions through the remote control or mobile phone APP. These instructions are encoded into wireless signals and sent out. The lawn mower wirelessly receives the instructions and transmits them to the electronic control system to control the lawn mower to start working. After programming, the robotic lawn mower can work autonomously without manual operation. It is suitable for mowing in home courtyards and flower beds to meet your automation needs.
The robot mower has two modes: random straight line and involute. In random straight line mode, the mower mows in a random straight line. When it hits a boundary, it turns 90 degrees and continues in a straight line, over and over again, until it mows the entire lawn. These mowers can mow about an acre of lawn in 5 hours, making them ideal for flower beds and private gardens. In involute mode, the mower starts at a point and moves in an arc that gets bigger and bigger each time it moves. People prefer this mode for small areas and manual control.
Remote control lawn mowers
A remote control lawn mower is a machine that is remotely controlled through a remote control and a preset program. You can control the start, stop, turn, and walk of the lawn mower within a certain distance through the remote control. When you issue a command through the remote control, the remote control lawn mower will interpret the signal after receiving it and make the machine mow the lawn under your control. Although you need to manually control the mowing process, it has camera sensors that sense the surrounding environment. When encountering obstacles, it will automatically adjust the direction of travel to avoid collision with obstacles.
The cutting width of the remote control lawn mower is 55cm, the cutting width is large, the efficiency is high, and the battery life is about 2 hours when fully charged. It is suitable for mowing in embankment areas.
How to choose your lawn mower?
Consider land area and terrain
First of all, when choosing a lawn mower, you need to consider the area and terrain of your land. If it is a small lawn, you can choose a push mower, a reciprocating mower, or a smart mower, etc. They can help you efficiently handle the mowing of flower beds and courtyards. If it is a large lawn, you can recommend that you use a riding mower, a flailing mower, etc. The flailing mower can greatly improve work efficiency, and the riding mower can bring you a different kind of leisure time while mowing the lawn. The above-mentioned mowers are suitable for flat terrain, but if you are dealing with some complex terrain, the ATV mower is suitable for all terrains, and the disc mower can handle some slopes.
Consider the lawn mower itself
Then you need to consider the performance of the machine itself. The first is the width of the mowing, which can determine the efficiency of a mower. The larger the mowing width, the more grass a mower can cut at a time, which greatly shortens the working time and makes the work more efficient.
The second is the grass bag. Some small lawn mowers used in households may not need this equipment. But if you need to collect the mowed grass, you will need a grass bag. Then, you need to consider the capacity of the grass bag, as it affects how often you need to clean it. A grass bag with a large capacity can reduce the cleaning frequency. For lawn mowers that need to work for a long time, you can choose one with a large-capacity grass bag.
Finally, the quality of the blade. As the core working part of the lawn mower, the sharpness of the blade determines the smooth progress of the mowing work. This requires you to pay attention to the material and durability of the blade, so as to select a lawn mower with good mowing effect and long life.
Conclusion
This article introduces 11 types of lawn mowers according to the driving mode. If you are interested in any of them, please feel free to consult! We have the most professional team, dedicated to providing customers with easy-to-use and easy-to-use machines. Buy agricultural machinery, come to ANON!
FAQ
Is an electric or gas lawn mower better?
Gasoline Lawn Mower vs. Electric Lawn Mower
Electric lawn mowers are lighter than gas mowers and easier to push and maneuver. In addition, they can usually be stored vertically. Since electric lawn mowers do not require oil, gas, air filters, etc., they require less maintenance than gas mowers. They also do not need to be winterized.
How long does an electric lawn mower last?
Electric vs. gas lawn mower comparison guide
5 to 7 years
Electric lawn mowers are powerful enough to meet the needs of most homeowners. How long does an electric lawn mower last? Electric lawn mowers typically last 5 to 7 years, depending on how well they are maintained.
