Turfs Up!

[Dennis]

Turf’s Up!

Get ready for the best mow job of your life.

Maxim, May 2001

by Marcy Smith

Blurring the boundary between inside and outside is a two-person job: Women haul in plants and decorate in leafy colors; men make the lawn look like a carpet. Thanks to Germany’s WOLF Garten Corp., the man’s job is about to get easier. Instead of using a noisy blade like your neighbor’s tired 20th-century weed hacker, its new Zero mower uses a laser to cut each piece of grass within one millimeter of the desired length. WOLF’s revolutionary Siltidry (SILent, TIny, DRY) process dehydrates the clippings before dumping them on your lawn as fertilizer, helping to retard (told you we could use it in a sentence!) diseases.

“That’s great,” you say, “but while I’m busy with precision cutting and recycling, can I look at ####?” Believe it or not, that’s covered, too. The Zero is the first—and probably the last—lawn mower to include on-board Internet access. Plus, it’s built on the chassis of a Mercedes Smart Car, so you can tell people you drive a Mercedes on the weekends. Street legal, the Zero can hit 70 mph, though the company says you won’t get above 10 mph on your lawn (a challenge if ever we heard one). Now the bad news: While you can salivate over photos at www.wolfgarten.com, the Zero won’t be available commercially for another few years. But with a price tag near $30,000, you’ll need the time to save up anyway. We hear you can pick up some extra cash mowing your neighbors’ lawns…

[Tom Dunlap]

Isn't Wolfgarten the company that has the litesaber for pruning? The cost of the laser cutter is off set a little since we don't have to buy anymore $25 scabbards that wear out.

Tom