is it okay to mow your lawn at 1:00 in the morning?

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NewTime
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04 Jan 2017, 12:02 am

is it okay to mow your lawn at 1:00 in the morning?



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04 Jan 2017, 6:15 am

Depends. If you were to use an non-motorized mower, I can't imagine you'd get anything more than a few odd looks; that is if anyone even noticed in the first place. Mind you if you were to use a motorized mower, you could definitely expect noise complaints from the neighbours, and a visit from the ol' 5-0! :lol:



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04 Jan 2017, 9:26 am

I don't think it's a very good idea. It's best to do it during the day.


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04 Jan 2017, 9:27 am

If nobody hears you mowing at 1 AM, its okay.

If it wakes people up, it's not okay.



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04 Jan 2017, 9:51 am

If the crickets don't mind then close the mail box. So long as the can't hear you, you'll be fine. I do it every weekend.



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04 Jan 2017, 10:08 am

No. In some places, it's even illegal. It would break noise ordinances. I guess it might be OK if you use the old non-motorized type of mower, and you have space inbetween you and the neighbor. But who does that anymore? I don't know anyone who has an non-motorized mower anymore.



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04 Jan 2017, 10:56 am

Absolutely not.



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04 Jan 2017, 11:53 am

I'm actually having murderous feelings just reading this thread. That there is anyone in the world that thinks this is acceptable feels like a problem needs to be fixed. It's just a really great way to get anyone who lives within a mile of you to hate you and want to start a neighbor war.



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04 Jan 2017, 1:02 pm

If you want your neighbors to hate you. I don't even put my trash out if its after 11 because the neighbors are so uptight.


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04 Jan 2017, 3:06 pm

Remember, guys: I only advocated him mowing the lawn at 1 AM if the neighbors couldn't hear him.

The criteria for this: They would probably have to live at least about 1/10 of a mile, or about 2 city blocks, away from him.



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04 Jan 2017, 3:10 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Remember, guys: I only advocated him mowing the lawn at 1 AM if the neighbors couldn't hear him.

The criteria for this: They would probably have to live at least about 1/10 of a mile, or about 2 city blocks, away from him.


I the quiet of the night, you can hear those motors for at least 1/4 a mile, loud enough to keep many people awake. If you have bat ears like me, its at least 1/2 mile. That's why they make local ordinances against it.

My family lives out on a farm in Illinois. Their nearest neighbor is 1/2 a mile away, and is related by blood. Maybe they could get away with it. But how many people really live that isolated anymore?



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04 Jan 2017, 3:11 pm

*** waiting to see if anyone calls me on the bat ears thing.



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04 Jan 2017, 3:30 pm

Why would you want to mow your lawn at 1am?


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04 Jan 2017, 3:34 pm

If you want to stop living then by all mean mow your lawn at one AM, and provoke your neighbors to lynch you.



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04 Jan 2017, 3:53 pm

Did you watch the Batman series when you were a kid, Many Spoons?

Maybe you're right. 1/4 mile.



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05 Jan 2017, 8:51 pm

One of my neighbors was using power tools, maybe a saw, at 2am. I'm pretty sure he's a tweeker though. Someone ended up calling the cops on him