Eco-Friendly Lawn Tools
November 18, 2008 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Garden Tools, eco-friendly gardening
The LEHR Company will be introducing the Eco Series line, a environmentally-friendly technology. This winter they will debut the world’s first-ever commercial line of portable, propane-powered lawn and garden tools.
From the company:
The LEHR Eco Trimmer will be the first product on the market from the complete Eco Series line. The Trimmer has all the power and performance of a competitively priced gasoline trimmer — minus the danger to our families and detrimental environmental effects of gasoline use and storage.
A couple facts about the new LEHR Eco Trimmer:
- The LEHR trimmer has Zero evaporative emissions.
- No ozone depleting hydrocarbons.
- No messy mixing of oil and gas ( a huge plus to me)
- Easy start – no choke or priming (another huge plus, since I have to have my husband start our trimmer)
- The trimmer will run 2 ½ hours on one canister.
LEHR claims the propane canisters will be readily available, and 85% of the propane will be produced domestically in the US.
Check out the LEHR website for more information.
Hi Linette,
I’ve been having fun getting around your site.
Thanks for posting your article on the Prpane powered garden gadgets.
We are featuring the Envirogard line of propane powered environmentally friendly lawn mowers & have been wondering when the propane hand tools would appear.
Please stop by our website & have a look around.
Your opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Charles & Janet
http://www.WayCoolTools.com
Wow! This is a great product idea. I am so tired of using smelly gas and oil for my mower and other lawn tools. (My Husband too!) But does anyone know the price on these things? Are they a lot more expensive than regular trimmers or about the same?
The price on these runs right around $200. I saw one at the San Antonio Lawn and Garden Show over the last weekend of February. They had several with attachments from Home Depot that are “universal” – edger, chainsaw… wondering if it is strong enough for commercial use. Would save time and $$ in labor not having to load and unload three and four different machines.