In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of residents in the affluent New York City suburb of Westfield, N.J., discovered that being home all day had an unexpected drawback: the constant roar of leaf blowers.
, say electric mowers are more expensive and that it takes 10 years for the total cost to even out from forgoing gas. Regardless, many landscaping companies contend that the cost of buying new equipment is prohibitive.Kenny Roberts, who manages a landscaping company in Maine,last month that commercial electric mowers with the same power as his gas models could cost twice as much."I'd have to stop mowing in South Portland," he said.
In New York, Harckham said he is currently working on revisions to his bill that he hopes will address professional landscapers’ concerns about cost and allow the bill to move forward this year. Harckham is considering revising his bill so that the requirements would take effect for personal equipment sooner than for professional equipment.
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