Word: grasses
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...outside Tampa, Fla. But he owns the Hummer of all yard machines, what he calls a lawn mower on steroids. Cradled in the plush, high-backed seat of his John Deere X595, McCall, 34, manicures his lawn in a quick 20 minutes, smoking a cigar while he cuts the grass--thanks to an automatic transmission, cruise control and power steering that makes one-handed driving a snap. He can plug a CD player into the 12-volt outlet and sip a beverage from the cup holder. There's enough juice under the hood--with a "high torque," liquid-cooled...
...lumbar-supporting seats and the now obligatory beverage caddy. "A lot of people buy a large lawn tractor and think they're going to till the soil and plant a big garden, but many never do," says a senior executive for a major mowermaker. "They use it to cut grass. Buying these minitractors--it's a status symbol...
...transmission. Jeff Barron, a power-equipment specialist at a Home Depot in McDonough, Ga., says some customers with modest yards want to impress the neighbors with the iconic brand: "There are people who buy one, keep it in the garage and have somebody else use it to cut their grass...
...wagon to his X595 and takes local kids for hayrides. The halogen headlights proved handy when his mother-in-law came to baby-sit. "It was 9 o'clock at night," McCall says. "The kids were wound up. I was getting aggravated, so I decided to cut the grass." Not everyone, however, is enamored with his Deere. At a recent homeowners' association meeting, a neighbor asked if McCall might recuse himself from a Lawn of the Month contest, owing to the unfair edge his tractor gives him. McCall says he doesn't intend to back down...
POWER MOWING: Grass cutters go upscale...