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Wow, these silent mowers work day and night and are proving very effective in the parks, schools, cemeteries and at the botanical gardens in Edinburgh. I was amazed at the quality of cut, the large areas they can manage and the slopes they can work on. Apparently they will even mow around picnickers and avoid other hazards not normally in their working environment. Are these these the answer too those issues we often hear about on sites. What will technology come up with next,.the robot warden?
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They don’t pick the clippings up! Just mulch it into tiny pieces. I would love to see one tackling longer grass.😁
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About 3 years ago they were trialled where we lived ( I put a photo on a thread here). I believe our council decided not to go ahead due to unreliability
the problem on the site would be all the money they would have to spend to get rid off all the ehu cabling
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Really? The site I presently manage for the CAMC has 20 acres of land. We would need quite a few ! As they just mulch, can you imagine the grass carried in to the toilet blocks, walked into caravans and motorhomes.
I wonder what the next big idea will be, perhaps laser guided tractors, so we get the lines exact?
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Lasers and GPS are already widespread in controlling tractors etc to ensure no bits of the field get missed, and all get an appropriate dose worked out by the computer from aerial photographs. So no problem there in knowing where the grass ends and the hard standing begins.
Hopefull in the great site rewiring that is coming to support charging of electric vehicles the Caravan Club will go the little bit extra and set a bollard to every pitch. And while they are about it and have already got trenches dug, they could put a water tap on each pitch as well.
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"they could put a water tap on each pitch as well."
easy to do at the time and a nice little earner, having all pitches effectively (semi) Serviced Pitches.
without the waste water drain the club could charge perhaps 'only' an extra £2.50 a night?
that would be £35 extra for a fortnights stay when the MH's water tank can currently be filled once, for free, and lasts that two weeks?
.....hmmmmm
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The whole point of these robot mowers is that they can be used frequently so the grass never grows long. My son uses a robot vacuum cleaner in his flat programmed from his phone.
The future is arriving now. I'm sure they will be used at places like the National Trust properties in the near future.
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the MH's water tank can currently be filled once, for free, and lasts that two weeks?
A 1200 litre tank must take up a lot of space!
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who needs 1200 ltrs over two weeks?
you might (although I didn't realise your van had a bath) we certainly don't....
are you really using 85+ ltrs a day....?
if using the site showers, 10 ltrs a day seems to do us, and that includes washing up in the van....(it's nearer 20 ltr a day if using the van shower)..
as we wash up, make plenty of tea/coffee, clean teeth, flush loo and wash hands (don't generally use site loos) I wonder where 8-9 times the volume of water goes in a caravan....
i knew they leaked but that's ridiculous
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I really was blown away by the quality of the 'lawns' and the huge area these machines could manage and yes, there were picnickers sitting out and the machines managed to avoid them as well as the permanent obstructions. In that ideal world of a bollard on each hard standing cables would not be a problem. As for mulchings it's a case of a little bit often. I'm sure that's how those sites with mulching mowers cope. The future is out there and just maybe this is a solution. One of the best things mind was that they really are pretty silent in operation.
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anyone not on a serviced pitch and using 85 or more ltrs a day in a caravan must spend all day traipsing to the tap and drain with their aquaroll and Wastemaster....
not for us, thanks.
still, keeps somebody fit, I guess..
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who needs 1200 ltrs over two weeks?
My girlfriend.
She does the washing up, so is allowed to decide how much Fairy Liquid to use, and it takes a lot of rinsing off !! Dishes are VERY clean though. And multiple showers every day between us.
So two Aquarolls a day approximately. But I actually have two, so just one trip, and as they are coupled together for delivery into the caravan no faffing about with a change over. (And two wastemasters for the other end of the process).
Much easier than multipe trips in the rain to and from the other end of the site carting a pile of dishes and pots, and going out again every time one wants to take a shower. Also takes less time than the famous "Watering Can Walk" that seems to be favoured by so many motor caravan users.
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I can see why CC charge what they do on an SP....perhaps £3.90 isn't enough?
two aquarolls and two wastemasters, wow...
and multiple showers, too? guess you and the girlfriend must be as clean as those dishes?
ps....we don't have any watering cans....
one visit to MHSP on the way in.....may not even need it on the way out, or indeed on the way in sometimes....have certainly moved to a subsequent site without the need to empty or top up...
however, each to their own ((two) aquaroll...)
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one visit to MHSP on the way in.....may not even need it on the way out
That routine must be a big nuisance when going out touring in a motor caravan, to avoid driving about with lots of unnecessary weight. May explain why so many people with them are now towing a trailer so they have a car available.
Service pitches could be nice, but where they exist they are often not on the part of the site we would choose to be on. Stayed on a UK commercial site this spring with a water tap to each pitch, but only one communal drain that was smaller than those used on Caravan Club sites. I have no idea where they thought all the used water from 60 caravans was going to go!
[Maybe I should not mention to 40 litre on-board tank . . . ]
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Yes!
When my daughter came with us, making 3 people in the caravan showering, easy 4 barrels a day.
Now there is just Michelle and myself 2 barrels is normal when not on a service pitch.
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