Is cutting grass a walk in the park? That depends. In this episode of A Little Extra Hustle, Sabrina gets behind the wheel of Caleb’s zero-turn lawn mower for a real-life test drive. Ride along as Caleb teaches her the controls, fires up a weed trimmer, and shows us that working (and getting hired to work) in the landscape biz takes professional finesse.
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Oh, it's cold, cold, cold, cold.
No, it's warm out.
You're right, you're right, you're right.
Is this it?
This is it right here.
You ready for this?
I'm really going to drive this?
Yes.
These are cool.
These are like handlebars or...
So this is actually, these are the controls.
There's no steering wheel, nothing of that nature.
This is left to right or...
Yeah, to put...
How do you turn?
To turn, it's forward and backwards.
The forward on this side makes that wheel go forward.
Okay.
And then if you pull it back...
Oh, so if you pull one back and one forward,
then you can kind of...
You'll be spinning circles.
Ooh, drifting lawnmowers.
Yes.
Am I the typical person you would hire for a job?
Um, not typically, but we'll see.
So I'm going to go ahead.
I'm going to take this down, come back,
and then it'll be your turn.
All right, so how do we do this?
Okay, just go forward for just a second.
You see how it feels?
Oh!
We're going to give it a run.
You ready?
Yeah!
Okay.
Putting the seatbelt on.
I don't think a seatbelt's ever been used before.
But like, I feel like if we crash,
would I want to just fall off?
Probably not.
I would also probably not cross my feet when you go down.
Okay.
Go, go, go!
More, more!
Pull this red button up!
Okay.
You nailed it!
Did I do well?
Oh wait, guys, I feel like we're a little...
You missed a spot like right here,
but other than that, it looks great.
Can you kind of tell what you mowed versus what you didn't mow?
No.
Can you see it? No? Okay.
So I would slow down a straight line,
and then just see if you can come back right next to it.
Okay, good.
Now I'm slowing down.
You did do race car.
It was closer.
It was much closer.
The other time it was like a wide arc.
We're getting tighter.
So do you see where you're at right here?
You'll want to come back and be like right here.
Okay, good.
I'm understanding.
Okay, all right.
Let's give it a shot.
Okay, so what do you want me to do?
We might as well just run it again.
Perfect.
Oh yeah!
You got it!
We got this!
You nailed it!
Let's go!
That was awesome.
Now that was really good though.
So good!
So this is the next tool we're going to use.
This is what we use to get anything that we can't mow.
Got the little string here in the bottom,
and this part, it spins and it cuts the grass.
So would it hurt if this thing hit me?
Yes.
Okay, have you ever been hit by it?
Yes.
What happens?
You bleed.
Oh!
Yes.
Just going to pull on this until it starts.
You're going to pull all the way out.
Good.
Like a...
You want to do one of those.
Okay.
Until it starts.
Does that take a lot of muscle?
No, it's super easy.
It's super light.
Now pull it.
Crank it.
You lied.
This is not easy.
Am I doing it correctly?
Yes.
I feel like I'm not doing it correctly.
So when do I know how to stop doing this?
Whenever it starts.
So you know what?
She's definitely going to be the mower.
Bend your elbow right here,
and then you're going to come down with it like this.
Like that?
You feel that movement?
Yeah.
Ooh.
We're going to trim along this fence here.
Yeah.
Get some practice in.
Yeah.
Keep it nice and level.
Oh, yeah.
Drive it up.
Let's go.
Good.
Keep going.
Walk with it.
Yeah.
Woohoo!
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