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Originally Posted by metroschultz
I don't believe the EPA can get catalytic converters on lawn equipment.
No one is going to pay $500 USD for a No-Name WallyWorld lawn-mower that you can get today for the rollback price of just $98.77 USD.
Ain't Happenin
Besides, cats are heavy, where would you mount it? How would you secure it from those night time cat thieves?
Just my $.02
S.
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I already use an electric mower.
Perhaps this will spur the sale of more electrics so they (the gassers) don't have to be strangled with a catalytic concerter.
Hmm
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I guess cat technology has been brought forward quite a bit lately, many homeowner level chainsaws have had cats on them for a couple years. I have one and the little epa sticker rates it 2 out of 10 (1 is best) on their pollution scale. The muffler/cat is slightly bigger than a regular muffler and gets a bit hotter. It did clean up the exhaust noticably compared to my pro saw. The emmissions system also had a time rating of 50 hours and I'm probably at 60 and it is failing rapidly. The saw seems to be losing power so I thinking of just drilling a couple of 3/8 holes through the whole thing to open it up and see if the lost horsepower is from the cat being clogged.
I've been told there are a few nasty metals/chemicals in the cat itself so I should be careful about the dust from drilling.
I'd like to see an analysis of which is worse, releasing a few litres of unburnt fuel with out a cat, or dealing with nasty compounds in a throw away item?
I guess I could price out a new cat/muffler, I imagine they make it just enough to justify buying a new saw...
Ian