Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hum of a leaf blower, the groan of a lawn mower or the sound of a weedwacker. Why is lawn equipment so loud? Well, if you’ve ...

CHICAGO - Powerful, loud mowers have been showing lawns who's boss for decades. But now contraptions that couldn't cut butter without a good shove are quietly - really quietly - making a comeback.

The hum of a leaf blower, the groan of a lawn mower or the sound of a weedwacker. Why is lawn equipment so loud? Well, if you’ve fallen victim to a neighbor’s loud landscaping at odd hours, you’re ...