# What is Dudley holding? {Harry Potter} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 2, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671 "2013-04-02T22:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Evil_Prince_Zorte)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671/1 "2013-04-02T22:15:05Z")
When the Dursleys are moving out at the beginning of Deathly Hallows Pt. 1, what is Dudley carrying to the car? [![](http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz4/EvilPrinceZorte/Dudley_zps7fdc82f0.jpg) ](http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz4/EvilPrinceZorte/Dudley_zps7fdc82f0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671/2 "2013-04-02T22:20:16Z")
Weed-whacker? They don’t have guards like that in the US, but they might in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671/3 "2013-04-02T22:31:12Z")
[Hover mower.](http://eastmanind.com/eastmancommercial/HOVERMOWER/tabid/187/Default.aspx) (Which, funnily enough, I just learned about on this board yesterday.) ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671/4 "2013-04-02T22:33:57Z")
Yes hover mower - my family had exactly this sort of mower when I was growing up. Great fun to swing about over the lawn. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@The\_Evil\_Prince\_Zorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Evil_Prince_Zorte)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671/5 "2013-04-02T22:46:02Z")
Here it is [http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7302938.htm](http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7302938.htm) Why aren’t these in the US? Is there some patent issue keeping them out, or market research that says Americans wouldn’t think a floating lawn mower is cool? I already use an electric, for under $100 I would try one of these out in an instant. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671/6 "2013-04-03T22:31:25Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > [Hover mower.](http://eastmanind.com/eastmancommercial/HOVERMOWER/tabid/187/Default.aspx) > > (Which, funnily enough, I just learned about on this board yesterday.) I couldn’t figure out how a muggle family had access to an obviously magical device. I need this. ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671/7 "2013-04-03T22:47:57Z")
I remember the “Flymo” being advertised in the U.S. in the 80’s. Didn’t know anyone who had one. I also remember a (possibly apocryphal) story about someone mangling themselves trying to trim a hedge while holding it in the air, then suing the manufacturer because the manual didn’t say to not do that. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671/8 "2013-04-04T00:05:34Z")
For a very small yard/garden, that might work. For the typical American 1/4-1/2 acre, that would be an arm wrecking chore. ---
**Author:** ![Robin1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@Robin1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robin1976)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671/9 "2023-01-08T04:57:25Z")
Ok, I’m an American so i may be way off but the hover mowers i see online have a handle that meets the base at two points, giving you a wide horizontal handle. What i see Dudley toting (obviously i was curious to Google it) looks like the Flymo base but only has one shaft ending in a handle that looks like an American weedeater. Do they make them both ways or do they make trimmers (weedwhackers) to look like a hover mower? I just found it funny that they were running off away from danger and he takes a weedeater. Wouldn’t be on my “escape packing list,” lol. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671/10 "2023-01-08T20:15:47Z")
Link to a photo? ---
**Author:** ![Robin1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@Robin1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robin1976)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-dudley-holding-harry-potter/654671/11 "2023-01-08T21:37:52Z")
There’s a picture of the scene at the top of this discussion. If you Google “hover mower” all of them have 2 shafts connected to the base. The picture above from the movie shows one shaft.