Thanks for the info

I think big appliances are important to fix because they are expensive ($3000 LG fridges are not that rare, for example.) If we can get big markets of NY and Cali going perhaps we can revive small appliance repair as a trade.

I do have a cheap little electric lawn mower. It's great. The only maintenance I foresee is having to sharpen the blade and change the battery eventually.

(I had a gasoline snow blower and I had so many problems. Apparently normal gas will gum up the engines, you need to find gas without ethanol. And then somehow drain the tank after winter is over? Too much of a pain. )