Lawnmower

[Drago]

The lower range stuff by Briggs is woeful.

The higher range stuff is better, but by then youre into Honda price territory which makes it not worth considering.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Cobra any good ? Honda stuff is expensive ! It’s a bit out of my budget for what is just cutting the grass at home ?

 

[Tail End Charlie]

For a pretty safe bet, go on Facebook Marketplace, search for a Honda Izy and I'm sure there will be one on there for less than £100. There are several near me for less than that. Have a look at it, prod all round the deck especially at the front and near the discharge chute. If it's sound, pay what the seller will take, get it home and then underseal the deck properly. Then repeat every year.

 

[MrGrumpy]

For a pretty safe bet, go on Facebook Marketplace, search for a Honda Izy and I'm sure there will be one on there for less than £100. There are several near me for less than that. Have a look at it, prod all round the deck especially at the front and near the discharge chute. If it's sound, pay what the seller will take, get it home and then underseal the deck properly. Then repeat every year.

Can see those but want a rear roller .

 

[CXRAndy]

Today I had a demo on a new lawnmower

Decided to trade two of my lawnmowers for a commercial grade zero turn unit. Our lawns aren't the best quality, I needed something with a fair bit of power.

This unit powered through the long stuff and scraggly patched we have.

Also having one has freed a bit of space

 

[MontyVeda]

In the market for a lawnmower , we have a large lawn front and back , so a an electric plug in is not on my list . Looking for either a petrol or possibly a rechargeable one , do want stripes so needs the rear roller ! What’s your recommendations, currently using a clapped out Webb which to be fair starts every time !

if it starts every time, why not just mend the 'clapped out' parts? (or ask Drago to mend it for you)

 

[MrGrumpy]

if it starts every time, why not just mend the 'clapped out' parts? (or ask Drago to mend it for you)

It’s still going , we ended up buying another second ATCO lawnmower and then buying some other bits to fix that up . So we have quite a nice atco balmoral 17” cyclinder .

 

[CXRAndy]

I've got my new mower. It's been fabulous for ease of cutting, the long stuff and lawns. It's has halved my time mowing, doesn't bog down at all. Plenty of fuel capacity with two tanks.

A local chap has seen me using it and needs his land mowing in rows for a project which covers 26 acres. So I may have a sideline contract job

 

[Bonefish Blues]

That's Thunderbirds surplus, yes?

https://securityhazard.net/2017/03/03/thunderbirds-28-path-of-destruction/

 

[CXRAndy]

I've already done 20 hours of mowing, first oil change recommended 100 hours. Oil looked too dark for my liking, so I changed this morning the filter and upped the quality to full synthetic 20w-50. Noticeably quieter tickover

 

[presta]

Don't get one of these.

 

[Legs]

Don't get one of these.

Jeez Louise!

 

[Drago]

Don't get one of these.

Holy Trump! Did he hit a land mine?

 

[Psamathe]

Depending on how large "large" is maybe also consider the drive speed. For many years I was cutting a 1 acre plot with a walk behind and when I needed to replace my walk behind I shopped around and tested and found significant differences between drive speed (over ground) and this would significantly impact how long the job takes.

Ian