Lawnmowers

[gavroche]

How old is yours? I bought a Mountfield petrol one in 1998 and it is still going well. Never changed the spark plug but only a good clean every year . After the winter , it always starts first time . Good value for money I say.

 

[Markymark]

Mine is around 30 years old. I think his name is Pedro.

 

[HertzvanRental]

I have a Webb which is 35 years old.

 

[screenman]

Our Ransome was made in 1896 so that makes it 121years old. Do I win?

 

[Markymark]

Our Ransome was made in 1896 so that makes it 121years old. Do I win?

Yes. You win a flymo.

Ps Was it bought new as an 18th birthday present?

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I was daft enough to buy an Italian make called Ibea. Great design, terrible engineering, went bust, are now producing again.

It has just (once again) become the world's heaviest push mower, so off it will go to the lawnmower repair man who will help me decide whether to simply cut my losses and go back to Hayter...

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I was daft enough to buy an Italian make called Ibea. Great design, terrible engineering, went bust, are now producing again.

It has just (once again) become the world's heaviest push mower, so off it will go to the lawnmower repair man who will help me decide whether to simply cut my losses and go back to Hayter...

ETA
About 8 years old...

 

[MichaelW2]

Flymo. Just enough mower for a terrace rear garden.

 

[Drago]

A month old. My last one was one of the original electric flymos from 1978 but finally died. I did look longingly at the petrol ones, but my garden is manageable and I couldn't justify the pollution of petrol.

 

[screenman]

This is the same as ours,

 

[Dave 123]

We have one of these at work

http://www.dennisuk.com/ft-range/

It's about 15 years old and just wearing in nicely.

I'm mowerless at home.

 

[nickyboy]

[QUOTE 4805924, member: 9609"]I can get my lawn mower video out again - I think 1990 so 27 year old, takes me 45 minutes a cut 42 cuts a year (?) 850 hours of work, so it is only like a car that has done 30k miles ?
the blue smoke in the video is just oil burning off in the exhaust, it was first start of the year, there is no smoke normally
[/QUOTE]

42 cuts per year????

Must be some weird micro climate or you give it a thrice weekly shave. Cutting season here is April - mid November. So about 32 weeks. Probably about 20 cuts, max

Son has set up a little gardening round so I use his £100 Homebase petrol mower. Only a year old but it has done about 200 cuts already. New spark plug for the Spring, oil change

 

[screenman]

I would say that our lawnmower gets used more than that, I shall have to check with the wife.

 

[accountantpete]

I have a 50 year old Suffolk Punch for nostalgic purposes and 10 year old Italian built mower with Briggs and Stratton engine for more regular cuts.

 

[screenman]

I am informed our Honda is called Harry.