The Lawnmower Thread

[Lumber Jim]

^^ how long would it take to mow 5500 sq ft with that monster?? I bet it is quicker than 1 hour and 45 min.

6 MPH with a 52" deck = 2.4 minutes but it would be slightly longer if I have to make a few turns.

I could take a drink of beer and start and finish mowing before my mouth got dry....

 

[Road Guy]

https://vimeo.com/163606248

^--- I am late on this but this is my parents lawnmower in Florida.. $2K and they also "need" to get one for the other side of the house...

Smh....

I promise the link is safe..

 

[Supe]

I wish they didn't cost a grand. I've got a woody for the new Toro walk behind mower with the 30" deck and twin side by side blades. The handle even indexes vertically so it fits in the shed!

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[Road Guy]

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[Wolverine]

Every post before this one is invalid:

1994 - Murray - Tecumsah 3.8 - Purchased at Service Merchandise (which may not even exist anymore, not around here at least).

Eats anything. Drinks anything. Lives outside. Chews up the yard and spits it out. Never needs oil. Press the 'prime" button three times and it always starts on the first crank. The chassis has been duct taped and bailing wired more times than I can count, including all four wheels worn through & replaced, but the engine will not die.

When I get old and decrepit, I want to be Borg'd to that lawnmower. It is the Terminator.

STILL GOING ! ! !

{EDIT:  The #*% squirrels chewed a hole in the gas cap lid. Still going.  Why they would chew through a gas cap, I do not know, but I make them pay for it regularly.]

 

[Supe]

Anyone here used an Ariens mower?  Looking at their Razor SP in the $500ish range.

 

[Dleg]

Ugh.  I'm one of you people now.  I have to mow my own lawn, and soon.  

Anyone using a battery powered mower?  My new lawn isn't that big, and I'm wondering if the electric option might be something to consider...

 

[snickerd3]

if it isn't large why not one of those manual push things of yester years

 

[Dleg]

F*ck that...

 

[P-E]

What you need is a small, cheap, refurbished gas powered mower built years ago that doesn't have a fussy carburetor.   I have one like that for my rental property (small yard).  I leave gas in it all winter and the thing starts up every spring.   

 

[Ship Wreck PE]

This is what you really need!!

 

[P-E]

I like that it has a roll bar

 

[Dleg]

Considering that about half my "lawn" is a 45 degree-plus slope that drops down from the upper flat part, I wouldn't want anything rideable near it.  Roll bar or not.

 

[Road Guy]

That much slope I wouldn't get electric, defin a larger size self propel & oh yeah your kid is old enough to do this for you!

 

[P-E]

that kind of slope needs a self propel

 

[jeb6294]

Considering that about half my "lawn" is a 45 degree-plus slope that drops down from the upper flat part, I wouldn't want anything rideable near it.  Roll bar or not.

Wuss.

I've got a small section I have to mow that's like that and it gets done with the rider.  I start at the top, point the wheels straight, and then hang on for the ride down.  It's a plain ol' riding mower so the brakes are locked up the whole way down, but those smooth turf tires don't do anything.  I've thought about renting a tiller and clearing that slope and throwing down a couple of those big bags of wildflower seed mixes and just letting it go.

This is what you really need!!

I am actually looking out for something exactly like this.  Having woods for a back yard is killing my Yard Machine mower.  The other day I hit a root and the whole thing came to an immediately stop in a cloud of black smoke.  I flipped it up on end and the tip of the middle blade had folded over.  Finish mower underneath to get the grass, hydraulics to be able to add a loader to have something to pull up stumps as the yard (slowly) gets cleared, and a 3-point hitch on the back for a proper bush hog to get all the crap.

 

[Dleg]

I'm thinking about replacing the grass in my yard with old trucks, refrigerators, and broken down snowmobiles.

 

[Supe]

I think you moved too far north for that to work.

 

[akwooly]

I'm thinking about replacing the grass in my yard with old trucks, refrigerators, and broken down snowmobiles.

and get a bunch of blue tarps.  everyone has blue tarps. 

 

[Dleg]

I think you moved too far north for that to work.

Not based on what I see every day.  Not at all.