Lawn mower purchase advice
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Dear Friends,
My 13 year old POS Craftsman started running supremely crappy and belching smoke today. I bought it as a closeout and have never really liked the thing anyway. So, instead of paying the ~$200 it would probably take to fix it, I'm considering a new lawn mower.
I don't need nor can I afford a riding mower.
I do not want to entertain the notion of a push-mower (Fossil Fuels: Smoke 'em if you got 'em).
I have a quarter-acre lot that's pretty flat. I am not a lawn Nazi. You cannot putt on my lawn.
What say you?
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Honda commercial
We have one that is at least as old as I am, so lets say 22, Starts up everytime, great little machine. The pull start thing broke so now I just wrap the string around the spindle thing and pull but its never quit. And it has been through alot. Im not even sure if the oil has been changed...ever..
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One word - mulcher.
If I had to bag, I wouldn't mow... the tradeoff of once a year having to dethatch is a very, very good compromise for me.
I've got a Craftsman 21" with a Briggs 6.5 - push, not self-propelled - tried the old neighbour's self-propelled once... it'd probably help if you had a big rural lot, but the ins and outs of an urban lot with trees and other features just meant I ended up trying to hold it back a lot to make turns and doing burnouts on his grass instead. And all the gearing and drivetrain almost doubles the weight.
My .02 - YMMV.
Bren R.
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Blacktop it all
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astroturf it.
or buy a used ride on (that's what I did). Some might say I'm lazy...I prefer to think of myself as energy efficient.
it takes me all of 15 minutes to mow the lawn; my neighbours with the same size lot each spend around an hour and a half. They sweat, I sit on the deck drinking beer watching them. I win.
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I would recommend a Honda self-propelled. They are great mowers. I've had mine now over 4 years and it starts the first pull every time. Runs like a champ. I also have a .25acre lot and its perfect although mine isn't all that flat. They have ones with different speeds also, which would be nice to get done quicker, and I will eventually upgrade to one of these.
Bill3508
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Honda.
Just bight the bullet and get one. Or, you do what I do.... buy a POS mower at Costco every spring and regret it every fall. I could have bought two Hondas by now with the money I've wasted on these F-ers, and I'd still be using Honda #1.
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