Show us your......lawnmower !
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Playing with my old lawnmower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpwYd5hZg3o A whirling, open fan and unguarded chains - don't mention elf & safety!
This was originally posted for a Spanish friend, hence the foreign text.
Edit: it is a 1921 Atco Standard. Around 900 were made in that year with an oval cast iron frame. Atco then switched to H-section wrought iron as the cast was too fragile. It cuts superbly, but is very heavy - hard to heave around the trees etc.
This was originally posted for a Spanish friend, hence the foreign text.
Edit: it is a 1921 Atco Standard. Around 900 were made in that year with an oval cast iron frame. Atco then switched to H-section wrought iron as the cast was too fragile. It cuts superbly, but is very heavy - hard to heave around the trees etc.
Edited by Cobalt Blue on Wednesday 22 July 17:17
As posted in the lawns thread, my recent purchase. Looks like I need to give the clutch assembly and cable's a little looking over I've given it a quick adjustment at lunch time and managed to get it so I don't need running spikes to keep up wit the thing as it launches across the garden.
It's a Ransomes Marquis I bought off a nice chap on ebay. The original motor has been swapped out for a newer Kubota number which runs very well and it relatively quiet.
It's a Ransomes Marquis I bought off a nice chap on ebay. The original motor has been swapped out for a newer Kubota number which runs very well and it relatively quiet.
OK, here's mine, a 21 year old Countax K14 Twin. 14hp of Briggs & Stratton powered 1994 vintage British engineering!
Funny thing is, it's shown here sat on my lawn. Erm, that's pretty much all of my current lawn! However I have another thread running covering our self-build project, and it's needed for that. Recently bought from eBay, it's done a great job clearing our paddock ready for groundworks, and it's had some much deserved TLC including a good clean, new headlight lenses, belts, steering pinion/quadrant and a front inner tube. It all works...electric clutch on the cutting deck, lights, powered grass collector, PTO, the lot. Only thing that doesn't work is the seat safety switch that's been disabled as I assume it's quite annoying. Brake/clutch one works again as of today. Hopefully ready for the next 21 years of service!
Shiny engine...
The cockpit (ha!)
Funky little keyring...
Many levers which do many things...
Truth is, by the time the house is built, it might actually be a bit big for the garden, so I may end up selling this on and getting something smaller. However with serious 3' high brush, thistles and grass to clear before we started, I don't think a lesser mower would have coped. We shall see...if I do the garden in a mower friendly shape I might just keep it...I do quite like it's Meccano/Land-Rover qualities!
Funny thing is, it's shown here sat on my lawn. Erm, that's pretty much all of my current lawn! However I have another thread running covering our self-build project, and it's needed for that. Recently bought from eBay, it's done a great job clearing our paddock ready for groundworks, and it's had some much deserved TLC including a good clean, new headlight lenses, belts, steering pinion/quadrant and a front inner tube. It all works...electric clutch on the cutting deck, lights, powered grass collector, PTO, the lot. Only thing that doesn't work is the seat safety switch that's been disabled as I assume it's quite annoying. Brake/clutch one works again as of today. Hopefully ready for the next 21 years of service!
Shiny engine...
The cockpit (ha!)
Funky little keyring...
Many levers which do many things...
Truth is, by the time the house is built, it might actually be a bit big for the garden, so I may end up selling this on and getting something smaller. However with serious 3' high brush, thistles and grass to clear before we started, I don't think a lesser mower would have coped. We shall see...if I do the garden in a mower friendly shape I might just keep it...I do quite like it's Meccano/Land-Rover qualities!
Edited by Hard-Drive on Saturday 22 August 17:42
Yeah, I saw that on another thread...very shiny! However I'm sure you said was too big, and when my new house is built I reckon the K14 will be overkill in the extreme.
Tell me though, the little bar between the front wheels that attaches to the cutting deck, how does yours stay off the ground when the deck is removed? Mine just drags on the ground and makes reversing impossible...
Tell me though, the little bar between the front wheels that attaches to the cutting deck, how does yours stay off the ground when the deck is removed? Mine just drags on the ground and makes reversing impossible...
No, the silver bar still on your tractor in the shot...but somehow still staying upright.
Erm...the plot is 1/3 of an acre but that's before the house, garage and driveway started to go in! So probably serious overkill, however I did buy it to clear the plot before the build started with a view to selling if needed. TBH as the whole garden is a blank slate (and currently looks like The Somme) I can design it in a way that is ride-on mower friendly. We shall see!
Great mowers though, even if it's a sledgehammer/nut scenario, I just love it as a "thing".
Erm...the plot is 1/3 of an acre but that's before the house, garage and driveway started to go in! So probably serious overkill, however I did buy it to clear the plot before the build started with a view to selling if needed. TBH as the whole garden is a blank slate (and currently looks like The Somme) I can design it in a way that is ride-on mower friendly. We shall see!
Great mowers though, even if it's a sledgehammer/nut scenario, I just love it as a "thing".
Having just moved house I'm looking for a new lawnmower as I left my old 46cm mountfield at for my tenants.
Any recommendations based on:
sub £300
Petrol
Not a large garden
Preferably new
From having a look around there's plenty available from Webb, cheapest Hayter or Honda Izy?
I'd love a mulching mower but the grass is in shade a lot so not sure if that might not be a good idea?
Any recommendations based on:
sub £300
Petrol
Not a large garden
Preferably new
From having a look around there's plenty available from Webb, cheapest Hayter or Honda Izy?
I'd love a mulching mower but the grass is in shade a lot so not sure if that might not be a good idea?
I have a bog standard Hayter, a bit of the pull broke about a year ago and I haven't got round to fixing it and quotes to have it fixed were as much as it cost me in the first place. Have been using a Bosch electric one all year which has been a bit of a chore.
However I have just bought a 24" Webb on eBay, the guy says he'll give me at least £20 for my Hayter in part exchange, so won't be much more than having the Hayter fixed. So excited to be getting a nice wide cylinder mower!
However I have just bought a 24" Webb on eBay, the guy says he'll give me at least £20 for my Hayter in part exchange, so won't be much more than having the Hayter fixed. So excited to be getting a nice wide cylinder mower!
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