Show us your......lawnmower !

[andy43]

RichB said:

CarbonV12V said:

This like mine although I have added a few more carbon bits :-)

Is that the Williams? Can't quite see on that pic.

Looks like it - they had a leather wheel and armrests on top of the standard C600 spec - would have been sold about 2006, when I was looking.
Quite

[Bill]

andoverben said:

BishBosh said:

My superb little racer....bought this around 99 and still going strong.

That is Brilliant! where did you get that?

[CarbonV12V]

RichB said:

Is that the Williams? Can't quite see on that pic.

Yes - the Williams F1 Edition (as was!)

Leather wheel, alloy pedals, carbon dash and handles etc. And beer holder . Can't bring myself to change it until they bring out another special edition.

[dickymint]

Will be "sorting out" my lawn just as soon as I refurb this old Gal......

[AstonZagato]

[Steve UK]

Hello,

First post in homes/gardens and need a little help please.

We have just moved home and I am having palpitations at the size of the lawn :-)

A friend has this layed up and is for sale, I took a quick look last night and it looks reasonable. I thought I could id it when I got home but after an hour on google I had no luck.

I am sure I read 'made in usa' somewhere on it but the name sticker is ripped, the is a number 8/30 and its yellow :-)

Would anyone have any idea what it is and its value, been told it runs but can be tough to get into gear. Thanks in advance, Steve

[sparkythecat]

Give us the letters you've got or part name, and we'll have a stab

[Timmy40]

Steve UK said:

Stuff

Usual convention indicates it's an 8hp 30" cut so 8/30. Probably a Briggs and Stratton engine. All these smaller mowers are very similar, it'll be belt driven ( both the wheels and the cutting deck ). Parts can be quite pricey ( esp belts ). So unless he's talking about basically giving it to you and you have the time for a project I'd be inclined just to get one off Ebay that's in better condition for £500-600 quid.

[Steve UK]

Will have a look at the remaining sticker.

Thanks for the good advice, yes I don't mind a project £200 was mentioned but at the time I thought this was a little steep. Now you say parts are expensive I may give it a miss.

Thank you, Steve

[Composite Guru]

Just bought one of these and really impressed with the quality. Good engine too.

http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/co...

[Woody3]

Our most interesting, and favourite mower is actually engine-less'ish:



Cuts a two acre field (pasture grass) in 7 mins.

[Willy Nilly]

Woody3 said:

Our most interesting, and favourite mower is actually engine-less'ish:



Cuts a two acre field (pasture grass) in 7 mins.

2 acres is 4046 square meters. If that mower is 2 meters wide (looks like 3 x 2 foot sections) you would need to mow at an average 35km/hr assuming zero overlap, this also doesn't account for turning on the ends.

Our combine is 7.5 meters wide and it won't cover 2 acres in 7 minutes.

[Bebee]

Willy Nilly said:

Woody3 said:

Our most interesting, and favourite mower is actually engine-less'ish:



Cuts a two acre field (pasture grass) in 7 mins.

2 acres is 4046 square meters. If that mower is 2 meters wide (looks like 3 x 2 foot sections) you would need to mow at an average 35km/hr assuming zero overlap, this also doesn't account for turning on the ends.

Our combine is 7.5 meters wide and it won't cover 2 acres in 7 minutes.

[Woody3]

Bebee said:

Willy Nilly said:

Woody3 said:

Our most interesting, and favourite mower is actually engine-less'ish:



Cuts a two acre field (pasture grass) in 7 mins.

2 acres is 4046 square meters. If that mower is 2 meters wide (looks like 3 x 2 foot sections) you would need to mow at an average 35km/hr assuming zero overlap, this also doesn't account for turning on the ends.

Our combine is 7.5 meters wide and it won't cover 2 acres in 7 minutes.

Well that would take some doing, alas, you are right. Apologies. I hadn't taken into account that we use the ride on for the slopey/treey part of the field. It is usually a 3rd gear, low range speed though (Defender).

Edited by Woody3 on Thursday 28th May 22:18

[Willy Nilly]

Woody3 said:

Bebee said:

Willy Nilly said:

Woody3 said:

Our most interesting, and favourite mower is actually engine-less'ish:



Cuts a two acre field (pasture grass) in 7 mins.

2 acres is 4046 square meters. If that mower is 2 meters wide (looks like 3 x 2 foot sections) you would need to mow at an average 35km/hr assuming zero overlap, this also doesn't account for turning on the ends.

Our combine is 7.5 meters wide and it won't cover 2 acres in 7 minutes.

Well that would take some doing, alas, you are right. Apologies. I hadn't taken into account that we use the ride on for the slopey/treey part of the field. It is usually a 3rd gear, low range speed though (Defender).

Edited by Woody3 on Thursday 28th May 22:18

I did put the wrong figure down for area , it's 8093 square meters, so if the mower is 2 meters wide you'd need to over 4046 meters (4.046 kilometers) in your 7 minutes cutting time. That's knocking on a bit.

[Woody3]

You've got me wondering now! I've been telling everyone I can cut the field in less than 10 mins . If the weather is good tomorrow I'll give it a cut and time it. Knowing me it's going to be 17 mins

Edited by Woody3 on Thursday 28th May 23:14

[beko1987]

Well, I can't compete with pretty much anything in this thread, but...

Our back garden is tiny. When we moved in it was a sthole, so with the approval of the landlady we ripped pretty much everything up



and sowed a nice lawn for my daughter to play on (pretty much the only plan we had)





I got donated my mums old Flymo Compact 330, and even with a new blade it's st. Big, bulky, blows grass everywhere etc. So I found this little baby on a facebook selling page for £10



Stripped it fully down, cleaned everything, re-greased everything and had it running better. Used it last season, but the blunt blades were an issue, as it tore the grass more than cut.

So yesterday I found a new old stock bottom blade, as the current one has been attacked by a bench grinder in the past and is properly uneven, and bought one of these



which took the blades from this



to this



Works much better now. Will re-sharpen it with the new bottom blade to true everything up, and maybe later in the eyar backlap it with grinding paste to refine the edge. For the size of our garden, it's alot less bovver than a hover! Cuts very long grass too, there's a bit of land around a tree out the front that the council dont cut, and no one else does either, so I tidied it up yesterday to try ou the sharpened blades and it's perfectly good enough.

I'd love a garden big enough to justify a ride-on, but that won't happen soon, so I'll stay happy with my stty old qualcast!

[BigBen]

I have one of these, albeit in bits as it recently failed to proceed.

[Pat H]

About five years ago I started employing a gardener to mow the lawns.

So my mower was parked up in a damp shed and forgotten about.

I dragged it out a couple of days ago, fully intending to be taking it to the tip.

Out of curiosity, I whipped out the plug, pulled it over and was surprised to see a big fat spark.

So I poured a bit of fresh petrol into it, took the air cleaner off and gave it squirt of Bradex.

It started on the second pull of the cord.

It's only an old Mountfield with a little Honda CGV motor, but I was amazed that it fired up and ran perfectly after five years of standing utterly neglected.

I was so impressed that I treated it to a squirt of WD40 and promoted it from the shed to the garage.

No pics, I'm afraid.

[furrywoolyhatuk]

Pat H said:

About five years ago I started employing a gardener to mow the lawns.

So my mower was parked up in a damp shed and forgotten about.

I dragged it out a couple of days ago, fully intending to be taking it to the tip.

Out of curiosity, I whipped out the plug, pulled it over and was surprised to see a big fat spark.

So I poured a bit of fresh petrol into it, took the air cleaner off and gave it squirt of Bradex.

It started on the second pull of the cord.

It's only an old Mountfield with a little Honda CGV motor, but I was amazed that it fired up and ran perfectly after five years of standing utterly neglected.

I was so impressed that I treated it to a squirt of WD40 and promoted it from the shed to the garage.

No pics, I'm afraid.

She lives! You will be sharpening the blades next...