Show us your......lawnmower !
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beko1987 said:
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 s
thole, 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!
Remember the TV ads?Our back garden is tiny. When we moved in it was a s
thole, so with the approval of the landlady we ripped pretty much everything upand 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 s
t. Big, bulky, blows grass everywhere etc. So I found this little baby on a facebook selling page for £10Stripped 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 s
tty old qualcast!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IARuRMLIAU
Moved house three weeks ago...inherited this as part of the deal
Not very impressed with it....doesn't make a great job of mowing lawn and we have a paddock that is cut weekly which it really struggles with...the chute to the collector blocks every few minutes. Which is what I have read about it....
Seriously thinking about upgrading to a Kubota...either something like a GR2120 or even the BX2350 as there's a lot that needs doing and that could come in handy,
We also need to buy a petrol walk behind job....anyone recommend anything ? Need it to cut a bank the ride on can't negotiate.
Not very impressed with it....doesn't make a great job of mowing lawn and we have a paddock that is cut weekly which it really struggles with...the chute to the collector blocks every few minutes. Which is what I have read about it....
Seriously thinking about upgrading to a Kubota...either something like a GR2120 or even the BX2350 as there's a lot that needs doing and that could come in handy,
We also need to buy a petrol walk behind job....anyone recommend anything ? Need it to cut a bank the ride on can't negotiate.
Cheib said:
Moved house three weeks ago...inherited this as part of the deal
Not very impressed with it....doesn't make a great job of mowing lawn and we have a paddock that is cut weekly which it really struggles with...the chute to the collector blocks every few minutes. Which is what I have read about it....
Seriously thinking about upgrading to a Kubota...either something like a GR2120 or even the BX2350 as there's a lot that needs doing and that could come in handy,
We also need to buy a petrol walk behind job....anyone recommend anything ? Need it to cut a bank the ride on can't negotiate.
Westwood and Mountfield have seriously lost their way with their ride-ons. I had two brand new ones which went back to the manufacturers because they went into smoke mode. Do it up, Ebay it and buy as you suggest - or a John Deere. I bought a Honda - which is great for my needs, but probably wouldn't cope with a paddock too well.Not very impressed with it....doesn't make a great job of mowing lawn and we have a paddock that is cut weekly which it really struggles with...the chute to the collector blocks every few minutes. Which is what I have read about it....
Seriously thinking about upgrading to a Kubota...either something like a GR2120 or even the BX2350 as there's a lot that needs doing and that could come in handy,
We also need to buy a petrol walk behind job....anyone recommend anything ? Need it to cut a bank the ride on can't negotiate.
Most walk behinds would be good of your bank, funnily enough I have a small Mountfield walk behind - I think of it as a giant strimmer really. Get one that is propelled.
Timmy40 said:
I just got an old ( very old ) Snapper with a 33" deck off Ebay, cost me £400, popped a new fuel filer, oil filter and belt on it, and it's superb. Cuts excellently, and IMO far better made than a new mower would be.
Used to use an old Snapper, probably named as it used to snap cutting belts after about 30 mins of use. Big_Dog said:
I thought I might see some more classics. I picked this up last week on eBay.
Starts second go but does fold rather than cut the grass. It's booked in for a sharpen tomorrow. I have high hopes for it then.
ETA Not my lawn and I am pretty sure he didn't cut it with the mower I bought.
looks good Royal B30 by chance ? Starts second go but does fold rather than cut the grass. It's booked in for a sharpen tomorrow. I have high hopes for it then.
ETA Not my lawn and I am pretty sure he didn't cut it with the mower I bought.
Here are mine. The Countax was bought in eBay 4 years ago and I think dates from 2002. So far it's had a few belts and new blades. Plus I rebuilt the sweeper with new brushes and bearings last year. It also came with a high grass mulching deck but that needs new bearing when I'm feeling brave and have some time.
Eta a pic.
Eta a pic.
Some of you chaps have some ridiculous machinery at your disposal and I'm somewhat jealous. I think I need to work harder.
I'll get my own pic soon, but I bought one of these in March and ditched a gifted flymo which was scalping my lawn every time. It's been really good so far.
Entirely off topic but renmure can I ask you about your sectional garage, thinking of taking down my current prefab and replacing it with something similar to yours.
I know that having 3 ride-ons is a bit ott, but there is 5 acres of lawn to cut. The LT166 on the right did well for the first few years but got little use once I got the larger triple cylinder Ransomes. I just got the Zero-Turn mower on the left last year and although it doesn't have the same width of cut, it is soooooo fast that it does the job in about the same time... almost like cutting grass with a real go-kart.
I'll get my own pic soon, but I bought one of these in March and ditched a gifted flymo which was scalping my lawn every time. It's been really good so far.
Entirely off topic but renmure can I ask you about your sectional garage, thinking of taking down my current prefab and replacing it with something similar to yours.
renmure said:
I know that having 3 ride-ons is a bit ott, but there is 5 acres of lawn to cut. The LT166 on the right did well for the first few years but got little use once I got the larger triple cylinder Ransomes. I just got the Zero-Turn mower on the left last year and although it doesn't have the same width of cut, it is soooooo fast that it does the job in about the same time... almost like cutting grass with a real go-kart.
Salgar said:
Just moved into a new house which came with about 1.5 acres of lawn; had this delivered today, it is superb so far. The zero turn is great around the fiddly bits.
I'd like one of these next (1.5 acres), unfortunately my Mountfield of 12 years is still as new and is frankly brilliant at mulching 
Willeh85 said:
Entirely off topic but renmure can I ask you about your sectional garage, thinking of taking down my current prefab and replacing it with something similar to yours.
I used these folk: http://www.cyclonebuildings.com/ and just noticed they have a pic of my garage on their site.They did all the planning, design and drawings to the dimensions I needed. I think the options available were pretty limitless really in terms of door numbers, widths, frame geometry etc. The suggestion was that it could be self-assembled but that was way beyond my talents. It actually took 2 guys who knew what they were doing almost a week so I would probably still be at it 6 years later!
The base was done by a local civil engineering company. My base was slightly more expensive since it had to be dug out of a slope and a small retaining wall built but from from start to finish was only a 3-4 day job. The steel building company provided the relevant planning docs and also put me in touch with the guys who put it up. That started on a Monday and I was able to use it on the Thursday afternoon, so fairly slick. Can't really remember the costs, other than thinking it was all realitively cheap... although the cost of the pad and the guys building it was probably the same as the actual structure. Hope that helps.
renmure said:
I used these folk: http://www.cyclonebuildings.com/ and just noticed they have a pic of my garage on their site.
They did all the planning, design and drawings to the dimensions I needed. I think the options available were pretty limitless really in terms of door numbers, widths, frame geometry etc. The suggestion was that it could be self-assembled but that was way beyond my talents. It actually took 2 guys who knew what they were doing almost a week so I would probably still be at it 6 years later!
The base was done by a local civil engineering company. My base was slightly more expensive since it had to be dug out of a slope and a small retaining wall built but from from start to finish was only a 3-4 day job. The steel building company provided the relevant planning docs and also put me in touch with the guys who put it up. That started on a Monday and I was able to use it on the Thursday afternoon, so fairly slick. Can't really remember the costs, other than thinking it was all realitively cheap... although the cost of the pad and the guys building it was probably the same as the actual structure. Hope that helps.
Thanks for such a quick response renmure very detailed as well. I've actually found these guys in my searches a few times and I also think some other PH'ers have used them too so looks promising for me. I'll check them out They did all the planning, design and drawings to the dimensions I needed. I think the options available were pretty limitless really in terms of door numbers, widths, frame geometry etc. The suggestion was that it could be self-assembled but that was way beyond my talents. It actually took 2 guys who knew what they were doing almost a week so I would probably still be at it 6 years later!
The base was done by a local civil engineering company. My base was slightly more expensive since it had to be dug out of a slope and a small retaining wall built but from from start to finish was only a 3-4 day job. The steel building company provided the relevant planning docs and also put me in touch with the guys who put it up. That started on a Monday and I was able to use it on the Thursday afternoon, so fairly slick. Can't really remember the costs, other than thinking it was all realitively cheap... although the cost of the pad and the guys building it was probably the same as the actual structure. Hope that helps.
I have a couple..
I bought this old Atco over twenty years ago but the self drive wouldn't work due to a gear that had worn out teeth! I 'acquired' some steel plate and set about making one! I then brazed it in place of the old one on it's arbour and it's been fine since!!, Not used it in a few years though and it wouldn't spark up this year!!
This one is an Australian Victa, I paid the princely sum of two quid at a local bootsale because the fella couldn't get it to fire!!
The tank was full of grass!, I cleared it and put fresh fuel in, after a couple of pumps of the primer she fired up!, The carb is a bit duff and wouldn't run on full revs but the tickover was so strong that nothing on my lawn would stop it!!, This wouldn't start up this year either so I bought another one, A Lawnking!
The Lawnking was offered on Gumtree for just £20, I phoned the chap and was the proud owner of within an hour!!
He did say the machine would need a service but he primed the engine then pulled the cord- First pull it started up!!
A couple of weeks later I thought i'd give it a quich try on the lawn and then see about servicing it.
I had just about finished when the Briggs and Stratton engine started to sound very unhealthy sop I let go of the bar double quick..
I unscrewed the dipstick for the engine oil and there was no oil in the sump at all
I had read that these engines were bulletproof but I held little hope of it surviving with no oil but I topped it up with fresh 10-40 and left it until the next day, I couldn't believe it when it started and ran beautifully smooth!!
I've used it twice since and perforformed flawlessly and starts immediately!!
I also have a couple of electric mowers, A Flymo which has been superb over the years and a Qualcast, I get fed up of tripping over the flippin' cables though!!!
The reults of the Lawnking, It's not a large lawn by any standards..
I also bought a new Qualcast 30cc strimmer form Homebase then true to form I picked an almost new one up at the local bootsale for a tenner! The chap was insistant that it would need a service so I had a feeling it wasn't going to start!!
When I got home I tried it with no joy, I took the plug out of an old one in the shed, Installed it and the thing was away!!, I also bought a hedge trimmer attachment for it so don't he to get steps out to reach the hedges!!
Also found a tiller for it too!!!
John
I bought this old Atco over twenty years ago but the self drive wouldn't work due to a gear that had worn out teeth! I 'acquired' some steel plate and set about making one! I then brazed it in place of the old one on it's arbour and it's been fine since!!, Not used it in a few years though and it wouldn't spark up this year!!
This one is an Australian Victa, I paid the princely sum of two quid at a local bootsale because the fella couldn't get it to fire!!
The tank was full of grass!, I cleared it and put fresh fuel in, after a couple of pumps of the primer she fired up!, The carb is a bit duff and wouldn't run on full revs but the tickover was so strong that nothing on my lawn would stop it!!, This wouldn't start up this year either so I bought another one, A Lawnking!
The Lawnking was offered on Gumtree for just £20, I phoned the chap and was the proud owner of within an hour!!
He did say the machine would need a service but he primed the engine then pulled the cord- First pull it started up!!
A couple of weeks later I thought i'd give it a quich try on the lawn and then see about servicing it.
I had just about finished when the Briggs and Stratton engine started to sound very unhealthy sop I let go of the bar double quick..
I unscrewed the dipstick for the engine oil and there was no oil in the sump at all
I had read that these engines were bulletproof but I held little hope of it surviving with no oil but I topped it up with fresh 10-40 and left it until the next day, I couldn't believe it when it started and ran beautifully smooth!!
I've used it twice since and perforformed flawlessly and starts immediately!!
I also have a couple of electric mowers, A Flymo which has been superb over the years and a Qualcast, I get fed up of tripping over the flippin' cables though!!!
The reults of the Lawnking, It's not a large lawn by any standards..
I also bought a new Qualcast 30cc strimmer form Homebase then true to form I picked an almost new one up at the local bootsale for a tenner! The chap was insistant that it would need a service so I had a feeling it wasn't going to start!!
When I got home I tried it with no joy, I took the plug out of an old one in the shed, Installed it and the thing was away!!, I also bought a hedge trimmer attachment for it so don't he to get steps out to reach the hedges!!
Also found a tiller for it too!!!
John
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