Large Petrol lawn mower NOT sit on

[cliffords]

My 15 year old petrol mower has given in today it a 46cm petrol model that you push yourself . The metal deck has fallen apart as I have left it outside for 15 years , so it did well .

Any recommendations please , 46cm is a bit small but are larger ones a lot heavier ? Its three lawns one easy one and two not so easy with a fair bit of moving about around obstacles The only time I tried a friends self propelled mower I did not get on with it very well, heavy to turn and manoeuvre .

Must be petrol , preferably a bit bigger than 46m , rear collection box, not crazy heavy so I can move it about well when cutting. Not self propelled unless you can tell me its a lot better .

I have seen a few online today I expect its around £400 if its a good one , several have Chinese sounding engines that I guess is less optimal.

Thank you

[Bill]

You could change the deck for a new one...

[darreni]

I’ve had a Mountfield sp53h for a few years. It’s a great mower and is self propelled. Honda engine too.
But it is pretty heavy- I’ve got to drag it up and down steps to cut a stretch of river bank a couple of times a year.

I think that all larger mowers will be pretty heavy.

[wolfracesonic]

I went with a second hand Honda of eBay quite a few years back, never seems to miss a beat and doesn’t seem it ever will; you know you’ll always be able to get parts/service, more so than some obscure Chinese brand.

[HughG]

Sounds like you need a self propelled Hayter Harrier 56 or similar.
I’ve got a Harrier 42 push along and it does the job well.

[LRDefender]

Might be worth getting a sales rep round to demonstrate a 'robot mower'. They are very good and save a lot of time.

[brownspeed]

is the deck totally beyond repair? I have an ancient lawnboy with an aluminium deck. This too corroded badly over time, resulting in holes appearing. I thoroughly cleaned it before putting in several layers of fibreglass. I now have a composite deck!

[Mr Pointy]

LRDefender said:

Might be worth getting a sales rep round to demonstrate a 'robot mower'. They are very good and save a lot of time.

Go robot & get hours of your life back & better quality lawns.

[Monkeylegend]

Mr Pointy said:

LRDefender said:

Might be worth getting a sales rep round to demonstrate a 'robot mower'. They are very good and save a lot of time.

Go robot & get hours of your life back & better quality lawns.

Do robot mowers collect the grass cuttings and put them in your brown bin for collection?

I have just bought a Mountfield SP185 petrol mower and used it for the first time yesterday.

Cost £290 and seems to do a good job and being self propelled the only thing you need to do is try and keep up.

[v8notbrave]

I bought a bigger more powerful one few years back but didn't gel as I'm a fast mower and too cumbersome. Just got self propelled from Toolstation, is perfect more like a keen mountain goat on my slopes. All self propelled naturally

[loskie]

https://www.gardenmachinerydirect.co.uk/shop/c/gar...


I bought a Sthil one from a local supplier 18m ago.
Plastic deck
Starts easily
Self propelled (one speed maybe a bit slow)

TBH I'm not sure if it's my imagination but it doesn't feel as sturdy as the previous cheap Cobra branded one that had a metal deck and the Honda Izy one before that.

But it cuts well. So far so good.

I'd say buy local rather than online.

[Double Fault]

Monkeylegend said:

Do robot mowers collect the grass cuttings and put them in your brown bin for collection?

I have just bought a Mountfield SP185 petrol mower and used it for the first time yesterday.

Cost £290 and seems to do a good job and being self propelled the only thing you need to do is try and keep up.

No….the idea is that they cut pretty much every day and the tiny amount of clippings decompose into the lawn.

I’ve been using them for a few years now and they have saved me so much time.

[Mr Pointy]

Monkeylegend said:

Do robot mowers collect the grass cuttings and put them in your brown bin for collection?

If you're asking if they remove the nutrients from your lawn & dump them in the brown bin they no they don't. As said above they take micro clippings & mulch them. Most owners report that the quality of their lawns is better with a robot mower.

[Monkeylegend]

Double Fault said:

Monkeylegend said:

Do robot mowers collect the grass cuttings and put them in your brown bin for collection?

I have just bought a Mountfield SP185 petrol mower and used it for the first time yesterday.

Cost £290 and seems to do a good job and being self propelled the only thing you need to do is try and keep up.

No .the idea is that they cut pretty much every day and the tiny amount of clippings decompose into the lawn.

I ve been using them for a few years now and they have saved me so much time.

I enjoy cutting my grass, I find it very therapeutic especially on a day like yesterday after all the miserable weather we have had. Very satisfying as you cut it and look at the bits you have cut.

And that cut grass smell

I am retired though so time is not an issue for me.

[Landlubber]

HughG said:

Sounds like you need a self propelled Hayter Harrier 56 or similar.
I ve got a Harrier 42 push along and it does the job well.

Hayters are pretty much the 'Rolls Royce' of mowers and difficult to better. Expensive but good.

[cliffords]

OP here . Thanks for all the suggestions. I am right now retired too and like cutting the lawn and do want to pick it up ,and don't want self propelled. I do need it to be light as I need to manoeuvre it a fair bit .
I think I am looking at less cost than I envisaged for what I need having researched and read the comments.

Thank you all

[OutInTheShed]

Get a robot to do the bulk of it, and a cheap electric mower to finish off. Mains or battery.
TBH, there is always stuff to do in a garden without following a mower around.

Joking aside, a nice light electric mower makes it 'women's work'.

And noisy petrol mowers should be banned from the 'burbs.

[Mr Pointy]

cliffords said:

OP here . Thanks for all the suggestions. I am right now retired too and like cutting the lawn and do want to pick it up ,and don't want self propelled. I do need it to be light as I need to manoeuvre it a fair bit .
I think I am looking at less cost than I envisaged for what I need having researched and read the comments.

Have a look at Ego battery mowers:

https://egopowerplus.co.uk/products/mowers

They go all the way from 42cm up to 76cm in both self-propelled & push versions & are likely to be be lighter than a petrol mower & much more convenient to use. They aren't cheap though.

[loskie]

I don't think battery tools are more convenient than petrol.

[OutInTheShed]

loskie said:

I don't think battery tools are more convenient than petrol.

They are if your wife can't start the petrol tools!

You can also use them more or less when you want, without worrying about anti-social noise.