Which lawn mower?

Afternoon all!

I was mowong the lawn yesterday and think its on its last legs (making some strange noises!!
Was wondering what mower everybody else use's?
ie cylinder, rotary, petrol or electric?

 

I use a Hayter harrier, petrol rotary mower. It has a 21" cut, back roller that is split into 2 for easier manouverability at the end of the line.
I would suggest a hayter because I have used mine for my gardening business for the past 7 years. It cuts to bowling green height, but i usually use it on a 2" cut. For the first four years of having it, it worked 24-30hrs a week, going further than some family cars. It has since been used about 16hrs a week. It has never been a problem, it gets the odd service, and the blade sharpened. It holds a large amount of grass in the box, which can be heavy if the grass is wet. It cuts wet grass as well as long grass to 7 - 8" paddock type grass. So I will never get a different machine, that's if this one i have ever dies.

 

I would always use a petrol cause electric cables are such a pain and rotary for ease of use, unless you must have bowling green grass with stripes.
Personally I would always choose a Honda engine if I could afford it. They are so smooth and quiet. A Briggs and Stratton sounds like a tractor by comparison.

 

Mowgley depends on how big your lawn is and if you like excercise or not, I use an old push mower(greens monitor cylinder mower)it cuts well even when the grass is wet and gives a fine cut very low maintenance.

 

My front lawn is 20m2 and my back lawn it 90m2, so i think a push mower is out of the question.. I think i will stick with my cylinder type mower. just got to decide with make i want now!!

 

I've recently bought one with a briggs and stratton engine, mainly because I got fed up with the cable on the electric one I had, anyway I took it back because it wouldn't start when cold.
I've now got another one of the same, it still dont want to start.
Mowgley, that dont sound like much grass to me, unless I've got my maths wrong. :rolleyes:

 

At home I have a Briggs and Stratton and that is a rough old sod to start. At my father in laws it is a Honda and even after months of being idle it starts first time with just a purr.

 

Funny thing now - we have a self-propelled Flymo with a B & S engine....lousy design, but no problems starting it, really. And the garden tractor has a twin-cylinder B & S with electric start, and it starts like a dream. My rotovator, on the other hand, is a Honda, and it's damn near impossible to start - cold or hot! And they're all noisy! I even wear ear defenders mowing with the big 'un!!!

I wonder if there are "Friday afternoon" examples - like there used to be with cars...???

 

If there are Hyla, I've tried two of them.
Maybe Homebase only sell the ones made on Friday afternoons.
:D

 

I've recently got myself a mulcher mower - the best move I've made in a long time! I strongly recommend it

http://www.mowers-online.co.uk/itm01977.htm

Not a bad price, and works really well, particularly useful if you're dealing with grass that's had loads of moss scarified out of it.