I've got a fair sized lawn, I'm not houseproud and hate mowing the lawn. I tend to let it grow longer than I should and when I get round to mowing it it's always longer than it should be and usually damp.
I do it with a basic Qualcast mains mower and it always blocks up and "stalls" after a minute or two so I have to poke it clear with a stick.
I'm looking for recommendations for a basic mains mower that has the power not to stall as much.
Thanks
tend to let it grow longer than I should and when I get round to mowing it it's always longer than it should be and usually damp.
after a minute or two so I have to poke it clear with a stick.
to stall as much.
You need a petrol mower - loads on feebay, or I've got an old Quicksilver 46S you can have for £20 (Hampshire)
tend to let it grow longer than I should and when I get round to mowing it it's always longer than it should be and usually damp.
after a minute or two so I have to poke it clear with a stick.
to stall as much.
Swept burning laser beam. Move animals off the lawn first.
OK, sounds silly, but could be done? What type and power laser? Could be run unattended on a timer?
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tend to let it grow longer than I should and when I get round to mowing it it's always longer than it should be and usually damp.
after a minute or two so I have to poke it clear with a stick.
to stall as much.
Any cylinder is going to stall on long and/or damp grass. Rotaries are much more tolerant, even basic electric ones. A petrol hover is particularly tolerant, if you don't mind faffing about with starting and fiddling with fuel.
I tend to let it grow longer than I should and when I get round to mowing i= t it's always longer than it should be and usually damp.
Hover, rather than cylinder. Otherwise a giant petrol rotary, but I guess you don't want to spend that much.
A Flymo "Mow and Vac" is the first hover I've used that didn't leave all the clippings behind.
My current one is a rotary not cylinder.
Laser beam sounds good.
Don't fancy petrol but might have a look at them on Ebay
Thanks
PS I hate hover mowers - can see one being much use when the grass is about 40cm long.
Stick with what you have got, and mow weekly. You get to enjoy it after a while.
Mike
I've found a Flymow Lawnchief 400 on Ebay - are they any good?
In message , Murmansk writes
Buy a cow, or a couple of sheep
I would think long damp grass is always going to be a prob for domestic mowers unless you set high and cut again at a lower setting. If nothing else try cutting on a dry day that should greatly improve the situation.
"Dry Day" - what's that then? :-)
strimmer
Well, I certainly don't like mains electric mowers - it's very difficult to keep the cable out of the way of the mower.
Modern petrol rotary mowers (not hover - they've got wheels) are pretty reliable and easy to start. They've all got 4-stroke engines, so there's no faffing about with 2-stroke mixture. Best to get one with a Briggs & Stratton engine.
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Soon as we moved here I indented for one. I told the Finance Committee I wouldn't mow the grass unless. I tried to indent for a sit-on but was turned down.
Mine even has electric starting, although there's a pull-cord too. Petrol ones are considerably more powerful than an electric one and as has been stated, no cable (which would be impractical here anyway).
BTW, can someone explain how a hover is supposed to work. If it's hovering, the rotary blade must be shoving air downwards. In which case, how is it supposed to *suck* the cuttings *upwards* into the bag against the airflow?
Simples.... they dont suck the clippings up from within the hover/cutting deck....
dont think the blade contributes much to the hover bit.... the fan which does provide most of the lift is mounted above the blade, and sucks air in from the grass box, which has it's inlet behind the deck pointed at the floor, so it sucks the clippings up as it's sucking in air for the fan, which makes it hover,
the grass box is perforated all round, so lets the air through whilst catching the grass, tho when the box is stuffed with grass, i notice the mower is hovering a little lower... but not sure if its the grass weight and/or lower air flow.
In message , Murmansk wrote
I purchased a petrol mower years ago and have never regretted it. Compared to an electric mower it's like chalk and cheese - it cuts long wet grass with comparative ease, however you are always going to get a problem if you let it grow to a foot in height. My one is a spinning blade type with large(ish) grass collection box. I cut my 60 foot lawn in around 20% of the time it use to take me with an electric flymo.
My first one lasted around 5 years (badly rusted as I stored it outside). My second one purchased a couple of years ago has more plastic but works just as well. I've only gone for the £120/£150 basic models with pull cord start and not self propelled. Maybe the best time to buy them is in a cold and wet early Spring when the sheds have massive stock that isn't shifting or in the Autumn when they make room for next years model. Although I wouldn't normally suggest sheds like B&Q their prices were a LOT cheaper than garden centres etc. when I last was in the market.
So, as each blade is cut, it is first pushed downwards by the hover airflow, then has to be picked up again as the suction inlet passes over. Wheeled mowers are more efficient, as they can be arranged to have the airflow upwards, and cut grass immediately heads in the right direction.
Chris
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The B&S engine on mine never lets me down. Even after standing all winter on a tank of stale petrol, it starts on the 2nd pull.
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