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The Great Big Lawnmower Thread
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Yea, but if you're a Real Man and into all your own fixing and maintenance, you probably would be ashamed to be seen on one of these!
I presume the beefier zero turns are just as big a pita to pull apart. More gender stereotyping, I'll get banned.
I used to have a Snapper Lawn Rider, very good machine with the Bag n Wagon attached but I felt like a chicken sat on a perch when using it
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How big is your cutting area? 15€, thats 10 litres. I get near to three cuts out of a 10l Jerry can between the hand mower and ride on, grass area about 1.4 acres on a 2.8 acre site.
I normally buy 20l at a time (two 10l cans) and with the other machines I use after 2 full cuts there is no way I'd have enough to do another cut. Its not just one machine that 20l would also be for 2 Stroke mix for a strimmer and a small 4Hp mower.
Area is a very fiddly acre, in and out and around of willow shelter beds, its 250m (sorry mixing imp and metric) long so there a lot of time spent driving the length of the site emptying the grass box. The old mower is nearly 15 years old so probably not as ecenomical as it once was, I vaguely remember just being able to do the lot on one fill which is about 5l.
Edit> Thinking about it the main area is 250m long then there is another 50m the other side of the house and a rough area of grass that takes it well over an acre.0 -
I normally buy 20l at a time (two 10l cans) and with the other machines I use after 2 full cuts there is no way I'd have enough to do another cut. Its not just one machine that 20l would also be for 2 Stroke mix for a strimmer and a small 4Hp mower.
Area is a very fiddly acre, in and out and around of willow shelter beds, its 250m (sorry mixing imp and metric) long so there a lot of time spent driving the length of the site emptying the grass box. The old mower is nearly 15 years old so probably not as ecenomical as it once was, I vaguely remember just being able to do the lot on one fill which is about 5l.
Edit> Thinking about it the main area is 250m long then there is another 50m the other side of the house and a rough area of grass that takes it well over an acre.
It's just that 10 litres seems a lot for a single cut, even with overlap and emptying. I'd burn more if it was heavy due to not being cut, but in that case I usually raise the blade a notch, cut, then go back maybe half a week later and cut at normal height. Hand mower uses maybe half a litre each cut doing the banks and edges, strimmer every other week, about a quarter litre. I easily do all this twice+ on 10 litres, and have squeezed a third cut during dry spells with light growth. Twin cylinder Viking runs at a modest rpm, and is barely stressed in the central areas where the growth is light. It's heavier in the shaded areas under trees. Make sure your air filters are clean and clear, they'll act like having the choke on if blocked.
I suppose a lot depends on the density of the grass, the type of grass and how low you cut. I cut high pretty much all the time, with maybe once dropping a notch to catch out the lurking weeds.0 -
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