Looking for a Petrol Lawnmower

Berty

Anybody know where I could get a great value Petrol Lawnmower?

B&Q were selling one over the weekend but even though I got there at 8am on Saturday morning they were all sold out.

I didn't want to be spending more than €150.

snowman707

I know that Woodies had good end of season bargains last year, probably a bit later than this though,

I think you are based in Newport ? did you look in the Arrabawn Co op store. I know some of their branches sell them , not all though<
Most likely won't get much there in your price range

Berty

snowman707 wrote: »

I know that Woodies had good end of season bargains last year, probably a bit later than this though,

I think you are based in Newport ? did you look in the Arrabawn Co op store. I know some of their branches sell them , not all though<
Most likely won't get much there in your price range

Woodies have one reduced by €20 to €129 but Im sure they can do a little better than that for a discount. Probably right to wait until a little further in the season.

Arrabawn. Very Very expensive.

black & white

Try Jim O'Brien, he runs a very small workshop at the top of William Street on the LHS just before the William St/Gerald Griffith St junction. I got a second hand mower from him 4 years ago and it's still going strong. It's a non rust type, if you get a cheapy from B&Q etc it's going to rust away to nothing in a short time.

Jim often has decent second hand mowers in stock, particularly at this time of year. He's reasonable for a service as well.

johndaman66

I just happened to be out in Castlemungret business park a few months back and went into a lawnmower sales centre purely to ask directions to a garage in the same business park. I was waiting a few minutes as a customer was being dealt with. He had a wide range of mowers from the basic push type up to the high end ride on mowers. The few near the door I happened to be looking at struck me as very good value for money. Basic push mowers but with solid looking metal bodies and sturdy looking wheels and the now well tried and tested Briggs and Stratton engines on them. Can't recall the exact price but recall them starting from well under 200 quid. It struck me as the sort of place that wouldn't sell any crap. Doing a quick google search I assume this place is called Mower Power but stand to be corrected as never looked at the name above the door when I was out there. Well worth a spin out there I reckon. They are in CastleMungret business park just out the Foynes road, 2-3 miles from city centre.

A lot of the mowers for sale in B&Q, Atlantic Homecare et al type stores appear to be cheap fragile crap to me that would fall apart pretty quick.

Berty

johndaman66 wrote: »

A lot of the mowers for sale in B&Q, Atlantic Homecare et al type stores appear to be cheap fragile crap to me that would fall apart pretty quick.

Visited B&Q in Galway today and was not exactly blown away by the prices. Couple of hundred € for a mower. Its only a semi D worth of grass nothing to get excited about and spend hundreds on.

Might drop into that Dock Road place and William Street also before the week is out.

johndaman66

Berty wrote: »

Visited B&Q in Galway today and was not exactly blown away by the prices. Couple of hundred € for a mower.

Their prices are saucy enough throughout the store like many of the English chain stores operating in Ireland I reckon. A story for another forum though.

bonnieprince

picked up a ryobi 140cc manual lawnmower recently in Atlantic/Woodies on Childers road reduced from 229 to 189 and then when i got it to till there was another 15% off......Result and very happy with it.:)

Liam Byrne

I bought a Mountfield yoke in B&Q for just under €300 and the thing has a few bits falling off it/breaking/bending every time I drag it out.

So I'm back to using a 12-year-old Harry mower, and it's a million times better!

Agent_99

Horrigans near Donkey Fords in Broad Street,

the Ones from B&Q we went through two in as many weeks with the blade breaking last year would stay away from them.

johndaman66

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I bought a Mountfield yoke in B&Q for just under €300 and the thing has a few bits falling off it/breaking/bending every time I drag it out.

So I'm back to using a 12-year-old Harry mower, and it's a million times better!

Thats what I was talking about earlier. If I had a small budget for a petrol mower I would be inclined to go for one with a Briggs and stratton engine and a sturdy metal body. In particular sturdy metal joints between wheels and body. Its usually the deck and such parts that will give trouble before the engine.

Furthermore its the reason I'd be inclined to advise to steer clear of Atlantic Homecare, Homebase, B&Q et al.

snowman707

Agent_99 wrote: »

Horrigans near Donkey Fords in Broad Street,

the Ones from B&Q we went through two in as many weeks with the blade breaking last year would stay away from them.

don't think you will get much in hourigans for 150 yo yo and whatever you do don;t buy second hand off them

once bitten ....

bazz26

You will be hard pushed to find an aluminium decked petrol mower which is rust proof, for under €200 these days.