Thread: Mowing season again

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Hi Shane,

Can you please elaborate re: floating links, not really obvious from the pics?

thanks mate, DL

I'll get a better photo. Where the lower links attach. They will "float" up and down the length of the housing they are sitting in. You can see the pivot point on the mower a little further back from where the lower arms attach to the 3PL. I don't quite understand why it doesn't hit the ground everywhere the other mowers do (push mowers, slasher mower, ride-on, 5foot slasher .. they all hit the ground around the septic run-off trenches for example, this thing just rolls over them somehow).

I'm interested to see how it cuts when it dries out a bit. I had a big cloud of water behind me with the blades splashing in it. We have had huge amounts of rain in ballart recently. I can't even drive the range rover on the paddock for fear of it bogging/sinking (certainly it tears it up). The tractor at least has a big enough footprint not to tear the ground up badly.

seeya,
Shane L.

I have a Chinese brand self propelled mower that I have owned for around 3 years . The other day I starter it on the 1st pull , it drove for about 2 meters then back fired & stopped & would not start. Were I bought it from is on the other side of Brisbane so decided to just take it to one of the local mower repair shops to get it fixed. I went to 3 shops all with the same reaction, when I said it was a Chinese brand , NOT WORTH FIXING , WON'T BE ABLE TO BUY PARTS . When asked if it was an Australian brand made in China no problem . The guy who imports these mowers keeps a stock of all the parts required to fix them. I then rang the supplier to ask were I could have it repaired & he emailed me a mobile mower repair man's flier . I rang this guy & told him what had happened , he said to buy a new spark plug & make sure it is an NGK & gave me the part no. The plug was the 1st I checked on the weekend & it looked OK. I fitted the new plug , 1st pull & away it went. These mowers cost around $350 compared to the Australian brands that are 3 times that amount & do a much better cut . If I get 6 years out of this mower , that works out at around $50 a year which is better value than my last Rover that lasted 6 years & didn't cut well & was always hard to start.
All these mower shops are the same these all they want to do is sell you a new mower.

Guess what time of year it is again ..... I think the grass has grown about more in the last 3days than it has in the last 6months!

tax time!

Just had my Rover Ride-on in for repairs. %^#@*&^#@


One of the pedestal shafts had seized & ripped the guts out of the Ally spindle assy which then melted with the heat.


Can you believe the ball race bearings are the open type & not even sealed? Not even a grease nipple to be seen. I hope the repairer at least hand greased it before fitting.

(Makes note to check with him.)

Originally Posted by 4bee

Just had my Rover Ride-on in for repairs. %^#@*&^#@


One of the pedestal shafts had seized & ripped the guts out of the Ally spindle assy which then melted with the heat.


Can you believe the ball race bearings are the open type & not even sealed? Not even a grease nipple to be seen. I hope the repairer at least hand greased it before fitting.

(Makes note to check with him.)

is it an american "rover" or older aussie made one ..... sounds strange. Mine looks to have proper sealed bearings.

Manufacturer is MTD USA Made. 38" cut. Apx 5 years old. They seem to make for various Retailers.


Deffo no seals, completely open & I can see the ball retainer on one side. Given time I could do an image.

It might pay to have a close look at yours, but as they are a bit of a bastard to check I could forgive your hesitancy though if you want to give it a miss.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Manufacturer is MTD USA Made. 38" cut. Apx 5 years old. They seem to make for various Retailers.


Deffo no seals, completely open & I can see the ball retainer on one side. Given time I could do an image.

It might pay to have a close look at yours, but as they are a bit of a bastard to check I could forgive your hesitancy though if you want to give it a miss.

Mine is an aussie made mower (one of the last of them). Huge single deck, 18hp motor, upgraded version of the greenfields heel/toe (wow, I'm amazed greenfield didn't sue rover over that one).... proper chassis...etc... of course, the problem with the solid axle heal toe system is the mower is hopeless at turning ... it would drive you bloody nuts ... the only real way to turn is by going backwards ( they again, if it wasn't a solid rear axle I'd be pushing the damn thing all the time as it was bogged again).

seeya,
Shane L.