Thread: Lawn Mower Oil?

I ended up getting a GMC mower.....At $250 with 2yr warrenty and 4hp motor I cant go wrong for what I need it for (second mower for our feral backyard)

Got it home put the handle on, straightend out the blades x4, put some oil & fuel in and it fired up first pull, but after I pulled the cord a few times to try and spread some oil around in the donk 1st

Here is what I got http://www.gmcompany.com.au/index.cf...oducts&pid=632

Only differance is I got the 501, the link is for the 500, mine has a catcher and hence the body is differant mine looks much better than the one in the link.....but you get the idea...

Bloody Victas I hear are made in China now

Originally Posted by Stevo_62

I purchased a 40" cut Murray lawn tracktor about 2 months ago, Its got a 16.5 Hp B & S in it.

$3k delivered. I was pretty impressed the bloke came out, unloaded it and spent 30 minutes giving a induction.

Tells me when he's leaving that its a requirement by law these days.

Interesting is that another myth, sounds like a load of frog spawn, could the guy actually quote which law applies to instruction on a ride on???


john

Just in case anybody is wondering......The Alcheapo mower is a bloody good thing

Im very surprised how good it is, it rained all day Sunday , and grass was about 100mm high. today , well I mean yesterday (Monday) I got into it and the GMC did it very easy

Originally Posted by JohnE

Interesting is that another myth, sounds like a load of frog spawn, could the guy actually quote which law applies to instruction on a ride on???


john

maybe more a requirement of his public liability insurance

Originally Posted by rick130

maybe more a requirement of his public liability insurance

Interesting Rick,
however I was unaware that public liability insurance had to have an end user certificate.( last time I bought some it had no such requirement)
As the same would apply to almost anything that is motive or can be classed as a conveyance.

If that were the case public liability has no bearing on any legal requirements. ie acts of parliament ,anything enforceable.

I will stick to my original assumption , its frog spawn.


john

Originally Posted by landyfromanuthaland

Bloody Victas I hear are made in China now

Rover will be soon be if they haven't started making them in China yet.

On the oil issue it depends where you buy the equipment. Places like Bunnings will not fill the unit with oil as they are not qualified to do so.

A mower shop will assemble and test the unit and provide a demo on how to run and maintain the unit. Yes you will pay more at a mower shop but how many mowers do we buy in our lifetime? I'm on my second in 27 years. This first one was second hand and the next was new in 1992.

You only get what you pay for these days. Service is rare.

Originally Posted by JohnE

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I will stick to my original assumption , its frog spawn.


john

more than likely John, mine was just a wild guess.