Thread: Time for a new lawnmower!

These are quite reliable.....





And you can also get a manual to help you get the most out of your new mower...

haha if i came home with one of those i think my Jack Russell would die of excitement!
We gave her a piece of sheeps fur once, bout the size of an A4 sheet of paper, it was destroyed in a minute or so

Honda is fantastic; quiet, reliable and economical to run. The only downside is parts, they're expensive, fortunately not often required.

alternatively, keep your eyes out on fleabay, trading post etc...

If i can find a 4-stroke mower for under $100 in running condition i'll buy it, and tinker with it

the B&S motors sound surprisingly good with a bodged up exhaust this was a 3hp or 3.5hp i used for a high school project

Originally Posted by robzilla

how often do you service the 4-stroke mowers? and what's serviceable on them? just engine oil and air filter?

I think I have changed the oil maybe 5 times in 17 years. I have never done any other work to it other than new blades and cleaned the air filter. Got better things to do than service lawn mowers. get a Honda.

Honda is very good and you pay much more for this.
Kmart are currently selling for $200 a ball bearing wheel, steel high arch constrution ,catcher ,4 stroke honda copy OHV 5 horse motor,with other good stuff.
Kmart for $250 buys you as above but with a mulshing feature.
I think the brand name was Sanli ????
they were also selling one for $98 made of plastic and was rubbish.
The honda copy cat motors are just as good as the jap ones.
Infact alot of so called Jap motors are now made in China.

If you get the four legged one,it will fertilise the lawn at the same time & also exercise the jack russell.Runs quiet & little maintenance

If you want the wheeled one,go the honda.Mines around 15yrs old,done heaps of work,got a 3/4 acre block.It replaced a Rover 4 stroke which also was a dam good mower.All i do to the Honda is replace the oil & air filter once a year,& replace the blades when necessary,usually also once a year.

Sometimes i clean & re oil the air filter during the year depending on how dirty it gets.

Always goes first start,everytime.

I remember when i got it ,was a lot easier to push as the wheels were so much bigger than the Rover.

Just be aware that the Honda motors on the cheaper side of the scale have aluminium cyliders. You really need to keep on top of the servicing if you want a long life out of it. Once the oil gets slightly dirty, the cylinder starts wearing faster.

You need to make sure you get the commercial version if you want steel sleeves.

Just don't get a Techumseh.