Originally Posted by
AK83
Yeah! $400 buys a lot of petrol/oil/tuneups.
I think for me tho, it's the convenience/ease factor.
If battery charged, just plug in and go scenario as opposed to the typical ICE workflow of .. pull(nothing!) pull(nothing!) pull(nothing) .. till you realise that the carby may need a slight tweak, the air filter is probably blocked, spark plug probably black and wet .. and there's wasted 2 hrs trying to figure out why the blasted thing won't start.
I have the battery now, so all I'd need is the $400 mower(AEG in my case as that's what I'm tied too), so in 20mins I've loaded the battery and cut my knee high lawn. I may have mentioned that I'm fairly lazy about gardening stuff .. haven't cut my lawn for 6+ months
But when it comes to camping tho, the battery chainsaw is pretty much unbeatable as an overall comparison to a 2 stroke version. I reckon the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.
I'd agree, maybe, to the advantages but just can't justify the costs involved.
My petrol mower (4-stroke) is now 18 years old.
Purchased new it's had maybe 2 oil changes in that period and I just replaced the rear wheels because one broke. The only time it's seen a mower shop was when I purchased it.
My ride-on is from the '60's, every year I carry out repairs but it was cheap and so far after 16 years or so it still cuts the grass.
Whipper snippers.......... I've worn a cheap Ryobi out (12 years and the clutch disintegrated) and have been on secondhand ones since then. One from the local tip shop for $10, cleaned the carby and it ran perfectly.
My $5 Ryobi mentioned earlier plus a couple of freebies that once petrol pipes were replaced and carby's cleaned run perfectly.
I really don't want to waste money on gardening tools but each to their own.....
Colin
'56 Series 1 with homemade welder
'65 Series IIa Dormobile
'70 SIIa GS
'76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
'81 SIII FFR
'95 Defender Tanami
'58 Series II (sold)
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Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C
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