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11 hours ago, Gav73 said:

I’ve got a mountfield with a Honda engine. Two things to be careful of -

The warranty starts the second you buy it - so if you get it at the end of season, you’re “wasting” a big chunk of the warranty. Also heard of people who bought mowers out of season and when they came to use them they wouldn’t start. Dealers were saying it was user error as they left them full of fuel over winter and the damage was not covered.

2nd is the blade bosses on some mountfields would be better if they were made out of cardboard. I’ve had them break from just starting the mower and god help you if hit anything tougher than a tiny twig.
I ended up fabricating a bracket to strengthen the boss.

Other than those issues I rate the mower highly.

Screwfix just gave me a new one in a box when I had my only issue- a failed spot weld.  A season is a year anyhow, so I always reasoned that it doesn't matter much when you buy it. Screwfix were 3 years if you told them you were domestic also. Just send the woman to the trade counter 🤣

 

I had your problem with blade bosses on the Vikings- that was a major gripe. Realistically however, they still work just fine if you tighten the nut up with an impact gun- that's all we've ever done on any pedestrian mower with the blade boss pins sheared, and never had any issues. I never changed a boss on either of my two mountfields.

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I had your problem with blade bosses on the Vikings- that was a major gripe. Realistically however, they still work just fine if you tighten the nut up with an impact gun- that's all we've ever done on any pedestrian mower with the blade boss pins sheared, and never had any issues. I never changed a boss on either of my two mountfields.


Knowing my luck if I used an impact gun on the bolt I’d probably send it right through the engine [emoji23][emoji23]

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21 hours ago, angelboy said:

Home only on this one.

Don't know your garden, if I was after a 21" type mower for home, the first 2 things I would look at is husky 36v pedestrian (as I have the batts anyway) or a robotic mower. But I have too much cr@p about the place for a robot. :driver:

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On 05/09/2021 at 20:17, Gav73 said:



The warranty starts the second you buy it - so if you get it at the end of season, you’re “wasting” a big chunk of the warranty. Also heard of people who bought mowers out of season and when they came to use them they wouldn’t start. Dealers were saying it was user error as they left them full of fuel over winter and the damage was not covered.

 

The Mountfield comes with a 3 year  warranty for domestic users, It really does not matter what time of year you buy one the warranty still covers 3 seasons, so no warranty is ever wasted. (sorry, just noticed that someone has already said this!)

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