Damaged mower

[chaffey]

Sadly i can offer no better advice than anyone else:thumbdown:. You'll have to grin and bear the cost of the repair. On the upside it could have been a whole lot worse and it was only a cheap repair when all is said and done. You'll have to invest in a Honda or something of that ilk. They are expensive but it is normally a long time between repairs. Good luck with the business:thumbup1:

[J.D]

I have just spent a small fortune on x 2 blades, 2 spindles, 2 oil seals, 2 bearings and a new kevlar lined dog tooth belt plus about 10 hours of my time after mowing some metal strapping, these things aint meant to break or so I'm told, the bloody shear bolts didn't even shear.... Needless to say, I won't be mowing anymore pallet strapiing. :-(

 

Cost approx £300.

[Dean Lofthouse]

We used to get a lot of Hondas in for bent crankshafts, on nearly every one we struggled to undo the blade bolts. Locating lugs for a blade is not good, the blade cant slip if shock loaded and something else will give.

 

Direct drive mowers shouldn't have their blades bolts graunched tight, on belt drive mowers it doesn't matter so much as the belt soaks up the shock

[Bob Rolfe]

i can`t say nothing ive never had much luck with mowers either thats why they took me of the things 17 yrs ago but recently ive had to do a bit but ive wrote off a 4 grand tractor flail and i did this the other week

 

 

thats a 45 deg angle down hill and i was on it ... nearly bloody killed myself wot a way to go "ARB LAD KILLED BY MOWER" . you can see it in the paper. so ive give the mowers some time off and doing some inspecting for a few months lol

Edited July 6, 2010 by Bob Rolfe

[timtree81]

Buy a viking mower ,there second to none !

[ScotClayShooter]

If its rough ground we strim them and rake first until were sure the ground is clean for the mower.

 

Did a bit today and i strimmed it then went over it with the mower high to suck up the grass.

 

A Stihl FS450 srtrimmer fairly gets through the rough stuff, We have John Deere 21" mowers and they seem decent but i think theres a Honda Hydrostatic been ordered:001_smile:

[County4x4]

I bought a B&Q "Champion" brand rotary mower about seven years ago, and despite my expectations it's been an absolute belter. It never gets the fuel drained in winter and still starts first pull after being stood for months. During that time it's cost me exactly £1 for a new diaphragm for the carb!

 

It mostly gets used in the garden - but also does some rough patches behind the workshop, and used to do the rough round a local model aircraft flying field too. Reckon I paid less than £100 for it, and it doesn't owe me a penny!

 

Andy