Engine gone crazy on my Ryobi

[ATC1983]

Got it fixed - think my fuel ratio was too weak. Also got the damn line out which had stuck - another pain in the arse. Apart from that I used a mechanical lawn mower costing £39 which did the job superb and lawn shears. Took longer than expected but lessons learnt for future.

[Matthew Arnold]

This is my problem - I've got a decent, big mower, but it's not conducive to doing small lawns round people's sides and backs. I don't intend to strim the grass - just to get overgrown gardens down to a manageable size, before mowing them. I was using the ryobi clip on strimmer, then changing to the mower once I'd cut an overgrown lawn down to size then done the sides growth.

 

I think I really just have to use the strimmer now, and a mechanical cutter which won't be too bad - it's the same type of effort, as the attachment mower took a while to get up to speed anyway.

 

Bringing the larger petrol mower onto jobs simply isn't efficient as although it's good it can't be manouevred round gates, and it's a nightmare to turn without lifting it up.

 

How big is your big mower?