T4tomo
Legendary Member
rotary and electric battery shirly?
How do you mow your lawn?
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rotary and electric battery shirly?
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
We have 2 lawns - small one at the back - about 6m by 15m
front one is much bigger - about 20m by 25 m but annoyingly thicker near the house than at the road end - so you can't just do simple runs up and down
Also the front one has a tree/bush/mess in the middle which makes it awkward to mow
but it works fine with a flymo corded rotary - one with wheels rather than a hover one which I fine can generate moss by leaving loads of bit of grass behind
possibly
anyway - it works - so far
front one is much bigger - about 20m by 25 m but annoyingly thicker near the house than at the road end - so you can't just do simple runs up and down
Also the front one has a tree/bush/mess in the middle which makes it awkward to mow
but it works fine with a flymo corded rotary - one with wheels rather than a hover one which I fine can generate moss by leaving loads of bit of grass behind
possibly
anyway - it works - so far
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Petrol, as the old Drago Towers had a fair bit of land. When the mower dies I'll get an electric cylinder mower.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
We always had a cylinder when I was a kid
when it stopped cutting properly my Uncle to adjust it - took about 30 seconds with a screwdriver and it cut like new again
when he became to ill to do it I tried and failed - made it better but not like him
mind you - he was a mechanic and spent most of his working life maintaining the local authority's mowers/tractors and the like - ended up in charge of the whole site - so if he didn;t know what to do them no-one would!
anyway - rotary for me - spinny metal thing that just cuts anything in its way
just need to keep the kids feet away from it!
when it stopped cutting properly my Uncle to adjust it - took about 30 seconds with a screwdriver and it cut like new again
when he became to ill to do it I tried and failed - made it better but not like him
mind you - he was a mechanic and spent most of his working life maintaining the local authority's mowers/tractors and the like - ended up in charge of the whole site - so if he didn;t know what to do them no-one would!
anyway - rotary for me - spinny metal thing that just cuts anything in its way
just need to keep the kids feet away from it!
OP
OP
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Here's what I use
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Very like what I remember my Grandad having in the 1960s - as a kid I used to "help" by using it to chop all the daisys down
Spiderweb
Not So Special One
- Location
- North Yorkshire
A petrol powered Mountfield.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
I used to use one of those when I bought my first house in mid 1990's. As you say fine for a small lawn once you'd got one top of it and did it regularly. If you had a wet spell or gone away for a fortnight the next cut was a bit tough, a cylinder mower keeps your lawn in better order.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Self-propelled power - petrol, to be precise. A venerable Hayter Harrier that was left behind at our last house when we bought it - still running some 15 years later and always starts on the first or second pull, even after the winter break.
Low Gear Guy
Veteran
- Location
- Surrey
If we had a bigger lawn we would keep a goat.
OP
OP
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Specialeyes
Guru
- Location
- Essex
23 years ago our lawn was able to double as a golf green - back when I had time and the inclination to maintain it. Then kids, the neighbour's invasive plants and latterly our puppy came along and now it's more of a conservation area!
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
We've returned half our grass to wildness, using yellow rattle to keep the grass down and let the wildflowers survive.
We use a battery powered rotary mower for the rest. I love the discovery that the lawnmower and workshop drill use the same batteries-thanks Bosch!
We use a battery powered rotary mower for the rest. I love the discovery that the lawnmower and workshop drill use the same batteries-thanks Bosch!
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
this mower, which belonged to our neighbors, predates our moving in, in 1966
I doubt any new push mower handle made these days would last 58+ years
was so tempted to take it & rejuvenate it, but that would have been stealing
came across it while fixing a fence panel between the 2 properties. the original owners are long gone & sadly the house sits vacant today. I wonder what other treasures may be in the basement
before Dad bought a gas mower, I had to mow our various lawn sections with a newer push mower. not so fond memories, if I recall correctly
I doubt any new push mower handle made these days would last 58+ years
was so tempted to take it & rejuvenate it, but that would have been stealing
came across it while fixing a fence panel between the 2 properties. the original owners are long gone & sadly the house sits vacant today. I wonder what other treasures may be in the basement
before Dad bought a gas mower, I had to mow our various lawn sections with a newer push mower. not so fond memories, if I recall correctly
