I am looking for lawn mower for my dad. My back yard is around 50-60m and the front is around 20m.
I saw this in Bunnings but not sure is reliable or not?
If not could anyone please recommend?
Thank you so much
Please Recomend A Lawn Mower
ylangylang55 on 11/11/2021 - 09:07
Last edited 11/11/2021 - 10:12 by 1 other user
Last edited 11/11/2021 - 10:12 by 1 other user
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18v battery mowers are pretty lame and struggle with thicker or longer grass. Then you have to deal with multiple batteries and so on. The 36v ones are better but expensive and still have range the issue. You're better off going with a stronger, corded one and deal with the cord if you want electric.
I've had a Ryobi Subaru made engine, petrol mower for 8 years with no issue.
for that kinda of a lawn go petrol or get about 5-6 batteries.
Petrol Aldi lawnmower. Because its so cheap I just let the blade go over rocks, tiles, and the edge of concrete. Never cleaned it since I got it 7 yrs ago. Interestingly, I've never had to refill the engine oil. Starts up like I got it yesterday.
considered a robot mower? price point is about $2k. Check them out at the husqvarna website, etc
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'scuse meOk, if your Old Man lives within 30kms of my place I’ll do it 10 times a year for $10/sq metre/year.
Get something with a Briggs & Stratton engine, that can mulch when you want it to (mine has a removable plastic plug), with a steel base if you have rocks, or an aluminium/alloy base if you have grass only. (Rocks bounce off steel, crack alloy, but steel rusts out.) For what it's worth though, the place I rent has LOTS of rocks but my alloy base hasn't cracked after several years.
B&S parts are available everywhere (including online). Whereas others like Honda probably only supply parts to approved dealers (I assume so anyway, because that's the case with their generators). Mulching means no bending over and running back and forth to empty a catcher a dozen times, no grass to get rid of making you hate mowing. Clippings rot down feeding the lawn making it more like carpet than the scalped lawns where people use a catcher. Less time and fuel too because you don't have to stop the engine, bend over, remove the catcher, walk to where you empty it, walk back again, refit catcher, restart… it knocks about a third off your mowing time and fuel used because you don't need to stop from start to finish.
People will say Honda, whatever make "better" engines. But I nearly bought the Honda, it was 2 or 3 hundred more so I decided to "risk" the Masport base with B&S Quantum 60 engine I think. I made the right choice because all I've done for 20 years on the B&S is change the blades (mine has blades, not a solid mulching bar), oil + filter, and air filter - a couple of times a year. And a sparkplug every few years. It still runs fine though the primer bulb hardened several years ago, so it needs to be pressed several times to get fuel through where it used to be one press.
All I do is push the throttle down from the turtle to the rabbit (lol), press the primer bulb several times, pull the cord, and it starts. After a long gap with no use it takes 2 or 3 pulls. You know you need a new sparkplug when it takes 4 pulls or more to start. So who cares that Hondas start on one pull. Not worth $300 more when the B&S has lasted 20 years, has cheaper consumables, can be fixed anywhere (though I'll probably just buy a new one after 20 years, as the plastic wheels have nearly no tread left and the axle bushes need replacing).
Even with the spark plug I will remove it a couple of times every year, clean it in the the wire wheel on a bench grinder, meaning I've only bought 4 or 5 plugs in 20 years. I get air filters from Supercheap, or maybe even cheaper online. The Bunnings price for these is ridiculous and the SCA one comes with the pre-filter which Bunnings sells separately and my local doesn't even stock it. (This if the B&S you get uses the rectangular air filter.)
Don't leave fuel in it when mowing less often during winter so it doesn't go off/gunk up the engine. Fuel quickly evaporates out of mine anyway. So just leave the fuel cap loose if yours doesn't, but still mostly on, so fuel can evaporate but keep dirt out. Buy a large oil change syringe/pump so you can just suck the old oil out of the oil fill tube for oil changes, instead of fiddling underneath with a sump bolt, how to drain the oil into a tray, etc. Oh and mine came with a hose nozzle drilled into the base. When done mowing you can plug a hose in, start the engine, turn the tap on, and it washes all the dirt and grass out before you put it away meaning no dirt/grass in the garage.
The only thing I'd change on mine would be making some kind of extension tube to raise the air filter up from the engine where it sucks in dirt. That would mean even fewer air filter changes, and maybe change to a cheaper type of air filter too. Which reminds me… maybe someone has already thought of this and uploaded a 3D printer file to do that.
Oh and never, never, NEVER get a 2-stroke (if they still make them). After decades watching several people struggle with their 2-stroke, pulling and pulling the cord and it still not starting, paying for repairs only to have it still act up, mixing and spilling fuel and oil, the number of spark plugs they burned through… ugh! The only time my 4-stroke B&S didn't start was when something obvious was wrong, like I left the lead off when changing the blades, a clogged air filter, or the throttle assembly was bent by a low branch which just needed to be bent back into place. After watching their MISERY for decades the B&S is utterly boring to use - exactly how it should be.
Cuts 400mm at a time, do your maths!
Ryobi 4 stroke with subaru motor.
As per guy above, don't go cheap and buy the cheapest one.
Edit: Doesn't seem like they make them with the subaru motor anymore, all the new ones at bunnings seem pretty shit.
Try this one then.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/victa-18-classic-cut-mulch-or-ca…Subaru sold their small engine business to Yamaha which Bunnings sell still under the Ryobi name. Same engine design but reduced to 175cc down from 190cc. It's an okay lawn mower but regularly I have to drain the carb of fuel to get it going again. I think it suffers from some air lock issue or something like that. b&s never had this issue but they have lower CC like 145 CC for same price just under $500. There's a lawn mower shop near me that sells refurb'ed Bunnings warranty returns for cheaper price. Might be worth checking 2nd hand gear from mower shop ?
What about a bot mower? Anyone tried? I am sick of the weeds that out grow grass in a week. It looks like I need to mow everyday.
Ha ha. I get it. Because masculinity is linked to noise and fumes!
Just bought a place on a 600sqm block. I'd reckon there's 50-60sqm in the front & about 300sqm in the back to do, it's all pretty flat & has nice established turf.
Tossing up between the petrol Victa for $399 from Bunnings or the 2x20v Aldi electric (couldn't get the brushless steel deck Ozito) coming up for sale this weekend.
Thoughts?
The 2x20v will be the same power as a 2x18v. 20v is just marketing spin on 18v.
I have 355m2 (measured) of grass and use a 36v Ryobi mower. I can do the yard on one 5ah battery, unless I’ve been slack and the grass is a bit long. For a while I only had a 2.6ah battery and had to do the lawn in two shifts, charging between.
Additionally have a 36v line trimmer and 2.6ah is sufficient for 250m of edging, and occasionally the extra charge on the smaller battery helps finish the rest of the lawn.
If you get a 2x18v mower, make sure you have at least 4 batteries.
Thanks for the info mate. Managed to track down one of these (no small feat!), which is great, because I already have a bunch of Ozito 18v tools and 4a batteries.
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