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Lightweight lawn mower.
Sarah Price
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please help. I cut many small lawns which have been left to overgrow. I can strim them first but need a mower to deal with the length and roughness of the grass. I have to be able to lift it in and out of my car, so nothing too heavy. Are rechargeable ones any good (ie ryobi) or is petrol best. Many thanks from a female gardener.
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Problem with petrol mowers is that they are heavy. I have a Honda Izzy and no way could I lift it into and out of the car (Rav4 so no lip). Problem I found with battery ones is that the longer the grass, the quicker the battery runs down. But they are much lighter. Not too sure how they would cope with rough grass. What do you use at the mo?
I have been using my little electric flymo but it really can handle the longer grass and I need something as I can't always get electric. I suppose once I have got the lawn cut down, if I keep on top of them it will be easier. I have just started a little gardener business. Thanks.
It depends on your budget.
Petrol mowers are obviously heavy due to having an engine but they will cut laws for days on gallon of 4 star. Light ones are either too small or false economy as they're cheap and nasty. A Hayter Spirit 41 isn't particlarly heavy but an excellent machine, although lacks the cutting width to save time on a job. Mountfields from B & Q weigh as much as a feather now they're manufactured in China but servicing them is costly.
Lithium-ion mowers are much lighter and rather quitet but if you have a lot of lawns to cut, you'll need several batteries and enough chargesr to charge them. A costly outlay but a worthwhile investment if lifting a petrol mower out of a car is going to harm your back (which it will...trust me....got that T-shirt!)
Last edited: 21 July 2017 21:03:50
Thanks for the brilliant advice. I already have 2 Ryobi batteries. So might give it a whirl and will let you know how it goes. And the last thing I want it to damage my back.. Thanks again.
I'm in the same boat...only my "boat" is a Mazda 2 sport and I have to use a Viking steel mower. (29 kg I have quite a deep well and lip in the car. My husband made a platform out of plywood and pipes so it's even with the lip and I use two boards as a ramp. It's pretty crowded in the car with the mower and the boards as ramps-- the boards reach into the passenger seat and could do with being longer but wouldn't fit in the car otherwise. but it's worked so far and my back is OK. (I get behind the mower and bend knees to push up) Only problem is I can't do people's lawns if they have multiple steps to them. But underneath the plywood is a little cavity where I keep tools so it sort of works.