We have a Mountfield with a Honda engine ( OH was very insistent on the Honda engine and it has been great) After 15 plus years of not really being looked after, there are some rust holes appearing on the deck. If we do have to replace it, Screwfix and B and Q do a similar model, and we’ll probably go for that. We have at least a third of an acre of grass, and most of that is on slopes, so we needed a self propelled model. OH does all the mowing, although I can use the machine if needed, when he was ill a couple of years ago.
Not sure what Kawasaki mower you are looking at but the engines are bullet proof.
Here's a pic of it. I don't have the model number unfortunately. The engine is an OHV FC150V:
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The mower isn't a Kawasaki the engine has been put on to it . I know the engine very well its a great engine 5hp if I remember had it on 2 john deere mowers, unfortunately parts went through the roof ( it may be obsolete now ) priced up a coil for one £150 so it got scrapped in the end.
I'd love an old roller push mower, something about the nostalgic sound of that roller.. I've got a little one but with no roller, it's not even very sharp any more, but I love it!
I'd almost always go second hand. Motor mowers (if you're that way inclined) are very simple things to fix. To earn my pocket money one of my tasks was to mow the front and back lawns (I was about 12) using a brute of a pull cord start, 2 stroke mower...I forget the make. Not only did I have to learn to mow correctly - some my early attempts looked like a ploughed field! - I also had to service it and replace the blades. I used to really enjoy getting it running well. Look on auction sites or Exchange & Mart (online only now, sadly). I've picked up mowers for less than 20 quid that needed only a basic service and they were good to go. If you only want something to hack back the undergrowth something rough n ready might be the way to go?
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Which model is that please?
Here's a pic of it. I don't have the model number unfortunately. The engine is an OHV FC150V:
Cheers
I've got a little one but with no roller, it's not even very sharp any more, but I love it!
To earn my pocket money one of my tasks was to mow the front and back lawns (I was about 12) using a brute of a pull cord start, 2 stroke mower...I forget the make. Not only did I have to learn to mow correctly - some my early attempts looked like a ploughed field! - I also had to service it and replace the blades. I used to really enjoy getting it running well.
Look on auction sites or Exchange & Mart (online only now, sadly). I've picked up mowers for less than 20 quid that needed only a basic service and they were good to go.
If you only want something to hack back the undergrowth something rough n ready might be the way to go?