Mower Envy - show us yours!

[Routy56]

@V8Druid keeps harping on about his mowers and we exchanged notes on another thread
He thinks that there’ll be plenty of interest. Personally I think you guys all like big boys toys and will all have a decent mower
So to start the ball rolling here’s my current machine

Iseki SXG19 48” deck
Only 360 hours on the clock

 

[JD450A]

Mine BCS 630ws with flail and a cutterbar

 

[Routy56]

Mine BCS 630ws with flail and a cutterbar

Now that is a serious bit of kit
Does it collect and or put stripes on yer lawn

 

[hiluxman]

Got pissed off with mine today so its now dumped at the bottom of the garden...

Any good deals about on cheapo petrol push mowers?

 

[craig]

Mine BCS 630ws with flail and a cutterbar

Your garden looks similar to mine

 

[Regy53]

 

[doobin]

Got pissed off with mine today so its now dumped at the bottom of the garden...
Any good deals about on cheapo petrol push mowers?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/mountfield-sp53h-51cm-167cc-self-propelled-rotary-petrol-lawn-mower/976fy
They sometimes have it at a discount too. Only mower my guys haven't managed to kill within a couple of seasons, and that includes Vikings (£700) and an Etesia which at £900 was the most overpriced pile of rubbish I ever owned. Everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) broke or fell off it. The dealer Richmonds Groundcare were a bunch of tossers, and parts for the wanky Kohler engine were 4 weeks plus leadtime. Make sure you get the exact mower in the link above. I don't care what anyone says, Briggs can't touch Honda for reliability. I'd sooner have a Chinese Honda copy than a cheap Briggs on a mower.

I have two of the mowers above, and cannot fault them in the slightest. Latest purchase (last week) was a mint John Deere ride on- X165. 94 hours on the clock- had to pull the transaxle and replace a seal , and I think he'd been cutting the drive rather than the grass judging by the blades Paid £700, a day in the workshop and under £100 in parts and she was like a new machine on her first service.

I took it out on a job I normally just leave a guy on for a day- local church. Two of us had it bashed out in an hour and twenty minutes!! £160. Another hour at a local pub- offered whilst having a pint as I'd just bought it. £80 for two of us. Another 50 mins for us both at another church- £120. Swore I'd never be that old guy dragging a ride-on around behind a battered truck, but if you already have the contracts in place I think there might be money in it if you can bash it all out on one day. I've got two more hour long jobs for it also, plus it can do an hour of strimming in ten minutes so worth taking along in the back of the tipper just for twenty minutes. I've put ten hours on it this last week. I also have a less battered version of Rory’s, and a Scag flail awaiting some workshop time.

Looks like Gardeners World is back...

 

[Hg2702]

£1 bargain at an auction, new fuel line put on and away we went ! Had a few issues since but nothing that can’t be solved

 

[Hg2702]

But then if all else fails we’ve got the goats ! The goats that turned up in my yard today and are yet to be picked up, safe to say the dogs quite put out by it all

 

[JD450A]

Does it collect and or put stripes on yer lawn

No, but it does deal with mole hills and palm leaves pretty well

Of course gardeners world needs a trailer for that ride on to take grannies down the cash points

 

[doobin]

No, but it does deal with mole hills and palm leaves pretty well

Of course gardeners world needs a trailer for that ride on to take grannies down the cash points

We don't half look pikey with it in the back of my battered old LDV. Not as incongruent as with the brand new Bobcat micro in the back though!

Funny thing is it's usually the other way round. The pikey scum have brand new Transit tippers with all the Highway Maintenance markings for when they go doorknocking. Then when they manage to pull one over some poor old dear, they bring out the most wanked, mid 80's mini digger you've ever seen.

 

[Routy56]

https://www.screwfix.com/p/mountfield-sp53h-51cm-167cc-self-propelled-rotary-petrol-lawn-mower/976fy
They sometimes have it at a discount too. Only mower my guys haven't managed to kill within a couple of seasons, and that includes Vikings (£700) and an Etesia which at £900 was the most overpriced pile of rubbish I ever owned. Everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) broke or fell off it. The dealer Richmonds Groundcare were a bunch of tossers, and parts for the wanky Kohler engine were 4 weeks plus leadtime. Make sure you get the exact mower in the link above. I don't care what anyone says, Briggs can't touch Honda for reliability. I'd sooner have a Chinese Honda copy than a cheap Briggs on a mower.

I have two of the mowers above, and cannot fault them in the slightest. Latest purchase (last week) was a mint John Deere ride on- X165. 94 hours on the clock- had to pull the transaxle and replace a seal , and I think he'd been cutting the drive rather than the grass judging by the blades Paid £700, a day in the workshop and under £100 in parts and she was like a new machine on her first service.

I took it out on a job I normally just leave a guy on for a day- local church. Two of us had it bashed out in an hour and twenty minutes!! £160. Another hour at a local pub- offered whilst having a pint as I'd just bought it. £80 for two of us. Another 50 mins for us both at another church- £120. Swore I'd never be that old guy dragging a ride-on around behind a battered truck, but if you already have the contracts in place I think there might be money in it if you can bash it all out on one day. I've got two more hour long jobs for it also, plus it can do an hour of strimming in ten minutes so worth taking along in the back of the tipper just for twenty minutes. I've put ten hours on it this last week. I also have a less battered version of Rory’s, and a Scag flail awaiting some workshop time.

Looks like Gardeners World is back... View attachment 7481View attachment 7482

Yes agreed with Honda engine stuff for reliability
Absolutely love your JD X165 bargain
A great example of how us plant guys can fix machines and keep em going
Somehow I think that more of us will copy your business plan with getting grass cut and gardens tidied

 

[Routy56]

£1 bargain at an auction, new fuel line put on and away we went ! Had a few issues since but nothing that can’t be solved

Blimey I flogged 2 of them on eBay last year
Great old mowers only if you use them

 

[Routy56]

But then if all else fails we’ve got the goats ! The goats that turned up in my yard today and are yet to be picked up, safe to say the dogs quite put out by it all

Now doesn’t someone on here have sheep as regular visitors

 

[diggerjones]

Heres the only mower i like using

 

[Routy56]

Heres the only mower i like using
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Now that is such a great compact tractor
You must keep it as a working classic for the future

 

[diggerjones]

Here my other mower and tractor knocking off some hay in 2016

 

[diggerjones]

Now that is such a great compact tractor
You must keep it as a working classic for the future

Yes its ace i love using it more than my other tractor. Its dead easy to use being hydrostatic. Easy for my daughter and wife.

 

[V8Druid]

Mine BCS 630ws with flail and a cutterbar

where's your out front JD gone then Rory ??

 

[V8Druid]

Now that is a serious bit of kit
Does it collect and or put stripes on yer lawn

doubtful ........frightens the beejeezus out of the shrubs though