lawnmowers

[washerboy]

Hey guys..just wanted to pick your brains a bit. I purchased an Eletolux lawn mower about 7 years ago..the thing has mowed pertty much every thing in the county...it bit the dust last Saturday. Anyway I'm considering purchasing a new one rather than having the dead one serviced. Any thoughts or suggestions?/thanks

 

[danemodsandy]

Get It Fixed!

You'll probably save some money getting the Electrolux repaired, plus you'll save the planet the environmental cost of having a new one manufactured.

If you go for a new one, I would suggest NOT getting a Black & Decker. There are fire problems with some of their models, which I have personally experienced. They short out at the switch or at the cord where the flip-over handle design moves.

 

[fjwagon]

New=JUNK!

 

[Cybrvanr]

What do you guys think of the Black & Decker BATTERY powered lawnmowers. I've seen good reviews of those on various web pages. A battery powered mower will probably work great for my little yard, and I could recharge it off a solar panel on my shed.

 

[fjwagon]

LOL!I know 2 people who got them and were NOT happy!

 

[petek]

Gardena makes a a nifty looking little rechargable reel mower and also a transformer looking regular mower. I saw them both at HD here. There's also another one made by NEUTON, not neutron that's a little more regular looking.

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[washerboy]

Battery/Electric

I've considered the repair vs junking, but I think I'd probably pay more to have it fixed than I did to purchse it new...but I'm still sitting on the fence. I had thought about the battery/rechargeable but I think my grass would be pertty tuff on it...does anyone have any experice with the electric models? I've always head one has to be careful not to run over the cord.

 

[tolivac]

I used to have the BD cordless battery powered electric mower-The sand soil,pinecones,pine straw out here ERODED away the plastic deck in the center where the motor mounts-if it was steel-would probably still be in use.In regular grass-it was fine.I do miss it.the Neuton is just too small-the BD would cut 19"wide-the Neuton is only 14"Would take forever to mow my lawn with the Neuton.So I bought a gas poowered Toro.It got stolen-replaced it with a Sears-Hate the Sears-even left it in the garge so the mower filcher could grab it-and locked up my new Toro.Now if someone could revive the GE Electric Trac-would be great-with gas prices as they are-surprized there isn't more cordless electric mowers.New battery technology would make them even more possible-and detachable batteries.That was the only advantage of the Neuton.

 

[fjwagon]

One of my great grandfathers was one of the inventors of the elec. lawn mower.He didn't get the credit he deserved,from what i've been told.

 

[bpetersxx]

Neuton lawn mowers might be good

saw the advertisement in AARP magazine

http://www.drpower.com/CSTM_Neuton_Home.aspx

 

[tolivac]

Neutons may be OK for VERY small yards-say under quarter acre.They would be nice for Townhome yards.The Neuton would be too small for my 1 acre lawn.The Neuton has a 14" wide cut path.My present Toro walk behind-self propelled-has 22" path.Many trees and a small hillock in the center of the front yard make using a rider or tractor awkward.

 

[sudsmaster]

I'm quite happy with the Honda powered stainless deck MTD Pro I got at Costco last month. It was $25 off, so it cost about $245 not including tax. It has a number of improvements over the older Yard Machines (MTD) BS powered mower. Lighter, too.

 

[oldwasherguy]

I have a briggs and stratton engine on my mower and its always don well. Don.

 

[bpetersxx]

yeah I got a postage stamp lawn but the newton does well

got the trimmer too that attached to the front of the mower

 

[joeblow]

I use an old electric Sunbeam twin-blade lawnmower that works fantastic! It's small size makes it ideal for smaller lawns. I assume it was manufactured sometime in the 60's (bright orange color) but it still works like new. If you can get a hold of one, I'd say grab it. Parts are still available on the net.

 

[tolivac]

Those older twin blade Sunbeams and Black&Decker mowers were pretty neat-and the blade belts were easy to change.I would guess belts and blades are still available.Too bad those still arent made.