Poll Pick My Next Lawn Mower

Pick My Next Lawn Mower

  • Honda

    Votes: 14 51.9%

  • Toro

    Votes: 8 29.6%

  • Potato Salad

    Votes: 5 18.5%
  • Total voters
    27
outofyourmind said:
I'll be looking at some Electric alternatives with my next purchase.
Have not researched it enough to know much about it, but the claims seem impressive.

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I'll never purchase battery-operated lawn equipment again, not unless they come up with batteries that have reasonably-long shelf life. Two summers ago, i let the jackwad store associate at home depot talk me into buying a battery-powered Echo weed trimmer, and i admit that at first, i was very impressed with it. When that thing is charged, it's powerful (I'm pretty sure it was the most powerful one they made, at the time) does a great job trimming; plenty of torque and it's precise. 3 months ago, i bust it out to do my first trim of the season, and the battery was completely dead, wouldn't take charge, at all. I go online, and find out that a new battery for this fucker costs $150+!! Are you kidding me?? So I get two summers out of this thing and then I have to pay $150+ to be able to keep using it?? Fuck that! You can even go to Echo's website and see all the negative reviews that other customers have left concerning the battery life, which is pretty ridiculous because you'd think that they'd try to make an effort to hide so many negative reviews on their own website. I sold it to a friend of my brother's, and went and got their gas-powered model. I'll stick to fuel from now on.
 
fordman84 said:
Said it before and I'll warn everyone again...avoid Honda engines at all cost. They run great, right up until they don't and there is no cleaning a Honda carb. replace only.
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okay? so every what, 10-15+ years you get a new one?? honda engines last a long time if you keep the oil changed as prescribed in the owner's manual.
 
Mofo said:
I think that's the exact Honda mower I bought about a year ago. Works great, and the wife loves the results. There's a non-self propelled version that probably would've worked just as well that's a little smaller and more fuel efficient- I think it's about $80 cheaper too.
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I'm currently using a 21 year old Honda. Used to be my father-in-laws.

Works like a hot damn. Sucks up anything. the only thing I don't like about it is it's a rear wheel driver unit, rather than front wheel drive. Makes manoeuvring difficult.

I think I need a new bag for it though. Starting to get a bit ratty.
 
Wild Turkey said:
It's a poll not a chat room motherfuckers!

Now vote damn it!
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potato salad

I don't think you can go wrong with either brand, but I would go up a size on the engines
 
And I've had a Toro. Also 2 Craftsman mowers.

The Craftsmans both rusted through on the carriage.

The Toro was OK but was push only which is why I bought the 2nd Craftsman. And when it went kaput from rust I inherited the Honda unit.
 
Wild Turkey said:
I have to buy one and yard isn‘t big.

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By the way.

The 190cc engine will use about 1/3rd more gas than the 160cc engine.
If that's even a consideration for you.

It's noticable.
 
outofyourmind said:
Yeah
He's a B&S guy.

Never understood it.
Everyone I ever knew/every Briggs I ever owned, the carbs fucked up.
Every one of them, without exception.

I'll pass on that.
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My husqvarna 46 inch deck is B&S and I have to admit it is a tank. 12 years later I still cannot kill it. I am using this thing to now cut would I would try and bushhog. It may not be pretty but it does its job.
 
outofyourmind said:
The engines have worked fine, no problems. I'm on my 3rd Honda. This one for 3 years so far.
The achilles heel for me were the transmissions.
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Transmission is also hard to work on. A briggs carb can be cleaned and last 20+ years. Honda will never make it that long.
 
ojb81 said:
okay? so every what, 10-15+ years you get a new one?? honda engines last a long time if you keep the oil changed as prescribed in the owner's manual.
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Sure, if you are responsible enough to only use ethanol free gas and you drain the tank and carb every season...it will last a LONG time.

Less than 1% of people do that though. So you will get at most 2-3 seasons out of a Honda before it needs a carb cleaning. And you can't clean them with any reliability. You have to replace them. They have a plastic coating on the inside of the bowl that gets destroyed by sitting gas. Once that is gone, screwed. You can clean it and have it run but after it sits for about a week the corrosion will clog it up again.
 
outofyourmind said:
Yeah
He's a B&S guy.

Never understood it.
Everyone I ever knew/every Briggs I ever owned, the carbs fucked up.
Every one of them, without exception.

I'll pass on that.
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I'll actually take a bowl style Tecumseh over B&S, but that's not really an option anymore.

People who hate B&S carbs are using the cheap diaphragm style ones. They are stupid simple to repair, but they have to be because they wear out so fast with ethanol gas.

And no, Sta-bil doesn't negate the corrosive effect of ethanol fuel.
 
I’m starting to think I may just go push and skip the self-propelled. I don’t need it and fewer things that can go wrong.

I’m having nostalgic feelings for the Troybuilt now.
 
Wild Turkey said:

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Thoughts?

I may pivot and pull the trigger.
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fuck troy

wait aren't you the guy who asks for advice or suggestions and then goes and ignores all the advice and suggestions?

I remember someone on tHoop doing that shit all the time.
 
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