MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
This is awesome for those guys who haven't seen it before...
the all aussie dribble thread!
- Thread starter masculator
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
460cixy
Addicted to ArboristSite
Been moving stuff into the new property, just want it to be over. Will post pics when the internet is connected there - been doing everything through the phone for the last 6 weeks or so and it's pissing me off. Have decided that I'll need a ride on mower since there's a lot of lawn area around the house and using the 5 ft slasher is a bit rough.So any recommendations? A zero turn would be nice but I can't really justify that sort of coin, Also would prefer not to have a Briggs & Stratton motor, unfortunately most mowers come with those engines.
Is it rough going?
Been moving stuff into the new property, just want it to be over. Will post pics when the internet is connected there - been doing everything through the phone for the last 6 weeks or so and it's pissing me off. Have decided that I'll need a ride on mower since there's a lot of lawn area around the house and using the 5 ft slasher is a bit rough.
my greenfield 32 inch cut nice solid OZ made and honda motor its does have a rubbish turn circle but you work around that the price is steep but will last. I used heaps of other in mid deck styles and reckon its best the low seat height allow getting about and under trees much easier .
herbs
ArboristSite Operative
Nah mostly flatter ground and lots of lush grass.
prolly not the greenfield then as it churns up soft turf and more suited to tuff ground
consider a remote control they are getting cheaper and not eating as many pets as in the past
http://www.ozbreed.com.au/download/NewsletterArticles/robot_lawn_mowers.html
460cixy
Addicted to ArboristSite
I was gunna say greenfield too if it was rough as they have no diff they root good grass
bennn*e
Addicted to ArboristSite
- Joined
- Apr 3, 2009
- Messages
- 1,066
- Reaction score
- 1,807
That's because the 32 has no diff the 34 and soon 42 have a rear lockable diff. My E2000 is a 16/32 deluxe so it has a diff even though it's a 32. We sell mostly 34 b&s single 21's as they have all the extra and still a half decent motor. They had Kohler twins for a while and a 20 was not far of the price of a b&s single but they dropped them because in oz Kohler isn't big like b&s is. Yes Greenfields are dearer but again you get what you pay for. I have a greenfield tractor 11 which is 30 years old and had a hard life and still cuts great and had a dozer blade to boot! Any thing USA made you will soon start making up the price difference in belts, pulleys and broken mandrels.
l kinda wish l could go back a few decades and buy a few 2 stroke push mowers that don't break your back lifting it onto a truck. The new heavy four strokes suck, its no wonder they are self propelled as they way 45+kg. l have a honda hru196 little commercial thing that cost over 1K and it has cable ties holding the control wireing in place l think the body will fall to bits long before the motor needs work. lts like push mowers have got progressively worse in the last three decades. Rant finished!
l think the body will fall to bits long before the motor needs work. lts like push mowers have got progressively worse in the last three decades. Rant finished!
460cixy
Addicted to ArboristSite
l kinda wish l could go back a few decades and buy a few 2 stroke push mowers that don't break your back lifting it onto a truck. The new heavy four strokes suck, its no wonder they are self propelled as they way 45+kg. l have a honda hru196 little commercial thing that cost over 1K and it has cable ties holding the control wireing in place
I rebuilt a old victa for a bloke the other day cause me specifically wanted a light twostroke with decent power rings bearings orings gaskets ect came in under $100 bucks. I find the Honda mowers the heaviest tin based old victa the lightest and best value for money
460cixy
Addicted to ArboristSite
What he said.
gmax
Addicted to ArboristSite
I have two Victa 2 stroke mowers for sale $90 each, both good runners with catchers but I cant sell them.
It's all the cheap crappy Chinese mowers driving the prices down.
460cixy
Addicted to ArboristSite
There were a few power toque models at the tip the other day but were far out numbered by bunnings and masters chinga junk. Victa are just so damn cheap to fix and tough at nails
460cixy
Addicted to ArboristSite
Wayne whats in the box next to the mower looks like a giant penis pump hahaha
l kinda wish l could go back a few decades and buy a few 2 stroke push mowers that don't break your back lifting it onto a truck. The new heavy four strokes suck, its no wonder they are self propelled as they way 45+kg. l have a honda hru196 little commercial thing that cost over 1K and it has cable ties holding the control wireing in place
ah the victa 160cc for want of better words my career began as 14yold when mowing my nature strip a lady stopped said can i mow her lawn... short time later i had about 4 to five yards on the go mowing,, pool cleaning, washing cars and started doing tree work, i was the richest $$ kid in school. I may owe that 1973 Victa 160cc so much or i should go back in time say no and find my other life leads me to be happy coke snortin advert executive with a office full of lingeree models
gmax
Addicted to ArboristSite
That's a contraption that's attaches to a vacuum cleaner, It's supposed to catch most of the dirt before it enters the bag.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
To you.
TEZZA
ArboristSite Operative
Good old dealer decal/sticker:
It's on a Jonsereds XF that my brother is giving to me.
Note the lack of the S at the end of Jonsered.
It's on a Jonsereds XF that my brother is giving to me.
Note the lack of the S at the end of Jonsered.
a whole week off and wot have i got done mostly f,all or half done half baked projects
the new chook house which was number one slipped its contract dead line, I'll be served a show cause notice. Too my defense the specifications were constantly reviewed and adjusted by dear wife and I frigged about trying to make it from all recycled or pinched parts. i still got the fit the wire on fence posts and hinge the gates so 2 days of rooting around to go
you'll notice the kids old bunk bed now a gate.
the new chook house which was number one slipped its contract dead line, I'll be served a show cause notice. Too my defense the specifications were constantly reviewed and adjusted by dear wife and I frigged about trying to make it from all recycled or pinched parts. i still got the fit the wire on fence posts and hinge the gates so 2 days of rooting around to go
you'll notice the kids old bunk bed now a gate.
Similar threads
