The continuing saga of Geri Sullivan, Girl Homeowner and Lawn Mower Abuser

[gerisullivan]

The back story, for those just tuning in:

May 30, 2009: The Very Bad Lawnmower

August 29, 2010: Rock 1: Lawnmower 0I've been researching lawnmowers online during spare moments over the last couple of weeks. My splendid next door neighbor mowed the lawn here at Toad Woods before I returned from the midwest, but that was 6 weeks ago. The property

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[gerisullivan]

I can't find either of the exact models online. I'm going for rear wheel drive on the propulsion, 'cause I have hills. I'm going for big rear wheels, 'cause I like them on my current mower. (I forget what their advantage is.) I'm going for the comfort grip handle, 'cause I'm all about the comfort. The engine is 7hp; I currently have 6.75.

It's a variable speed propulsion system -- I adjust how slow or fast with a grippy handle. One review mentioned that it's tiresome to hold, that the reviewer's hand cramps when mowing. I'll see what it's like in the store when I go back.

I've only used a self-propelled mower once, about a decade ago. My sister had (and perhaps still has) one. There were just two speeds of propulsion, and I hated it even on a flat lawn -- it felt like the mower was running away from me, and that it was out of my control. From everything I've read, the variable speed systems are much better. Hope so! At least now we have the dead man bar so if the mower does run out of my hands, it will stop. That wasn't the case with my sister's mower.

In the long ago

[lsanderson]

My grandfather had a mower with front wheel drive. It had a one speed propulsion system, but I quickly learned that taking a little bit of weight off the front wheels allowed the wheels to spin at full speed, and it would pull itself forward at the speed I wanted to walk. Of course, anybody that did not figure out the trick, mowed the lawn at a very brisk walk...