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No, I think you misunderstood me. I had said that there may be other reasons (like, say, replacing a motor is harder than replacing a carburetor), but parts availability and/or cost are not the reason. Even looking up the parts is no harder than looking up ICE (quick, find me a factory...

Oh, one final thought on the "no parts" folks. This thread prompted me to do a search for used electric riding mowers -- my property is right on the ragged edge of too large, but I sure would love to ditch my gas version. I found a Ryobi 30" electric riding mower for sale dirt cheap (but 400...

A little Googling, and some thoughts. * Does the charger give useful lights indicating that it is "charging" and then "charged?" That shows the battery is good/wires are connected. * Do any lights at all come on when you try and start it? In other words, is it trying and giving an error, or...

Well, they may not work on them for whatever reason, but not for lack of parts. My first, around 1998, was a Black and Decker 12V unit. Beyond awesome -- mow the entire lawn in one session, never needed an oil change, never had bad gas, never... nothing, but my wife got it in the divorce...

An engine needs 3 things to run -- fuel, compression, and spark. If it runs (and can be coaxed to STAY running) on ether, it has the last two. The makes it easy -- it's fuel. Clogged fuel line, bad fuel, or dirty carb are the likely culprits.

I have a somewhat similar conundrum. I'm not a new owner (I'm retired), but need a new mower and have a similar lawn (mine is a little larger, closer to 1/2 acre) 1/3 Acre is about 15,000 square feet. With a 20" mower (call it 1.5' wide), the cutting route would be 15,000/1.5, or 10,000 feet...

True words! Some people insist on top quality for everything -- a Snap-On tool is worth it, even if you only use this weird tool 5 times in your life. Others are quite happy with a Harbor Freight at a fraction of the cost, fully expecting that it will last at least the 5 times they will use it...

And so now we understand that NO manufacturer of ANY product actually wants it to work. Battery powered mowers, trimmers, tools, cars, etc are all built to the bare minimum "out the door" quality level, with every possible corner cut. And that applies to gas mowers, push mowers, scythes...

I bought my first battery powered mower in the late 90's, a Black and Decker. I loved it so much that in the early 2000's, after my divorce, I bought a used one that needed parts (new motor armature, a few other internal parts -- all readily available). Fixed it up, and sold it with my house...

I'll have to agree with this suggestion. I pulled the acerage off my tax records in SF (18000 SF, and then deduct some for the house and some garden beds. But, still, it's just shy of an hour on a 30" riding mower. Some time is spent fiddling in dead-end parts of the yard and cutting in...

Rivet I am new to this, for sure. Until this house, I had a couple decades with a lead-acid B&D push mower (yes, starting back in the late 90s when battery was a real novelty), and it did all I needed. So bigger mowers are new to me -- the 30" riding mower I have now is the largest thing I've...

Rivets has cautioned me against berating the giver, so I'll try not to. I have and like a ride-on. Perhaps my target price for a replacement is off (and my target isn't really very firm -- I can buy what I want). But I really don't have any interest in going back to the push type I have. It's...

I currently mow with a 30" riding mower that moves significantly faster than I can walk, and it takes an hour to do the yard. A 21" push mower would take that to at least 90 minutes, maybe 2 hours, and also increase the "sweat factor." I also worry about the ability to climb my hill (I also...

We recently moved to a place with 1/3 acre, with some slightly steep hills (easy to walk). Before, I had a tiny yard and an ancient B&D battery mower. We mowed it all last summer. Our first solution was a Honda 3011. It does fairly well, but it is old, keeps having issues, and is poorly...

I did pump the tires up, but I can't recall how full. The tires are marked 14PSI max, and I found the manual lists them at 10PSI. I'll have go tweak them and see how it goes. I use a Ryobi pump (part of their 18V One+ lineup) that has a really nice gauge with 0.5PSI increments all the way...

After decades of small yards, I've retired to a house that needs a riding mower. Found an old Honda H3011, got it running well. But an issue with tires. I have a yard that is THICK Zoysia, and to make matters worse have a 20% slope for part of it. I find that the rear wheels tend to slip, a...