Yeah that mowers definitely a good possibility. I was looking online and saw the Honda hrx mower. It looks really good but I have no dealers. I could order it from home depot though idk about that. What do yall think?
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Yeah that mowers definitely a good possibility. I was looking online and saw the Honda hrx mower. It looks really good but I have no dealers. I could order it from home depot though idk about that. What do yall think?
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I say do not buy the honda from home depot. I had never used honda but heard good things about them. Needed one to get in back yards too. I bought the honda and on the 2nd day the self propelled stopped working. Im guessing something came loose on the trailer ride from bumps. I took it back and went to the toro dealer and bought a 22" and have been going strong ever since. If i ever buy another i will opt for the toro with a kawasaki motor.
What toro model did you get? Is the 22 inch a one blade or two blade?
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im not sure what the model is without looking but i know it only has one blade. No electric start and no blade clutch. I was shopping price more than anything back then because i was just getting started. The electric start isnt a big deal but next one i buy will for sure have a blade clutch so that you can pick up stuff in the yard etc without restarting.
Yeah I want the blade clutch as well. And I don't want electric start, it's just another thing to break lol
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I can't say about others but we have a Time Master 30" that we have used almost a year. We had to replace one bearing on an idler. We do like you said small yards and back yards. If mine died today I would still be interested in replacing it with another one like it.
Really? Well that's good news. About how many yards do you use it a week?
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It varies. We cut more large yards with zero turns, but there is rarely a day that we don't use the 30" some. Many times people have a small back yard that we really need it in. We use it on islands like in parking lots, we use it in back yards that are too small for a zero turn to get in. We use it at times in a cemetery behind the weedeaters to cut areas too tight for the zero turns, we use it on an office lawn that is small... We cut between 65 and 70 properties. They vary in size from 14 acres down to the size of one cemetery plot. Most are 1/2 acre to 2 acres.
One thing that I really like about the Time Master is the small amount of space it takes in the trailer.
We use it to bag sometimes. We mulch with it some times, and we discharge with it some times as well.
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Sounds like he or the dealer has something against Toro. The Toro and the Exmark are essentially the same mower. The Toro had some problems early on or when they first came out but they were taken care of. I used my Turf-Master for at least the last three years and never regretted buying or spending the money on it. It has saved me a lot of time. The Kawasaki FJ 180V KAI engine is a dream, it starts on the first pull most every time cold or not and runs like a champ. The drive system it uses is nice because you can set it up for you and your pace easily and I've never had any issues with it climbing slopes. Now I read and here that Oregon is making the Gator Blades for the Turf-Master and the Exmark or at least that is what was said on a couple of other forums.