WHAT IS THE BEST PUSH MOWER?

[Two-Stroke]

Has not changed the oil in 6 years...anybody who would treat a mower like that is a MORON.

I agree -- not maintaining the mower properly is hardly something to brag about.

 

[reynoldston]

Has not changed the oil in 6 years...anybody who would treat a mower like that is a MORON.

I hope you aren't living in a dream world. Being in the repair end of it I see it a lot. I person buys a cheap mower and never changes the oil from being a new mower and lucky to add any. Now when it starts to give them problems they get rid of it and buy another cheap new mower. When I get a mower repair the first thing I do is check the oil and go from there. Just because you or I take care of our equipment you will find a lot of good people that don't and that doesn't make them a MORON.. A mower is not there living and maintenance isn't their thing.

 

[JDgreen]

I hope you aren't living in a dream world. Being in the repair end of it I see it a lot. I person buys a cheap mower and never changes the oil from being a new mower and lucky to add any. Now when it starts to give them problems they get rid of it and buy another cheap new mower. When I get a mower repair the first thing I do is check the oil and go from there. Just because you or I take care of our equipment you will find a lot of good people that don't and that doesn't make them a MORON.. A mower is not there living and maintenance isn't their thing.

It amazes me that ANYONE could be too cheap and lazy to change their oil in a push mower. All you need is a dishpan to drain the oil into, an empty milk jug to pour it in, and a quart of oil.

 

[robert]

I can't explain it either, but this is what he has done, what everyone can take away from this is that Honda makes one heck of an engine on the pushers, and that composite deck is amazing in how much BETTER it withstands wear than any steel or aluminum deck-add in either the lower noise level/lower frequency of the noise (its strikingly different from any other mower I have heard) and this is a winner.

 

[reynoldston]

It amazes me that ANYONE could be too cheap and lazy to change their oil in a push mower. All you need is a dishpan to drain the oil into, an empty milk jug to pour it in, and a quart of oil.

To you or me that is nothing to change the oil. I really don't think it is lazy or cheap. First of all a office worker doesn't want to get oil on there hands. They don't own a wrench and wouldn't know how to use it if they did and not going to learn. Now if they did change the oil they got to git of the old oil. It's just not going to happen. They are making big money so throw away the old mower and buy new that is if they mow there own grass. That gives them a nice new shining mower to show off how rich I am. There is a lot of money where I live and lawn care business is a good business to be in here.

 

[djrussell]

I work in an office and still do all my own maintenance on everything. I make decent money but still like to use it all efficiently. Your perceptions are a bit skewed. Then again, I'm an engineer. Maybe that doesn't count. :smile:

 

[JDgreen]

To you or me that is nothing to change the oil. I really don't think it is lazy or cheap. First of all a office worker doesn't want to get oil on there hands. They don't own a wrench and wouldn't know how to use it if they did and not going to learn. Now if they did change the oil they got to git of the old oil. It's just not going to happen. They are making big money so throw away the old mower and buy new that is if they mow there own grass. That gives them a nice new shining mower to show off how rich I am. There is a lot of money where I live and lawn care business is a good business to be in here.

People need a wrench to open the oil fill cap on a push mower? That's news to me. If they can't get it open by hand it means they used a wrench or pliers to tighten it too much.....which means they have a wrench or pliers.

Funny, one of my neighbors is a medical care equipment salesman who works with doctors all week long but he changes his own oil. Two are cops, they change their own oil. The rest of us are retired, we change our own oil.

 

[JDgreen]

I work in an office and still do all my own maintenance on everything. I make decent money but still like to use it all efficiently. Your perceptions are a bit skewed. Then again, I'm an engineer. Maybe that doesn't count. :smile:

You are one smart man. There is a thread going around in Tractorbynet where someone took his nearly new Toyota truck to his dealership for an oil change and the morons who did the work failed to tighten the drain plug. The problem with having things like that done is most people assume the people they are paying big money to KNOW and CARE about what they are doing.

Well, most of them (paid dealer staff) don't give a flying f--- about what they are doing. Sad, but true.

 

[reynoldston]

People need a wrench to open the oil fill cap on a push mower? That's news to me. If they can't get it open by hand it means they used a wrench or pliers to tighten it too much.....which means they have a wrench or pliers.

Funny, one of my neighbors is a medical care equipment salesman who works with doctors all week long but he changes his own oil. Two are cops, they change their own oil. The rest of us are retired, we change our own oil.

I am not saying every one does not change their oil. But for some reason it just seems I see it on the repair jobs that come to me often but not always. When there is just a little oil on the end of the oil stick , when the rod is broken and the journal is scored or the engine looks like a bomb went off inside it I can sure tell you the reason why and it isn't because of too much maintenance. I don't call these people bad names moron, lazy, etc. I call them good customers. It must be your repair customers are a lot different then the ones I see because yours are all perfect. Now I am in the repair side not the mowing side. The only lawn I mow is my own.

 

[JDgreen]

I am not saying every one does not change their oil. But for some reason it just seems I see it on the repair jobs that come to me often but not always. When there is just a little oil on the end of the oil stick , when the rod is broken and the journal is scored or the engine looks like a bomb went off inside it I can sure tell you the reason why and it isn't because of too much maintenance. I don't call these people bad names moron, lazy, etc. I call them good customers. It must be your repair customers are a lot different then the ones I see because yours are all perfect. Now I am in the repair side not the mowing side. The only lawn I mow is my own.

If you get customers because some people are morons I don't know whether to feel happy for you or sorry for them....

As for me when I was working I did spend a lot of time as a maintenance mechanic fixing other people's careless work. I had plenty to do otherwise and it irked the heck out of me when I wasted time correcting other peoples stupid mistakes or carelessness.