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My trusty mountfield has expired after 15 years service so looking for a replacement before the weekend. Needs to be 18 inch cut, steel deck, hand propelled, with a big grass collector. Money's a bit tight at the moment so also needs to be cheap. I see screwfix are selling 'Victus' mowers at a good price: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47737/...Mower-46cm-4Hp Anyone got one of these? Is it OK? Any other recommendations for a cheapy petrol mower. TIA Mark |
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On 19 May, 10:34, Bovvered? wrote:
Hi All My trusty mountfield has expired after 15 years service so looking for a replacement before the weekend. *Needs to be 18 inch cut, steel deck, hand propelled, with a big grass collector. Money's a bit tight at the moment so also needs to be cheap. I see screwfix are selling 'Victus' mowers at a good price: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47737/...ping-Power-Too... Anyone got one of these? Is it OK? Any other recommendations for a cheapy petrol mower. TIA Mark Sheep. Big grass collector! |
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Bovvered? wrote:
Hi All My trusty mountfield has expired after 15 years service so looking for a replacement before the weekend. Needs to be 18 inch cut, steel deck, hand propelled, with a big grass collector. Money's a bit tight at the moment so also needs to be cheap. I see screwfix are selling 'Victus' mowers at a good price: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47737/...Mower-46cm-4Hp Anyone got one of these? Is it OK? Any other recommendations for a cheapy petrol mower. TIA Mark I would be seriously tempted to fix the Mountfield. Modern mowers are relative crap. |
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Bovvered? wrote:
Hi All My trusty mountfield has expired after 15 years service so looking for a replacement before the weekend. Needs to be 18 inch cut, steel deck, hand propelled, with a big grass collector. Money's a bit tight at the moment so also needs to be cheap. I see screwfix are selling 'Victus' mowers at a good price: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47737/...Mower-46cm-4Hp Anyone got one of these? Is it OK? Any other recommendations for a cheapy petrol mower. TIA Mark Why a steel deck? My McCulloch has worked well as a mower but the deck is rusting away, I'd been thinking of looking for one with a plastic ar aluminium deck to avoid the rust problem. |
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Bovvered? wrote: Hi All My trusty mountfield has expired after 15 years service so looking for a replacement before the weekend. Needs to be 18 inch cut, steel deck, hand propelled, with a big grass collector. Money's a bit tight at the moment so also needs to be cheap. I see screwfix are selling 'Victus' mowers at a good price: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47737/...Mower-46cm-4Hp Anyone got one of these? Is it OK? Any other recommendations for a cheapy petrol mower. Why a steel deck? My McCulloch has worked well as a mower but the deck is rusting away, I'd been thinking of looking for one with a plastic ar aluminium deck to avoid the rust problem. Can't make any recommendation as regards its quality but I noticed that Makro have a JCB petrol self-propelled 46cm mower for £99.99 +VAT Could only find the following to illustrate: http://tinyurl.com/4sqjxr -- PeterMcC If you feel that any of the above is incorrect, inappropriate or offensive in any way, please ignore it and accept my apologies. |
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PeterMcC wrote in
snip Can't make any recommendation as regards its quality but I noticed that Makro have a JCB petrol self-propelled 46cm mower for £99.99 +VAT Could only find the following to illustrate: Sorry - the link didn't work in the previous post Try: http://tinyurl.com/5lvvgx -- PeterMcC If you feel that any of the above is incorrect, inappropriate or offensive in any way, please ignore it and accept my apologies. |
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On Mon, 19 May 2008 12:06:47 +0100, "PeterMcC"
wrote: PeterMcC wrote in snip Can't make any recommendation as regards its quality but I noticed that Makro have a JCB petrol self-propelled 46cm mower for £99.99 +VAT Could only find the following to illustrate: Sorry - the link didn't work in the previous post Try: http://tinyurl.com/5lvvgx Thanks for that |
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On Mon, 19 May 2008 11:19:30 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote: Bovvered? wrote: Hi All My trusty mountfield has expired after 15 years service so looking for a replacement before the weekend. Needs to be 18 inch cut, steel deck, hand propelled, with a big grass collector. Money's a bit tight at the moment so also needs to be cheap. I see screwfix are selling 'Victus' mowers at a good price: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47737/...Mower-46cm-4Hp Anyone got one of these? Is it OK? Any other recommendations for a cheapy petrol mower. TIA Mark I would be seriously tempted to fix the Mountfield. Modern mowers are relative crap. Engine is clapped plus too many other projects to put this on the list. So need to buy something... |
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... PeterMcC wrote in snip Can't make any recommendation as regards its quality but I noticed that Makro have a JCB petrol self-propelled 46cm mower for £99.99 +VAT Could only find the following to illustrate: Sorry - the link didn't work in the previous post Try: http://tinyurl.com/5lvvgx -- Says £199 when I looked - has it gone up? ) -- Bob Mannix (anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not) |
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... Why a steel deck? My McCulloch has worked well as a mower but the deck is rusting away, I'd been thinking of looking for one with a plastic ar aluminium deck to avoid the rust problem. On hondas the steel deck is for the cheap models - the plastic one is actually pretty good. 10 years after getting our secondhand honda, I'm still impressed with it. Mostly because it starts easily - I used to hate B+S engines for that reason. If you're near Glasgow, there's a pair on ebay I'd take a punt on. cheers, clive |
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"PeterMcC" wrote in message ... PeterMcC wrote in snip Can't make any recommendation as regards its quality but I noticed that Makro have a JCB petrol self-propelled 46cm mower for £99.99 +VAT Could only find the following to illustrate: Sorry - the link didn't work in the previous post Try: http://tinyurl.com/5lvvgx -- Says £199 when I looked - has it gone up? ) No, sorry if it wasn't clear - the £99 offer is at Makro - they don't have individual products on their site so I posted the link to the Great Universal site as an illustration. That's what I meant when I said "Could only find the following to illustrate". 'pologies for any confusion. -- PeterMcC If you feel that any of the above is incorrect, inappropriate or offensive in any way, please ignore it and accept my apologies. |
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Bovvered? wrote:
Anyone got one of these? Is it OK? Any other recommendations for a cheapy petrol mower. I hate spending money on mowers. Even the expensive ones don't last long and aren't particularly well built. OTOH if you do want to splash out and buy the very best available then I can recommend a "Tortella" flail mower which is 1.8 metres wide, needs at leat a 55bhp tractor to power it and costs a fairly reasonable £800+VAT. It won'd wear out any time soon, can give a bowling green finish if you desire, and will also mince things like logs up to 2 inches in diameter. At the other end of the scale I just go for cheap crap, usually paying about £70 for a mower. I've recently retired a "Sovereign" 18in mower which was still in reasonable working order but I was getting tired of having to repaint the deck each year. I finally decided to ditch it because the "primer button" rotted and a replacement was only available by buying a new carburettor which would cost more than the mower was worth. It lasted for ten years and apart from a broken pull cord handle I had no problems with it. The current model is a £90 "Power Devil" which is self-propelled and has a larger grass box than the Sovereign. It worked well for the last year and has come out of storage and started first time and tackled the overgrown lawn without a hickup. The Power Devil looks identical to the Victus but it has the self-propelled thing and has a Briggs and Stratton engine instead of a no-name brand. http://preview.tinyurl.com/664zjj I got mine for £70+VAT from Makro. |
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"PeterMcC" wrote in message
... Bob Mannix wrote in "PeterMcC" wrote in message ... PeterMcC wrote in snip Can't make any recommendation as regards its quality but I noticed that Makro have a JCB petrol self-propelled 46cm mower for £99.99 +VAT Could only find the following to illustrate: Sorry - the link didn't work in the previous post Try: http://tinyurl.com/5lvvgx -- Says £199 when I looked - has it gone up? ) No, sorry if it wasn't clear - the £99 offer is at Makro - they don't have individual products on their site so I posted the link to the Great Universal site as an illustration. That's what I meant when I said "Could only find the following to illustrate". 'pologies for any confusion. Ah. My bad (as the merkin's say). Bob Mannix |
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On Mon, 19 May 2008 13:22:05 +0100, (Steve Firth)
wrote: Bovvered? wrote: Anyone got one of these? Is it OK? Any other recommendations for a cheapy petrol mower. I hate spending money on mowers. Even the expensive ones don't last long and aren't particularly well built. OTOH if you do want to splash out and buy the very best available then I can recommend a "Tortella" flail mower which is 1.8 metres wide, needs at leat a 55bhp tractor to power it and costs a fairly reasonable £800+VAT. It won'd wear out any time soon, can give a bowling green finish if you desire, and will also mince things like logs up to 2 inches in diameter. At the other end of the scale I just go for cheap crap, usually paying about £70 for a mower. I've recently retired a "Sovereign" 18in mower which was still in reasonable working order but I was getting tired of having to repaint the deck each year. I finally decided to ditch it because the "primer button" rotted and a replacement was only available by buying a new carburettor which would cost more than the mower was worth. It lasted for ten years and apart from a broken pull cord handle I had no problems with it. The current model is a £90 "Power Devil" which is self-propelled and has a larger grass box than the Sovereign. It worked well for the last year and has come out of storage and started first time and tackled the overgrown lawn without a hickup. The Power Devil looks identical to the Victus but it has the self-propelled thing and has a Briggs and Stratton engine instead of a no-name brand. http://preview.tinyurl.com/664zjj I got mine for £70+VAT from Makro. Excellent! Any advance on £70. I wonder if Costco do mowers? |
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Bovvered? wrote:
Excellent! Any advance on £70. I wonder if Costco do mowers? I believe they do, though I've found Costco getting a bit of the "Makro" syndrome where things look cheap on the face of it, but once you add VAT you can usually find stuff on-line at the same price or cheaper. Beauty of Costco is they have a brilliant returns policy so if it's crap you can take it back and say it's just not suitable or of good enough for the job in hand. (took back a digital camera after 6 months because the pictures were genuinely ****e) on a side note, I often wonder how many of the retired mowers you see at the tip are actually truly dead rather than just needing a bit of petrol down the air inlet at the start of the season. Cheers Pete -- http://gymratz.co.uk - Fitness & Gym Equipment/nutrition specialists. http://www.trade-price-supplements.co.uk - Bulk buy for up to 33% off. http://www.BBE-Boxing-Equipment.co.uk - New Boxing Equipment site. http://www.commercial-gym-equipment.co.uk - Commercial Gym Equipment. |
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On Mon, 19 May 2008 10:34:23 +0100, Bovvered? wrote:
Hi All My trusty mountfield has expired after 15 years service so looking for a replacement before the weekend. Needs to be 18 inch cut, steel deck, hand propelled, with a big grass collector. Money's a bit tight at the moment so also needs to be cheap. I see screwfix are selling 'Victus' mowers at a good price: Anyone got one of these? Is it OK? Any other recommendations for a cheapy petrol mower. TIA Have you checked your local tip? It's lawnmower season, and my local tip often has a fine selection of mowers in various states of disrepair. I bought a 20" Honda powered job ( broken handle ) and an 18" somethingorother with a 375 B&G motor on ( broken handle, again ). Five quid each. The B&G needed a bit of 3/4 steel tube to fix, the Honda needed the same plus the float chamber cleaning out. Both had relatively fresh grass clippings stuck to the underside - which is nearly always a good bet for a bargain mower that's recently been working but is simply too much hassle for the average punter to fix. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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Have you checked your local tip? It's lawnmower season, and my local tip often has a fine selection of mowers in various states of disrepair. I bought a 20" Honda powered job ( broken handle ) and an 18" somethingorother with a 375 B&G motor on ( broken handle, again ). Five quid each. You are *very* lucky your local tip has the foresight to resell these items. The council for where I live has strict rules prohibiting anyone other than tip staff from removing dumped items for keeps. The crap inside your car virtually becomes their property the moment you drive in through the compound gates. :-( I could get a job there I suppose and 'feast' on the spoils but the smells there are something else... and it's located right next door to a major frozen Pizza factory that supplied Waitrose etc... Oh yum :-| -- Adrian C |
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Adrian C wrote:
You are *very* lucky your local tip has the foresight to resell these items. The council for where I live has strict rules prohibiting anyone other than tip staff from removing dumped items for keeps. The crap inside your car virtually becomes their property the moment you drive in through the compound gates. :-( All the tips local to me are run by private companies and have the duty to recycle as much as possible. That recycling includes gleaning stuff from the rubbish and selling it on. It's the first place to check for doors and other DIY stuff as well as metals and PC spares. I only wish I could persuade them to put the PCs under cover. They treat books, CDs and LPs like gold dust but simply stack PCs on a rack in the open air. |
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On 2008-05-21 23:30:43 +0100, Adrian C said:
Stephen Howard wrote: Have you checked your local tip? It's lawnmower season, and my local tip often has a fine selection of mowers in various states of disrepair. I bought a 20" Honda powered job ( broken handle ) and an 18" somethingorother with a 375 B&G motor on ( broken handle, again ). Five quid each. You are *very* lucky your local tip has the foresight to resell these items. The council for where I live has strict rules prohibiting anyone other than tip staff from removing dumped items for keeps. The crap inside your car virtually becomes their property the moment you drive in through the compound gates. :-( I could get a job there I suppose and 'feast' on the spoils but the smells there are something else... and it's located right next door to a major frozen Pizza factory that supplied Waitrose etc... Oh yum :-| They should sling them over the fence and cut out the middle man. |
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On Wed, 21 May 2008 23:30:43 +0100, Adrian C
wrote: Stephen Howard wrote: Have you checked your local tip? It's lawnmower season, and my local tip often has a fine selection of mowers in various states of disrepair. I bought a 20" Honda powered job ( broken handle ) and an 18" somethingorother with a 375 B&G motor on ( broken handle, again ). Five quid each. You are *very* lucky your local tip has the foresight to resell these items. The council for where I live has strict rules prohibiting anyone other than tip staff from removing dumped items for keeps. The crap inside your car virtually becomes their property the moment you drive in through the compound gates. :-( I could get a job there I suppose and 'feast' on the spoils but the smells there are something else... and it's located right next door to a major frozen Pizza factory that supplied Waitrose etc... Oh yum :-| Write to the council and query their 'recycling' policy. Real recycling is about re-use rather than disposal. You might find that their 'recycling centres' are run by sub-contractors - and it's them that set the local policy. If that's the case there's not much you can do...it'll be about who pays them the most money for their (s)crap. And just to rub it in ... Yesterday's haul was a Dell 700Mhz laptop for a tenner, and a Cluson Smartlite ( with charger ) worth £65 for a fiver. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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On 22 May, 06:36, Stephen Howard wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2008 23:30:43 +0100, Adrian C wrote: Stephen Howard wrote: Have you checked your local tip? It's lawnmower season, and my local tip often has a fine selection of mowers in various states of disrepair. I bought a 20" Honda powered job ( broken handle ) and an 18" somethingorother with a 375 B&G motor on ( broken handle, again ). Five quid each. You are *very* lucky your local tip has the foresight to resell these items. The council for where I live has strict rules prohibiting anyone other than tip staff from removing dumped items for keeps. The crap inside your car virtually becomes their property the moment you drive in through the compound gates. :-( I could get a job there I suppose and 'feast' on the spoils but the smells there are something else... and it's located right next door to a major frozen Pizza factory that supplied Waitrose etc... Oh yum :-| Write to the council and query their 'recycling' policy. Real recycling is about re-use rather than disposal. You might find that their 'recycling centres' are run by sub-contractors - and it's them that set the local policy. If that's the case there's not much you can do...it'll be about who pays them the most money for their (s)crap. And just to rub it in ... Yesterday's haul was a Dell 700Mhz laptop for a tenner, and a Cluson Smartlite ( with charger ) worth £65 for a fiver. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorationshttp://www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk Having wondered where you were, Stephen, I notice a comment on your Contacts page which says you don't publish your phone number .." to avoid time away from the workbench.." - more time for visiting the re- cycling centre obviously !! Rob |
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On Thu, 22 May 2008 01:35:17 -0700 (PDT), robgraham
wrote: On 22 May, 06:36, Stephen Howard wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2008 23:30:43 +0100, Adrian C wrote: Stephen Howard wrote: snip Write to the council and query their 'recycling' policy. Real recycling is about re-use rather than disposal. You might find that their 'recycling centres' are run by sub-contractors - and it's them that set the local policy. If that's the case there's not much you can do...it'll be about who pays them the most money for their (s)crap. And just to rub it in ... Yesterday's haul was a Dell 700Mhz laptop for a tenner, and a Cluson Smartlite ( with charger ) worth £65 for a fiver. Having wondered where you were, Stephen, I notice a comment on your Contacts page which says you don't publish your phone number .." to avoid time away from the workbench.." - more time for visiting the re- cycling centre obviously !! I'm based near Petersfield, in the Meon Valley. I completely and utterly refute any allegations that I don't publish a phone number in order to allow me extra time for 'totting' at the local tip. Oh yes, indeed. Must dash, have a Deskjet 1220C A3 printer with what looks like two full ink cartridges ( five quid, guv ) to play with... Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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Stephen Howard wrote:
[snip] I'm based near Petersfield, in the Meon Valley. I completely and utterly refute any allegations that I don't publish a phone number in order to allow me extra time for 'totting' at the local tip. Oh yes, indeed. I find that tip to be terrible, although they do a nice line in doors. Must dash, have a Deskjet 1220C A3 printer with what looks like two full ink cartridges ( five quid, guv ) to play with... I live in hope of finding a DesignJet, but I suspect I'll be trampled in the rush. |
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