but SWMBO is happy with me for the minute, she landed that job, found out today.
Hey...well done, congrats Mrs Houghy........
I'd say check out Bunnings just in case there's a mower there that might suit.
I'll check out the local country suppliers and see.
The one that 2late suggested sounds nice. (Again Bunnings might stock those).
I'd say check out Bunnings just in case there's a mower there that might suit.
I'll check out the local country suppliers and see.
The one that 2late suggested sounds nice. (Again Bunnings might stock those).
Might try some of the mower shops, toro would only be a dealer methinks!!!
Hi Houghy, I have a 2 speed Honda 6.5hp self propelled which is a ripper. It cost $400 about ten years ago but has never missed a beat, it has a sharpened bar rather than blades which sharpens easily on the bench grinder and will pulverise small wattles up to an inch thick, reeds around the dam and grass up to knee height.
I can knock over 3 acres in a day so it's no slouch.
h0ughy, sorry to hear of your demise. I can sympathise with bad backs, I’ve had 3 back operations: surgical spinal infections; many many moons on bad medicine and know places I’ve been to by their hospitals!
As for the mowing...bad karma here. We don't have a big yard, around 680 m squared, so sometimes i get up the courage or feel ok enough to do it, usually just the front or back but not both. I usually end up paying the ferryman the cost for doing the task......pain. My ever suffering wife always pitches in and does it most of the times.
The Lawn always gets too long between mows, which makes it harder to do, so we have gradually had work done to reduce the Lawn size, paving, planter boxes. In fact, in places like South Australia, there are lots of yards with "au natural lawn" aka: all mulch; bare; bushes; or scoria rock. This is due to lack of water...or the SA water kills plants! So you could do the same!
One thing, our mower is a mulcher type, no clippings to pick up or catcher to pick up. This is a great help but not so good when the grass is long. Still any mower is hard to push in long grass.
I'd suggest a self propelled mulching type or mulching ride on. I believe you can drink beer when using a ride on as long as your inside your property boundary.
I have it. I have not looked on the net but someone must be making remote controlled mowers. If not it would be relatively simple to convert an exsisting unit by adding servos and relays, gee you can even have a web cam set up so you can drive it from your desk. AND if there is not one out there any one wanting to make a quid take note Houghy would be one of many who needs such an invention..mind your sales of such an item would be mostly be to people who just love new toys.
Guidance can be done using the system employed in cat tractors..they brake on the side to turn use bikicle brakes for that..hang on I will whip one up in the shed. I recall a system where the mower followed wires laid under the turf , that could be a dream but such a method again would be simple to put together.
alex
or a unit which is solar powered that crawls around your lawn all the time with lazers under to trim the grass ( and blast anyone trying to cary it off) and at the end off the day it docks with the 240 supply for a rejuvinating sleep.
alex
From memory the Toro was around the $400 mark, it is a brand from the US of A, key start, battery is a sealed lead acid 4.2 amp, will start numerous times without recharge, mower does not recharge battery, that has to be done with supplied power supply. Hopefully have attached 2 photos. All way out my territory. Have been a guest for about 6 months, feel can learn more just watching sometimes.
and in the lawn mowing dept I now have a lawn in Sydney to mow besides the two at Tabulam add to the mix a hernia I think I had better go to the shed and start building a rc mower for myself ... er three actually .
alex
I purchased a Toro 6.5hp for a similar reason as yours, it has 22 inch cut, is self propelled and has electric start, so no yanking on the cord, but if you have to it is right up high on the handles. The self propelled is controlled by a push bar on top, it will go from very slow to about 6 kmh, the more you push the faster it will go, stop pushing and it will stop also, even the wife can use it, one of the best inventions I have seen for a long time
I have one of these as well.............best thing I have ever brought with a motor on it.....starts easy all the time and mulches the lawn so no raking involved if you do it regular.......I highly recomend one of these.
From memory the Toro was around the $400 mark, it is a brand from the US of A, key start, battery is a sealed lead acid 4.2 amp, will start numerous times without recharge, mower does not recharge battery, that has to be done with supplied power supply. Hopefully have attached 2 photos. All way out my territory. Have been a guest for about 6 months, feel can learn more just watching sometimes.
thanks for that, I did some shopping around and bought myself this mower for 849. traded in my other mower. I know i could have sold it for 150 but this way I avoid the hassle. i know I lost money on the trade, but thats life. it has key start ignition and mulches, easy to use. I should have got one ages ago. MCard took a hiding
ok just did trial run (I am home sick , cough, cough)and it did the lawn out the back no problems, was easy to use and manoeuvre. Top buy I recommend it, my back is fine. Yet to do the front, but do that after working hours .
Absolutely the best money spent after the eq6, the PST and the pier. Just a pity it was my observatory money . Oh well a few more computers to fix and build
So you could do the same!
. Have been a guest for about 6 months, feel can learn more just watching sometimes.
... er three actually
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