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Brings to mind a phrase I seem to be using a lot these days ' the old 'uns often do as good a job as you youngsters ' :-)
I don't like equipment discussions as I don't like the mines better than yours it descends into.
I use a Honda HR194 roller driven for my stripes, It does a superb job, extremely reliable, quite old and probably not very "vibration friendly" but I love it.
It's big brother the HR214 is my rough mower, It eats through the long stuff without missing a beat. It's battle scarred and sounds like a bi-plane, an excellent machine.
I love the older machines as I believe they were built before the disposable age, when things were built to last.
Good on you Ben, I hope your Mountfield goes on for many more years!!
i would agree on the older machines being much more capable of handling the rougher grass and standing up to much more punishment than the newer machines, but saying that sometime you get a new one thats good, (not often).
Duncan bear in mind ive taken off the governer on top of the carb to allow full power, when i use it the sheer vibrations are crazy its like using a hammer drill, i was in a mates garden cutting his overgrown garden and hit an old plastic plant pot, the pot went everywere thats why i wear a strimmer mask so the debri doesnt take me out, trying mowing over grass with pine cones, they really hurt if they hit you in the face lol, ohh by the way you need to install an inline filter between the tank and the carb, they dont come with one, and its the bottom of the card that fills with muck, thats why they dont start hope that helps. i only use the commercial units that mountfield sell, not the ones you can buy from B&Q =]
I'm inspired to work with the Mountfield I have and the tractor mower I've just bought, which is also a Moutfield, I've continually been told "Mountfileds are domestic mowers" We don't have the budget right now for the Honda's and Hayter etc etc and so far the Mountfield pedestrian mower is doing fine
Like ive said before if its an old one your okay, but if its a new one then good luck , because the new ones are built with faults making you go back and buy new parts, ive been very lucky with mine its is the biggest engine for the mountfield the 5.5hp, cant say much about the ride on, ive never used one, only used a countax ride on and there okay, but again the ydo have faults mainly woodruff keys flying out after a days work. PS never judge a book by its cover ! Same applies for a machine =]
Woodster said:
Ahhh... I started out with Mountfields 20 odd years ago. In those days they were a bloody good, general purpose, contractors mower. You could chuck'em at anything and they'd cope. Been through the doldrams for a while, but the new lot look interesting. I'll need some convincing to let my masports go though!
I'm happy to give the budget machines a go. The latest reviews all be "new reviews" say the latest machines are built to last, the walk behind copes fine running all day in the heat and long grass, I can't speak of the ride-on as yet but I will see how it goes