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Stiga 955

Posted by Neil Darby on June 11, 2026 at 12:41pm in Machinery

Hi all. I have a Stiga 955 purchased 14 months ago. It gets used maybe 4 hours weekly. Almost a year to the day the drive belt went on it, so I put a new one on. Two months later with maybe 30 hours use the bloody thing has gone again. Does anyone else have this issue with the 955? Commercial warranty was 90 days so no help from the dealership (belts & cables are consumables) 

So 14 months after spending £1k on it I am now looking at getting rid of it with probably well under 200 hours on it. I am thinking of Honda hRX476QY, does anyone use one of these, I have heard Honday are pretty good machines & at least it has 12 months commercial warranty. Cheers all.

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  • Sam Bainbridge June 20, 2026 at 11:23am

    Just buy an old honda new ones are heaps. £300 spent my current one is about 20yrs old I've had it 4yrs and no issues

  • Peter sellers June 20, 2026 at 4:53pm

    Neil. As you probably know we have the Mountfield version of your mower and use commercially, no issues . I'm no expert but sounds like a pulley issue.

    We bought ours on the variable speed and large discharge chute . The Honda yes is probably better built but the fixed speed is VERY slow and the wet/damp collection terrible, not brilliant in the dry. The discharge chute is very narrow! Good luck in sorting.

    • Sam Bainbridge > Peter sellers June 21, 2026 at 7:46am

      Absolutely correct however if you turn the engine up they are great in every condition and go like a race horse

      • Peter sellers > Sam Bainbridge June 21, 2026 at 12:06pm

        We did still crap!

        • Sam Bainbridge > Peter sellers June 22, 2026 at 9:14am

          Maybe this is a sign to pick your own way forwards, I rate stiga and mountfield as crappy homeowner mowers (from experience of 15yrs). Wheeled mowers I'd never ever buy anything other than an etesia, roller mowers always honda with a high lift blade, I find both of these perform exceptionally well in our cumbrian rain, I have to use mowers that cut whatever the weather and this combination works for us

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