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My $100.00 Sears Mower Starts Its 22nd Season

LOL. Only an ATOTer would stop and start his mower for pictures to show his yard being mowed in stages! 😀
 
Just got a $400 Sears (Craftsman) mower as a graduation gift. It was $100 off this month, so they only paid $300. Link - I hope it works well. Honda engines are becoming quite common, even on Sears mowers (Sears (Craftsman) with Honda motor). You cannot separate them like you did on your thread sub-title.

As for HP, every respectable review I ever read said HP was virtually meaningless. A higher HP helped slightly if you only mulch - as it mulched a bit finer. But the cutting quality was equal in all cases and all HP motors.
 
Lol ... my last two mowers have come from pawn shops for < $50 each.
Finally found the part to fix the first one, so now I have a backup.
 
$400 Honda?! There was an article in Time this week about a guy who uses a $17,000 John Deere to mow his lawn... and he lives in a development (or sub-division, or whatever you call them in Ohio)
 
as long as you change the oil in the briggs motors once every year or two with nd30 they will last forever (assuming you never bend the shaft) I had a $100-120 (like $200 or $250 today) snapper my grandpa bought in the late 70's that lasted until I hit a tree stump in 97 and bent the shaft.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Just got a $400 Sears mower as a graduation gift. It was $100 off this month, so they only paid $300. Honda engines are becoming quite common, even on Sears mowers. You cannot separate them like you did on your thread sub-title.

As for HP, every respectable review I ever read said HP was virtually meaningless. A higher HP helped slightly if you only mulch - as it mulched a bit finer. But the cutting quality was equal in all cases and all HP motors.
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sharp blade > HP
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
Plowed through several inch high grass &amp; weeds in less than 7 minutes... Didn't even bog down, and the blade hasn't been sharpened in a couple years. I don't think it will ever die.
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hey how did your mower cut thru all that high grass wihtout bogging down?

We have a Craftsman mower from Sears (I think its 3.5 or 4hp) and it always gets bogged down in high grass. We also keep it well maintaned every season (oil change, blade sharpening, etc..)
 
See that big hole in the side of the thing? He's spitting out the clippings.. no problem getting through it like that. Toss a mulching blade on there, plug up the output hole, and we've got a whole new ball game.
 
That's one ugly lawn! Get some weed and feed!! haha... amazing that the mower doesn't die when you go over the tall stuff...
 
I didn't stop the mower to take a picture, I left it running. I took the camera out there when I saw how high the grass was. I knew it could easily plow through it, but didn't think anybody would believe me when I said the grass was several inches high.

It is dry, which helps. The deck is not tight against the blade, which may keep it from bogging. It's not a mulcher, or high vacuum design. Just an elcheapo, purchased to hold me over till I could afford a rider.

The grass is on an easement, which never gets treatments. The only attention it gets, is cut once in a while, so you don't trip over the branches lost in it. That's why I don't like using my rider there.
 
My dad tried to replace his mower that's pretty much identical to yours with a new Craftsman. He couldn't get it started after it had been stored over the winter so he got rid of it and bought a Honda. That things starts every time. I'll admit, the old Craftsman was awesome, it just left piles of grass all over the lawn. I also like the stopping mechanism on it so much better than the stupid bar you have to hold.
 
Originally posted by: BornStar18
My dad tried to replace his mower that's pretty much identical to yours with a new Craftsman. He couldn't get it started after it had been stored over the winter so he got rid of it and bought a Honda. That things starts every time. I'll admit, the old Craftsman was awesome, it just left piles of grass all over the lawn. I also like the stopping mechanism on it so much better than the stupid bar you have to hold.
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I have kind of a tough time starting my Craftsman after the winter, too. :|
 
You guys would hate this one, too. The primer has never worked right since I got it. Today I had to pour a teaspoon of gas in the carb to coax it into starting. The gas is old and stale, so that doesn't help. Otherwise, once she's running, she runs well!
 
Great. My $160 murray mower is off to the shop for warranty repair this evening (has had less than one full season). Piece of sh*t. I shoulda done it right off the bat and bought a Honda. My dad's one was two decades old and he retired it a year back only because he had originally bought it in england and couldn't find a new blade for it.

This is what I get for buying a domestic :|
 
Heh. 😀 Sometimes you get good ones.

With good care, that kind of lifespan is expected, especially if you're only using it for 7 minutes a mow.......... 😛
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
You guys would hate this one, too. The primer has never worked right since I got it. Today I had to pour a teaspoon of gas in the carb to coax it into starting. The gas is old and stale, so that doesn't help. Otherwise, once she's running, she runs well!
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are we still talking about the mower ;-)
 
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