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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Ride on mower May 14^th, 2023 at 9:04am Any recommendations? Warnings?
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 47333 Gender:	Re: Ride on mower Reply #1 - May 14^th, 2023 at 9:18am Don't be lazy and drink while you're driving it. (aww - no one answered your C&C topic?_)
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Reply #2 - May 14^th, 2023 at 9:57am

Jovial Monk wrote on May 14^th, 2023 at 9:04am:

Any recommendations? Warnings?

We’ve got a couple now as we recently bought a 2nd hand 4WD ride on so it won’t get bogged when mowing in winter… our soil here is clay…anyway… I asked hubby… he said there are that many different ones you can buy used… but hydro-static are the best.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Ride on mower Reply #3 - May 14^th, 2023 at 10:16am Hydro static, OK.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24574 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Ride on mower Reply #4 - May 14^th, 2023 at 4:35pm Dad came around and I asked him about his ride on mower. He got his from a private sale from my brother's friend. He does not know what kind it is.
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Reply #5 - May 14^th, 2023 at 4:47pm

Zero turns are march quicker to use but more expensive
Toro probably make the best ones

I think they would nearly all be hydrostat now days which really just means you have a forward and reverse pedal and then a hand throttle to put the revs up

We've got a John Deere e120 for use around the house
It's pretty reliable

Service is a breeze
Typical lazy Americans you just screw off the oil filter and the new one comes prefilled with oil and you just have to do that once a year

The biggest problem I have found with ride ons is the belts can jam up if you tired to tackle really long grass
And when they throw a belt that is tricky to get back on

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Ride on mower Reply #6 - May 15^th, 2023 at 8:13am I got really long grass. Think a normal mower might be better, a self propelled one. But must be electric—both shoulders are rather stuffed.
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20480 Gordon Gender:	Re: Ride on mower Reply #7 - May 15^th, 2023 at 11:33am I mow the lawn, my wife rides me so that makes me a ride on mower, but that won't help Monk, an old gay man who lives with a dog.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24574 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Ride on mower Reply #8 - May 15^th, 2023 at 2:01pm
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Reply #9 - May 15^th, 2023 at 7:44pm

Jovial Monk wrote on May 15^th, 2023 at 8:13am:

I got really long grass.

Think a normal mower might be better, a self propelled one.

But must be electric—both shoulders are rather stuffed.

Just get someone to do it for you the first time to get it down to a reasonable height, then you can use your ride one. As long as you mow it regularly, it won't get to long again.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24574 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Ride on mower Reply #10 - May 15^th, 2023 at 9:47pm You use a ride on mower for when you have to mow a large yard, or the grass height is so long that you have to use the ride on to be able to properly mow the yard.
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Reply #11 - May 16^th, 2023 at 9:24pm

John Smith wrote on May 15^th, 2023 at 7:44pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on May 15^th, 2023 at 8:13am:

I got really long grass.

Think a normal mower might be better, a self propelled one.

But must be electric—both shoulders are rather stuffed.

Just get someone to do it for you the first time to get it down to a reasonable height, then you can use your ride one. As long as you mow it regularly, it won't get to long again.

Good idea John, thanks.

As well as long grass I have many trees to be lopped and some old structures demolished.

Some fruit trees long past their best—want to keep lots of the wood to use in the smoker. When that is all gone—be plenty of apple/peach/cherry/quince wood to use.

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48833 At my desk.	Re: Ride on mower Reply #12 - May 18^th, 2023 at 6:37am The trees might rebound when you get rid of the grass.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Ride on mower Reply #13 - May 18^th, 2023 at 8:00am Thanks FD I never would have thought of that, much.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Ride on mower Reply #14 - May 18^th, 2023 at 8:02am Getting a smart meter installed today. Unfortunately—the antediluvian fuse box (actual fuses!) won’t be changed.
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