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Hi everyone
I am sure this topic has been opened a hundred times, but I would appreciate your thoughts on my needs and make some recommendations for my next mower.
I have just bought a new house and have about 1000 squares of lawn, just under half an acre. I have to mention at this point that I have an existing electric rotary that still works pretty well, but the cable is a pain, and I m finding it a lot of lawn to cut with this mower.
I would love a ride on, but am worried that it is over kill. If I do convince myself that I need a ride on, the Snapper hi vac is winning here. The negative is the high cost, and with bag on the back, it would not likely fit into my shed, so I would need to go without a bag, and then I would have clipping lying on my fresh cut lawn, not ideal with 3 year old twins.
Then there is self propelled to consider. I have looked at the Snapper hi vac, only concern here is how easy the bag will be to lift off and empty into our council approved bins, guess I need to play at the shop to see how easy this is, but I think it would better with a hard grass catcher. I have also looked at cylinder mowers. These are very appealing, but I am worried about how durable it will be with hitting the odd obstacle like small stones. I also have 3 short hills in my lawn, I have read cylinder mowers should not be used on hills.
So, suggestions and comments would be appreciated, should I bite the bullet and stick with what I have, go all out for the ride on or consider one of the self propelled (with a petrol engine)?
Thanks
Andrew
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I am sure this topic has been opened a hundred times, but I would appreciate your thoughts on my needs and make some recommendations for my next mower.
I have just bought a new house and have about 1000 squares of lawn, just under half an acre. I have to mention at this point that I have an existing electric rotary that still works pretty well, but the cable is a pain, and I m finding it a lot of lawn to cut with this mower.
I would love a ride on, but am worried that it is over kill. If I do convince myself that I need a ride on, the Snapper hi vac is winning here. The negative is the high cost, and with bag on the back, it would not likely fit into my shed, so I would need to go without a bag, and then I would have clipping lying on my fresh cut lawn, not ideal with 3 year old twins.
Then there is self propelled to consider. I have looked at the Snapper hi vac, only concern here is how easy the bag will be to lift off and empty into our council approved bins, guess I need to play at the shop to see how easy this is, but I think it would better with a hard grass catcher. I have also looked at cylinder mowers. These are very appealing, but I am worried about how durable it will be with hitting the odd obstacle like small stones. I also have 3 short hills in my lawn, I have read cylinder mowers should not be used on hills.
So, suggestions and comments would be appreciated, should I bite the bullet and stick with what I have, go all out for the ride on or consider one of the self propelled (with a petrol engine)?
Thanks
Andrew
The other option