Which mower would you most like to carry?

[kturner]

Most of our lawns are tiny and perched at the bottom of many stairs. Any suggestions for a real light mower? Right now I'm running a super light Craftsman push 21". I find the self propelled models add at least enough pounds to break my back on these hills. But, I'd like to step up from Craftsman obviously, something with some suction maybe, and nothing else is even close to as light.
What do you guys do about stairs?


He who has contracts loves the drought.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Honda
Snapper

both built to last and some what light weight

[kturner]

I don't know, the ones I've checked in the shop are a little heavy for the amount of carrying I do. I have to carry it for about a minute and a half or so for a handful of places. Maybe I need to check out the homeowner's versions.

[rdh]

lawnboy is the lightest mower there is should be lighter than a crapsman .
lawn boy is also the best 21" self propelled mower i have had dont know about the toro pase setter but i bet they weigh more than a lawn boy.

[Runner]

I don't know if Snapper still makes this model, or a model equivalent to this, but I have two old Snappers that are 19" cut with the old 2 cycle Tecumseh engines. These at that time were the lightes mowers you could buy. They have the nice high solid mounted handles that don't kill your back bending over, and because they are solid mounted, they are great for manuevering. When used (for trimming), these mowers would spend as much time being pivoted sideways as they would going forward backward. Anyway, I could hike these mowers up on to the overhead shelf on the trailer like they weren't even there, and could hand them down with one hand. These mowers are about 16-17 years old now, and still going strong.

[65hoss]

Since this is your situation, why not buy an old fashioned style reel mower. No motor, you just push. They cut great, and most are very light. Plus, you would have no fuel cost and oil cost to deal with.

[Calvin]

Lawnboy is the lightest com mower & it has a handle in front of the engine so it is no problem carrying it down those stairs. I lift LB's around cars in driveways, down stairs, over fences. Light & powerful.

[Evan528]

Runner, I have the same mower! A customer gave it too me last year. I can push this ,mower up a hill with one hand and could carry it with no problem for 10 minutes if i had too!

[lawnman_scott]

How about one of those push reel mowers that al gore wants us all to use.

[Lee Homan]

Honda with the xenoy deck. Even if you don't use the self propell it's still light enough you can push without breaking your back.

[Calvin]

Lee Hoffman,
"The Honda with the xenoy deck"


What is xenoy?

[edward hedrick]

xenoy is a plastic made by General Electric

[Sammy]

I bought a Honda because it was 8 lbs. lighter than a Toro.

[XOFMOT]

I remember years ago when I helped my neighbor doing lawncare, he used a "TRIM" mower called the FLYMO. This was a 2 cycle fiberglass or some other composite deck, NO WHEELS- rode on a cusion of air, adjusted blade height with spacers behind the blade...you could carry this mower in one hand...not sure if they still are made.

[HOMER]

I don't even like to push a yard period..................Homey sure ain't totin' no mowers down steps!

[kris]

Originally posted by kturner


He who has contracts loves the drought.

Sorry can't help you with the light mower post..I'm with Homer on this one.... Just a comment on the quote ... All of our customer's are on contract, so yes we get paid no matter what..BUT.. it is not very satisfying seeing burnt up lawns as is the case this year..personally I would rather have to work a little harder and have the turf looking good.

[jeffyr]

xofmot,

is this what you are talking about ?

http://alamia.com/products/HUS-HVT40.html

At 20 lbs and cutting with line I wonder how they cut.

jeffyr

[XOFMOT]

jeffyr,

Looks simular, but it used a blade and was a 21" cut.

[jeffyr]

I see.

[kturner]

Thanks once again for the ideas.
We tried the push reel mowers and they dropped about half the grass out of the bag, didn't give a nice cut, and just sucked. I might have bought the wrong one, but they just didn't seem professional either. You know, like Craftsman.
I haven't used the hover mowers, but I can't see them cutting that well either.
But, after a couple of suggestions, I did a search on the Lawnboys and found a lot of dedicated users. I looked up the website and think I'll stop by a local shop.

And Kris, I figure that if the customer is too cheap to run their irrigation and want their lawn kept very short, as is the case with my only brown lawns, then I figure they get what they get. Cases like this make me resent cutting their lawn, since it doesn't seem to be much of a priority to them. But, I don't care, as long as my lawn's green and I'm getting green in the mail.