favorite trim mower

[kpyoung]

What type of trim mowers are on your trailer? Anyone use a self propelled for trimming?

[Sammy]

Honda push mower.:)

[Esby]

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[65hoss]

My favorite is the one sitting in the shop. :D

I have a honda commercial that I got new in the early 80's. I hardly ever carry it anymore, but it still cranks on the 1st pull. No telling how many hours on that thing. But it has A LOT!!!!

[Cutter1]

My favorite is the toro proline. The suzuki engine runs forever and they are very reliable and durable. Oh they are fast too. :)

[lawnboy82]

my favorite would have to be the honda commercial as well. however i have found that a lot of trim work can be done with a good hydro 48" walk behind, or some stuff with a walker. other stuff goes to the trimmer. but for what the walk behind cant reach i think that the honda cant be beat.

[lawrence stone]

I like 52" Toro walkbehinds. With a 14" deck offset to the left they work great and are 3x as fast as a 21".

[Vandora Lawn & Landscape]

Stone,

There are times when your 52" toro won't fit. Ever think of that buddy?

[awm]

not being cute here vandora but my lazer is the best trim mower ive owned. i can trim shrubs etc better an safer than with a trimmer.its 52 inch.

[Calvin]

Don't really consider it a trim mower since we can cut many small properties faster & better with a Lawnboy commercial than we can with our WB's. But nothing beats an LB for its light weight, power, & side discharge capabilities.

[MATTHEW]

Don't laugh, but I have one of those older 2 cycle 18" lawnboy's.
The thing weighs like 25 lbs and i can use it on the steepest slopes. I have a 21" self-prop. snapper with a tecumseh engine
that is now about worthless. The engine rattled itself apart last
fall. Needs a Briggs I guess.

[guntruck]

Im with Stone on this one, i dont much like the toro we have but i do love the fact that the offset deck is unstoppable!!! I cant think of anything better for trimming its excellent. This is a great time saver and has alot of possiblities for trim usage!!

[edward hedrick]

I use a 20" mtd mulch mower, powered by a 5 hp kawi. or a Honda 4 hp one of my clients gave me.

[Cleve]

Honda 21" with the hydrostatic transmission. Heavy but will last you forever if you take care of it. We do have a couple of the 2-cycle Lawnboys that are about 23 years old that we use for some jobs. Those things don't weigh anything and still cut like new.
Cleve.

[lawrence stone]

Originally posted by guntruck
i dont much like the toro we have


If you got rid of the one lung engine that machine has and installed a KOHLER Magnum 18.5 h.p. that is for sale at turfquip you would have a another opinion.

To really shine that machine needs a big twin engine. With that
18.5 you will have a machine you can run doubles on and it will be
such a big improvement you will think it is another machine.

The HP diff. may not be that much but the diff. in torque is like from 20 ft lbs vs 30+ ft lbs.

You will have to buy a electric start wiring harness (about $50)
battery tray from toro and rob a battery hold down, starter relay,
ign. switch, primary wiring etc. from an junk garden tractor.

[rdh]

dont use a trim mower just a sthil weed eater and 61' chariot when i first started i would use a 21' mower and go around every thing didnt take long to figure that was wasting time .

[Lawn-Scapes]

Here's another vote for a weedeater... I haven't touched a 21" since the first year I started... and it was for cutting the lawns.

[fivestarlawnken]

Weedeater, and yes I do use a 22 inch crapsman push mower for my grandmas yard.I've had this thing for 4 years not one bit of trouble, just sharpen blade and change oil.Grandmas yard is only a five min mow (no kidding), can't justify spending money on a top notch 21 or 22 push mower.;)

[strickdad]

Originally posted by MATTHEW
Don't laugh, but I have one of those older 2 cycle 18" lawnboy's.
The thing weighs like 25 lbs and i can use it on the steepest slopes. I have a 21" self-prop. snapper with a tecumseh engine
that is now about worthless. The engine rattled itself apart last
fall. Needs a Briggs I guess. i aint laughing i got and old one and a new6.5 proline 2 stroke lawnboy the old one also doubles as a fumeagater for skeeters lol

[Turfcouncil]

My "TRIM" mowers are all I use
Lawns round these parts can be EXTREMELY small.
All these new cookie cutter houses worth over 200k with a 8'x10'
lawn just keeps me laughing all the way to the bank.
Honda commercials with a zillion hours on them

[cleancutdude]

I agree with turf council small lawns are where the money is .
Most of the time I use a 18" etesia pse and leave the 21" on the trailer .The etesia can't be beaten costs a lot of money £450 UK.
check the web site www.etesia.com/accueil_uk.html

[a1 lawncare]

in this order

lawnboy
lawnboy
lawnboy

and last but not least lawnboy

there light and powerful, how could you not love em


keith

[bubble boy]

now i heard it all- a 21" that is too big and left on the truck. geez.

a1- i dont love lb's cause either

1. the push version, i hate to push
2. self prop. version, i hate replacing cables, wheels, etc.

but they do cut nice.

we use toros prolines.

[geogunn]

in my area if I needed to carry a trim mower I would think that something was wrong with the way I was doing business.

the ole LESCO 48 and the HOMELITE straight shaft trimmer gets them all.

I could see the utility of having a bagger to cut traffic islands and the like but that's not the way I cut them now.

if I was forced to use a mower less than the lesco 48, I have a 20 year old YAZOO S-24 with the REAL CAST IRON 5 HP briggs engine. there's no doubt that that thing is 5 HP!

GEO