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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:14:21 PM EDT
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Honda with the hydrostatic drive.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:14:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Honda with the hydrostatic drive. FPNI |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:15:31 PM EDT
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I have a Husqvarna self propelled mower for the places my riding mower won’t get to. Going on 10 years now with no problems.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:15:47 PM EDT
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Another nod for a Honda. Great mowers.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:16:08 PM EDT
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I have a 10 yr old Honda self propelled. Unbreakable until my wife decided to hit a piece of retaining wall and bend the crank. I loved it so much I learned how to tear it apart and replace the crank. Starts every spring with a couple of pulls.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:16:14 PM EDT
[#6]
Bell 222
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:16:41 PM EDT
[#7]
Honda
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:16:51 PM EDT
[#8]
Two words.....
Hon Da 
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:17:37 PM EDT
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How big is your property? I have a 30 inch Toro Timemaster that I love for my nearly .5 acre.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:17:53 PM EDT
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My Troy-Bilt Honda powered mower is at least 15 years old and still runs well. I've had to replace the front wheels but nothing else, really. I think they are still only $280 at Lowes.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:18:10 PM EDT
[#11]
Glyphosate.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:19:16 PM EDT
[#12]
Honda, either hydro or belt drive.
My brother is still pushing a Honda with a belt drive from 2002. He mows about half acre with it. |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:22:13 PM EDT
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Regardless of which one you buy, take care of it. Change the oil and the air filter, sharpen the blade, clean the spark plug, run the gas tank dry at the end of the season, and above all, use non-ethanol gas.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:22:19 PM EDT
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My mower died late last year, old walk behind John Deere. Lasted 20+ years. Due to COVID, supplies were limited everywhere at the time. I’ve always had mowers with blade clutches, blade stops but engine doesn’t. Unfortunately, my only option was one of the higher end Honda’s that was in stock locally. All in all, it’s a nice mower and will likely run a long time. My only issue is the composite deck. I didn’t have a lot of options, so it was take it or leave it at the time, but the mower is light compared to my old steel deck mower. If your yard isn’t perfectly flat, when the mower is at speed walking behind it, it moves and bounces along quite a bit. I can understand wanting light weight with a true push mower, but with a self propelled, i don’t love the deck. Otherwise, thing has a ton of power. No issues beyond the above.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:22:30 PM EDT
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My Honda has been great. Easily 3X the torque of my previous Toro. Cuts way too tall grass and weeds without stalling. One thing, if the grass bag gets too heavy, you lose traction on the front drive wheels.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:25:12 PM EDT
[#16]
Honda
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:29:04 PM EDT
[#17]
Honda.
Just keep a clean air filter in it and change the oil occasionally. When I pull the rope this year it will be season #15 on mine. |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:32:34 PM EDT
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Quoted: Haven’t owned a push mower in years. What’s the bees knees of push/self propelled mowers today? Composite deck Honda’s? Juan or Pedro |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:33:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:34:26 PM EDT
[#20]
Watch out for dogshit.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:35:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Honda with the hydrostatic drive. Yep. Have had mine since 2013, has been rock solid with no issues. |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:35:58 PM EDT
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Got a 20 year old Honda that’s done well.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:36:15 PM EDT
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When I saw "push mower", I thought of the old lawnmowers with reel blades and no gas engine, no electric motor, just walk behind the mower pushing it over your lawn. I didn't even know they still made them, but I guess OP wanted to know about powered walk behind mowers...
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:37:07 PM EDT
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Snapper commercial hi vac with the gx Honda engine, use it everyday nine months out of the year commercially. Thing is bulletproof.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:38:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: When I saw "push mower", I thought of the old lawnmowers with reel blades and no gas engine, no electric motor, just walk behind the mower pushing it over your lawn. I didn't even know they still made them, but I guess OP wanted to know about powered walk behind mowers... ^^^^^ Me too............ 
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:39:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How big is your property? I have a 30 inch Toro Timemaster that I love for my nearly .5 acre. Yup. Wide and fast = job finished quickly. |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:39:31 PM EDT
[#27]
Honda is the way.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:39:53 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Another nod for a Honda. Great mowers. I just replaced a Honda with a Honda, only complaint is the new one is very hard to start. |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:40:42 PM EDT
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Call me crazy but Makita cordless will be my next mower. But I only use a push mower for a small side yard about 50x100 and around the front planting beds. I have a zero turn for the other 2 acres.
I have all Makita 18v tools so I'm 4 deep in batteries already and they all use the same battery. https://www.makitatools.com/ope/ope-shop/cordless-lawn-mowers |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:54:22 PM EDT
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Anything but a PITA rear drive Honda. What a fukn joke, you have fingerfuk the drive lever doohicky every time you turn. With front drive the mower stops moving every time you lift the front wheels to turn. No lever's, clutches or belts to wear out. Simplicity and longevity in one. Rear drive Honda mowers even existing is just more glaring proof people are dumb as fuk. Snag a front drive Toro.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 5:59:59 PM EDT
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My 12 year old Toro starts on the first pull every spring, last mower that started with a "c"
was dead after 2 years. |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:06:28 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When I saw "push mower", I thought of the old lawnmowers with reel blades and no gas engine, no electric motor, just walk behind the mower pushing it over your lawn. I didn't even know they still made them, but I guess OP wanted to know about powered walk behind mowers... A reel mower is a push mower. A motorised push mower is a push mower. FYI they still make reel mowers, I was considering buying a fiskars. |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:08:08 PM EDT
[#33]
As a small engine mechanic.
Stay away from Honda machines. Stay away from husqvarna(ayp) And really It's a fucking push mower Buy once, cry once? |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:11:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As a small engine mechanic. Stay away from Honda machines. Stay away from husqvarna(ayp) And really It's a fucking push mower Buy once, cry once? Ok....so we're all waiting..... Are you going to let us all know which is your top brand? |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:14:37 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Honda with the hydrostatic drive. That one |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:17:31 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have a Husqvarna (with a Honda engine) today I'm lazy |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:18:21 PM EDT
[#37]
got a Honda non-self propelled, hard to find, ordered from the 'net. Purposely didn't want a self propelled mower
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:23:02 PM EDT
[#38]
The true challenge is grass in Florida. No matter what the variety it will turn any Residental push self propelled to junk in a few years. Summer rains and growth cycles make the grass a destroyer of power push mowers.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:24:05 PM EDT
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Honda HRX217HYA. Has the Hydrostatic drive and a blade brake. I've had one for 10+ years and still runs like a top.
HRX217HYA |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:24:52 PM EDT
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Used to sell them and Honda is the only way to go. You would be a moron to buy anything else at this point.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:28:20 PM EDT
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I have a Toro PT21 personal pace mower with the Kawasaki engine. Thing is a beast.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:32:57 PM EDT
[#42]
EGO
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:35:21 PM EDT
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I bought one of the Hondas. It's ok. I bought it, used it 3 or 4 times, put it on my porch for the winter. Came back to fire it up in the Spring, carb was clogged. Had to take it apart and clean it. Ended up using my old John Deere a couple more times, it was underpowered, but at least it didn't gell up.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:38:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Call me crazy but Makita cordless will be my next mower. But I only use a push mower for a small side yard about 50x100 and around the front planting beds. I have a zero turn for the other 2 acres. I have all Makita 18v tools so I'm 4 deep in batteries already and they all use the same battery. https://www.makitatools.com/ope/ope-shop/cordless-lawn-mowers |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:45:50 PM EDT
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 Attached FileHave had mine for 5-6 years. I get the oil changed at the start of spring, sharpen the blades several times during the summer. No issues. Always has started first or second pull. I spray the under side with some silicone or wd40 before mowing. Hoses out clean after each use. I do throw on one of those blades with the plastic tines sticking through it to mulch and pick up leaves during the fall. Will try stock blades next season to compare. Will add this on this year. https://www.bigleaguelawns.com/checkmatetrad-lawn-striper-for-honda-hrx217vka.html |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:53:01 PM EDT
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When the Wife insisted we needed some grass I bought a Ryobi battery powered mower. Works like a charm for us.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:53:18 PM EDT
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Honda. Mine's a 1994 HR214 something. Bag is starting to rot away and two wheels have the rubber coming off on the sides, but still starts on the first pull and runs great.
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:54:17 PM EDT
[#48]
Composite deck Honda’s for sure
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Posted: 1/27/2021 6:55:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Honda with the hydrostatic drive. Mine is about 10 years old. Synthetic oil and fresh gas, clean air filter. Running strong. Would buy again. |
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Posted: 1/27/2021 7:00:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Similar. I have at least 6 batteries but only 2 of the big 5.0's. I think if I mow every week it will be fine but if it gets overgrown it will not cut tall grass well. They are also very expensive compared to a regular mower that only needs gas and oil. $350 for the Makita or so and no batteries. He was in buy once cry once mode. There is a YouTube of this thing of a guy going after saw grass with it and it stood up to the punishment pretty well. Hard to prove one way or another but it seemed up to the task. |
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