Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Being kinda new here, I figured it would be kinda cool to share some pictures of your OPE collection  and describe what kind of yard you have. I will start it off:

I live in Wantagh Long Island NY. My house is on a corner and my property is 85 x 112 ft. (lots of sidewalk!) And around here, it is a contest to see who has the nicest yard Lots of people hire it done and I used to do the same for 2 years but the pro's can never do as good of a job as me  The Pressure Washer, Mower, Snowblower, and the Echo blower were all purchase since I joined this awesome  forum!  Look what you guys have done!!!!

Outdoor Power Equipment group shots. I just cleaned up all my equipment and changed the oil/filters and gave them all the once over. Back row From left to right...

Troy Built 4.75HP pressure washer, 4.5HP Craftsman Yard Vac, MTD 3.5HP edger, Bradley 32" 12.5 HP Mower, Ariens 8.5HP Snowblower...

Front row: Homelite line trimmer (cheap but it works) and Echo BP200 Blower

So far, I am very happy with this equipment (The Snow Blower has not been used yet) The only thing I would have purchased different is my line trimmer. I would have went with an Echo straight shaft.

OK...Now I showed you mine, lets see yours!!!

Nice place, I like the edging around everything.  Could you fix a tractor in that shed if you ever had to? 

Thanks everyone!

As for the kids, we have a rule...take it out and you have to put it back (Which loosely translates to kids take it out and Dad puts it away!) When I come home from work, I pick up the yard before I enter the house. I found that if I stay on top of it, it is less overwhelming.

As for the edging, yea it is all over!!! I go through 4 blades a year!  And to think, when I bought this place, I tried to do it with a manual hand edger! I made it 12 feet and drove to Home Depot!!! The shed is 12 x  16 so there is plenty of room for a tractor.  It is however filling up fast!

Mike,  nice collection! Looks like you put your money right where it counts! Your  Bridges mower looks a lot like my Bradley. How has it been holding up for you? Are both mowers belt drive? And one last question, what do you use to pull your trailer?

Brian, I have the same fort in my backyard, minus the slide, it's on the wooden swingset. It 's in the far back of the yard that buts up 440 acres of greenbelt, woods and ponds. I put a tarp over the top too but long enough to cover both sides. My kids and I have been known to get in it at night with a spotlight, wait and listen and spotlight coyotes. They think it's fun and get excited, I get excited because they do. We've seen raccons, possums, armadillo, all them critters that lurk after dark. My little girl calls it hunting. LOL She turned 8 Friday. I think I had more fun doing that than I do on my deer and duck hunts. Well maybe just a different fun.

One night we did it and I heard something coming, figured a coyote but sounded bigger. It got close, I hit spotlight, turned out to be a big ole bull starring at us. LOL

I hope it's not like my place where it seems that I have gotten a few comments about the wide gap between the drive and the walk.  It's about a good inch.   I guess the ideal is 1/2". 

Gee, a bull.  I would take a weapon with me after that.      Man, I was just on Brian's page and that perfect square hit me, that yard is something. 


Brian, do you cut different ways each time?  I try to, as I understand it is better for the lawn. 

Marshall, that sounds like so much fun! What a great way to spend time with the little ones!

Ajace,  Yea, try to keep it 1/2 inch or so. I have found that if it gets too wide, you will get ants!
And yes I always cange directions...next cut will be front to back instead of diagonal.

AJace wrote:
Naaa, they're just a cow with nads. 

Hey Brian, My Bridges was built by the same person that makes the Bradley ,I've only had it for about 6 months i guess. It's done great for what i paid for it 500.00. I use it on two yards now and for a back up. Both the bridges and the Exmark are belt driven. I use a F150 4x4 with the 4.6 to pull it. It does good just no over drive lol. It does ok on mpg i have'nt figured it up yet though.

Brian...

Your lawn is looking really good! I guess certain mowers are able to give that cutting shape in the lawn, plus it helps to have a high quality lawn! My lawn is low quality grade of grass. It was already in when we moved in. It was in very bad shape and had weeds growing in it. So what we did is removed all the weeds and started fertilising and wattering. It took a while but we got our lawn looking the way you see it in the pics on my website and pics you may have seen here at abbysguide. I have already fertilised this year and planning to do another fertilise in July. Then I will put down Scotts winteriser in September.

Term, my yard was pretty bad when I moved in! The problem was this house was rented ...and that means they never cut the grass/weeds! On top of that, my side yard has a HUGE tree and they never picked up the leaves. Up against the fence it was 3 feet deep for the whole depth of my property. I put out 96 contractor bags of leaves that first year! It took over 2 months feeding the garbage men To get the lawn back in shape, I used Scotts 4 step fertalizer. I also used a liquid spray that I put in a dispensor on the end of the garden hose. Every year it got better! I am now  on my 5th summer. Anly thing different this year is I gave a double shot of the spring fertalizer...we will see if it helps or maks things worse. I also bought a tool that removes weeds and I have stayed totally on top of the dandalions! (1st year for that!) I have pulled them BEFOR the flower has turned to a seed. 

My grass is far from perfect! I would say it is about 75% compared to the best I have seen around here. However I am working on it!!! All the time I might add! I spend 4 hours every 5 days on the grass and edging so far this spring. Tonight I picked up 8 large bags of red mulch that will go down in the beds up front. I sprayed Roundup on Sunday first and I will put down Preen as well.  This project I will work on a little every night when I get home from work.

It never ends!