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royster
" It is the use of power tools that separates man from animals"
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Joined: Feb 11, 2011
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Time for a new lawnmower?
Original Message Apr 1, 2011 12:41 pm |
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I purchased my lawnmower May 12 , 1998 , so it is about 13 years old. It is a Craftsman 944.368300 s/n 010 998m 000270 It is powered by a Tecumseh VLV066 6.75 horsepower engine No, I am not taking any pictures of the old thing. 21 inch cut, , front wheel drive, has no throttle. starts wide open. I have had no problems with this mower except maintenance required replacing the (always spinning ) front wheels twice. They are around $60 each at Sears , but I got 2 for $12 on e-bay ,twice. I have changed the oil every year, use the Craftsman 30 oil. and have changed the sparkplug a few times. I have been looking at some the new offerings and would like to have an opinion on front or rear wheel drive. I've never used a rwd . I looked at a Troy built at Can Tire yesterday. It is rwd , has large rear wheels, a Honda 160 cc engine, Electric start with a battery on board, all 4 wheels can be adjusted for cutting height with one control lever. I think it is 21 inch , has left and right control levers to adjust ground speed. It is priced at $599.99 I will get them to move it down from the rack , the next time that I am in the store, so I can get a better look at it. Sears are just getting in their new models so will look at them soon.
This message was modified Apr 1, 2011 by royster
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- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? borat (Apr 1, 2011 1:47 pm)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? royster (Apr 1, 2011 2:10 pm)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? aa335 (Apr 1, 2011 2:27 pm)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? borat (Apr 1, 2011 4:44 pm)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? borat (Apr 1, 2011 8:33 pm)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? MN_Runner (Apr 1, 2011 9:35 pm)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? borat (Apr 1, 2011 10:18 pm)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? royster (Apr 3, 2011 6:23 pm)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? royster (Apr 2, 2011 8:38 am)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? aa335 (Apr 2, 2011 10:02 am)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? friiy (Apr 2, 2011 5:23 pm)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? borat (Apr 2, 2011 9:34 pm)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? royster (Apr 3, 2011 11:41 am)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? Shryp (Apr 3, 2011 11:55 am)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? borat (Apr 3, 2011 12:29 pm)
- Re: Time for a new lawnmower? MN_Runner (Apr 3, 2011 1:05 pm)
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