push behind lawn mower advice
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check out what deals sears has. my stepdad just called me to pick up a new front wheel drive mower(b&s motor). i think he paid under 300. after i added oil i went to look for the choke/primer and there wasn't one. ill have to check back and see how it starts 2yrs down the road. also they seem very quiet.
We had a toro for about 17 years and it was fantastic. It just got harder and harder to start so we finally got rid of it and bought some shitty craftsman. Big mistake! That pos only lasted about 3 years and didn't nearly have the cutting power of the toro. So we gave that pos away and got a honda. Probably the best mower I ever used. It's quiet and powerful and starts with one pull every time, even first start of the season. Mine is also RWD, I'm not sure if they even make FWD mowers anymore.
Had a great Toro many years ago with a Briggs. Always started and always ran. Then somebody stole it. Bought a new one because I figured if it worked well (and spent about $350 +home Depot warranty) then keep the same brand. Low and behold after the 3rd time using it, the motor locked up (also a briggs). Always checked oil and gas before each use. But no way in hell would it lock up after three uses.
Claimed warranty and got money back towards a new one. I also got to keep the old one (my brother threw his craftsman motor on it from his old mower). The new one I have (also Toro but with a Koehler motor) was working fine. I usually only put fuel stabilizer in the tank throughout winter and never had a problem. This year I had sediment in the carb and had to clean it out and yet the mower still works with 1 pull.
22" blade, self propelled with big rear wheels and Koehler motor.
well the one half of the blade got bent to absolute shit.
and it bent it so hard that it actually stopped the mower, so I am somewhat anticipating the crankshaft being bent, which if that's the case, it's as good as a paperweight
Yeah its a shame. Briggs makes fantastic engines here in the states. I have a couple small engines the 50s-70s that prove how awesome they were. Briggs moved a lot of operations to China, some had very poor QC. You're not alone though. When I sold them at a hardware store we would have people come back pissed off with a chunk of the block in their hand. Obviously they didn't listen to us or read the manual to add oil, but I remember a few of them seizing up similar to your case.
The older stuff works . The newer stuff.... It's hit and miss sometimes. My brothers craftsman mower is working fine. The mower itself was just falling apart. So he used my old Toro with the locked up motor.
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