The lawn mower thread

[Mito Man]

Well the old Honda has departed us. No longer fit for service she was a year shy of her silver jubilee. 24 years on the frontlines had taken a toll on her chassis leaving it physically twisted. The engine was separated and the rest of her given a Viking send off. A 21 gun salute ensued. What remained was deposited at the front garden for the scrap angels to collect.
Flags at half mast until Monday.

[Jobbo]

After the shenanigans when my ride-on was delivered back from service with the collector chute not mounted correctly leading to the insides filling up with cut grass, yesterday was my first full mow with it this season. And only on about the fourth or fifth pass did I notice that I’d not put the mulching plug in so there was a beautiful plume of grass clippings soaring high in the air behind me My own fault this time. I’d been cutting on the highest setting because of the quite long uneven growth over winter and was surprised it didn’t seem to be struggling. It was leaving a really nice finish so I actually left it out and finished the lawn, trying to make sure I wasn’t aiming the plume of clippings at the drive. I think I’ll get a rear discharge chute (which directs the clippings down at the ground) because I think mulching would have left a poor finish and collecting - my only other option currently - would have been a pain.