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MITCHAY · 10-09-2021, 09:57 PM

I mowed for the first time in a loooong time and also aeratored it. I was surprised I still had petrol left in the tank

Mowed right on the lowest level but not good enough to clear up the thatch. So I will try rake it out before I give it some weed and feed.

Both my hoses are ****ed so need to order a new one

**janddbone** · 10-09-2021, 10:22 PM

Hoses, now that's a whole other story we can talk about!

**DFB FGXR6** · 10-09-2021, 10:54 PM

Never, ever, buy a cheap hose. You will curse the thing every time you use it until it's thrown away. Same story with fittings.

Gardena hoses are the better ones on the market, as are their fittings.

**GasoLane** · 10-09-2021, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Never, ever, buy a cheap hose. You will curse the thing every time you use it until it's thrown away. Same story with fittings.

Gardena hoses are the better ones on the market, as are their fittings.

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We have all Gardena hoses, tap fittings and timers.

Their tap fittings tend to have a weakness when run into with a self propelled mower though

Tassie f100 · 10-09-2021, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Never, ever, buy a cheap hose. You will curse the thing every time you use it until it's thrown away. Same story with fittings.

Gardena hoses are the better ones on the market, as are their fittings.

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Certainly agree about not buying cheap hoses and fittings.Probably went over the top few years ago and bought Hoselink hose and fittings and have not regretted the choice one little bit,fittings don’t blow apart and the hose does turn brittle and split like the cheaper stuff.

Tassie f100 · 11-09-2021, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Certainly agree about not buying cheap hoses and fittings.Probably went over the top few years ago and bought Hoselink hose and fittings and have not regretted the choice one little bit,fittings don’t blow apart and the hose does turn brittle and split like the cheaper stuff.

Sorry does not turn brittle like the cheaper stuff

**DFB FGXR6** · 11-09-2021, 05:49 PM

Finally managed to mow a lawn that had been neglected due to Covid lockdown. This was its first mow since August 15th.

With grass standing up to 25cm high, I did not muck around here! The only mower for this job was the Victa Mustang 2-Stroke.

There was a lot of cape weed and clover mixed into all this, a challenge for even the strongest mowers due to the sticky high moisture content. The Mustang smashed through all this. The VEX version of this engine has a rated 6.0 hp and when it hits taller growth it accelerates hard and never bogs or stalls. It also makes a LOT of noise doing so! I wonder if the neighbor across the road was amused with me grinning like a fool.

The predecessor to the VEX was the VSX. The change from S to E was supposed to be for efficiency, however this is still by far the thirstiest mower I own.

danzvtil · 11-09-2021, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Never, ever, buy a cheap hose. You will curse the thing every time you use it until it's thrown away. Same story with fittings.

Gardena hoses are the better ones on the market, as are their fittings.

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Back when I worked in hardware, we used to reorder Gardena from Husqvarna, not sure who it is now.

MITCHAY · 11-09-2021, 12:26 AM

Mine were hand me downs from mum when I bought my house. Did the job mostly but they get ****ed by the winter here. Just have to step on one and it's dead.

I'm thinking of getting the 10m Compact Portable Hose Reel from Hoselink which should be perfect for me.

https://www.hoselink.com.au/products...able-hose-reel

Mum has had the big wall mounted one for ages and never been a problem. ****en magic they seem like

I have Hoselink connectors and enough hose that I could knock up an extension if necessary.

whitelion65 · 11-09-2021, 06:45 PM

Boots and all ��

Big_Daz · 11-09-2021, 08:27 PM

After getting sick and tired of my 10 year old Victa Mower (bunnings special)****ing out white smoke and barely doing half my lawn finally bought a new one today. I dont have a huge yard but wanted something half decent so went into my local Stihl Mower Center and they recommended the Rover Duracut 420 which I decided to go with. this is the first garden appliance I havent bought from Bunnings so was pleasantly surprised when the bloke was really knowledgeable and even took it out the back to do the oil/fill it with petrol for me before I left. Alot better than the old "grab the box off the shelf and go through a checkout".

Gave the yard a well overdue going over with it this arvo, pretty stoked with it... wifey doesnt get my excitement of the new mower, so was glad I had this thread to tell some people who may care...lol

roKWiz · 12-09-2021, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Big_Daz

After getting sick and tired of my 10 year old Victa Mower (bunnings special)****ing out white smoke and barely doing half my lawn finally bought a new one today. I dont have a huge yard but wanted something half decent so went into my local Stihl Mower Center and they recommended the Rover Duracut 420 which I decided to go with. this is the first garden appliance I havent bought from Bunnings so was pleasantly surprised when the bloke was really knowledgeable and even took it out the back to do the oil/fill it with petrol for me before I left. Alot better than the old "grab the box off the shelf and go through a checkout".

Gave the yard a well overdue going over with it this arvo, pretty stoked with it... wifey doesnt get my excitement of the new mower, so was glad I had this thread to tell some people who may care...lol

Congrats on the new mower and using a small business dealer instead of buying from that green shed full of cheap crap.

**DFB FGXR6** · 12-09-2021, 06:25 PM

I have noticed over the last few years Bunning's have been stocking less and less petrol lawn mowers. They used to have an entire isle of them. Now it is all plastic electric and battery gear.

Now I understand the need for those products, not everyone has a large area to mow, so I guess the good thing from that is people who do need the power and range of a petrol powered mower are heading to the smaller independent retailers.

Of the 15 mowers I have bought over the years, all have been from local small businesses.

slowsnake · 12-09-2021, 09:54 PM

Back in early 90's my mate bought some new fancy mulcher mower, he had 1/4 acre block, and first time I seen before a male hose fitting sticking out of the top outside edge of the deck?..and it needed it too, meant to leave mulch behind but if dewey it would just fill underneath with mulch, he said it was to clear it out, clip garden hose on and run motor, they still have them on mowers?....

Cheers Billy

**DFB FGXR6** · 12-09-2021, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by slowsnake

Back in early 90's my mate bought some new fancy mulcher mower, he had 1/4 acre block, and first time I seen before a male hose fitting sticking out of the top outside edge of the deck?..and it needed it too, meant to leave mulch behind but if dewey it would just fill underneath with mulch, he said it was to clear it out, clip garden hose on and run motor, they still have them on mowers?....

Cheers Billy

Sure do -

MITCHAY · 15-09-2021, 06:23 PM

I ran the mower right down low to remove the thatch and obviously took off quite a bit. But there was one particular section where I had a lot of it which I'm guessing the frost has killed off. I have a weird sloping yard so maybe any sort of run off maybe pools there making it worse.

So I got a metal rake and raked the **** out of it and it piled up pretty quickly. Then ran the mower of that and it filled the catcher. I still can't compute how it did but now it is gone.

MITCHAY · 15-09-2021, 08:18 PM

I just ordered the Hoselink 10m Compact Portable Hose Reel and the Oscillating Sprinkler even though I have a fairly odd shaped yard.

I'm betting that I can adjust the sprinkler enough that I can water the gardens and lawn in one go without moving it and wasting too much water.

The included spray gun will do the front garden quite nicely. I previously had a soaker hose but the garden is too small and apart from it cracking I really thought it wasted a lot of water.

**DFB FGXR6** · 21-09-2021, 06:16 PM

I have been using my Atom edger a fair bit lately.

These have been fitted with a variety of engines over the years, both 2 and 4 stroke. Mine is fitted with the Honda GX25 engine, a 25cc 4-Stroke, although they do make them with a 35cc version too.

I really like this little engine. It's way quieter than a similar sized 2-Stroke, uses very little fuel and is smooth as silk.

I note they make a version fitted with a 48cc Mitsubishi 2-Stroke that would be a beast on thick Kikuyu.
https://atomindustries.com/Products/...ke-lawn-edger/

slowsnake · 22-09-2021, 12:25 PM

Sounds like it should be called the " Mighty Atom " ........

Cheers Billy

roKWiz · 22-09-2021, 03:49 PM

Just got done doing my place, 4 weeks away, with a lot of rain makes the grass grooooooooow oh so high.

slowsnake · 22-09-2021, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

Just got done doing my place, 4 weeks away, with a lot of rain makes the grass grooooooooow oh so high.

Just go to the Melbourne CBD for the next "protest" and grab a couple of sheep.......

Cheers Billy

galaxy xr8 · 22-09-2021, 09:10 PM

Ok guys, I'm doing my annual service on all my garden equipment (Honda) and I had a look at the wheel bearings on my Honda HRU-195 Buffalo out of curiosity today, and they could do with being replaced, (they still roll ok, but I can hear and tell some bearings are rusty/stuffed).

So I looked up replacements and I can get ones to suit with spring caps for $20, (from Greenacres) but they are not sealed bearings. I researched locally for sealed items and online but the cheapest I could find were $8+ each (need 2 per wheel, so 8 all up) compared to $20 delivered for 8 for the cheaper ones.

So I then went searching on Amazon and found some IKE ones that are sealed from the states for $47 delivered.

But my question is has anyone replaced bearings on lawn mowers as such and if so did you source them locally online and if so from where and roughly how much so I can suss them out.

Cheers.

Citroënbender · 22-09-2021, 09:35 PM

Ive replaced wheel bearings in my old Rover, couldn’t get the right part so I made do with an off-the-shelf outer bearing, then turned up spacer sleeves to locate the (smaller OD) inner bearing. Not ideal but cost me about $50 vs a new mower.

hayseed · 22-09-2021, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by galaxy xr8

Ok guys, I'm doing my annual service on all my garden equipment (Honda) and I had a look at the wheel bearings on my Honda HRU-195 Buffalo out of curiosity today, and they could do with being replaced, (they still roll ok, but I can hear and tell some bearings are rusty/stuffed).

So I looked up replacements and I can get ones to suit with spring caps for $20, (from Greenacres) but they are not sealed bearings. I researched locally for sealed items and online but the cheapest I could find were $8+ each (need 2 per wheel, so 8 all up) compared to $20 delivered for 8 for the cheaper ones.

So I then went searching on Amazon and found some IKE ones that are sealed from the states for $47 delivered.

But my question is has anyone replaced bearings on lawn mowers as such and if so did you source them locally online and if so from where and roughly how much so I can suss them out.

Cheers.

Do you own a Grease Gun..?? If so..! get yourself one of these & grease the Bearings through the Rubber seal..

https://www.repco.com.au/en/tools-eq...gin/p/A9618127

slowsnake · 23-09-2021, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by galaxy xr8

Ok guys, I'm doing my annual service on all my garden equipment (Honda) and I had a look at the wheel bearings on my Honda HRU-195 Buffalo out of curiosity today, and they could do with being replaced, (they still roll ok, but I can hear and tell some bearings are rusty/stuffed).

So I looked up replacements and I can get ones to suit with spring caps for $20, (from Greenacres) but they are not sealed bearings. I researched locally for sealed items and online but the cheapest I could find were $8+ each (need 2 per wheel, so 8 all up) compared to $20 delivered for 8 for the cheaper ones.

So I then went searching on Amazon and found some IKE ones that are sealed from the states for $47 delivered.

But my question is has anyone replaced bearings on lawn mowers as such and if so did you source them locally online and if so from where and roughly how much so I can suss them out.

Cheers.

Sometimes cheap is good, but if you make a living from it go for quality, if sealed bearing were so good you would have them on your car?
But up to you, I don't own a mower but have used a few rideons, never had wheel bearing issues, maybe more maintenance with the new ones eh!

Go for good brand name bearings, who is Xike??
Buy from a good Australian bearing supplier!

Cheers Billy

Tassie f100 · 23-09-2021, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by slowsnake

Sometimes cheap is good, but if you make a living from it go for quality, if sealed bearing were so good you would have them on your car?
But up to you, I don't own a mower but have used a few rideons, never had wheel bearing issues, maybe more maintenance with the new ones eh!

Go for good brand name bearings, who is Xike??
Buy from a good Australian bearing supplier!

Cheers Billy

Mr Slowsnake,you will find there haven’t been other than sealed bearings on cars for 20 years

slowsnake · 23-09-2021, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Mr Slowsnake,you will find there haven’t been other than sealed bearings on cars for 20 years

Mr tassie, I know what bearings are and their various uses, can you add something positive for the OP please!

Talking wheel bearings?....not gearbox or elsewhere, just axles?

Cheers Billy

Tassie f100 · 23-09-2021, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by slowsnake

Mr tassie, I know what bearings are and their various uses, can you add something positive for the OP please!

Talking wheel bearings?....not gearbox or elsewhere, just axles?

Cheers Billy

well the wheels in the topic were mower wheel bearings,not gearbox ball or roller bearings or engine slipper bearings so I responded to your statement!!

galaxy xr8 · 22-09-2021, 10:19 PM

These are the ones from Amazon, they are actually $28 delivered, for 10 as well.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H4L4KBR..._t_img_lh&th=1

MITCHAY · 23-09-2021, 07:54 PM

I'm already starting to see the pay off from raking up all the dead thatch. Some nice green shoots coming through now

Hoselink must be jammed though. I ordered over a week ago and still order is only confirmed not ready or shipped maybe due to delays in the post.