To help your mower cut better and easier, you can sharpen the blades – not down to a knife edge! – but by filing or grinding along the cutting edge. Do-not use an angle grinder, use only a low speed bench grinder. Because an angle-grinder is high speed, it heats the blade metal too much-hardening it, so the blade edge will chip.

So if you look after your blades, your mower cuts the grass a lot easier-the mower won’t be working as hard, therefore using less fuel and longer engine/transmission life.

Now! What size machine do we buy – you don’t buy a sledge hammer to drive a tack, but don’t expect a tack hammer to drive a spike.

If you are replacing a hand mower for a ride-on to cut a ¼ acre area of grass, a mower deck size of 75cm to 90cm will be quite efficient and economical, if you have ½ acre to 1 acre area to mow; a mower deck size of 90cm to 120cm will be quite efficient & economical.

What to look for when buying a new ride-on; Look to see how strong & sturdy the frame is, how strong the lifting mechanism for the mower deck is, the drive axle and front axle. If buying a big ride-on 120cm > try for 4 wheel drive and shaft drive to the mower deck; consider diesel power.

Don’t worry about the mod-cons, your ride-on is a machine meant for work – it is a workhorse not a toy.

Do-not expect a large ride-on mower to do the work of a tractor/slasher and do-not compare the finish of slasher with a ride-on mower. The mower deck is the metal base covering the blades.

Remember! Bigger machines are bigger headaches to maintain or repair – Costs!

Also is your garden/landscape area suitable for the big machine; trees, bushes or garden beds.

So now, is the idea of owning a ride-on mower looking so good or the idea of buying one so great! Like all machines they’re great when new, but not so funny when they start breaking down. So we understand now why the mower contractor has to charge so much.

Don’t let this material put you off your ride-on, but think does the need really warrant the expense – purchase cost and on-going costs.

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