Petrol lawn mower advice needed

[PeteC]

Well I have two petrol mowers and they both have the single blade similar to the one in the photo - you are correct though, that if you hit a hidden object you do get an almighty jar on the blade.

Sometimes more than that! My old one was single blade and I hit a concrete fastened bolt hidden in some brush. Bent the engine shaft and presto....junk scrap.

[HHTel]

Thanks for the 'heads up'. Didn't realise the short blades 'gave in' to obstructions. Makes a lot of sense. I'll have a new mower today.
Thanks again.

[dundrillin]

The big advantage of a mower with two blades, called a mulching mower iin the UK is that you have no cuttings to collect and dispose of. The smaller cuttings are returned to ground and act as fertilizer.

[Kraka's Dad]

The big advantage of a mower with two blades, called a mulching mower iin the UK is that you have no cuttings to collect and dispose of. The smaller cuttings are returned to ground and act as fertilizer.

If you don't remove the cuttings thatch will build up and encourage moss that will out compete the grass.

[HHTel]

Having done a little research after advice from you good people, I find that a 2 bladed mower does not make it a mulching mower. It's all in the blade(s). A mulching blade is shaped differently to a normal blade. The mower I've been looking at has two blades but of the 'throw' type which collects the cuttings in a grassbox.
Mulching doesn't do that as the blade is shaped with 3 cutting edges which cause a circular stream and the grass and leaves get re-cut several times leaving very fine cuttings which will deteriorate as fertilizer.

Thanks, guys. I've learned something new.

[Dannie Boy]

Apparently Honda are the leaders in this type of lawnmowers but I read about that in the UK - they might not be so readily available out here?


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[PeteC]

The brands you may see the most are from Australia. I haven't shopped for about 2 years but when I did the gasoline engine type seemed to be all Australian. I have a Bolens now, and the one I blew up on the bolt was a Hopper (I think).

Both were very reliable and this Bolens has been completely trouble free, and it cuts about 2/3 rai of grass every 10 days or so.

[Dannie Boy]

Mine are both Asgatec although one of them has a Briggs and Stratton engine - I assume the other is Asgatec own brand?

[Nereus]

Like the famous vacuum cleaner called "Hoover", for years in Australia rotary lawn mowers were called "Victa".
The original were simply a round alloy plate with a Villers engine bolted on to them. A bit like a Land Rover in their simplicity!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victa

In later years the company made a small aeroplane:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AESL_Airtourer