This blog is a story about how I arrived to be the proud owner of my ride on lawnmower. I have learned quite a few things along the way, and hopefully by sharing some of them I can make someone else's life a bit easier when it comes time to buy a ride on lawnmower. So there will be lawnmower type stories, and why I chose the way I did.
Some months ago we moved from a standard suburban sized block - well rather a large one actually - of 1000 square meters, or a quarter of an acre, to a larger block.
Being young and strong and probably a bit naive I thought that I would be able to get by with my standard lawnmower, and lots of elbow grease.
What I didn't allow for was the fact that the property was split over three levels, as well as the sheer mass of lawn that needed to be mowed. That and the fact that we were moving from suburbia to a rain forest type location, with a lot more rainfall. Which of course is why the trees and plants and lawns grow so well - they grow faster.
All of which meant a lot more lawn mowing. So after the first session, giving up two hours into it with the job half done. Well not really. I just admitted that there were smarter ways to do things. So I began to research ride on lawnmowers, online to start with then into the real world for a look and see.
Lawnmowers for sale everywhere was my first impression. But how do you differentiate between them and settle on the one that is right for you? I saw ride on lawnmowers that looked like something Nana would ride to the shops when her legs give out. I saw lawn tractors that looked like small tractors. And there were other mowers that you could almost picture a council worker riding on, clearing scrub and small trees with ease. A bit too big for what I was after and the price ranged accordingly.
Probably the best thing I did was to stop trying to get all of my information online and to visit a ride on lawnmower shop. They said that it was all very well to own a larger property but no fun being a slave to the maintenance. After that first exhausting day mowing the lawns I agree with them
Actually I visited a few, well, okay, more than a few, comparing models and information. One thing I found was that there a quite a few different brands of lawnmower, and they are positioned a bit like cars. There are the very cheap brands, right through to the more well known brands, such as Husqvarna, and John Deere.
One that first caught my eye was a nice looking black and red model. Mostly black with a red racing stripe. With a tipper trailer, this beast of a ride on mower could be mine for just $2200. Not bad I thought. But being the type I never buy the first thing I see without doing some research and boy am I glad I did.
