tdgeek:

 

Why I got onto this, is that the last mow, the mulching wasnt as normal. Grass was a tad long, but the mower was also bogging....

 

Mulching seems to require more frequent mowing... Now I just catch my grass clippings... 1.5 hours every 2 weeks (during peak growing time) for 500 sq m is as often as I want to mow. :-)

Gordy7:

 

tdgeek:

 

Why I got onto this, is that the last mow, the mulching wasnt as normal. Grass was a tad long, but the mower was also bogging....

 

 

Mulching seems to require more frequent mowing... Now I just catch my grass clippings... 1.5 hours every 2 weeks (during peak growing time) for 500 sq m is as often as I want to mow. :-)

 

 

 

It does, yes.  I mow once a week. The mulching saves time with the catcher, which is a plus. Plus this mower has a 21 inch cut which also helps. But the gain for me, is after a month, the lawn is being continually fed. It used to take me 55 minutes excluding the orchard, raised garden area. Haven't timed it lately but it definitely feels a lot quicker. I dont reach the "thank god thats over" any more!

wazzageek:

I have a couple of "attach to the drill" type sharpeners for my mower blades (I mulch and need to be much less lazy in terms of maintaining the blade).  So far I've been too chicken to sharpen the blades, so I've purchased a new blade, with good intentions to actually give the old one a sharpen (safe in the knowledge that if I stuff it up, I still have a sharp blade).

I'll endeavour to look at this over the weekend and report back early next week!

 

You know a normal rotary lawn mower just basically rips the top off the grass, no matter how "sharp" it's supposed to be?

Angle grinder is fine, anything more is a waste of time. Just learn to use one properly.

Look at brand new blades and measure the thickness of the "cutting" edge.

If you want a properly cut "lawn" you'll get a cylinder mower that actually cuts grass like scissors as opposed to tearing the tops off.

Even a push cylinder mower will do a better job than a brand new rotary mower.

(My uncle drilled this into me at a very young age, and he's right. He also mowed 1/2 an acre every weekend after 75hours at work)

blakamin:

You know a normal rotary lawn mower just basically rips the top off the grass, no matter how "sharp" it's supposed to be?

Angle grinder is fine, anything more is a waste of time. Just learn to use one properly.

If you want a properly cut "lawn" you'll get a cylinder mower that actually cuts grass like scissors as opposed to tearing the tops off.

Even a push cylinder mower will do a better job than a brand new rotary mower.