darrenm09
Would a lawn tractor be better to have or a good hand lawn mower for a 0.75 acre lot? new to the lawn mowing thing.
Thanks!
thank you all for your input
Answer
I highly recommend the hand mower.
TIME COMMITMENT:
I am able to mow my two acre lot with a hand mower in less than an hour, so mowing your .75 acre lot with a hand mower will be quick and easy. Using a lawn tractor wouldn't save you much time to mow a lot of your size.
PRICE:
Hand mowers are cheaper across the board. You can get a top of the line hand mower for $400, while a similar quality in lawn tractors will cost you at least $1200.
EASE OF USE:
Hand mowers are incredible simple machines; anyone can operate one with little instruction. Lawn mowers take considerably more skill and trial-and-error to be able to use.
MAINTENANCE:
This is where hand mowers truly shine.
- Hand mower parts are less expensive, from my experience. I've spent less than $30 on my hand mower, but a buddy of mine had to spend well over $100 repairing his lawn tractor less than a year after he got it when its engine failed.
- Because hand mowers are such simple machines, their parts hardly ever fail because so little goes on inside them. Lawn tractors are completely different beasts: they are essentially small, underpowered cars and thus A LOT can go wrong with them. In my mind, you should never need to worry about the transmission of your lawn mower going out.
- It's quick and easy to take a hand mower to a repair shop, but you need a large truck or even a trailer to bring a lawn tractor to a repair shop. That means more time and, if you don't have either a large truck or trailer, more money as you will need to rent one just to get it to the repair shop!
I highly recommend the hand mower.
TIME COMMITMENT:
I am able to mow my two acre lot with a hand mower in less than an hour, so mowing your .75 acre lot with a hand mower will be quick and easy. Using a lawn tractor wouldn't save you much time to mow a lot of your size.
PRICE:
Hand mowers are cheaper across the board. You can get a top of the line hand mower for $400, while a similar quality in lawn tractors will cost you at least $1200.
EASE OF USE:
Hand mowers are incredible simple machines; anyone can operate one with little instruction. Lawn mowers take considerably more skill and trial-and-error to be able to use.
MAINTENANCE:
This is where hand mowers truly shine.
- Hand mower parts are less expensive, from my experience. I've spent less than $30 on my hand mower, but a buddy of mine had to spend well over $100 repairing his lawn tractor less than a year after he got it when its engine failed.
- Because hand mowers are such simple machines, their parts hardly ever fail because so little goes on inside them. Lawn tractors are completely different beasts: they are essentially small, underpowered cars and thus A LOT can go wrong with them. In my mind, you should never need to worry about the transmission of your lawn mower going out.
- It's quick and easy to take a hand mower to a repair shop, but you need a large truck or even a trailer to bring a lawn tractor to a repair shop. That means more time and, if you don't have either a large truck or trailer, more money as you will need to rent one just to get it to the repair shop!
Pulley Swapping a Lawn Mower....?
Q. I am aware how to pulley swap a lawn mower to give it speed:
You want a smaller pulley on the transmission, bigger on the engine. But I was wondering how do you replace the pulley?
Do you weld? or do you unbolt, unscrew, etc something to remove the current pulley to replace it?
You want a smaller pulley on the transmission, bigger on the engine. But I was wondering how do you replace the pulley?
Do you weld? or do you unbolt, unscrew, etc something to remove the current pulley to replace it?
Answer
On lawn mowers the pulley is usually fastened to the shaft with a stud bolt that is fastened into the end of the shaft to hold the pulley in place.
If there is not a stud bolt in the end of the shaft the pulley is probably pressed on the end of the shaft. If it has been pressed on without a bolt to hold it in place you will need a pulley puller to pull the pulley off the shaft.
(If the shaft has a stud bolt the pulley can usually be removed without a puller by tapping it with a hammer around the perimeter.)
In either case you will have a key in the key way on the shaft to connect the shaft to the pulley.
Keep the old key and use it in your new pulley when you install it.
On lawn mowers the pulley is usually fastened to the shaft with a stud bolt that is fastened into the end of the shaft to hold the pulley in place.
If there is not a stud bolt in the end of the shaft the pulley is probably pressed on the end of the shaft. If it has been pressed on without a bolt to hold it in place you will need a pulley puller to pull the pulley off the shaft.
(If the shaft has a stud bolt the pulley can usually be removed without a puller by tapping it with a hammer around the perimeter.)
In either case you will have a key in the key way on the shaft to connect the shaft to the pulley.
Keep the old key and use it in your new pulley when you install it.
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