On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:16:03 +0100, "Niall Smyth"
wrote:

Hi all

would it be foolish of me to assume that
a mower with a Briggs & Stratton Engine
will be a good mower

There are several well priced mowers available
with B& S engines

In my local diy there are, Flymo/Electrolux, Soverign
and McCulloughs in argos.

They all have steel decks, decent collect boxes
and a suitable cutting width for my needs
with B&S classic 35s or selfdrive 40s

My garden is small enough but i've a pain with electric mowers
so i would like a petrol.
I am not going to fork out for a harry or a honda
(excess to my requirements and pocket!)

any thoughts, any preferable brand of the above

I have a Champion made by Frigidaire (is this now the same as
Electrolux? They are/were both fridge makers) with a B&S Quattro
engine. Bought cheap from Focus/DoItAll about 5 yrs ago in their
end-of-season sale. Has a metal deck, and had no problems with it in
spite of minimum maintenance, although I do clean the grass paste from
the underside after each mowing. IMO it's this paste that holds the
damp and rusts out the deck if it's not scraped of.


--
Chris

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