I am upgrading my mower soon (when we move houses) & am considering the
Greenfield Weekender (probably the Honda)
How does this compare to say a Rover, Honda, or Masport, Victa?
The Greenfield is comparable in price to the Honda of the same power, more
expensive than the Rover & Masport, Victa.
Greenfield website reckons that you can cut up to 3mm, How useful is this?
How reliable are the Greenfield?
Greenfield does not seem to offer a mulch function, is this useful?
Thanks in advance

"bb" wrote in message
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I am upgrading my mower soon (when we move houses) & am considering the
Greenfield Weekender (probably the Honda)
How does this compare to say a Rover, Honda, or Masport, Victa?
The Greenfield is comparable in price to the Honda of the same power, more
expensive than the Rover & Masport, Victa.
Greenfield website reckons that you can cut up to 3mm, How useful is
this?
How reliable are the Greenfield?
Greenfield does not seem to offer a mulch function, is this useful?
Thanks in advance


When you say "Greenfield Weekender (probably the Honda)" do you mean it has
a Honda motor?
If so, then I would say that Honda are quite reliable, and seem to have
built a good reputation with their engines for mowers, whipper snippers,
generators (and so on).
I can only guess the "cut up to 3mm" means the mower will cut grass down to
a minimum of 3mm high. In a household situation it's not something that is
very practical. Unless your law is similar to a bowling/golf green.
Otherwise your average lawn will be too bumpy, and trying to cut at that
height will cause scalping. Not too mention cutting your lawn that short
will mean it'll dry out quicker.
The mulch function is purely up to you. All it will do is finely cut the
grass, spreading it back on to the lawn. This saves you emptying a catcher,
or if your mower has no catcher, saves you raking..
Hope this helps a little.

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g'day bb,

it comes down to your needs with the mulcher attachment, i would be
going for the models with ball bearing wheels, also the 3mm may not be
achievable in all mowing situations, at the end of the day when you
need to trim those edges it takes the same effort no matter how much
or little grass is missed by the mower.

i don't have a lot of experience with greenfield mowers but my short
list would include rover and masport. when it comes to engines that
too would depend on what price you want to pay for me briggs &
stratton do the job very reliably, my masport has has one that has
been going for at leat 20 years and so far has only needed the carby
replaced, the frame and wheels are still going strong with the
replacement of 1 set of wheel bearings. the frame will do another
engine at the very least.

i reckon those woven catchers are the best.

my ideas

len

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The photo on the Greenfield website shows 4 blades.

"len brauer" wrote in message
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sorry i did forget to mention in my previous post, you need to also
consider how many blade or blade cutting action a 2 blade action
doesn't give the best cut on a well manicured lawn 4 blades do the job
the best. i took the cutter bar off my masport and fitted a rover disc
so i could have that 4 blade option. those experiences from my days of
mowing lawns.

len

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happy gardening
'it works for me it could work for you,'

"in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the
environment
http://hub.dataline.net.au/~gardnlen/