Rotary Petrol Lawnmower
 

My mountfield emblem 16 has probably died, having given 20plus years of
service. Not worth spending about £100 on a service ( not a funeral one) so
I'm looking to replace with something similar. Here's the specification I
want.


IT MUST BE
Min. 16inch / 41 cms blade
Self push
and rear roller, NOT 4 WHEEL.

Anyone seen any bargains
One of the cheapest I've seen is a Hayter Spirit £239.

TIA, if you can help.

Rotary Petrol Lawnmower
 

http://www.mowdirect.co.uk/cgi-bin/s...%23a1043#a1043

dont know if it works out any cheaper but it seems like a decent
website
JP wrote:
My mountfield emblem 16 has probably died, having given 20plus years of
service. Not worth spending about £100 on a service ( not a funeral one) so
I'm looking to replace with something similar. Here's the specification I
want.


IT MUST BE
Min. 16inch / 41 cms blade
Self push
and rear roller, NOT 4 WHEEL.

Anyone seen any bargains
One of the cheapest I've seen is a Hayter Spirit £239.

TIA, if you can help.

Rotary Petrol Lawnmower
 

try mountfield.
http://www.mountfield-lawnmowers.co.uk/
£159

"JP" wrote in message
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My mountfield emblem 16 has probably died, having given 20plus years of
service. Not worth spending about £100 on a service ( not a funeral one)
so I'm looking to replace with something similar. Here's the
specification I want.


IT MUST BE
Min. 16inch / 41 cms blade
Self push
and rear roller, NOT 4 WHEEL.

Anyone seen any bargains
One of the cheapest I've seen is a Hayter Spirit £239.

TIA, if you can help.

Rotary Petrol Lawnmower
 

"cliff" wrote in message
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try mountfield.
http://www.mountfield-lawnmowers.co.uk/
£159

"JP" wrote in message
...
My mountfield emblem 16 has probably died, having given 20plus years of
service. Not worth spending about £100 on a service ( not a funeral one)
so I'm looking to replace with something similar. Here's the
specification I want.

Like the man says, if your last one has give you such a good service, why
not go for another of the same.

Alan

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"cliff" wrote in message
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try mountfield.
http://www.mountfield-lawnmowers.co.uk/
£159

I knew it would happen!
This is not a REAR ROLLER it is a 4 wheel.


"JP" wrote in message
...
My mountfield emblem 16 has probably died, having given 20plus years of
service. Not worth spending about £100 on a service ( not a funeral one)
so I'm looking to replace with something similar. Here's the
specification I want.


IT MUST BE
Min. 16inch / 41 cms blade
Self push
and rear roller, NOT 4 WHEEL.

Anyone seen any bargains
One of the cheapest I've seen is a Hayter Spirit £239.

TIA, if you can help.

Rotary Petrol Lawnmower
 

"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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"cliff" wrote in message
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try mountfield.
http://www.mountfield-lawnmowers.co.uk/
£159

"JP" wrote in message
...
My mountfield emblem 16 has probably died, having given 20plus years of
service. Not worth spending about £100 on a service ( not a funeral one)
so I'm looking to replace with something similar. Here's the
specification I want.

Like the man says, if your last one has give you such a good service, why
not go for another of the same.

Alan
Because an equivalent is £90 more than a Hayter.
They both use the rock B&S engines.

Rotary Petrol Lawnmower
 

JP wrote:
My mountfield emblem 16 has probably died, having given 20plus years of
service. Not worth spending about £100 on a service ( not a funeral one) so
I'm looking to replace with something similar. Here's the specification I
want.


IT MUST BE
Min. 16inch / 41 cms blade
Self push
and rear roller, NOT 4 WHEEL.

Anyone seen any bargains
One of the cheapest I've seen is a Hayter Spirit £239.

TIA, if you can help.

What does "probably died" mean?

Rotary Petrol Lawnmower
 

heres the job

http://www.senorcafe.com/archives/goat.jpg

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How about a Gtech

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ADME:B:SS:UK:1

This is not my item BTW.

They also do rechargeable battery versions to.

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wrote in message
ups.com...

JP wrote:
My mountfield emblem 16 has probably died, having given 20plus years of
service. Not worth spending about £100 on a service ( not a funeral one)
so
I'm looking to replace with something similar. Here's the specification I
want.


IT MUST BE
Min. 16inch / 41 cms blade
Self push
and rear roller, NOT 4 WHEEL.

Anyone seen any bargains
One of the cheapest I've seen is a Hayter Spirit £239.

TIA, if you can help.

What does "probably died" mean?

Runs for 20-30 seconds then cuts out.
I'm going to try the simple thingss like clean the filter and swop the fuel
, but after that..............
As I said it doesn't owe me anything!

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"JP" wrote in message
...
My mountfield emblem 16 has probably died, having given 20plus years of
service. Not worth spending about £100 on a service ( not a funeral one)
so I'm looking to replace with something similar. Here's the
specification I want.


IT MUST BE
Min. 16inch / 41 cms blade
Self push
and rear roller, NOT 4 WHEEL.

Anyone seen any bargains
One of the cheapest I've seen is a Hayter Spirit £239.

Are you wanting another mower that will give you 20+ years of service or are
you looking for the cheapest roller mower you can find?

If it is the latter then the Spirit is probably the cheapest you'll find
with a roller or there is the slightly larger Mountfield for another £100.
Please don't expect to get even half the service out of these machines that
you did out of the Emblem. Mountfield don't exist as a company anymore, it
is just branded machines from the Italian and Swedish factories and the
roller machines are the continental four wheel machines with the rear wheels
removed and a roller hung on the back.

The Hayter Spirit is a budget machine, with an A-frame alloy body with a
plastic mould on top. You get what you pay for, don't expect it to be as
robust as the Emblem. If you want a machine that is comparable to your old
machine then you need to be looking at either the Hayter Harrier 41 range or
the Honda HRX426 range and expect to pay around £500.

Rotary Petrol Lawnmower
 

"JP" wrote in message
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"cliff" wrote in message
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try mountfield.
http://www.mountfield-lawnmowers.co.uk/
£159

I knew it would happen!
This is not a REAR ROLLER it is a 4 wheel.

To most people, a mower is a mower, very few people own a petrol mower (in
comparison to the size of the UK market of mowers) and even fewer own a
roller version because the bulk of the market is at the cheaper end where it
is full of European and American spec four wheel machines.

You're going to have to accept that, what is obvious to you, is not, to
everybody else.

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Road_Hog® wrote:
You're going to have to accept that, what is obvious to you, is not, to
everybody else.

To be fair, he wrote "IT MUST BE... ..and rear roller, NOT 4 WHEEL. "
but also to be fair folks here are generally only trying to help.

If I was on a budget and had a perfectly acceptable machine that met
all my requirements but the only problem was that it was starting to
cut out then personally I'd be looking to repair it rather than throw
it away and buy a new one.

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JP wrote:
Runs for 20-30 seconds then cuts out.
I'm going to try the simple thingss like clean the filter and swop the fuel
, but after that..............
As I said it doesn't owe me anything!

I have a good quality "Harry" with a diecast deck and huge grass box,
19" cut. Anything similar would cost me a fortune. When my engine
died (valve seats came loose in the head) I got a replacement Briggs
and Stratton and dropped it in. It has been going another 10 years
since. A lot cheaper than a new mower - at the time it was 45 quid
against 350. Briggsbits do the full retail price, but it is possible
to get them much cheaper than that. My local tool hire shop sold me
one recently for a mixer - official price 120, they sold it to me for
75.

That said, If you want a new mower I would recommend a Harry, although
only one model in the current catalogue has a rear roller rather than 4
wheels. www.fgm.uk.net appear to be the importer

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wrote:
Road_Hog® wrote:
You're going to have to accept that, what is obvious to you, is not, to
everybody else.

To be fair, he wrote "IT MUST BE... ..and rear roller, NOT 4 WHEEL. "
but also to be fair folks here are generally only trying to help.

If I was on a budget and had a perfectly acceptable machine that met
all my requirements but the only problem was that it was starting to
cut out then personally I'd be looking to repair it rather than throw
it away and buy a new one.

Known problem with Briggs and Scrapem engines is the lubricate by
splash feature. No oil pump instead a cast tang on the base of the
con-rod, is intended to dip into the sump and splash oil up the bore.
Its not unknown for rough handling of a B&S powered unit to cause the
tang to break off, losing lubrication and leading to partial seizure.

If your going to spend hundreds would recommend a Honda powered unit.

Adam