I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a 16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?
Bill Pritchard
Retired and Emotional

In article , Bill
Pritchard writes
I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a 16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?

Assuming you cut along-ways rather than across, the wider one will save
you abut 2 rows on each lawn - it will cut your mowing time by about 12
per cent.


--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

In article , Bill
Pritchard writes
I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a 16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?

Assuming you cut along-ways rather than across, the wider one will save
you abut 2 rows on each lawn - it will cut your mowing time by about 12
per cent.


--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

On 11 Mar 2004 09:45:36 GMT, whilst Caruthers was creaming the maids
muffin, (to her great delight) this cracking one arrived from
(Bill Pritchard) not wishing to put Caruthers of
his stroke I decided to deal with it:

I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a 16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?
Bill Pritchard
Retired and Emotional

Size does not matter. The secret lies in how you use it.

Will
Life Saving Advice:

" You can always tell when a politician is lying.
Their lips move."
- Max Headroom

In article , Kay Easton
writes
In article , Bill
Pritchard writes
I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a
16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?

Assuming you cut along-ways rather than across, the wider one will save
you abut 2 rows on each lawn - it will cut your mowing time by about 12
per cent.

There speaks someone who can do 'sums' )))))))))))))))))))))
--
Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg
but if you need to email me for any other reason, put ransoms
at jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see

I bought one of these last year for my large garden, and it's great - I can
recommend it.

It starts first time very reliably - with the previous one I would spend 40
minutes humiliating myself in front of the neighbours before running away to
the shed.

ROSIE

"Bill Pritchard" wrote in message
...
I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy
a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a
16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The
question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and
buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?
Bill Pritchard
Retired and Emotional

On 11 Mar 2004 09:45:36 GMT, (Bill Pritchard)
wrote:

I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a 16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?
Bill Pritchard
Retired and Emotional

Do Kay's arithmetic and balance that against what you think your
time's worth. I have no knowledge of the specs of these 2 machines but
ime the larger sizes in a range sometimes come with a more robust spec
like a step up in engine power and also a better specified engine for
longer life. At 18 inches you are getting close to the bottom end of
the size range of machines used by pros so look closely at the
details. Don't expect miracles though - I would expect to pay (much)
more for a fully specified pro machine (which you don't need)

Rod

Weed my email address to reply
http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html

In article ,
Jane Ransom wrote:
In article , Kay Easton
writes
In article , Bill
Pritchard writes
I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a
16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?

Assuming you cut along-ways rather than across, the wider one will save
you abut 2 rows on each lawn - it will cut your mowing time by about 12
per cent.

There speaks someone who can do 'sums' )))))))))))))))))))))

Well, yes, but they aren't the right ones!

At that size, the time spent turning round will be comparable with
the time spent running along the row - so it's more like 6%. Add
in the overheads, and call it 5%.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
Jane Ransom wrote:
In article , Kay Easton
writes
In article , Bill
Pritchard writes
I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a
16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?

Assuming you cut along-ways rather than across, the wider one will save
you abut 2 rows on each lawn - it will cut your mowing time by about 12
per cent.

There speaks someone who can do 'sums' )))))))))))))))))))))

Well, yes, but they aren't the right ones!

At that size, the time spent turning round will be comparable with
the time spent running along the row - so it's more like 6%. Add
in the overheads, and call it 5%.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
Jane Ransom wrote:
In article , Kay Easton
writes
In article , Bill
Pritchard writes
I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a
16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?

Assuming you cut along-ways rather than across, the wider one will save
you abut 2 rows on each lawn - it will cut your mowing time by about 12
per cent.

There speaks someone who can do 'sums' )))))))))))))))))))))

Well, yes, but they aren't the right ones!

At that size, the time spent turning round will be comparable with
the time spent running along the row - so it's more like 6%. Add
in the overheads, and call it 5%.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
Jane Ransom wrote:
In article , Kay Easton
writes
In article , Bill
Pritchard writes
I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a
16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?

Assuming you cut along-ways rather than across, the wider one will save
you abut 2 rows on each lawn - it will cut your mowing time by about 12
per cent.

There speaks someone who can do 'sums' )))))))))))))))))))))

Well, yes, but they aren't the right ones!

At that size, the time spent turning round will be comparable with
the time spent running along the row - so it's more like 6%. Add
in the overheads, and call it 5%.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article ,
Jane Ransom wrote:
In article , Kay Easton
writes
In article , Bill
Pritchard writes
I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can buy a
16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40 and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?

Assuming you cut along-ways rather than across, the wider one will save
you abut 2 rows on each lawn - it will cut your mowing time by about 12
per cent.

There speaks someone who can do 'sums' )))))))))))))))))))))

Well, yes, but they aren't the right ones!

At that size, the time spent turning round will be comparable with
the time spent running along the row - so it's more like 6%. Add
in the overheads, and call it 5%.

Won't make that much difference - each row, roughly, consists of 1 row
and one turn, saving 2 rows also saves 2 turns. So original answer still
stands.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

In article ,
Kay Easton writes:
|
| At that size, the time spent turning round will be comparable with
| the time spent running along the row - so it's more like 6%. Add
| in the overheads, and call it 5%.
|
| Won't make that much difference - each row, roughly, consists of 1 row
| and one turn, saving 2 rows also saves 2 turns. So original answer still
| stands.

If the time to turn was independent of the size of the mower, yes,
but it takes longer to turn a bigger mower.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Kay Easton" wrote in message
...
In article , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article ,
Jane Ransom wrote:
In article , Kay Easton
writes
In article , Bill
Pritchard writes
I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and
buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can
buy a
16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The
question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40
and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?

Assuming you cut along-ways rather than across, the wider one will save
you abut 2 rows on each lawn - it will cut your mowing time by about 12
per cent.

There speaks someone who can do 'sums' )))))))))))))))))))))

Well, yes, but they aren't the right ones!

At that size, the time spent turning round will be comparable with
the time spent running along the row - so it's more like 6%. Add
in the overheads, and call it 5%.

Won't make that much difference - each row, roughly, consists of 1 row
and one turn, saving 2 rows also saves 2 turns. So original answer still
stands.
--
Kay Easton

More importantly how rough is your grass? If it is rough and the engine on
both mowers is the same I'd go for the smaller cut to give you more chance
of cutting cleanly.
The Q

"Kay Easton" wrote in message
...
In article , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article ,
Jane Ransom wrote:
In article , Kay Easton
writes
In article , Bill
Pritchard writes
I've finally decided to pension off our 25yr old Flymo mini hover and
buy a
petrol mower. I've decided to get a Honda IZY self propelled. I can
buy a
16in.
for £269. The areas I need to mow are 60ftx 20ft and 40ftx20ft. The
question
is: will the 16in. cut be alright or should I splash out another £40
and buy
the 18in. and how much difference will it make?

Assuming you cut along-ways rather than across, the wider one will save
you abut 2 rows on each lawn - it will cut your mowing time by about 12
per cent.

There speaks someone who can do 'sums' )))))))))))))))))))))

Well, yes, but they aren't the right ones!

At that size, the time spent turning round will be comparable with
the time spent running along the row - so it's more like 6%. Add
in the overheads, and call it 5%.

Won't make that much difference - each row, roughly, consists of 1 row
and one turn, saving 2 rows also saves 2 turns. So original answer still
stands.
--
Kay Easton

More importantly how rough is your grass? If it is rough and the engine on
both mowers is the same I'd go for the smaller cut to give you more chance
of cutting cleanly.
The Q