Outdoor Power Equipement

Are you planning to buy or rent a mower? Be aware! Dealers just need a chance and they can rip off you. It is not always that dealers intentionally do this, but at time it is we who allow them to charge us more than what is deserved. We allow them every time when we lack knowledge or fail to explain what we actually need.

While buying mowers, if you don’t know the terms or details you want to buy, it is fairly tough to get desire deal. Most often, we reach a mower store without gathering enough knowledge about mowers and end up buying products that either more featured than what is required or far less than the requirements. It is not always dealer’s fault who the sell us wrong products that either proved to be over performer or under performer. This is result of our inability to explain what we are looking for and react to the suggestions given by the sales person. After all, they can suggest for the best, but decision is always yours.

Next, you allow dealers to rip off you when you hire a mower without preparing your garden. If you first get the delivery of mower and then clean up your garden to prepare them for mowing, it would take much time. This way you will be paying for unnecessary hours that you just wasted on cleaning up your lawn in renting hours. If you clean and prepare your garden before you get the delivery of mower, you will be saving time and money both.

These are just simple but common mistake we make while buying or renting mowers that give dealers chance to charge us more than what it fair. The next time when you plan to buy or rent mowers, keep these things in mind and save your valuable money. 

Over the lifetime of your mower, you will find it necessary to check over the blades for damage and bluntness and will occasionally need to remove them for sharpening or even replacement. It can be difficult, however, to put the blades back onto the machine correctly – many people are known at attach them upside down, causing the mower to cut improperly. So, how can you tell whether the blades have been put on correctly or not?

If replacing the blades entirely, thoroughly scrutinize the new ones before attaching them to the underneath of the mower. Look for stamped or etched words on the face of the blade saying something like “Towards grass” or “This side down”. Most newer blades are made like this to avoid any confusion.

If you cannot find a stamping or etching, or you are putting the old blades back onto the mower after sharpening them, you will need another way to tell which is the right way. Scrutinize the blade until you locate the cutting edge and follow it until you come across the dull trailing edge – a bend in the blade that points toward the underneath of the mower.

Making sure that you are holding the blade in the way that it needs to be installed, slide it onto the shaft on the underneath of the mower. If it rocks, check that it is settled on the shaft properly, then secure it into place with a socket wrench. Put the mower back onto all four wheels and take a look at the angle of blade. You could even give it a trial run to see how it goes.