Totally OT - Lightweight Pushmower Recommendations

YukonRon

XLentEGG said:

Lightest I have ever had , was a four stroke 21inch lawnboy. I sometimes have to put a mower in the back of my truck to mow my mothers yard. The lawnboy is lighter than my cub cadet , and my cub cadet is waay lighter than a Honda harmony .

@XLentEGG going to see what lawn boy has. Thank you for the feed back. 

YukonRon

theyolksonyou said:

Have you thought about a reel mower?  Sounds like you have nice grass instead of weeds. Would give you a nice clean cut. Come in powered and man powered. 

They weight in at less than 50#. 

You know, I had been thinking exactly that. If nothing else, just using a reel mower for the inclines, and a push mower for the flats. Great point, thank you.

GregW

YukonRon said:

GregW said:

YukonRon said:

GregW said:

My Honda HRC 216 commercial self propelled 21 inch bagger is now 22 years old.
It recently had it's first issue. It developed a shudder in the hydrostatic drive.
A little research indicated it might need a little fluid added to the transmission.
It only holds 1/3 quart of trans oil. 
I added a few ounces of oil and all is well.

It still cranks on the first pull.

You can't beat this kind of reliability.

@GregW Absolutely agree with your comments, and thank you for sharing. They are most helpful. Any idea of a light model with Honda? If there is I am on it. My legs are messed up from the feet up. I need something lightweight, for the short, yet very steep, hills which are a bear to deal with.
thank you.

Ron, It looks like the Honda's may all be too heavy.
I see some around 70# all the way up to close to 100#

The heavy weight of the Honda's can be overcome to an extent by making the mower do all the work. It would be a beast to man handle. With the continuous variable transmission its easy to make it do the work for you. It's very easy to feather the transmission speed. As I've mentioned I always turn around with the mower going uphill. I then release the drive lever and let the mover roll backward (while breaking with the trans) until it's in line with the next mover pass.
I never feel any of the mower weight.


I will keep looking for something that might be more light weight.

Thank you. I will head over to a Honda store and look at them. I did go to HD, and looked at their line up of Honda push mowers, and all they had at this store were some major brutes, with nothing approaching less than 80#. A couple were still in boxes, and Itried to gauge the weight by lifting them, nothing was below 90.
Thank you for the help

If you have a Northern Tool near you, they carry a number of Honda models.