Originally Posted By: ram_man
Originally Posted By: sciphi
Huh? You hit a stump with it. That would kill just about any mower. I wouldn't blame Honda for lack of maintenance and operator error.
Lack of maintenance are you serious? This thing has been garage kept always washed off oil changed air filters blah blah blah. It has been a pile from day one. First the carb had to be redone after sitting all winter even though I winterized it like Honda said. Then it had a gasket with in the carburetor fail then the self propell had issues then the auto choke thing. Then this. It's been babied. Yes a stump is not an ideal thing but we are talking a very small stump and it caught the edge of it other mowers have hit it in the past and my neighbor has slammed his into several stumps this one time and it breaks .... A lawn mower should be designed to take a certain amount of neglect . Like running on month old fuel and such. This thing is the pickiest lawn mower I've ever seen and most delicate. Never in my life were any of our Briggs this delicate.
Stabilized gas or not? Running un-stabilized month-old gas in a mower is a recipe for a poor-running machine.
And, you have to be kidding that it's loud. The GX160 on my tiller is far quieter than the B&S on my rider and the Tecumseh/Lauson on my snowblower. I've also had the pleasure of using a Honda push mower at a relative's lake house. Quietest mower I've ever used.
Originally Posted By: sciphi
Huh? You hit a stump with it. That would kill just about any mower. I wouldn't blame Honda for lack of maintenance and operator error.
Lack of maintenance are you serious? This thing has been garage kept always washed off oil changed air filters blah blah blah. It has been a pile from day one. First the carb had to be redone after sitting all winter even though I winterized it like Honda said. Then it had a gasket with in the carburetor fail then the self propell had issues then the auto choke thing. Then this. It's been babied. Yes a stump is not an ideal thing but we are talking a very small stump and it caught the edge of it other mowers have hit it in the past and my neighbor has slammed his into several stumps this one time and it breaks .... A lawn mower should be designed to take a certain amount of neglect . Like running on month old fuel and such. This thing is the pickiest lawn mower I've ever seen and most delicate. Never in my life were any of our Briggs this delicate.
Stabilized gas or not? Running un-stabilized month-old gas in a mower is a recipe for a poor-running machine.
And, you have to be kidding that it's loud. The GX160 on my tiller is far quieter than the B&S on my rider and the Tecumseh/Lauson on my snowblower. I've also had the pleasure of using a Honda push mower at a relative's lake house. Quietest mower I've ever used.