Lawnmower for very large garden

spluff

Hi all,

I have just bought a house and it has a huge garden.....

I dont want to spend all day cutting the grass every couple of weeks so wondering what people recommend for a lawnmower which isnt too expensive.

I have seen the siton ones and they are just too expensive.

Thanks

WestonDave

How huge is huge?

You can cut a lot of lawn with a 40cm ish mower (petrol (£100 for a homebase basic one) or electric (£150 for a Bosch one).

matt987106

spluff wrote: »

Hi all,

I have just bought a house and it has a huge garden.....

I dont want to spend all day cutting the grass every couple of weeks so wondering what people recommend for a lawnmower which isnt too expensive.

I have seen the siton ones and they are just too expensive.

Thanks

if its that big a lawn, then your only easy option is a "sit-on"

i noticed that screwfix had them for just over 1000 the other day, 2yr Guarantee on it aswell

a fair few on ebay for well under 500 quid

ebay number 170469554618

buy it now for 150

now thats got to be worth a punt

jackieb

We have an Ibea Idea. It's petrol, self-propelled and comes with a grassbox and mulcher. If you manage to keep the grass shortish, the mulcher saves an awful lot of time. We've had ours for almost 2 years. Our one has a 42cm cut but you can get them with a 47cm cut.
You can get them both the push version and self propelled. I'd be inclined to go with the self propelled like our one. Also having a petrol one as instead of an electric one is so much handier.

This is the 47cm version of our one. We got it from the site - no problems and free delivery. http://www.cheapmowers.com/acatalog/Ibea_Idea_47SP_47cm__Petrol_Lawnmower_Self_Propelled.html

Kimitatsu

We have a big garden (around an acre split into three) that is mainly laid to lawn. So the smallest of the gardens is turned over to the chooks - they do a great job of keeping it down. For the biggest one we started mowing it ourselves with a self propelled mower (took about 3-4 hours to do on a good day) and then moved onto getting someone else to come and do it as we were busy with other stuff at the time.

Eventually we moved onto a ride on mower because it is SO much easier - we bought it at the end of the season second hand and it cost us a little over £500 but it has been worth its weight. It now takes 45 mins to do the garden and best of all DS1 and DS2 will do it because "its cool" :T

The other alternative is to see if a local farmer has an orphaned lamb that he needs to find a home for during the summer? That will also graze your lawn down, or geese are another good grazing animal and great guard animals too!!

chelms38

If you live in the country ask a farmer to lend you some sheep to graze on it.

seraphina

Go to a proper lawnmower centre and stay away from B&Q type places. You'll be much better off with a good quality second hand mower than buying something new but not as good.

You will definitely need a self-propelled job, whether or not you go for a ride-on or stand behind is probably a question of budget. Also you want a larger cutting width - look for ideally 52cm if you're going for a stand behind mower.

Spirit_2

We have a large garden and at times a couple of additional paddocks. I cannot manage on my own and OH works abroad most of the spring & summer so we have a variety of 'resources' to call on.

Garden help -- 2-3 hours week cutting grass @ £10 per hour.

Local agricultural help - couple of hours with tractor cutting grass twice per season - £40-£50 a time.

Second hand sit on grass cutter tractor (MTD I thnk) £1000 12 years ago -still going strong - cutting deck needs a new belt and attention every couple of years. Capable of all the grass cuting we want and quite quick - if you have driver available - teenagers love them.

Honda petrol lawnmower for 'stripey' front lawn.

In our experience second hand grass cutter definitely the best value option if you can do it.

spluff

thansk for all the tips

think i might go for the sit-on type as I have a huge feeling I wont spend all day mowing lawn every other week......

Question now is to mulch or not mulch

laurel7172

Given the cost of buying and maintaining a big mower, have you thought about getting someone in?

A friend of mine with a half acre garden pays a gardener £15 to cut it in season. She reckons it's no more expensive than doing it herself.