May 7, 2013

Spring maintenance

Since spring seems to have finally arrived, we dug the mower out of the back of the shed, sharpened the blades, and I am keeping busy cursing the thing. Don't get me wrong - this mower is 25 years old and still runs (JD Green and made in Moline) - but it's more rust than metal now. If we weren't trying to get the house on the market, I'd be pushing hard for a new one. As is I'm still considering options for acquiring a newish one...

3 comments:

Sklutch said...

I've given up on having a "great" mower and am just settling on keeping an "adequate" one from Wal-Mart running. 4yrs and counting on my sub-$100 mower.

Ticks my dad off to no end that I change the oil and wash this mower. "But, dad, this one is *mine*." And I'm not being ordered to use it by anyone but code enforcement. :)

Old NFO said...

OH yeah, the first 'start' of the year is always fun... NOT!!!

mhaithaca said...

I don't like my Craftsman mower, but other than its occasional reticence to start, it works very, very well with negligible maintenance effort.