What should I do about my lawn mower?

Knight said:
I got to thinking about "bent blade". I've had blades become dull or chipped but never bent. Considering the strength of mower blades bending one would be really unusual & most likely as you mention destroy the crankshaft.
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the blade is bent.. Deb did post a photo of it previously....
 

Just be thankful the repair service doesn’t charge you for time spent accessing the problem &/or delivering the lawnmower back to your house. Leave it with him and if he can recycle some parts, good for him.

The suggestion for a lawn service is good for this year. Hire someone for your old house for now.

Maybe lawnmowers will be on sale in the fall. Until then, pay to have it done. You’re too busy clearing out the inside of the house to have to deal with the outside.
 
debodun said:
I think I posted about this - I bent the blade on my mower and called a repair guy. He took it and called be 10 days later and said he couldn't fix it easily - this was a week ago Friday. He asked me what I wanted to do with it:

1) he could replace the motor which he didn't have on hand but could try to fit another one he did have and it would be very labor intensive and cost more that a new more for him to do that.

2) he'd keep it and scrap it.

3) he'd bring it back to me.

I requested that he return it. He said it would be sometime during the week (which is the week that has just passed). On Friday, after not seeing him or my mower, I called him and asekd to firm up a time. He said for sure on Saturday (yesterday). I still have not had it returned.
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Why do you want another piece of junk to add to the pile?
 

I wouldn't be so miffed id it was an old mower, I've only had it since May 2019.

BTW - it was out in my backyard this morning. I was wheeling it over to the garage when a neighbor came over, but he couldn't get it started either. Starting cord is very hard to pull. Just sputters and poops out. My cousin said he had a mower I could borrow, but it isn't self-propelled.
 
debodun said:
I wouldn't be so miffed id it was an old mower, I've only had it since May 2019.

BTW - it was out in my backyard this morning. I was wheeling it over to the garage when a neighbor came over, but he couldn't get it started either. Starting cord is very hard to pull. Just sputters and poops out. My cousin said he had a mower I could borrow, but it isn't self-propelled.
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I'm no expert, but maybe it's sick with the corona virus. :unsure:
 
Irwin said:
I'm no expert, but maybe it's sick with the corona virus. :unsure:
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The neighbor couldn't get it to start. If he could & it coughed that might be an indication of covid. At least the person that looked at it to repair it returned it. So this just might end this story of the bent mower blade.
debodun said:
I wouldn't be so miffed id it was an old mower, I've only had it since May 2019.

BTW - it was out in my backyard this morning. I was wheeling it over to the garage when a neighbor came over, but he couldn't get it started either. Starting cord is very hard to pull. Just sputters and poops out. My cousin said he had a mower I could borrow, but it isn't self-propelled.
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I put an ad on Craigslist for my junk lawnmower and somebody picked it up. If they had a spare coil laying around or an old lawnmower they could rob one from to get it working, they now have a lawnmower worth maybe $75. That's something if you're just barely getting by.
 
I use to have a lawn service here about 20 years ago. My wife & I had 30 lawns to mow a week. 40% of the ones we mowed were widows or widowers. I gave them a great price knowing they were on a fixed income.

I had several big farms over 12 acres to mow around barns & their houses. Those got charged a better price. (they could afford it)

Just let the guy have the mower for parts & check at your new place what lawn service would cost you?

Also never sign a contract with one. I never had people sign one. So when the rain stopped for a month or so. I did not mow so their grass was a little longer but still green also I never charged for those weeks. People next to the ones I mowed that signed a contract the guys came every week to mow dust & charge them.

I don't know how large of a lawn you're going to have but if it's small then a self-propelled walking mower would be good. Get your exercise also. 😁
 
Why would you want a mower that's no good. Just one more thing for you to dispose of. And what are the rules for disposing of such in your new neighborhood? I'd be happy for someone to do it for me.
 
If a mower strikes something hard enough to "bend" the blade, there is a good chance that it also damaged the crankshaft. If that happens, the cost of repair would be as much, or more, than the cost of a new mower....even a cheap mower from Walmart. Unless a person has a "collection" of old mowers, and can salvage/use some of the parts, keeping such a damaged mower is a waste of space.
 
debodun said:
I wouldn't be so miffed id it was an old mower, I've only had it since May 2019.

BTW - it was out in my backyard this morning. I was wheeling it over to the garage when a neighbor came over, but he couldn't get it started either. Starting cord is very hard to pull. Just sputters and poops out. My cousin said he had a mower I could borrow, but it isn't self-propelled.
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Being hard to pull is another potential sign of a bent crank in the engine.
 
Don M. said:
If a mower strikes something hard enough to "bend" the blade, there is a good chance that it also damaged the crankshaft. If that happens, the cost of repair would be as much, or more, than the cost of a new mower....even a cheap mower from Walmart. Unless a person has a "collection" of old mowers, and can salvage/use some of the parts, keeping such a damaged mower is a waste of space.
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Well, Deb can sell the mower at a yard sale for parts for 5 dollars 😃. She likes yard sales and money. I just like money. 😁
 
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