Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
The deck was really shot on my B&S powered beast that didn't owe me a penny and on top of that, whenever it got wet, it wouldn't start. I figured it was time to call it quits on the old girl and get a replacement.
Checked Costco and Canadian Tire, the former had a Poulan for $319.00 with a Honda engine, the latter had a Troy-Bilt with a Honda engine for $319.00. The former had a two year warranty, the latter had a four year warranty. I bought the Troy-Bilt.
Does a fantastic job, and is a fair bit lighter than the mower it replaced. My yard isn't big, so I just used it on mulch.
I bought this exact same mower about three years ago. I liked the powerful Honda engine and lack of self-propulsion (is that the correct word?). It always starts on the first pull, even to this day, and even after sitting for months.
A couple years ago, I moved to a house with about 3/4 an acre of grass, so had to get a riding mower, at which time the 'ol Troy Bilt was relegated to brush and super-tall-grass duty, neither of which it was really designed for. It will plod along through the thickest, grisliest grass & brush, though I have killed it from time to time on tree roots, large rocks and the like. I feel bad for subjecting a nice new mower to this duty, but it takes a licking and keeps on ticking and has never let me down.
The "auto-return" plastic choke lever sticks now (I assume from getting banged into things like the side of the house, air conditioning unit, etc.), so it never fully returns to the no-choke setting after starting, I have to do it manually, but that's how I prefer it.
Smokes a little on start-up, but all-in-all I love the mower & the Honda engine. Quiet, powerful and refined are three good words to describe it.
The deck was really shot on my B&S powered beast that didn't owe me a penny and on top of that, whenever it got wet, it wouldn't start. I figured it was time to call it quits on the old girl and get a replacement.
Checked Costco and Canadian Tire, the former had a Poulan for $319.00 with a Honda engine, the latter had a Troy-Bilt with a Honda engine for $319.00. The former had a two year warranty, the latter had a four year warranty. I bought the Troy-Bilt.
Does a fantastic job, and is a fair bit lighter than the mower it replaced. My yard isn't big, so I just used it on mulch.
I bought this exact same mower about three years ago. I liked the powerful Honda engine and lack of self-propulsion (is that the correct word?). It always starts on the first pull, even to this day, and even after sitting for months.
A couple years ago, I moved to a house with about 3/4 an acre of grass, so had to get a riding mower, at which time the 'ol Troy Bilt was relegated to brush and super-tall-grass duty, neither of which it was really designed for. It will plod along through the thickest, grisliest grass & brush, though I have killed it from time to time on tree roots, large rocks and the like. I feel bad for subjecting a nice new mower to this duty, but it takes a licking and keeps on ticking and has never let me down.
The "auto-return" plastic choke lever sticks now (I assume from getting banged into things like the side of the house, air conditioning unit, etc.), so it never fully returns to the no-choke setting after starting, I have to do it manually, but that's how I prefer it.
Smokes a little on start-up, but all-in-all I love the mower & the Honda engine. Quiet, powerful and refined are three good words to describe it.
