You definitely got that right about keeping up.on maintenance on your lawn care equipment bill 💸💵

You are right about the maintenance. I bought a garage sale mower with a Brigg's engine 35 years ago and it still fires up and does a great job. Most don't know how to maintain but with KZfaq anyone can give it a try. Not sure what I will do when it craps out on me. Very good video. Thanks. Stevo

My wife and I were married and bought our first house in 1996. Needed to by a lawnmower. Go to Home Depot and look at mowers. I've always been a big fan of Honda mowers. Bought one. Happened to be Father's Day. Still use it but light usage. We retired and moved to the country. Had to buy a Airenes Zero Turn because we have three acres to mow. But we still use the Honda in places a 52" deck can't reach. But agree, maintenance is key.

Higher end mowers have their advantages for sure, but as you say, mostly we're buying a sticker. If a proven brand-name engine comes with a mower and it starts, runs smooth, has enough power, and lasts years, then most will do the trick. I know some swear by self-propelled and different catchment systems for clippings but that's a choice not a necessity. As for fuel stabilizer, you're right, it's great and will ward off many gas issues. What I like to do is dose the gas heavily with stabilizer when the tank is nearing empty and then run the engine dry until it stops, The heavy dose of stabilizer will penetrate the jets on that last run and help keep them clear while in storage. All the best, Bill. You're doing a really good job on your channel! (and you are looking fantastic for a much older man of your advanced years!).

Briggs & Stratton Quantum is the favorite. Powermore, also known as Power No more, is at the bottom. Have a good weekend Bill 👍

Glad you cleared up the JD myth! My L110 has been the best mower I've had that Kohler Command has been indestructible and it still performs well over 1000 hrs! Give me them 11" wheels any day. My 2 Husqvarna 22" self propelled with blade clutch are life saver in my business 👏🏾

Toro had Tecumseh engines as a rule for years. Tecumseh sold a lot of mower engines on Craftsman and Toro. I miss Tecumseh.

It's a shame 190cc engines don't come stock anymore on bottom of the barel mowers. I've seen a 140cc briggs on a self propell mower before. The extra 50cc's help a lot.

My favorite mowers are the ones that are FREE and Fixable EXCEPT the battery jobs. Sure they're WAY over priced BUT you get what you pay for. I let our local atomic power plant fuel all ours, from trimmers right on up and my carbon footprint from burning diesel for over 50 years wil cover me and Toots totally! So remain cool, Pal. We got 1/2 inch of drops last night according to plan! Happy weekend! CHEERS!

Given the channel title, you are assuming a lot. Most folks do not enjoy playing with tools, for them, it's work. Professionals learn to care for their tools or they fail because they can't compete. The amateurs groundskeepers who care about tools see a relationship between tool care and results. Tool collectors are entirely different. If you are trying to produce good work with minimum total expense, I agree 100% about maintenance being more important than the "quality " of the machine - but knowledge of how the tool works and how to use it most effectively is actually the most important. That knowledge guides the tool you choose and the care you take of it. imo It's more important to match the tool to the user than to match it to the work. I don't expect people to understand or care about machines as a tech or engineer would, because most folks expect that a tool made for them can be turned on and run, turned off when they are done, and other than obvious cleaning, can be ignored the rest of the time. I recognize that people apply effort by priority of something to their welfare. Lawns aren't a necessity, so tools for lawns are low priority unless the user enjoys the associated work. For others a mediocre tool that is highly reliable is better than an excellent one that requires more from the user. The stale gas and mixed deposits issue is why, for light use home grounds keeping equipment, I prefer and recommend electric to gas when the geography allows. Dealing with an extension cord or batteries is a chore, but both are obvious necessities for the equipment to run, making them impossible to forget. For maintenance it's easier to convince a non-tech user to bring a plug in battery inside, and relatively clean electrical equipment into a heated home each winter (at which time they are more likely to do additional cleaning), than to train them to clean and maintain fuel systems of something they store for 5 months in a unheated garage or shed. This wouldn't be as much of an issue if consumer gas machines were designed for cleaner, simple, tool free draining and cleaning of the fuel systems. It wouldn't be expensive for makers to add drains to the tiny fuel tanks. Simple passive fuel level indicators would make it easier for a casual user to schedule running a 2 cycle engine "dry". Flushing such a system could be done with less effort, mess, waste and pollution. Adding these two missing features would increase the perceived value and lifespan of the machines. The only reason for NOT doing so isn't cost. It's because mechanics design machines for mechanics.

I change the oil in my Honda every 5 to ten years, leave it sit all winter with the same gas. starts right up. I guess the new Hondas arn't as good.

Remember MTD=Made To Die Honestly they are ok, a bit too much plastic but leaps and bounds better then powerSmart

How you been sorry i'm not around as much i have been real busy got lost work been doing some work for the County Emergency Management Department