notjustair
Well-known Member
How is it that every riding mower now needs 25
horsepower? When I was a kid we had an old rider
with a seven horse Briggs on it. I'm sure it was
probably 38 inch deck and three speed gear drive. I
never once remember mowing anything that made it
bog down or stall. When we mowed the solo trench
it was all pigweed over your head. She soldiered
right through.
I have a 1980 zero turn with a 60 inch deck. It has
two hydros and only has a 16 horse flat head
Kohler. It isn't overworked. Are the horsepower
ratings that inflated? It almost seems like we are in
the muscle car mentality of the 70's with these new
junk mowers.
I'll keep my old rear engine Snapper, two stroke
Lawnboy, and Marty J with no safety features.
horsepower? When I was a kid we had an old rider
with a seven horse Briggs on it. I'm sure it was
probably 38 inch deck and three speed gear drive. I
never once remember mowing anything that made it
bog down or stall. When we mowed the solo trench
it was all pigweed over your head. She soldiered
right through.
I have a 1980 zero turn with a 60 inch deck. It has
two hydros and only has a 16 horse flat head
Kohler. It isn't overworked. Are the horsepower
ratings that inflated? It almost seems like we are in
the muscle car mentality of the 70's with these new
junk mowers.
I'll keep my old rear engine Snapper, two stroke
Lawnboy, and Marty J with no safety features.