Cylinder mower

[Diggaboy1]

Now that the drought is over I'm looking to bring my lawn back up to scratch. So I'm looking to purchase a Cylinder mower in good nick.

Any pointers?

[henno]

Get this bad boy:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/JOHN-DEERE-RIDE-ON-3-GANG-CYLINDER-LAWN-MOWER-2653-72_W0QQitemZ110379424599QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Gard ening_Equipment?hash=item110379424599&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

[Diggaboy1]

Get this bad boy:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/JOHN-DEERE-RIDE-ON-3-GANG-CYLINDER-LAWN-MOWER-2653-72_W0QQitemZ110379424599QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Gard ening_Equipment?hash=item110379424599&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Long drive to Brisbane

Don't quite need that one.

[Jarro]

Check out the local mower shops, they're bound to have some older Scott Bonnar cylinder mowers there.

[3oneday]

Is the drought over up there ? That's good news 8)

So does that just leave Adelaide as dry as a nuns... ?

[Jarro]

We're not out of drought yet ..... the dams are just under 60%

[oncewasagolfer]

the drought lives strong down these parts we dont even look like getting any decent rain. My last two rounds of golf have been played on bare paddocks with sand and flags sticking out, one guy told me on sunday that this is the future.....I sure hope not:(

[Diggaboy1]

We're not out of drought yet ..... the dams are just under 60%

Current Dam Levels
59.41%
Do you really think the government will tell use the real figures.

[Diggaboy1]

the dam on Oxley has already over flowed on to the 4th fairway.

[Jarro]

Not likely :roll:

With regards to the mower, this is the make/model i used to have :

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SCOTT-BONNAR-CYLINDER-MOWER_W0QQitemZ300309490484QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_G ardening_Equipment?hash=item300309490484&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318 (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SCOTT-BONNAR-CYLINDER-MOWER_W0QQitemZ300309490484QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_G ardening_Equipment?hash=item300309490484&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318)

It was an awesome mower ..... B&S motors are very reliable.

$750 is a ridiculous starting price though !!! :roll:

[sms316]

Do your bit for the unemployment rate and pay some nuffy $10 to mow it for you.

[BrisVegas]

jarro - you have Qld Blue Couch don't you? I've got blue in my backyard and it's awesome stuff. The blue couch seems to just dominate the weeds, as long as you keep it nice and short. Our developer put Wintergreen Couch in our front yard and footpath and I gotta say it's just rubbish. I put down really good sandy loam underlay and have sprayed it with Kleen Lawn etc etc, but it's just riddled with crap. It just doesnt seem to have the vigour of the blue, nor the suppression of weeds. When we get around to landscaping our front yard, I'm gonna rip it up and re-do it in blue couch and look at getting a cylinder mower for the front patch.

[BrisVegas]

Do your bit for the unemployment rate and pay some nuffy $10 to mow it for you.

nuffys (aka Jim's mowing) wont even unpack the trailer for less than $50 these days... :roll:

[Jarro]

jarro - you have Qld Blue Couch don't you? I've got blue in my backyard and it's awesome stuff. The blue couch seems to just dominate the weeds, as long as you keep it nice and short. Our developer put Wintergreen Couch in our front yard and footpath and I gotta say it's just rubbish. I put down really good sandy loam underlay and have sprayed it with Kleen Lawn etc etc, but it's just riddled with crap. It just doesnt seem to have the vigour of the blue, nor the suppression of weeds. When we get around to landscaping our front yard, I'm gonna rip it up and re-do it in blue couch and look at getting a cylinder mower for the front patch.

Good idea Dion, nothing worse than having crappy turf in your front yard (where everyone can see it)

Blue couch is a good grass to use a cylinder mower on, it always looks great. There are other more hardy grasses you can get too but i'm not sure about budget/etc.

Just remember with regards to weeds in your lawn, your yard is only as good as your neighbours ..... if they have a shitload of weeds in theirs, chances are you'll get plenty in yours too :smt093

Oh, and i no longer have any Blue couch in my yard ..... it's all SirWalter now ...... no more cylinder mowing :(

[BrisVegas]

Just remember with regards to weeds in your lawn, your yard is only as good as your neighbours ..... if they have a shitload of weeds in theirs, chances are you'll get plenty in yours too :smt093

spot on. I was chatting to the old bloke across the road from me and he's into his blue couch bigtime. He was going off about the rental next door to him full of weeds and shit, that keeps infecting his lawn. Once your lawn gets invaded by rubbish grasses, you either have to spend months spot-killing it with roundup or completely re-lay it. The selective weeders wont normally help clear out feral grasses.

[oncewasagolfer]

a lawn whats that? we have a dust bowl out the back with a few clumps of grass here and there good 'ol stage 4 water restrictions:smt093

[Chris32]

Is the drought over up there ? That's good news 8)

So does that just leave Adelaide as dry as a nuns... ?

Correct, never seen it this dry before.

Even this time last year my lawn had started to come back, its just a pile of dust now. Rain forecast today, although I don't think we will get much