Having a lawn is not a luxury that most people can enjoy. If you happened to have a beautiful Australian lawn, you should definitely consider yourself lucky. Having a lawnmower, a requirement that doesn’t need to be told. If you happened to have one, or if you’re planning to get a new one, here are some of the Practical tips to extend the life span have your lawnmower.
Always Follow the Manufacturer Guide on Repairing/Maintenance
There’s no doubt that some of us happened to grow up in neighborhoods and houses where lawnmowing was more or less a house chore once in a couple of weeks. Because of that, our parents were used and advised us on how to maintain the mower.
The problem with this advice is the sheer outdatedness. Because nowadays, mower designs are unique and repairing and maintenance should always be done according to the manufacturer’s recommendations if you want them for a longer time.
Be Sure to Ensure the Core Issue of the Matter
Let us assume that your mower suddenly stops when you’re working it. When this happens, it doesn’t immediately point at one specific cause but several. For example, the reason behind this might be, fuel might be reaching the engine which indicates an issue with the air filter, or even issues with inadequate spark plugs, and it just might be an issue with the engine itself.
To rectify this issue, you should start from the cheapest and come upwards; but is that enough? No – even if replacing the spark plug resolves the matter temporarily, if it’s a problem with the engine, you just have to replace the engine. Why so? That’s the next point. As a bonus tip, don’t expect matters to resolve on their own – fix them as needed by yourself. Because the longer you wait, the higher would be the damage.
Replace the Engine on Time
This is probably the most important fact on this list. Because most people would throw away truly amazing and branded equipment, just because they assume that the lifespan of the entire mower is over just because the engine is malfunctioning. This is since they end up wasting enough of trying to repair an engine. What you should actually do is replace your mower engine for good.
That way, it will be like you replenished the entire requirement, and that initiates a second lifetime; that’s doubling the overall lifespan of the mower as a whole. Given how expensive all-new lawnmowers are, this would be getting a brand-new lawnmower, for a ridiculously low price, preserving the equipment quality.
Avoid Running it Over Damaging Surfaces
There’s nothing wrong with expecting the mower to work on the ways they’re supposed to. But the problem arises when these expectations are truly damaging. If you inspected the blades and the entire setup of a mower, you’d see how they’re designed to run on flat surfaces where there are no coarse aggregates and such. Hence, if you move the lawnmower above such surfaces, you’d always end up lowering the lifetime of the mower as a whole, and that’s a fact.
