Comments on: Husqvarna 64 Push Reel Mower http://www.reelmowerreviews.com/husqvarna-64-push-reel-mower/ Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:48:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: mowerbloke http://www.reelmowerreviews.com/husqvarna-64-push-reel-mower/comment-page-1/#comment-26 mowerbloke Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:01:36 +0000 http://reelmowerreviews.com/?p=309#comment-26 How do you get those seed stalks under control? Here in North Queensland, Australia, we get a lot of rain and the grass just goes crazy. It wasn't so bad, but the local lawn mix contains grasses that have long tough seed stalks that require several passes or pushing and stopping the reel mower just on the spot where the seed stalks are, so the residual spin chops it of; but pushing and pulling like that is very hard to over an extended period. Any reel mower that might be able to handle them? How do you get those seed stalks under control?

Here in North Queensland, Australia, we get a lot of rain and the grass just goes crazy. It wasn’t so bad, but the local lawn mix contains grasses that have long tough seed stalks that require several passes or pushing and stopping the reel mower just on the spot where the seed stalks are, so the residual spin chops it of; but pushing and pulling like that is very hard to over an extended period.

Any reel mower that might be able to handle them?

]]> By: greenonion http://www.reelmowerreviews.com/husqvarna-64-push-reel-mower/comment-page-1/#comment-25 greenonion Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:38:11 +0000 http://reelmowerreviews.com/?p=309#comment-25 I have a Flymo push cylinder [reel] mower. Made in Sweden by Husqvarna. Bought it at the local big box hardware store. There are no good new hand push mowers available in Australia as far as I know. My brother in Canada has a beauty made in USA which you cannot get here and is just too expensive to import. The Flymo started "skipping" after about a year of use. That is, I pushed, the wheels turned, but the cutting reel did not. Very frustrating. The problem was the cheap plastic wheels, which incorporate the cog wheel, flexed and the pinion which turns the reel disengaged. The solution was to take off the wheels and place a spacer washer [5/8"] behind the pinion gear to push it closer to the cog wheel. It now cuts the gnarly high couch quite well. I have a Flymo push cylinder [reel] mower. Made in Sweden by Husqvarna. Bought it at the local big box hardware store. There are no good new hand push mowers available in Australia as far as I know. My brother in Canada has a beauty made in USA which you cannot get here and is just too expensive to import. The Flymo started “skipping” after about a year of use. That is, I pushed, the wheels turned, but the cutting reel did not. Very frustrating. The problem was the cheap plastic wheels, which incorporate the cog wheel, flexed and the pinion which turns the reel disengaged. The solution was to take off the wheels and place a spacer washer [5/8"] behind the pinion gear to push it closer to the cog wheel. It now cuts the gnarly high couch quite well.

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