Walk behind Are lawn mowers ever lasting ?

[reynoldston]

10 wheel straight truck, tandem rear axle, Chevy C-65, 366 gas big block, 5 speed/2 speed rear, 24 foot van body on the back. Michigan law permits 16,000 -18,000 pounds per axle and it was used mainly to deliver full pallets of copy paper. With no load the springs were stiff enough to shake the driver apart even when belted in. The GVW for commercial trucks is always higher than the legal weight limit they can carry.

Now if you got your 1,000,000 miles out of that 366 Chevriolet without a OH you were runing on luck. It wasn't much more then a HD car engine. Almost like 10,000 hrs. a a push mower.

 

[JDgreen]

Now if you got your 1,000,000 miles out of that 366 Chevriolet without a OH you were runing on luck. It wasn't much more then a HD car engine. Almost like 10,000 hrs. a a push mower.

Sarcasm will get you nowhere with this old fart !!! :laughing::laughing: The truck belonged to my employer, wasn't my problem to fix it.

The truck 366 was a big-block GM engine used from the 1960's thru 1990's on GM medium-duty trucks and school bus chassis. It was engineered for torque, not horsepower, and proved to be very durable. Some hot rodders think because it is a big block, they can get cheap horsepower from one. Doesn't work that way.

 

[reynoldston]

I know all about them seeing I was a Chevriolet Truck mechanic back in them days. When I started it was the 348 truck engine 409 car engine. As I remember they didn't hold up very well in a truck. We are still runing a 454 in one of our older pickups. A real good gas hog.

 

[JDgreen]

I know all about them seeing I was a Chevriolet Truck mechanic back in them days. When I started it was the 348 truck engine 409 car engine. As I remember they didn't hold up very well in a truck. We are still runing a 454 in one of our older pickups. A real good gas hog.

You missed mentioning the 396, 402, and 427.

My '93 Airstream has the 454 gas big block, you ain't telling me NOTHING about gas mileage....:laughing:

 

[reynoldston]

They weren't HD truck engines and I didn't work on cars. But I remember the 261, 292 truck engines. They put the 454 in the pickups and motor homes. I sure hated working on the motor homes because they built the body around the engine. Chevrolet was just getting into diesel engines when I started working on Fords.

 

[Sammy the Red]

If the oil is changed regularly, can a lawn mower last forever ?

One needs to service more than just the oil to maintain any motor.

 

[jmurray01]

One needs to service more than just the oil to maintain any motor.

Yes, one does, but the oil is the main thing.

The spark plug doesn't need changed more than once every few years at least, and the air filter can just be cleaned once a season.

 

[benski]

If it moves, it wears. If it wears, it eventually wears out. That being said, I wholeheartedly agree that the best oil one can find, and the other preventive maintenance mentioned, will go a long way towards making our uh, "treasures" survive just one more season.:biggrin:

 

[jamesslcx]

It seems like with a little luck and good maint. and the deck doesnt rust, i dont see why a push mower wont outlast the original owner. Thats not to say it wont have a few new parts on it when its done! Everlasting probably not, very long lasting oh yea.

 

[Mister Mower]

I repair mowers for a living and I have seen some old old mowers still going. One if my customers that is religious about service has had her mower around for 25 years an it is on it's third set of tires and no engine rebuild yet.