How did you get your first mower?

[JDgreen]

I get mine from Home Depot now or the local tractor store now. It is amazing how much we learn about mowers as we get older. I still have the old one as a keep sake does that make me a hoarder? lol

Compared to me, NO. I have every mower I ever owned except for two, the Monkey Wards I got as my first one and my '83 vintage Craftsman I just got rid of three years ago.

 

[RobertBrown]

a FOOTBALL??
and how did that become your first mower? ??:smile:KennyV

Glad you asked
The guy with the football was part of a promotion. The promotion was as follows: Throw the football through the hole and you get up to 20% off of ANYTHING IN THE STORE. So, since there was no risk I said sure, l'ill try it.
The hole was about 10-12 inches in diameter cut through a sheet of plywood. If you stood 1 parking spaces away you got 10% off 3 15% and 4... well you get it. I tried the 4 and to my surprise the ball went thruogh the hole without a sound.
So I spent about 2000$ in there that day and I still don't remember what I went in there for, so I'm sure there is a screw missing somewhere.
I bought a webber grill, a lawn mower, a washing machine and probably some other stuff it was a long time ago....

Don't want to get off track but, since I bought that Weber grill I won't consider another brand. Far and away the best grill I have ever used. It's obvious the engineering is first rate. We do a lot of grilling here in Florida.
You really could bake a cake on this grill.

 

[JDgreen]

Thanks for providing that info, I was curious. The local HD opened here about 1996 and they were basically the only home center big box store after Builders Square closed about a year later...we currently have two Lowes. two HD's, and two Menards in this area.

 

[mois25]

It seems most of us capitalized on our folks getting new mowers. I as well tend to be the kind of shopper that does not like spending so much time in the stores. If I ever buy one I doubt if I will have room to compare brands.

 

[EverGreen]

I searched the internet for sales and when Sears had a sale, I purchased it online and picked it up at the store. I've had it for a while now. I got it when I had a much smaller yard, it's a push mower, and I need something that will make my life a bit easier.

 

[Kingwood990]

I got my first mower from a guy that worked with my mother at work. It was a well used Craftsman LT-1000. This mower led to me collecting bigger and better machines.

 

[KennyV]

There are much less interesting things to hoard than mowers...
So if you do collect mowers that would be GREAT... :smile:KennyV

 

[Stevie-Ray]

My first was given to me by my dad after he got his first rear-bagger. His new one was a Wards 3.5hp job and the handed down one was also a Wards, but 2.75hp. What the hey, it worked for quite a while. He then got a self-propelled Craftsman and sold me his Wards rear-bagger for 35 bucks.:laughing: I had that damn thing for a lot of years and it was still running when I bought my MTD, the mower I'm using today. Been married for over 35 years and now have only my third mower and the only one I bought new.:laughing: I've spent a total of $235 buying lawnmowers in my lifetime and I'm retired.:tongue:

 

[JDgreen]

My first was given to me by my dad after he got his first rear-bagger. His new one was a Wards 3.5hp job and the handed down one was also a Wards, but 2.75hp. What the hey, it worked for quite a while. He then got a self-propelled Craftsman and sold me his Wards rear-bagger for 35 bucks.:laughing: I had that damn thing for a lot of years and it was still running when I bought my MTD, the mower I'm using today. Been married for over 35 years and now have only my third mower and the only one I bought new.:laughing: I've spent a total of $235 buying lawnmowers in my lifetime and I'm retired.:tongue:

People like you are the reason some companies go bankrupt and close...nobody is buying their products !!! :laughing: :laughing: I am jealous...in the past nine years I have spent close to 26 grand for mowers and parts and maintenance...

 

[dgl24087]

People like you are the reason some companies go bankrupt and close...nobody is buying their products !!! :laughing: :laughing: I am jealous...in the past nine years I have spent close to 26 grand for mowers and parts and maintenance...

Let's see, I've bought my home in 1988, and last fall bought my third lawn mower. The first was a Murray 21" push mower bought from Rose's Dept. Store. It was a customer return, paid $79 for it. It lasted about 7 years, so I replaced it with a 22 inch Murray push mower from Walmart, paid $119 for it. It's still running, but last year I decided I needed a self propelled mower. I stumbled upon a Honda HRM 21 on Craigslist, paid $150 for it and feel like I stole it.