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[TheBoy]

My old Honda mower - the model that predates the Izzy range - used less than half a cupful to do my lawns bits of grass, though tiny area to cut. I always thought it was frugal on fuel.

Presumably that is now distributed throughout the greater Brackley area?

Nah, I have most of it:


Give the engine a fettle, and it'll be good as new....

[YZ250]

My Mountfield is smoking like a b*****d at the moment where some dozy mare put two stroke mix from the Moto X bike in it. 

She said she wondered what 33/1 meant on the side of the Jerry Can. 

[TheBoy]

My Mountfield is smoking like a b*****d at the moment where some dozy mare put two stroke mix from the Moto X bike in it. 

She said she wondered what 33/1 meant on the side of the Jerry Can. 

At least its lubricated

[YZ250]

My Mountfield is smoking like a b*****d at the moment where some dozy mare put two stroke mix from the Moto X bike in it. 

She said she wondered what 33/1 meant on the side of the Jerry Can. 

At least its lubricated

 

Must say, yours appears to have been running a bit lean.   

[kevinp58]

My old Honda mower - the model that predates the Izzy range - used less than half a cupful to do my lawns bits of grass, though tiny area to cut. I always thought it was frugal on fuel.

Presumably that is now distributed throughout the greater Brackley area?

Nah, I have most of it:


Give the engine a fettle, and it'll be good as new....

Bit of a touch up and some wheels and it'll be as good as new.  Just don't ask cem for the wheels and tyres. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I think that my petrol mower is probably running a little rich.

I  only get about three or four full cuts for each can of petrol (5 litres)....  

[Rods2]

My Mountfield is smoking like a b*****d at the moment where some dozy mare put two stroke mix from the Moto X bike in it. 

She said she wondered what 33/1 meant on the side of the Jerry Can. 

You don't drink WKD by any chance? 

Where I had run out of ordinary petrol I made the mistake of using some of my chainsaw 2-stroke mix and it also lubricated the plug gap causing a misfire which in turn lubricated the paper air filter, which clogged it, so it needed replacing. 

[Rods2]

My old Honda mower - the model that predates the Izzy range - used less than half a cupful to do my lawns bits of grass, though tiny area to cut. I always thought it was frugal on fuel.

Presumably that is now distributed throughout the greater Brackley area?

Nah, I have most of it:


Give the engine a fettle, and it'll be good as new....

The fire must have been at quite some temperature from the alloy it melted on your Kawasaki and also the alloy lawnmower engine. 

[Rods2]

I think that my petrol mower is probably running a little rich.

I  only get about three or four full cuts for each can of petrol (5 litres)....

Cheaper to pour beer on the lawn, so it comes up 1/2 cut. 

[Varche]

I haven't got a lawn but move stuff around with this.    8HP, 3 forward gears and one reverse. some brakes.



No idea of mpg , too busy figuring out how to stop. 

[TheBoy]

The fire must have been at quite some temperature from the alloy it melted on your Kawasaki and also the alloy lawnmower engine. 

I like fire. I have an unhealthy fascination with fire. I am mesmorised by it, infactuated even. I am certainly no stranger to them.

However, the speed and intensity of that one I still struggle to comprehend - from a "oh, maybe I should think about getting a hose on that" to "shit, both my neighbour and I are going to lose our homes" was probably only about 12 minutes. Probably the longest 12 minutes I'll ever experience, admittedly, but still only 12 minutes.

We've all seen TV programmes where they set fire to cars/sofas/whatever to show how dangerous fire can be, but I think you have to first hand witness it to comprehend.


So, to answer your question, yes, it was frakkin hot. Just as well, as I had nothing but a dressing gown, a cat and a phone on

[bigegg]

The fire must have been at quite some temperature from the alloy it melted on your Kawasaki and also the alloy lawnmower engine. 

I like fire. I have an unhealthy fascination with fire. I am mesmorised by it, infatuated even.

might be an idea to remove that bit, in case it's seen as an admission of culpability 

We've all seen TV programmes where they set fire to cars/sofas/whatever to show how dangerous fire can be, but I think you have to first hand witness it to comprehend.

We bought a sofa from a catalogue  not long after we were married.
It was properly labelled with all the "fire resist" tags.

Cos it was such low quality, after about two years, it was knackered, so decided to burn it in the field at the back of the house.
Quick squirt of IPA (iso propyl alcohol, not india pale ale  ) and a match.
It took about thirty seconds to become a huge ball of fire that was too hot to look at, and generate a HUGE mushroom cloud of black smoke 
within two minutes it had *gone*.
If it had happened in the house, we'd've been dead within 90 seconds 
Scary thought

[Sir Tigger KC]

I think that my petrol mower is probably running a little rich.

I  only get about three or four full cuts for each can of petrol (5 litres)....

That's because Opti Towers grounds are the size of several football fields!! 

Maybe the Romanian grounds staff are drinking it?   

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I think that my petrol mower is probably running a little rich.

I  only get about three or four full cuts for each can of petrol (5 litres)....

That's because Opti Towers grounds are the size of several football fields!! 

Maybe the Romanian grounds staff are drinking it?   

I think you're confusing my 'humble hovel' with that of someone else, Sir Tig.

It could be Lizzie. Rumour has it that she owns half of Kent.

[Vamps]

I think that my petrol mower is probably running a little rich.

I  only get about three or four full cuts for each can of petrol (5 litres)....

Yes, but we are talking lawns, not fields........