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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

 I have just purchased a new petrol mower from Homebase for £89.....reduced from £119.95...It has a 118cc....4 stroke OHV engine....and a 40 cm cut....It works a treat......  once I found the knack of starting it .....and cuts the longest grass in one cut. It's made in China....surprise ....surprise....but it seems quite robust and cost no more than an electric mower. It really is great not to have to drag the electric cable about... .....Just how do they produce them and then sell them at a profit at the price?..

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I have just purchased a new petrol mower from Homebase for £89.....reduced from £119.95...It has a 118cc....4 stroke OHV engine....and a 40 cm cut....It works a treat......  once I found the knack of starting it .....and cuts the longest grass in one cut. It's made in China....surprise ....surprise....but it seems quite robust and cost no more than an electric mower. It really is great not to have to drag the electric cable about... .....Just how do they produce them and then sell them at a profit at the price?..

By making them in China for 50p per hour or whatever?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I have just purchased a new petrol mower from Homebase for £89.....reduced from £119.95...It has a 118cc....4 stroke OHV engine....and a 40 cm cut....It works a treat......  once I found the knack of starting it .....and cuts the longest grass in one cut. It's made in China....surprise ....surprise....but it seems quite robust and cost no more than an electric mower. It really is great not to have to drag the electric cable about... .....Just how do they produce them and then sell them at a profit at the price?..

By making them in China for 50p per hour or whatever?

As much as that...Lizzie... .

[Marks DTM Calib]

Generaly its closer to 2 quid an hour now but, remember, the chinese government subsidise production through low cost energy and fuel

[Mysteryman]

I have just purchased a new petrol mower from Homebase for £89.....reduced from £119.95...It has a 118cc....4 stroke OHV engine....and a 40 cm cut....It works a treat......  once I found the knack of starting it .....and cuts the longest grass in one cut. It's made in China....surprise ....surprise....but it seems quite robust and cost no more than an electric mower. It really is great not to have to drag the electric cable about... .....Just how do they produce them and then sell them at a profit at the price?..

I recommend using that at 7:30 on a Sunday morning. Your neighbours will love you for it.

[pscocoa]

is the engine Briggs and Stratton?

[Dishevelled Den]

I have just purchased a new petrol mower from Homebase for £89.....reduced from £119.95...It has a 118cc....4 stroke OHV engine....and a 40 cm cut....It works a treat......  once I found the knack of starting it .....and cuts the longest grass in one cut. It's made in China....surprise ....surprise....but it seems quite robust and cost no more than an electric mower. It really is great not to have to drag the electric cable about... .....Just how do they produce them and then sell them at a profit at the price?..

Isn't garden machinery wonderful Opti?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I have just purchased a new petrol mower from Homebase for £89.....reduced from £119.95...It has a 118cc....4 stroke OHV engine....and a 40 cm cut....It works a treat......  once I found the knack of starting it .....and cuts the longest grass in one cut. It's made in China....surprise ....surprise....but it seems quite robust and cost no more than an electric mower. It really is great not to have to drag the electric cable about... .....Just how do they produce them and then sell them at a profit at the price?..

I recommend using that at 7:30 on a Sunday morning. Your neighbours will love you for it.

Our nearest neighbour is roughly 400 yards away....

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

is the engine Briggs and Stratton?

I've no idea......but I doubt it...not for £89...

[Marks DTM Calib]

I have just purchased a new petrol mower from Homebase for £89.....reduced from £119.95...It has a 118cc....4 stroke OHV engine....and a 40 cm cut....It works a treat......  once I found the knack of starting it .....and cuts the longest grass in one cut. It's made in China....surprise ....surprise....but it seems quite robust and cost no more than an electric mower. It really is great not to have to drag the electric cable about... .....Just how do they produce them and then sell them at a profit at the price?..

I recommend using that at 7:30 on a Sunday morning. Your neighbours will love you for it.

Our nearest neighbour is roughly 400 yards away....

Take the silencer off then 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

According to the specification ......it has 3.5HP.....that's not the same as BHP though...is it?

[Lizzie_Zoom]

According to the specification ......it has 3.5HP.....that's not the same as BHP though...is it?

Only if you fit the engine to a go-cart Opt

Now that is worth doing! 8-) 8-) 8-)

[waspy]

is the engine Briggs and Stratton?

Mine is & ten years on it's still going strong
I change the oil regular & that's it needs, cracking little mower
My neighbour borrows it when she's left the grass to grow too long for her push mower, i'll sometimes hear a clatter & grind when she's hit a stone
Borrows it with a full tank of petrol, returns it empty & never buys any

[albitz]

is the engine Briggs and Stratton?

Nope - Bliggs & Stlatton.

[Taxi_Driver]

is the engine Briggs and Stratton?

I've no idea......but I doubt it...not for £89...

It probably is 

I bought a petrol mower about 4 years from B&Q
At the time they were selling Briggs and Stratton branded mowers for considerably more money than their own branded mowers...comparing the engines between the two, you couldnt tell them apart.
So, branded as B&Q, but basically a Briggs and Stratton....altho, the rest of the mower had one or two more plastic parts.
So i sent my Dad in, on a tuesday (10% off day for oap's) to get me a B&Q one.....£70 

Secret, i found in starting them, especially when they've been stood all winter.....ignore the '3x' pushes to fill the carb with petrol......try 6x to 10x 
Mine usually goes first time.....albiet with a big puff of smoke, which clears pretty quick