“Great machine- better than electric mowers”
I have crafmans model 917-387271 from 1999. I have about 1/2 acre block. This lawn mower never gave me any problems. Apart from air filter, spark plugs, I did not change anything. The catcher bag joints came part. I sew the thing myself. This is still doing great-- now I feel its piston ring may be due from a change. So today 02-13-2010, I bought one Home lite electric mower-- I tried to mow my yard - it was ok in front of the house BUT when I tried to take at back of the house, I found its too massy- rolling up the wires and plugging it bak etc, Also I noted down the electric meter reading, at the end I worked out the usage - it came about a dollar bill. If I buy a dollar worth of gas for my 917-38721 , I can cut 1/2 acre block at least 3 times.
So I found electric mower uneconomical fo me so I returned the home lite within 3 hours of puchase. I am concerned about my pocket in long run.
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