Mower mistake
It's a hard thing to
admit...but I picked the wrong mower.
The Swisher
string mower runs well and I like the 6.75 engine size but our
mixture of weeds and grass is a little too tough for the string which
needs to be replaced a lot when the weeds are high.
A replacement mower would be
self propelled and big with a blade and new enough to have the push
bubble that helps to make starting easier.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I recently bought an updated Yardman 6.75 HP push mower (not self-propelled) to replace the 15-year-old Yardman that had 6 HP. The only reason it needed to be replaced was due to the deck having rusted completely through and my inability to find a replacement deck. This new mower, despite it being slightly more powerful than the old one, craps out repeatedly under high grass. My old mower was like the Energizer bunny... it just kept going and going and going. I'm now trying to figure out how to put the old mower engine on the new mower's deck.
Moral of the story: just because it's new, doesn't mean it's going to work better.
We bought a trimmer mower about a month ago. I'd never heard of them until I saw your post on the subject.It was a godsend for us. Last weekend I plowed through a bank of weeds that was literally seven feet tall like it was nothing. There is no way we could have taken them down with our lawn mower.
The trick for us was getting the heavy-duty square string. Made all the difference for us.