By Jen Jones
My Weedeater 20″ gas lawnmower with a Briggs & Stratton engine was purchased from a local big box store. It is a 300 series, and I have had it about 6 years. The low price was a big reason I chose this model. I needed a basic push mower, and this one fit into my budget better than other brands. If you plan to go to a big box store for a mower, do not assume that any sales associate will be able to answer many questions about which model would work the best. You’ll typically get someone who just reads to your from the box on the shelf, in my experience.
I had to put the mower together when I got home. The only problem I had with putting it together was not having the correct tools. Once I got those, putting it together was easy, even for a woman who has rarely put anything together. I just followed the directions closely and was happily surprised when it started right away.
This has been a really good mower for me. The blades are sharpened every spring and the oil is changed. It is a little difficult to change the oil, but once I got used to what I needed to do, it became easier each year. The blade comes off easy, but I have a hard time remembering how to put them back on. I finally sprayed painted an X on the top of the blade so I would remember how they came off. This is all the maintenance I have done to the mower.
The mower cuts evenly and can be pushed close to objects to make using a weed eater unnecessary in many places. Small areas do still need the weed eater used near them, but I have managed to limit that. It runs for quite a while on a tank of gas, which is really important when gas is so expensive.
One issue I have with the mower is how it starts. It has a choke button that needs pushed three times before you try to start it. There are times when it needs pushed more than three times before it will start. I have had to push it up to six times, but then run the risk of flooding the engine and having to wait for a while before I try again.
I also wish I had considered buying a push mower with an electric start. Pulling the rope to start every time I shut it off gets old very quickly. But, this is a personal issue and not one about the mower itself.
Another problem I have with the mower is that it can be hard to push. I am a strong woman, but with some types of grasses, the mower is extremely hard to push. I wish I had considered a self-propelled mower when I was looking for a new mower. Again, this is a personal wish and nothing that is wrong with the mower.
I will definitely consider another Briggs and Stratton powered mower if I ever need to replace this one. It does everything I need it to do and is simple to use. For the price I paid that was well below $200, it was a great choice for me!
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I had this exact mower until the end of last summer. I purchased it from a yard sale for $40 in 1994. I never had any problem through out the 20 years that I had it and I’m looking to purchase another just like it, except this time I want it to have the capability to mulch. Weed eater is a good brand.
I have the same mower. Bought it about 5 years ago. Worked really well for the first few years then the back right tire well metal fractured or wore out. I use this mower in a nice flat yard. Luckily my brother welded it so I could continue using it. (The mower is always in a shed, when I’m not using it.). It didn’t rust, it just broke. Now this year the carb has been acting up. I fixed that in my own, but next time I was mowing left rear tire well fractured the same way. My brother is not available right now, so I used some fence wire, heavy duty, and wired the metal back to the frame, until he’s available. I’m not impressed. I take better care of this mower than I have any of my previous, used, 20 year, or more, old mowers and the metal is bad. I’ve never seen a mower fall apart this way. My first brand new mower, I thought I would have for a while.
I have a Greenworks cordless mower, edger, weed wacker, and hedge
trimmer (I bought them after read reviews from trugreen and agreenhand).
I love them. Quiet and really clean. And I have thick St Augustine grass which it
mows every one of the an hour on a single chargewith easy.
BUT its definitely not BIFL. The batteries will minimize holding
electric powered one day, and who knows if they’ll be available.
BTW – Those saying electric (corded or cordless) does
not need power will be a little dated in their assumptions.
It’s a basic fact that DC motors have more torque than gas applications.
It just took a while for the motors and batteries to grow efficient and
expense effective enough to use for lawn care type applications.
If there is no bag that catches the grass, what do you do with the cut grass? Do you have to rake it up?
I leave the cut grass on the lawn. It prevents weed pollen seeds from starting up and it also acts as a fertilizer/mulch on the lawn.
Mine finally quit working after 14 faithful years! I can only hope my next one will last half as long. Best mower I ever owned!
You say it’s hard to push. Most mowers come with the wheels all the way low. Try raising them a notch up should make pushing much easier.
Until just now, I never heard of a Weedeater lawn mower. I wonder if I can buy a used one in New Orleans, La. ?
Donde puedo encontrar una cortadora de cesped como está, si me pueden desir por favor
I bought this Weed Eater 20″ Briggs and Stratton 300 series 4.5 148cc lawn mower May 2010 and it still starts first pull and mows my grass evenly every time. This is embarrassing but I can prove how great this mower is. I have NEVER checked OR replaced the oil, NEVER changed the spark plug, I have NEVER maintenance this mower whatsoever and folks, this mower still runs GREAT! I mow a quarter acher EVERY week over uneven, bumpy land once a week from May through October EVERY year since May 2010. I HIGHLY recommend this mower and any other mower with a Briggs and Stratton 300 series 148cc 4.5 engine.
i bought mine in 2008 and this was a great mower for me too that lasted for years. it cuts off alot with taller grass and gets stuck alot in dips in the yard. I have the same problem as the person above that said the metal came off, mine did too a few years ago. so it also needs welding and my wheel came off with it. so that needs to be put back on too. I have another one like it that doesn’t work right and was going to swap some of the parts but didn’t want to mess with the blade.
I have had my weedeater 300 series for more than 4 seasons now. It’s been a tough one. Together we have mowed some trees over.This season I have an issue with starting it. I’ve been putting a touch of gas in the carb on start up.I have gotten another one for parts I took off gas tank & carb cleaned it up to use on mine. Just gotta get an diaphragm for Carbondale new gov & idle springs. Hopefully old faithful will be like new.Wanted to find an instruction manual with detailed parts along with pictures