Barry Natchitoches
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Concerned about the cost of gasoline, I bought a Scott's reel mower from Home Depot back last autumn.
The literature that came with it says it comes sharpened, but I can't hardly get it to cut anything, even after I roll over and over on the same small area. I mean, I rolled that thing on the same five feet by 2 feet patch of grass that was about 4 or 5 inches tall probably 10 or 20 times, and most of it was still not cut when I quit.
Is there some secret to cutting with these mowers?
Or do you think my problems stem from the fact that the blades are not sharp, no matter what Scott's literature might say?
I am hoping that if gas prices get high enough, a reel mower might be the answer, but if the dern thing doesn't cut.....
And where in the world does a non-mechanical person like myself ever get those blades sharpened, if that is the problem?
The literature that came with it says it comes sharpened, but I can't hardly get it to cut anything, even after I roll over and over on the same small area. I mean, I rolled that thing on the same five feet by 2 feet patch of grass that was about 4 or 5 inches tall probably 10 or 20 times, and most of it was still not cut when I quit.
Is there some secret to cutting with these mowers?
Or do you think my problems stem from the fact that the blades are not sharp, no matter what Scott's literature might say?
I am hoping that if gas prices get high enough, a reel mower might be the answer, but if the dern thing doesn't cut.....
And where in the world does a non-mechanical person like myself ever get those blades sharpened, if that is the problem?