WHAT TO INSPECT / EXPECT WHEN BUYING A USED RIDING MOWER

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[@donnybrook22]

I got a little excited and bought a used riding mower from an estate sale. A Bolens mower. Just starting to tune it up for its first use.

[@wtbm123]

Cool , I still mow most weeks with my 1971 Sears SS14 . I hope to get a few more years out of it .

[@stanleybruister8820]

🎉😊

[@santaclause2875]

Hey Mowermedic, good stuff here! Thanks for posting. Hey, here in my neck of the woods, riding mowers (all mowers for that matter) get crapped on every day. When the grass (uhh, weeds) get high enough, most folks look for their old rider, throw a little gas in the tank, never ever check the oil, crank 'er up, and blow off the yard from 12 inches down to 3 inches. Then it gets rolled out back somewhere and abandoned (no cover from weather) until the yard is 12 inches high again. Same story....if it starts, fine. If it doesn't, junk it and go get another used rider somewhere on CL, or FBMP, or where ever. It's sad how lazy and neglectful the populace has become.

[@TraumaChaplain]

Maybe I missed it, but I would also add to smell the oil on the dipstick to see whether it smells like gasoline if gasoline has drained into the oil from the carburetor

[@gratzbuck9882]

Good advice and a good video. The old saying " The cobbler's children go barefooted ". My goodness, a Master Small Engine and Mower Mechanic mows his yard with 20-year old Murray ! 🙄

[@darrenbyrne4622]

Great video as I'm buying a ride on mower your advice really helped thank you so much

[@marcelcanuck]

good point , when it needs a batterie it usually means it hasn't run in a while and if it hasn't run in a while it's probably a piece of junk , if they don't run all they are worth is scarp metal prices

[@nashguy207]

Great video Jeremy. This should really help people that watch it before they go to look at a used mower they are thinking about buying!!

[@Big_Johns]

Nice video, Jeremy you should make a video of you taking the Goat to Chickanic's shop for yall to fix that oil leak around the dipstick base together. Then you can say your mowers been Chickarized. Ha!!!

[@JamesBrown-rm2rd]

thanks good to know love your videos

[@philliphall5198]

That was a good buy and it will run for years. I like the old Murray

[@ClipperzPM]

Next week's video what to look for when buying used echo 🤣 double dare ya mowermedic. Enjoying ya video

[@rickstratton4924]

My kinda shopper,atta boy

[@Steve-ck8bv]

Awesome video!

[@mentelatl]

Awesome!

[@rickeysmith7674]

Great tips to look outfor thanks a lot that helps by the way do you raise chickens to I heard a lot of them🐓🐓

[@dartvader9939]

Dang! Now i need to mow

[@ashleymarie7452]

Very good video. Thanks. But using a bungi cord to hold the blade cover open is dangerous as hell!

[@vasjoscav]

great video, actually i nee to buy a one riding mower , If you can recommend me one to review it would be great. i'm in orange city

[@andrewjohnston6230]

Is there a course that I can take in the uk that will help me to fix lawnmowers and weed wackers and other small engines

[@junebug8882]

Come on... Let's do it

[@junebug8882]

Getting old.. lol

[@rongnummer3378]

Where do i get one of those fancy grass deflector hold-open gadgets?

[@THEMOWERMEDIC1]

Bungeeus cordicus

[@hatteraslabuf]

Didn’t you do a video on spindle bearing wear? And something about a spindle with a zerk not actually lubricating the sealed bearing inside and how to correct that by taking off the ‘internal’ bearing seals? If so, I would love to see it again but can’t find it. Any help locating it?

[@danoakley6538]

Some other guy did a KZbin on that. He believed that the seals don't have to be removed. He showed it being lubed, the grease still go into the bearing.

[@hatteraslabuf]

I was sure that it was MowerMedic1. That’s where I usually get all of my learning !!!

[@travismauldin7194]

Dennis Coffey did a video on that.

[@kevinhaley6776]

Stevessmallenginesaloon did a video on it

[@hectora3692]

How about testing if all gears are working go for ride shift all gears including the reversed . Also how does the cutting goes . I had friend he told me . He purchased a used lawn mower the seller give ready cause the mower wasn’t doing the cutting right. Reason why . Some one install the blade the wrong way. So he almost gave it away almost for nothing what a deal 🍀👍

[@THEMOWERMEDIC1]

👍

[@philliphall5198]

Keep it simple and service it Keep it in side

[@josem.2909]

9:10 we can see the steering wheel column is kissing the belt, just barely touching but still a kiss🤣

[@THEMOWERMEDIC1]

A brand new machine does this

[@aci7836]

If you are going to someone's house to look at buying a mower, YOU'RE the customer, and THEY are the seller! That drove me nuts

[@davehall2160]

We are looking to buy a new lawnmower. In your opinion, which type mower would you recommend, the type with the steering wheel or the Zero turn ?m&

[@josem.2909]

May I reply? 😄 in my opinion if you have big area and want to get done quicker, and budget is not an issue then buy a zero turn, if you don’t wanna spend extra money and don’t have huge yard and wanna take your time mowing then buy one with steering wheel, I personally prefer the ones with speeds like the guy in the video said, I get tired with those pedal drive mower that you need to keep pushing in the pedal yo go forward, with the speed transmission you just put in the preferred gear and go.

[@davehall2160]

@@josem.2909 Thank you, is there a brand that you think that is better than the other

[@THEMOWERMEDIC1]

No sir they all pretty much are made by Ayp. Or Mtd

[@THEMOWERMEDIC1]

It’s just like the automobile market now getting a lawn tractor with a manual transmission is few and far between

[@philliphall5198]

I buy them just for engine Rest don’t matter to me It’s parts AllWAYS looking for JD to rework and sale Junk mowers are 40 bucks if I see a chance engine rebuildable

[@ryanshoulder8110]

Coming from someone who flips tractors, please DO NOT ASK HOW OLD a tractor is when going to buy one.

[@hatteraslabuf]

Why not? It might demonstrate that the unit may not be worth what they think it’s worth.

[@kc9146]

Absolutely! If the machine runs/drives well, it does not matter if it’s 2,5,9 years old or whatever. Condition is what matters. These are not a year-round used item!

[@techguy9023]

Hour meters are your friend

[@kc9146]

This is all good info, but keep in mind…. If your going to look at an old riding mower that’s $500 or less, you need to expect issues, it’s not going to be a new $2000+ machine. If a buyer beat me up that bad over a cheap rider, I’d ask them to leave & tell them it’s not the mower for them. 🤷‍♂️

[@titansrba3339]

Wow, for someone that works on mowers for a living, you beat the absolute F*** out of that poor thing!

[@marcelcanuck]

they aren't made to admire , i have 1 acre of hills , ruts and ditches you should see the hell mine goes threw , he was riding that mower like a Sunday driver compared to me

[@THEMOWERMEDIC1]

Um no I don’t

[@danoakley6538]

A cobblers shoes are never repaired! Too busy working on customer shoes, or the saying goes.

[@escapetherace1943]

does your pristine mower take you out for dinner before it *'s u too?

[@user-gh4og5hb4j]

Crashed???

[@scottbryant2235]

Let the customer know about the carb gas leaking? I though we was the customer.. NP!

[@THEMOWERMEDIC1]

Absolutely

[@marcheld]

Once you realize he uses the term “customer” for “seller”, it makes more sense.

[@philliphall5198]

Never believe anything they tell you Look for fresh silicone. Bad engine Look at deck for wrapping