03-18-2013, 02:02 PM
I know, this should be in Gardening, but too important to miss. This was news to me when it happened & am old enough to know better, but didn't. If you hit a rock big enough to stop the mower engine, it can & probably will bend the crankshaft. That means you can just throw out the entire lawn mower as repair is cost prohibitive. I've mentioned this to a few people & they were unaware too, so this is my public service for today - Don't gamble about hitting rocks with your mower or you'll have to buy a new one! & no, I'm not going to just trash my beautiful 4 year old Toro self propelled, probably donate it to my mower repair guy. Lesson learned, as usual, the hard way.