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***glc*** · 04-05-2008, 09:03 AM

I bought a Troy-Bilt 21" push mower with a Honda engine last year. It's a piece of junk, a waste of my $239. Even with a freshly sharpened blade, it leaves a strip of grass uncut down the middle (doesn't matter whether you use chute, mulch, or bag mode), and the engine doesn't have an oil drain plug. To change the oil you have to tip the mower over and dump it out the fill tube. Not only that, when the bag is not hooked up (using it in chute or mulch mode) the rear skirt folds under and blocks the wheels when you try to pull it backwards. I'm seriously thinking of going back to Lowe's real soon and telling them how dissatisfied I am with it, and seeing what kind of deal I can swing on something decent.

This is the POS:

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...711&lpage=none

04-05-2008, 09:03 AM	#24
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 37,707	I bought a Troy-Bilt 21" push mower with a Honda engine last year. It's a piece of junk, a waste of my $239. Even with a freshly sharpened blade, it leaves a strip of grass uncut down the middle (doesn't matter whether you use chute, mulch, or bag mode), and the engine doesn't have an oil drain plug. To change the oil you have to tip the mower over and dump it out the fill tube. Not only that, when the bag is not hooked up (using it in chute or mulch mode) the rear skirt folds under and blocks the wheels when you try to pull it backwards. I'm seriously thinking of going back to Lowe's real soon and telling them how dissatisfied I am with it, and seeing what kind of deal I can swing on something decent. This is the POS: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...711&lpage=none Last edited by glc; 04-05-2008 at 09:07 AM.