JDgreen227
Super Member
Last year I purchased a Brute (Briggs and Stratton manufactured) 22 inch self propelled walk behind push mower. It has the 190cc, 6.75 torque rating Briggs engine. It starts in one or two pulls, cuts well, is fuel efficient, and I like it except for one factor:
In self propelled mode, it is SLOW...agonizingly slow. I marked off a 528 foot distance, then ran it in self propelled mode that far and timed it. It took almost THREE MINUTES (2 min and 53 seconds exactly) to travel that far, meaning it is moving at just over 2 mph. I can easily walk at 3.5 to 4 mph following a push mower so I am practically tripping over my own feet using this mower. I have a YardPro (Husqvarna) with the Chinese Kohler Courage XT-7 that would only do 2.5 mph, I bent the tab on the spring that controls the governor linkage and ZIP, the engine runs fast enough now to get 3.5 mph.
I am wondering if anybody else thinks their self propelled mowers are really slow, I remember the Craftsman self propelled mower I had back in 2004 as being so fast I could barely keep up with it...:laughing:
In self propelled mode, it is SLOW...agonizingly slow. I marked off a 528 foot distance, then ran it in self propelled mode that far and timed it. It took almost THREE MINUTES (2 min and 53 seconds exactly) to travel that far, meaning it is moving at just over 2 mph. I can easily walk at 3.5 to 4 mph following a push mower so I am practically tripping over my own feet using this mower. I have a YardPro (Husqvarna) with the Chinese Kohler Courage XT-7 that would only do 2.5 mph, I bent the tab on the spring that controls the governor linkage and ZIP, the engine runs fast enough now to get 3.5 mph.
I am wondering if anybody else thinks their self propelled mowers are really slow, I remember the Craftsman self propelled mower I had back in 2004 as being so fast I could barely keep up with it...:laughing: