Poulan 22 Lawn Mower By sevp on - Updated Oct 15, 2011
As I mentioned in another review, I am not a fan of paying lots of money for lawn equipment. The work itself I don't mind, but paying for it...echh! But my old lawn mower lasted us a good eight years and I wasn't planning on pulling out the grass blade by blade.
Since we bought a Poulan brand gas trimmer, we figured to give it another shot by purchasing a Poulan Lawn Mower. After figuring out that I am too young to have a self-propelled mower and don't have a yard big enough to warrant a bag attachment, we settled on the 22" Poulan mower.
This lawn mower is pretty effective and gets the job done. It has a 22" radius and doesn't get easily caught up or stall when encountering things like wet grass. NorCal is famous for large periods of rain where you sometimes have to risk cutting wet grass or else you end up growing a perfect home for those stray gnome statues that seem to lose their way in Travelocity. The Poulan mower cuts through it just fine.
However, there are some slight issues you must be aware of should you purchase the Poulan lawn mower. First off, the protective rub strip attached to the back of the mower doesn't always like to lay straight. It is supposed to be there to keep your feet from catching rocks and little McDonald's toys left in the deep grass. Sometimes it gets easily caught underneath the mower. Ours came off because the blade eventually chewed it. All rocks are now removed from my yard and we don't get Happy Meals anymore, so I should be safe.
Also, if you keep the mower in cold storage, it can be a bear to start up. I recommend leaving it out in the sun for a day or else your back and biceps will get a good work out. If you choose not to take this advice, I recommend switching off every 20 pulls that way you don't have an imbalance of muscle build.
Other than that the Poulan lawn mower is a good buy and should last a few years in my shed.
It's been a few years, and I still have this mower. I'm happy to say it still cuts like a charm. I did have to replace the pull cord, and the rubber guard on the back of the mower didn't last long, either. But it still starts up in the spring time.
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Poulan PR160N22SH Purchased at: AAFES Price: 235
HoHo. Maybe the non-muscular folks should skip this one!
You have to be really careful of those little McDonalds toys, they would really hurt if thrown up by the lawnmower.
Never heard of this one, but sounds like its a really good lawn mower. I hate mine so I am looking for a new one! Thanks
Thanks for sharing the honest, detailed information on this mower. it sounds like a good lawnmower.
You are funny! Glad you are young. Some of us might never get it started!
Good pointers should I choose this as my next mower, thanks :0)
No more happy meals? LOL I loved the details. Sounds like a great inexpensive mower.
Sounds like a good deal for a small yard. I do, and have always, lived in homes that have HUGE yards and a push mower would be crazy to use. In the time it would take me to make one pass over the yard, I would have to go back and mow the first part because it would have overgrown again. So a push mower would be out of the question. I however have not been on my own yet and when the time comes for my own house, if the yard fits, a push mower may be just right. And this one sounds like a good deal.
I have to do that, too, leave my mower out in the sun for a day before I try to start it up. It seems to have something to do with moisture condensation in the spark plug.