@ Alexx and Huggis – I bought a new Mountfield ride on earlier this year for my new bigger garden.
Hydrostatic gearbox, grass collection, free mulch kit, and now with 5year warranty, Came out around £1800.
Also has a tow hitch so got a trailer too and its ace for moving heavy or bulky items around the garden – compost, rocks, logs etc.
Also, the advantage of it not being a push mower is that my missis now does all the mowing as it is really easy. Taking a smaller push mower grass collector up and down the garden to the tipping point would be a drag and take for ever!
And….if any friends come to stay for the weekend, it’s a novelty for them to have a go….and they can mow the lawn for us too 🙂