I need a push mower that will mulch up some dead leaves, is this a good choice?
1988854
I've never used it to mulch but I suspect it does a good job. Great lawnmower. It is a bit heavy and takes some effort to push but that's due to its solid construction. Never had to pull twice to start it...and that's a plus.
1988855
Not that I have tons of dead leaves in Florida, but it does great on the thick grass and bush on the farm. My guess is yes. Been very pleased with this mower.
1988856
YES!! The mower comes with the mulcher attached. Also is a cover you can use if one does not want to mulch.I gave my daughter and son-in-law one of these for their July birthdays and they rave over it. I liked mine so well that is why I ordered one for them. The mower comes with the oil The way it is packaged, just open the end of box, lay down flat and roll mower out. Attach the handle, set your height, add the oil and gasoline and one pull you are mowing away. A great mower for the price. Mowers last longer when using non-ethanol gasoline and it is suggested in the booklet. Mulching leaves is so good for the lawn. So I mulch every fall and leave the tiny pieces to decay and add nutrients for the grass. How good is that???
980444
It does mulch leaves well... Unfortunately it has the plastic blades (as do most of the blower/mulchers) so you want to avoid sticks. It also does not do well with wet leaves, but none of them do. Make sure you give the engine a rest if you feel it getting warm or if the turbine starts whining. It is a a good idea to give it a rest every hour or else the bearings can burn out. Our lawn person used our last blower/mulcher to blow the autumn leaves into 4 huge piles, and then sat on the ground and fed the leaves into the the tube until the engine burned up. It took 4 hours to do it, but you get the picture. One word of precaution... this unit is EXTREMELY HEAVY, so if you don't have strong arms your going to be sore after an hour of use.
926142
Not very well; you need to get a long, fast push going to get any benefit from the fancy gearing. An ordinary manual push mower will probably work as well, and cost less.
989321
I just used the vac attachment this spring for the first time and it will definitely pick up grass clippings. I used it to remove leaves in the flower beds that remained after the long winter. It easily picked leaves, mulch and small branches up. It was a little dusty as the mulch was dry but I you are just picking up grass clippings from the driveway you probably won't see as much dust.
1894627
The mulching kit works great. You'll only have to rake if you have a ton of leaves, and even then I think you can just leave them. The leaves get chopped up pretty finely.
186520
I've not had a good past experience with mowers when trying to mulch. So my expectations were really low when trying this mower for mulching. It must be the blade design. This lawnmower works great mulching. No, awesome. Best value mower I ever bought. My house lawn is 5/8 acre in California.
1588614
I have used my machine to chip rhododendron and maple branches with leaves attached. It doesn't do a great job mulching the leaves. They just pass through. I also have a Yardman blower/vacuum that does a much better job mulching leaves in vacuum mode.
1961708
Personal Opinion: I don't think so. This is a push sweeper not a power sweeper of blower. It works best on freshly cut grass clippings with leaves mixed in. I did read one review that it doesn't work well on small oak leaves
851162
Yes to all questions. I use mulching but bag comes with unit. The 13 amp gave me the extra little boost over mu prior 12 amp mower. Well pleased with unit.
79204
I use mine for leaves,and it picks more than using a bagger.if you have a mulching mower it's great.
1687577
It has the option to have the side discharge, or to collect into the bag on the back. So yes, I think that does make it a mulching mower. We don't use the bag, so I can't say how well that works, but the mower has been a real gem otherwise.
443033
Having used this mower for a couple of months now, it is easy to push and operate. You do need to empty the bag a few times depending on how large your lawn is (or push the grass down by hand) and also not to allow the grass to overgrow. Otherwise it take a little more work to cut. Also a little tricky if you have grass right up to a fence as the blades don't get too close but for a typical lawn that has a path or flower bed adjacent, it cuts very well.
1092572
Yes, it cuts very well, as long as the grass isn't overgrown. It bogs easily in long grass, even when pushing it slowly. However, it has a very quick and efficient height adjust mechanism, enabling one to make multiple cuts very easily. I love this mower!
49467
It's not a good tool for creating mulch from the items you've described. The Chipper Joe has a 2" diameter feed hole, so it's really meant to be used for chipping small tree branches. Works great for that. Sun Joe sells another tool that is designed to create mulch from soft items like vegetable peels, old fruit, leaves and so forth. I love my Chipper Joe for small tree branches. Works great.
699417
It handles them just fine. I have steep landscaping on both sides of my house. Just be careful and mow straight up and down until you get a feel for the mower. If you decide you can mow safely sideways try it with the blades off first.
1687578
Yes sir it is mulching. The side discharge attachment that comes with it can be added very easily. It just snaps on and keeps the mulching door open. Its been a good mower so far.
292713
Yes, it works fine for that as long a pile is not super high. If you get it into a foot high pile of leavs the leaves, it will stall out and there is a thermal protection circuit that will keep the mower off for about 60 seconds and you can restart it after that time is up. You did not mention if you planned to bag the leaf pieces for mulching or mulch on the spot. For mowing leaves on the lawn and pulverizing them into tiny pieces in the mulching mode, it works fine.