Its what happens when you get your lawn too pristine. Looks like the mower hit one blade of crabgrass and totaled the thing.
IrishmanProdigy747
Lol mine broke in the exact same way
I had a shitty old Husqvarna I used for a good chunk of my childhood. The powered drive worked for *maybe* a year. My Dad was too cheap to get a new one til I moved out and let me have the Husqy for free (turns out I’m cheap too because I used that for 5 years at my grandparents house).
Later bought my first house, the VERY first time I cut my grass it broke just like your pic. To boot, it broke on the VERY last row of grass the exact INSTANT I was done. Took it as the universe trying to tell me a sign. What that sign is? I do not know
ExistingLet8016
Damn you gotta be mistreating that thing.
DistanceTravelerBob
Happened to me with my snow blower. Found the parts in the spring when the snow melted. I use Loctite on them now.
A_Crafty_Platypus
Is the metal actually snapped or did the part where it folds lose the bolt/screw that holds it?
moneyfink
oneson9192
That’s *not* very typical, I’d like to make that point.
steelvike
Were you mowing the air like Jim Lahey?
ExRockstar
I had a yard machine. On the heavy side. The handle broke down lower where it attaches to the frame. Twice. Took it to have it welded both times.
ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj
You lost a nut, methinks
Numerous-Ad2571
The back side of that motor speaks highly on the lack of care this thing has seen
Ott0bot2
Yeah my lawn mower did the same thing last summer right before my wife went into labor. That was a fun day
Separate-Giraffe4780
Pher63
My Toro 22″ Recylcler handle snapped where the engagement handle fit in to it.
Cash_Option
In 1989 used a shoestring to replace the missing screw that had fell out i was 14
Thethirstymoose62
Just ge you some of that flex tape I see holding water out of boats, you’ll be back at it
johnnyg08
Beer-thirty
Original_Ant7013
I had a Scott’s fertilizer spreader do something similar. The frame rusted from the inside out.
Phrantic09
As a kid I mowed my lawn with an old ass Craftsman from the 70s (this was in the early 90s)You shut it off by flipping a metal flap onto the spark plug. This happened to that mower and dad and I taped a sawed off hockey stick to the handle to hold it together.
B-Georgio
If it makes you feel any better my mower wheel fell off last week while mowing in front of a couple neighbors…
Affectionate-Word498
yea, I’ve gotten “fed up” with a lawnmower.
grandpasking
Yes
ImpressiveWalrus7369
Not this specifically, but I broke the rear wheels off the deck on my last one and reattached it with a twisted coat hanger. Got another couple years out of it before retiring it.
Fresh_Value_6922
Yes
Comeantakeit
No, but love the camo lawnmower.
Hopeful_Staff7001
Oh yeah
Artistic_Tutor_2613
My toro had both sides break. Dry yard kinda clumpy lotta bumpy. Wore down and broke.
Imaginary_Cash_5180
Duct tape
Appropriate-Sun834
This doesn’t simply just “happen”
filthycasual4891
Should be posted to r/ithinkyoushouldleave
GhostNote33
No, but why did I think your entire lawn mower was camo for a second? I should sleep.
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Its what happens when you get your lawn too pristine. Looks like the mower hit one blade of crabgrass and totaled the thing.
Lol mine broke in the exact same way
I had a shitty old Husqvarna I used for a good chunk of my childhood. The powered drive worked for *maybe* a year. My Dad was too cheap to get a new one til I moved out and let me have the Husqy for free (turns out I’m cheap too because I used that for 5 years at my grandparents house).
Later bought my first house, the VERY first time I cut my grass it broke just like your pic. To boot, it broke on the VERY last row of grass the exact INSTANT I was done. Took it as the universe trying to tell me a sign. What that sign is? I do not know
Damn you gotta be mistreating that thing.
Happened to me with my snow blower. Found the parts in the spring when the snow melted. I use Loctite on them now.
Is the metal actually snapped or did the part where it folds lose the bolt/screw that holds it?
That’s *not* very typical, I’d like to make that point.
Were you mowing the air like Jim Lahey?
I had a yard machine. On the heavy side. The handle broke down lower where it attaches to the frame. Twice. Took it to have it welded both times.
You lost a nut, methinks
The back side of that motor speaks highly on the lack of care this thing has seen
Yeah my lawn mower did the same thing last summer right before my wife went into labor. That was a fun day
My Toro 22″ Recylcler handle snapped where the engagement handle fit in to it.
In 1989 used a shoestring to replace the missing screw that had fell out i was 14
Just ge you some of that flex tape I see holding water out of boats, you’ll be back at it
Beer-thirty
I had a Scott’s fertilizer spreader do something similar. The frame rusted from the inside out.
As a kid I mowed my lawn with an old ass Craftsman from the 70s (this was in the early 90s)You shut it off by flipping a metal flap onto the spark plug. This happened to that mower and dad and I taped a sawed off hockey stick to the handle to hold it together.
If it makes you feel any better my mower wheel fell off last week while mowing in front of a couple neighbors…
yea, I’ve gotten “fed up” with a lawnmower.
Yes
Not this specifically, but I broke the rear wheels off the deck on my last one and reattached it with a twisted coat hanger. Got another couple years out of it before retiring it.
Yes
No, but love the camo lawnmower.
Oh yeah
My toro had both sides break. Dry yard kinda clumpy lotta bumpy. Wore down and broke.
Duct tape
This doesn’t simply just “happen”
Should be posted to r/ithinkyoushouldleave
No, but why did I think your entire lawn mower was camo for a second? I should sleep.