Regular commercial mower maintenance can go a long way toward preserving your equipment and budget, especially with the rigorous conditions landscapers face and long days mowing in the field. While teaching landscape crew members to “respect the machine” plays a large part in making mowers last, so do simple things like reading the operator’s manual, greasing parts, changing oil and keeping the mower clean and dry.
“There are some landscapers who are really great about maintenance and know how important it is, and their mowers last longer—and there are others who say, ‘We’ll get to it tomorrow,’ but that tomorrow never comes until the mower breaks down, says Patrick Havens, owner of 321 Lawn Mower Sales & Service in Maiden, N.C.
Here are five top lawn mower maintenance tips to keep your zero turn mower, walk-behind mower or three-wheel mower running long and strong through the season and beyond.