OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Walk Behind Lawn Mower Frames Victa Lawn Mower Frames Victa alloy chassis quality drop.

Norm,

The free exploitation agreements? Couldn't agree more. Works well for shareholders and CEOs though. Pity the chickens are starting to come home to roost now. As for the later alloy bases, there is a marked drop off that I could see (and feel). I think old BB even had a point with the top bolted handles. The double bolted side mounted handles of the old chassis, again, give it a more solid feel with less flex.

MF,

I have noticed since I bought the Tornado that the ancient Corvette sucks up the grass much, much better than the tornado. Even with the poor condition thumblatch catcher it has. So long as you have decent blades on them, they are unbeatable. You can actually fill the catcher as opposed to the newer job not completely getting filled before it decides to start dumping on the lawn. I noticed on the newer alloy bases that the arch was not as high as the old green machines too. Perhaps that is also a consideration. Plenty of money saved on less alluminium though.