OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Walk Behind Lawn Mower Frames Reel Lawn Mowers, Atco & Villiers etc. MEY mowers. Why are they so costly?

Am i missing something? $5500 is not much money for a machine that could make you $700 a day (in Perth) for 15 years is it?

I recently bough a lathe to make mey parts. It was only $3500 but could potentially make me a lot of money. MEY bought a new lathe for $500000 not long before it went bust. Now thats a lot of money.

Id imagine there are some contractors that would pay over $30000 for a nice new Hilux ute which do the same job as a beat up 20 year old rodeo.

I think the discussion regarding the use of reels in the eastern states is interesting. I would of thought sydney would be perfect for them as its a similar climate to Perth. the only diffenrece is the mindset of contractors. The soil type is irrelevant. It doesn't matter if its sand or clay or basalt.You mow the grass on top of it. It sometimes dosent even matter if the yard if particularly sandy as the mower goes over the top of it.Little ant hills are a bitch though.There is buffalo here and buffalo over there (i assume). As well as couch and the other types of green grass that is grown in front of someones house.As far as i know (thats not much) sydney contractors charge about twice as much as us in perth. Imagine if they had 30 inch MEY mowers. They could almost do twice as many lawns in a day.Using a rotary is like using a broom instead of a blower. Of course you'll save money with a broom. Ive seen cheap ones on gumtree for $2.50.

Specialised mower parts - or SMP for short - is run by Richard Keaney, who is the previous owner of MEY.