Photos by Warren Woodhouse
Today, my mum and dad bought me my first ever vehicle - a ride-on lawn tractor, essentially it’s a tractor but for lawn mowing but the difference between a tractor and a mower is that a tractor has a tow bar and can be used for other agricultural purposes other than mowing lawns. I’m now a proud vehicle owner for the first time ever in my life!! It’s this year’s model as well and bought brand new (slightly used, just) and mum and dad bought it for me for £640 and it has no VAT. Yay! I’m now a proud owner of a vehicle.
Ok, here are the facts. It’s a 2023 Mountfield 827M, 224cc STIGA petrol engine, Mountfield Red Livery, 66 cm cutting deck and a 200 litre grass collector. It also comes with a mulching plug, though I wouldn’t be using that as I live on a farm and livestock, along with dogs, do not benefit from mulching, in fact it’s bad for them, so I’ll be avoiding that. It also has a tow hitch as well, should I ever need to tow a small flat trailer. I’m very excited to start mowing.