The Key Reasons You Need to Get Garden Machinery Serviced

 

Getting your garden machinery serviced isn’t a luxury, it’s an absolute necessity. Failure to do so might briefly make you feel like you’re saving a bit of money, but it is the ultimate example of false economy.

Here, we explain exactly why garden machinery needs to be professionally serviced. We’ll take a look at what this involves, as well as some of the key garden machinery servicing tasks you can safely carry out at home. We’ll also reveal the ideal time to get your annual servicing done, briefly discuss garden machinery spare parts and repairs, and show you why Ron Smith & Co. should be your first port of call to keep your garden machinery running smoothly.

Why Professional Garden Machinery Services Are Essential

When you make a significant investment in important garden tools and machinery, it’s clearly in your interests to look after them. And the best, most thorough way you can do this is to get them annually serviced by a professional.

Optimises Performance

The first clear benefit of professional garden machinery services is that they help optimise the machine’s performance. It doesn’t matter how good the bit of kit or the manufacturer that made it, there is no exception to this rule. So, whether it’s a STIHL strimmer service, Hayter mower service, or any other popular example, the garden tool or machine in question will always perform at its best when it enjoys professional annual servicing.

Improves Reliability and Lifespan

If garden machines are professionally serviced, they invariably last longer too. There’s no real mystery behind this. It’s exactly the same as the local garage servicing your car or a senior citizen popping to their local GP for a regular health check. In short, all other things being equal, a healthy, well-maintained garden machine (just like a car or person) won’t have to work as hard to complete those day-to-day tasks and will also be far less likely to develop problems.

Minimises Risk of Faults

Should your non-serviced garden machine develop a fault during the growing season, chances are that you’ll have a significant wait before your local workshop can investigate the issue.

Can you afford to be without said garden machinery at this crucial time?

Of course not!

That’s why it’s always worth minimising the risk of faults occurring by keeping up your machines’ annual servicing.

Maximises the Garden Machinery’s Warranty

It’s also worth noting that many garden machinery manufacturers offer an extended warranty if the machine is professionally serviced. As this gives you several years’ extra peace of mind that any faults will be rectified for free, it’s surely a matter of common sense to arrange for professional servicing?

What Do Professional Garden Machinery Services Involve?

The nature of a professional garden machinery service will vary depending on the machine in question.

For example, for a professional to service a petrol strimmer, they might replace the spark plug and fuel filter, check the air filter, and inspect the cutting equipment. This petrol strimmer service could also include adjusting the carburettor and installing software updates, along with cleaning the machine and testing its various functions.

On the other hand, Mountfield mower service centres might replace the spark plug, engine oil and air filter during an annual service. They will sharpen and balance the blades too, plus carry out functional checks and thoroughly clean all parts of the machine.

In short, whether you’re searching the internet for ‘garden machinery servicing near me’ or popping into your local garden machinery specialist’s showroom, the individual jobs that make up the actual service vary from machine to machine.

Can I Service Garden Machinery at Home?

If we take the broadest possible definition of a garden machinery service then, in part, yes, you can help service garden machinery at home. After all, anyone can give their garden machines a clean and check the basic functions. Most people are able to sharpen a cutting blade and instal a software update on an app too.

Those of you who are reasonably practically minded might also think nothing of replacing a filter or changing the engine oil.

However, these tasks should always be done to supplement the professional annual service, never to replace it.

That’s because there is no escaping the fact that, however impressive your skills, a professional service by a garden machinery expert will always be more thorough. What’s more, a professional service provides you with an official record that the servicing has been done. As previously mentioned, this is essential for maximising the product’s warranty and will also prove valuable should you ever come to sell the machine.

When Is the Best Time to Get Garden Machinery Serviced?

It clearly makes sense to get your garden machinery professionally serviced at the time you need it least. That way, it will not be so inconvenient having to do without it. So, more often than not, the best time to arrange a professional annual service for your garden machinery is winter. This will certainly be the case for machines like lawnmowers and strimmers. Other examples may well differ but, as no one knows your itinerary better than you, you are the person best placed to decide.

Also, when you buy a garden machine, be sure to check the manufacturer’s guidance notes regarding how soon you will need to book the first service. If the cut-off point clashes with the time that you most need the machine, it’s a good idea to bring forward the service date to a quieter time.

Garden Machinery Services Near Me

If you live in Herefordshire, Worcestershire or one of the surrounding counties, we’d like to remind you that here, at Ron Smith & Co., we have a wealth of experience servicing garden machinery.

Our team of highly trained mechanics carry out their work to the highest possible standards. They regularly undergo manufacturer training too, ensuring that their knowledge and skills are always up to date.

We also offer a collection and redelivery service, so you can get your garden machinery serviced with zero hassle.

Garden Tool Repairs

While annual servicing is the key to keeping garden machinery working efficiently and prolonging its lifespan, once in a while there’s a chance that something may need repairing.

Garden Machinery Repairs Near Me

Well, we’re delighted to tell you that Ron Smith & Co. not only offers annual servicing on garden machinery, we also carry out repair work on all of the brands that we sell. For robot mowers and garden tractors, this includes an engineer callout service to inspect and repair the machine.

And if you’re confident carrying out repairs yourself, be sure to take a look at our Garden Machinery Spare Parts Finder. This great online tool covers an extensive range of parts, from blades and chains to spark plugs and fuel filters, so you can keep your garden machinery running with minimal fuss.

Contact Us Now!

Whether you’re searching for STIHL strimmer servicing near me, Hayter lawnmower repairs, or any other specific garden machinery services and repairs, be sure to make Ron Smith & Co. your very first port of call.

You can find out more about our garden machinery servicing and repairs here.