Yes, petrol rotary mowers are fine for wet grass. The grass will be wet and heavy and may block en route to the grass bag, but they are safe if rather messy! Look for a good 2nd hand petrol rather than a cheap and nasty one for £99. It won't last.
I use a Honda with rear roller drive.
Incidentally, I collect Victorian hand mowers and this example is a cylinder mower circa 1890 and it still works!
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Green's Multum-in-Parvo circa 1890
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I placed an advert in our local corner shop a week ago looking for garden work in my area ....
Yesterday, I mowed a lawn just over an acre in size ... it was fairly long (and wet), and I ad to mow twice (1st time without the grass catcher box), and then again to pick up some of the large clumps of grass that were left on the lawn ....
took me 2 hrs 15 minutes, but the garden has several trees dotted around the centre of the lawn.... this will be a weekly job in the spring, and will also include weeding, hedge trimming etc and sorting a decent veg patch for them in raised beds
... a sit on is out of the question, as you cannot get it trough the small garden side gate
I received another call today to quote for a garden, as the gardener that they used to use has moved ... its about half an acre, but manageable in quick time ....
the lady then asked if I would be interested to work for her neighbour who also used the previous gardener ... I replied yes, and she took me over to meet the lady
an amazing house .... it was a mill, and the river runs right through the bottom of the house (the house is built ontop of the river)
its on 3 acres .... so looks like I will have to get a decent sit on next year ... perhaps a zero turn that mulches .... there are many large properties in my area and it will pay itself off quickly ... The guys in the USA are raving about the Husqvarna zero turn which cost just over $2000 brand new ...
I have used several sits on's including Hayter and Honda and they are all loads of shallots and clog up ... The Hayter That I used used to have the problem of the belt slipping off the pulleys in wet, and the £4000 Honda that I currently use at a client's home cannot pick up damp grass at all ...
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