I have seen some people take great care of their lawns, but when it comes to their mowers and things they don't seem to take care of anything.
I never understood why people do this kind of stuff, but they sure do. Lawn care equipment like mowers, trimmers and what not they just abuse them and expect them to last forever.
When they don't and have to replace something they get upset about it. I have a deal with my old man, I cut the grass and take care of the weeds and he cleans everything off before putting it away. I think that is a seriously one sided deal really, but at least I don't have to do it.
Our neighbor was cutting grass and didn't pay any attention to what he was doing and ended up running over a piece of a brick and ended up breaking a blade on his mower. Of course he really got upset about this but it was his own fault for not cleaning the yard in the first place and for not paying attention to what he was doing.
If ya want something to last ya gotta take care of it as much as possible.