I can't believe it!

John B.

Well-known Member
The Price.
I bought one of these new back in the late 80's maybe 1990 for a little under $1000.00
I had an old used one I bought at the IH dealer back in the early 1980's for $60. Used it for years then upgraded to a new one.
I loved them. I knew this one farmer who had two of them. Him and his wife loved them also. They seemed fast when you drove them and the controls were easy to operate. They're not good on hills though. I remember when I was a young teenager I saw these at the county fair. They had one on a wagon running in a "Figure 8" track that was layed out on the wagon and it just drove it's self around. It was pretty cool. Saw my first Grasshopper zero-turn that day at the fair too. I knew those were the ones to have back then.
 
Sitting right over the muffler and engine that thing would absolutely burn you up on a hot day.
 
My parents bought a new one in 1970. I was 11 years old at the time. The steering wheel was flat and had a spinner knob. I put many hours on the Swisher. Ron
 
I had no idea they made them anymore. I had one that I took the drive chain off, made an offset hitch and pulled it with my 42 inch mower.
 
If the decimal point were where the comma is, maybe.
I'd need a bunch of them with drivers to do my yard in a day.
They are cute though!
 
You sit right on the muffler. I bet that is a hot mower in July! My neighbor had a mower that looked a lot like that. His mower drove off of the single front wheel. it did not have a reverse. To go backwards, you turned the steering wheel till the front wheel turned and you went backwards!
 
Oh, a King. My uncle had one on the farm in the 60s. Brings back memories.

Yea that is a top price for a simple small machine, didn't know they were still on the market.

Paul
 
They were quite popular here in MN back in the 70's. Sold under the Big Mo name. They had a turning advantage over most mowers back then. But at todays price I see no advantage for any of them.
 
We had a Big Mow when I was a kid in the late 60's. As was said, you needed to turn the steering wheel all the way around to go backwards. High and low gears as I recall. Ours had a crank handle you sort of wound up, and then flipped a lever and the motor would spin. Great when it started easy, a real pain when it wouldn't. Like was said, I put many hours on that thing. Bob
 

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