Re: Hanging the antique riding mower

Posted by RedMF40 on February 08, 2017 at 18:20:22 from (23.30.29.193):

In Reply to: Hanging the antique riding mower posted by RedMF40 on February 07, 2017 at 19:54:14:

Thanks for the replies, don’t know how many ppl actually look for replies to THEIR replies, but here goes, since there were only ten of you:

BTW, I measured cutting swath--24" somewhere around a small push mower these days. Exhaust comes out UNDERNEATH, where the blades are. No chute or opening in the deck to discharge grass. Maybe the makers figured it wouldn't cut that much anyway, so no need LOL

…If it was either that mower or a push mower it would

be a pretty nice option… (I don’t know. By the time you haul this thing out the shed, get it going, put in gear, and ride the ten feet to your property line, I imagine you’d have half the lawn cut with a push mower ;-). Don’t really get who the intended buyers were for these things..so tiny and fragile in the face of any real work.

…Can't really see it on the ceiling. A fresh coat of paint it might look better as yard art. (I have a McCormick Deering 3 bottom plough stands guard by the driveway. If I start adding to that it’ll look like a scrapyard.)

…Interesting mower what year is it? I was thinking of hanging my old 48 Cushman scooter in my shop like you did with your mower. Stan (Been trying to find any history. Style looks to be from at least 1940’s maybe newer like 1950s. I enjoyed putting it up, was just collecting dust in a corner and people like looking at it. Might freshen it up with some paint at some point)

…That is a really neat looking old mower! (Thanks, I get a kick out of it—just an old, really quirky piece of machinery. Pretty much as useless now as when it was built ;-)

…I love the screen seat. Seemed popular on mowers from that era and I can remember that it didn't take more than a few minutes to develop a sore, sweaty rearend with the engine heat from below on a hot summer day!! lol (years ago when I had more time I bought an old Wards mower at an estate sale, got it running pretty quickly and it actually cut some grass. The thing that stood out about this old mower was that it had a full-size steel tractor seat on it. All that with a 5HP Briggs motor.

…Ya,we bought one like that at the sale in Archbold one time. Didn't have any spark. Sold it to a neighbor for what I paid. He put a new coil on it and got it going. (same problem on this one, turned it over few times, no spark. Some local mower guys say they just swap out the modern ignitions on more recent push mowers to get old machines like this to fire up again. Don’t know, haven’t tried.)

…I would say yes it is a monkey wards. First girlfriend's father had

one that was pretty Close. My dad had just purchased a used JD 110 and

talk about a lawnmower and an anemic toy mower. They are fun to take

to a smaller show where they have garden tractors and such. People

just ogell over them. (Ja I’ve seen them at these shows. Berryville steam and antique engine show (Berryville, VA) couple hours from where I live has a lot of old stuff like this.)

…Hang it on a wall.

(nice job with the wall-hanging dragster. I don’t see any mounting points—someone took their time with that job. I needed to keep the mower out of the way but wasn’t ready to say good-bye yet. Up above works well, since I’m not 7-feet tall.





 

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