no self control!

[reddragon]

:laughing:..what year is it? :laughing:

 

[benski]

Somewhere between 1965 and 1973? I just now discovered that a lot of Lawn-Boys were manufactured by Outboard Marine Corporation. A history lesson AND lawnmowers all in one stop shopping!:thumbsup::biggrin:

 

[Two-Stroke]

:laughing:..what year is it? :laughing:

If you're asking about my newest Lawn-Boy, it's a 1977.

 

[reddragon]

FAR OUT!....that things got character :biggrin:

 

[Two-Stroke]

Getting back to the ideas of "no self control" and "Moweritis", getting something like the Brick-Top makes me less likely to be tempted to buy a more ordinary mower. For example, I have one two-stroke Lawn-Boy from the 1990s (a 1994 model 10415) but I don't think I'd be tempted to get another from that era.

Making an exciting new purchase raises the bar for future purchases.

 

[reddragon]

I got my fix -- the mower that I've been obsessing over for a week. I don't lose sleep over just any old mower -- or even over just any two-stroke mower. But a Lawn-Boy Brick-Top Commercial...:cloud9:

does this look familiar ?..
My Bricktop Commercial Lawnboy - YouTube

 

[Two-Stroke]

does this look familiar ?..
My Bricktop Commercial Lawnboy - YouTube

That's my mower. I wonder why the one in the video doesn't have a handle. :confused2:

 

[benski]

Speaking of no self-control, I just picked up an old Lawn Chief yesterday. Needs a new motor, but that's easy. Yikes! 17!

 

[Two-Stroke]

Speaking of no self-control, I just picked up an old Lawn Chief yesterday. Needs a new motor, but that's easy. Yikes! 17!

Photos please! And while you're at it, the Jacobsen forum could use some pictures of your Jake -- is it a reel mower?

 

[benski]

Yes, I guess I'll have to drag all these projects out and take an incriminating photo.:ashamed: And in answer to the second question, yes, the Jake is a 30" reel mower,model is a Park 30, manufactured in 1952. I've got to imagine the thing weighs between 250 and 300 lbs. A 4hp Kohler, (IIRC) and an old fashioned, aircraft style WICO magneto. I bought it for $30.00. I think it'll be fun to get going, in my copious amounts of spare time...:laughing::biggrin: