On Apr 29, 8:59*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:00:42 -0700 (PDT), ransley





wrote:
On Apr 28, 9:53*pm, Peabody wrote:
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* 1989: Lawn-Boy's most formidable competitor, The Toro
* Company, acquired it from Outboard Marine Corporation.

*http://www.lawn-boy.com/about/history/index.html

* Before that, Lawboys were bullit-proof. *They were the
* most reliable machines in our rental business. *I
* suspect now it's a crap shoot as to which is better.

Indeed. *I just retired my 1979 Lawnboy 2-cycle, referred
to fondly as the "Evinrude." Only lasted 30 years. *:-) *

The replacement is a Troy Built push mover from Lowe's
Well it's just an MTD, but seems to be ok. *Ssomehow I
suspect I won't get 30 years of use from this one, but
that's ok because I won't last 30 years either.

For average or smaller, relatively flat lawns, I think a
push mower is the way to go. *Mowers are pretty light these
days, so it's not that much work to push them. *Plus, all
that self-propelled stuff is just nore stuff to break.

I wonder what a motor rebuild would cost, then get another 30.

My Briggs powered big-wheel 24" mower is, IIRC, 33 years old now and
still going stron - deck has been replaced with stainless steel,
tubular frame still as good as new. 20" BMX wheels have been replaced,
as have the smaller front wheels.
4HP horizontal shaft engine - carb's been rebuilt about 4 times
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My 1973 3.5 briggs got maybe 4-500 hours then it had no power but no
smoke, maybe its because thats just when unleded came in and the
Briggs had the wrong valve seals. But my 86 Lawn Boy still has the
compression and seems like nearly new, first pull start even on first
spring firing last week.