My "new" curbsider LawnBoy

[petek]

A week or so back I noticed a neighbor had left his Lawnboy out by the curb and then I saw him toting other items there as well. So naturally, instinctivly, nosily, whichever fits best , I sauntered over for a look-see and we started chatting. Yada yada yada.. I'm pushing the LawnBoy home, along with  his now discarded Echo weedwhacker and a fertilizer spreader as well.  

 

The mower works, it just needs a new rubber primer bulb up on top. This late in the year I'll probably leave it till next spring along with the Echo.. which also works according to him. He hadn't used it in a year or so so it's probably all gummed up. but I like it.. much lighter than my Homelite.  I don't know what I'll do with the lawnmower though,  it's not self-propelled either and not too many people want 2 strokes, just have to wait and see. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[petek]

My 07 Lawnboy.. it's the same as the one Kelly just got 

 

 

 

[supersuds]

Those look like really neat machines.

 

I had a two stroke one time, but it was just so smelly....

 

[goatfarmer]

I just scrapped a similar lawn Boy. My niece ran it with straight gasoline, instead of the 2 cycle mix.

 

[frigilux]

I've never seen a mower with offset front wheels like your 'new' Lawn Boy. Nice finds!

 

[westie2]

That curbside find is great.  That is a truve Lawnboy to me.  With the offset wheels and it has the aluminum base nad the exchust has to be in the bottom so noise is quiter.

 

[mixfinder]

Lucky Guy

A ture Lawn Boy with a 2 cycle engine. I love the ones with a magnesium deck and the offset wheels accomodate the long banana shaped bag on the early models with the rods to hold them up.

 

[petek]

And who doesn't like a banana now and then. 

 

[volsboy1]

That mower is a great mower we have always used Lawn-boys 2 Stroke ..Lawn business want them because they run for ever and hills don't starve them for oil like the ones today..You can't get 2 strokes mowers anymore and the engines were bullet proof in them and simple..

 

[appnut]

I have a 2-cycle LawnBoy I've not used in probably 5 yhears.  Needs a new primer bulb like Pete's.  I doubt I'll be able to mow my yard in the future.  So here it sits.  WAs only used about 4 years, 5 at the most.   This was the only lawnmower my Dad would buy for the last 20 or so years he mowed his own yard.  My mom did "kill" one when she put regular gas in it. 

 

[dustin92]

We have a "Snapper" brand 2 cycle mower. The motor is a 4 horsepower, self propelled, with bag/ side discharge, with removable dethatcher. It cuts the grass very well but is having an issue recently, after it warms up it slows down and eventually stalls. I agree they are smelly.

 

[philr]

A Honda-powered Lawn Boy? I didn't know about these! I've been given one this year too. But it was not exactly from my next door neighbor! It was from Roger (Firedome)...

 

I didn't clean it before I took the picture but it works great! It's a self-propelled 21" magnesium deck from 1976. Some Lawn Boy mowers already had electronic ignition then but not this one (and I prefer it like that!). 

 

I do collect Lawn Boy mowers too...

 

[petek]

Phil, that newer LB of mine, they aren't really LB's anymore. Toro bought the company and morphed them into that design with the 4 stroke engines, Honda's or Briggs I think were available at the time.  They didn't and still don't share the same deck design though unless that's recently changed.  If you know of anyone going to be in/around London/Windsor heading back your way let me know and they can pick it up for you if you want it. . 

 

[whirlykenmore78]

That Mower

Is one of the last good LB 2 stroke machines. They were made by Toro in the early 2000's. These mowers worked very well untill you had an engine problem. Then the parts were astronomical to fix it. I sold some of these when I worked in the hardware store. (My job was small equipment technician but I sometimes worked the floor as well) At the same time as Toro was marketing these mowers they were also building the LB gold line using a 4 cycle Briggs and Stratton or Tecumseh engine. Of course no residential mower ever matched the quality and vesaltility of a Toro Super recycler.
WK78

 

[wiskybill]

My 'boys...

Green 1989 model, beginning of the Toro'ized Lawnboys. A good machine.

Tan 1965 model. My favorite! A real Lawnboy by OMC. Sounds just like an Evinrude outboard. Still starts on the first pull.

 

[philr]

I'd like to get a tan '65 like yours.  Here are some of my other OMC mowers. Canadian made gold 18" model (I think they were made between 1958 and 1961) and an OMC Marauder from the same vintage and a 1962 21" Lawn Boy all with Iron Horse C series engines.  And a MTD Lawn Flyte with it's original white "D" series OMC "Iron Horse" engine.

 

[wayupnorth]

Growing up we had a green Lawn Boy 2 stroke that looked similar to the gold colored one in the previous post by PhilR. But it did not have a recoil starter. You had to wind the rope around a pulley and PULL. It always started and the old man always had a gas mixture prepared. But I must have pushed theat thing what seems to be a million miles. I have a 20+ year old John Deere now that runs perfect, starts on the first pull, weighs a ton and still has the original spark plug.

 

[rickr]

vintage OMC Lawn Boy mowers

I LOVE the old Lawn Boy mowers. This mower is a 1963 Automower that was restored in 2006.I have since added a mulching plate to this mower. There is a local guy that restores these fine old machines. Right now he is restoring a 1976 model for me. We have 3 lots to mow, and I want to save the wear and tear on the 63. The 1976 model is also self propelled, and will do fine.

 

[petek]

Nice collections

That auto-mower is lovely Rick, don't forget you said a year or so back were going to leave it in your will to me.