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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Nice work! Cool little machine you got there. I’ll have to figure the utube thing out and put up a couple videos.
Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Thanks Marvin, i`m just amazed how it turned out, ordered one of those link belts to put on the self propelled otherwise ya have to pull the motor and the linkage on top to put a belt on.
Put a new belt on the reel mower today too and it works perfect, heck i`m on a roll.
Put a new belt on the reel mower today too and it works perfect, heck i`m on a roll.
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Can see it now! That's friggen awesome buddy! That's a slick piece of work getting it running.
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Well, you done it again Pard. Another successful restoration. Wanna try this Ironhead sporty that's on my lift? I've got so many projects I'll never live long enough to get 'em done.
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That Lauson has a nice purr. Bet it is grateful to have some honest work again!
Lenn, do you think the blades just need some sharpening to reduce clogging or is that just the nature of this particular beast?
Lenn, do you think the blades just need some sharpening to reduce clogging or is that just the nature of this particular beast?
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Thanks fellers and always good talking to ya Ron buddy.
Bill the sections are sharp i think it`s the mess i was mowing in, tomorrow we`ll try her out in some tall grass.
Bill the sections are sharp i think it`s the mess i was mowing in, tomorrow we`ll try her out in some tall grass.
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It sounds good. Even with that grass clogging it up a little, it looked like it was working. No big box store push mower could cut that stuff.
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Thanks piller, there`s three sections missing in the center, someone hashed it all up.
They`er two inch sections so going to try and make some from three inch ones.
They`er two inch sections so going to try and make some from three inch ones.
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Made three sections from flat steel plate and installed them and now working pretty good, theres a couple off those wear thingies that push down on the sections to keep them tight against the guards i`m going to build up with weld and grind flat.
When i get the belt on so the self drive works it should be complete.
Also a final video of the reel mower working perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFwj6SDOtY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xndjt6gVV3o
When i get the belt on so the self drive works it should be complete.
Also a final video of the reel mower working perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFwj6SDOtY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xndjt6gVV3o
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
You have done it again! Great work building and restoring those great old machines!
Now that winter is right around the corner are you going to convert them to snow blowers?
Now that winter is right around the corner are you going to convert them to snow blowers?
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Now you can start to advertise for your modern lawn care service to the people with the fancy lawns
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Thanks Gunny and Marvin, we just took the reel mower off and sharpened it some more so hopefully it will cut better.
Winter that`s Johnny boys job.
Winter that`s Johnny boys job.
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Lenn, now she's cutting like old-fashioned barber handclippers. Man, you could maintain a putting green with that thing!
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Thanks Bill, someone removed the three center sections and they sandwiched between the sickle bar and the part with the nuts on top which then bent the bar lifting most of the section off the guards.
That and the two end sections were loose so its no wonder it wouldn`t cut.
The new belt should be here soon for the drive then we`ll see how it goes.
That and the two end sections were loose so its no wonder it wouldn`t cut.
The new belt should be here soon for the drive then we`ll see how it goes.
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Those work pretty slick, buddy.
Congratulations on jobs well done!
Congratulations on jobs well done!
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Thanks OldWin.
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Awesome all around Pitchy. getting that Lauson running is no small feat. I have a Gravely made in 1959 that I use every year, 6 attachments for it. the old stuff was built to last.
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Wow, I haven't kept up with developments Lenn, you work miracles with those old engines. Fantastic to see that old machine doing what it was designed for.
It goes faster than the brand new one my friend uses, I always ask him where's his crash helmet, it's so sloooooow...
It goes faster than the brand new one my friend uses, I always ask him where's his crash helmet, it's so sloooooow...
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Thanks fellers.
Looky what i just picked up.
Looky what i just picked up.
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Nice. You could open a museum and charge admission.
Call it the Pitchsonian Institution.
Call it the Pitchsonian Institution.
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Pitchsonian Institution, I like that...
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Me thinks ol Pitchy is gonna start his own landscape company!
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Hold tight we got the Toro reel with the motor on it going already, vid coming soon.
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Nice reel mower, looks like it cuts good.
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Thanks Marvin, working on the second from the right now, it`s a Commingham sickle mower.
No motor so will have to work on getting a Briggs for it or put a 3 hp Predator on it.
No motor so will have to work on getting a Briggs for it or put a 3 hp Predator on it.
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Nice work Pitchy! You're accumulating a real running museum of landscaping mowers!
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Amazing job on that riding lawn mower!!
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Wow, Lenn, I hadn't even seen those horizontal shear machines until this thread, and now you have three!
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Thanks fellers, i`m waiting on a belt for the Zipper and motors for the other two, i had a brand new Predator in the box and pulled it out of the box this morn and it`s locked up tight so now i have to go 100 miles and exchange it.
Got this Craftsman reel going just now, never figured it would ever run no spark and stuck everywhere.
Got this Craftsman reel going just now, never figured it would ever run no spark and stuck everywhere.
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Finished up the Zipper, put the new drive belt on it today so its self propelled.
Tried it in some heavy grass and it did alright but the old motor doesn`t have a lot of power.
The Cunningham is next or the Jari mower, waiting on engines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DLboJEQiMY
Tried it in some heavy grass and it did alright but the old motor doesn`t have a lot of power.
The Cunningham is next or the Jari mower, waiting on engines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DLboJEQiMY
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Nice! You sure have a knack for saving those old dinosaurs! It's very satisfying to take one of those old machines apart and making it run. Well done my friend!
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Goes and sounds real good, buddy. Nice work.
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Lenn, if you ever wanted a retirement career, you could put up a "Small engines resurrected" shingle and be as busy as you wanted.
I'm surprised that Predator was locked up out of the box.
I'm surprised that Predator was locked up out of the box.
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It cracks me up, Pitchy. "It's all locked up, total loss" then a few posts later, "It'll run with gas put through the spark plug hole." then "Got the drive belt installed."
It's a pleasure to watch your persistence in getting these old machines up and running. Thanks for sharing them with us!
It's a pleasure to watch your persistence in getting these old machines up and running. Thanks for sharing them with us!
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Thanks guys appreciate the kind words.
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Got the Cunningham going today, it works pretty good the Jari is next.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsxUBj-Hvdc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JCxUZXir1A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWlzXLoGWvA
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
It does cut the brush. I haven't seen anything made in the last 10 years which could do the same.
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Here`s a couple more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWqbsOd5Pio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CKXGwwBX5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWqbsOd5Pio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CKXGwwBX5s
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
That would be great for clearing shooting lanes at a deer stand.
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Thanks fellers, i`ll have to try it in some brush.
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
I watched all the videos just now buddy. Did you get them all running? Seems as though you must have. Just got home from being in hospital for 3 days. Got dehydrated again, then an infection and low on a couple of things. Doc got me fixed right up though.
Hey you really got Norma working!
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Thanks Ron glad to hear your doing ok, yep we`re getting them going just one left the Jari have a new motor coming for that one.
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Those work great. Never saw one used.
Good work, Pitchy.
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Lenn, when you pop the clutch on that one, hang on! It's got some go!
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With the large cutting jaws that is a superb brush hog! Probably much better suited for brush than grass trimming. Great work!
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Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Thanks fellers, we just put new belts on it on both sides, it wasn`t working right before.
The left belt just runs the sickle and the right is the drive, the right belt was too short so it wouldn`t disengage proper.
Working good now.
The left belt just runs the sickle and the right is the drive, the right belt was too short so it wouldn`t disengage proper.
Working good now.
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