Cool cast base, that's a durable feature if you don't bang it against something. I had an 18" Montgomery Ward mower in 1962 or so, and it had that same Briggs engine. I bought it with $35 of my paper route earnings, and used it to mow yards in the neighborhood for three blocks in any direction. I charged three dollars for most yards, plus or minus fifty cents. There was a corner house on a steep hill that paid me four bucks, but maybe it should have been more. I had to drag the mower backwards, going sideways across the steep hill on three sides of the home. Back then almost nobody trimmed their sidewalks - but I would do it for an extra dollar, on my hands and knees with hand clippers. Nobody except pros had powered edgers, and string trimmers had not been invented yet. I made plenty of money mowing yards, at least fifty or eighty bucks a month, back when minimum wage was $1.25 I was making three dollars an hour or more. The worst job ever was sweeping a long drive. The wind was blowing, and as soon as I finished from front to back enough detritus had blown in that I had to start over. I swept at least four times. Finally came a lull in the wind and I went to collect my fifty cents - and she paid by check! The corner grocery cashed the check, but it was illegible and they had to ask me was it fifty cents or five dollars. I was sorely empted to say five dollars, but I just couldn't do it. Many years later I drove around and mowed yards for free when I guessed that the resident might not afford a regular service. It was a goodwill gesture and I made many people very happy.
I used a sensation as a teenager, my dad got it at a garage sale. Great mowers. I liked the heavy duty bearings on the wheels. Eventually the cast aluminum deck developed cracks in the sides so I reinforced the deck sides with steel plates which I drilled and bolted on. Good times
FYI = Sensation Lawn Mowers was a commercial lawnmower brand created by Howard Phelps in 1944. The Sensation Lawn Mower Company was located in Ralston, Nebraska, USA. In 1966 the company was sold and relocated to North Omaha, Nebraska. In 1982 the Sensation Lawn Mower Company was purchased by Gilson Brothers which kept the brand name Sensation and married the products to what would be become a very distinctive orange and white color scheme. In 1988, Gilson was bought out by Lawn Boy, which was in turn acquired by Toro in 1989.
Wow! Haven't seen one of these mowers since I was a kid! My aunt & uncle lived next to a small graveyard and this was the type of mower the ground keeper used, thanks again!👍
We had a Sensation 20 inch mower when I was growing up back in the 1950's. It was neat because you could flip the handle over and mow in either direction.
i love this channel. ive learned so much over the years of watching taryl that ive been able to pass on some of the info and tips ive learned here. thank you taryl.
Thank you for the Air-Cleaner-in-a-Bag trick. You're right. Our hands are always grimy and that not only keeps the filter clean but also keeps us from immediately having to wash our hands with Go-Jo. You ROCK, Tarryl!
I stumbled across your videos a few months ago and have been watching ever since. I have always enjoyed working on engines and your videos have inspired me to begin the small engine certification process. I got several of your tee shirts, and my wife loves the black button up shirt. Thanks for sharing these videos. They have been a real inspiration!
That's cool. I have one of those little decks hanging on the wall, around 12-14", I always thought it was just a tiny mower for tiny yards. I might have to make the missing parts to fix it.
Some older corded electric mowers were bi-directional, because of cord issues, such as the twin bladed Sunbeam. Motor in middle, belt drive to blades. 16" or18" cut I think. Black and Decker had a single blade model.
Most of these old B&S verticle engines have a jacked up exhaust valve, I mean burnt. I usually reface them with a drill and a bench grinder, back to mowing. Set the valves and the points, really great engines.
Had a big 6hp sensation 22 in. Look like an old Jacobsen deck as I recall. There is an owners group. They were one of the last manufacturers allow to sell mowers without blade brakes, because they were marketed solely to commercial users.
INXS were actually cemetery maintenance equipment salesmen, even after they hit the big time. Their first song was a sales jingle to sell these little guys. "Are you ready for a NEW SENSATION?" That jingle made 'em rich when they released KICK. The surviving band members still sell cemetery equipment to this day. True story
That mower looks very similar to the Bobcat commercial mowers we used to use on the crews back in the 70’s. Same type of cast deck and inset wheels. Sturdy mowers.
Hey Taryl, Tim here...SO happy to see that Mufkin, is also the name of ur rescue cat......I'm a cat guy.....have 2....(had 4, but momma got sick, and so did daughter).....had to put both down within 8 months of each other... TOUGH i say!!......but, Mufkin looks lime a STRONG kitty.......like my OJ (Orange tabby, like Morris, but skinnier, and WAY more boistreous!!)......just wanna say YOU ARE AWESOME for takin in rescues (mine were ferral)......give da kitties LOVE!!!.....motors work better, when animal love is used.....hahaha.....ok, just sayin how AWESOME Mufkin looked in the vid.........i'm a softy for feline love.......glad to see the grave mower workin.......GIVE LOVE to ur kitties.....my 2 are warm and loving......PEACE.......AND THERES YER DINNER!!!...KITTY LOVE AND ALL!!!!....Peace to you sir!!
one of those antique push or reel mower wooden handles on this thing will look so sweet! love the one piece aluminum cast housing on the mower! defiantly a collectable and a neat little everyday mower . 4 stroke reliable briggs motor, should last and last!
My brother has a sensation push mower, except it's orange and has a bigger deck. He only paid $1 for it. It even came with the original bagger for it, which is really hard to find.
I have one of these little Sensations, almost exactly the same. Mine doesn't have the control knob on the top of the shroud, but it's the same green mower body. It's a 3hp white 1967 Briggs, so this one is probably closer to the mid/late 60s. Cool little mowers!
I rebuilt my 3 horsepower Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine almost 3 years ago with new piston rings & a valve job, it's been a ripper ever since. I rebuilt it after it began chewing through 200 mLs of oil within 1 hour,the spark plug was getting oil fouled,it took 6 pulls to start it instead of the normal 3 & the engine didn't have enough compression to open the choke up when the engine was warmed up. It now uses 150 mLs of oil within 10 hours & the spark plug electrode runs grey instead of black & oily,it only takes about 3 pulls to start the engine was well. It does blow a puff of smoke on startup sometimes but with that mower in the video I would just monitor the oil consumption then rebuild the engine if it's unsatisfactory.!
Lawn Boy made one back in the late seventies I think it was aluminum light easy to push mower, I think it was a two stroke motor ? I like mowing with it just because it was light and didn't make you tired mowing !
Sensations predecessor was BobCat. These were also manufactured in a 21 " push and self propelled models, all aluminum decks, quality was evident in the ball bearing wheels. These trim mowers were used before the invention of the common light weight string trimmer.
Never knew they made lawnmowers just for cemeteries. Wonder if that was made when Briggs had the hand cranks to wind up the spring then turn the knob to start. I hated those mowers. Lol
OMG.. You guys crack me up..😂😂 Love your video's, I watch your video's a lot and learned a lot from your video's when I first started lawnmower's and still do watch them.. Keep up the video's and the good job of what you're doing, you really explain a lot how to fix them with out cutting corners and easy to understand how a person can fix them, great job Brother...😁 👍👍👍
Hey Taryl, you are fricken HILARIOUS!!! Love your singing skills, you got what it takes!!!! And Uncle Andy, well, he's Uncle Andy and what more can I say? (He's a total HOOT too!)
Andy finally got a good deal from Ronnies Used Equipment and Parts Store. That was and easy one. Andy thought he was getting a 21 incher. Ha ha ha ha haaa....Thanks Mr. Dactyl!
Bunton in Louisville (now out of business) made a mower like that it had rollers on the side to run it up along the sides of the grave stones to trim so close it got the grass without hitting the stone had the edge exposed on the blade on that side with a small opening We sold them at Turfco in Miami .
Really enjoy your videos. If Podunk County High School has a mechanics dept. they would be very fortunate to have you as an instructor. The instructor when I was in H.S. knew what made an I.C.E. work but not sure he had ever done a complete overhaul and he was very, very, dry. Looking forward to the next one as always.
Love old mowers and experts fixing them. I have a question I have a red tip whiz-mow with the sulky and the motor has no badging. It looks identical to that moto and the plastic choke plate is broken and I was wondering if you have a part number for it? Thanks
Dang Skippy the little lawn mower is cool thank you so much for the information I didn't know you had to preload that choke before putting a carburetor back together thank you very much for your tips love the channel keep it going
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Is that really your first name? "Taryl" just curious
@@matthewadolph51 I know his real name but won't list it here.
Sensation cemetery mower? Seems like maybe Gravely missed an opportunity here.
Cool cast base, that's a durable feature if you don't bang it against something. I had an 18" Montgomery Ward mower in 1962 or so, and it had that same Briggs engine. I bought it with $35 of my paper route earnings, and used it to mow yards in the neighborhood for three blocks in any direction. I charged three dollars for most yards, plus or minus fifty cents. There was a corner house on a steep hill that paid me four bucks, but maybe it should have been more. I had to drag the mower backwards, going sideways across the steep hill on three sides of the home. Back then almost nobody trimmed their sidewalks - but I would do it for an extra dollar, on my hands and knees with hand clippers. Nobody except pros had powered edgers, and string trimmers had not been invented yet. I made plenty of money mowing yards, at least fifty or eighty bucks a month, back when minimum wage was $1.25 I was making three dollars an hour or more.
The worst job ever was sweeping a long drive. The wind was blowing, and as soon as I finished from front to back enough detritus had blown in that I had to start over. I swept at least four times. Finally came a lull in the wind and I went to collect my fifty cents - and she paid by check! The corner grocery cashed the check, but it was illegible and they had to ask me was it fifty cents or five dollars. I was sorely empted to say five dollars, but I just couldn't do it.
Many years later I drove around and mowed yards for free when I guessed that the resident might not afford a regular service. It was a goodwill gesture and I made many people very happy.
I love these antique stuff - nothing beats that quality. What a cracking mower - cool! 👍
I used a sensation as a teenager, my dad got it at a garage sale. Great mowers. I liked the heavy duty bearings on the wheels. Eventually the cast aluminum deck developed cracks in the sides so I reinforced the deck sides with steel plates which I drilled and bolted on. Good times
FYI = Sensation Lawn Mowers was a commercial lawnmower brand created by Howard Phelps in 1944.
The Sensation Lawn Mower Company was located in Ralston, Nebraska, USA. In 1966 the company was sold and relocated to North Omaha, Nebraska.
In 1982 the Sensation Lawn Mower Company was purchased by Gilson Brothers which kept the brand name Sensation and married the products to what would be become a very
distinctive orange and white color scheme.
In 1988, Gilson was bought out by Lawn Boy, which was in turn acquired by Toro in 1989.
Better than anything on TV. I'll tell you that. Great video guys
I had a little 3 wheeled Bunton cemetery mower. It was great. Cast magnesium deck.
I could see Taryl as an opera singer. With his outro signature "whooooo" ! The amount of standing ovations, would be memorable.
Nobody can sing it like you Taryl ! Let it out baby. Screech it, Screech it, Screech it out loud 🔊. KISS
Love the videos on 1970's engines. Keep them coming.
You and your crew are awesome, love your talents, taryl sons and friends for making the videos, teachings and comedy, BIG THANK YOU
Wow! Haven't seen one of these mowers since I was a kid! My aunt & uncle lived next to a small graveyard and this was the type of mower the ground keeper used, thanks again!👍
Taryl, You and the gang do SENSATIONal work! TYD!
Josh
We had a Sensation 20 inch mower when I was growing up back in the 1950's. It was neat because you could flip the handle over and mow in either direction.
Great jobTaryl. Your channel beats anything on tv. Always learn something and have a good laugh at the same time.
Love watching the skits I can tell you guys have as much fun making them as we do watching them
Always puts a smile on my face.
Great job!
I love the little acts at the start of the video! Such a fun channel slippers and taryl crack me up! As old elk skins says fire 🔥 it up 🆙
I used one of these when I worked for the city cemetery! Thought I'd never see another.
What a cute little Sensation mower!
Love seeing those old dead machines then Taryl bringing them back from the dead!
i love this channel. ive learned so much over the years of watching taryl that ive been able to pass on some of the info and tips ive learned here. thank you taryl.
Thank you for the Air-Cleaner-in-a-Bag trick. You're right. Our hands are always grimy and that not only keeps the filter clean but also keeps us from immediately having to wash our hands with Go-Jo. You ROCK, Tarryl!
I like seeing old equipment come back to life interesting on how they were designed thanks for the video
I stumbled across your videos a few months ago and have been watching ever since. I have always enjoyed working on engines and your videos have inspired me to begin the small engine certification process. I got several of your tee shirts, and my wife loves the black button up shirt. Thanks for sharing these videos. They have been a real inspiration!
That's cool. I have one of those little decks hanging on the wall, around 12-14", I always thought it was just a tiny mower for tiny yards.
I might have to make the missing parts to fix it.
"For the love of Harbor Freight..."
That's Tshirt worthy stuff right there!
This mower would’ve been a great skit for the Halloween episodes maybe next year 🤔
Ya have a zombie from the cemetery bring it in or the tall man from Phantasm bring it in.
@@yellowveedub yes that would be perfect 🧟
Taryl's Halloween edition
I loved those old 70s mowers with the controls on the blower housing. I haven't seen one in a very long time. MonkeyWards used to sell them.
Very neat , scary, not too much, but FUN to watch!
Terrell, I'm jealous of that one.
Great job
One cool little mower.Enjoy all your videos.All the best to you all.Theres ya dinner.
Some older corded electric mowers were bi-directional, because of cord issues, such as the twin bladed Sunbeam. Motor in middle, belt drive to blades. 16" or18" cut I think. Black and Decker had a single blade model.
Great little mower, OK if you struggle to handle the bigger stuff too! Thanks for showing, and the laughs too guys👍
Most of these old B&S verticle engines have a jacked up exhaust valve, I mean burnt. I usually reface them with a drill and a bench grinder, back to mowing. Set the valves and the points, really great engines.
It looks like a older bobcat walk behind lawnmower I have a bobcat with an icy 5 hp Briggs it’s really old but it still runs Great video👍
Had a big 6hp sensation 22 in. Look like an old Jacobsen deck as I recall. There is an owners group. They were one of the last manufacturers allow to sell mowers without blade brakes, because they were marketed solely to commercial users.
INXS were actually cemetery maintenance equipment salesmen, even after they hit the big time. Their first song was a sales jingle to sell these little guys. "Are you ready for a NEW SENSATION?" That jingle made 'em rich when they released KICK. The surviving band members still sell cemetery equipment to this day. True story
It gets us all flustered when you "Serenade" us Taryl lol Where has Junior been?
That mower looks very similar to the Bobcat commercial mowers we used to use on the crews back in the 70’s. Same type of cast deck and inset wheels. Sturdy mowers.
My neighbor had one in the 70's and loved it.
I see now Uncle Andy came from a broken home. Yeah! He broke most of it himself. What a real sensation!
Hey Taryl,
Tim here...SO happy to see that Mufkin, is also the name of ur rescue cat......I'm a cat guy.....have 2....(had 4, but momma got sick, and so did daughter).....had to put both down within 8 months of each other... TOUGH i say!!......but, Mufkin looks lime a STRONG kitty.......like my OJ (Orange tabby, like Morris, but skinnier, and WAY more boistreous!!)......just wanna say YOU ARE AWESOME for takin in rescues (mine were ferral)......give da kitties LOVE!!!.....motors work better, when animal love is used.....hahaha.....ok, just sayin how AWESOME Mufkin looked in the vid.........i'm a softy for feline love.......glad to see the grave mower workin.......GIVE LOVE to ur kitties.....my 2 are warm and loving......PEACE.......AND THERES YER DINNER!!!...KITTY LOVE AND ALL!!!!....Peace to you sir!!
You, are Ok,.....Mr Rnott.
one of those antique push or reel mower wooden handles on this thing will look so sweet! love the one piece aluminum cast housing on the mower! defiantly a collectable and a neat little everyday mower . 4 stroke reliable briggs motor, should last and last!
My brother has a sensation push mower, except it's orange and has a bigger deck. He only paid $1 for it. It even came with the original bagger for it, which is really hard to find.
That's cool. Have seen a few hayter hawk 12" graveyard mowers here in Ireland. They've a little roller on the front and back too.
I have one of these little Sensations, almost exactly the same. Mine doesn't have the control knob on the top of the shroud, but it's the same green mower body. It's a 3hp white 1967 Briggs, so this one is probably closer to the mid/late 60s. Cool little mowers!
What a coll little mower ! I think i felt a sensation just listening to it run ! LOL
Nice. I have a 21 inch Sensation. Same color with a five horse Briggs. Still being used.
Michael Hutchence says "Don't quit your day job."
Heh heh! Nice job on the mower.
That’s a great mower for tight spaces!
your videos are really educational and funny. I always have to smile
INXS were an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales.
I guess for the occupants of the cemetery, this was their only sensation. Glad you got it operating again.
I rebuilt my 3 horsepower Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine almost 3 years ago with new piston rings & a valve job, it's been a ripper ever since.
I rebuilt it after it began chewing through 200 mLs of oil within 1 hour,the spark plug was getting oil fouled,it took 6 pulls to start it instead of the normal 3 & the engine didn't have enough compression to open the choke up when the engine was warmed up.
It now uses 150 mLs of oil within 10 hours & the spark plug electrode runs grey instead of black & oily,it only takes about 3 pulls to start the engine was well.
It does blow a puff of smoke on startup sometimes but with that mower in the video I would just monitor the oil consumption then rebuild the engine if it's unsatisfactory.!
Lawn Boy made one back in the late seventies I think it was aluminum light easy to push mower, I think it was a two stroke motor ? I like mowing with it just because it was light and didn't make you tired mowing !
Cool to learn the pre load for the choke. Im good at carbs but that i did not know. Thanks tarryl.
How nice - the new air filter element MATCHES the color of your sweat shirt....
Lovely little mower Taryl 👍🏻
Thanks for the laughs Taryl 👏👏👏👏👏👏👍
Great job , great video . Especially the American Idol auditions !
I found a Hahn Eclipse push mower someone threw out, it ran good but a little hot, so I sold it, cool video. Thanks
Hey Taryl great video my friend God bless you and your crew take care and there's your Dinner
Oldie but goodie, those type of carbs I swap out with a 3x primer stye tank and carb, like going from carb to fuel injection lol
I have used Briggs & scrap like that mowing in cemeteries in the U.K back in the seventy.
Thats a cool looking mower.i have is a verry small leaf blower.the air goes up inside and shoots out the one side with 3 wheels on it.😊
AS ALWAYS YOU GUYS
KILL. IT. ! !
That must have a power to weight ratio of a MiG-31 😂
Sensations predecessor was BobCat. These were also manufactured in a 21 " push and self propelled models, all aluminum decks, quality was evident in the ball bearing wheels. These trim mowers were used before the invention of the common light weight string trimmer.
Taryl's an excellent teacher. I could do w/o all the baloney though.
Did you already have lunch?
From Fargo North Dakota, I love your videos. I like your style and your videos are informative and fun to watch. Keep them coming
You keep fixing things with these awesome videos and I'll keep watching!! Love the videos.
Poor Uncle Andy, he really means well. He just wants to help! 😂
Wow lot of history in that mower! Man uncle any has a real hard head! Funny skit
Wow so many Rock Stars all Writing Songs about Lawncare. Who knew? Well they probably knew a lot about Grass ! 😆😂🤣
I can’t believe how good you are at working on everything! Nice job!
Looks like an early Pilishave rotary shaver prototype.
Never knew they made lawnmowers just for cemeteries. Wonder if that was made when Briggs had the hand cranks to wind up the spring then turn the knob to start.
I hated those mowers. Lol
For all you Grass Rats out there, if you haven't seen the story of Muffkin the cat's rescue, You're missing the greatest episode on this channel
Wish Taryl was my next door neighbor! Would be a great place to hang out for a bunch of laughs.
OMG.. You guys crack me up..😂😂 Love your video's, I watch your video's a lot and learned a lot from your video's when I first started lawnmower's and still do watch them.. Keep up the video's and the good job of what you're doing, you really explain a lot how to fix them with out cutting corners and easy to understand how a person can fix them, great job Brother...😁 👍👍👍
Love that cement block.
You guys are great love watching your show funny and informative!!!
Hey Taryl, you are fricken HILARIOUS!!! Love your singing skills, you got what it takes!!!! And Uncle Andy, well, he's Uncle Andy and what more can I say? (He's a total HOOT too!)
A little humour goes a long way. I use to tell my daughter to sing solo. So low nobody can hear you lol
Andy finally got a good deal from Ronnies Used Equipment and Parts Store. That was and easy one. Andy thought he was getting a 21 incher. Ha ha ha ha haaa....Thanks Mr. Dactyl!
I like how you can flip the handle to keep the discharge always to one side. Easy turning, easy clipping management. I kinda want one now.
There’s a Facebook group check it out. There’s yur dinner
Bunton in Louisville (now out of business) made a mower like that it had rollers on the side to run it up along the sides of the grave stones to trim so close it got the grass without hitting the stone had the edge exposed on the blade on that side with a small opening We sold them at Turfco in Miami .
Cemetery mowers are rare out here, only knew one manufacturer of them
Love how your videos are entertaining and informational, and you do have a voice of an Angel😅
Hey Taryl, You Drain that Fuel out the same way I do it. 7:33
Really enjoy your videos. If Podunk County High School has a mechanics dept. they would be very fortunate to have you as an instructor. The instructor when I was in H.S. knew what made an I.C.E. work but not sure he had ever done a complete overhaul and he was very, very, dry. Looking forward to the next one as always.
Im glad you like the who Tommy album. I've had 3 versions, still listening.
Geesh first the swisher pull behind, which I'd like to have now this sensation, which I want. You guys have all the cool stuff
Send Junior out to WHACK those cemetery tree sprouts, Taryl. Makes for a nicer looking plot.
I love the insane humor of taryl and gang
Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!
I Like that Lilliputian mower. You are a genius!
Love old mowers and experts fixing them. I have a question I have a red tip whiz-mow with the sulky and the motor has no badging. It looks identical to that moto and the plastic choke plate is broken and I was wondering if you have a part number for it? Thanks
Dang Skippy the little lawn mower is cool thank you so much for the information I didn't know you had to preload that choke before putting a carburetor back together thank you very much for your tips love the channel keep it going