You've Never Seen This AWESOME 1947 Battery Powered Mower
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2021
- As seen on UNILAD Tech, Taryl received this super cool Jiffy battery powered mower from a fan and after scouring the internet and putting some feelers out there, he determined it's from around 1947! Check out this old piece of antique technology and see if the man himself can actually get this thing to operate like it once did back in 1947. And as Taryl always says... There's Your Dinner!!
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the very 1st DR field and brush mower,
I thought the same thing..lol..
You would hook it to 24v. lol
Exactly 😂
The K D Mower. Killer Diller.
U sure? The very first?
Wow, I never thought I'd see one of these again. When I was in college in the early 70's the small rental house I lived in had one of these in the garage behind it. I would use the battery from the car (12 volts) and trigger the button on/off and mowed the small yard with it. Seems the motor was probably a generator or starter motor. Actually it worked pretty well for the small yard, the 12 volt battery gave it extra power and the grass was thin so I never did any damage to it I remember the blade being out of balance and with the over speed from the 12 volts I was careful to not run it to fast. I also remember sometimes after mowing having to charge the battery back up so it would start the car. Safety? It was more dangerous than the 14 inch arm saw at the lumber yard where I worked part time back in those days. .
I’ll justhuy
Since it ran the battery down so fast, that is why they had a charger attached to the rear?
That's a pretty cool mower Taryl, aluminum can be polished to a mirror finish, that mower would really look amazing polished!
"Does anyone else want to see this thing polish the floor?" Heck I do.
It looks like a floor buffer
It would polish the floor in a Jiffy it turns so fast!!!
That's more powerful that the floor buffers I use at Walmart! Hell you polish your floors with that and you will not be able to stand up on it... LOL
LLAP
@@Nighthawkrun 4:45
Imagine how it might run with new bearings and brushes. That motor is 74 years old after all!
There is no reason this cannot be made to run like new.
Bet that motor would run great on 12v battry.
@@LeeHill66 What voltage are they using? I forget as I watched it a month ago.
@@tarstarkusz 6 V
Mr. Dactyl this is fabulous!!! You and your multi-talented family have once again hit a home run!!! Your channel is the go to source for any and all things small engine repair and history of the small engine in America. The Taryl Fixes All videos may end up in museums themselves as great sources of American history!! Thank you to all of you for yet another great production and making my Sunday's even more special than they already are. Your biggest fan Larry C
Yo Taryl, how about you grease the motor bearings ?
Smoother running
I'm only halfway in the video, maybe you gonna do it
Man, thats an amazing machine.
Another idea; try put combine blades on it, those are aggressive cutting blades and thats easier on the motor
Lubing the motor bearings would be of the highest importance on my list.
Agreed. All the older electric motors I've seen at least have an oil hole. Probably even replace the bearings, if there are any roller bearings & not just a "bearing surface." And probably some brushes too.
can you paint it like a vw bus?
Yeah it does kinda resemble one. LOL
The two channels I get outta bed early for on my Sunday off....thanks guys, love what ya do!
Where's the bagger
I can just hear Zip Ties And Bias Plys now. "You don't need to worry about safety equipment!"
I would just go to town with some aluminum polish and a mother's power ball and then clear coat it. It should shine like a mirror.
my grandfather has one of these. I knew it was super rare, I've seen lots of unusual antique mowers but nothing like this. Grandpa collects and restores antique small gasoline engines. We were at a show this weekend when one of your fans found us. Thanks for making this vid!
if it has decal sent Taryl pics .lucky your family has pone super cool
What? I always Mow my grass and then drag my grassy, greasy, dirt covered mower into the kitchen to sweep the floors 😅👌 That mowers a beaut Taryl Thanks for the viJeo!
I remember my grandma talking about a battery powered mower they had in the early 50s. (This was in the 90s) Everybody just thought she had too much wine.
There were cars in the 50s that had power locks and windows and electrically adjustable seats etc, of course they were top of the line and expensive back then but we always think thats a new invention.
They had just about everything back even in the 40s, just a lot of it was primitive and scarce.
This mower might have been just the thing for MY grandmother as she had little bitty piece of yard but she used a push reel mower in her 70s.
That's a pretty cool old mower!! Nice to see it running again. You certainly come across some really rare stuff. Nice job!!!
It's always a good day with a new taryl video
That was fun. Way ahead of its time. I love my old equipment with zero safety features because it makes you learn to be careful which you can carry through life. Plus it's lighter and easier to work on. Just teach your kids the dangers if they're running it.
Yep
Taryl,I appreciate everything you guys do,and to prove it,I’m gonna sit through every five minute ad 😂 Thanks guys.
Hey David,
Glad you like ads, but my entire online experience is void of ads.
I've never seen ads in videos or ads on webpages.
Desktop computer with ad blockers give me more time to cut grass!
(I'm sure you're being funny...)
Love all the history you shared. Great video!!!
When you get done restoring it you should bring it with you to events. Be really neat getting to see it .
I love looking through those old PM magazines. I have a box of them that were my Dad's. I pull em out once in a while and just read em.
I love these antique stuff! Lovely to see! Cheers from Sweden!
Taryl tinkering with the 'Good Ol' stuff are the best videos! Side note: dang, that thing makes as much noise as a modern 4 stroke!
now this is just too cool!
i like it! 🙂
Another great video Taryl! Love seeing vintage lawn equipment!
That is the coolest, most interesting push mower I have ever seen! Thanks for sharing!
Considering we had electric cars before the gasoline engines were powerful enough to move a car, makes sense that there were a few electric mowers around as well. However it's not surprising that not many of these machines were ever made. A worker with a scythe or sickle would have mowed the two acres in less time and for a few cents or a warm meal back then. And from the few mowers that were ever produced and sold, the odds of one surviving for 70 years without landing in the scrap yard or some landfill is really slim. Hope you can preserve this beauty for future generations. It kinda has a space age vibe design, and that is pretty cool for something that was built decades before the space age was even started.
Another fantastic chapter in the Dactyl saga. I believe this mower should be polished and sealed. Ironic that battery lawnmowers were made back in 1947 and now the majority of push mowers are battery!!!! Great video always look forward to seeing you and the Grass Rats. Cheers Chris 👍🏻🇦🇺🍻😷
Here's what became of Jiffy Mower Company.
So many engineers and technicians were losing body parts, the Doctor wanted his money in a Jiffy.
So the DR Field and Brush mower was born.
Taryl is worried about taking the guard cover off, but the first time he “fired it up” on the bench, the sketchy blades were at abdomen height. Glad those 74-year-old blades held on and didn’t fly into Taryl or Mr. Cameraman’s stomach!!
That's what I was thinking, then he even films them lol
Taryl
You crack me up , & I usually learn something too ! I
Especially like it when I learn stuff that I thought I already knew but I really didn’t.
Thanks for making this stuff fun !
It looks like a good idea for a mower, from what I can tell from my chair. Great show, I love refurbishing old tools.
great video Thanks Taryl
Amazing power for such an old machine
Cool machine, good job Taryl and crew! Most interesting thing I gleaned from this is the blades. Cool idea bolting or riveting a sickle bar cutter to the end of an altered lawn mower blade. Might be handy some day.
Those old Popular Mechanics are awesome. Amazing some of the things you can find in them.
The jiffy mower looked like it mowed well. Never seen those before. Thanks good luck.
Tarly, thank you for the help on my Krohler Courage engine. Followed your instructions in the case top to check the gasket that goes when the bolts loosen. All ok, resealed and thread locked. Thank you......Mike. Felt like a pro.
Man thats amazing,no telling how many companies made stuff back in the day that we've never seen.
Sweet! Looking forward to the full resto.
Leave it alone! It looks great as is.
I love it !! Safety 3rd !
I've seen one before. My old neighbor, old man Fowler is what I called him but his name was Brain Fowler. anyway the was junk dealer. He was in his 90's back then, probably about 25 years ago. He had one, and a lot of other old stuff, he even had a old electric mini bike. I'm pretty sure it all got scrapped when he died. He was WW2 veteran, he was missing part of his ear, he said, he got it shot off in WW2.
I absolutely love your videos
Awesome find!!!
That thing is something else. No telling what you will come up with. Keep it up>>.
Even kids can use it. Lol This is Priceless. Sounds like a carnival ride when its cutting. I want one
Not bad for something that’s as old as most our grandmas! Well done!
Danger mower has a cousin that goes by killer tiller. It didn’t say how long are how many batteries you would need to mow 2 acres. The guys back then survived WW2 only to come home and loose a limb to there mower. Talk about getting it from every side.
Great job Taryl.. love your videos... nice new sneakers!!
Make your own Taryl museum!
I LOVE IT!
The fact that it still works is awesome
Absolutely Definitely have to polish that Jiffy Mower!!!! 1947 was heavily influenced by aviation. Plus it would look awesome.
Especially in Wichita, Kansas... The Airplane manufacturing capitol of the world.
Taryl, 6 volt cars of that era had the positive terminal to frame unlike years later 12v negative grounded to frame. Could this be possible with this mower. Was the blade directional and motor spinning in the correct direction?
I was thinking the same thing.!
Wouldn't matter much with the blade using sickle mower blades.
Was likely positive ground. All cars were 6v positive ground back then. Wouldn’t really make a difference to the operation of this machine due to the blade configuration. Sickle mower type blades are sharpened on both side as they reciprocate to cut.
Agree with positive ground. Also, I put an 8 volt batter in my JOHN DEERE B, no modifications needed except for the regulator. Even the lights were OK. Made a big difference on the performance of the starter.
It will be a series wound universal motor, so either polarity will spin it the same direction.
The positive to chassis would have probably made it corrode faster though, especially aluminium.
I have never seen one of those things before. Learned something new today.
I used a human pwr. Real mower. At 6yrs old the bars were clean over my head. 50cents a yard paid in coinage. My lawn service grew to include a neighborhood bully. The big dude knocked me flat. I recall Jeff flight or fright. Those are not options with a high schooler on top of you. God's grace I got him in a chokehold for sometime I was afraid to let him go ask to be mincemeat. I heard my mom call for supper and simply told him I had to go. He didn't get up and attack me so he decidedly agree. Still have that non-motor push mower today at 73. I don't need a gym membership or corn gas
Pretty cool little mower, brush cutter
Thank you!!
Well done
Great video keep it up taryl
Taryl you got the best small engine mechanic videos on you tube that I ever seen, after watching you the rest are not as educational as yours ,thank you so. mush.🥞🍟🧀🍕
Rat kruncha,love it
This is an awesome mower. Obviously built to last, the aluminum body would look great polished and clear coated 👍
Totally awesome! This is the oldest powered lawnmower I have ever seen, and to think that they had an electric mower back in 1947, your right, this is high tech for that time! Great video as always, now I have to find one of these for my collection! Thanks Taryl!
I think there was a lot of electric stuff long ago, but they just didn't have good batteries back then. Electric stuff is way simpler than any ICE engine, but lead acid batteries are just not that good. Also, wouldn't be surprised if the fossil fuel industry did their best to kill off as much electric stuff as possible. Now suddenly we're "re-discovering" the simplicity of electric everything!
Back in early 60s, an old lady down my street had electric mower with long extension cord, but that thing was almost totally silent. You only heard the blade hitting the grass.
It had to be from the 50s.
Read about electric cars during the same time period.
Very inspirational video!!! Wooo Hooo!
Taryl I Enjoy All Of Your Videos. I Was Wondering If You Have Ever Had Mrs Taryl On Your Show?
That’s really cool can’t wait to see the restore on this…👍👍
I cannot wait to see the *ROOF MOWER RESTORATION*
It might be lacking in safety features but without the shroud it would do well in Battle Bots ;-)
The aluminum would be its Achilles heel
Heck yeah! Good idea! Taryl needs to enter it in battle!
i thought that too .
@@kwhp1507 Uhhh, I think the weapon motors in battle bots are just a _bit_ more powerful. Now, if you coated it in AR500, changed the blade to AR500, added a remote control, and upgraded the batteries to lithium, you'd basically have Tombstone. Now the real question is if you took Tombstone out to a field, how good a job would it do cutting the grass? Or, you could go the other way, just add a salad bowl to the top, and you'd have Rusty :)
@21:40 Love those old Popular Mechanics magazines with their fanciful dreams of utopian ideas of transportation. My dad used to get them.
great video
That’s pretty sweet!
That is a keeper.
dude if I was as good as a mechanic as YOU you're good Taryl.
Taryl- you should convert this into a roomba. Too cool!!
I love it.
great work again Taryl; that motor probably has those small spring loaded lubrication ports like old generators and motors did.
That's awesome 😎
Good job
Looks like Taryl got some new shoes!!!
Well, I have an extremely rare Mountfield M4 Electric mower, from the late sixties! But it's mains electric. Roughly 3hp motor on it - definitely dims the lights for a second when you power it up!
22:00 Had to laugh. That was my job when I was 8 years old, no push no allowance. That was 1959.
30:39 Where would the wires go from the charger to the battery ? Maybe that ground wire would have had a wire nut on it ?
Sand and polish that bad boy. Make it shine baby.
That is really kool,I really enjoy seeing this old dangerous stuff, maybe paint that cover like a VW bus..
Aciu Tarelai.Esi protingas meistras,malonu stebeti tavo patarimus.super.
I love the enterstate battery I have one that has been used in multiple lawn tractors and garden tractors I’ve had over time
it would look epic all polished out
25:40 You can see the body spark to the front wheel. :D
Very Good!..
Back in those days most every thing was positive ground.
Im located in Wichita Ks cool to know such a cool machine was built in my home town. Neat history learnin there.
Great Video. baking soda in a blasting cabinet works great with aluminum parts like carbs. maybe jiffy mowers too.
My first truck was a 52 Chevy with a 6 volt electrical system. You could not really say it had headlights. It was just a different shade of dark. Surprised you could find a 6 volt batt today.
The bearings were probably tightening up by the end of the video. Early in the vid, it spun for a while after it was switched off. By the end, it was stopping pretty quickly.
damn this is so cool!
I like it nice
Too Cool Taryl, Did you know that Sears had a battery-powered riding mower back in the '70s, we had one.
That thing is badass! Why don't we have those anymore?
The "Ground-&-Go" switch is where the name Deadman originally came from - if you depended on it to not operate at the wrong time you would certainly be a dead man. The time it takes to coast down once it chops your foot off must have added significantly to the excitement of having a power mower back in the day. This thing probably left a bigger mark on the life insurance industry than it did on grass-cutting technology ... but I think it's great!!!
Great video, lol you guys are great.
Very cool
Nice job bud✌
There were so many magazines back then that tried to be like pop mechanics. Modern Mechanics, Mechanics and Handicraft, Mechanics illustrated, Science and Mechanics, Modern Mechanics & Inventions. Im sure its in there somewhere