Wouldn't you just be SO PI$$ED if they still did and it was the only model available? ESPECIALLY keeping in mind that the example in this video has been MODIFIED by adding an electric starter motor! Man it must have been more than a bear to start for the owner to bastardize an original antique ...maybe it was that or not being able to prove it even runs? Or else it would be ungodly unsafe to start by hand? ...Sounds like you what? Had to grab a pulley and giver a spin?? lol....GLAD they don't build em like THAT anymore!!!
+Doug Chaney They probably knew how to start it back then. Pull it forward two feet with a mule,car,tractor,etc. and it would probably start instantly. A rope wrapped around a pully works also, you just have to re-wrap each pull.
That was absolutely amazing! It sounded like it was barely turning fast enough to keep running, yet it accepted a load without missing a beat. That is some low end torque!
Surprisingly enough I can have my 1983 Lawn Boy 2-cycle running damn near that slow and it still cuts grass that hasn't gotten too wild perfectly. Up to speed it'll cut through the thickest lawns where other mowers wouldn't. I'd take an old Lawn Boy over a new 4-cycle any day.
@@MCatwar Plow ground you've gone over with a heavy roller and no grip?It could maybe have pulled a cart with a seat for the operator.This is is for smooth flat grass work.
Don't you think you would be happier if you got yourself a new mower instead? Just kidding! That is a neat mower I have 9 old reel mowers with out motors. Couple made 1890'. Couple weeks ago I got ahold of a 1951 gambles reel mower with briggs 5S motor.an I have a 1959 YAZOO YR60 rider. That was a great showing!! Thank you for taking the time an bringing out to show. Mowers have come a long way. Thank-you!
Most likely used on a golf course back in it's day....they STILL use these same style cutter heads on GANG mowers today. They group several of them together and PULL them around with a tractor.
That's how you knew it needed to be changed the old one would just snap and slap you in the face, people were tougher back then so they didn't mind lol
OMG I am really dating myself now but I totally remember these things. My Grandfather had an estate in Great Neck, NY and my Grandfather's gardener would mow the lawns with one of these. Thanks for posting. Really brought back memories.
motoforlyfe absolutely!! I love Watching the relationship you have with your dad, and being in the landscaping field myself it is nice to learn new things. You do a great job explaining what you are doing and the comedy is a good relief as well
I bet that thing cost a fortune when it was new. Only the elite of the elite could afford to equip their groundskeepers with that thing when it was new. It sure is cool.
I had a similar unit as kid, Ideal Model R or Model S. The build date was stamped on a steel plug on the underside of the crankcase . Mine was from 1913. You can get some more speed out of the little bugger by tightening the spring on the governor. Nice add with the electric start.
steve michigan I think you're right. Golf courses to this day use multiple bank reels instead of rotary decks for the finer greens cut. Much better cut, far less shock to the grass. As a teen, cutting lawns in the neighborhood for money, I had an old reel type gas mower. REALLY nice cut. Customers remarked on how much better their lawns looked, and how they seemed to grow better after being cut a few times with my "old fashioned" reel mower !
+c3h8O people kill their lawns with these newer mowers, the good thing about the reel mower is it puts the clippings back on the lawn which gives the nutrients back to the grass in its proper spots not spin it around in a circle and spread it all over the damn lawn thus creating dead spots
That's funny, I didn't know that modern-day mowers obligated you too take the grass with you. I do believe they shoot the grass back out in the yard too, not to mention they make mulcher blades.
Nice! She is a beauty! Nice & light huh. ..lol. I believe that to be an important antique to show how we got to modern lawnmowers so, when children complain about cutting the grass, you have them use that mower & then, they will never complain about using a modern lawnmower again.
I always had thought that 'self-propelled' mowers were a relatively new thing... How neat it is to see that the concept is not as new as one would think.... :) lol
This is a golf course, baseball field, football field et cetera mower. It's not meant for home use. This is why it is so large and it has the wide barrel wheels, so it will not put ruts into the turf, which can kill the grass and make a tripping hazard or playing field violation.
This video 2 minutes in made me hit sub I hope you have made this a working lawn mower awesome this is Makes you wonder that if only richer people had these back in the 20s
The top comment is literally a video of them cutting grass with it. It's a "hit and miss" style motor at idle. So you're not seeing it at "peak power" in this video at all. They were very heavy, 1hp motors weighed roughly 260lbs and 6hp motors could weigh nearly 1000lbs because they were mostly made of cast iron. They are quite powerful for what they are and powered everything from lawn mowers, tractors, saws, generators, pumps, and many other things. If you watch thier other video you can see it's easily cutting grass and dragging him around the yard like a ragdoll.
jeeze i thought my 48 farmall cub was old. its amazing how much things changed from the time this thing was built until 1947 when the cub was introduced. i think the cub brought about a mowing revolution, mine still mows 2 acres a week. im not sure, but i dont think the cub had belly mounted mowers until later
Hi I was at an Old Engine show one time and a guy showed me, that if a hit or miss engine gets a load on it, it will fire on every stroke. Jay Leno has a couple of these engines on his web site.
To the people saying they don't make them to last now days....Still running my cheap push mower from Lowes going on 12 years now. Got a 18 year old riding mower, that I got 2nd/3rd hand. Shit doesn't last because people don't take care of it.
If it was a green mower for a golf course that would explain the roller on the bottom. It makes sense to me that an early powered mower like this would have been designednfor golf courses rather than home owners, too.
As a kid, back in the '50's, a golf course in my hometown had one. The greenskeeper used it to mow and roll the greens at the same time. I used to retrieve balls from the water hazards....I was 8-9 years old....
We eventually got the reel hooked up to actually cut grass, check it out: goo.gl/xxMZL3
motoforlyfe does it still work 6 years later
This is one of those moments where your grandfather says "they just don't make em' like they used to."
Wouldn't you just be SO PI$$ED if they still did and it was the only model available? ESPECIALLY keeping in mind that the example in this video has been MODIFIED by adding an electric starter motor! Man it must have been more than a bear to start for the owner to bastardize an original antique ...maybe it was that or not being able to prove it even runs? Or else it would be ungodly unsafe to start by hand? ...Sounds like you what? Had to grab a pulley and giver a spin?? lol....GLAD they don't build em like THAT anymore!!!
Doug Chaney safety was using the gray matter between the ears. they start pretty easy when in good repair
+Doug Chaney They probably knew how to start it back then. Pull it forward two feet with a mule,car,tractor,etc. and it would probably start instantly. A rope wrapped around a pully works also, you just have to re-wrap each pull.
Stuff back in the day was built to last
Super heavy, inefficient and expensive? Yer darn tootin.
Uhhh, what I said was they built things to LAST, As in holy shit its still running.
Justin Nicolas
And its still running because its built like a rock.
Exactly 😂 that's my point.
and not built to break so you have to buy a new one in a year lol
That thing will be running in another 100 years from now. Cool video.
Good thing its self propelled, can you imagine pushing that thing?
+G56AG of course its self propelled. the whole contraption is basically just the normal push mower of the day with a motor attatched
down hill no problem up hill here's the solution
ok let's take it apart and bring it up piece by peice
Or harness it to the wife!!
+hashtag outdoors nah I'll use my dually to pull it,others will have a problem but I won't haha
yeah they had push mowers back then. that would kind of ruin its purpose. its pretty simple logic.
My right ear feels left out
+WinXPwhiz I thought my professional headphones where broken when the video was only plaid in mono
Arc so true
Same!!!!!
That was absolutely amazing! It sounded like it was barely turning fast enough to keep running, yet it accepted a load without missing a beat. That is some low end torque!
Surprisingly enough I can have my 1983 Lawn Boy 2-cycle running damn near that slow and it still cuts grass that hasn't gotten too wild perfectly. Up to speed it'll cut through the thickest lawns where other mowers wouldn't. I'd take an old Lawn Boy over a new 4-cycle any day.
Nice to see and hear the old machines running! Thanks for showing.
Awesome machine ! I love the hit'n miss engines.
Let's start up the red Vette next...
+John Be Good Looked like a 67 Vette.I would love to own that Vette.
Still works because it was not made in China, it has a nice beat to lol
Haha!
It was made to use not to sell.
This unit was used to power many attachments not just mower reels. Often used by truck garden operations or grounds keepers.
Yeah buddy! Thanks for the comment!
ware jc yeah that's what I thought, judging by the towing ball on it. made me think it can also plow. pretty cool multi purpose machine!
@@MCatwar Plow ground you've gone over with a heavy roller and no grip?It could maybe have pulled a cart with a seat for the operator.This is is for smooth flat grass work.
Don't you think you would be happier if you got yourself a new mower instead? Just kidding! That is a neat mower I have 9 old reel mowers with out motors. Couple made 1890'. Couple weeks ago I got ahold of a 1951 gambles reel mower with briggs 5S motor.an I have a 1959 YAZOO YR60 rider. That was a great showing!! Thank you for taking the time an bringing out to show. Mowers have come a long way. Thank-you!
Thanks for checking it out man!
I could mow lawns all day listening to that thing chug away.
Most likely used on a golf course back in it's day....they STILL use these same style cutter heads on GANG mowers today. They group several of them together and PULL them around with a tractor.
That was amazing. 90 years old still runs well.
It is pretty amazing, I thought it was ready to conk out at the end but it kept going till we hit the kill switch!
Sweet!! There is an old ad on Harry's old engine site $375, back in the 1920's!!
Nice.
And compared to a new mower it is so silent and will work for the next 90 years.
rgds
I don't think people will find it on their own and be interested but if you showed it to people I bet they'd like it!
That's because it was never meant to be a "MOWER". It was designed to be a turf ROLLER.
Yup!
Fishkiller 41 whats a turf roller
It's a roller for turf
use it to paint the turf green, will save you water ;)
Beautiful hit or miss engine sound. Love it.
Belt gards? We don't need no stinkin belt gards.
One time my dad got his finger caught in the cooling fan!
That's how you knew it needed to be changed the old one would just snap and slap you in the face, people were tougher back then so they didn't mind lol
Nice. Glad to see something that old still running
Pretty cool lawnmower. I'd love to see it running with the blades
So sweet!!! THANK YOU for posting this video!!
my left ear enjoyed this video...
Loved that! John Deere colors to boot! "hit or miss" engine. that's a new one me. Thanks- very cool
We have come so far in technology, but I miss the good old days when things were built by hand. And made to last.
Really cool stuff, that old red machine to your left at about 2:40 is an eye catcher too.
I love these old IDEAL mowers. They sound so good.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Hope to get this thing out some more and get the reel hooked up
This was the original walk behind mower! So cool
Glad you liked it!
That's in great condition for such an old age
This is actually the best type... It cuts grace like a scissor instead of ripping it like the fixed staight blades ones...
nice... loving your work with old machinery
OMG I am really dating myself now but I totally remember these things. My Grandfather had an estate in Great Neck, NY and my Grandfather's gardener would mow the lawns with one of these. Thanks for posting. Really brought back memories.
Hit AND miss lol, just couldn’t help myself, I love your channel, please keep them coming
Thanks Fred I'm glad you enjoyed!
motoforlyfe absolutely!! I love Watching the relationship you have with your dad, and being in the landscaping field myself it is nice to learn new things. You do a great job explaining what you are doing and the comedy is a good relief as well
No lawyers involved in that design....
I bet that thing cost a fortune when it was new. Only the elite of the elite could afford to equip their groundskeepers with that thing when it was new.
It sure is cool.
my left ear loves the sound of the motor...
This video was posted in 2012 and I just got it in my recommendations...
if your still having problems with low idle try tightening up the latch out spring or getting a new spring.
I had a similar unit as kid, Ideal Model R or Model S. The build date was stamped on a steel plug on the underside of the crankcase . Mine was from 1913. You can get some more speed out of the little bugger by tightening the spring on the governor. Nice add with the electric start.
Awesome mower man and great vid :)
Absolutely Blown Away on these old school Motors studying them and realizing how they work
The safety features of this machine are awesome!! lol love it!!
Looks like something used on golf course greens. Thanks for the video, DB and DDB.
Amazing. A hit and miss engine powering a lawnmower
Glad you enjoyed!
When I think about it, it is pretty darn cool for being 90 years old!
I would guess these were made for golf courses. Early 20's lot courses around. Not for a lawn. Those big rollers. So wouldn't make marks in greens.
steve michigan
I think you're right. Golf courses to this day use multiple bank reels instead of rotary decks for the finer greens cut. Much better cut, far less shock to the grass.
As a teen, cutting lawns in the neighborhood for money, I had an old reel type gas mower. REALLY nice cut.
Customers remarked on how much better their lawns looked, and how they seemed to grow better after being cut a few times with my "old fashioned" reel mower !
Chris Russell
Dude you're WAY WAY off ! Hope you're kidding.
When I was a young laad, I worked in a cemetery , and they had an old one like that...And it still ran good.
My pop and I have thought about selling it now and then but it's just too neat, even if it does take up a ton of room!
3 more years this engine will be a hundred years old!
love the timing on that sucker!
mowers were so much quieter back then you could mow at night, why are they so loud now lol
+c3h8O people kill their lawns with these newer mowers, the good thing about the reel mower is it puts the clippings back on the lawn which gives the nutrients back to the grass in its proper spots not spin it around in a circle and spread it all over the damn lawn thus creating dead spots
or you could take off the bag.
+Mitchell WildFlame or use the mulch or side discharge........
All these old men arguing about lawns 😂😂 #getoffmyyard
That's funny, I didn't know that modern-day mowers obligated you too take the grass with you. I do believe they shoot the grass back out in the yard too, not to mention they make mulcher blades.
Pretty neat looking old time mower, never seen anything like that before.
Nice! She is a beauty! Nice & light huh. ..lol. I believe that to be an important antique to show how we got to modern lawnmowers so, when children complain about cutting the grass, you have them use that mower & then, they will never complain about using a modern lawnmower again.
It's amazing how I'm used to seeing it so I don't think twice about it but everyone else is fascinated!
if only all lawnmowers are this quiet! even the electric ones are louder then this!
That's so awesome :) seeing this should male people appreciate the technology.good video buddy
i want that lawn mower now its so badass i would mowe my lawn that its so cool just to watch it run and actually function after 90 years
My left ear loved this video
Glad you liked it yup most people probably never even think about what preceded the current day lawnmower!
If u bought one today from a big box store next may it won't run
Isn't that the truth!
My dads Honda still runs after 15 years! Mows the grass every week!
I always had thought that 'self-propelled' mowers were a relatively new thing... How neat it is to see that the concept is not as new as one would think.... :) lol
+Christopher Althouse BUT A NEW ONE LIKE 900 DOLLARS- NEW RIDE AROUND 6000 DOLLARS
That is so NEAT !!!! I would hope I would work that good at 90
Impressive! Good job, guys!
I like it! Nothing like a antique. You won't get that out if a new mower 90 years from now
I love hit and miss engines.
that was cool. I have never seen an old mower like that with a Hit and Miss
You'll have to come try it out sometime!
That fan pointing to the cylinder is so snazzy!
This is a golf course, baseball field, football field et cetera mower. It's not meant for home use. This is why it is so large and it has the wide barrel wheels, so it will not put ruts into the turf, which can kill the grass and make a tripping hazard or playing field violation.
Thanks Jos
Amazing that it still runs.
Glad you liked it buddy!
This video 2 minutes in made me hit sub
I hope you have made this a working lawn mower awesome this is
Makes you wonder that if only richer people had these back in the 20s
+Shaun Lionudakis Thanks Shaun!
The way that thing runs, it couldn't cut a damn cake much less grass.
The top comment is literally a video of them cutting grass with it. It's a "hit and miss" style motor at idle. So you're not seeing it at "peak power" in this video at all. They were very heavy, 1hp motors weighed roughly 260lbs and 6hp motors could weigh nearly 1000lbs because they were mostly made of cast iron. They are quite powerful for what they are and powered everything from lawn mowers, tractors, saws, generators, pumps, and many other things. If you watch thier other video you can see it's easily cutting grass and dragging him around the yard like a ragdoll.
It would've cut grass
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for leaving a comment!
jeeze i thought my 48 farmall cub was old. its amazing how much things changed from the time this thing was built until 1947 when the cub was introduced. i think the cub brought about a mowing revolution, mine still mows 2 acres a week. im not sure, but i dont think the cub had belly mounted mowers until later
Hi I was at an Old Engine show one time and a guy showed me, that if a hit or miss engine gets a load on it, it will fire on every stroke. Jay Leno has a couple of these engines on his web site.
Yep, had to in order to keep the RPMs up
They're pretty rare, we've only seen one or two others at the shows! Thanks for looking
That cooling fan is creating quite a wind storm!
To the people saying they don't make them to last now days....Still running my cheap push mower from Lowes going on 12 years now. Got a 18 year old riding mower, that I got 2nd/3rd hand.
Shit doesn't last because people don't take care of it.
It being trash made in China doesn't help
The fore runner of the zero turns.
If it was a green mower for a golf course that would explain the roller on the bottom. It makes sense to me that an early powered mower like this would have been designednfor golf courses rather than home owners, too.
As a kid, back in the '50's, a golf course in my hometown had one. The greenskeeper used it to mow and roll the greens at the same time. I used to retrieve balls from the water hazards....I was 8-9 years old....
+AJ Wilson Pretty cool AJ!
Haven't been out there yet but would like to one of these years
So this thing drives like a tiller, neat! Anyways I love antiques, this is a great video!
I just subscribed to your channel and hello from New Hampshire.
Hi Paul, thanks for the sub!
my left ear loved this one
I bet stripes like a CHAMP!
Yeah buddy!
awesome video. i love seeing old things like that. amazing shape for being so old
I will look into this. Definitely want it to be running right
Reel mowers are so freaking cool. You got the sulky for it?
I'm going to be having some new neighbors across the street soon, I should mow my lawn with it and see what kind of loooks I get !
That thing runs like a top!
old golf course roller,they still have them that look close to this,just updated motor and drive of course.
Straight from lawnmower man.
Cool old lawn mower