Wind up mower....

[specialk]

Do any of yall remember these?...my grandaddy had one when i was a kid

 

[fishfryer]

Do any of yall remember these?...my grandaddy had one when i was a kid

We had one on a Sears tiller

 

[The Original Rooster]

That is very cool!

 

[sinclair1]

Yep, it’s probably in one of dad’s sheds of treasures.

 

[fishfryer]

We had one on a Sears tiller

As a matter of fact my brother still has the tiller. I guess I’ll get it from him to look at once in a while. I used that thing a lot when I was about 9 years old and older.

 

[Ruger#3]

Yep, my grandpa had one.

 

[Batjack]

That's a new one on me. Dad first put me to using a "real" mower, and then when I was tall enough he figured my calves weren't big enough and put me to push'n a 2 wheel mower with a caster in the back.. body of the thing was made out of cast iron and weighed a ton. Went and bought a used Snapper after I'd had enough of that.
Edit: I just remembered that the "tri pod" didn't have a spring loaded "recoil" pull cord.. had a spindle on top of the motor with a notch and you hooked the rope (with a knot in the end) then coiled it around the spindle ... and... pulled with everything you had.. rinse.. repeat..

 

[Mike 65]

My Dad had one when I was a little. I had forgotten all about those. Brings back memories.

 

[Core Lokt]

Neva seent one.

 

[Dirtroad Johnson]

Neva seent one.

Me either & I'm 68. A lot of country folks swept there yards with broom sage & such back when I was a kid but the folks that had grass that I remember & when we did get grass - weeds I never saw one of those.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I'm 56, and I've never seen one of those.

 

[fishfryer]

I'm 56, and I've never seen one of those.

There were corded electric mowers at the same time period. Always looked really awkward to use.

 

[Whitefeather]

Do any of yall remember these?...my grandaddy had one when i was a kid

My grandfather had one of those. Looking back it wasn’t a terrible idea

Another oldie that I remember was my uncle had a 3 wheel riding mower and it’s front wheel was chain driven. It didn’t have a reverse. To back up, you just turned the front wheel 180 degrees.

 

[JustUs4All]

I had a Lawn Boy 2 cycle with the wind up starter. Worked really good.

 

[ucfireman]

Nope never seen one.

 

[Buck70]

Yep, almost broke my hand using one. I wound it up but forgot to fold the handle down. I push the start button and the handle crashed hard into my hand. I hated that thing.

 

[LTZ25]

I had a Lawn Boy 2 cycle with the wind up starter. Worked really good.

we had one probably around 1962 .

 

[Redbow]

I can't remember ever seeing one of those mowers and I'm 77.

 

[flyrod444]

I use to till our garden with a tiller that had a wind up starter something like that. It worked well but didn’t always start first try. This was back in late 1960s

 

[LTZ25]

I can still remember the click click click as you wound it up .