Ever see a "Flymo"?

enginecrzy

enginecrzy

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Yup, I have a small yard & they are perfect for it & make short work of sloped edges were a line trimmer would take a bit longer. They can mow over the brick edgeing were a wheel mower can't quite reach.

The thrust flattens long grass some & You use blade puck spacers to set the cut height. Allot of them are not set right or the blade mulched rocks & are very dull, but If set up right, they do work ok. Ive added cary handles, Bike bar grip & skateboard tape were you step to start on the small one. Also no safety shut off stuff, careful.. Every one Iv'e worked on so far has a muffler cooked deck & the engine mounts are compromised. The older fiberglass Toro 19 doesn't have this problem, mainley the plastic deck models with the tecumseh engine & the tight muffler arangement... I mended the smaller one with aluminum splints & jb weld, lined the deck with fiberglass cloth as well as adding thick felpro rubbercork gasket material around the lip of the deck & added 1/2" spacers on the engine mounts to space the muffler away & also washers between the impeller & the end of the crank, theres still enough keyway engagement & the crank bolt is extra long to acomadate the blade height spacer pucks. I can't deny they are novel...
 
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pomfish

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enginecrzy said:
Yup, I have a small yard & they are perfect for it & make short work of sloped edges were a line trimmer would take a bit longer. They can mow over the brick edgeing were a wheel mower can't quite reach.

The thrust flattens long grass some & You use blade puck spacers to set the cut height. Allot of them are not set right or the blades were used to mulch rocks, but If set up right, they do work ok. Ive added cary handles, Bike bar grip & skateboard tape were you step to start on the small one. Also no safety shut off stuff, careful.. Every one Iv'e worked on so far has a muffler cooked deck & the engine mounts are compromised. The older fiberglass Toro 19 doesn't have this problem, mainley the plastic deck models with the tecumseh engine & the tight muffler arangement... I mended the smaller one with aluminum splints & jb weld, lined the deck with fiberglass cloth as well as adding thick fel pro rubber cork material around the lip of the deck & added 1/2" spacers on the engine mounts to space the muffler away & also washers between the impeller & the end of the crank, theres still enough keyway engagement & the crank bolt is extra long to acomadate the blade height spacer pucks. I can't deny they are novel...
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OK, the fact you can adjust blade height changes everything.
And the going over bricks/rocks is a plus too.
I stand corrected!
They have a legitimate use.
Thanks for all the details and preserving functioning history.
 
enginecrzy

enginecrzy

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Well loose rocks not so much, but various companies still make these new with modern safty features included "toro slope mower" ect...
Ive heard golf corses use these allot & the market is much stronger in the UK.

I had to search for parts for mine out of region using the eBay uk site & then save the listing. Then it would show up on my US eBay saved list to get around the regional listing censoring. The seller had to sell me the plastic flywheel shroud covers listed as antiques to be allowed to sell to the US or another way to do it is request the seller to add you to thier eBay buyer requirements exclusion list. Took about 3 weeks to get the covers & some other small things I was missing
 
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bruces

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I have a husqvarna one with a 2cycle tec on it at camp .It certainly has its place butmy son no longer has a lawn care route ,and I do not need it .I can get some pics in the next few days when I get back there .
 
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