Vintage Lawnmowers

[mojjax]

I went to a barn sale last weekend . I bought the John Deere for $35.00 . The lady said that it needed a lot of work because it had been "sittin" with the old gas in it for 5 years . After 2 cans of carb cleaner , new fuel line , fresh battery - it guns great ! I just mowed our lawn , plus the neighbors . The orange and white rider is a Rugg . I got it for $20 at an Estate auction . It took a little tinkering and now it runs like a Deere ! They were both built in 1967 .

mojjax

 

[Kentucky Kache]

Sweet deal on the Deere.

 

[Copperhead]

Nice Deere mojjax, definitely got a deal there...horsepower?

 

[CarolinaDigs]

The red one is so cute But the John Deere is priceless You made some very good deals here !!!

 

[mojjax]

Nice Deere mojjax, definitely got a deal there...horsepower?

The Deere is a 6 hp tecumseh . I bought a carburator kit at the local lawn mower dealer , he had to get out microfilm slides to find the correct one . It is running great , so i'm not going to mess with it at this point . I'll probably re-do the carb next spring .

 

[outraged]

Price of scrap where it is and those are both 100$ bills. Great job

 

[scrounger d detector collector]

hear u on scrap.went to a yard the other day with a medium load of alum siding i scrapped.guys there say avg large sz pickup of mixed steel bring 200 to 350 now.whoa i had no idea !