We had those at a golf course I worked at. Used it for mowing pond banks instead of using weedeaters.
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heathermerritt953 months, 2 weeks ago
The hovercraft of lawnmowers.
jessedavenport8533 months, 2 weeks ago
The poster child for foot injuries
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joe_hammond3 months, 2 weeks ago
We really used to just make some crazy things back in the 60s 😂 I love all the futuristic themed stuff from then and the 50s
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juliapope5953 months, 2 weeks ago
What the heck I didn’t even know these existed, that’s awesome
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matthewjimenez8023 months, 2 weeks ago
They are usually used to mow embankments, lake sides & sand traps on golf courses
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maríadelcarmenuribe8013 months, 2 weeks ago
I think they worked better when they were new, I seem to remember them hovering a bit higher than that. A neighbor had a few of them, they didn't seem to last very long. We did manage to revive one once and we put the motor on an old Mohawk bicycle using a mini bike wheel bolted right to the motor's crankshaft. We mounted it to a piece of plywood on a hinge to drive the rear bike tire. We hinged the plywood off a bracket we welded to bike frame with two door hinges . When you pulled the motor down , the tire on the motor drove the top of the rear tire where we cut out the rear fender. It didn't have much power taking of but it was scary fast at full throttle. We soon realized that New Departure coaster brakes were not meant to stop a bike going that fast. They became a last ditch effort to stop if your shoes were getting hot. The bike never did have real brakes. We figured that the motor was likely turning between 3,000 and 3,400 RPM, and the rear wheel had to be going close to 1,200 rpm or more. It went fast enough to make your eyes tear and fast enough to make bicycle tires to bad things, like swell up and start smoking on the fenders. Two things hindered its top speed, one was the fact that the small tire would grow with speed, (it came off the rim a few times), it would get larger and when it got larger it would get out of balance and start shaking violently. When it did you had to let off the lever that held the motor down on the back tire. We had made a simple lever that would pull down on the hinge that held the motor, we would push it down against the top tube of the frame and pull a piece of rope over the end of it to hold it engaged. The weight of he motor on the side provided the release effort. The tire on the bike would wear fast, mainly from engaging the drive wheel, we would get about a month of use out of a bike tire. We never did clock it with a car but we easily were passing cars on a 50mph road, they looked like they were standing still sometimes. We had that thing for about two summers, then I traded it to some kid for a real dirt bike, a basket case Husqvarna 500. The kid that got the bike with the Flymo motor (I seem to recall it being a Tecumseh AH500 or 520 motor), took that bike on a full speed blast one night with zero concern for its inability to stop, he ended up getting chased, crashing and destroying it less than a week after getting it. One cop said they clocked him 'in excess of 80 mph' with no exhaust, no helmet, no lights, no brakes. We all soon learned that speed was like a drug, especially at that age.
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anastasiegermain6383 months, 2 weeks ago
Using a vintage oil can on a vintage machine. Cool!
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alix_legendre3 months, 2 weeks ago
Didn't realize it is a two stroke until it fired up. Cool.
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brendanhollow273 months, 2 weeks ago
I'd forgotten about those, I haven't seen one in decades. It's cool to see that at least one is still around.
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shawnbird2423 months, 2 weeks ago
I used one of those to mow tee banks at a golf course back in the 60s. You're on the side of a tee, steep embankment, slippery as hell and you're swinging this thing back and forth. It hits a big clod of grass and flips over. We called it the death machine.
franz-xaver_scheel3 months, 2 weeks ago
We had one when I was a kid 50 years ago maybe 60 years
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ethan.santos3 months, 2 weeks ago
My Dad had one when I was a little kid, always thought it was the coolest thing. Wish he had kept it
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william_grant3 months, 2 weeks ago
They make tools that allow you to remove the flywheel without damaging it. I noticed a fresh chunk of aluminum was broken off the flywheel with that puller. Look up Tecumseh Flywheel Knocker.
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kevin.brown3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ive never seen a gas powered BBQ grill before
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mohammed.barrett3 months, 2 weeks ago
I’ve always loved old flymos they haven’t been the same since going fully electric
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thomastempest623 months, 2 weeks ago
That's not what I expected it to be not sure what I expected though.
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océane.blin3 months, 2 weeks ago
Got to love those little two stroke motors, I had a johnson boat motor that was mounted too low as an auxiliary on the boat I had, it would regularly dunk itself under water while running, spit all the water out and keep on chugging
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diane_thompson3 months, 2 weeks ago
So glad I just learned the rope trick.
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sabrina_king3 months, 2 weeks ago
They promised us flying cars, but this was the best they could do
We had those at a golf course I worked at. Used it for mowing pond banks instead of using weedeaters.
The hovercraft of lawnmowers.
The poster child for foot injuries
We really used to just make some crazy things back in the 60s 😂 I love all the futuristic themed stuff from then and the 50s
What the heck I didn’t even know these existed, that’s awesome
They are usually used to mow embankments, lake sides & sand traps on golf courses
I think they worked better when they were new, I seem to remember them hovering a bit higher than that. A neighbor had a few of them, they didn't seem to last very long. We did manage to revive one once and we put the motor on an old Mohawk bicycle using a mini bike wheel bolted right to the motor's crankshaft. We mounted it to a piece of plywood on a hinge to drive the rear bike tire. We hinged the plywood off a bracket we welded to bike frame with two door hinges . When you pulled the motor down , the tire on the motor drove the top of the rear tire where we cut out the rear fender. It didn't have much power taking of but it was scary fast at full throttle. We soon realized that New Departure coaster brakes were not meant to stop a bike going that fast. They became a last ditch effort to stop if your shoes were getting hot. The bike never did have real brakes. We figured that the motor was likely turning between 3,000 and 3,400 RPM, and the rear wheel had to be going close to 1,200 rpm or more. It went fast enough to make your eyes tear and fast enough to make bicycle tires to bad things, like swell up and start smoking on the fenders. Two things hindered its top speed, one was the fact that the small tire would grow with speed, (it came off the rim a few times), it would get larger and when it got larger it would get out of balance and start shaking violently. When it did you had to let off the lever that held the motor down on the back tire. We had made a simple lever that would pull down on the hinge that held the motor, we would push it down against the top tube of the frame and pull a piece of rope over the end of it to hold it engaged. The weight of he motor on the side provided the release effort. The tire on the bike would wear fast, mainly from engaging the drive wheel, we would get about a month of use out of a bike tire. We never did clock it with a car but we easily were passing cars on a 50mph road, they looked like they were standing still sometimes. We had that thing for about two summers, then I traded it to some kid for a real dirt bike, a basket case Husqvarna 500. The kid that got the bike with the Flymo motor (I seem to recall it being a Tecumseh AH500 or 520 motor), took that bike on a full speed blast one night with zero concern for its inability to stop, he ended up getting chased, crashing and destroying it less than a week after getting it. One cop said they clocked him 'in excess of 80 mph' with no exhaust, no helmet, no lights, no brakes. We all soon learned that speed was like a drug, especially at that age.
Using a vintage oil can on a vintage machine. Cool!
Didn't realize it is a two stroke until it fired up. Cool.
I'd forgotten about those, I haven't seen one in decades. It's cool to see that at least one is still around.
I used one of those to mow tee banks at a golf course back in the 60s. You're on the side of a tee, steep embankment, slippery as hell and you're swinging this thing back and forth. It hits a big clod of grass and flips over. We called it the death machine.
We had one when I was a kid 50 years ago maybe 60 years
My Dad had one when I was a little kid, always thought it was the coolest thing. Wish he had kept it
They make tools that allow you to remove the flywheel without damaging it. I noticed a fresh chunk of aluminum was broken off the flywheel with that puller. Look up Tecumseh Flywheel Knocker.
Ive never seen a gas powered BBQ grill before
I’ve always loved old flymos they haven’t been the same since going fully electric
That's not what I expected it to be not sure what I expected though.
Got to love those little two stroke motors, I had a johnson boat motor that was mounted too low as an auxiliary on the boat I had, it would regularly dunk itself under water while running, spit all the water out and keep on chugging
So glad I just learned the rope trick.
They promised us flying cars, but this was the best they could do