Lawn Mower

[AndyN01]

NOW OFF TO A NEW HOME.


Hi all,

My neighbour is having a a shed clearout (what else is there to do?) which has revealed...

A Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43

Running when put away

Probably needs some TLC

We realise it might be a while before it can be collected......

Andy.

[RPWC]

Originally Posted by AndyN01

Hi all,

My neighbour is having a a shed clearout (what else is there to do?) which has revealed...

A Qualcast Suffolk Punch 43

Running when put away

Probably needs some TLC

Andy.

Good old mower those, quite rare nowadays.

[COLVERT]

So it's a free gift or for sale ??--you don't actually say.--

[dattrike]

It's in the freebies bazaar

[AndyN01]

It's a free gift.

And still available.

Seems a shame to take it take it to the tip.

Andy.

[coab]

Originally Posted by AndyN01

It's a free gift.

And still available.

Seems a shame to take it take it to the tip.

Andy.

Message sent.

[dattrike]

Originally Posted by Phil th Barrow

As some are aware mowers are my only interest in life (I must get out more). Qual cast bought out Atco many years ago and arnt th same in th build department. Mowers were on th hole were well engineered years ago and had a price to match. Now they are plastic carbed throw away items.. Iv got 15 in various conditions and a big fan of th Suffolk Punch 98 4 stud.. Especially th 10 blade cassette precision cut. They make a great noise in a very low revving put putt type of way...

So a corona virus (nothing better to do) question. What is this then..

Allen scythe. Lovely bit of kit.

[jeremy]

Beat me to it! I was out in the garden cutting the 'orchard' (bit of an old field with half a dozen Lidl fruit trees) with a regular mower and dreaming of an Allen scythe! Do they still make them? Jeremy

[Phil th Barrow]

Originally Posted by jeremy

Beat me to it! I was out in the garden cutting the 'orchard' (bit of an old field with half a dozen Lidl fruit trees) with a regular mower and dreaming of an Allen scythe! Do they still make them? Jeremy

This one as a Villiers 150 and works a treat..

Wiki says...

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Allen Scythe with rotary saw attachment preserved at Didcot Railway Centre, England
The Allen Scythe, sometimes called the Allen Power Scythe, is a petrol-powered finger-bar mower. It was made from 1935 until 1973 by John Allen and Sons in Cowley, Oxfordshire. The company, formerly the Eddison and Nodding Company, was bought in 1897 by John Allen, who renamed it the Oxford Steam Plough Company, and then renamed it to John Allen and Sons.[1][2]

Another Cowley product...!!!!

[Phil th Barrow]

Oh and another bit of irrelevant info... Guy Martin (TT Racer and TV person) as a full size Suffolk Punch piston tattoo on th back of his right leg..