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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: rec tech mower
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 08:19:30 -0500
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On 4/17/2025 11:03 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:47:22 -0400, Frank Krygowski
> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/17/2025 9:29 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:54:07 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Since I just can't stand small engine noise I never owned a
>>>> powered mower.  When I did mow, I had a regular pusher
>>>> (vintage, $10 in 1977; only needed lubrication & sharpening)
>>>>
>>>> Oh, I see the going rate is lower even after inflation!
>>>>
>>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-1950s-toro-sportsman-lawnmower-push-walk-behind-still-cuts-rusted-/271066110061
>>>
>>> Look again please.  The above eBay link you posted does not work for
>>> me.  However, I was able to find a similar vintage Toro lawnmower.
>>> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/116530603540>
>>
>> I kinda hate to say this, but the link worked for me!
> 
> It now works for me.  I tried it several times.  The link went to
> ebay, but ebay said the item could not be found.  I have no idea what
> went wrong.
> 
>> Oddly, the first time it didn't. When I tried again it worked. $5.00,
>> sale ended.
> 
> The item wasn't sold.  The listing ended on:
> "Ended: Sep 29, 2012 13:41:54 PDT"
> 
> Also, notice the listing says:
> "Local pickup only from Saint Louis, Missouri, United States 63128"
> Local pickup really means that the seller doesn't want to disassemble
> and pack the lawn mower.  The price of shipping could easily approach
> $100.
> 
>> Here's a link to the image in the ad:
>> https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/as8AAOxyo-9Q1pSq/s-l1600.jpg
> 
> The link describes the mower as a "push - walk behind" mower.  That's
> NOT a walk behind mower, but rather a "pusher reel" or just "reel"
> mower like these:
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=reel%20mower&udm=2>
> This is a "walk behind lawnmower":
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=walk%20behind%20mower&udm=2>
> 
> 

+1 which is why I wrote 'pusher'.

-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971