Customer Wanted It GONE! Can It Be Saved?

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I like that mower! Having the deck out front keeps the blade away from your feet and you can reach out over the edge of a ditch easier. They certainly don't make stuff like that anymore.

That was actually an expensive, good mower in its day, you are correct it wasn't a cheap mower, had a cast iron sleeve.I bought one slightly used in 88 for 400$, half of the new cost, the guy was moving to town from the farm and didn't have a use anymore. I mowed by fences and rough areas with it for 25 years. Motor still ran but the rest was just plain worn out.Twas made in the 🇺🇸

That cleaned up surprisingly well!

When I was a kid, I used to mow a lawn for someone who had one of these. It was a very reliable machine. It's the only one I'd ever seen in my life till now! What a blast from the past!

Nice. I got an old Troy Bilt Horse tiller for free a few weeks ago. It had the original H60 Tecumseh 6 HP engine. All I did was replace the head gasket, clean and set the points, change the oil and spray the carb. Started on the first pull. Didn't need it so sold it for $300.00.

MTD began as The Modern Tool and Die Company in 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Great job Taryl ! Too many people just throw everything away these days.

MTD-many troubles daily

Many moons ago I have used a couple different lawnmowers built on the same design as the one in the video. Yazoo mowers and Johnson mowers both had a version identical to it. Very durable design and quality of materials in comparison to modern mowers.

Hey Taryl! I have this same mower. It’s also an 87’. My father had me mow down the old corn stalks and weeds with it in the garden before he would till the soil with a gravely 5260 with a rotary cultivator attachment. Sometimes you had to lift the mower to get the stalks to go under. The choke lever on the carburetor could be pressed a little until it clicked if the mower needed more choke to start. The handles on that machine certainly have a unique feel. It’s been sitting unused for a few years because the coil is bad. I assume you put another foam filter in it. I don’t think the video shows the new filter with part number. Thanks for fixing this machine up and for the great video content!

That’s not a bad machine compared to the junk MTD pushes out today. It would have been a shame to see that get scrapped. Still has one of the good B&S engines too. Cool project Taryl!

As always taryl takes a thrown away mower, and breathes new life into it. So it may have a 2nd chance at life. 👍

Nice job. That mower was from back in the day when they made some quality equipment. Thanks for the vid.

That looks like a well made machine. It is some what like the old Yazoo mowers, heavy duty, built to last. The closest machines that are built today would be the products from DR Industries. Thank you for making and posting the videos, they are humorous and educational, hats off to you and your boys. Best Regards

I have a 1987 Troybuilt tiller. Starts right up and runs great. They made them good back then. Nice video!

I love my Tuff-cut. Only reason I don't use it a lot is I got a gravely with the brush-mower attachment. Going to fire mine up this evening for the heck of it. Keep up the great videos.

I've got a Troy-bilt Horse tiller I bought new in the 1980's. Still use it to garden. Nice job on this mower!

Good job/great find!! Amazing how good it cuts with a dull blade, an OE spark plug and OE carburetrator.😀

Good video Taryl!! Nice to see the old machines come back to life. Probably make someone a really good brush mower!