Beap52 1,914 #1 Posted 12 hours ago Took advantage of being snow bound. No reason to get out and too cold for me to enjoy being out so I went through our hundreds of slides and transferred them to the computer. Fun to look back to the mid 1960's of family photos. Lots of memories and things I hadn't thought about for years. For one, that's me on my first mower. I don't remember what it cost. I'm pretty sure was a Montgomery Wards, one forward speed and one reverse speed. The blade was a direct drive--If the engine was spinning--the blade was turning. I believe Ward's mowers had tread on the tires and Sear's mowers were smooth. I'm guessing that if it was in gear and a lad pulled the starter rope and it fired off, said lad would be slow chasing his mower. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 11,052 #2 Posted 4 hours ago 8 hours ago, Beap52 said: said lad would be slow chasing his mower. Been there!! My first rider was a similar Sears model - but it had a blade clutch. But I did start it in gear one time... ONE time. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
