Lawnmower

Since the Idylwood house had a sizable yard, my dad bought a power mower for it. It was a self propelled reel type mower. As I write this, I realize that ‘sizable is a relative term. To a young adolescent, it looked huge. Today it looks like a pretty standard neighborhood lot.

The photo shows reel mower with a Briggs and Stratton engine. This is very similar to the mower we had. The one In the picture doesn’t show the ‘self-propelled’ feature. On our mower there was a shaft running across the top of the deck in front of the engine with a pulley at each end. Each pulley had a a V-Belt running down to pulleys inside the main wheels. A separate V-belt drove the rotating blades.