Chainsaw Repair

It is interesting to study Honda's mark on the power equipment world.  They needed an edge and found it through the overhead cam.  Really not any better than the B&S or Tecumseh designs, because there are more parts with the Honda.  One thing is for sure and that is the Chinese are copying Honda left and right.  Was it Sears or Home Depot who first sold the Chonda clone mowers?       

My favorite push mower is the lawnboy.  Some history if I remember it correctly;  In 1984 Toro bought the Lawnboy line from OMC.  OMC was in trouble financially with their boat debacle.  To make matters worse the federal govt had suggested that pleasure boating be banned because of the gas shortage!  Of course that went over like a lead brick, but we did get the nationwide 55mph speed limit.   

Toro tried their hardest to portray the Lawnboy as inferior to the Recycler  But, many of the L/B dealers were Mom and Pop shops with fiercely loyal buyers who did not want a Toro.  Heck, Toro even put a Suzuki two stroke engine on the recycler trying to outsell the Lawnboy.  It never happened and the F and Duraforce powered Lawnboy models remain popular.               

I have an old Honda with the GX engine ans Roto-Stop, best mower I have ever used. It is tired, smokes a bit on start up, and is heavy but starts one pull (two when I haul it out of the shed in the spring) and will suck a golf ball up a garden hose. It cleans up the dog poop and packs the bag full of grass.
I liked those old 2 stroke Lawnboys too but they have gone the way of the dodo bird.