The lawn mower grave yard
A lawn mower graveyard can be a sight for sore eyes for the lawn mower enthusiast. Anyone, in fact, looking to load up on commonly-worn out parts should try and locate one of these modern “jewels”, or at least make a firm mental note on its location and the variety therein. The fact is, we all know someone with a pile of lawn mowers somewhere. Lawn mower repairmen are a most certain trade, found in every town with a population over 5,000, I would have to imagine. Certainly, I have encountered many, let me put it that way.
These fellows often collect them, the truth is. They will identify hard-to-locate parts or machines and store them for eventual cannibalization and reuse like a true mechanic will. One can often find piles of spent motors, spent undercarriages, even spent wheels and axles along with an amazing supply of debris-catchers, the lawn mower’s fondest need, inasmuch as these, typically fabric units wear out rapidly with constant use. Indeed, there are several products of lawn mowing parts which tend to have a one season duration. Then, when Spring rolls around, there we sit, without a catcher and with some 3 weeks to wait while our grass grows and our hopes of getting it on time plummet.
A lawn mower graveyard is a truly marvelous find, if sometimes an oily and greasy mess. They are not only just museums for spent lawn mowers of out past, but active participants in our futures and our “presents” as well. They can be, but not always are, resources for the truly creative user.
