lawnmower-on-a-stick

[mrcrabs]

I never owned a 2 cycle lawnmower, My little eska reminds me of a chainsaw that runs under water, http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/ed1d619968136da688256af40002b8f7/97451940d218217d88256cf2001ec94d?OpenDocument
I know they used them and I think I used to have one (may have been a david bradly), I'm looking to find more info on the use of the tecumseh on chainsaw's, any help would be appreciated

 

[F_R]

Re: lawnmower-on-a-stick

There were a number of chainsaws using Techumseh (Power Products) engines. I used to work on a lot of them. Unfortunatly, that was then and now is now and I'd be hard pressed to name them. Lancaster comes to mind.

 

[DJ]

Re: lawnmower-on-a-stick

I had a hand me down Lawn Boy 2-stroke lawnmower forever.

A funky as it was, it was dead reliable.

 

[JB]

Re: lawnmower-on-a-stick

I used mainly Power Products power heads from David Bradley chainsaws as the base for my kart racing engines from '58 to '61, Mrcrabs.

The engines I used were the AH47 crossflow, AH 61 looper and AH82 looper.

I have seen each used on cheap outboards, mostly by Eska but some others I don't remember.

 

[F_R]

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Hey JB, I had a Clinton Chainsaw engine on my racing kart. Wanna take me on? Nah, somebody stole mine.

 

[JB]

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That was 50 years ago, F R!!

I did win a national class A-super championship with the AH-47 based engine. My kart weighed 42 lb wet, I weighed 135 lb. Heck of a power to weight ratio.

 

[mrcrabs]

Re: lawnmower-on-a-stick

Thanks for the info JB, I had a David Bradley chainsaw ,maybe 30 some years ago. I remember it had lots of power and always started and would make wood all day,lots of torque, you just couldn't fell a tree with it because it wouldn't run on its side. It seemed to be an amazing machine at the time.