PART THREE - CommentSo, we learn that it had a
Villiers 7f 2-stroke engine and that it had a
16 inch mowing
width. The
pivoting arrangement of the motor is an interesting one and we can only speculate
as to what the
digging attachment looked like. That it could dig 'the heaviest ground' is an
ambitious claim.
SUMMARYThis is probably the first Australian-made lawnmower-tiller. I lose the trail
as to how long they were manufactured for, but evidence indicates it was the early
1960s. The
Rover Tiller-Mower would be introduced at this time.
This record is incomplete. We know nothing about Byers Engineering and their
"Little Digger".
The rest is history.-------------------------------
JACK