I had this old thing sitting out the back for many years and I thought i'd drag it out and get some photo's of it.
It's a Qualcast Model "H" push reel mower. I found it thrown out with hard rubbish back around the mid to late 80's. I have also found another one I think it's the same but I don't know where it is now. It may be buried at the back and at the bottom of the shed somewhere.
I actually found these close by and I walked them home back then. When I found them they still had the original wooden handles and the wooden roller at the back. But even back then they were pretty old and worn out.
I tried to mow with this when I first found it back in the late 80's. I still remember an old timer walking past on the footpath and saw me trying to mow the front yard with this thing, and he said "Gees mate you trying to mow the grass the old fashioned way". LOL! I was like "haha yeah mate".
I didn't get far using this style of mower. I have too many small branches etc that just kept jamming and stopping the blade from turning. After trying to mow half the front lawn with this thing I just gave up with the blade constantly jamming up with debris on the grass. But it was a bit of fun to use back then anyway.
Cheers!
Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
