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hello all hope to see alot of replies

I don't, but here is a similar thread you can look at: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/small...w-many-you-repair-small-engines-hobby-$$.html.

wow there is alot of people doing it as a hobby is there just as many doing it for a living i know i am

must be no one wants to tell there stories.

Flintmotorsports said:

must be no one wants to tell there stories.

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I guess not. :confused3:

I used to work at Sears as a mower mechanic sometimes on the road and other times in the shop. Before that I worked at Suzuki Cycles and the shop closed down. I've had a couple of mechanic friends who wanted to start a shop but it just wasn't my thing really. Paperwork, permits, payroll, insurance, inventory, inspections, grumpy customers and such are not my forte' as they say. Even though I studied Business Management in college, I won't put up with the aggravation. I piddle around with small engines when I'm of a mind to for friends, neighbors, and an occasional friend of a friend. My rates are extremely generous! I don't even charge them except for parts and they insist on cramming money in my pocket. As far as a hobby I'm getting over that part as well. I've gathered up all my push mowers in one area and will soon move all the riders in one area, then start through thinning out the ones that can be repaired and sold, or scrapped. I currently refuse to bring in any more until I get rid of these. Hobby? I suppose you could call it that.

thank you for the reply it is nice to see how i all begain

i repair mowers for profit i started at the end of august and i have 3 mowers ready to sell in the beggining of spring and currently i am working on a honda gcv 160 which i can put on a deck to make a good mower.

mowerman1999

Welcome to LawnMowerForum!

I moved your thread to the General Mower Discussion forum. :smile:

It's a hobby for me.

Acquiring suitable mowers to fix has been getting harder in the last year or so. I'm only interested in two-stroke mowers and less interested in ones made in the last 25 years or so.

I do go wild when I see a 1970s Lawn-Boy listed on CL. :laughing:

Two-Stroke said:

It's a hobby for me.

Acquiring suitable mowers to fix has been getting harder in the last year or so. I'm only interested in two-stroke mowers and less interested in ones made in the last 25 years or so.

I do go wild when I see a 1970s Lawn-Boy listed on CL. :laughing:

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In the last few years I haven't seen many mowers sitting on the curb for free or for the trash man. I see a few on Craigs but they get snapped up about as fast as they go on the list. As far as the 2 cycle ones go, they're even rarer to find. Last year I got a Lawnboy 2 cycle mower free from a lady who was moving. I have yet to work on it. Two friends of mine won't use any other kind of push mower than a green LawnBoy! Me? I'll mow w/ whatever I can get started at the time. As I said in an earlier post I'm tapering off on doing mower work, starting to thin out this winter. Sell off mowers in Spring and stop taking in more mowers as well as repairs.

i like to see all the stories on here about what everone is doing keep them comeing