This Mower HOVERS Above The Grass. How?!

This Mower HOVERS Above The Grass. How?! - Will It Run?

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3 жыл бұрын

In this epic video, "Faryl & The Flymo", Taryl and Jr go to visit Taryl's brother, Faryl, at his shop to pick up a unique vintage hovering mower. This thing is one-of-a-kind as it doesn't have wheels and hovers above the grass it cuts. How does it work? Can Taryl get it running and working? Check it out HERE and be sure to subscribe today! And as always, There's Your Dinner!!
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@TarylFixesAll 3 жыл бұрын

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@patrickderp1044 Жыл бұрын

RIP niel peart

@Jesterwonder01 3 жыл бұрын

After years of watching this and hearing about brother Faryl, is nice to finally meet him!

@donmoore7785 3 жыл бұрын

This is not Faryl's first appearance.

@matthewcohen1504 3 жыл бұрын

Faryl’s shop has that sleeper security system... the outside architecture tells the thief, don’t even bother. Clearly Faryl is a genius

@Shootingstarcomics 3 жыл бұрын

Faryl said he had a bunch of those. You should get them all, put them together and make a flying car.

@pootthatbak2578 3 жыл бұрын

Or a cube of scrap iron. Tooooo dangerous

@stoveboltlvr3798 2 жыл бұрын

Put a pitched blade under it and a low profile swivel caster on each corner. Or keep it original and use it as a leaf/snow blower.

@powderriver2424 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid in the 70’s I remember the municipality using fly mowers to mow hillsides. They tied a rope to the handle and the lowered down the hill and pulled it back up. I do remember Toro commercials on TV for these things and they were red back then.

@Wayoutthere 3 жыл бұрын

That's the only reason I would buy one.

@chrisacres 3 жыл бұрын

I still do that on the sloped areas at my work place! Tie a climbing rope around the dead man's handle and send it downhill!

@hauptuhrdotnetblog6700 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh now I know why my grandfather had one back in the day. A good part of the lot was a steep slope.

@dphoenix1 2 жыл бұрын

They're actually still made by Toro for golf courses and slopes, but have been renamed HoverPro instead of Flymo. Can't say I've ever seen them in use, but I also don't live in an area where they're that concerned about perfectly manicured grass lol

@nedasher116 Жыл бұрын

Yup

@dannylister558 3 жыл бұрын

Taryl and faryl standing there..9000 years of experience in small engine service..then back to the future with floating lawn mowers ..what an episode..

@Sludge73 3 жыл бұрын

A double Encore! Love the Rush tribute. Thanks for the Flymo video, Taryl!

@stumanengineering 3 жыл бұрын

congratulations on being the first person to mow their yard in town this year.

@rusted5408 Жыл бұрын

The best comment

@buzzedalldrink9131 3 жыл бұрын

Its great to see Faryl in a video I have been asking for years! without Faryl there would be no Taryl

@zrkn1 3 жыл бұрын

Just when you think you've seen it all, Taryl pulls out another classic! FANTASTIC SHOW

@justonnie 3 жыл бұрын

That kid that Faryl scratched, I remember the boy's name as Little Teddy Nugent. I don't think he ever forgot about that.

@gregs5985 3 жыл бұрын

Nugent

@johnfetter3252 3 жыл бұрын

Taryl, Jerkenstein and Elkskins take a trip to the United Kingdom. Would love to see that!

@michaelglynn2638 3 жыл бұрын

That was great! Faryl is a natural too. I like the hover-blower-skimmer foot-remover thing, everything except mower😆

@tribsat100 3 жыл бұрын

Still sellinglike hotcakes over here in uk. The local authorities use them for cutting grass on embankments lowered down with a rope attached to the handle and swung about in a big arc saves trying not to slip about .

@bentullett6068 3 жыл бұрын

And Toro sell the rebranded Allen HoverPro mowers now. I think they will get less popular due to battery mowers that can be used on steep slopes.

@derek876544 3 жыл бұрын

Don't think Council's are allowed to use them on ropes on banks anymore, too many accidents with people slipping on banks under them and with the rope tied around kill switch they just keep on running chopping yer legs !!!

@bentullett6068 3 жыл бұрын

@@derek876544 no they have to use remote control bank mowers now.

@joshuavaughn4879 3 жыл бұрын

Wtf

@derek876544 3 жыл бұрын

@@bentullett6068 ye repaired a few

@TelescopeJunky 3 жыл бұрын

Fly-Mow by night! Thank you Taryl for putting RUSH in my head all day. 👍🙂

@richardgreen7811 10 ай бұрын

In 1971, I visited The Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island, Michigan. It was built during the 1920's depreciation as a "work project" to supply jobs. It's truly an amazing place and worthy of a visit. The site where it is built is on a hill with very steep banks along side the access road. The grounds keepers all used Flymo's to trim the manicured lawns. It was the only way they could efficiently mow the grass. In 1971, watching them mow was like a Star Wars event. No wheels and completely operated simply by a turn of the wrist for direction. The grounds keeper's raved about them.

@TheOzthewiz 12 күн бұрын

It's 2024 and the Chinese have created a battery powered "Flymo". I saw one advertised on the "inner screen" recently. It is a 120 volt (not a typo) BATTERY powered mower that lists for $2995. The only problem, it comes WITHOUT batteries and the ad said that the batteries were NOT available! Sounds like a Chinese scam to me! Has anyone else seen the ad or has any information about THIS mower?

@richardgreen7811 12 күн бұрын

@@TheOzthewiz I ran into the same thing with Cessna's new EV plane which boasts an entry level price for a 6 place, 200mph Electric Plane at $87,000. Problem is the batteries are not yet available and the extension cord costs $1.3 million dollars.

@DoyleFuckinHargraves 3 жыл бұрын

It's a mower that doubles as a grill lid.

@gbpf57 3 жыл бұрын

My neighbor had one for cutting his very swampy/soft lakefront property. Worked great!

@bearhogg 3 жыл бұрын

yes i love these old flymo/toros

@bearhogg 3 жыл бұрын

and yes faryl

@jwsystems 3 жыл бұрын

Love the outtakes! Keep it up and got my Taryl apparel this week too!

@adamf4196 3 жыл бұрын

I've only seen this thing briefly a few times in old videos and thought "What the hell was that? No wheels?" Thanks Taryl for another interesting vid.

@brucel.6078 3 жыл бұрын

Was great to see the legendary... mysterious faryl!!! Great vid!

@TJK0ng 3 жыл бұрын

FYI When I was teen working summers for a lawn service we used a couple of these for years to cut steep hillsides in customer's lawns that you couldn't safely get a rider on. Hell, most of the hills were too steep to walk up and down to even weedeat them unless you had mountain goat skills. We took the handles off of them and had two ropes with knots tied so you could stand on top of the hill with a rope in either hand and swing the mower back and forth and let it down a bit at a time from one knot to the next on each rope. We had a couple military base contracts that had really steep grass-covered hills up the sides of a dozen or so bunkers of some sort and they really worked rather well for that purpose.

@desotopete 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Maw. Look out the window. Taryl has lost it. He's mowing the snow with a lawnmower with no wheels.

@kelliegrase4658 3 жыл бұрын

@Anders Sutton it don’t work. It’s a scam

@proflondonuk 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from England. Good job Taryl. Good tip about spark plug boot. Flymo's are invariably used on slopes, verges and banks at inclined angles where a normal mower wont work. But..they are hard to use because the hover is fighting the operator all the time. Its tiring trying to hold on. Gardeners like them for graveyards between head stones or between fence posts as you swing it left/right rather than push back/forth as with a wheeled mower. There's an Australian mower called Victa which also has 2-stroke engines and they work better for slopes as they have wheels and are easier to control. The problem with 4-stroke used at and inclined angle is the tilted crank case pools the oil on one side and does not lubricate properly causing engines to seize.

@starsnstuff842 11 ай бұрын

HI from the UK. I worked for the parks department in Edinburgh Scotland during the 70's and 80's and hover mowers were handy for steep slopes where ordinary mowers couldn't go safely. We used to stand at the top of the slope and operate the machine using ropes tied to the handle!

@Tommyr 3 жыл бұрын

Love the bloopers! MORE please!

@TheRustyRooster 3 жыл бұрын

That fly-mo was interesting to see. 2 uncle Andy's is the world really ready for that?

@MrTehudson 3 жыл бұрын

i amm so glad to see momma cat lying beside you tryl that right there shows me your a good man

@frozefish 3 жыл бұрын

Laughter is the best medicine. Always enjoy TFA videos!

@Danzilly 3 жыл бұрын

Taryl thanks for your time on repairing another antique!

@markraymond2221 3 жыл бұрын

I've heard that Rush song a hundred times or more.....Never knew the lyrics until watching this video! Thanks Taryl!

@lllmmggg Жыл бұрын

When I first found your videos I thought WHAT A NUTCASE! LOL!! BUT I'M STARTING TO ENJOY WATCHING YOUR HILARIOUS STUFF!! VERRRRRY INFORMATIVE ON A LOT OF THINGS!! I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SMALL ENGINES ALL MY LIFE,, AND HAVE ACTUALLY LEARNED SEVERAL THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW ON HERE!! ALMOST HURT MYSELF FROM LAUGHING SO HARD AT SOME OF YOUR SAYINGS, HARD AS A CARP! TEECUMESH,BREAKS AND SCRAPEM ,A LOT OF FUNNY CHIT! THE OUT TAKES ARE HILARIOUS TOO!! DON'T YOU GET TIRED OF THOSE TEETH? AND SQUINTING YOUR EYES ALL THE TIME?? OR ARE YOU LIKE ME HAVE TO SQUINT THEM TO SEE THINGS!! LOL!

@MrDfbwa 3 жыл бұрын

I remember back in the late sixties, or very early seventies, I had an uncle that had the corded electric version of the Flymo in Canada. He had a very small yard and he loved it. It made it very easy to get between bushes and tight spaces.

@danielesilvaggi 3 жыл бұрын

You make my Sunday guys thank you.

@breakerbroke23 3 жыл бұрын

Cool mower. Best 35 Minutes I've had all week.

@knucklehead4233 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Rush tribute Taryl Lee. Flymo Night away from here...Classic!

@davidchristensen6908 3 жыл бұрын

The people that steep banks of grass love the fly mower. We used a rope and lowered it down and back up. Then we learned to stand in the center at the top and just swing the fly mow back and forth made it so simple. When they quit selling them I would buy used ones to keep a working fly mow. We put hole on the deck so the rope pulled direct to the deck.

@geyser3445 3 жыл бұрын

That would make a nice floor polisher.

@NoWr2Run 3 жыл бұрын

Too bad it's a 2 stroke but would work if you had a nice garage floor, maybe ?

@dclawnmaintenanceandsnowre4099 3 жыл бұрын

I really like the bloopers

@mcaquatics3143 3 жыл бұрын

I got one of those vintage flymo, never had gas in it, still in the box l, was in storage. 2 stroke.

@Iexpedite1 3 жыл бұрын

When I was in Germany they used these to mow cut and cover fuel tanks. They were huge fuel tanks that were buried to look like hills to aircraft that may fly over. They tied a string to them and swung them side to side. I once cut a cut and cover tank with a weed eater. It took 4 of us a whole day to cut half of it.

@GoKartsorGoneFishin 3 жыл бұрын

I love the outtakes

@jammy46235 3 жыл бұрын

Yes bloopers finally thanks man 👍👍 more please 🤣

@stevenfreiberg1338 Жыл бұрын

In my younger days for which now I'm 62 years old we used to run brake fluid down the carburetor of our motors and it would become unbelievably quiet is the sound was trapped in the larger smoke molecules the smoke was unbelievable it was funny it would turn so thick that we couldn't see each other out in the driveway and I remember laughing as we first began in the closed garage and the sound of the motor changing to very quiet was also interesting I don't know that it cleaned carbon but I think it did cuz the motors were very clean afterward and there was never any harm done to the motors

@johnfroeber3191 2 жыл бұрын

Love when you work on the old dangerous stuff !

@rogerveium3753 2 жыл бұрын

Cant wait for the ride-on version!

@josephbobbitt7759 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Taryl. I was great to finally see your brother Faryl. Would like to see Skippy again.

@jeffreydevoti7000 3 жыл бұрын

Fly-mow worked better than I thought it would 👍

@jamesadams2333 3 жыл бұрын

Meeting Faryl and seeing "space age" technology? What an episode! Keep up the great work!

@ronanmcconnell7664 3 жыл бұрын

great video really informative

@tobylou8 3 жыл бұрын

My dad had one of those from Sears!! I loved it!! I wish I had one now for soggy soil!!!

@ZEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO00 3 жыл бұрын

You guys sure put a lot of time and effort into making your vids. Two thumbs up.

@plainbrownwrapper9688 3 жыл бұрын

I have a 1980 Flymo with an AV660 Tecumseh engine. I live in the mid west and I absolutely love mine. I use mine for my steep hills and tight areas between trees. I tie a rope on the handle bars and just walk along the hills. Its the very last piece of lawn equipment I would ever get rid of. If people hate them so much, I'll buy every single one.

@monadking2761 3 жыл бұрын

Love it. Works on frozen grass!!!

@tompuhalla7774 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video

@samtate1260 2 жыл бұрын

I found a Toro single stage snowblower in the garbage it was seized up but I got it working took apart the carburetor and it had a wire holding the needle and seat I’ve never seen that ever before had a sticker on it where it was worked on great videos 👍🏻

@fillslawncare 3 жыл бұрын

34:53 "And here comes a car" *instantly takes teeth out* 🤣

@joeboyko2138 3 жыл бұрын

WOW... Great observation. A buddy just called me to tell me about the Flymo video, and was asking about the teeth. I said they look like the Billy Bob teeth from years ago (sold at a lot of the Nascar events) Been watching Taryl for many years...ok TY and have a good one.

@scotta626 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely approve of the Faryl appearance !

@forgetfulpriestiv14 Жыл бұрын

That Faryl kitty litter scene always has me howling with laughter 😂😂😂

@waynemurphy7394 3 жыл бұрын

I remember them . I worked at a hardware / lawnmower shop when I was in high school & we sold them for one year . They did not cut tall grass at all .

@docdew50 3 жыл бұрын

Love the songs.

@andyk3950 3 жыл бұрын

I want one....How cool!

@xx3868 3 жыл бұрын

I have that same Green/white Bolens rideon in the background with a V twin Viscount 14HP engine and i removed the side covers to let it breath better. Love your channel - Tim from Aust....

@dontupdateifitworks.424 Жыл бұрын

Amazingz! 🤏👌

@justpassingthrough4802 Жыл бұрын

They work great for mowing ditches. My step dad had these Flymos on his cranberry farm.

@mikesenginesandadventures 3 жыл бұрын

Another good one! 👍👍👍

@rjh2459 3 жыл бұрын

Great video

@russellhuston6481 Жыл бұрын

Canada Russ here, just when ya think u know all there is to know about mowers.. FLYMO.. heh.. super cool, i like it..

@howardthegasman 3 жыл бұрын

I used to use my Dad's 2 stroke flymo to cut our lawns back in the 60's. Worked great, especially on rough ground or banks. Just be careful you wear strong boots so you don't slip and get 'Flymo foot', and have to go looking for your toes.

@R_Kyllonen 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome !!!! 😃

@dannylinc6247 3 жыл бұрын

Carb repair instructions are the most valuable part. And of course replacing the missing part. It won't hold gas without the seat. You could see how they would be confused. The camera blurs when objects are moving. Speed or resolution, or something. Faryl was there! And the real uncle Andy! What a great video. It would have been even neater to see the parts up close. You can give slippers a fly mow hawk now and do the banks and hills. Was that a phenolic air cleaner? Carcinogen if it was.

@corysnladventures2758 3 жыл бұрын

Hope to see more videos with your brother on them.😁👍👍

@tonyperkis9561 3 жыл бұрын

That Rush bit had me going 👍

@srobert7845 3 жыл бұрын

Dig them Fly Mo Moves!

@jimaylward2396 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the LOCKDOWN RELIEF loving it here in Ireland 👋🤣💚☘☘☘

@tylerfrankel5374 3 жыл бұрын

That thing sounds like a nascar engine turning 8k RPMs for some reason

@chrisacres 3 жыл бұрын

We've all got them over here. Pretty standard!

@NoWr2Run 3 жыл бұрын

OK GOOD, Can you tell me why the blade is not sharp ?

@chrisacres 3 жыл бұрын

@@NoWr2Run a blade that is TOO sharp will dull much faster. It needs to be sharp but not so sharp that it will cut your skin.

@CountryRock2k1 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! That Old Engine Oil beer is a good one too!

@jtdundee 3 жыл бұрын

GREAT VIDEO! Hey we had a vacuum cleaner that floated like that too. With that design, it almost looks purpose built to manicure golf course greens.

@mikemarino2840 3 жыл бұрын

Was it a Hoover Constellation?

@Suddenlyits1960 Жыл бұрын

Hoover made two vacuums that floated on air. The constellation and the celebrity.

@marionwilliams7907 Жыл бұрын

in 71 i had 2 vacuum cleaners a hoover hover vacuum and a cast aluminum rocket vacuum, looked like a spaceship, bought both from a church, my kids loved them rode those things like toys, the hoover had a round ball on top of a skirt like the mower,,

@woodstover 8 ай бұрын

@@Suddenlyits1960 I had 2 celebrities, both had great suction.

@johndondero8619 3 жыл бұрын

Your knees are next Taryl. Lol. Tx for the videos. Love what you do and your approach/diagnosis of equipment. I’ve learned a lot from you as I just retired at 51 with a disability. Go east on your knees as I had a total knee replacement on the right and need one on the left in the near future. Tx for your funny videos with your boys. Love it !

@HillbillyOffroading 3 жыл бұрын

Omg yes I know that song. I never caught on to what it was really ment 🤣. Great video bud.

@rogerwert9946 3 жыл бұрын

I have one of those in the Barn. Now I'm going to have to get mine running.

@alanlake5220 3 жыл бұрын

Yep worked on plenty of those in the mid-late 70's in good old blighty, if i can remember they were supposed to cbe good on steep slopes, have seen council workers cutting steep slopes such as beside a road,ant they wouldn stand at the top of the bank, and have a piece of rope tied to the Flymo start it up lower it down and swing the mower side to side on the rope to cut the grass," so there's your dinner Taryl "

@SalVulcano69 3 жыл бұрын

the day the American Pickers come to taryl’s shop is the day i can die happy 😂😂

@KTHKUHNKK 11 ай бұрын

Great stuff you guys no kidding

@stephenhargreaves381 3 жыл бұрын

Love your British accent Taryl . Greetings from the U.K

@scottfirman 3 жыл бұрын

I can see JR. Flipping that thing over onto his leg. I believe that was what happened to many kids that tried using them. Unless you owned a gold course, It wouldn't cut worth the damn. I remember my first experience with a reel type mower. It wasn't until an old timer taught me how to properly adjust one that I even liked them. I used a power reel mower to cut designs in people's lawns back in the early 80's. It became a" thing" with all the local area doctors offices in town. I was cutting various designs in their lawns. I got paid extra per lawn. I also had to sharpen the reels often.

@eagle777dh Жыл бұрын

My grandmother had a six foot 45 degree bank in her front yard and a lawn boy that looked like this. We only used it on the bank. We would get it on the bank and walk sideways along the bank then push it a little farther up the bank and walk the other way. the grass didn't grow as fast on the bank so it worked well. It didn't cut grass that was very tall well at all. Best thing about it was it mow the same sideways as it did front to back.

@jensenwilliam5434 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@pug-tr4vq 3 жыл бұрын

I still have one of the first petrol flymos sold in the UK. It belonged to my grand parents who passed away. I have kept it as I have fond memories of cutting their grass for them using it.

@Leakywaders54 3 жыл бұрын

used ours for years to cut the ditch in front of the house worked great. think i bought it from Harold Tease and sons in Cal City

@mowerparts3824 3 жыл бұрын

Your brother is spot on. We sold those in the early 80s. The company told us we were holding it with a overhand grip. Just lightly hold it with a underhand grip. Hehe. They were very good to win money with bets before they were known about. Oh but it hangs so flat on your garage wall.

@recsite 3 жыл бұрын

Flymo By Night!!! Lol!! You're an original Taryl!

@rdaw33 3 жыл бұрын

Taryl, that song........keep your day job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........I only saw one Flymow in my life, I left it where I found it!!!!!

@rdaw33 3 жыл бұрын

Hey!....at least it clears the snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@pattayperformance 3 жыл бұрын

I find it funny that my old Boy Scout Master whose family owns a True Value store for decades collect these. I wonder if he got obsessed with them bc he use to sell and service them as a kid. Out here in Long Island, NY golf courses still use specially on hilly terrain. Faryl has a really nice size shop! 🤙🏻🦅🇺🇸🔧 Glad this mower bought back some memories. You knew exactly what to do and spot!

@Spinonemaster 3 жыл бұрын

My Toro guy has a Flymo in his window on display ... one of many Toro antiques his Dad had stashed in the a huge barn ....

@rayofhope1114 3 жыл бұрын

Flymo's are great for steep slopes and very soft ground and wet areas. Keeps the grass tidy but if you want a proper finish use a cylinder (reel) and/ or rear roller wheeled rotary with height settings.

@davros517 3 жыл бұрын

UK add slogan " A lot less bovver with an hovver ! ", real good for fine grass. Also quite a few people lost their toes when pulling the mower and tripping, dragging the mower over their feet...adios toes