Your description sounds like Lawn-Boy, and they were once made in Lamar Missouri. I havent heard of that brand before. It may have been a copy cat of the Lawn-Boy brand.

I have always wondered that. I do own a '71 lawn boy 5004, and the Tom-Boy is built much, much heaver!!!! I can see little similarites, beside the front discharge. The Tom-Boy uses a Briggs and Stratton engine, and after talking with my dad he remembers some with Clinton engines. He use to work for a guy that mowed cemitaries, and used Tom-Boy mowers exclusivly. My dad said that Briggs motors lasted more than 2x longer than the Clinton's. At one time my family had 4 of them, but now only mine is left. I would like to find another one someday. I will keep looking. Any and all info is appreciated!!!!!

Thanks

I have found a snippet of info... appears that Tom Boy was manufactured by Bunton. Tom Boy was thier consumer line and they made a separate line Bunton and Goodall that was targeted to commercial mowers of cemeteries only 12" wide up to a 28" 258 pounder. Tom Boy was the lighter duty home version. This was current information in 1982. They appearantly were in a dog fight to keep thier commercial mowers from having to comply with consumer product safety requirements. Here is a PDF of some interesting documents on that issue

http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/advisory/298.pdf

Here is a link that might be useful: BUNTON GOODALL

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That was really cool information about Tom Boy mowers. After I read the info I went out to the garage to look at The Tom-Boy and the deck reads MFG by Hannibal Mower Company Hannibal MO. What was a supprise to me was the fact that I found some Green paint--Not Lawn boy Green, but just a BIT darker!!!! It had been hidden from my view from the oil and grass that had collected around the old Briggs. I always thought that it had originaly been Green, but could not find the color. Thanks for the Additional info!!!! I will keep looking for more info!!!!!

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I found two Goodall patents: 2,278,922 from 1942, and D150,411 from 1948. Download the TIFF viewer if you don't already have it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Panten Number Search

Hello I also have a tomboy but it's not a mower it a tiller that I love it is also green Thought thought I thought I would thought I would share thought I would share enjoy

I know this thread is a little old. I was wondering if I could get Derrick to remove the cover over the belt and take a picture of that area. I have that tiller but missing a few parts. Great tiller for a upper body workout. My tiller has a Briggs and Stratton Magnetron engine.

Hollie , sorry for your loss ! Unfortunately this thread and it's forum members no longer visit the site . As for the Tomboy line i will research further their units and forward on any other than noted info . Perhaps other newer forum members or Tom plum have recollection of this Product line . All the Best !

Had one sitting in my garage i

I have one that I have been using since the early the early 70's. I bought it new in Huntingdon TN at Deton Colvete's lawnlwnmower sale's and repair. It has needle bearing wheels with grease fittings. It starts first pull every time. I use synthetic lubricants and always use stabilizer in the gas. It is extremely lightweight and easy to push. The engine is a little tired but it may well outlast me.

Awesome keep it running bud , thanks for posting , send us a pic if you can !

I have one! 20" push mower with front side discharge. Sheet metal steel deck. 3.5 hp Tecunseh motor and 1 gallon gas tank. The original wheels have grease zerts (not shown).

Video 1 of it running... https://youtu.be/8JLqn0n67F8

Video 2 of it... https://youtu.be/KZHMUOEhCK0

3 photos:

My mommoms favorite mower from 70's is in her shed ready to go in pristine condition. She has original replacement muffler and manual.

Perfect design for easy trimming and longevity

Alrighty, gentleman and ladies, I will share this experience with all of you. I was very young, five to seven years old , which would have been 1967 to 1970. Likely '69 or '70 to around '72 or '73. My grandfather, Mothers' dad, Roscoe Andrew S. mowed lawns and had a brother Melvin S. that did as well, predominately helped my grandpa but he was not at all against lending me to his brother as well. Now grandpa, in the time I mowed with him, ( my next younger brother helped somewhat, poor worker and a cousin, even worse) owned three Hannibal or Tomboy mowers. The deck was aluminum or magnesium and was natural metallic silver and would darken with age, the wheels were metal with pointed very hard rubber tires, the engines were briggs as far as I know and the handlebars were round chrome tubing which came together in the center and came out at right angles and had handlebars like a bicycle with hard black plastic grips, the whole handlebar pivoted at the mower and had forward and rear stops. The engine and wheels were a semi- gloss flat darker orange.Of the three mowers he had most important was the 19' version, the chute was on the right front with wheels spaced center and rearright and front and rear left. This mower was the trimming mower and it worked excellent as to my knowledge there were not trimmers then, maybe sickles or shears. then there was a 20" with chute in the middle right with wheels at all four corners. then a 21' or 22" with chute at right front and wheels again at right center and rear and left front and rear. This latter mower was hevy , unwieldy and did not get rid of grass well if wet or tall or both maybe it was underpowered a bit as well. The pointed wheels would leave a trail like a planter marker which was nice in sparse grass. Not to take anything away from these machines, they were the best using walk mowers I have been around , and yes I am in my mid 60's and have done power equipment warranty servicing dealer work for many years. I believe the company attempted to reincarnate in the 1980's in the small town in northeast Missouri I am from. Tomboy mowers were very real, not Lawnboy.

My tomboy lasted from 1972 to 2022. It was an amazing piece of equipment.,I think it has a magnesium body . It was so light. It finally died.

I posted this 5 years ago:

"I have one that I have been using since the early the early 70's. I bought it new in Huntingdon TN at Denton Colvete's lawnlwnmower sale's and repair. It has needle bearing wheels with grease fittings. It starts first pull every time. I use synthetic lubricants and always use stabilizer in the gas. It is extremely lightweight and easy to push. The engine is a little tired but it may well outlast me. "