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Lawn-Boy 'Hobby Gardener' tiller

20 years ago

I recently got this off ebay. Couldnt pass it up, a lawn boy tiller! Its the "Hobby Gardener" model 1116. According to the LB site, they were built between 1961-1964. Im guessing mine is a 1962 unit as the first digit in the serial is a 2, like the LB site indicates, but the fuel tank deal says "outboard marine" Assuming the tank is original, would this machine need to be a 64? Thats the year OMC bought Lawn-Boy right?

Its a nice machine. Its a nice runner with a C-72 and goes straight through undisturbed soil no problem. ONly thing im really going to do is clean up and paint the wheels, otherwise its in nice shape for its age. Dont think too many of these survived.

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  • 20 years ago

    I too, am unable to view the pictures. Although the 1116 Tillers are rare, there seems to be more of them around than the 2010 Tillers and when you do find a 2010, there will be problems with the clutch system.
    Bill

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