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Worth of 1800s Push Mower?

An old push mower.What's it's worth and how rare. I can't find any online.

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An old push mower.
 

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September 7, 20211 found this helpful
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This is a vintage MontanaMower, your model was made in the late 1940s-1950s.
I found advertisements with the same as your lawn mower model: www.tractorbynet.com/.../,
Monta Mower Advertising Popular Mechanics May 1951 www.flickr.com/.../91591049@N00/8535907935 (the same add www.reddit.com/.../)

The Montamower was patented in 1923, and that may have been the first year of actual production. The mower was sold by the Montamower Sales Co. of Grand Rapids, Mich., from 1923 until about 1962.

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By the 1940s, the name of the mower was spelled MontaMower, and the manufacturer was known as Montamower Distributing Co.

"A disc mower, the MontaMower had a series of nine pairs of disc blades, with nine cutting teeth on each disc. Each pair of discs was on top of the other. As they rotated toward each other, they cut the grass. The pairs of blades were attached in a line across the front of the mower. This was a new concept in cutting grass. To my knowledge, the MontaMower was the only mower of any kind to use it.
The discs, being small, were low to the ground when working, thus cutting the grass short. The discs were arrayed across the entire face of the mower, cutting edge to edge, which meant that as you cut, you also trimmed. The MontaMower was advertised as being two tools in one, a mower and a trimmer.

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It cut a 16-inch swath, and because it was very low to the ground, just 2-1 / 2 inches high, it could cut the grass under most bushes. The blades were ground-driven, as the mower was pushed, by wheels designed almost like gears. They were thin, small-diameter and had teeth. As the wheels rotated while traveling, they turned the blades to cut the grass.
When the MontaMower was first marketed in 1923, it came with a wooden handle very similar to that of a reel- type mower of the time.
Production was halted in 1942 for the duration of World War II, when most raw materials were diverted to the war effort. After the war ended, MontaMower production resumed. At that point, the mower's wooden handle was replaced with a crossed, one-piece, metal rod handle with black rubber handgrips. At the same time, the part holding the blades was slightly redesigned, and the entire mower was painted a dark blue with gold lettering and trim. "
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www.farmcollector.com/.../

I found MontaMower the same model as yours (48" tall, 16 5/8" wide across the blade head, 16 Cutting wheels or blades, works as well as it did when new, the name is also says "Made by the Monta Mower Company"), the price is $199 picclick.com/Lawn-Mower-Antique-ORIGINAL-MONTA....

Another similar looking lawn mower with original booket is on sale for $139.99 www.ebay.com/.../153145914710

MONTA MOWER is being auctioned at www.k-bid.com/.../134, the price per moment is $17.

Another MontaMower was sold (estimated price $40-60) www.liveauctioneers.com/.../61459768_vintage-monta-mower

 

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August 29, 20211 found this helpful

The forum at the Old Lawn Mower Club is a good resource for questions like this. www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/

 
August 22, 20230 found this helpful

I have one and it's for sale

 
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