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Lawnside Classic Archive
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Curbside Find: 1980 Jeep J-10 Pickup – Flower Power
Posted on October 18, 2025 | 21 Comments(Updated 10/18/2025) Back when I still lived in California, it seemed that every gardener/landscaper used a small and old Toyota or Nissan truck. A really big operator might […] - 
			
What Comes Down Must Go Away – At Home Plowing and Snow Removal
Posted on February 9, 2024 | 51 CommentsDespite some wishful and frankly conflicted thinking that maybe this year it just wouldn’t snow, that fantasy has rolled over and died out here in New England. We may have […] - 
			
Lawnside Capsule: 1972–83 Ford LGT Garden Tractors
Posted on February 2, 2024 | 62 Comments(first posted 2/2/2018) I ran across this ad recently which prompted me to learn a little about these neat garden tractors Ford offered from 1972–1983. - 
			
My Patio Classics: Steel Lawn Chairs – A Restoration Project For JPC
Posted on May 6, 2023 | 44 Comments(first posted 5/6/2017) Spring is here, which brings about one of my twice-yearly urgings to buy an old car. I successfully resisted the urge last fall (no thanks to a […] - 
			
CC Farm Equipment: Crossliner Rover SP – Keeping Your Orchard Safe and Secure
Posted on January 8, 2023 | 19 CommentsI came across this interesting vehicle during an internet search and it captured my attention. - 
			
Lawnside Classic: The Mow You Know
Posted on May 22, 2022 | 113 Comments(first posted 5/22/2016)) That’s my dad at considerably younger than my present age, proudly mowing the front lawn of his and my mother’s recently-acquired house in suburban Philadelphia some […] - 
			
Mower Of A Lifetime: 1993 AYP No-Name “Meijer” Mower – My Second Most Long-Lasting Mechanical Relationship
Posted on August 23, 2021 | 36 CommentsThere is nothing even remotely romantic about a lawnmower. Memories of first dates, first burnouts, and first breakdowns are topics of exaggerated automobile-based bench racing in any garage in Christendom […] - 
			
Lawnside Classic: Ryobi Battery Powered Mower – The Latest from the Other Side of the Curb
Posted on July 8, 2021 | 90 CommentsWe’ve been experimenting with electric propulsion for a while here at Curbside (see Jim Klein’s Tesla Model Y for instance). While I’m not ready to replace any of my vehicles […] - 
			
Lawnside Classics Update: My 1960’s Sears Mower Is Still Ripping Through Tall Grass – Why Can’t I Buy A New Side Discharge Mower?
Posted on November 1, 2020 | 50 CommentsBack in 2011, I did a CC on my then-current lawnmower, a 1960s Montgomery Ward with a B&S 3hp engine. I mow a lot of lawns, most of my rentals. […] - 
			
Future Backyard Classic: 2014 Cub Cadet LTX1042 KW – In Every Life A Little Grass Must Be Mowed
Posted on February 2, 2020 | 41 CommentsPurchasing a riding lawn mower had never been high on my bucket list. Up to a certain point I had owned and lived on nothing but one-third acre lots during […] - 
			
Trailside Outtake: Rust in Peace
Posted on January 19, 2019 | 20 Comments - 
			
Lawnside Classic: Troy-Bilt TB30R Neighborhood Rider – She May Not Look Like Much, But She’s Got It Where It Counts
Posted on May 28, 2018 | 43 CommentsThe Troy-Bilt TB30R is essentially the least expensive riding mower you can buy new. Does that make it a poor choice for consumers? Absolutely not. Cutting grass isn’t a complicated […] 
				![Curbside Find: 1980 Jeep J-10 Pickup – Flower Power (Updated 10/18/2025)      Back when I still lived in California, it seemed that every gardener/landscaper used a small and old Toyota or Nissan truck.  A really big operator might […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_5968.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![What Comes Down Must Go Away – At Home Plowing and Snow Removal Despite some wishful and frankly conflicted thinking that maybe this year it just wouldn’t snow, that fantasy has rolled over and died out here in New England.  We may have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tradplow4.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![My Patio Classics:  Steel Lawn Chairs – A Restoration Project For JPC (first posted 5/6/2017)     Spring is here, which brings about one of my twice-yearly urgings to buy an old car.  I successfully resisted the urge last fall (no thanks to a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/JPCChairs19.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Lawnside Classic: The Mow You Know (first posted 5/22/2016))     That’s my dad at considerably younger than my present age, proudly mowing the front lawn of his and my mother’s recently-acquired house in suburban Philadelphia some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1117_Cropped.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Mower Of A Lifetime: 1993 AYP No-Name “Meijer” Mower – My Second Most Long-Lasting Mechanical Relationship There is nothing even remotely romantic about a lawnmower.  Memories of first dates, first burnouts, and first breakdowns are topics of exaggerated automobile-based bench racing in any garage in Christendom […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/111_1330.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Lawnside Classic: Ryobi Battery Powered Mower – The Latest from the Other Side of the Curb We’ve been experimenting with electric propulsion for a while here at Curbside (see Jim Klein’s Tesla Model Y for instance). While I’m not ready to replace any of my vehicles […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_2536.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Lawnside Classics Update: My 1960’s Sears Mower Is Still Ripping Through Tall Grass – Why Can’t I Buy A New Side Discharge Mower? Back in 2011, I did a CC on my then-current lawnmower, a 1960s Montgomery Ward with a B&S 3hp engine. I mow a lot of lawns, most of my rentals. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-428-051.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Future Backyard Classic:  2014 Cub Cadet LTX1042 KW – In Every Life A Little Grass Must Be Mowed Purchasing a riding lawn mower had never been high on my bucket list.  Up to a certain point I had owned and lived on nothing but one-third acre lots during […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_8430.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Lawnside Classic: Troy-Bilt TB30R Neighborhood Rider – She May Not Look Like Much, But She’s Got It Where It Counts The Troy-Bilt TB30R is essentially the least expensive riding mower you can buy new. Does that make it a poor choice for consumers? Absolutely not. Cutting grass isn’t a complicated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180518_183638.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


