OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Collectors Corner Rotary Lawn Patrol

Hello Mystyler
I think that too. This is an early example of a rotary safety feature.

Hello Paul
Great images - again - for the record.
That's a sound example of the last Patrol.

I feel Boundy mowers are starting to get recognition as a great AUS mower.
They started with a modern alloy, skirted base (with USA style influence),
but had a great single-point height adjuster within a few years.

Mystyler, that's an important question. I'm not sure of any simple answer.



I do not pretend to know why Wiltshire acquired Boundy.
Wiltshire clearly were serious in the late 1950s - when marketing
the brilliant BMS series Lawn Patrol.

There are numerous employment ads at the time, all
claiming a 'progressive and rapidly expanding company'.

But by 1960, when the rotary market had matured; and there was a
move to rear discharge and side catcher mowers, Wiltshire seem
to have decided not to take the 'next-step' - to design and develop
their own newer designs for the new decade.

It's not as though they didn't try. The last Lawn Patrol
was clearly a Wiltshire ... but same old formula.

As the industry consolidated into a half-dozen 'big players' I guess
Wiltshire realised that their capital was better utilised elsewhere -
like their 'stay-sharp' knives ...

Cheers
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Jack