G'day
MowerfreakA great memory there.
New information too; about a plastic nose cone on a plastic dress cowl.
Is this what you call the mid arch base?
Yep, it's a term I use to better describe the historical changes to chutes.
It is my view that many mid-arch mowers had as-good performance as high-arch jobs.
What they lacked in chute height was gained in chute width.
Cheers---------------------
JackOurs was nearly always used to tackle foot long lawns as my dad wasn't inclined to mow often and I can't ever recall the grass clogging under the base. Who mows wet grass anyway? The catcher aperture was abit restrictive for emptying, but the thumb latch catchers really weren't any better in this regard, I would later find out, and I often have to give it assistance with my hand as well.
This discussion is making me realise, while my dad did go for the cheapest model in the Walton store, he didn't go for nasty. It was indeed a sound machine and turned out to be possibly more durable than the high arch bases.
