Wow John you must have cultivated a good relationship with that shop, as they are not usually the type to give stuff away, even if it's near worthless to them.
I found one left out the front of a local mower shop with a dead Briggs and unfortunately discovered rust had started penetrating the chassis near the left handle mount (common problem) so, after taking the good handles off it and swapping them with other ones, I turned it into a trolley using an old council recycling container.
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