This Mower HOVERS Above The Grass. How?! - Will It Run?

In this epic video, "Faryl & The Flymo", Taryl and Jr go to visit Taryl's brother, Faryl, at his shop to pick up a unique vintage hovering mower. This thing is one-of-a-kind as it doesn't have wheels and hovers above the grass it cuts. How does it work? Can Taryl get it running and working? Check it out HERE and be sure to subscribe today! And as always, There's Your Dinner!!
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[@patrickderp1044]

RIP niel peart

[@Jesterwonder01]

After years of watching this and hearing about brother Faryl, is nice to finally meet him!

[@donmoore7785]

This is not Faryl's first appearance.

[@Shootingstarcomics]

Faryl said he had a bunch of those. You should get them all, put them together and make a flying car.

[@pootthatbak2578]

Or a cube of scrap iron. Tooooo dangerous

[@stoveboltlvr3798]

Put a pitched blade under it and a low profile swivel caster on each corner. Or keep it original and use it as a leaf/snow blower.

[@powderriver2424]

When I was a kid in the 70’s I remember the municipality using fly mowers to mow hillsides. They tied a rope to the handle and the lowered down the hill and pulled it back up. I do remember Toro commercials on TV for these things and they were red back then.

[@Wayoutthere]

That's the only reason I would buy one.

[@chrisacres]

I still do that on the sloped areas at my work place! Tie a climbing rope around the dead man's handle and send it downhill!

[@hauptuhrdotnetblog6700]

Ahh now I know why my grandfather had one back in the day. A good part of the lot was a steep slope.

[@dphoenix1]

They're actually still made by Toro for golf courses and slopes, but have been renamed HoverPro instead of Flymo. Can't say I've ever seen them in use, but I also don't live in an area where they're that concerned about perfectly manicured grass lol

[@nedasher116]

Yup

[@matthewcohen1504]

Faryl’s shop has that sleeper security system... the outside architecture tells the thief, don’t even bother. Clearly Faryl is a genius

[@dannylister558]

Taryl and faryl standing there..9000 years of experience in small engine service..then back to the future with floating lawn mowers ..what an episode..

[@Sludge73]

A double Encore! Love the Rush tribute. Thanks for the Flymo video, Taryl!

[@stumanengineering]

congratulations on being the first person to mow their yard in town this year.

[@rusted5408]

The best comment

[@zrkn1]

Just when you think you've seen it all, Taryl pulls out another classic! FANTASTIC SHOW

[@buzzedalldrink9131]

Its great to see Faryl in a video I have been asking for years! without Faryl there would be no Taryl

[@justonnie]

That kid that Faryl scratched, I remember the boy's name as Little Teddy Nugent. I don't think he ever forgot about that.

[@gregs5985]

Nugent

[@michaelglynn2638]

That was great! Faryl is a natural too. I like the hover-blower-skimmer foot-remover thing, everything except mower😆

[@johnfetter3252]

Taryl, Jerkenstein and Elkskins take a trip to the United Kingdom. Would love to see that!

[@TelescopeJunky]

Fly-Mow by night! Thank you Taryl for putting RUSH in my head all day. 👍🙂

[@MrTehudson]

i amm so glad to see momma cat lying beside you tryl that right there shows me your a good man

[@tribsat100]

Still sellinglike hotcakes over here in uk. The local authorities use them for cutting grass on embankments lowered down with a rope attached to the handle and swung about in a big arc saves trying not to slip about .

[@bentullett6068]

And Toro sell the rebranded Allen HoverPro mowers now. I think they will get less popular due to battery mowers that can be used on steep slopes.

[@derek876544]

Don't think Council's are allowed to use them on ropes on banks anymore, too many accidents with people slipping on banks under them and with the rope tied around kill switch they just keep on running chopping yer legs !!!

[@bentullett6068]

@@derek876544 no they have to use remote control bank mowers now.

[@joshuavaughn4879]

Wtf

[@derek876544]

@@bentullett6068 ye repaired a few

[@bearhogg]

yes i love these old flymo/toros

[@bearhogg]

and yes faryl

[@gbpf57]

My neighbor had one for cutting his very swampy/soft lakefront property. Worked great!

[@jwsystems]

Love the outtakes! Keep it up and got my Taryl apparel this week too!

[@richardgreen7811]

In 1971, I visited The Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island, Michigan. It was built during the 1920's depreciation as a "work project" to supply jobs. It's truly an amazing place and worthy of a visit. The site where it is built is on a hill with very steep banks along side the access road. The grounds keepers all used Flymo's to trim the manicured lawns. It was the only way they could efficiently mow the grass. In 1971, watching them mow was like a Star Wars event. No wheels and completely operated simply by a turn of the wrist for direction. The grounds keeper's raved about them.

[@TheOzthewiz]

It's 2024 and the Chinese have created a battery powered "Flymo". I saw one advertised on the "inner screen" recently. It is a 120 volt (not a typo) BATTERY powered mower that lists for $2995. The only problem, it comes WITHOUT batteries and the ad said that the batteries were NOT available! Sounds like a Chinese scam to me! Has anyone else seen the ad or has any information about THIS mower?

[@richardgreen7811]

@@TheOzthewiz I ran into the same thing with Cessna's new EV plane which boasts an entry level price for a 6 place, 200mph Electric Plane at $87,000. Problem is the batteries are not yet available and the extension cord costs $1.3 million dollars.

[@brucel.6078]

Was great to see the legendary... mysterious faryl!!! Great vid!

[@proflondonuk]

Greetings from England. Good job Taryl. Good tip about spark plug boot. Flymo's are invariably used on slopes, verges and banks at inclined angles where a normal mower wont work. But..they are hard to use because the hover is fighting the operator all the time. Its tiring trying to hold on. Gardeners like them for graveyards between head stones or between fence posts as you swing it left/right rather than push back/forth as with a wheeled mower. There's an Australian mower called Victa which also has 2-stroke engines and they work better for slopes as they have wheels and are easier to control. The problem with 4-stroke used at and inclined angle is the tilted crank case pools the oil on one side and does not lubricate properly causing engines to seize.

[@starsnstuff842]

HI from the UK. I worked for the parks department in Edinburgh Scotland during the 70's and 80's and hover mowers were handy for steep slopes where ordinary mowers couldn't go safely. We used to stand at the top of the slope and operate the machine using ropes tied to the handle!

[@skyartrc8286]

These guy's are the greatest on KZbin, there acting beats anything on TV. Very entertaining.

[@lllmmggg]

When I first found your videos I thought WHAT A NUTCASE! LOL!! BUT I'M STARTING TO ENJOY WATCHING YOUR HILARIOUS STUFF!! VERRRRRY INFORMATIVE ON A LOT OF THINGS!! I'VE BEEN WORKING ON SMALL ENGINES ALL MY LIFE,, AND HAVE ACTUALLY LEARNED SEVERAL THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW ON HERE!! ALMOST HURT MYSELF FROM LAUGHING SO HARD AT SOME OF YOUR SAYINGS, HARD AS A CARP! TEECUMESH,BREAKS AND SCRAPEM ,A LOT OF FUNNY CHIT! THE OUT TAKES ARE HILARIOUS TOO!! DON'T YOU GET TIRED OF THOSE TEETH? AND SQUINTING YOUR EYES ALL THE TIME?? OR ARE YOU LIKE ME HAVE TO SQUINT THEM TO SEE THINGS!! LOL!

[@markraymond2221]

I've heard that Rush song a hundred times or more.....Never knew the lyrics until watching this video! Thanks Taryl!

[@DoyleFuckinHargraves]

It's a mower that doubles as a grill lid.

[@adamf4196]

I've only seen this thing briefly a few times in old videos and thought "What the hell was that? No wheels?" Thanks Taryl for another interesting vid.

[@frozefish]

Laughter is the best medicine. Always enjoy TFA videos!

[@desotopete]

Hey Maw. Look out the window. Taryl has lost it. He's mowing the snow with a lawnmower with no wheels.

[@kelliegrase4658]

@Anders Sutton it don’t work. It’s a scam

[@MrDfbwa]

I remember back in the late sixties, or very early seventies, I had an uncle that had the corded electric version of the Flymo in Canada. He had a very small yard and he loved it. It made it very easy to get between bushes and tight spaces.

[@davidchristensen6908]

The people that steep banks of grass love the fly mower. We used a rope and lowered it down and back up. Then we learned to stand in the center at the top and just swing the fly mow back and forth made it so simple. When they quit selling them I would buy used ones to keep a working fly mow. We put hole on the deck so the rope pulled direct to the deck.

[@TheRustyRooster]

That fly-mo was interesting to see. 2 uncle Andy's is the world really ready for that?

[@ZEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO00]

You guys sure put a lot of time and effort into making your vids. Two thumbs up.

[@forgetfulpriestiv14]

That Faryl kitty litter scene always has me howling with laughter 😂😂😂

[@jammy46235]

Yes bloopers finally thanks man 👍👍 more please 🤣

[@plainbrownwrapper9688]

I have a 1980 Flymo with an AV660 Tecumseh engine. I live in the mid west and I absolutely love mine. I use mine for my steep hills and tight areas between trees. I tie a rope on the handle bars and just walk along the hills. Its the very last piece of lawn equipment I would ever get rid of. If people hate them so much, I'll buy every single one.

[@knucklehead4233]

Love the Rush tribute Taryl Lee. Flymo Night away from here...Classic!

[@dclawnmaintenanceandsnowre4099]

I really like the bloopers

[@rogerveium3753]

Cant wait for the ride-on version!

[@jeffreydevoti7000]

Fly-mow worked better than I thought it would 👍

[@mcaquatics3143]

I got one of those vintage flymo, never had gas in it, still in the box l, was in storage. 2 stroke.

[@dannylinc6247]

Carb repair instructions are the most valuable part. And of course replacing the missing part. It won't hold gas without the seat. You could see how they would be confused. The camera blurs when objects are moving. Speed or resolution, or something. Faryl was there! And the real uncle Andy! What a great video. It would have been even neater to see the parts up close. You can give slippers a fly mow hawk now and do the banks and hills. Was that a phenolic air cleaner? Carcinogen if it was.

[@justpassingthrough4802]

They work great for mowing ditches. My step dad had these Flymos on his cranberry farm.

[@josephbobbitt7759]

Great video Taryl. I was great to finally see your brother Faryl. Would like to see Skippy again.

[@jamesadams2333]

Meeting Faryl and seeing "space age" technology? What an episode! Keep up the great work!

[@Iexpedite1]

When I was in Germany they used these to mow cut and cover fuel tanks. They were huge fuel tanks that were buried to look like hills to aircraft that may fly over. They tied a string to them and swung them side to side. I once cut a cut and cover tank with a weed eater. It took 4 of us a whole day to cut half of it.

[@recsite]

Flymo By Night!!! Lol!! You're an original Taryl!

[@Tommyr]

Love the bloopers! MORE please!

[@elvis7094]

Isn’t that that shy cat? She sure taken a liking to ya Taryl!

[@johndondero8619]

Your knees are next Taryl. Lol. Tx for the videos. Love what you do and your approach/diagnosis of equipment. I’ve learned a lot from you as I just retired at 51 with a disability. Go east on your knees as I had a total knee replacement on the right and need one on the left in the near future. Tx for your funny videos with your boys. Love it !

[@stevenfreiberg1338]

In my younger days for which now I'm 62 years old we used to run brake fluid down the carburetor of our motors and it would become unbelievably quiet is the sound was trapped in the larger smoke molecules the smoke was unbelievable it was funny it would turn so thick that we couldn't see each other out in the driveway and I remember laughing as we first began in the closed garage and the sound of the motor changing to very quiet was also interesting I don't know that it cleaned carbon but I think it did cuz the motors were very clean afterward and there was never any harm done to the motors

[@tonyperkis9561]

That Rush bit had me going 👍

[@breakerbroke23]

Cool mower. Best 35 Minutes I've had all week.

[@jimaylward2396]

Thanks for the LOCKDOWN RELIEF loving it here in Ireland 👋🤣💚☘☘☘

[@monadking2761]

Love it. Works on frozen grass!!!

[@russellhuston6481]

Canada Russ here, just when ya think u know all there is to know about mowers.. FLYMO.. heh.. super cool, i like it..

[@howardthegasman]

I used to use my Dad's 2 stroke flymo to cut our lawns back in the 60's. Worked great, especially on rough ground or banks. Just be careful you wear strong boots so you don't slip and get 'Flymo foot', and have to go looking for your toes.

[@scottfirman]

I can see JR. Flipping that thing over onto his leg. I believe that was what happened to many kids that tried using them. Unless you owned a gold course, It wouldn't cut worth the damn. I remember my first experience with a reel type mower. It wasn't until an old timer taught me how to properly adjust one that I even liked them. I used a power reel mower to cut designs in people's lawns back in the early 80's. It became a" thing" with all the local area doctors offices in town. I was cutting various designs in their lawns. I got paid extra per lawn. I also had to sharpen the reels often.

[@TJK0ng]

FYI When I was teen working summers for a lawn service we used a couple of these for years to cut steep hillsides in customer's lawns that you couldn't safely get a rider on. Hell, most of the hills were too steep to walk up and down to even weedeat them unless you had mountain goat skills. We took the handles off of them and had two ropes with knots tied so you could stand on top of the hill with a rope in either hand and swing the mower back and forth and let it down a bit at a time from one knot to the next on each rope. We had a couple military base contracts that had really steep grass-covered hills up the sides of a dozen or so bunkers of some sort and they really worked rather well for that purpose.

[@waynemurphy7394]

I remember them . I worked at a hardware / lawnmower shop when I was in high school & we sold them for one year . They did not cut tall grass at all .

[@biggaspirit1]

Got one of those Flymo under a tarpaulin at the bottom of the garden. I stopped using it about six years ago. It would always start first pull whatever the weather despite being exposed to the elements for much of the time. This video has inspired me to get it going again. That's when the weather warms up a bit here in the UK of course! Thanks for the video Taryl..

[@jtdundee]

GREAT VIDEO! Hey we had a vacuum cleaner that floated like that too. With that design, it almost looks purpose built to manicure golf course greens.

[@mikemarino2840]

Was it a Hoover Constellation?

[@Suddenlyits1960]

Hoover made two vacuums that floated on air. The constellation and the celebrity.

[@marionwilliams7907]

in 71 i had 2 vacuum cleaners a hoover hover vacuum and a cast aluminum rocket vacuum, looked like a spaceship, bought both from a church, my kids loved them rode those things like toys, the hoover had a round ball on top of a skirt like the mower,,

[@woodstover]

@@Suddenlyits1960 I had 2 celebrities, both had great suction.

[@rdaw33]

Taryl, that song........keep your day job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........I only saw one Flymow in my life, I left it where I found it!!!!!

[@rdaw33]

Hey!....at least it clears the snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GoKartsorGoneFishin]

I love the outtakes

[@johnfroeber3191]

Love when you work on the old dangerous stuff !

[@samtate1260]

I found a Toro single stage snowblower in the garbage it was seized up but I got it working took apart the carburetor and it had a wire holding the needle and seat I’ve never seen that ever before had a sticker on it where it was worked on great videos 👍🏻

[@Danzilly]

Taryl thanks for your time on repairing another antique!

[@scotta626]

Definitely approve of the Faryl appearance !

[@tommylitchfield3450]

Boy, that thing cuts like a dream.... Hey, a nightmare is a dream, right?

[@HillbillyOffroading]

Omg yes I know that song. I never caught on to what it was really ment 🤣. Great video bud.

[@alanlake5220]

Yep worked on plenty of those in the mid-late 70's in good old blighty, if i can remember they were supposed to cbe good on steep slopes, have seen council workers cutting steep slopes such as beside a road,ant they wouldn stand at the top of the bank, and have a piece of rope tied to the Flymo start it up lower it down and swing the mower side to side on the rope to cut the grass," so there's your dinner Taryl "

[@xx3868]

I have that same Green/white Bolens rideon in the background with a V twin Viscount 14HP engine and i removed the side covers to let it breath better. Love your channel - Tim from Aust....

[@geyser3445]

That would make a nice floor polisher.

[@NoWr2Run]

Too bad it's a 2 stroke but would work if you had a nice garage floor, maybe ?

[@tobylou8]

My dad had one of those from Sears!! I loved it!! I wish I had one now for soggy soil!!!

[@srobert7845]

Dig them Fly Mo Moves!

[@fillslawncare]

34:53 "And here comes a car" *instantly takes teeth out* 🤣

[@joeboyko2138]

WOW... Great observation. A buddy just called me to tell me about the Flymo video, and was asking about the teeth. I said they look like the Billy Bob teeth from years ago (sold at a lot of the Nascar events) Been watching Taryl for many years...ok TY and have a good one.

[@rogerwert9946]

I have one of those in the Barn. Now I'm going to have to get mine running.

[@jonosada5555]

Keep on ROCKEN!! W.f.O !!

[@eagle777dh]

My grandmother had a six foot 45 degree bank in her front yard and a lawn boy that looked like this. We only used it on the bank. We would get it on the bank and walk sideways along the bank then push it a little farther up the bank and walk the other way. the grass didn't grow as fast on the bank so it worked well. It didn't cut grass that was very tall well at all. Best thing about it was it mow the same sideways as it did front to back.

[@huskierider1]

My cat Lucky wants to text Faryl's daughter. Also, never thought that I would see another Flymo in my life. The "flying knife." One of your better episodes!

[@ronanmcconnell7664]

great video really informative

[@pug-tr4vq]

I still have one of the first petrol flymos sold in the UK. It belonged to my grand parents who passed away. I have kept it as I have fond memories of cutting their grass for them using it.

[@R_Kyllonen]

Awesome !!!! 😃

[@chrisacres]

We've all got them over here. Pretty standard!

[@NoWr2Run]

OK GOOD, Can you tell me why the blade is not sharp ?

[@chrisacres]

@@NoWr2Run a blade that is TOO sharp will dull much faster. It needs to be sharp but not so sharp that it will cut your skin.

[@SalVulcano69]

the day the American Pickers come to taryl’s shop is the day i can die happy 😂😂

[@Spinonemaster]

My Toro guy has a Flymo in his window on display ... one of many Toro antiques his Dad had stashed in the a huge barn ....

[@garysgarage3669]

Maybe you could put some kind of a skirt around 3/4's of it, to direct the air flow and make a sidewalk blower out of it. Hope to Faryl in more videos.

[@DavidMartin-ym2te]

Just seen this, so a bit late. I have a Toro hover mower. I have owned it10 years, it is 500mm cut and is equipped with a Honda GCV160. Works fine, but you do have to fight it if the ground is at all uneven. Gives your stomach muscles a real work out on slopes. Quite a good cut and doesn't leave wheel marks, but you need to keep it clean underneath. I also have a Honda wheeled mower and a towed paddock topper, so you do need more conventional stuff as well if you have different states of grounds. By the way, Flymo is now a brand owned by Electrolux, who also own Husqvarna.

[@rodneybrand8521]

Hey Taryl...I've seen only of those mowers .. i think they are dangerous..but they did work in some capacity..can't wait to see you use it in the spring..this is the first I've ever seen your brothe ..lol..love the bloopers too..i see y'all getting winter up thar..we're getting 50"s and 60's temperature down here in the south..we're still waiting for winter..I'm waiting for it to be over already...so i can cut grass and drink Harms beer..yee haa !! See y'all on the next one ..Cheers friend's 🍻🍻🍻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@genergoebel]

We have one of these at work, im going to see if I can get it running now. Its been in the garage for years. I'll post a pic of it on Monday.

[@andyk3950]

I want one....How cool!

[@jimmacdonald9746]

Bravo old chap 🇬🇧✊🏻

[@stephenhargreaves381]

Love your British accent Taryl . Greetings from the U.K

[@davros517]

UK add slogan " A lot less bovver with an hovver ! ", real good for fine grass. Also quite a few people lost their toes when pulling the mower and tripping, dragging the mower over their feet...adios toes

[@davetaylor4741]

Not sure the problem in the US with these mowers. In the UK I grew up with them and absolutely love them. Cut anything including steep banks with a rope as others have said. Light weight easily stored hanging on the wall in the garage or shed. Run forever no problems. Ours didn't have that engine on them though. I have used them on fine cut grass and rampant weeds and couch and they cut well. You must have funny grass that is all I can say.

[@90zzz09]

I have been watching this channel since 2015 when I broke my leg. keep it coming guys you are in hollywood!!!! lol

[@scottnagel4085]

That’s a nice looking kitty 🐱

[@mowerparts3824]

Your brother is spot on. We sold those in the early 80s. The company told us we were holding it with a overhand grip. Just lightly hold it with a underhand grip. Hehe. They were very good to win money with bets before they were known about. Oh but it hangs so flat on your garage wall.

[@SoddingaboutSi]

I have two Flymo Contractors fitted with a JLO engine. Still work 30 years on. They are good you padocks and rogh ground. You end up stinking of 2 stroke after mowing though. A mate was using one back in the 80's on a bank when he slipped. We call him 9 toes.