Re: (ET) Electric Lawn-Boy

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Hi; I am new to this list and came upon it by chance so if I cover old 
subject matter please disregard. Back in 1971 I started a lawn business to 
mow for local hospitals and companies that had a problem with gas powered 
mowers in their central garden areas. They couldn't get rid of the exhaust 
sometimes for hours depending on weather conditions. I started with one 
Elec-trak E15 and in two years was using four various models. In 1974 I 
was 
at the point of having so many problems with three of them that GE sent 
out a 
rep to try and straighten them out. He had limited success and finally 
said 
they would change out the complete electrical system but I would have to 
pay 
labor and shipping. This was unacceptable to me but they said considering 
the 
age and out of warranty this was the best they could do. Well, I got in 
contact with someone at GE and he said to call Technical Service and talk 
to 
Bill (I don't have the number any longer). To make a long story short I 
hauled all three to him and didn't have any major or troublesome problems 
for 
almost 10 years (my wife said he added 10 years to my life). He helped me 
in 
more ways than I can even remember. I was looking for a good trim mower 
that 
was battery powered and at the time Lawnboy made one. Bill converted 3 of 
them to run off the Elec-trak for me and I ran these until the mid 80's 
when 
they were wore out. He built 2 for me out of parts at that time and I used 
these until I quit the business in the early 90's. I traded them to Bill 
for 
some parts and maybe if you could contact him they may still exist. I know 
he 
had a lot of parts for them at that time. Ed