Bolens 944 articulating front mount mower arrived today !!!

Waldon52 · Aug 30, 2014

I was excited this morning to see the fellow backing in my driveway with my new purchase. He bought it brand new many years ago and ran a Bolens Dealership with his dad. The mower deck looks very good shape but I will remove it and build a snowblade for it next week . I will sell the deck on e-bay or craigslist .
I got a few ideas to tweak it just a bit. I should look much different next weekend.

Waldon52 · Aug 30, 2014

Here is another angle

Xfaxman · Aug 30, 2014

I am glad you posted pictures, I read about it in your other thread and didn't know what it was.

Tor Arne · Aug 31, 2014

These were also sold under the name Stiga Park in my part of the world.
Good catch wish I could find one of those that was sold Lombardini diesel

bigtiller · Aug 31, 2014

We had one of those back in the 70's. It mowed 1.75 acre for over 20 years. Great little mower. It was a little hard for the girls to steer so we put a bigger steering wheel on it from a '57 Chevy. Yours looks to be a little newer than ours, it didn't have the fancy engine cover.

Waldon52 · Aug 31, 2014

It's actually a 943 and from Sweden . I pulled it in the shop today and tore it partially down to get PB Blaster on all the bolts. All the cables work good except one. Tomorrow I will try to pull the wheels off the rusty axles. I will probably split the rims to build adaptors for the larger wheels. The snowblade will be small and light . The blade will only push light fluffy lake effect type snow because it is only two wheel drive. But will be fun to just drive around tractor shows.

Waldon52 · Aug 31, 2014

I also removed the mower deck today

and won't ever put it back on .

Waldon52 · Sep 2, 2014

Todays progress picture shows it starting to take on a little different look. The engine sanded and painted , the frame sanded and painted and the front wheels removed and the new one sitting next to it.
This afternoon I will try to break free the rust welded rear axles from the hubs. If all goes well with the wheel conversion I could get the new snowblade built this weekend. :dance1:

Waldon52 · Sep 5, 2014

As I work more on this I realize more what a piece of junk it is . I had to cut off the rear wheels they were rusted so bad . I pulled the Peerless Transaxle yesterday to find it completely full of rust and water. After several hours I am getting it loosened up. This could just end up going to the junk anyway. Under the fiberglass it has been abused and neglected for many years. The rear frame is have rusted off , most of the wiring is missing, so many things it needs. At least I am enjoying trying to get it back going and if I end up hauling it to the junkyard myself I still had fun and I learned more things about them.

Chopperhed · Sep 6, 2014

I have the Stiga Park 2000E, which was rebranded as a Noma Canadiana in Canada. Still has the original Trelleborg rubber on it.

The rear wheels and hubs are a bit of a pain.