Still Running

82 things with 4,583 years of service between them, counted to the day each story was posted. Every one was in use when its owner wrote about it.

No. 0106Yard and outdoors

1960

Craftsman lawn mower

A wire wrap on the plug, the rest original An old Craftsman gas rotary push mower. Not the one in the story.

Running 58 years as of 2018

No. 0104Yard and outdoors

c. 1965

Folding camping table set

Four generations at one folding camp table Campers eating at a folding table on the Baltic coast in 1970. Not the table in the story.

Running about 56 years as of 2021

No. 0033Yard and outdoors

c. 1968

Grumman canoe

Fifty years of rivets and not one leak A riveted aluminum canoe on a portage in Sweden. Newer than the one in the story, and not a Grumman.

Running about 50 years as of 2018

No. 0101Yard and outdoors

c. 1968

Craftsman reel mower

Came with its dated receipt. Cuts an 18-inch strip. An old Sears Craftsman push reel mower, made for Sears by Yard Man of Jackson, Michigan. Not the one in the story.

An old Sears Craftsman push reel mower, made for Sears by Yard Man of Jackson, Michigan. Not the one in the story.

Running about 50 years as of 2018

No. 0102Yard and outdoors

c. 1968

Homelite chainsaw

Fifty years of firewood permits in the box A well-used Homelite Super XL Automatic chainsaw. Not the one in the story.

Running about 55 years as of 2023

No. 0103Yard and outdoors

c. 1976

Coleman Classic canvas tent

Two poles, sixteen stakes, no rain fly needed A Coleman Oasis canvas tent pitched at a campsite at Quemado Lake, New Mexico. Not the tent in the story.

Running about 44 years as of 2020

No. 0105Yard and outdoors

c. 1976

Vango Force Ten tent

Never leaked, never blew down in 45 years Ridge tents pitched in the snow on Mount Eliza, Tasmania, in 1972. Not Vangos, and not the tent in the story.

Running about 45 years as of 2021

No. 0032Yard and outdoors

c. 1980

Toro snowblower

38 Chicago winters and a 24-inch gangway A Gilson snowblower from around 1975, restored by its owner. Not a Toro, and not the one in the story.

Running about 38 years as of 2018

No. 0031Yard and outdoors

1988

Honda HR214 mower

Sat ten years, started on the first pull A Honda HR2160 self-propelled mower from the 1990s, a close relative of the HR214. Not the one in the story.

Running 27 years as of 2015

No. 0107Yard and outdoors

c. 1991

John Deere 265 lawn tractor

Three properties, 26 years, mulch and gravel too A John Deere LX279 lawn tractor with its mower deck off, hitched to a cart. A later relative of the 265, and not the one in the story.

A John Deere LX279 lawn tractor with its mower deck off, hitched to a cart. A later relative of the 265, and not the one in the story.

Running about 26 years as of 2017

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