A student on the left wearing a blue hat, T-shirt and jeans bends down by the right rear tire of a yellow and green riding lawnmower. A student wearing an orange sweatshirt, orange and white hat and blue jeans stands farther back in the photo on the right side next to a push lawnmower. Another yellow and green riding mower is in the foreground. Other push mowers are loaded on a trailer in the background, hooked up to a white four-door truck where a student stands alongside the trailer. — Members of the Cowboy Motorsports Club tag mowers for service during last year's maintenance clinic. (Photo courtesy Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering)

Registration deadline for Cowboy Motorsports lawnmower clinic is April 1

Monday, March 25, 2024

Media Contact: Gail Ellis | Editorial Communications Coordinator | 405-744-9152 | gail.ellis@okstate.edu

The Oklahoma State University Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering in the Ferguson College of Agriculture will host its eighth annual Cowboy Motorsports Lawn Mower Clinic on April 6 in Stillwater.

The public is invited to register their push and riding lawnmowers for basic, routine maintenance conducted by students in the biosystems and agricultural engineering department. Services include:

Oil changes
Blade sharpening
Spark plug cleaning
Air filter cleaning
Mower power washing

Pricing is $30 per push mower and $70 per riding mower. If patrons need the oil filter or other parts replaced on their riding mowers, the filter and parts must be provided at the time of mower drop-off.

Animal science and agribusiness junior Jared Stone has helped with the lawnmower clinic for the past three years and said 50 or 60 residents typically sign up for the event. A total of about 10 students manage the service requests.

“We sharpen blades, clean spark plugs and power wash a lot of mowers, and we appreciate the public coming back to us every year,” he said.

Patrons must register by April 1 before dropping off their mowers on the east side of the Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Lab at the corner of Hall of Fame Avenue and Cleveland Street on the OSU campus. Drop-off times are 4:30-6 p.m. on April 4, 4:30-6:30 p.m. on April 5 and 8-11 a.m. on April 6.

Home pick-up and delivery is also available at the following rates:

Pick-up push mower – $15
Pick-up riding mower – $30
Pick-up and delivery of push mower – $20
Pick-up and delivery of riding mower – $40

Once maintenance is complete, mowers can be picked up at the Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Lab from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on April 5 or delivered from noon-7 p.m. on April 6 or 1-6 p.m. on April 7.

The mower clinic benefits the Cowboy Motorsports Club in the Ferguson College. For more information, please contact cowboymotorsports@okstate.edu.