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tom3

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Pretty sure there were riders way before '63. Had a 4 hp motor and handlebar steering, tractor style seat. Hustler? I'm thinking Wheel Horse?

This is the one I'm thinking of:

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Pretty sure there were riders way before '63. Had a 4 hp motor and handlebar steering, tractor style seat. Hustler? I'm thinking Wheel Horse?

This is the one I'm thinking of:

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single speeds?
and also, those thing smust be turds because 4hp?!?!?!
and i know htose things weighed a ton, and with 4hp you would think it would berely cut....right?
 

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Down here Rover made several ride ons with push mower engines and a cut up to 28"
Stiga in the EU make a ride on with bagger that runs a 140cc Briggs, also sold as Castle Garden & Mountfield
Very common for reel mower fitted with a 4 Hp engine to come with a sulky over a 100lb roller back in the days when we planted finer softer grasses like couch
 

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single speeds?
and also, those thing smust be turds because 4hp?!?!?!
and i know htose things weighed a ton, and with 4hp you would think it would berely cut....right?
The guys back in the 50's and 60's would have loved it then...
 

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According to the Smokstac forum that mower was probably built by the Quick Manufacturing Co. around 1957 for either Rugg or Springfield.
 

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The guys back in the 50's and 60's would have loved it then...

Variable speed drive, two belts and varying pulley, singe blade, 30+/- inch blade. Friction reverse. Yep, beat the heck out of a 20" push mower with 1-1/2 hp Briggs.
 
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