Grtechguy
Grtechguy MegaDork
6/18/17 6:10 p.m.

Found while junkyard scrounging.

travellering
travellering Reader
6/18/17 6:14 p.m.

In reply to Grtechguy:

Runway blower for a really small airport?

First glance I had it as one of those ride on concrete smoothers, but the front wheels don't look very removable.

KyAllroad
KyAllroad PowerDork
6/18/17 6:15 p.m.

It looks to have a small drive motor and a small mower (?) motor. Some sort or ride on finish mower for tight areas?

stuart in mn
stuart in mn UltimaDork
6/18/17 6:16 p.m.

Very old school riding lawn mower.

Grtechguy
Grtechguy MegaDork
6/18/17 6:17 p.m.

Twin engined, fwd, front stearing mower. Mower deck hinged off rear axle and powered by its own Clinton engine

aircooled
aircooled MegaDork
6/18/17 6:27 p.m.

My Hovercraft is full of eels!

pinchvalve
pinchvalve MegaDork
6/19/17 9:04 a.m.

Freakin' genius is what it is!

Grtechguy
Grtechguy MegaDork
6/19/17 9:11 a.m.

Remove the deck, replace rear wheels with swivel castors and a large vertical shaft engine up front? what could go wrong?

slefain
slefain PowerDork
6/19/17 9:48 a.m.

Usually my Google-Fu is strong, but I got nothing on this one other than the Clinton engine on it.

RossD
RossD UltimaDork
6/19/17 10:24 a.m.

Swisher Ride King is getting me images that are getting close...

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
6/19/17 10:25 a.m.

This thing was "Here, hold my beer" or "Hey, watch this" back in the 50s.

HappyAndy
HappyAndy PowerDork
6/19/17 10:31 a.m.

I seem to recall seeing mowers like this when I was young kid in the mid/late seventies at the golf course that my Grand Dad hung out at. I think they were for mowing the greens because they are very light.

slefain
slefain PowerDork
6/19/17 8:48 p.m.

This is a Dille & Mcguire Turfmaster. The tires seem to be the same. That's all I got so far. Maybe it is a one-off commercial version?

Grtechguy
Grtechguy MegaDork
6/21/17 5:25 a.m.

Well, cross posting the pictures on an vintage tractor forum gave me a result of "Roberton Model 24 Rider"

Now to find out what it should look like.

RossD
RossD UltimaDork
6/21/17 7:41 a.m.

It's not a good sign when your own photos are the ones that show up on the top of the google image search...

slantvaliant
slantvaliant UltraDork
6/21/17 7:46 a.m.

Something like this, maybe?

Grtechguy
Grtechguy MegaDork
6/21/17 7:50 a.m.

In reply to slantvaliant: That certainly is it indeed.

Guy will sell it for $37.50 out the door.

Anyone near Michigan want it? It's at Joes Salvage in Spring Lake. I have too many projects, but it is unique and kinda cool.

kazoospec
kazoospec SuperDork
6/21/17 7:23 p.m.

So, it's already got two motors. Easy button gokart version of the "sucker Corvette"?

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