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#1 farmerall OFFLINE  

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Posted January 19, 2012 - 03:23 PM

Here is one of my oddball pieces lol.

It's a late 50's reel mower made by the National Mower company. This one was used to cut the greens and tees on a golf course for man many years.

Now the story of how I got it.

I work at a golf course during the summer and we have a lot of old equipment sitting around because its broken or was replaced. It seems that they just never get rid of much and the owner doesn't want to put a ton of money into the place. Anyway I found it in a garage that is now just storage blocked in behind an old golf cart or two and an old Cushman and it had been sitting there for at least 10 years I think. I asked my boss if he wanted to get rid of it and much to my surprise he said I could have it. Luckily for me the gas was drianed out of the card and tank before it was parked. The next day after I got it out I was able ot get it to run and actually drive it around. The tranny has two speeds, fast and oh s@*$ fast lol.

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Posted January 19, 2012 - 04:08 PM

Yeah,those are neat looking mowers.

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Posted January 19, 2012 - 05:42 PM

Thats a pretty old one...Im thinking late 50s early 60s........much the same as the one my dad had when I was a kid.

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I have had a few of them, the one I have now is from the 70s

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I also run a little Yahoo group for Nationals

NationalMower : Reel Type Mowers

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Posted January 28, 2012 - 04:49 PM

Try national mower yahoo there is a lot of info. I have 3 fun to run.Willy

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Posted January 28, 2012 - 04:54 PM

willy said:

Try national mower yahoo there is a lot of info. I have 3 fun to run.Willy

Do you mean this group?     NationalMower : Reel Type Mowers

That is my National group on Yahoo