Hello ODK History Lovers
The Mobilco Heavycut was a slasher type mower made by Mobilco Industries, and it
dates from the early 1960s. It sold widely and for decades - and
it represents the evolvement of the industrial (larger) rotary lawnmower in this
country.

This was one of our earliest 'slasher-type' mowers, and it would have replaced the
older, powered sickle mower designs prevalent in the early post WWII years. The
rotary revolution - in Australia - is a most interesting story ... but, post WWII,
the first rotaries that appeared were of British origin and intended for acreage.
The Heavycut seems to have copied British designs and American designs to produce
an all-Australian product- a rugged 'big wheel' design for the larger acreages.

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SOURCE: Australian Country Magazine, 1965

TO BE CONTINUED ...