https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm Recent Posts en-us Sun, 24 May 2026 00:06:34 UTC 5 support@outdoorking-forum.com.au (OutdoorKing Repair Forum) UBB.threads https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/images/general/default/rss_icon.gif https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/112268.html#Post112268 PART TWO – The Brochure
This is a necessarily large A4 size brochure of four pages.
It is also a clever brochure because it has crease lines that
intended it be folded in half longitudinally so as to give us eight panels!

Why? The reader is invited to “Take the broad view” and unfold it.
It’s a clever trick that makes a smaller range look greater than it is.

This brochure is from my collection and it is in good condition.
As always, I make it available to members for viewing or as a quality download.




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Compare this article to Australia's Choice Magazine of 1968: -
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.auhttps://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/u...azine-rotary-lawnmower-safety-c1968.html

Compare this article to Australia's Choice Magazine of 1971: -
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.auhttps://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/u...e-two-stroke-rotary-lawnmowers-1971.html

]]> Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:50:25 +0000 CyberJack https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/111344.html#Post111344 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/109166.html#Post109166 PART TWO – FOLIO MODELS
My plan was to scan these brochures and add them to existing
History Records in the ODK History Forums.
This has been mostly completed.




Ransomes Mercury: -
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108916/ransomes-mercury-c1958.html

Ransomes Marquis: -
Pending link

Ransomes Meteor: -
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108952.html

Ransomes Antelope: -
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=63667

Ransomes Matador: -
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=60444

Ransomes Mastiff: -
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=60828

Ransomes Verge Cutter: -
Pending link

Ransomes 40-inch Ride-on Reel Mower: -
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.auhttps://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/u...s-40-inch-motor-mowers-c1940s-1960s.html

Ransomes Junior Gang Mowers: -
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/109013/ransomes-junior-gangs-c1960s.html

Ransomes Sportcutter & Magna Gang Mowers: -
Pending link

]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:22:04 +0000 CyberJack https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/109166.html#Post109166 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/109026.html#Post109026 PART TWO – Brochures
I have a few brochures in my collection that cover the Junior gangs.
Here I include ones for Mounting to the Ransomes Matador, Mastiff,
and Verge Cutter.

As always, I make then available to members for viewing or as quality downloads.



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RANSOMES MATADOR



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]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2020 06:24:10 +0000 CyberJack https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108999.html#Post108999 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108953.html#Post108953 PART TWO – Meteor Four Brochure
This brochure for the Meteor-Four is from my collection
and it is in great condition.

As always, I make it available to members for viewing
or as a quality download.





]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:52:25 +0000 CyberJack https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108953.html#Post108953 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108939.html#Post108939 PART THREE – Mercury MK3 - Battery Electric
The big draw-back with mains-electric machines was …
the electric cord.

That idea tethered the machine to a household power outlet
and brought with it a clear danger to safe operation.

Folks had to be user competent and cognisant of
the dangers in using mains-electric mowers.

The much safer battery-electric mowers first appeared in the
1960s and Ransomes must have been one of the first players
in this market. This was Ransomes first battery electric mower!

The MK3 Mercury used the Chassis of the MK 1 and Mk2, but
with an enclosed battery and motor box. This was a streamlined,
elegant lawnmower. It was ahead of its day.

This brochure is from my collection and it is in mint condition.
As always, I make it available to members for viewing or as
a quality download.




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In 2020 I was lucky enough to acquire a second brochure
for the Ransomes 40” MK1. Best guess is that this brochure
dates to c1953.

This brochure is in great condition and I make it available
to members for viewing or as a quality download.




]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2020 02:10:27 +0000 CyberJack https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108933.html#Post108933 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108441.html#Post108441
Ransomes MINOR 18 Inch

The Ransomes 18”MK5 Minor is the rarest one in Australia.
Essentially having the same engineering DNA as the minor Minors,
it additionally featured a secondary clutch for the landroll.
A very nice, usable lawnmower of high quality.

]]> Sun, 13 Sep 2020 08:57:47 +0000 CyberJack https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108441.html#Post108441 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/105138.html#Post105138 PART FOUR - Gallery
The respected Old Lawnmower Club notes that the powered
Rollmo has similarities to the Qualcast 16 of that period.

Their record – MP038 – may be found HERE

I have written about the Qualcast 16 HERE

The stylistic similarity between the Rollmos and the Qualcasts
is undeniable. In fact, it has not gone un-noticed that Qualcast
acquired Arundel, Coulthard & Co. in the 1950s …

In Australia, there is little evidence of the powered Rollmo.

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