Worthington?

What were they used for?

Aircraft tug?

Looks like it's had some modifications over the years. Looks like the front bumper torched off.
Rear wheels probably not original. But those are just guessing.

It Kind,a looks like something SweetFeet would like ,dont ya think?

Pulling gang mowers on golf courses.

Golf course tractor. Used a 8N motor Ford truck transmission and rear end,Hydraulic brakes Built in the early fifties . Always wanted one never have found one down here in Florida. Heard they would run over 40 mph

We have one at the park , it has a Dodge grill 40's and says Worthington on the hood . It was used to pull gang mowers but does also have a lift lever for a belly mower setup. We now use it for pulling a wagon for hay rides.It's been converted to a 6 cyl Chev engine and runs perfect.

They pulled a reel mower on a golf course.Later they mounted the mower.

Mostly used on golf course for pulling gang mowers. We had one with a model A engine, four speed transmission with gear reduction before it went into rearend. We kept shearing the axle keys in the rear axles. Had cast iron wheels on the front end also.

Made near you- Stroudsburg Pa? I have seen them with everything from 9N engines, to WW2 Dogde WC motors. A freind of mine was born near there, he knew all the details. Yeah mostly all they did was lawnmowing big spreads with reels, seen some with snowplows tho. I 'think' they became Ingersol.

Jacobsen bought out Worthington.

I had one.They are scary fast.

Vito

Charles Worthington inheirited and ran, for a while, the Worthington Pump Company but sold his interests to others and took up, among other things, the design and building of automobiles. There were over 200 manufacturers of automobiles in the USA a little over 100 years ago. He had purchased a large estate at Shawnee on the Delaware including several islands and a large golf course. He lost interest in car building (I'm sure Henry Ford had something to do with it) and took up designing machines to manicure his golf course. He was an avid golfer having started the game in Scotland way back when. He established a factory in nearby Stroudsburg, PA to mfg his machines for sale. I believe the building is still standing. After his death in 1944, Jacobson purchased the business, but you still see Worthington equipment around. Quite well made but usually with other manufacturers parts like Ford engines, etc.
He was a good friend of Fred Waring. Remember "Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians" orchestra? He invented the kitchen blender. The Waring blender. Flew his own helicopter around into his eighties. Married a cute little chick in her 20s after his wife died. Two great American Characters of the early 20th century.

That one was used to pull gang mowers, on the golf courses. Later versions of the G-10 could be equipped with 3PH, and PTO. They also had real fast road gears, about 35 MPH, IIRR!