New..well old lawn mower

edwar355 · Apr 19, 2013

I just acquired a 1968 Toro Professional 70" reel mower. I was wondering if anyone knew where the serial number was on this machine and also how reverse works on it as well....best that I can tell by looking at diagrams and the machine itself, it works by two metal pulleys grinding on each other till your done backing up :shock: I hope someone knows better than what I see. Thanks for all and any insight.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 19, 2013

Does it have the single wheel in back and uses hydraulics for lifting the reels and powering them? It probably has a 12hp Kohler engine to power it. I've got one that I bought for the motor. It was used for mowing the greens on a golf course.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 19, 2013

Forgot to mention when the snow is gone I can look and find the serial number on mine or maybe google toro lawn mowers and see if you see something familer.

ShadetreeRet · Apr 19, 2013

Metal to metal doesn't work too good. One of the reverse pulleys probably had a lining of some type on it to eliminate metal to metal.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 19, 2013

Probably uses a rubber coated drive wheel like the Snapper Comet riding lawn mower. The Rubber is gone.

edwar355 · Apr 19, 2013

This site won't allow me to post a pic of it but here's a link to it http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af3/edwar355/user85145_pic10361_1365990399.jpg I'll take a picture of the pulley tonight and see what y'all think

Anonymous-0 · Apr 19, 2013

Wouldn't be hydraulic if a 68 but the Toro commercial distribuor should have all the parts manuals. Some of the Toro machines of that era didn't have the best drive system.

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