I have 2 old reel mowers. Was wondering if anyone had information on them?
Great American ball bearing #1102
Dille McGuife Tuft Master
It is not always possible to do research on something like this with only one picture and almost no information.
Nice to have the brand names but most older mowers are recognized by the wheels and wheels cannot be seen in your pictures.
You do not ask about value but generally this is what posters are looking for and the majority of information is gathered from 'for sale' or 'sold' listings online - usually eBay is the major source for information.
The Great American mower appears to have been made in Pennsylvania and I have found ads showing this company made push mowers as early as 1881. There is a lot of information available online (mostly vintage ads) but It cannot have been a really notable company as there is no article posted on Wiki about the company.
You can find several of the Great American mower listed for sale and sold on eBay so check out the links and see if any mower is the same as yours. Model numbers can rarely be found on a listing and I did not see any numbers listed in the vintage ads so 'looks' is what you'll have to go by. And, as I stated earlier, wheels are generally how you find the different 'models/age'.
This similar mower recently sold on eBay for $99:
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For sale listings on eBay; check out ads also; place a watch on any item to see if it sells. (I did find one same brand push mower that sold for $135 but the seller had had it listed for almost 3 years and this is not unusual.)
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For sale:
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Push mowers recently sold on eBay: These prices represent 'value' for that particular mower.
Most sellers do not ship and mowers are listed as 'local pick up only'.
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You can check out the vintage ads on Google and eBay to see if you can find your mower.
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Your second push mower is a Dille & McGuire Reel Mower.
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Most sites say the year of manufacture is printed on the frame of the mower so check on that.
Brand listed for sale on eBay: $125 - $250 and $200. Place a watch on these to see if they sell.
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Sold in 2015 for $51
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Information: Ask questions on this site:
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The lawn mower was invented by Edwin Beard Budding in 1830 in Brimscombe and Thrupp, Gloucestershire, England. The first United States patent for a reel lawn mower was granted to Amariah Hills on January 12, 1868.
I could not find the year of manufacture using your mower number. Here is Antique PQ Great American Reel Push Mower Pat. 1918 www.worthpoint.com/
The price of your Great American Pennsylvania reel mower is about $ 50-75.
Dille & McGuire Mfg. Co. started in 1870 in Richmond, Indiana, United States. Richmond, once called the "Lawn Mower Capital of the World." This company started producing push mowers in 1874. McGuire went to work improving the cutting design, and he developed a 40-pound push mower, obtaining a patent in 1875. All mowers produced between 1874-1889 were only sold in the US. Then this company was sold to Huffman Mfg, Dayton, OH in 1963.
The Turfmaster Mower bacame known as "The Worlds Standard Mower Since 1874".
Your Dille McGuife Tufmaster mower has an iron handle and is most likely made in the 50s. Here is a flyer from 1959 Dille & McGuire Company and there are similar to your hand mowers (penultimate page).
The price of these mowers with iron handles is about $ 65-100.
Picked this up at a dump 8 years ago, finally decided to begin restoring it, but cant find any details on it! Anyone know the make or vintage?
It has steel wheels which had remnants of red paint on them, the blades and deck looked like they were black. The deck says "L4" and "16IN" the wheels say "302" or "303" on the inner hub. I can't really find anything else on them. The handle also has no metal bracket to hold the cross bar, it is slotted through the grip and almost dovetailed/wedged in place. Perhaps this is one of those "Any Brand" mowers sold to local stores? The reel only has 3 blades on it, which made me think Pennsylvania Mower Company?
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I HAVE A MOWER LOOKS JUST LIKE YOURS . YOU FIND OUT ANY PRICE RANGES, I AM LOOKING TO SELL MINE .
Can anyone identify the manufacturer of this old reel mower I recently inherited?
We are having trouble identifying the make of this reel mower. It has steel wheels and a name on the handle S- - -s, which is hard to make out.
Any thoughts?
