The Coolest Lawn Tractor Ever Produced. Ever.

[Doc Sprocket]

I was Googling my brains out for further examples of tandem lawn tractors and tow-rig tractors and stumbled upon the following: The "Roof Palomino". They were apparently made in the late '60's and early '70's, and pretty danged rare. They had a Kohler k482 engine and did indeed feature a full lawn-cutting deck. Check this out. I would actually sell off valuable man-parts for one! Well, ONE man part, anyway. I'd like to keep 2 outta 3. Maybe.

 

[machinist@large]

I was Googling my brains out for further examples of tandem lawn tractors and tow-rig tractors and stumbled upon the following: The "Roof Palomino". They were apparently made in the late '60's and early '70's, and pretty danged rare. They had a Kohler k482 engine and did indeed feature a full lawn-cutting deck. Check this out. I would actually sell off valuable man-parts for one! Well, ONE man part, anyway. I'd like to keep 2 outta 3. Maybe.

That is different; I believe Struck Mfg offered something like it about the same time as a kit (I may be wrong about it actually hitting the market, but I do know it at least made it to the prototype stage). Any idea just what/ how the drivetrain is laid out? Photo's seem to suggest fore & aft layout, like a Cub Cadet from that era........

 

[landuse]

That is so cool. It looks nearly like the mini jeep that Bando is making

 

[chris_the_poser]

I wish my mower was this cool.

 

[machinist@large]

Hey, Doc; any more info on how this baby was laid out and built?

 

[zbuck]

Just google/bing Roof Palomino, all kinds of info. I do know that they were manufactured in Pontaic, IL, but no longer in business.

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Just google/bing Roof Palomino, all kinds of info. I do know that they were manufactured in Pontaic, IL, but no longer in business.

I originally came upon it doing a Google image search for something else, then once I got the name I searched on it directly. I didn't stick around long enough to get a lot of info though.