TORO MOWERS 
36-INCH WEED CUTTER 
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The Zipper is a 36-inch Power Sickle Bar which 
has a wide range of usefulness for cutting 
weeds and other rank growth. Being a self- 
propelled traction drive, all the operator has to 
do is to guide it—and due to its light tubular 
steel construction, the Zipper is easy to handle 
on rough ground, side slopes, and around trees, 
fences, shrubbery and walls. 
From a simplicity standpoint, the Zipper is 
genuinely outstanding. The powerful 1!/, H. P. 
four cycle engine securely mounted on the end 
of the drive shaft, equipped with a gear reduc- 
tion and single V belt, not only reciprocates the 
knife but provides traction through a simple 
spring-mounted friction drive engaging the 
wheels. The Scotch Yoke principle of the cen- 
ter drive on the sickle bar leaves both ends 
free to work around shrubs—under fences— 
and with a greatly reduced amount of vibration 
common to all sickle bar mowers where the 
drive is at the end of the bar. 
The wide baffle plate attached to the bar in the 
center, being constantly in motion when the 
machine is in operation, has a tendency to 
spread the cut vegetation as it falls, and leaves 
it in windrows on both sides of the pointed 
shield. 
In thickly matted June grass, it is a simple mat- 
ter to exert a slight upward pressure on the 
handle bars, so that the sickle holds the ground 
and “submarines” the growth instead of sliding 
over it. The proper spread between the drive 
wheels creates a finely balanced machine for 

Weed Cutter 
36-inch “Toro Zipper 
use on slopes. This feature, combined with the 
light but extremely durable tubular steel con- 
struction, makes it a great performer on levees, 
banks, highway ditches—and on other ground 
uncuttable except by hand. 
The Zipper is the correct answer to the other- 
wise difficult problem of cutting scattered 
patches of weeds. It is so light you can put 
it in the back of your car and haul it from place | 
to place—you can lift it over fences—roll it up 
on a trailer—and find considerable use for it 
around farms, country homes, week-end cabins 
—summer resorts—railroad yards—oil tanks— 
and hundreds of other places. 
SPECIFICATIONS 
MOTOR: Lauson 4 to 1 Gear Reduction, four cycle, 1.50 
H.P. @ 3600 R.P.M., bore 2”, Stroke 1%”; oil bath air 
cleaner; 1 gallon gas tank, float feed carburetor, rope 
starter, magneto ignition, completely dust-proof. 
SICKLE BAR: Standard 2” sections and guards; two 
special guards on ends of bar to protect end knives. 
Two knives furnished with machine—one smooth and 
one with under-serrated sections. 
GRASS DIVIDER: A 
really divides the cut 
on the cutter bar. 
simple and unique divider that 
ol grass and prevents bunching 
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POWER TRANSMISSION: SICKLE DRIVE—Direct, ball 
bearing mounted shaft drive to sickle head through 
automatic safety overload slip coupling, which pre- 
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vents breakage of knives and guards in case operator 
runs the cutter into scraps of metal or stone. 
TRACTION DRIVE—Through a very easily adjust- 
ed "V" belt from motor to friction rollers which drive 
main traction wheels. Friction drive rollers are deeply 
serrated for long continuous operation. 
WHEELS: Steel disc wheels, running on adjustable ball 
bearings with semi-solid tires 20x1.75’ 
HEIGHT OF CUT: 1)” to 13” 
WIDTH OF CUT: 36” 
WEIGHT: 140 Pounds. 
