Originally Posted by
WizardOfBoz
My Dad's company was named DeVere-Locke. I can't find pics of any of the really beefy rotary mowers they made, but here's a reel-type from about 1961 (before my Dad purchased the company). This was not the magnesium-deck model, but is old school (cast iron, and the paint job has pin stripes!
Cool. Thanks for posting those photos. Sensation made commercial 21" push mowers with magnesium decks in the '70's and '80's. They were originally out of Nebraska, I believe. I didn't realize there were other manufacturers using magnesium.