Re: [AMC-list] AMC PEOPLE - obit: Cecil Pond of Wheel Horse

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Way before the craigslist days, my frugal Dad and Mom rarely bought anything new 
or paid retail price.   Used lawn mowers were common but when we moved to 
"acreage" 

from our little house and lot, Dad needed a more dependable mower for our huge 
lawn.  He bought a new Wheel Horse mower and I and my brothers spent many hours 
on it over many
summers.   Finally, after Dad died and Mom remarried, she wore the first one out 
on another huge lawn where she had relocated and she bought a second one, using 
it
for many years until selling it before moving to a town home.   Wheel Horse is a 
good brand, (or was perhaps before the Toro connection.)

I hope Mr. Pond is buried in a red casket with white handles.

Joe Fulton



----- Original Message ----
From: Marc Montoni <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sun, January 15, 2012 11:48:28 PM
Subject: [AMC-list] AMC PEOPLE - obit: Cecil Pond of Wheel Horse


Notable AMC-connected person:

Cecil Pond, 87, of Palm City, Fla., a pioneer of the riding lawn mower and 
founder of Wheel Horse Products, died Dec. 30 in Palm City, Fla. He attended 
Purdue before joining the Army. After World War II, he and his father made a 
small farm tractor out of their garage, then a model to cut grass in expanding 
suburbs. The company made 22 attachments, including plows. It was sold to 
American Motors, then to Toro.

See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Pond

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_Horse

http://www.wheelhorsecc.com/index.php


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