The New Autoguide Turf Trooper is flaming brilliant!

The burning ambition of many a groundsman and gardener is to own an Autoguide Turf Trooper triple mower. This 60in (150cm) cut mower is about to set the market on fire with it’s new flaming livery introduced at Saltex this year.

A quiet low revving 13hp Briggs & Stratton engine powers the mower driving three 7in (18cm) diameter six bladed cylinders and the hydrostatic drive ensuring sizzling and precise operation.

Fired up the Trooper can cut over two acres an hour and with an electric clutch and all steel body work for durability, the Trooper is still the most compact triple mower in the world with blistering performance unmatched by the competition.

Terrific Tractor Puller!

Built by John Summers, a truly gifted natural engineer, who spends his days keeping a fleet of construction equipment working in Heddington, just down the road from the Autoguide factory, the tractor uses a V12 diesel engine from a T55 Russian tank.

John got hooked on pulling around 1990, and has built a series of tractors since then, some with two engines, but the latest version on the Autoguide stand, features twin turbochargers on its single 39 litre Transmash diesel. This engine was originally designed for a Russian version of the famous DC3 aircraft, but at 1500 HP in the late 1930`s proved somewhat unreliable. Once derated and fitted in tanks its excellent power to weight ratio proved it to be the tank engine of the Second World War.

When John started using this engine he became one of the pioneers in Diesel tractor pullers (most of the others use truck or marine engines) and his results just keep getting better each year. By building his own gearbox and rear axle John has got the rear wheel speed up aroud 100 miles per hour and this ensures class winning performance.

Autoguide has provided help to John over the years, including sourcing drive components to transmit an estimated 1500 HP whilst coping with the torque from 39 litres of V12 power.