Kut-Kwick mower

Friend of mine just gave me a old walk-behind mower; Kut-Kwick model E852.36S. Sports a Wisconsin engine. Starts and runs good and I'm excited to use it.
My question is whether anyone has some information on this mower. Looks commercial from mebbe the '50s.
Also, the data plates have been painted over; how to I clean them without obliterating the lettering underneath?
Thanks, Michael

I occasionally see some Kwick Kut modern slope mowers advertised. Their web site shows that the company was started in 1942 with a pulp saw. The pulp saw was converted into a mower sometime in the late 1940's. You might try contacting the company for more information.

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They could be called the original zero turn. We've had a Kut-Kwick around here since the mid 50's. The one that's left is gettin ready to go to the scraper. They were the cats a$$ in there day. Just to expensive to fix now.

I worked on one 40 years ago that had a 2 cyl. Wisconsin on it and dual drive tires. It was an absolute beast. That one had bronze bushings instead of bearings in the drive chain cases. Make sure you have plenty of grease in yours.

I know as much as probably anyone about these machines and do love the one and two cylinder vintage Kut Kwicks.
I would deeply appreciate if you refer anyone offering for sale any and all single or twin cylinder Kut Kwicks back to me as I will buy every one that I can get my hands on. I do easily have the funds and storage as well as it is only a great dream to reverse engineer the best and even have new appliances added for small farmers that especially use two wheel tractors around the world. I do try to watch the internet and this is one of the only posts I have found as I have been searching but not weekly for almost 20 years. I give my full name and exact email information as I am rock solid reliable and DO stand behind what I constructively share with others as well. I am not writing about anything but the older (vintage) much smaller non SLOPE mower machines!
These Kut Kwicks are from my extensive experience some of the best of all 500 pound machines for brush clearing. As but one current comparison the DR Mowing machines of comparable size is a joke to the two Wheel Gravelys and single cylinder Kut Kwicks too. You seem to suggest because great machines are being scrapped it means they are worthless. Everything becomes scrap trash and even carrion sir even you. Yet to suggest because people are so very often extremely ignorant to the value of things that things have no value is disgusting to me and I suggest to the wise.
Do tell me sir How I may be of help to you as well with anything? The difference between me and others is I do my own work and so I know what is the actual best no nonsense even rough but reliable machines ever made. The two wheel Gravely tractors were some order of magnitude (ten times) more popular but I have had some near dozen of them so I know both intimately. I sure wish I had made a video for 5 minutes of my working Kut Kwick because then no one except a true fool could miss see me accomplishing what no other machine in the world can do triple and more quickly and effectively. Those old Kut Kwicks properly set up with proper belts and tensioning often over time with less and less safety parts do look gruesomely rough and even dangerous too. I have no video but need none as I spent a hundred hours on such machines. Such a machine easily captured in a proper video to the wise is worth so many thousands of words and dollars too. There is one video on the internet of this machine yet it does not suggest the operator can more than mow with his machine or show off the magic or forwrds and reverse and turning close to as well as a Zero Turn Radius machine too! I believe in some reversing the Kut Kwick may even be superior to ZTRs. Ben Kohn [email protected]