Abstract: A powered mobile unit for turf-care apparatus comprises a chassis, driven and steerable front wheels, rear wheels supporting the chassis, a seat carried at least mainly by the rear wheels, a linkage behind the rear wheels for the attachment of turf-treating implements; and a powered hydraulic unit capable of activating the linkage to lift an attached implement clear of the ground and of applying such downward pressure to the implement as to cause the rear wheels to be raised clear of the ground with an operator in the seat, while the unit is mobile.

Abstract: Apparatus for spreading particulate material comprises a frame; a hopper supported by the frame, the hopper having a lower gravity-fed outlet aperture; a feed platform at said aperture; means for reciprocating the feed platform at said aperture relatively slowly in one direction and relatively quickly in the opposite direction; and an adjustable gate forming part of the hopper wall; all whereby the particulate material is dispensed from said hopper, beneath said gate when appropriately adjusted, by the feed platform as it reciprocates. Such apparatus may include a driven rotary feed brush for sweeping the fed particulate material in a downward direction, and constitutes a simple and inexpensive means for spreading top dressing and the like in an efficient manner.