History
Porter-Cable was founded in 1906 in Syracuse, New York, by R.E. Porter, G.G. Porter, and F.E. Cable, as a jobbing machine and tool shop run from a garage. In 1914, the company began to focus on power tools, starting with a line of lathes. By 1926 Porter-Cable began to develop a niche in portable electric power tools.
In the late 1950s, Porter Cable started a garden tractor division. Porter Cable sold off their lawn and garden line in 1960. Rockwell International bought the lawn and garden line and the lawn tractors were branded Porter Cable, Moto-Mower or as Lawnmaster. In 1981, Pentair, Inc. acquired Rockwell’s power tool group — consisting of Porter-Cable and Delta Machinery — and restored the Porter-Cable name.
Today Porter Cable focuses on professional power tools.
Sources: MyTractorForum, GreenTractorTalk, TractorFanatics, Vintage Machinery
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Years Manufactured
Approx. 1957 – 1962
Videos
Advertising
1959 Porter Cable Yard Master Garden Tractor. Source: Ebay
1957 Ad – Porter-Cable riding lawn mower, Popular Mechanics, June 1957
Porter Cable Mark 24 Ad
Mower Images
Porter-Cable Mark 1 Restored. Source: GardenTractorTalk
