anyone Know anything about the Roper Riding Mowers?

[deepNdirt]

I've been looking for a project mower to tinker with for a while and been looking at the older JD mowers But anything I'd find at the salvage yards were picked apart missing one thing or another, so a couple days ago I found this 16 hp twin Roper from another site that I am member on, the Roper is all complete but in need of much restoring, it even has with it a rotary tiller that hooks to the rear and runs by belt, I thought this to be interesting as I never have seen a Mower like this, It is built In USA although I cannot find any information indicating the year made or how to use the tiller attachment, Just wondering if anyone had any idea of where to look for info?
or perhaps have a Roper themselves?

 

[2458n]

At one time Sears mowers were rebranded Ropers.

 

[deepNdirt]

At one time Sears mowers were rebranded Ropers.

Thanks! after your reply I did a search under sears Roper and found a little more info, but still not enough info available out there I also found that the Rally mowers were in some way connected with Roper, I find that hard to believe because I always thought Rally was a bad and cheaply built riding mower, and this model of Roper I have looks to be a very well built mower/tractor,

 

[MESSMAKER]

I think Roper and Huskavarna had a connection during it's last years. Perhaps Husky boyght the name?

 

[RandyT]

Roper is one of the name brands that were products by AYP (american yard products) which is a division of Electrolux Home Products and now falls under the Husqvarna division of EHP