Yep, it isn't a lawn mower, but a heavy duty slasher meant for knocking down rough stuff.
Very long grass, bracken, blackberries, weeds, reeds etc.

Don't worry about the arrow on the pulley - it's just a carryover from the early models, which had horizontal shaft engines and had to use that direction of rotation, along with left hand threads on the cutter spindle.

Cheers,
Gadge

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