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Dale W. lMurphy

12-01-2003 03:29:28




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Anyone heard of a one-wheeled, walk-behind garden tractor made by Dave Eaglefield or Eaglesfield in Indianapolis approx '37-'41 (??) It had the motor mounted inside of the large wheel (?)
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OLMax

12-02-2003 17:54:31




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 Re: One wheeled garden tractor in reply to Dale W. lMurphy, 12-01-2003 03:29:28  
My father bought a Choremaster after WW2 and we had several attachments, first used it to push a hand mower so I could mow the lawn, I was about 10 I guess, then we got a reel mower made by choremaster that cut about 20" and pushed by the one wheel. Also later bought a sickle mower to cut fence rows and a snow plow to push snow. It also had shovels you could attach on the back for cultivating in the garden. It had a mercury clutch on the motor pulley that engaged when you opened the throttle. It didn't work very well and my brother took it apart, mercury ran out on the ground and we just welded the pulley to the shaft after that. It had a Clinton engine. It laid in the garage for years and I gave the whole set-up to a guy who helped me do some remodeling on the house. DUMB//// I've seen a couple pictures on The Vintage Garden Tractor site.

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jdemaris

12-01-2003 16:00:29




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 Re: One wheeled garden tractor in reply to Dale W. lMurphy, 12-01-2003 03:29:28  
I answered you previously about the Kinkade with the engine in the wheel. I hadn't noticed your mention of Eaglesfield until now. R. D. Eaglesfield of Indianapolis, Indiana, made the "Unitractor." It sold for $98.50 ca. 1939. Single wheel, weighed 105 lbs. Powered by a 1.5 horse Briggs and Stratton model NR-6. Top speed = 3 m.p.h. Others with one wheel and an engine inside it include the Gravely D (1930), Kinkade(1921 I think), Suburbanite (1924), Viking (1954) and Kultor King (ca. 1949). There were lots of other one-wheelers, e.g. Sprywheel ca. 1921, Will-Burt Little Farmer ca. 1954, Bolens Handi-Ho ca. 1951, Choremaster ca. 1951, Garden Master ca. 1952, George ca. 1950, Ottawa Workmaster ca. 1948, Page Bantam, Rotoette NP ca. 1948, Unitractor, and probably lots more. The years I'm citing are years I'm sure they were in production; not necessarily when they started or ended. I've got around 30 one wheel tractors and half-dozen single-track tractors. Overseas, there were large one wheelers used to push railroad train cars around the rail yards.

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OlMax

12-02-2003 18:03:25




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 Re: Re: One wheeled garden tractor in reply to jdemaris, 12-01-2003 16:00:29  
I reread your thread and I forgot the George tiller I have also, it has two wheels and a roto-tiller on the front. It has a very complicated belt system for self=propelling it, I don't use the system as the roto-tiller pulls it along in the garden.



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Harold Hoopingarner

12-01-2003 17:34:46




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 Re: Re: One wheeled garden tractor in reply to jdemaris, 12-01-2003 16:00:29  
My dad worked for Eaglesfield, both on his farm, & producing these tractors. He also sold & delivered them. He once delivered some to a plantation on a low island off Virginia. The buyer said that all that his workers had farmed with before was mules, & he felt this was a way to ease them into using tractors. We owned one until I was 8. I can recall it's appearance, & barely recall driving it for about a minute. -- hh --.

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