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Dustin Messinger
10-11-1998 09:09:28
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Re: What Do I Have in reply to Richard, 09-28-1998 17:54:55
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It is possible that the tractor is homemade or some type of kit. Also keep in mind that during a ten to twelve year period after WWII many small companies went into buisness producing garden tractors or "truck patch tractors". These were all generally single cylinder,air cooled tractors in the 700 to 1000 pound range. Most of these companies never made it even though a lot of the designs were quite good. I can think of names like Shaw, Tiger, Ottawa, Garden Mast'r, Gibson, etc. A few like Economy, Speedex, and, Pond(Wheel Horse) were able to ride it out and continue into the present day. Many, if not most of these, used a lot of surplus or even junk car parts. This was an economical and effective way to build a drivetrain without costly and time consumming engineering and developement. Many of these companies ran short on drivetrain parts or suffered from poor marketing strategies. There are probably brands no one even remembers that were made in this fashion. I realize this doesn't help identify your tractor, but maybe it gives some insight into the possibilities. If you could provide some photos, it might be more easily identified. My father and I own two of the Pond tractors. These were made with a '37 Ford truck rear and brakes, enclosed Ford driveshaft and also a Ford three speed tranny. These used a Wisconsin AEN engine, 8-16 rear tires, 4-12 front tires and '48 to '55 models had a unique fiberglass hood. The Pond tractors were produced from 1947 to 1955.
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