Re: What was everyone's first tractor?

Posted by Kimk on September 09, 2001 at 17:43:05 from (209.198.115.21):

In Reply to: What was everyone's first tractor? posted by John in Maryland on September 09, 2001 at 12:41:36:

My first tractor was a homebuilt , built by my grandfather. Model T engine and tranny, Peerless tranny and rearend, angel iron chassis, tricycle wheels, crank start w/ hotshot batt. and buzz box ignition. Not a great powerhouse, but all that was needed to pull a walk behind plow, small disc, or a walk behind potatoe plow/picker. He used it for many decades to work a large vegetable garden. Eventually the garden got smaller,(always twice what was needed) and a troybuilt became the logical tool. He gave it to me when I must have been about 12. I really didn't have a use for it, but that didn't slow me down one bit. If you didn't set the spark right, the crank would slap your hand into the steel rims of the front wheels. I still have the scars on my right hand. Today it sits in my fathers back yard, if I had a place for it, and a way to transport it, it would be nice to have it just because Grandpa built it.

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