Neat "tiller" / "tractor"?

blunosr · Aug 13, 2017

I had never seen one of these before last weekend. It would look great in new clothes...

Anyone got one?

Bye for now,

Troy

Bret4207 · Aug 13, 2017

There was a time when people actually truck farmed with a David Bradley or Gravely or Bolens or Simplicity. You could handle anything from a large garden to several acres with one- given enough time and energy. These days the BCS line is about as close as you'd come to one of those. I've spent quite a lot of time behind a Simplicity walking tractor with an 8" plo . Takes some time, but it's lots faster than a spade!

SVcummins · Aug 13, 2017

I know where there is one I'd like to get . I have a
pep p pal

old · Aug 13, 2017

I own one of them. I have the plow, disk, cultivator, harrow and sickle bar mower for it. I have not used it in years. It is missing the hood but still has the old cast iron 2.5 HP engine on it

Ultradog MN · Aug 13, 2017

I had one. 30 plus years ago.
Dragged it out of the edge of a swamp.
No wheels or tires on it but I learned
that old Jeep wheels fit the bolt pattern.
Engine was stuck and rusted bad so i put a
3 hp briggs on it. The hood was very nice.
Light surface rust.
It had the sickle mower on it. I used it a
lot then gave it to my brother. He used it
too but who knows what became of it.
It was not as good a mower as a Jari but
did ok.

Brendon-KS · Aug 13, 2017

Those David Bradley's are very nice walk-behind tractors and were quite popular. Sears sold them
in the 40's until into the 60's. I have two of them - an early basic model and a later one with
all the bells and whistles such as variable speed drive, reverse, and locking differential. Many
implements were available and I have the plow, disk, cultivator, spike-tooth harrow, harrow-packer,
snow blade (like the one in your picture), and sickle bar mower in my collection. Other
attachments included a planter, reel and rotary lawn mowers, snow blowers, and ride-on trailers.

Leroy · Aug 14, 2017

I had a couple over the years and my one complaint was the ground speed. They did not have the variable speed as were too old for that. I just could not walk fast enough for them. Had others that were geared slower and no problem keeping up with them. Uncle even tried putting a different bigger pulley on to slow down but did not work, don't know what he ever did with it. The other one sold to a collector of David Bradleys as it was a slightly different model than he had. Always had them all to tractor show where I met him and next year after he bought it was not at show or since. Do not know what happened to him but he always had around a half a dozen models of then he took to the show plus implements. Early ones had 6:00x16 tires, later ones had 6:70x15" tires.

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