09-11-2006, 01:08 PM
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|  old garden tractors for $1000 Alex
Its a visual question.
Identify this piece of equipment. (btw just one of the random pieces of stuff left on the property i just bought)  
with out the belt on the drive, it rolls fine (not rusted up)
the tires have air in them (belive it or not)
condition of the motor is unknow other than its missing its carb. Didnt bother to wrap a rope around it to see if it was seized up...
There appear to be no other locations for PTO's or chain/belt drives . Ie i cant find any evidance that the motor would have done anything other than propell it. (unlike a gravely L/BCS or tiller)
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09-11-2006, 01:11 PM
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| Re: old garden tractors for $1000 Alex
2 Wheel, walk behind tractor of unknown manufacturer
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09-11-2006, 01:16 PM
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| Re: old garden tractors for $1000 Alex
Judges?
oh sorry they say not enough info -$1000
sorry... 
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09-11-2006, 01:25 PM
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| Re: old garden tractors for $1000 Alex
Well, a few things suggest to me it might be a David Bradley.
My Dad had one, probably from the late 40's/early 50's. The frame handles, clutch, rear implement bracket, and clutch linkage appear about the same as I recall. If it is a DB, it's a different year/model. Ours had a rounded hood, was red with green wheels, and only had one forward / neutral speed. The wheels had a dog arrangement so you could turn it. If you pushed it forward, you would hear it go CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK..........
Ours had a disk, cultivator, and later a sickle mower (which shook itself to pieces!).
Way underpowered with the original probably 3HP motor, we put a 5HP Briggs on ours, but it still wasn't much to talk about.
Do I win the $1K???????????????????????
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09-11-2006, 01:26 PM
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| Re: old garden tractors for $1000 Alex
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Originally Posted by schmism Its a visual question.
Identify this piece of equipment. (btw just one of the random pieces of stuff left on the property i just bought)
with out the belt on the drive, it rolls fine (not rusted up)
the tires have air in them (belive it or not)
condition of the motor is unknow other than its missing its carb. Didnt bother to wrap a rope around it to see if it was seized up...
There appear to be no other locations for PTO's or chain/belt drives . Ie i cant find any evidance that the motor would have done anything other than propell it. (unlike a gravely L/BCS or tiller) | What is a David Bradley?
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09-11-2006, 01:54 PM
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| Re: old garden tractors for $1000 Alex
I can't tell you alot about what it is, but I can tell you about what it does.
I spent some time in Thailand and two wheeled tractors just like this are all over. They use them for everthing from pulling their rice carts down the road to powering thier threshing machines. Downright handy little units.
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09-11-2006, 02:53 PM
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| Re: old garden tractors for $1000 Alex
Looks like an old Bolens we had many years ago, The green says Bolens also, David Bradleys were red I think, coarse coulda been painted. We had a goat cart we would pile in and ride all over behind that thing.. John
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09-11-2006, 03:13 PM
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| Re: old garden tractors for $1000 Alex
while i could see why you might think it was a david bradley from my (just now research on google) seems a few things dont fit.
one is frame design.. there are some farily detailed breakdowns of the frame design and neither of the 2 DB designs seem to fit this.
neither does the (relitivly) complicated clutch and transmission design of a DB vers this straigh forward spring idler tention pulley affair.
The drive on mine is chain drive (exposed) vs the DB which apeared to be housedd in a center enclosed (cast houseing) diff.
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09-11-2006, 06:54 PM
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| Re: old garden tractors for $1000 Alex
There is a thread on 2 wheeled tractors under the buying/comparison forum. I bet someone who posted to that knows exactly what it is. | |
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09-12-2006, 11:10 PM
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| Re: old garden tractors for $1000 Alex
Let's see the handles.
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