Back in the Day

[BIGUN]

Me riding around on my Dad’s old rebuilt rear steer garden tractor in the late sixties.
He bought the old tractor in non-running condition and rebuilt the engine himself. As I recall it was a cast iron, magneto fired, rope started Wisconsin engine of around 8 HP.
The transmission was belt driven with three forward speeds and one reverse.
It came with several implements; a front mounted dirt blade, hay sickle, & reel type mower plus a rear mounted cultivator and turning plow.
When it was pulling hard and would lose traction the front drive wheels would start hopping off the ground, kind of scary. And if you turned the steering wheel all the way while moving at a good speed it would really give you a fast and fun spinning ride sitting back there above those rear steering wheels. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Does anyone know who made this old tractor? I think they made a walk behind model but this was the deluxe rider version. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I would give my Kubota to be this young and thin again.
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[BIGUN]

I'm getting a little seat time on my uncle's John Deere "B" Model and wishing it was poppin' (Notice the can on the stack) /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[BIGUN]

My little brother taking his turn playing on the Poppin Johnny.

 

[BIGUN]

My grandma, in her sixties, takes her turn at shredding weeds with her John Deere “B” Model and a drag behind shredder.

 

[BIGUN]

Taking my puppy for a ride on my first tractor (sort of /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif), a used 8 HP, 36" Craftsman.

 

[BIGUN]

Thirty years later, a new tractor and a new puppy.
I guess some things don’t change all that much. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[markie61]

Great vintage pics! It's almost like a tractor geneology....
Thanks for sharing!
Mark
PS Now you've inspired me to find some pics of my greatgranddaddy's old '38 Oliver....

 

[Whiskey]

Bigun:

<font color="blue">Thirty years later, a new tractor and a new puppy.
I guess some things don’t change all that much. </font>


look's like the mutt and chops hair cut is gone.... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif all though I am seeing it comming back on the kids nowadays... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Whiskey

 

[MossRoad]

Great photos, Big Gun.

<font color="blue"> I would give my Kubota to be this young and thin again. </font>

Naaa! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[BIGUN]

Taking my young son for a ride on my first orange tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
This Ariens GT-17 filled in 20 of the years between my first Craftsman and my latest Kubota.
I really liked this tractor. It had a 17 HP twin cylinder Kohler engine with hydrostatic transmission, hydraulic “Cat 0” 3-point lift, 48” shaft driven mmm, pto driven tiller (3600 not 540 rpm), cultivators, middle-buster plow, and a home-built rear dirt blade.