Help identifying this feller

[Fragger]

Friend of mine send me this pic someone had given him this feller and he dont know what to do with it.
I told him hold on i'll be there to get it!! Anyone know what it is? Appears to be a mechanical mule:anyone: . Thanks in advance .

 

[nbking]

Not sure, but it looks to be missing some front attachment?

 

[goeduck]

Friend of mine send me this pic someone had given him this feller and he dont know what to do with it.
I told him hold on i'll be there to get it!! Anyone know what it is? Appears to be a mechanical mule:anyone: . Thanks in advance .
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What does the back side look like? What attachment points are there, if any?

 

[aczlan]

Not sure, but it looks to be missing some front attachment?

Looks like there are a set of harrow teeth in the back, most such machines have their attachments behind the wheels, not in front.

Aaron Z

 

[Doofy]

Looks like a Simplicity Two-wheel tractor. Mine came with a sickle-bar mower, reel mower, cultivaters, plowshares; single and double,and a front blade. All this crap is still kicking around here.

 

[Xfaxman]

It looks like a David Bradley: david bradley walk behind tractor - Google Search

 

[Doofy]

It looks like a David Bradley: david bradley walk behind tractor - Google Search

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These were great work-horses when young and strong with muscles and no money. I spent many hours behind David Bradley's when I was young.

 

[Xfaxman]

These were great work-horses when young and strong with muscles and no money. I spent many hours behind David Bradley's when I was young.

So did I, my Dad had one.

 

[Fragger]

thank you for your answers and respondces guys i will have to get more pictures from him.

 

[Doofy]

thank you for your answers and respondces guys i will have to get more pictures from him.

These are amazing work horses with a multitude of attachments. All that is needed from the Operator is muscles and ambition.

 

[Fragger]

:cool2K SO IT IS A sEARS AND ROEBUCK, HOPE TO GET IT HOME SOON AND PUT IT TO WORK:dance1:

 

[Xfaxman]

Yep:

 

[tree farmer]

Hmmm, No seat....No steering wheel....No cup holder. Probably wouldn't get much use around here...….Dan.

 

[shovelmike]

Those old walk behind tractors are interesting, when I was a young child a next door neighbor had one that resembled the whole front end of a conventional tractor, I think it might have been a Gravely.
I am old and prefer to sit and ride the machine.

 

[3Ts]

My dad had one that would tow a small cart that you could ride on.

 

[JDAOWNER]

I HAD ONE WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER. HAD A SNOW BLADE ON IT AND I WOULD PLOW DRIVEWAYS ON OUR STREET. NO REVERSE!!! HAD TO BULL IT BACK, IT WAS A DAYS WORK.

 

[flyerdan]

I picked up a couple of them a few years ago off craigslist for free. The transmissions seem to turn free, not sure what can be made with them but I'm not in a hurry to scrap them out. Something might be of use someday. The numbers on the ID tags resulted in a Sears Roebuck item number from ages ago.

 

[Doofy]

I picked up a couple of them a few years ago off craigslist for free. The transmissions seem to turn free, not sure what can be made with them but I'm not in a hurry to scrap them out. Something might be of use someday. The numbers on the ID tags resulted in a Sears Roebuck item number from ages ago.
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The ones that I've had have been indestructible. They could do a lot of work and they could sure work you. Scads of attachments also.

 

[Wis Bang]

Looks like a Simplicity Two-wheel tractor. Mine came with a sickle-bar mower, reel mower, cultivaters, plowshares; single and double,and a front blade. All this crap is still kicking around here.

I agree, the slots in the channel under the engine is for the Simplicity "Quick Hitch". We had a FB model from the 50's that had front mounted sickel bars, snow plow and a counter weight used with the rear mounted mold board plow. It used a pair of long bolts connected on one side by a metal band and a floating band and two wing nuts. the bands stayed outside the channel and the bolts went in the slots, first the front with the attachment pivoted up untik the friont bolt was seated then lowering the front brought the rear up and in the rear slot. Spin the wing nuts tight, set the attachment on the ground, add the drive belt and pin the idler/clutch rid and off you went mowing....

The sickel bar had directional rods that rolled the just cut weeds inward until the wheels ran over and helped keep things moving. We had a summer weed business and had two 7.5 hp clinton engines, one got rebuilt as the other one started to loose power...

The trans axle had 3 speeds and reverse.

 

[Doofy]

Very interesting. Maybe, I'll drag it out of the shed this summer and work it a little.