15 HP Toy Tractor

15 HP Toy Tractor FARM HOME Toys/Games 17-1-9 "My children learned to drive tractor on this 3-ft. high ætoy' I built in 1962. My grand children still use it all day long. It has a lot of miles on it," says Ted Safran¡ski, Argyle, Minn. The tractor is powered by a 15 hp Briggs & Stratton gas engine. It has 15-in. car tires on back and small tires off an old potato digger in front. The 4-speed transmission was salvaged from a 1948 1-ton Dodge pickup and the rear end from an old car. The transmission is belt-driven through a large pulley mounted on front of the transmission that gears it down. "It has a 3-pt. hitch that can be raised or lowered manually with a hand lever. I use it to pull a 1-row cultivator for the garden and to tow augers around the farm yard. It goes up to 20 mph," says Safranski. He made the seat out of wood and covered it with leather. The steering sector came from an old car. He used 2-in. sq. steel tubing to build the front axle. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ted Safranski, Rt. 1, Box 70, Argyle, Minn. 56713 (ph 218 437-6336).

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