unknown garden tractor

Austin Lee · May 26, 2015

Hi, I have an antique garden tractor for sale that I am looking for some information on. the previous owner of the garden tractor said it was a David Bradley but other people who saw the garden tractor said it was not a David Bradley. When I scratched away some dirt and rust of off it some blue paint appeared witch I think was this tractors original color. I am selling this garden tractor because I need more space and to help me finance my other projects. the picture of this garden tractor is on Help identify and it says ?????( David Bradley)?????? I have three photos of the garden tractor. if anyone has an idea off what this garden tractor might be let me know. thank you.

Anonymous-0 · May 26, 2015

Some better close up pictures would be good.
I would almost bet the farm it ain't a David Bradley, could be a Handiman, they were sold by Sears.

Kris Golden · May 27, 2015

Thats a "HandimaN Jr. It is a "pre-war" model built just before or at the start of the U.S. involvement in World War II. They take a special Briggs and Stratten engine that is hard to find and sells for much more than the rest of the tractor. Other Briggs engines will work if you just want a tractor to play with. There is also supposed to be a hood on there that will be nearly imposible to find if you are looking to restore the machine correctly. The hoods were a real pain and in the way on those models so most hoods were removed and discarded.
HandimaN was the predecessor to the David Bradley's.

El Toro · May 27, 2015

Here's one of your picture's. Hal

Austin Lee · May 27, 2015

Thank you for the information. Its a handiman lawn tractor. I had the engine for it but it had a lot of parts missing from the engine but I think my uncle still has it I will have to see if I can get it back from him. even though the hood is going to be really hard to find is there a place I could possibly find a hood for it?? I also have a cultivator, plow, snow plow, mower deck and a sickle bar mower for it. Was this garden tractors original color blue??

El Toro · May 28, 2015

I had a Viking and 4 or 5 Standard Twins that I liked. I paid $15.00 for the Viking in 1960 that included the moldboard plow, disk and cultivator. I kept the plow when I sold the Viking and use it on my Wards garden tractor using the sleeve hitch. Hal

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