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Rusty Jones
01-24-2004 06:50:07
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Re: bantam 3 wheel lawn tractor in reply to Jon in OHIO, 01-23-2004 16:11:19
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Back many years ago (about 40 or so), the local amusement park had a kiddies ride featuring Bantam tractors! The park constructed an area with outlined ways for the tractors to run in, gravel covered roadways, off on a knob from the rest of the rides, etc. When the park closed, i managed to get one of those tractors for $50. The tractors were made by Bantam Tractor Co. They had a small vertical engine, i can't remember the maker. There was no reverse, just an idler pulley that tightened up the drive belt when a large handle was pulled or pushed. No reverse kept the "little darlings" from getting into trouble! The tractor had a drive shaft to the rearend. No way to hook up a mower deck, although it may have been possible, with lots of work, to do it! It was a one gear tractor, controlled by the throttle handle. I had one for a while, but gave it to my nephew, who ran it to death, crushed it, and buried it in his back yard! I may not be 100% correct about the things i wrote above about the tractor, but after having many machines since, one tends to forget specs about that older stuff! A local fellow has one setting in his front yard as a lawn ornament. I don't know if he'd sell it! I live near Pittsburgh, Pa., and there is another one i know about near me. Rusty Jones
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