gravely trailer att: (jeffcat)

Trying to figure out how old this may be and possible what it's worth ? Hopefully the pics come through.

I found a link to the original owners manual dated 8/79

The cart originally used the Gravely ball hitch. It has been modified.

I have no idea of the value. At one time the older wooden carts were somewhat collectible. I've never seen such a cart in use. With no "suspension" of any sorts, I would think that the ride would be pretty rough. I personally use a Gravely riding sulky with a more modern cart behind. The ride is fairly comfortable.

We have an almost identical one my wife bought from Orescheln's maybe 15 years ago for a little over a hundred dollars. It's black and probably went with Poulan lawn stuff. We use it all the time.

Don't know if brand and color would make any difference on value.

Well let us get going on your question. As long as it is NOT rotted out they can go from 100 to 200 bucks. Depends what you can agree on. The one in the photos is very typical. Very early 70s and up till the loght duty trailers came out. If the bed is just surface rust you can give it a spray of used motor oil and it should be much happier. The sides and paint on the rest of it look very very nice. I would love to take it off your hands. I have one exactly like it i bought a year ago and it is just a tinny bit more patina looking. These beasts have a very heavy duty body locking mechanical system. That one inch axle makes the trailer ratted for 1000 pounds. Gravely manuals were changed to a 700 pound load because the machines pulling it were not heavy enough and the load could push the trailer,machine,and you down the hill really quick. Lastly if you look up an owners manual you will find that there were FOUR different tounge that are used with that trailer. The very early walk behinds use the ball hitch with a level limiter and roller hitch so the whole deal works together to stay nice and level. The second newer hitch that was for the newer Gravely machines with Kohler engines have a double hook bent bar with two holes drilled in it and a big pin or two shoulder bolts depending on year of machine. A really heavy weight gets bloted on the front to keep it level. There is also a universal "Garden Tractor" hitch that is pretty much like what you and I would think as a normal trailer hitch. Now my trailer came with the last one that is a 2in. trailer ball hitch. You can swap all of them around by just pulling that bolt out in front of the latch assembly. They were a very heavy duty well thought out trailer and sure were not cheep eather. I have the complete owners manual but this forum will not let it download. Sorry

Opps.. sorry it is a 1 7/8 ball. Mine is a latter traiker than yours. The tounge is only about 18 or 20 inches long. All of these combos can be bolted on. Yours is for the "L" model machines only. The wood carts were brought up. 5hat one at the Kinzer show was VERY nice but had a bent tounge. They also wanted a very nice price too but it really was worth what tgey wanted. It was that nice