One wheel Garden Tractor

Ohmwatt · Mar 25, 2021

I found a one wheeled garden tractor in a junk pile the other day.
It has a tag on the frame "The Ottawa" No. Y9962 HP-2
Ottawa Mfg. Co.
It has no engine but, the engine mounts crossways instead of in line like the Choremaster.
I can find nothing on line about this garden tractor. Can anyone help?
Thanks Jerry

Brendon-KS · Mar 25, 2021

The Alan C King Volume 2 book of garden tractors I have shows a single-wheeled Ottawa Tiller and Mower as being made in the 1949 timeframe. (These King books
are compilations of original advertisements for vintage garden tractors.) The picture shows a rotary tiller on the back and a 40-inch sickle mower on the front.
However, it does show the engine as setting with the crankshaft running fore/aft and described the engine as a 2 hp Red Seal Continental Motor. The
manufacturer is listed as Ottawa Mfg. Co. in Ottawa, Kansas. The description says it had two speeds and freewheeling and was designed for farms, truck
gardens, private homes, estates, etc. The ad furthers states now in our 45th year so this company had been around for quite a while. Other listings in the
book show 2- and 4-wheel garden tractors produced by the company during the same time period.

Ohmwatt · Mar 27, 2021

Thanks so much Brendon;
I will see about getting the book. Maybe volume I and II sounds very informative.
Jerry

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