Seaman motors inc tractor with a GM engine from the 1950's.

Dominic Gibbons · Jan 14, 2013

we have an old Seaman motors inc tractor with a GM engine from the 1950's.

does anyone have any info about this type of tractor? rarity, value etc.

Thankyou

Eric in IL · Jan 14, 2013

Do you perhaps mean you have a Samson tractor ?

Fordfarmer · Jan 14, 2013

There was a Seaman tractor - I've seen two of them at shows. I'm no help with them beyond that, though.

Dominic Gibbons · Jan 14, 2013

no its defo a seaman .i have posted a picture of it

Anonymous-0 · Jan 14, 2013

Where did you post pic. Not showing on classic view.

buickanddeere · Jan 14, 2013

The location of the tractors would provide a clue.
Which Detroit Diesel engine?

Mike (WA) · Jan 14, 2013

There are a couple of pics posted in Tractor Photos on this site- neither are by this poster, however.

r aiken · Jan 14, 2013

google
tractor here

Deere47 · Jan 14, 2013

They made road building equipment, such as soil compaction equipment, scarifiers, in place mixing, water wagons,etc. and tractors to carry/support this equipment. You might check with one of the construction equipment forums.

oleclint · Jan 14, 2013

In the late 40 s and early 50 s Seaman made a 'one trip' soil working tiller that was powered by a Detroit 2 cycle diesel. It did not sell very good , needed lots of power , traveled very slowly across the field and was noisy!The above picture shows the outfit.If there were rocks , that did not work good. The ones I saw , were at the Wisconsin state fair. clint

Bob M · Jan 14, 2013

While not common, Seamon tractors are not exactly rare either. I'll spot one every so often at a show. And there's one similar to yours (it has a Detroit 4-71 diesel) going at auction here in a few weeks.

Incidentally Seamons were "assembled" tractors. Major components - engines, transmissions, axles, steering gear, brakes, etc. - were sourced by outside suppliers then assembled into finished tractors at the Seamon plant.

craigco · Jan 14, 2013

A freind of mine has a 1956 Seaman-Andwall tractor.It weighs in about 9500 lbs, has a big detroit engine. It has something like a 5speed tranny with a super low low and high range. Proably one of the only manufacures that had a leaf spring front end under it. He got up in the mountains in colorado, sitting on an old tailings pile. Big and load with a staight pipe.

Dominic Gibbons · Jan 14, 2013

hope this time the photo uploads okay

Dominic Gibbons · Jan 14, 2013

great, thanks - could you let me know how much it goes for.

super99 · Jan 14, 2013

Years ago, the next county had one with a big rotary tiller on the back, when they redid the blacktops, they would run it in the road to break up the oil and chips and have a smooth roadbed to start over with. Chris

2x4 · Jan 15, 2013

I owned one for a long time. Quit using it & left it sit outside. Sold it couple years ago for $600. Engine would turn over with battery but we didn't try to start it; too much trouble to get filters, etc. It had a couple of the 8 ft. rototillers that churned up roadbeds, which were mixed with cement to make a base for blacktop roads.

buickanddeere · Jan 15, 2013

Approx 140HPmax at 1800rpm and maybe 180HP if peaked and tweaked at 2300rpm.

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