Home-Made or Factory-Made Tractor??

RTR

Well-known Member
Anyone know what this is? Was told by owners daughter that it has to be factory made that her dad bought unique ones all over the country and that he never built one from scratch.
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I think it is a small obscure factory made.Kind of like the 'hefty'(AllisChalmers G) type of small garden/produce tractor.Probably for a small local market.If it is 'homemade/shopmade',they did a first class job.
 
Could be either, but probably shop-built, to me that's home made with skills and equipment. My first complaint would be the
location of the battery, it would rub against the back of my pants leg, and anytime that has happened to me it eats a hole in
my pants. Looks like the battery and fuel tank should be way up front for weight anyhow.
 
Home made. Look at the engine. As new as that is if factory made you would have fenders and such because of liability issues. The battery would never be where it could come in contact with the operator either. Foot rests would be larger too.

Rick
 
It looks to me like the Self-Help tractors that used to be built 30 mi west of me in Waverly Iowa and shipped to Africa to end hunger back in 50's to the 80's---Tee
 
There were alot of unique tractors made over the years. The only way to prove with 99% accuracy it's factory is to find a data plate of some kind. If it is factory there is no way of knowing if any parts or shields are missing or if the engine is original. However without being able to inspect in person and just going off the picture. I'm saying homemade.
 
(quoted from post at 23:22:01 03/14/19) It looks to me like the Self-Help tractors that used to be built 30 mi west of me in Waverly Iowa and shipped to Africa to end hunger back in 50's to the 80's---Tee

Yes, it looks homemade to me to BUT possibly it is a low production and low budget shop/factory made one for commercial sale like you stated?? Would you happen to have a picture of one of those tractors that was built in Iowa and used in Africa? I'm sure he would have one if he could find one and this might be it.
 
i would guess home made due to the lack of safty features. maybe not homemade by the girls/lady's father but someone "home-made" it.
 
From the archives about Self helper tractor.
https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/viewtopic.php?t=1179624

Do a search for Self Helper tractor Waverly Iowa and you will get some hits. CS Monitor has a good article.
 
(quoted from post at 18:40:45 03/14/19) Anyone know what this is? Was told by owners daughter that it has to be factory made that her dad bought unique ones all over the country and that he never built one from scratch.
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It looks home built to me. Probably used parts from a lawn mower salvage yard.
 
Because of the engine I say homemade. However there were a lot of factory tractors in the 40-50 that had that homemade look. Economy, Wheelhorse, Shaw, Gibson, to name a
few.
 
(quoted from post at 19:08:35 03/15/19) Because of the engine I say homemade. However there were a lot of factory tractors in the 40-50 that had that homemade look. Economy, Wheelhorse, Shaw, Gibson, to name a
few.

Yeah, a friend sent pictures of these (2) different brands that look ALOT like this one. What do you all think?

Red One is a Wheel Horse Bronco Garden Special; and the other (3) pictures are of a Page Tractor


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(quoted from post at 12:40:21 03/18/19)
So now we're getting wound up about stuff like this???? Are you kidding me?? :roll:
Well, some people are perfect, so they expect perfection from everybody.
 
(quoted from post at 23:27:07 03/18/19)
(quoted from post at 12:40:21 03/18/19)
So now we're getting wound up about stuff like this???? Are you kidding me?? :roll:
Well, some people are perfect, so they expect perfection from everybody.

Just looking for more input to see if any of you know if this is a homemade or a factory made job.
 
But neither are k or u words. For that matter IMHO is not a word either. We all have gotten too far into word substitutes IMHO.
 
(quoted from post at 03:27:50 03/19/19) But neither are k or u words. For that matter IMHO is not a word either. We all have gotten too far into word substitutes IMHO.

Again, let’s get back to the topic of the post. I have recently added photos of similar tractors a few posts up.
 

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