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Adam Paul
09-02-2004 22:24:54
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Re: Question in reply to Brenda, 09-02-2004 21:21:15
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It is called a David Bradley Tri-Trac. Made between 1954 thru 1957. Powered by a Wisconsin 6 horse engine, sold thru the Sears farm division, so it also got a Sears part number. The part number was 917.59101. It is collectable, but not as collectable as many folks think. It was a failure in the ag/small/hobby farm industry. There are not a whole lot of them around, but you can still get parts for the engine. It"s a challenging tractor to fully restore, mainly because the sheet metal is usually far gone or usually missing. The David Bradley folks want something they can use, the garden tractor folks want something less expensive, and/or slightly easier to restore, and the tractor folks want something bigger and more useful. The other collector folks that remain want something less common than that. I own two David Bradley walk behind tractors, and about a dozen implements. The walking DB"s are more common, so parts, information, and other owners are easier found. With the walking DB folks (like me, amongst many others) the art of the hobby is collecting the implements....
I"ve on many occasions thought about buying a Tri-Trac. At the end of the day, I have a hard time fitting it into my collection... There are others that would really want one, but the owners tend to think there"s gold in them darn hills, and often charge too much.
Hope that helps and good luck,
Adam
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