Walk behind Tractors for small holdings

We are cultivating right at a acre now.

You WILL appreciate those implements then. Good luck.

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I have a nice spike toothed drag that I would never part with.
I have four or five walk behind tractors, a dedicated sickle bar mower unit and an Ottawa walk behind unit that has a 24" circular blade for brush cutting or it pivots to use it for cutting up logs to firewood.
I just need to re-power my biggest walk behind tractor and make a butt buggy with a two person bench seat and a flat cargo area behind the seat.
I am thinking I will put a 9.2 HP Wisconsin AENLD on it so I can add a jack shaft with pulleys to power a water pump and an air compressor.
It would be great to set a barrel on the back for making water runs at old engine shows. Because of the potential weight of a barrel of water I would use a strong axle at the very back so a lot of the weight would be on the drive wheels. That explains the water pump. The air compressor is for an air horn gag I want to do at my display. I could drop the air compressor off and replace it with an alternator for battery charging on the trailer. 90 Amps is way better than a noisier generator and a 35 Amp continuous charger by miles.

Took mine out and cut some alfalfa in one of our new orchards. That sickle cutter is trick! Thinking about tilling a few rows in and seeding some sunflowers to later use as chicken feed. Loving this old machine!

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I had mine out plowing tonight. I had had to take it back as it wouldn't start once I got it on the tractor. They went and, somehow let the flywheel get loose and it came off and bent the shroud a bit, broke 2 fins by around 2in, cut a gouge in the concrete floor, and broke below the center hole, so I know that they didn't have it nutted down. They said it was going to cost $40 and they had found one on E Bay. I asked, is that $40 TOTAL. They assured me it was. They said it wouldn't take no time once it came in. Turned out it came in right after I left. I got a call and went back. It ran so I loaded it up. They THEN said I didn't owe them nothing. Which was a good thing. For them AND me. lol.

I want one so bad I can taste it ; i'm growing a patch of sourgum cane for mallases id like to cultivate between the rows after it gets to tall for the tractor. the ground is much to rocky for the troybilt tiller ,and the old plow horse and I are to old and out of practice ; one of these with the cultivateing plows would be ideal

Well bud, Id suggest you find you either a D Bradley, or a Simplicity THAT HAS A GEAR SHIFT, like ranchs and mine. Ours has a 3 forward, nutrial, and rev. One belt drive. I sure like mine, but its 1/2 as hard to handle as my Standard Twin. The rubber handle on the R side is gone, as, I guess many more turns was made on that side than the other, as the L side is in fine shape. The R side handle is gone. Kinda hurts the palm when wheeling it around.
Thing is, with the Standard Twin, on turns both wheels turn, but its such a great alful big thing weighing over 500lbs that makes it a beast to turn. The later ones came out with brakes to help turn them.
The Simplicity only turns with one wheel. I turned L and the L side didn't turn. Made it a bit hard to move over a bit.

I was contacted today by a feller who has just about every accessory Simplicity made including the sulky, the wagon, and the saw! Lordy this all could drive me broke! Ha! He may even have a spike harrow Bill.

Try going some of the Gas and Steam Shows. You'll find both parts and equipment at them. I usually go to 3 of them a year and see everything in the posted pictures and things that has been mentioned.

Phil, They only have one here in Okla steam show that im aware of. I wonder how many they have in Ariz lol.
Eric, your likely right about him likely having a harrow. NOW, I have 2 harrows. One is a DB, and its fixed ridged, no adjustment. The other lokslike a miniature section of harrow with adjustment lever. Id like to find another like that, as im sure that if the tractor can pull a 8in plow, it could pull 2 sections of harrow.

Im going to have to find a shorter V Belt. I had it drawd up so tight to the pulley on the trans that it was smoking. When I examined it, I saw that the idelar pulley had the bottom of the belt above the pulleys axle, which made the surface of the belt, to hit near the top of the pulley at around 10 00.

Bill, this guy that has all these Simplicity attachments knows exactly how rare alot of his stuff is and is asking a pretty high price because of it. Too rich for my blood, besides I now have all the implements that I really need. I wouldnt mind a sulky wagon or just the sulky but I certainly dont need them. I mainly would like one to use in our yearly small town parade. But I can fabricate one for half the price hes asking.

Actually Bill you tickled my interest and I see that there are several steam and farm equipment show here in Arizona. One next weekend as a matter of fact. Might just have to take a trip to see what its all about.

www.farmcollector.com/show-directory/home.aspx FBB this website has a show directory that you can order. It shows dates and locations of shows through out the U.S.. They have some listed on the site as well. I have one that is 2 yrs. old and shows 11 shows in OK. and 7 in AZ..

There may be 11 ANTIQUE A N D Steam shows in Okla, but as far as I know there ARE antique tractor shows, and several of them, BUT only ONE steam engine show, and that's at Pawnee, Okla.
AND, It is true that at the one antique tractor show I go to, tho miniature compared to the steam show, they DO have lots of stuff for sale.

Ive stumbled on to a feller in Indiana that has many Simplicity implements for sale. Hes willing to ship and is shipping me a few thru Fastenal's very reasonable freight service. If anyone out there is looking for some quality Simplicity implements give me a holler and ill get you in contact with him. Hes sending me out a sickle cutter for parts, a rotary weed cutter, and a 12" tiller for cultivating inbetween rows.

Does he have the planter?

Ive been looking at foreign U Tubes of garden tractors. There popular both in Europe AND Asia.
I noticed that their handles are around 2 to 2 1/2 times longer than ours. I can see that they can let the tractor down onto the handles while still running. If they let it down front end first, theyed never be able to reach the handles.

Eric, go take a look at the last posting I made on the using manual tools post. Then go there on U tubes and see them and tell me what you think.