[AT] Now heres an unusual tractor - Bolens Husky(?)

[Edward Tabor]

Little brother has one like it, he cultivates the garden with it, and he 
uses the sickle bar attachment to mow under fences.

Ed

Jim Hoffman wrote:

>Here's my *Husky Gardener*...  I like to think it's a little
>unusual   ;)
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>http://my.execpc.com/E1/FC/jslash/images/BolensTop.JPG
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>Jim/
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>>I believe Bolens called it the "Husky". Big machine for its time.
>>I'm guessing about 8 Hp. Note the mag ignition like a Gravely.
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>>The chain driven steering wheel gave it a "big tractor" feel, you thought 
>>you were driving a LeTourneau..
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>>Our neighbor had one of them when I was a kid.
>>He cut something like 8-10 acres of grass with it every week with a
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>gang mower,
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>>took him all weekend.
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>>They are rather tippy, and pretty heavy to get back upright on a slope or 
>>in mud (see below).
>>The heavy engine out front would pull them right over, even though
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>>an attempt at a counterweight behind the front wheels.
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>>Neighbor had a wet spot he'd get it stuck in almost every time, not
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>good since
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>>he had quite a temper and a spectacular vocabulary.
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>>Mud would pack between the front wheels, which didn't help much.
>>He also had a short steep slope that he'd roll it on at least once a year,
>>we all had to go over to help him recover it.
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>>Many people put a lot of wheel weight on them, on front to get some
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>power down,
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>>and more on the rear wheels to try to keep it upright.
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>>A flawed but impressive little tractor, wish I had one!
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>>Quite a few turn up at shows in Ohio, especially Wellington.
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>>Dave Merchant
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>>At 02:49 PM 2/27/2004, you wrote:
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>>>At least to me it is a pretty uncommon sighting. I have seen ads for
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>these
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>>>in the old farm magazines but this is the first real Bolens tractor
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>of this
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>>>vintage that I have seen.
>>>http://www.balogauction.com/farmsales/2004/images/ltrfarms/bolens-lg.jpg
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>>>Ralph in Sask.
>>>http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html
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>>Dave Merchant
>>kosh at nesys.com
>>nesys_com at ameritech.net
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>>http://www.nesys.com
>>http://www.nesys.org
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