[AT] New toy

[Indiana Robinson]

On 3 Sep 2005 at 15:55, David Myers wrote:

> I really don't think it could be near as hard to run
> as the Sears Handiman.  900lbs of walking tractor (it
> has and needs steering brakes) will make a man out of
> you, you just need to start as an elephant!
> Dave


	I still have the 1947 David Bradley that my father bought new. I did most of the garden 
cultivating and a lot of odd lot mowing with that tractor. Since it was too early to have 
a reverse it was a killer to pull backward especially for a kid. Son Scott restored it 
for a 4-H project, gee, I guess almost 20 years ago. It has been inside but still needs 
to be painted again. Maybe next year...
	The fellow that we rented a farm from was having trouble keeping a garden due to racoons 
so he "borrowed" space from us near our house. He furnished a nice little two wheel 
Choremaster and I thought it was great. I could handle it much easier. My Gravelys would 
be a bear if they did not have a reverse since they are quite heavy.

-- 
"farmer", Esquire
At Hewick Midwest
      Wealth beyond belief, just no money...

Paternal Robinson's here by way of Norway (Clan Gunn), Scottish Highlands,
Cleasby Yorkshire England, Virginia, Kentucky then Indiana. In America 100 
years 
before the revolution.


Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson at svs.net