Historic photo of Me and the Little Tractor

Early photo of Me (standing behind the tractor) my dog Junior steering, and the tractor my dad and a neighbor built for his three (at the time) kids. I was six. The tractor is a tricycle single front wheel (wheel barrow size) is mounted on an angle iron frame made from wind mill angle iron. The engine is from a Pincore Reel lawnmower (pincore built engine) with a reverse in its built in trans. (one speed each way, and 4:1 reduction) It was shaft driven with U joints to a walk behind rearend. (it was not a differential, it had drive pins that turned on the bull gear hitting stubs on the axles (supposed to be for turning, but was not a success in any way) We had hundreds of hours of fun and learning on that unit. Its downfall was the brass bull gear in the rear axle. It wore (might have been worn already) and when the worm jumped over the worn teeth, the worm gear snapped in half) Fond memories though. The engine went on to other powered machines, the frame and rearend were recycled. I still have the dang bull gear, and one rear rim/tire. JimN

Gene

Bob M