What did I buy?

ObsoElitist · Jun 5, 2016

I went to buy a forklift and also bought a tractor that looks like but is not a Gibson.
Do any of you know what it is?
The engine and transaxle look factory, but the frame and driveshaft tube do not. I have not found any makers name on it, only some casting numbers like "C101" on the engine block. Seat is same as on the forklift, not original either. It has a two cyl iron air cooled engine that turns free, odd external brakes above axles that work too. I hope I can get it drivable for the great Oregon Steamup in July.
Pictures hosted on Photobucket, here, http://s221.photobucket.com/user/arborigine/library/Mystery tractor
Thanks

Elton Fancher · Jun 5, 2016

I believe home made, neighbor made a couple with truck rear ends.

ObsoElitist · Jun 5, 2016

Is anyone else having spammy pop ups from the photobucket page I linked?

ObsoElitist · Jun 5, 2016

The transaxle is an odd one, shifter is behind the operator and has separate and individually operated right and left brakes.

gene bender · Jun 5, 2016

homemade truck tires are a dead give away

onefarmer · Jun 5, 2016

dgasper · Jun 5, 2016

and Yes!

tractorguy2 · Jun 5, 2016

homemade. looks close to the "tractor" my dad and uncle made in the mid 70's. The used a 49 Ford tranny and rear end. Engine off
an old IHC baler. They gave up and sold it in the late 80's. I saw it again a few years a go at a consignment auction with a model
23 briggs engine.

CenTex Farmall · Jun 5, 2016

That looks sort of homemade but then sort of not. The snipped corners on the gussets under the motor were sheared. Also the transaxle looks purpose built. Never seen a motor like that either.

My guess is small capacity factory.

No problem with popups on photo page.

Nice forklift too!

CH(upstate,NY) · Jun 6, 2016

Is that you in the pic? I'd swear I was looking at my father-in-law 30 years ago.

Steve@Advance · Jun 6, 2016

Are the bolts metric or American? It almost looks foreign made, 3rd world, Central/South America, India, ?.

Any name brands on the electrical, carb?

oldtanker · Jun 6, 2016

I have a trans axle like that here. I was told that originally that was from a walk behind garden tractor with a hi/low N and reverse. Mine is straight axles instead of the drop down bull gear arrangement that appears to be on that. I'd also guess factory made with it being a small regional manufacturer. I've seen a lot of home made ones and the one item that all of them lack is brakes. Heck in the mid 50's my dad bought a "Tiger" brand garden tractor and even being factory made it had no brakes.

Rick

Brian G. NY · Jun 6, 2016

Looks commercially made to me.
I like that heavy duty transaxle with the drop down bull gears.
I found this picture of a tractor that uses the same engine/drive-train configuration. Maybe an earlier version built by the same outfit?

http://www.external_link.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=416313&d=1376868583

ObsoElitist · Jun 6, 2016

That's my buddy Andy who the tractors really for so he can play with it while I'm driving my Cletrac at shows, and did his property.
One of the guys on the cletrac board nailed it this morning. It is a "Standard twin" walk behind tractor that has been modified to be a ride on

ObsoElitist · Jun 6, 2016

DISC his property. Stupid autospell!

pauljac · Jun 6, 2016

Your homemade tractor is based upon a Standard Twin Tractor. Go to google images and enter "Standard Twin Tractor". Look at second row and you will see a factory photo with numbered parts. You should recognize the engine and transaxle. The addition of the "pipe" & driveshaft was an effort by some mechanic to turn this into a conventional rider.

jimg.allentown · Jun 6, 2016

Rather than complain about the autospell, just turn it off and do your own spelling. You're much more likely to get your point across without having some computer program change it for you.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 6, 2016

(quoted from post at 19:12:59 06/06/16) Rather than complain about the autospell, just turn it off and do your own spelling. You're much more likely to get your point across without having some computer program change it for you.

ObsoElitist · Jun 6, 2016

(quoted from post at 14:12:59 06/06/16) Rather than complain about the autospell, just turn it off and do your own spelling. You're much more likely to get your point across without having some computer program change it for you.

That was from my phone this morning at work. Autospell seems to turn itself back on when it updates, and I didnt proofread the tiny text before I hit send.

ObsoElitist · Jun 6, 2016

It is a 1939, same as my Cletrac HG. Some very good info on the Standard here. Thank you all for helping to identify it.
http://web.mst.edu/~markb/twin_page.html

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