remnants of a home built T tractor

[tdump]

I went and got this today,not worth 2 cent money wise but I think it is a great example of American ingenuity when it came time someone needed a tractor. When I first saw it a couple months ago I thought it might be a factory made kit but it is home bullt using horse drawn manure spreader wheels and gears and chains. Bill Irwin didn't have the chains handy ,they were somewhere else but he will get them to me if he is able. The rear axle best I can tell is a early 1. the chassis is throwing me off, look at the end of the chassis rail where the cross-member rivets on> that looks different than mine ,may just be me forgetting what it looks like?

[TXGOAT2]

That's a very interesting artifact, and it looks like what's there is in good shape. I think it would be worth rebuilding, keeping it as period as possible.

[tdump]

Well for the time being, I am considering putting a old rough low radiator and such on it to make it "look" more complete and set it in front of my shop behind the split rail fence as yard art. I can keep things oiled and the parts i would use to "finish" it would be junker parts. I would like to make it work at some point.but a early engine block would not be easy for me to find

[George House]

That’s 1 good idea Mack

[Harvey Bergstrom]

An interesting piece of what was or was to be a tractor! It reminds me of the time my dad told me of the time he made a tractor out of a Buick from probably the 1920’s. He remodeled a transmission from a “Gray” tractor, and needed a governor, so he fitted one on the Buick engine from another engine of some sort. Then he mounted a hay sweep on it and swept hay on the North Dakota prarrie. Long story short, people did what they had to do to make their work a little easier. Sure wish I owned his homemade Buick tractor today!