Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Does anyone know who the original manufacturer might have been for this old Craftsman tractor?

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cant see your pic..

but sears tractors used to be made by roper and before that ...early sixties they were david bradley.

later chris

The link is to a file on his hard drive.

Garandman wrote:
Yes, thanks Garandman.  Joe will figure it out.  He has posted pictures before, he may have forgotten what site he was on, and that this site does not host it's own pictures.  Matter of fact, I think he posted a picture of a old David Bradley.  Some kind of three wheel contraption sold by Sears for serious gardeners.

This thing.  As long as you had a parking lot to turn it around on, you should be fine.

http://www.abbysguide.com/ope/discussions/15495-0-1.html

Sorry about the posting on top of myself, I'm having some problems with multiple browser sessions tonight.

chris,  your Frankentractor is a Roper, isn't it?

Nope on the David Bradley pic. This one is a teeny tiny trike with a single nose wheel and foot pegs just in back of the front axle. I had a difficult time getting the photos to load into my 'puter, and that may be the problem with it not showing up, although it seems to be there when I opened it up this morning.

already been there and done this pic already. and miss snowshoveler posted a link to a big website about it .

nice machine but was prone to fall over easily. i see this one has a new briggs engine on it.and so did the pic that we saw a month or so ago.

later chris 

I'm gonna try some pics again. I don't know why these were so difficult to get into and out of my 'puter. Never mind, I can't seem to get these pics to work at all, even in my own computer. It's gotta be a software issue on my end. This was a totally different tractor from the David Bradley trike, probably about 3 feet long, and resembled a clown's little trike it was so small with foot pegs right above the single front wheel.

email me the pic Joe. I'll try to put it up.  robmints@qis.net

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woops ...sorry about that one ill keep my big mouth shut until i see your pic

later chris

I found out it is a 1954 +/- Hiller Yardman tractor with a 1.7 HP 2 cycle motor and brakes were optional

Does it look something like this?  If this picture doesn't come through I'm going to think that this thread is jinxed.
Sherri

Yep that's the critter! You guys still can't see any of the pics I posted? On reply #10, I have 3 pics of the same tractor model as Miss Snowshoveler posted but in a creamy white color with some surface rust?

bontaiJoe wrote:
Nope still don't see your pictures, that's why I did some digging of my own.  You peaked my curiosity.
Sherri

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Here is a website with some more info that I found:

http://www.enginads.com/barnsale.cgi/noframes/read/8310

and

http://www.whatnextfarm.com/YARDHAND.htm

Nope, send it to one of the mods and they will be sure to get it up. 

Some don't show up because they are on your hard drive and not accessable to the rest of us on the net. this site does not host the pictures. You need a photobucket.com or other web based hosting site. down load the pics to that site then link them here.

Some of the pics you tried to post show on your machine, because they are on your machine, and your browser can find them.  But the rest of us on the net can't access your machine with the local address you provide. Which is "file:///C:/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/Craftsman.JPG" .  For us to see it the address needs to be something like " http://www.blahblahblah.jpg" In other words you are just linking to another portion of a web page and that is what shows up on our screens.  Or something like that.  I think.

http://www.abbysguide.com/ope/discussions/10621-0-1.html 

Ahhhhh Haaaa! I understand now! Thanks Robmints. I learned something today.

Wow.Now thats some OLD Iron. I bet my kid would love to drive that when she gets a bit older.

Get er done.  That's a Craftsman for sure. 

The tractore is a 1954 Hiller Yard hand sold through the Sears Fram catalog.  It was made by Hiller aircraft company in Redwood City California.  The cream colored one has what appears to be the orginal power products engine on it.  The red one with the homeade bumper on it is not close to an orginal nor does it appear to have the correct engine.  I have one and a little information but not much.

The tractor you have, is built by Hiller Products,from Redwood City , California. The engine is a predecessor to Tecumseh. It's a Power Products engine. around 1.7 hp. Air cooled. They built a few hundred in '54. Not many left from what I can find on the internet. Due to the vibration of the engine, most were probably junked long ago. Sears version of the Hiller were yellow. Same tractor, just a specific paint scheme for Sears, who sold them in their '54 Catalong. There are two catalogs that came with the tractor. One is the owners manual, and the other is the engine  manual. My tractor happened to come with both publications. It was originally sold with a 3 gang mower. even though it's a low powered tractor, it's flywheeel was huge. I saw with my own eyes, the tractor ran into the garage wall, and literally, with a person on it, started to climb straight up, and the engine wouldn't quit. Until she hit the kill switch, it was hopping up and down, trying to climb the wall. An amazing sight. It's a very unique tractor, and if you still have yours, I'd write, or go to the Hiller Manufacturing site, in Redwood City, California, the manufacturer.  It's as unique, and odd as anything I own. It's an attention grabber wherever I take it. I pull it to tractor shows, behind my antique Ford hotrod pickup truck. Hope this gives you a little help............Jim