My grandfather had a steel wheel garden tractor , I believe it was a Standard Walsh , I never saw him use it and wondered how hard it was to control ? Here's a picture of one that I took at a show, Thanks
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My grandfather had a steel wheel garden tractor , I believe it was a Standard Walsh , I never saw him use it and wondered how hard it was to control ? Here's a picture of one that I took at a show, Thanks
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Oh man, that is a great looking machine. Dontcha wish you had it today. Some of these old two wheelers were surprisingly easy to use. When I was a youngster,about the time dirt was invented, I worked for a lot of different people around town to make a little money taking care of their gardens. I operated a lot of different two wheelers. Can't remember all of the them now, except for a big heavy toro with a sulkey. I would like to have a david bradley with a few attachments, or a good gravely.
But, that is a fine looking machine, and thanks for pictures.
regards GEORGE
But, that is a fine looking machine, and thanks for pictures.
regards GEORGE
The last attachment my grandfather used on it was a cultivator , I thought a had a picture of it to post but can't find it , not restored as the one pictured . My cousin bought the house after my grandmother died and still has it in the barn don't think he's tried to get it started but he remembers starting it for my grandfather , maybe hand crank ? That was almost 20 years ago.
That is great that it is still in the family. Everyone keeps posted pics of the two wheeled walk behinds makes me want one more and more. I don't think they would be hard to use at all. Maybe if movement control was sticky or got stuck then it might be a little tough LOL.
:ditto:NUTNDUN said:I'm with George on this one, doesn't matter the condition, we all like pics
We love pics!!!
Still can't find the picture of the Standard tractor but here's a homemade one that my grandfather used , my aunt and uncle are pictured on it , my guess was it's was taken in the fifties
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NUTNDUN said:I'm with George on this one, doesn't matter the condition, we all like pics
:ditto: :ditto:Bolens 1000 said:
Thanks for the pics ALC! We'd love to see any of the old stuff in any condition it might be found! My wife says that the only crop I raise is rusty old junk...and I'm OK with that LOL!
Here's the pictures of my Grandfather's tractor , I think it's a 2 cycle engine not sure what ignition system it uses
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I have never seen one like it! (I seem to be saying that a lot in this thread LOL) Is that a battery box on the back there? That is a really nice piece of history and it's great that you have access to something like that which belonged to your Grandfather. Thank You for posting the pics...and keep 'em coming. Maybe someone will come along who can answer your questions too.
WOW, great pictures of a great machine. Sorry, but cannot help with any info. I just imagine everybody that has seen this is burning up the web trying to help. Thanks a lot for pics, and keep em coming.
regards George
regards George
Had to call my cousin whom has it now and he said that it is a battery box , uses a 6 volt dry cell battery , he never used it but remembers that it was a handful for my grandfather when turning it at the end of the garden . When he was in his early 70's it got too hard to use so he bought a Troy-Built tiller to use instead. Glad he kept the old tractor .
This just in, one site says two and one half hp F head engine, some had battery ignition, but did not go any farther. Evidently the Standard co. and Walsh co. merged and built quite a few of these. Google has several sites.
regards George
regards George
Welcome jackieb to GTtalk , if you need some pictures of the shroud I can go to my cousin's and take some for you , Al
Hi Jackieb, Welcome to the forum, glad you found us. I'm sure everyone would like to see pics of your tractor. I might have an early Walsh shroud loose around here I can take pics and measurements of if needed. I'm not sure if the Walsh shroud changed like the Monarch did or not. The earlier ones were 2 piece and would be fairly easy to make. By the late 40's the Monarch shroud was one piece stamped similar to the twin. I don't have any Walshes that new. The engine is 4 cycle and uses an atmospheric intake valve. They either used battery and buzz coil or magneto for ignition. Al, somehow I missed this thread originally. If you can get the number from the tag of your cousins, we can determine the year built.
The tag is located on the rear vertical support for the gas tank. You can see the rivets for it in your first picture. The number was usually stamped in the front of the block near the oil fill plug. Another precaution on these tractors are that they have a plunger style oil pump in the crankcase. It feeds a trough that the rod dips out of. I like to clean and check it before starting if the engine hasn't been run in a long time. It's removable by a big hex plug in the bottom. Be careful, pieces will drop when its removed.
hard to imagine at one time those where top of the line garden tools . boy im glad they didnt stop trying to improve them lol .
I love the old Standards I have 1-1936 on duel steel, 1-1946 on rubber and 1-1936 viking on rubber - all are twins. 2 of which I bought from the original owners and have all the lititure including bills of sale:smile1: I'd like to find a good set of culivators as mine are shot. I do have 2 plows a sulky and an orchard cart, use to have a firewood saw to, I do still have the belt from it.
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