The Tractor thread...

blue83camaro wrote:I have a gravley model L walk behind.

I had one of those when I was a kid, don't know what the model was. I think it was around a '52-3 with a very small iron Briggs on it, you wrapped a rope on the crank snout to start it. The thing was very powerful.

coaledsweat wrote:

blue83camaro wrote:I have a gravley model L walk behind.

I had one of those when I was a kid, don't know what the model was. I think it was around a '52-3 with a very small iron Briggs on it, you wrapped a rope on the crank snout to start it. The thing was very powerful.

My Dunlap reel mower has the wind and pull rope as well, that was before the development of the recoil rope.

coaledsweat wrote:

blue83camaro wrote:I have a gravley model L walk behind.

I had one of those when I was a kid, don't know what the model was. I think it was around a '52-3 with a very small iron Briggs on it, you wrapped a rope on the crank snout to start it. The thing was very powerful.

If it was that age (mine is a 50) it should have a gravley engine on it although soem people have converted them to other engines. They are a beast, real long stroke so they make tons of torque. When I am working it hard you can almost count every time the engine fires but it keeps running.

blue83camaro wrote:If it was that age (mine is a 50) it should have a gravley engine

I didn't know Gravley made their own, it probably was one as it was smaller and considerably different than the cast iron Briggs of the later fifties. I got that and a '56 Chevy 2 door sedan for $10! Those were the days.

coaledsweat wrote:

blue83camaro wrote:If it was that age (mine is a 50) it should have a gravley engine

I didn't know Gravley made their own, it probably was one as it was smaller and considerably different than the cast iron Briggs of the later fifties. I got that and a '56 Chevy 2 door sedan for $10! Those were the days.

The cylinder was kind of oval shaped with the intake on the left and exhaust on the right. The spark plug is huge. It should also have an impulse mag that drives off of the exhaust cam. They are rather unique. They are kind of like the kurby sweeper of small tractors.Man if you had both of them now think what they would be worth.

Here is a pic of one of the "scary" attachments for a gravely and a link to see more.
http://php.iupui.edu/~harrold/Gravely/attach.html

coaledsweat wrote:

blue83camaro wrote:If it was that age (mine is a 50) it should have a gravley engine

I didn't know Gravley made their own, it probably was one as it was smaller and considerably different than the cast iron Briggs of the later fifties. I got that and a '56 Chevy 2 door sedan for $10! Those were the days.

Sounds like the "53 Bel-Air 4 dr. I bought for $30 and a radio for a '41 Buick.

blue83camaro wrote:Here is a pic of one of the "scary" attachments for a gravely and a link to see more.
http://php.iupui.edu/~harrold/Gravely/attach.html

I can see myself wheeling that Gravely across the yard with that blade spinning on the end of it.

that thing looks like an accident waiting to happen. if that thing picked up a rock

blue83camaro wrote:Here is a pic of one of the "scary" attachments for a gravely and a link to see more.
http://php.iupui.edu/~harrold/Gravely/attach.html

I see another "SAW" movie coming up.

There is a chainsaw for the gravely on sale on ebay. You could cut down some big trees with it
Gravely chainsaw

Gravely Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

Matthaus wrote:Gravely Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

lmao

1961 massey-harris-ferguson TO-35 .. gas with a Davis backhoe and frontloader. She's been a good girl.

1953 Ford NAA Golden Jubilee w/2 speed rear. Runs like new!