David Bradley big 5 with attachments, original and custom.

 

My first walker in 1986, was a model LC Simplicity. Like it right off because it had reverse, something most walkers didn't back then. I got it with a plow, dozer blade, 12" offset tiller, cultivator and couple of other things. It was just what I need to work my 12 acre truck garden. I found several more fairly quickly of different types, that worked better for some things than others. I still have the tractor, but theres no pictures of it, and its all in pieces right now. Those were the days when you could fill a pickup with tractors and attachments for $25.

 

Simplicity built Montgomery Wards. I used it for gravel duty and snow removal the first couple years here at our house.

 

The first one I was ever around was a garden all s3 which was my dads. Which I now own. My first walk behind was a simplicity fa. Bought it off ebay. Motor was stuck. My dad helped me get it unstuck and we got it running. That one unfortunately left along time ago. I have had many since then. The one that has stuck around ( and will continue to) is the garden all.

 

Grew up with a Simplicity back in the late 50's - early 60's (my Dad's). Not sure of the model, but it did have reverse. We had the front weight that looked like a little horizontal log, plow, discs, trailer with steel seat, and the cordwood saw that OSHA and the CPSC would never allow you to sell today.

My first walk behind on my own was a Bolens Power Ho Deluxe I got 6 years ago (no reverse!).

 

This is the one I kept great balance , perfect speeds and best of all it can not fall over. The old Universal was featured in Dave Bass great book "Vintage Garden Tractors"

 

This was my dad's db , bought new in 1951.

When mom sold the home place, I pulled it out of the barn and fixed it up.

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As a kid, my father's Bolens Huski hi boy. As an adult, my Frazer B1-6 Rototiller.

 

My first early walk behind was a lot like this one. :nothingtoadd:

As I got a little bigger I traded it in on this one.

Ok so they are not tractors. I never have owned one so this is the best I could come up with.

ushmower:

 

It had an engine ! burn gas and...say walk behind ''mower'' and call it good :thumbs:

 

I picked up a early DB that someone repowered about 3 years ago for the sickle bar , after using it bought a DB 600 and another early one that's all original that needs some tlc . I wish I would have started using the walkbehinds years ago , so handy :thumbs: Sorry for the crappy picture , that only one I could find

 

My first walk behind was the little Maytag powered McLean. I dont have any pictures of it by itself but, if I got this picture thing right here it is with the Handiman

 

Montgomery Wards Plow Trac ( Midland)

 

12BB01 power ho came with a cultivator. Also had a cast iron grill instead of aluminum, only one i've ever found that way, have been told there was very few made that way. :wave:

 

12BB01 power ho came with a cultivator. Also had a cast iron grill instead of aluminum, only one i've ever found that way, have been told there was very few made that way. :wave:

Do you have pictures of this 12BB with cast iron grille?

 

12BB01 power ho came with a cultivator. Also had a cast iron grill instead of aluminum, only one i've ever found that way, have been told there was very few made that way. :wave:

I also have a Power Ho Deluxe (12BB01) with a cast iron grill. Which came first, the cast iron or the aluminum?

 

First walkbehind would be a co op black hawk that my dad bought we no longer have it anymore but it was a cool tractor First bolens walk behind was a model 12b which we still have it came with a cultivator, reel mower, an sickle mower

 

It's been over 40 years since I got my first one. I can't remember what it was!! Maybe a Standard??

 

This Simplicity 990184 is my first. I got it just a week ago, and am going to

start working on it today. I plan on putting a dozer blade on it.

 

Mine was a 1946 B1-6 Graham-Paige Rototiller. I used it to put in our vegetable garden. Awesome machine, and by far the best tiller I've ever used.

 

Mine was a 1946 B1-6 Graham-Paige Rototiller. I used it to put in our vegetable garden. Awesome machine, and by far the best tiller I've ever used.

been thinking on getting one of those for several yrs, but just never find one good enough to use without a lot of work. I already have a big roto-spader for the back of my Suburban, and another 3pt one that of the older vertical engine model.

 

My first walkbehind,,, a Gravely 12 hp with a few tools. Still have it and use it a bit, mostly with the 30" mower deck and its the backup small snow machine.

 

Do you have pictures of this 12BB with cast iron grille?

yes, i'll post some up in a new post once I hunt down pics in my files

 

I also have a Power Ho Deluxe (12BB01) with a cast iron grill. Which came first, the cast iron or the aluminum?

The cast Iron was in the middle, weird huh? mine has ser#38868 and I have other tractors with numbers smaller and bigger that have aluminum grills

 

I would guess they were having a supply problem. A similar thing happened with DB at one time where Briggs went on strike and DB was forced to use a Conte model engine for a time. This is why they built the model 560 tractor with a briggs and the model 561 with a Conte. Had this not happened, we possibly would have never had the second tractor.