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Yes it has a runner similar to a planet jr type seeder. It fits over an oval shaped tube that comes out of the bottom of the seed chamber. There is a brass plate on the side with a diamond shaped hole that the brushes push the seed across.

We didn't have much winter the last 2 yrs, but once again this morning we were well below zero. I think this is the 10th time we have been in the negative since the middle of Dec/13, and it looks like we will be getting it again next week. Last Sunday it was 47 and sunny and by Monday nite it was -2. haven't had a lot of snow this yr, maybe 12"-18" all winter, but it melts off every week or so. Here in the Midwest we have a saying...if you don't like the weather, wait 5 min's.

I don't find the question silly at all. We farm 500 acres of row crops, have hogs and cows, so these tractors are middle sized there. They are both my input to the farms machinery corp. My Father and brother provide most of the other machinery. Mostly they do pulling jobs that we don't want to tie up a bigger unit for. Both do a lot of pto work, like mowing, augers etc. In the picture the Case is running a vacuum manure tank, pumping out a plugged septic tank. The tank hold 1200gl, and the full load weight is 9600# plus the tank unit. The Case handles it well, but the Minni is a little lite in the front to operate it properly and safely.

Just so every one doesnt think I only have garden tractors, I'll provide you with some pic's of tractors here not commonly seen. I do after all live in the middle of a large corn field, so some larger power is needed once in a while. Here is my 1959 Case 601-B, a 50hp diesel, with an 8 speed trans, not many of these made. The second machine is a 1961 M&M model M-5, which has a 60hp gas engine, a 5 speed trans with a torque amp. This tractor will go over 30mph on the road, which is plenty fast for a narrow front. I don't know much about the history of the Case's past, but the Minni belonged to one of two old bachelor farmers, who past on, and his brother never used it for 13yrs. It was only used with a 5 bottom plow, when it was used and has only 1100hrs on it.

here's a few pictures of my 1948 Simplicity model D, and its one row seeding unit. This tractor has a Model N Briggs engine, and by changing the belts to different pulley grooves you got 4 forward speeds, but sadly no reverse. I never have finished the seed hopper which was pretty badly bent, so you will just have to pretend it on there.

Tonite I thought I would add a few pictures to this of my son and I plowing with almost matching 1963 Suburbans. His tractor is only 100 or so numbers higher than mine, and had the engine replaced with an 8hp, up from the original 5.75 Briggs. I have found the correct engine for it now, but haven't gotten around to installing it yet. He is pulling a 6" plow and the one with the cool factory duals I driving is using an 8" one.

This story get better, as through the RS site I found a second tractor with 4 more attachments, which were the riding sulky, a front blade, a cultivator, and the all important item...........a plow!! I had a show coming up in less than 30 days, so after a 500ml round trip up to Michigan, I brought back a pickup load. This tractor had the wrong engine, and again the tires were bad, but it had already been mostly restored, and just needed the missing parts replaced and some clean up. The attachments on the other hand were untouched, so I decided to do the plow and the riding sulky. The sulky proved to be the biggest challenge, as parts of it were missing, and had to be fab'ed up from nothing more than a photo of an original. I didn't take many pictures of this work, but do have a few still and one or two from its first showing:: These two tractor are the model PT-20, which used the 2hp Briggs model 6. You could get a bigger model 8 engine(along with other brands) with the PT-25, but tires on those units were 16" instead of the 12" ones of the smaller unit. I have not currently redone the blade or the cultivator, but am hoping to find one of the larger hp tractors and their larger wheels to go with. Maybe if I get really lucky I could find one of the deluxe models that came with a hood similar to the RJ rider series.

The orginal engine, was a briggs model 6 and was really beyond effective repair, so I had a good model 8 sitting on the shelf and used it instead. After a lot of cleaning and painting we get this::

Last summer I got the chance to own my first Pond. I had been looking for one for several yrs, but they aren't very easy to find. The one I got had a sickle attachment and other than the engine was stuck, and the tires were shot it was complete. Brought it home and ran it through my shop in about 15 days. Here what it looked like at the start.

you men make some pretty good video's. Cant believe you got the award winner dirty

nice looking setup, but I'm confused a little at what I'm seeing. Is this 2 or 3 machines? the one with the 3 wheels..........do you take the engine off one of the other ones to power that mower part? The cart is a way cool item.

The flower garden was a mothers day gift I built for my wife. Its made up of left over bits from other projects and the hood trips up so you can service the flowers. The pot for the flowers was originally the oil pan of a Mack semi tractor.

Well what you really need Neil, is a Pond walker. I'll be posting something on those in the next few days.

Heres another set of pictures of my Sears (prewar) tractors. I don't have photos of all of them, but I own a 33, 34, 2/35's and a 37. These tractors are the first tractors Sears offered, built at the DB plant in Bradley IL, USA, during the 1930's. I have a disc, harrow packer, spike harrow and sulky as attachments between the tractors. My son made a video of me running the 1937. It weights 1095 lbs in the pictures, and is equipped with triple steel wheels. It drives better than most cars. These are before and after pictures of the 1933 Handiman the 1937 Handiman Heres a link to the utube video.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yudHfhOpSrY

Well then if you like the "cart", then you will really like this picture.

Along with the riders I also have several different models of the walk-behind DB's. I never went all out in collecting these, as with 23 models and 50 -60 attachments, it would take a large shed to store them. So here is a few of them and some working ones.

Just thought I'd attempt to post a picture of half my Suburban riding tractors, by DB from 59-65. I have a fairly large collection of these, and they are my main power in the garden and around the yard. I have 11 of the 22 different models built during the early period, and most of the attachments.

I guess one would assume that this tractor came out with a full range of tillage tools? It does appear a little on the small side to be able to plow with and doesn't look to have very much ground clearance. Are there any brochures showing the range of toys?