Home-Made or Factory-Made Tractor??

[RTR]

Anyone know what this is? Was told by owners daughter that it has to be factory made that her dad bought unique ones all over the country and that he never built one from scratch.

 

[DeltaRed]

I think it is a small obscure factory made.Kind of like the 'hefty'(AllisChalmers G) type of small garden/produce tractor.Probably for a small local market.If it is 'homemade/shopmade',they did a first class job.
 

[Russ from MN]

Could be either, but probably shop-built, to me that's home made with skills and equipment. My first complaint would be the
location of the battery, it would rub against the back of my pants leg, and anytime that has happened to me it eats a hole in
my pants. Looks like the battery and fuel tank should be way up front for weight anyhow.
 

[oldtanker]

Home made. Look at the engine. As new as that is if factory made you would have fenders and such because of liability issues. The battery would never be where it could come in contact with the operator either. Foot rests would be larger too.

Rick
 

[big tee]

It looks to me like the Self-Help tractors that used to be built 30 mi west of me in Waverly Iowa and shipped to Africa to end hunger back in 50's to the 80's---Tee
 

[grizz02]

looks like the battery could go under the seat
 

[SodBuster87]

There were alot of unique tractors made over the years. The only way to prove with 99% accuracy it's factory is to find a data plate of some kind. If it is factory there is no way of knowing if any parts or shields are missing or if the engine is original. However without being able to inspect in person and just going off the picture. I'm saying homemade.
 

[RTR]

[INCase]

or up front for some weight distribution
 

[INCase]

i would guess home made due to the lack of safty features. maybe not homemade by the girls/lady's father but someone "home-made" it.
 

[Duner Wi]

From the archives about Self helper tractor.
https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/viewtopic.php?t=1179624

Do a search for Self Helper tractor Waverly Iowa and you will get some hits. CS Monitor has a good article.
 

[timcasbolt]

[4wdtom]

Because of the engine I say homemade. However there were a lot of factory tractors in the 40-50 that had that homemade look. Economy, Wheelhorse, Shaw, Gibson, to name a
few.
 

[RTR]

[WGM]

"ALOT" is not a word.