|
July of the year 2000 I purchased for 850 one garden
tractor complete with cultivator,10" plow, 42" snow
blade, front loader and 48" mower deck, all for the sum
of $850 and the seller threw in a 15' fiber glass boat free.
Comming home and surveying my purchases I became quite fascinated
with this old tractor and decided to get on the computer and
see what information I could find and by the time that internet
session was over I was hooked and wanted to know all there was
to know about tne Gilson Garden |Tractor and the Gilson Brothers
Manufacturing company the maker of my new found equipment.. The
Montgomery Ward Variable Speed 14 as it is labeled and in another
place the Squire 14 project had begun, following is the ongoing
record and procedure of that project.
I still haven't found a lot of information on the Gilson Manufacturing
company except that they were owned at one point by Lawnboy and
now by Toro. If you have some source of information on this company
I will be glad to get it. On with the project. After giving it
the once over I was quite pleased with my purchase and I became
convinced that I had made a great deal and felt better about
making it. I have been known to overpay for something that I
really want but this was not one of those times. The tractor
was in geat shape and I mowed with it immediately.
I purchased this house at the beginninng of the year that
sits on one and a half acres and my Craftsman 12hp 38" cut
left much to be desired with this much to mow so the time for
a new mower had arrived. Visit this page often to track the progress
of the project.
|
