| Vintage Sears Garden Tractors |
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| Hi, and welcome to Spence's Vintage Sears Garden Tractor Site, the original Sears Tractor Identification Site. I saw a need for this information after many people asked what year their Sears Tractor was made. With that in mind, in 1999 I set off on a mission to gather as much information as I could and to present it here in this free, public forum. I hope you enjoy your visit here. Please be sure to visit this site's HomePage if you were directed here from a link on someone else's site. I'm working hard to provide more Sears information all the time. If you have something you think is relevant, please let me know. I hope you bookmark my site and return often. For many people, the early Suburban tractors produced by Sears were the first four-wheel garden tractors they had seen. While there were many other fine garden tractors at the time, some better in certain respects, Sears had the advantage of a high profile nationwide business to gain exposure for their machines. The Sears catalog reached virtually every corner of the nation. All customers had to do was to relax in the comfort of their home and select the tractor and attachments suited to their needs. A quick phone call to Sears and the tractor and any desired attachment was on its way. The early Suburbans can be identified by their exposed transmission. The drive belt for the transmission ran outside of the frame. A lever positioned between the driver's legs was used to select forward, neutral and reverse. A variable speed selector lever mounted to the right of the steering wheel was connected to sheave pulleys to select an infinite number of forward or reverse ground speeds. The three-point hitch used on these models bolted directly to the rear of the transmission. Front mounted accessories attached to four mounting points on the front axle. A Channel type frame, open in the front, also provided a point for mounting attachments. An optional wheel brake kit allowed the user to make sharp turns, just like real farm tractors. These tractors carried the David Bradley name up until 1964. In 1964 and 1965 they were simply referred to as Suburban tractors. Click on the below listed links to see images of the tractors. |
| 1959 Suburban View 2 1960 Suburban 1961 Suburban 1962 Suburban 575 1962 Suburban 725 1963 Suburban 600 See the Bradley Site for more information. Why re-invent the wheel when Gary has already done it? 1963 Suburban 725 1964 Suburban 600 1964 Suburban 725 1965 Suburban 600 917.99080 1965 Suburban 8 View 2 917.99030 or 917.60644 Recoil 917.99040 or 917.60645 Electric 1965 Suburban 10 View 2 917.99050 or 917.60646 |
| Old Suburbans 1959 to 1965 |
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| All written material © 2000 Spence Ware |
| Note that the images hosted on this site are intended to be used for educational or reference purposes only. Owners of Sears tractors often are interested in what year their tractor was manufactured. Also of interest to owners are the color schemes and decals originally applied to the tractors. It is the hope of the owner of this site that the images may be of use to those interested in restoring their tractors to their original condition or who are merely curious as to when they were made. This site is strictly non-profit in nature. The funds used to purchase the material on E-Bay and to host this site are contributed by the site owner at his personal expense. |
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