Doodle bug tractors post a photo

[John Stone]

Great flower pot. I spent many hours pulling gang mowers on that. Brings back old memories.

By using it as a planter my wife let me keep it for a while.

 

[jimvette59]

By using it as a planter my wife let me keep it for a while.

The thing we do !!!!!!!

 

[Doodlrodz]

I miss my Worthington.

 

[Clem Clement]

In south Jersey many were used in the blueberry fields. There are about 12 of them rusting away in Flemmings Junk yard. See http://www.flemingshows.com/around_the_grounds

 

[George Miller]

Here is one that I used for mowing grass and plowing snow. It had a pto. The picture was before it was done.

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

I bought this last summer because the engine sounded so good. I found it in the trees behind a house that was having a garage sale. The owner's dad built it to haul deer out of the woods. It has a Model A engine and ******. The guy welded a sprocket to the ****** output and geared it 3 to 1 to a GM rear end that is turned upside down to give 3 speeds forward with the engine mounted backwards over the drive wheels.

For some reason the original builder removed the steering, drive chain and seat, and mounted a tongue to pull it around. I've been thinking about added back the parts he removed so I can use it as a field buggy, or mount a snow plow on the front of it.

 

[KGBnut]

Here's a Model A tractor that Pop built when he was about 14 years old. That's not him, but a friend of his driving it.

One of the best features of this one was the fact that it had two Model A transmissions, one right after the other. Put 'em both in reverse, and between that and the low gears in the rear end, the thing would rip tree trunks out of the ground.

It did a lot of work for a lot of years, but sometimes it was just fun to have a hay ride.

Last I heard, that tractor went to someone in Ridgefield, Connecticut probably 15 or 20 years ago. Now that I know how to keep a Model A running, I wish we still had it.

 

[Doodlrodz]

Very cool, I like the hay ride.

 

[Reds34]

Here's a couple pictures of mine. I'm not sure where it came from originally, but I think my dad and uncle paid $75 for it. It originally had a Hudson radiator. I got the plow from the scrap yard, the pump came off my uncle's doodlebug and the frame was built with the help of my uncle. I've been told the second transmission is from a Hudson.

Red

 

[Bruce in southern OH]

This is my Doodle Bug, bought several years ago from Long Island, owner said it came out of Pennsylvania.

 

[Elcastor]

This is my entry! No, I do not own it, but saw it in Washington State some time ago.

I am sure it is still there.

I know, it is a model T, but still worth a picture.

 

[Doodlrodz]

Nice picture.

 

[Jack M.]

Bump for more pictures.

 

[RonC]

here's a doodlebug club
http://clubs.hemmings.com/doodlebugs/

 

[731132]

Here in Sweden the building of home made tractors was also big in the years around the WW2.
I am a big collector of these old tractor myself.
Here are some pictures of some of mine

Made from a 1949 Bradford, with an extra gearbox from a Ford Prefect.

Made from a 1949 Ford Popular, with an extra gearbox from a 1940's Chevrolet and a Ford 2-ton truck rear axle.

Made from a 1935/36 Chevrolet truck.

Made from a 1941 Chevrolet truck, with an unknown truck rear axle.

Made from a 1947 Chevrolet truck, with an extra gearbox and rear axle from a Ford truck.

Made from a 1950 Volvo PV 445 delivery, with an extra gearbox and rear axle from a 1940's Chevrolet. Pic from how I found it.

Made from a 1946 Dodge tow truck, still need some work.

My latest find, a home made tractor made from a former Volvo PV834 Ambulance.

Made from a 1930/31 Ford model AA, with an unknown truck rear axle. Pic from where I found it.

Made from a 1939 Plymouth, with an extra gearbox and rear axle from a 1940's Chevrolet truck.

Made from a 1932 Volvo LV72 truck.

And finally so far one made from a Volvo LV66 bus.

But there is a lot of work before they all can roll by their own power.

 

[Onlybackroads]

Here's me and my first doodlebug, which I just reluctantly sold...

 

[Bruce]

Here's one that I "discovered" this summer at a steam show and threasherie in Iowa. The second picture is the same brand -- Thieman -- tractor kit as one that I also "discovered" at the Model A Days at Amana Iowa. The first one is really gussied up, with chain covers, oil bath air cleaner, and PTO. The other, earlier, version was the base version. Here's a blurb about Thieman Harvester from a recent issue of FoxTales, our club newsletter.
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[FONT=&quot]Thieman Harvester Company employed 120 people to build tractors from 1932 until 1941 in Albert City, Iowa. In 1936 the base tractor could be purchased for $236, less the engine assembly. A running tractor with a reconditioned Model A engine listed for $363.75, with the rebuilt engine a measly $127.75 option. Three rubber tires instead of the standard lugged steel wheels added another $122.71. Or, you could have the tractor delivered and install the engine from your old Coupe, Town Sedan, or Cabriolet and get double the value from the investment in your Ford. For the “average farmer,” that was a very popular alternative … a Ford-powered tractor that could do “the Work of … “Four to Six Horses at the Cost of ONE HORSE OR LESS …”[/FONT]

 

[Carter]

A Dodge Bros. that a friend of mine bought.

A Model A based tractor I used to have, with a TT worm drive rear.

I must not have a picture of the wrecker equipped unit I have now, or my Worthington.

 

[PropsbyPat]

I know it's not a doodle bug, but it's fun. It's made from Model T parts and it Briggs & Stratton motor.

 

[ronn]

nice A tractor just listed on ebay that matches the "kit" one that was mentioned on this site. sold last month for 7500.
the one on the bay starts at 3500.