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The Bradley Tractor

By Max The Bradley Tractor

7964 Oakwood Park Ct., St. Michaels, Maryland 21663

In the July, 1990 issue of GEM, I asked for information on a Bradley tractor that my father purchased and we used on our farm south of Valparaiso, Indiana. The tractor was sold by Sears, Roebuck. Although I remembered the mechanical details of that tractor, I did not know where it was built.

In answer to my request, Mr. Edsel Pierce, 6133 East - 300 North, Craigville, Indiana 46731, sent me copies of the items in his Bradley tractor file. He sent some very interesting information on this little-known tractor and has given me permission to share it with GEM readers.

The September 11, 1930 issue of Farm Implement News carried a report that Sears Roebuck & Company were testing and demonstrating a tractor called the Bradley. They were not then offering it for sale. The tractor had been designe...

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