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My Witte "L" Tractor

By Josh Therrien

6 Sherbrook Dr., Selkirk, New York 12158

In the late fall of 1992 my father told me about an engine that was for sale. It was a 2 HP Witte drag saw but was missing the parts for the saw. He also said the engine was missing some parts.' I told him I would think about it. I came over a few days later and the engine was sitting in his garage. He said he got it for a give-away price and said I was welcome to pay for half of it and split the cost of parts to get it running.

We rang up a nice size bill for parts, but we had the pieces to get the engine going without the drag saw. After a month or two of scraping we started to wonder what we could do with our old iron. After a couple of weeks of thinking, we decided a tractor would be an interesting project.

2 HP Witte drag saw engine mounted on early Sears garden tractor.

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