Route 1, Cayuga, New York 13034
Sears ‘Handiman’ garden tractor. This was found in a
garage in Auburn, New York. It had not been running in six years.
We had to pull the flywheel and touch up the points on the magneto.
It ran good after tune-up.
Someone once said ‘Seek and ye shall find.’ This holds
good on finding the old gas engines and or the steam engines.
Sometime ago I went to look at a sawmill which was advertised in
our local newspaper. I didn’t buy the sawmill, but I asked the
owner if he had any old gas engines for sale. He said he might have
one. I looked over the engine and could see that it might be old
enough to be worth collecting.
The next day I went back with my son, Harley, to help. We got
the engine out where we could see it better. We could then see it
was a New Way, 2 cylinder and air-cooled. The owner said to make
him an offer. I did and now own the New Way.
7 cylinder radial aircraft type engine, a Continental 220 HP
A.C. It was a World War II surplus. I guess they were used on army
trucks, personnel carrier. I think the 9 cylinders were used in
army tanks. My 7 cylinder was used to run a sawmill. The shaft and
pulley can be seen at back.
Massey Harris ‘Pony’ tractor. It has land plow, snow
plow and drag. The chunk of wood on the drag is for breaking the
lumps, as the garden has some clay in it.
Small buzz saw which was used on a rubber tire Sears garden
tractor. We used the saw on the Handiman by dropping V belt on
start pulley.
