RARE Tractor With NO STEERING WHEEL - The 1949 Gibson Model D - Classic Garden Tractor Fever

[@deanbarr5740]

Never seen one of these. Dave did a great job restoring this old tractor.

[@JS-1983]

Cute little tractor, looks much better in these colours than original grey.

[@ebinmaine]

Love seeing the garden tractors on this channel. Especially the older unique ones. Any tiller steer model. Thanks for posting this!

[@calebmerry3337]

I had a neighbor that has a 1949 model D, I had helped get it running, but it looked quite old and tired, but it ran like a champ.

[@applianceman6194]

We had one as a working tractor on our farm. Was a great tractor. We had most of the attachments that went with it. Was a great tractor ahead of it's time. When I grew up I would take the kids for rides in it. Sometimes we went on adventures in it towing a cart.

[@blowupbob1]

my family had one when i was young. no fenders, don't believe they were a stock item. had single bottom plow, cultivater, and back blade. pulled wagons and skidded logs with it. the adjustable height draw bar was helpful. my brother put a v-4 wisconsin from a bailer on it. more power than you really need but looked and sounded great. thanks for sharing. brings back good memories.

[@richardwernig8938]

Not losing the starter rope is very important. If you were out in the field without one and lucky enough to be wearing a belt, that became your starter rope. Your pants might be around your ankles but at least you got it started.

[@user-neo71665]

Grandpa always tied his around his waist after he cranked his mower or tiller.

[@richardwernig8938]

@@user-neo71665 He must have been without one before and made sure it never happened again.

[@user-neo71665]

@@richardwernig8938 Good chance, I just remember being 4 or 5 and him telling me thats what you did with it.

[@Tadfafty]

My starter rope got driven over once (and the handle broke) when I let somebody else drive it.

[@CheeseMiser]

Definently not a field teactor

[@craiggrant2538]

A Gibson was the 1st vehicle I ever learned to drive. When I was 8, my dad would attach the disc to the back and it was my job to run over the nettles in the woods. A great way to learn to drive with tiller steering and backing up with a disc attached. After that, most everything else was a piece of cake.

[@jaredkennedy6576]

I've run a home built copy of this design. It was a neat little tractor, had a four speed and a three speed auxiliary transmission, the tiller steering takes some getting used to, but becomes easy pretty quick.

[@rawbacon]

Neat Old Tractor.

[@Tadfafty]

I have two of these, still use them.

[@philipm1009]

Very interesting tractor never seen one like it

[@KungFuMouse]

Ours was converted with a chevy steeringbox. Legend has it that when my grandfather did the conversion the left was right and the right left. Where my dad crashed it into the dam wall before being rectified.

[@patricknewlun7928]

Nice tractor. God bless America!

[@Ejonesvideo]

My dad and I have just finished restoring 2 of these

[@KubotaBXathome]

Very unique!

[@ericthatcher3462]

In the 50's and 60's our local John Deere dearer in Jerseyville, Illinois had one of these as a shop mule they used to move tractors and equipment in the shop and yard. That one also was equipped with a front blade. It did not have fenders as I recall and had been repainted John Deere green and yellow.

[@devinholland2189]

Used one at Portland last year to clean a gas tank. Never thought of it as rare as I know of a couple of them in different collections.

[@Tadfafty]

They made 60,000 of these, and many are still in everyday use.

[@garyharrall4002]

I love this channel. Do one about the ford N series tractors

[@waydel4]

I had a friend, whose father had a tractor like this. After a snow we would go around the neighborhood to plow driveways for a buck or two. I would knock on doors and everyone who wanted us to plow the driveway I would make an X with my foot then go to the next house.

[@derekrugby]

Gibson a are pretty common on the west coast. Great little machines

[@BirconuGaming]

Nice 🙂

[@jimsteele7108]

That thing is cool.

[@ethangarland4006]

My grandpa had one that he done most of his cultivating with

[@joaquimdarocha]

Bom trabalho 🐱

[@ydyt8034]

I see this tractor all the time at Michigan fly wheelers museum there like 2 or 3 off them there

[@petergoerres9095]

selten und super!

[@horsepower0539]

I have an old Gibson rototiller from the sixties it still works good

[@eddieb3404]

The older the better I think

[@Tadfafty]

This Gibson was out of business by that point.

[@CheeseMiser]

Gibson was gone in the 50s

[@Tadfafty]

They didn't make rototillers either.

[@gundorethemighty]

i have one of these sitting in a barn. on my place the ole fellow made a log spliter out of it . use a old style belt

[@wyatthooten6149]

This guy is minty nice tractor aswell

[@BeatMower]

The tractor was cool but can we get some love for Dave 😂

[@timbarnett3898]

Gibson's are cool, they must! I've had two stolen from me!

[@jstbig1]

My dad had one in Idaho when I was a kid, the engine slid on a greased bar to tighten the belt and make it go.

[@Tadfafty]

Must have been a different tractor.

[@gregolson5532]

Lots of these in the PNW. Most are yard ornaments. Sadly! That and Sears cat 3-point attachments.

[@mikewhitman830]

Have a Super D with 3 implements and had the front blade. All there but not ran in years. Will sell.

[@CheeseMiser]

Interested. How much and where

[@mikewhitman830]

@@CheeseMiser I'd take 750 and Washington St. Like I said...has blade, plow, disc, and cultivator. Paint is excellent.

[@victoryfirst2878]

This tractor seems to really move along. Has anything been changed to make this run faster Sir ??? What brand and type transmission does this unit have ??? Thanks

[@gjpercy]

I know this is a year old, but I think I can answer. We had one of these during the late 60s and 70s in Melbourne, Australia. It was a fun machine to use. At 5:10 that looks like first or maybe second gear. It really flew along in 3rd gear and you could pull the tiller hard (to turn right) and at the same time tramp the right-hand brake pedal and it would turn on a dime. The tiller steering was entirely intuitive. The rear tires on ours were water filled and it could do some proper work. We had a single blade plough similar to this.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/apK0fIuPn9Wnd9Usi=ZhkweSPRBEA7Samm And a disk plough with 3 or 4 blades which was not so effective. We also had a rear mounted grader blade which we used a lot. I remember using the heel of my left foot to pull the clutch pedal toward me to increase drive belt traction. cheers..

[@victoryfirst2878]

Does the machine have a power assist steering ??? @@gjpercy

[@gjpercy]

@@victoryfirst2878 LOL no. Direct link from base of tiller by control rod to bellcrank on RH wheel. (Front wheels linked via a pair of rearward pointing bellcranks). BTW, I recall the gearbox was a 3 speed and reverse Ford type xxxxx -----> Wrong; actually a Willys T96-1

[@victoryfirst2878]

Thanks Sir. @@gjpercy

[@izikcolby5534]

I have herd of alot of tractors but not this one

[@coloradostrong]

"Herd" is a large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals. "Heard" is to perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone or something) "Alot" is a town in India. "Allot" is to apportion something. "A lot" is more than one of something, multiples of something. So, are you talking about a large "herd" of animals in Alot, India? Perhaps elephants? 🙄🙄

[@douglynn5906]

I have one. With ground breaking tines and a blade. New tires zero brakes. Works for small chores

[@Tadfafty]

Have you tried adjusting the pedals? fixed the brakes on mine.

[@douglynn5906]

@@Tadfafty yes discovered there are no bands or drums in rearend

[@SMGJohn]

Kubota's own grandpa I see.

[@jasonw4932]

I keep hearing a railroad crossing bell in the background...I can’t hear anything but that.

[@davet.3587]

Can anyone tell me if that was the same gibson that made guitars ?

[@jerrysgardentractorsengine2243]

Two unrelated companies

[@Tadfafty]

This Gibson made the tractors. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Manufacturing_Corporation

[@coloradostrong]

Would have been nice to see the front blade in action and the working of the rear hitch instead of clips of the owner riding in circles like a Shriner at their drunk parades.

[@Tadfafty]

Not "rare" as they made 60,000 of these.

[@CheeseMiser]

That is highly rare when the company is gone and they only made 60,000 of all tractors together.

[@Tadfafty]

@@CheeseMiser I see tons of these things.

[@Tadfafty]

@@CheeseMiser I only call it rare when there's less than 10k

[@apolloapache9232]

First

[@CheeseMiser]

No one cares