953 nut 55,241 #1 Posted March 17 (edited) Gard’n Mast’r Since this is St. Patrick’s Day, I figured we should see a green tractor, but not that green tractor. Garden-All Company of Liberty IN has very little reliable internet information available. They came into being and left the scene in the 1950s and made some rather nice looking two-wheeled and four-wheeled garden tractors while they were around. The little bit I was able to find is from a couple of tractor sites and primarily from sales brochures. Gard’n Mast’r had some nice sales literature but the posts on various tractor sites conflicted with one another so weren’t much help. Garden-All has a Wheel horse connection because Harold Pond’s brother Elmer and his son Cecile were the founders of the " Wheel Horse " line of tractors in South Bend IN. Harold's brother-in-law Glen Heilman was responsible for developing the " Garden-All " line of garden tractors. So, you could sort ‘a say that the Wheel Horse and Gard’n Mast’r were cousins. The two-wheeled Model “D” had a very stylish hood but was very similar to others on the market at the time. Five models of walk-behind Garden-All walk-behind tractors were offered from 2 HP to 4 ½ HP. The Garden-All Pup Model “P” was a small four-wheeled riding tractor offered with a 2 ½ or 3 ½ horsepower engine. Pricing of the Pup riding tractor was comparable to that of other two wheeled walking tractors. It had semi-pneumatic 12 X 3.00 front wheels and 5 X 12 agricultural rear tires. Its transmission had three forward speeds and two reverse gears and weighed 290 pounds. One of its unique features was a hood that resembled a mailbox! The Gard’n Mast’r model “JR” was a six-horsepower riding tractor which was substantially beefier than the Pup. The JR had pneumatic 4” front tires and 6X12 rear agricultural tires. The Gard’n Mast’r model “G” was the top of the line eight horsepower featuring “Roto-Lok” tool lift and being rated to pull a 10” plow. It weighed 810 pounds and had 4.00 X 8 front tires and 6 x 12 rear agricultural tires. Edited March 17 by 953 nut 9 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
