Beavers!!

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I wanted to show off my Beaver collection. Only time I can talk about beavers and the wife dont get mad! LOL These first photos are of the 1956 

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These photos are of the 1957. Now this one is electric start. Here is my video of it running. I got it running for my now late father in law. 

 

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Here is the 1962 model was the same year my late dad was born probably why he had it restored. 

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Then here is my plow and cultivator. I have a snow plow but no photos yet.

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And lastly here is a lot of literature I own. 

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They are cool little machines.  My father in law has one and still uses it for all sorts of tasks around his house, it's the only riding tractor he owns currently (though I am secretly working on finding him a Lawn Ranger).  He loved them because they were made about 30 minutes from where they live here in CT.

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And I thought my Speedex was a simply-built, tough machine! Those Beavers are sooooo cool! I love looking through original documentation like that!

 

(Can you imagine a company making something like that today? Hardly....... the tractor would be lighter, cheaply built, same with the implements. And the owner's manual would be difficult to read because it was translated from Chinese by a Chinese person who didn't speak English well!)

 

Thank you for those great posts!

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3 hours ago, Razorback said:

And I thought my Speedex was a simply-built, tough machine! Those Beavers are sooooo cool! I love looking through original documentation like that!

 

(Can you imagine a company making something like that today? Hardly....... the tractor would be lighter, cheaply built, same with the implements. And the owner's manual would be difficult to read because it was translated from Chinese by a Chinese person who didn't speak English well!)

 

Thank you for those great posts!

LOL yes cheap and junk! I am proud to share these my late dad liked them because his grandfather had one when he was growing up. In upstate New York. I have 2 photos of him and his dad and him and his grandfather. The first photo is his dad my late grandpa Henry Bottjer(Korean war veteran) and my late dad Craig Bottjer, the second photo is my late dads grandfather and my late dad. I have always been curious if the cart was also a beaver cart. These photos would have been late 60's or early 70's my adopted dad was born in 1962. 

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Great memories! Those pictures are some real treasures.Two people having a ball with a REAL garden tractor.

 

Looking through the documentation, it amazes me what can be done with a 4 to 7 hp engine!

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Here is a before and after of the 750 model

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 I'd love to find one of the early lever steer ones over here. Don't think there's much chance though.

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2 minutes ago, Stormin said:

 I'd love to find one of the early lever steer ones over here. Don't think there's much chance though.

My late dad had 12 i kept 3 the others went to close friends. My dad was the only guy within a couple hundred miles that even owned one in northeast indiana.

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24 minutes ago, Stormin said:

 I'd love to find one of the early lever steer ones over here. Don't think there's much chance though.

India, Iraq, Afghanistan and Argentina!  Here is a bit of history on where they are on your side of the pond! This is a quote from the beaver tractor page. http://www.beavertractor.com/

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This was my late dad on the 1957

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I've no chance of finding one. Not imported to the UK or Europe.

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Everyone like a nice Beaver! Thanks for sharing these. Even an old beaver with a lot of use can be cared for and still used for it's original purpose

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34 minutes ago, Zeek said:

Everyone like a nice Beaver!

 

 Was wondering how long it was gonna take.

Then out comes the Zeekster like blast from the past!  

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For any collectors of these rare machines I wanted to let folks know Hapcoparts sells a few item for these machines! Come check them out! http://hapcoparts.com/beavertractor.aspx

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On 6/17/2020 at 2:17 PM, bottjernat1 said:

Here is a before and after of the 750 model

So I have a suspicion that I used to own this Beaver 750. Were you recently contacted by a guy named Allen?

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On 6/19/2020 at 6:59 PM, Sparky said:

So I have a suspicion that I used to own this Beaver 750. Were you recently contacted by a guy named Allen?

It might have been. My late dad bought it. in new york. My late dad has family in Unadilla new york. My late dads name was Craig Bottjer. He was from new york. I am his only and adopted son Nathan Bottjer. I own 3 of his beavers. He had 12 but i sold them to close friends after he died. He i think bought some other stuff off you as well. Unfortunately my sister has a couple of items. If i would have let her she would have sold the 3 i kept or left them on the property for the bank to junk!  This 750 hasn't ran since 2014 but i have kept it inside. I also have a lot of literature for the beavers. Did that stuff come from you?

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  Can’t recall if there was literature or not. I sold my Beaver 750 to a guy named Peter, can’t recall his last name, but I think he was from NY. I bet that’s who your dad bought it from. I bought it locally here in Ct.

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17 hours ago, Sparky said:

  Can’t recall if there was literature or not. I sold my Beaver 750 to a guy named Peter, can’t recall his last name, but I think he was from NY. I bet that’s who your dad bought it from. I bought it locally here in Ct.

Yep that is who my late dad got it from. My youngest daughter maddison went with my dad to go get it. I now have the history of this machine got it from alan. He is still fine tuning the beaver registry on the beaver garden tractors.  Its going to be awesome when he gets it done. Here is what he sent me for my machine.

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On 6/22/2020 at 4:16 PM, Sparky said:

  Can’t recall if there was literature or not. I sold my Beaver 750 to a guy named Peter, can’t recall his last name, but I think he was from NY. I bet that’s who your dad bought it from. I bought it locally here in Ct.

Did you get it from the original owners?

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On 6/24/2020 at 6:43 AM, bottjernat1 said:

Did you get it from the original owners?

It might have been. The guy I got it from inherited it when his dad died so it’s possible the Pendergast family were the original owners.

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Well I found photos of my snow blade I forgot I took these when i stored some of my goodies at my daughter and son in laws. Here it is!