
Speedex Tractor Serial Numbers
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Contents • • • • • Early years [ ] Harold Pond, along with his brother Elmer and brother in law, Glen Heilman all worked for Shaw Manufacturing of Galesburg, Kansas, a company which produced walk-behind tractors. Harold was assigned the territory of Ohio and Pennsylvania. In 1935, Pond left to form the Pond tractor company and began producing Speedex walk-behind tractors. Harold Pond developed the Model B Speedex Riding tractor in 1938. Pond set up a head office in the town of Ravenna, in Portage County, Ohio. The Model B would become known as the first four-wheel garden tractor in America.
[ ] It had an air cooled engine and pneumatic tires. The Model B tractors were produced and sold from 1938 to 1948.
The engine was Briggs & Strattion Model ZZ Gas Engine. The tractors included a Ford Model A Transmission and a Ford Model T Rear Axle.
This tractor had tiller steering with a single stick that would move forward and backward to control the steering gear. In addition to the Model B, Pond also produced a Model A and Model C Walk Behind tractor. In 1942, Pond developed a Model FG (Farm and Garden) tractor. This model would use a Ford Model A Four-cylinder engine, a Ford Model A Transmission and a Ford Model T rear axle.
Early models were distinguished by the Shiny Chrome Ford Radiator. Later models were higher with a painted radiator. Sometime in 1948, Pond was contacted by Henry Ford who told Pond that the Pond Tractor company was competing with Ford's own tractor line and that he would no longer be able to purchase Ford components for his tractors.
Tractor Values Serial Numbers Tune-Up Guide Paint Codes List Prices Production Nbrs Tune-Up Specs Torque Values 3-Point Specs. Speedex Model 1632 Antique Tractor.
As a result, Pond developed his own line of transmissions and rear axles for his tractors. In 1949, Pond renamed his company to the Speedex Tractor Company.
A name that would carry through with the production of tractors until 2000 when the last Speedex tractor was produced. After the changes were made to the transmissions and axles, Pond began selling the M-23 and M-25. In addition, other changes were made to the Walk-Behind tractors that were being sold by the company. Pond sold the Speedex Tractor Company in 1957. New owners Maury Foote and Jerry Stowe were from other backgrounds but would develop the S-Series line of Speedex Tractors.
The S-Series would become the most widely sold models of the Speedex Company and many are still in existence in 2015. S-Series [ ] The first S-Series tractors were produced starting in 1959 and would be made with the same basic concepts being used until 1974. In 1959, the S-14 and S-23 were made available for purchase. Inno setup uninstall.
These tractors incorporated the earlier changes from the transmission and axle designs of Harold Pond in 1951. However, a steering wheel and steel hoods were added to these tractors. A full line of accessories had been developed and was carried over to the S-Series. In 1960, a mowing deck with its own Engine was manufactured for the S-Series. This model attached to the front of the tractor and made the S-Series the first Four Wheel Riding Lawn Mower in America. The models S-14, S-17, S-18, S-19, S-23, S-24, and S-32 were to be produced throughout the years. The model number of the tractor initially begin directly corresponding to the model number of the Briggs and Stratton engines that were being used on the tractors.
In 1968, Kohler gas engines began being available on certain models. Production of the S-Series reached approximately 1000 units per year and remained stable until the company was sold in 1969. The new models [ ] In 1969, the General Combustion company, which later merged with Mechtron International, boosted to over 1500 units per year.
In this time, the First fully floating mower deck was manufactured. As the years progressed, a newer style frame and model line would be introduced. The 832 was a small frame tractor with a diesel engine. In March 1969, the Eagle Tractor Company purchased the company. Models such as the Falcon and Eagle began production.