Bill's Sears Tractor Page

Last year, I was using a Wizard 14 hp/42" cut riding mower to cut my yard.  I had purchased it used the year before when I moved into my new house.  Within a year I had worn out the steering gear and cracked the frame.

Disgusted with the performance of my riding mower, I started searching for something a little tougher.   My neighbor knew a guy who had a Sears Garden Tractor sitting in the barn and he was no longer using it.  I went to see it and found an SS16 with a belly mower, a 3-point hitch, turning plow, cultivator and rolling box blade. He had bought everything new in 1973 and used it around his house and small garden.   After dickering for a while, he solde me everything but the box blade for $400.  A month later I bought the box blade for an additional $100.

According to the previous owner, the engine quit after it got warm.  He had worked on it some, even getting a new carburator.  When I got it, I had to put the exhaust system back on, adjusted the points and the engine ran beautifully.

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This is a picture of my SS16.  It has the Onan 16 h.p. twin cylinder engine.  Sears Model #917.25750 Tractor2.jpg (9630 bytes)
Mower1.jpg (6363 bytes) Belly Mower (Mod #917.253250)

 

Mower2.jpg (5143 bytes)
Plow.jpg (4251 bytes) Turning Plow (Mod #917.253020)
roll1.jpg (7 KB) Gannon Earthcavator Rolling Box Blade.

More Earthcavator Pictures

Cultsmal.jpg (7516 bytes) Cultivator
 

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I just bought the front weight today (7/21/1999).  I don't have a real picture yet, but this image is from the instruction sheet.

Cick here to see the instruction sheet: (Word document, 166KB)

discharo.jpg (10074 bytes) Disc Harrow (will purchase soon)

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1968 Sears Tractor Catalog

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