Tractor Serial Numbers
| YEAR: | Model, Type or Serial Numbers: | Description: |
| 1931 | SER # SR8355 (Tallman) | First tractor available from Sears catalog. Built by Walsh. Has 6 spokewheels and the gas tank is perpendicular to the axle. |
| 1932 | SER # SR32538 ( Tallman) SER # SR32251 ( Whitledge) | Built by Walsh. Has 8 spoke wheels and the gas tank is parallel tothe axle. |
| 1933 | TYPE # 60209
| Two models: Heavy duty and Model A. Worm drive belt-driven transmission. |
| 1934 | TYPE # 60351 SER # 1424 (Sasser) | Two models: X and B. Used steering clutches and there is a universalconnector between the engine and transmission. The word “PERU” is castinto the wheels. |
| 1935 | TYPE # 60500 | Two models: C-35 and B-35. No reverse. Implement carriage similarto ’34 but with gauge wheels. Has steering brakes. |
| 1936 | TYPE # 60754 | Three model: Z-36, C-36 and B-36. Has external reverse. |
| 1937 | TYPE # 60754 | Three models: Z-37, C-37 and B-37. Essentially same as ’36 models |
| 1938 | MODEL # 917.5047 TYPE # 20407 | Three models: Z-38, C-38 and B-38. Has rectangular handles. Two speedsforward and internal reverse. Enclosed chain drive to the wheels. |
| 1938 / 39 | MODEL # 917.5032 TYPE # 20430 | Same as above. |
| 1939 | MODEL # 917.5044 TYPE # 25862 | Same as above. |
| 1939 | MODEL # 917.5161
| “The Old Standby” identical to the ’37 tractor except for a bracefrom the transmission to the handles. |
| 194 ? | MODEL # 917. 60754 Series 291 (Sasser) | Also seems to be an “Old Standby as it has the brace on the transmission. |
| 1940 | NO DATA | Three models: Z-40, C-40 and B-40 Seems to be identical to ‘38/’39tractors. |
| 1941 | NO DATA | Three models: Z-41, C-41 and B-41. Seems to be identical to ‘38/’39tractors. |
| 1942 | NO DATA | One model available. This tractor appears to be same design as the1941 Handiman Jr. |
| 1938 | 917. 5032 | No hood |
| 1940 | 917. 50321 | This tractor has a hood with a model model I B&S engine. |
| 1941 | 917.503281 and 503282 | This tractor has a hood with model U B&S engine |
| 1939 | 917.5151 , 917.5154 | These are four wheeled tractors with the same basic transmission/differential that was first used on the 1938 walk-behind tractors. The hood has no openings in the front. These used model Z B&S engines. |
| 1940 | 917.5155 | Early models imilar to the '39 model but the later tractors have a hood grill with vertical slits. Some of these tractors were equipped with B&S ZZ engines. Some later models may have two v-belts instead of the more common flat belt from the engine to the transmission. |
Late '50's and early '60's
917. 60120 and 21
917. 60124 and 25