Sears Sold This Tractor From Their Catalog - 1939 Sears Economy Tractor 

Don't know how it happened but this city boy is addicted to these antique tractor videos.

My Granddad bought a New 1938 Sears Economy. He bought it with mounted cultivars. We are in the middle of rebuilding it.

Here in New York where I live there was a barn on Route 38 (between Owego NY and Newark Valley), that had a barn just sitting beside the road!! Not an uncommon site for this area by no means, sure, but one day my car broke down (flat tire) literally 30 feet from the barn. Has I limped the car to the shoulder and jumped out to change the tire I ignored the large classic barn sitting there road side. And I fought to the tire changed. After I finished the job, grabbed the tire and then the jack to toss them back into the trunk, I looked over at the barn finally and THAT is when I noticed there was a small "plaque" on the side barn nailed too it, and my curiosity got the better of me. Like most people I had never actually LOOKED at the barn and it had literally sat there for YEARS, and I myself had drove by it many times in my life totally ignoring it!! But this strange plaque I had never noticed before really surprised me when I got close enough to read it......it said: Sears & Roebuck Barn, it gave a year and a model number and a catalog number. The plaque wasn't very big in fact it was only about the size of a sheet of paper which looked as though it was cooper or bronze with red and black paint on it for the lettering and the decor. And you could barely make out some of the other things listed on it. BUT I was totally taken back that here this barn had sat probably for almost 100 years an NOBODY realized it was a Sears Barn!! Back about 15 years ago I was driving that same stretch of road, and as I got to where the barn was, I noticed then it was gone!! Apparently somebody had tore it down finally, it was old and weathered after all....but when realized it was gone, I wondered if anybody else ever read that plaque and realized just how important that barn would have been had they kept it??? Probably not, because it is gone from history now!!

When I was a kid the Sears catalog was all about TOYS! Early 70s. Then I got a little older and it was the Sears LINGERIE section lol

Time to pull a float in an upcoming parade. That is the Sears America once knew.

That two bottom plow is like my grandpa used to pull behind his F12 Farmall years and years ago when I was a young kid nice to see there's old memories I remember the bolts to take the plow point off to get it fixed I miss those days

When I was a kid, we had a Sears outboard motor.

Sears the Amazon of yesteryear

In my younger days lots of things I needed were ordered at Sears Catalog store. This was in the late 1960's early 1970's. All my tools even a set of Craiger mag wheels.

Sears was such a pal to the American farmer.

I own a Montgomery Wards wagon. Sears and Wards sold everything from kit houses to honey bees,

One of my customers lives in a Craftsman (Sears) house her dad built many years ago. We dont even have a Sears here anymore. They sure lost their way over the years. That tractor sounds sweet when it starts up

Long,long ago I had seen a Sears catalog from 1918, it did not have that tractor, but cars houses and farm machinery, were all in there. And by todays standards very reasonably priced, can you imagine a complete house for $450.00

My parents bought a 1947 bf avery from sears new. Its still stored in the old cow barn. Their first tractor

Sears sold all kinds of stuff. This was when America was standing tall!!

Very nice trackter

Sears. An American Tragedy. No other retailer, none, had the market share, logistical experience and access to quality products like sears. They had the opportunity to rule the Internet and eCommerce but they blew it in so many ways. Sad...

Nice looking tractors

There were even Sears and Montgomery Ward tractor conversion kits for Fords, Model T or A.

sears sold a house,everything that went in it ,and the insurance for the house.

There is little left with the integrity of Sears Roebuck and Company.

beautiful collection of beautiful tractors

I have a Sear & Roebuck loader mounted on a 1937 Oliver Hart Parr 70.

Sears sold cars too. I was in the National Auto Museum in Reno and saw an All State car there. It was really a rebadges Henry J , early 50's.

Lovely tractors ,thanks for preserving history !

Neat to see some one with 6 of them! I've been collecting Sears items for over ten years now, and the Economy tractor is one that has been the highest on my list to find. I also enjoy the Economy hit and miss engines Sears sold.

Impressive story and tractors.

Wood live to see the post man's face when he delivered this.

I loved their old sears suburban tractors from the 1960s.

We had a tractor my Dad made in 1930's powered by a 1928 Chevy 4 banger and Chevy 3 speed backed by a truck 4 speed... 13 speeds forward and 7 in reverse...

So very cool to see that collection of Sears Economy tractors!

That’s really cool, im going to see if I can show my dad a tractor he hasn’t heard of lol

I made fun of Sears. I must not have looked up their history all that well. It did serve the farmers.

Nice!

My parents bought lots of wards&sears stuff.refigerators sears almunin boat motor.sea king.wards 1947 bf avery with front mounted cullivators.it still runs.start it every year.it sitting in barn origional cond. All urs look nice and fresh.

I just met this guy at our tractor show. current update: he owns 19 of them

My neighbor has an old Sears tractor back in his shed

That's pretty cool. There was a time when just about everything you had could come from Sears

That was made when man took pride in what they built and proud to say it’s made in the USA

These are very priceless! Sent the Sear Company went out! The price had tripled. Very beautiful tractor.

Those seem like really good tractors. I remember the sears catalog when I was a kid. Wish it was still around.

They had some really great machines back then and there still great.

Awesome collection.

Awesome!

Very interesting video thanks for sharing and preserving some of our history and the 1950s I bought and sold John Deere tractors do Mennonites an old Mexico most of them were flat face hand start also a lot of two roe planters and cultivators This was in West Texas I am 90 years old I would hate to try that now would love to see your tractive thanks again for preserving them and sharing

We had a Sears and Roebuck Allstate car on the farm, that was actually a Henry J..

There is a subdivision in Indianapolis that the homes had to have been sold by Sears and Robuck. When these homes were constructed, they had to be done like they would have when they were originally sold. That means no power tools could be used.

Wow, now that was and is awesome cool. Wow just wow. Can't beat the good old days can you . 😳😀👍

Great video🎥👍Wonderful to see these old machines being well loved.

WOW i did not know that...thanks sir enjoyed the vid.

I still remember the rope pull plows.

I still have an old motorcycle that Sears sold. Its's a re-badged 1964 Gilera 106

I still have a Sears Puch 250 "twingle" that my mom bought new in 68 for $299.....and it still runs and has the original tires. Additionally I still have my 66 Sears Suburban 12 hp garden tractor that I've had in parades.

Way cool.

Awesome

Of course you know where last years catalog would end up at!

Very nice looking tractor.

Pretty cool!

simple design, looks lke a solid machine

My brother bought a 1908 reprint catalog of Sears and roebuck for 50 cents from a garage sale. It may not be worth much but it has alot of information in it

TOO COOL!

In Amarillo, Texas there are both Sears and Montgomery Ward kit homes! Wish we could save them!

April 2019 and in my 60's . I grew up in pork n dairy farming and with horses . Thrashed , binders, snow fence silos , drove a milkcan truck and onto Bulk tankers . . and I've never seen or heard of a Sears - Roebuck tractor . This put a Smile on my face just being Happy for you John !! Stamp collecting LOL ! Was that suggested by a fem or one of today's Millions of feminized Manginas . " Hang on to em and Enjoy them " I myself would hate to take them out in the fields now and get them dirty . Parades is a Good idea with a small white 2 sided S & R signage identifying them . Btw , I'm The Sign Doctor - Since before 1972 . I Still hand letter all kinds of things including some Old tractors here too in Ontario , Canada . Last summer I relettered a couple Old CO-OP tractors . Oh yah , and I also think I remember Motor Bikes and mini bikes being sold in Old S & R newsprint type catalogs . . which also doubled as toilet paper with time in the Out House . Last - Sears did it to themselves ... Young incompetent and Greedy Management and Office staff closed them down . I was a VERY GOOD Long Time 90% of Catalog customer to them till about 2005 for Music , Many Tools as to warranty , Clothes and all kinds of Appliances and Household items , as I don't like going shopping to stores . They started $crewing up several times , so I stopped dealing with them completely .

yup sears and wards sold just about everything at one time out of a catalog and you could always tell what time of year it was when mom handed you the catalog and a pencil saying circle the clothes you like or the toys you like . those catalogs were thick made great steps in the kitchen when to short to reach top cabinets hahahaha i miss those things

I lived in a sears house for bout 10yrs. Lol

I remember seeing one at a show in Maryland. If I recall correctly, it had dual inline transmissions and in the proper gears it was the slowest moving machine that I have ever seen. I think it was both gearboxes in reverse that did it.

Sears sold house kits also in the 30s, I know where there's a Sears house in Virginia 2 story that's been turned into a B&B

I like your Chanel

I gotta find me one. :O

We used a Sears catalog in our two hole out house

The sears co. always have fascinated me. It seems like they were always trying to help our country better itself.

Sears also sold Housing kits. Order it and they shipped it to you with instructions on how to assemble it!

Cool

Sears didn't put out a catalog. It was a door stop, wheel chock, child booster seat, bat killer, the catalog did everything, plus help build America. I like the steel wheel version. Thanks for sharing

That was a neat tractor.,I'd like to have one.

nice!!!

The fact that it's Ford powered I want one

When I was a kid, you could buy a remanufactured engine for your car from the Sears catalog.

Selling a tractor without an engine is bad ass

We have a sears&roebuck wagon

It's really sad sears is no more

I've seen two of his tractors at our local tractor show in Escanaba Mi.

I have 6 sears antique cement block making machines from 1906 on up to 1920s

Very cool tractor. I want one. That plow looks a lot like an International Harvester little genius???

Sears also sold a rebadged HenryJ automobile called an Allstate.

I want one

I enjoyed the video. So sad to see Sears die. I got all my school clothes from sears. Amazon will dies too some day.

I think the mail order tractor didn't last very long, because of lack of dealer support. All other tractor company's had a dealer in, or near a farmers home town. I you needed a part for your Sears tractor you had to send an order for the part, then wait for it to show up in the mail. Having a dealer near by a farmer could make a trip to town to get what he needed. Plus there were skilled mechanics on hand for anyone that didn't have the tools, or mechanical skills it took to make any repairs on the tractor.

In 1963, I bought a $36 guitar!

Those were the days 😭

I have a 1939 Farmall B - Offset Frame. Still runs great. And if anybody wants to buy it.....it's for sale

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Interesting hobby in that how and were do you find them

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Nice tractors have you been to se iowa old threshers reuion

That looks a lot like our 1938 Allis Chalmers.

I use to have a Sears outboard engine. Think it was a 5.5hp

Sears was the first Amazon

THE SEARS HOUSE KITS WERE ALLADIN HOUSE KITS! MY DADS FOLKS HAD ONE !!

Who could give a thumbs down on this vid?