My New Toy

I have one and several attachments....what do you want to know? They have a Graveley Engine, yours being a Super Convertible vs being a Convertible is the addition of electric start...at least thats all I've ever figured it to be. Mines a bit newer with the white hood...a 76 model year I think it was....I have a mower deck, snow blade, rotory plow, rototiller, and mine is a dual wheel...they are an add on though...I just stopped storing one for my buddy thats a twin to mine but his has a finish deck, brush hog, rotory plow, snow blade and snow blower..and both have Sulkies( the seat attachment to ride behind these. Your Gravely has what looks to be the same finish deck I have but its been chopped up a bit....any questions just let me know....Gravely's are my second favorite to AC

well its matter of opinion....its just like our AC's....these darn Gravely's are the oddest thing.....check out ebay....they go crazy sometimes....these things in original condition are bringing 1000.00 and up....I've seen as high as 8K for a walk behind with some good attachments...its crazy!

Oh, I almost forgot. Where is the serial number located on this? Do you know of a place where I can find the year out with the serial number?

If it were mine, I think I'd just pressure wash the grease and dirt off and change the oil and stuff and run it.  Usually they run just as well when they are faded and scratched as they do all painted up.  It also depends on how you remember it when your grandpa ran it,
was it shiny and new or a but faded in it's work clothes.

Thanks for the advice. I can already see that under alot of that grease still lies some shiny paint. So I may just leave it as is because my grandpa has never had anything that was new and shiny. You know, if given the choice I don't even think he would paint it. It has been through hard times just like him and the Great Depression.

If this is your GRANDFATHER'S TRACTOR I would restore it.  Don't let it get away.    You know, in this area the Gravely was one of our biggest competitors.  In fact, I own one.  Used it to cut lawn and plow snow on Pop's place.

I have a deck like the one in the pic with the dolly wheels and a seat, what would something like that be worth I dont need it and never will, so someone who could use it or want it should have it, i live in central MO

The Gravely Club Yahoo group has been around for years.  They are the best source of Gravely information, almost a cult following like another brand I know.  All the data, manuals, and folks who know how to do almost anything to and with these great machines.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gravelyclub/

One of my fellow railroaders had an apt saying, "A Gravely will make a man out of you!"  They provide healthy exercise to those who operate and maintain them.


Edited by GADinMD - 29 Nov 2010 at 6:50am

SHAMELESS wrote: lookin good '37!! you should git sum exercize with that unit!!

 

Yeah, if you're gonna use it, don't paint it. You will be sad the first time it drags you into a briar patch. Both of you will come out screaming, spitting out briars, and scratched nine ways from Sunday, but you will come out none the less. Those things don't stop when you get them going. I believe that engine had around 11 or 12 HP(can't remember exactly), and you will think it's got 100. Very torquey. Hard to stall down. I once ran over a piece of rebar when I was helping a friend clear a small lot. Sounded like a couple of gunshots went off, then the end of that rebar came out from under there(came out the front, luckily for me) and went straight through the metal siding of his little outbuilding. The blade is so thick and tough it  didn't even bend it. Couple of nice gaps in the cutting edges though.

The forward-reverse lever can snap over center for either direction.  You can adjust the reverse so that it has to be held in position and doesn't snap over center.  I didn't like that at first, but after being nearly pinned in position a few times with my snow blower on an L-8, I set it that way and now it seems just fine.

Oh, one last thing. What was the correct paint scheme for this thing?  Is it supposed to be all red or orange,what ever it is? Every picture of a Gravely that looks anything like that is white.

Both of the photos in this thread show correct paint, and both are either original or very close.  The Super Convertible with the off-white hood is earlier.  It has a great original Gravely "Muffle-Tone Silencer."  It is very important, with that silencer, to make sure that the outlet end is supported by its bracket.  Otherwise it will break the exhaust pipe flange off at the engine block.

I tried taking the original muffler and piping it to point forward, away from my ears, using an ell and a nipple, and that was my unfortunate result.   Our local shop had a very good welder who had seen that before and knew exactly what to do.