Prewitt Conversion Unit
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:58 am
When I researched for the Grosshart/Prewitt Post Hole Digger article (Red Power Magazine, 2011 NOV/DEC issue), I was given a brochure showing the Prewitt Conversion Unit:
Decided to hunt for one last week. Found a website listing the tractor salvage yards in Missouri with contact info. About 20 of them had emails. I sent emails on Friday and left work at noon. By the time I arrived home, a man who owns a tractor dealership in a nearby town had called/left a message. I called him back to discover that he not only had one, but he lives about 6 miles from me!
Came home with this on Saturday:
No identifying marks on it except this (looks like the state of Missouri outlining an "M"):
Pretty sure it is a Prewitt unit made in Pleasant Hill, MO during the '50s and '60s for use on a Farmall Cub and Grosshart Post Hole Digger. The man said it had been sitting in the tractor dealership's barn for over 30 years. Probably came on a trade-in and since it wasn't IH original equipment, was removed and shelved.
It was a good weekend.
This was the missing piece...
Decided to hunt for one last week. Found a website listing the tractor salvage yards in Missouri with contact info. About 20 of them had emails. I sent emails on Friday and left work at noon. By the time I arrived home, a man who owns a tractor dealership in a nearby town had called/left a message. I called him back to discover that he not only had one, but he lives about 6 miles from me!
Came home with this on Saturday:
No identifying marks on it except this (looks like the state of Missouri outlining an "M"):
Pretty sure it is a Prewitt unit made in Pleasant Hill, MO during the '50s and '60s for use on a Farmall Cub and Grosshart Post Hole Digger. The man said it had been sitting in the tractor dealership's barn for over 30 years. Probably came on a trade-in and since it wasn't IH original equipment, was removed and shelved.
It was a good weekend.
This was the missing piece...