F-1.08-F.G.
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Just recently while walking around the farm with my wife, I discovered a VERY old, but seemingly complete tractor drawn grader. The operator stands at the very rear of the machine and controls the blade while his/her partner operates the tractor. It has two large hand-wheels with friction brakes on foot pedals for manipulating the moldboards up and down travel, a rack and pinion/hand crank combination for drawbar circle travel and a pedal-lock/lever combo for drawbar side-shift. It is to be pulled by a small tractor, which supports it's front, while it appears that someone has fabricated or incorrectly replaced the rear axle that wears a pair of trailer tires. The ONLY markings that I can find on the entire machine say "AUSTIN" followed by some undiscernable numbers, this casting is located on the frame directly above the circle at the point where the control rods for the moldboard pivot downwards. I will post pictures as soon as possible. I would like to gather as much information about this as possible as my wife and I would like to make an attempt at our first restoration. Thanks in advance. Shane.