Pepperell Crank Up

Pepperell MA  13 July 2008

  Les Russell (L) and Frank Stouffer

  Center, Norm Jones chats with the sitting fellows who owns this Austrailan engine

  Frank and Russ Steeves

  (L to R) Norm Jones, Russ Steeves and Rich Hubbard

  (L) Don Strang and Bill Brackett 

  Setting up Norm's canopy

  Two engines    Two more engines

    This interesting gadget is a supplemental power device for a bicycle.  Mounted along side the rear wheel (a tire mounts on the rim of the disc seen in the left photo) and it could be lifted of the ground when power was no needed or lowered when you came to a hill.  That is the story we heard at the show.  I went to the B&S website just now to see if there was more information about the merger and found this great illustration.  Apparently it was made to power a four wheel vehicle.  http://www.briggsandstratton.com/corp/about_us/history.aspx Originally built by another company which was bought out by Briggs and Stratton in the early 1900's.

    Interesting small tractor

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