![]() ![]() We'd crank out 120 or so tractors per day of the large frame type. Last photo is an unrestored example of the 10hp model I might've helped assemble. The union was like being drafted.you really didn't have much choice. Strangely enough, we were in the Aerospace Workers Union. ![]() We were making $3.75/hr on the assy line. Most that I built had Sears emblems, but they also sold some Roper models. I worked the factory from '66 to '68 building garden tractors, but by then Sears had dropped the DB brand and Roper Corp bought the factory & we built the garden tractors for Sears, and a few other outlets. There were usually 20-30+ DB garden tractors at the show, plus plenty of flea market vendors with their parts. The best show was (until recently ) "Thee Olde Time Farm Show" in Bourbonnais, IL, which also adjoins Bradley IL. There are a lot of the DB garden tractor collections in this area because there were so many retirees from the factory that loved to preserve the history. Yes, they were built at the David Bradley factory in Bradley IL, which adjoins Kankakee IL.
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