Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Earthgrinder on January 19, 2017, 07:54:43 PM
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I have been a collector of G-P Rototillers as a hobby since 2000 and have owned one since 1977. Besides collecting the G-P Rototiller, I collect all Rototiller brand equipment and I am equally interested in the history of both companies. Early on in my hobby Robert C Antram was a big help in providing information he had collected over the years and also shared questions that he still had. I read all the articles I could find on Rototiller, especially the G-P Rototiller. I had the great opportunity to connect with former Troy-Bilt employees, a couple of these people had father's who worked for Rototiller in Troy, NY. In 2012 I went to Troy and spent a day at the Rensselaer County Historical Society and Museum to research their archives from the Garden Way Company. Among those files was some great information pertaining to the contract with G-P to build a version of the large tiller that Rototiller, Inc. was building until 1944. So with that information and information from other sources I wrote a story on the history of the "Frazer Rototiller". It is posted on my website at http://www.zucksrototillers.com/Joe.html (http://www.zucksrototillers.com/Joe.html)
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Excellent work !!!!! It's always nice to know there are others who are interested in the history of these machines and Joe Frazer's involvement.
While I don't have one of these tillers - I have always been interested in them as I have a collection of old farm equipment. I have also seen Bob Antrams collection which is quite extensive and very informative. Bob's display used to be at Penn State's Ag Progress Show each year and I always enjoyed seeing it and talking with Bob !!!
Again - great job on the article !!!
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Thank you, appreciate the comments. I was at Ag Progress days one year that he had it there. That year he had his large trailer, a smaller trailer, and his Jaques-Frazer Model T tractor.