Silver King Tractor
Above is a picture of my grandfather, Morgan Roberts, of Roberts Farm Equipment in Morning Sun Ohio. This was taken in the summer of 1948 at Preble County Fairgrounds in Eaton Ohio. Grandpa sold the Silver Kings new, I believe the mounted corn picker is a ’G.I.’ picker made by General Implement of Ohio, Grandpa also sold these new. When I was growing up we had a new Silver King model 42 that grandpa never sold, it had factory 3-pt-hitch, hydraulics and wide front. We used it in our salvage yard hauling torches and tools out to the field to take off tractor parts for customers. Eventually grandpa had a customer needing a F162 continental engine and he sold the engine out of it. As far as I know the rest of this tractor is still down in the salvage yard that my brother and sister still run.
JR Roberts
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My mother just passed away at the age of 99. I am going through some of her things and found an entry in her farm book that stated “bought G.I. corn picker Oct. of 1947 for $745.00”. I don’t remember G.I. so I searched Google and found your comment about G.I.
Ron,
My sympathies on the loss of your mother. I am glad we could help you out with your ‘history project’. If you find any pictures of the G.I. that you would like to share please send them to suzette@steinertractor.com and we would be happy to post them in our online photo album.
Regards,
Steiner Tractor Parts
I’ve never seen this picture of great-grandpa.
-Amber Roberts
Silver king tractor seems so unique as I’ve it in the photo above. great and amazing post!
My father used this product and wow!they have a good quality. now our tractor can be used for heavy duty!
Looking for rear rims 12″ x 28″ for a 1940 or 1941 Silver King Tractor.
I checked with our tech. dept. and they said you would need to check the salvage yards.
Good luck on your project.
Steiner Tractor Parts
the 28 six bolt ford tractor rims should work. I think
I am looking for the steering gear, chain cover for a1939. R66 silver king.. can anyone help me?
Floyd we only carry a handful of parts for the Silver king and unfortunately that is not one of them. Good luck on your search.