Must be the one I saw years ago was cable operated???????

Eric the man to look for is Steve weaver aka side seat on here he owns a 28 side seat and grader and I do believe that there could have been a grader matched to a split head 30 as that was getting close in the timeline for the 28s to come out. Been a long time since I saw steves set up but if I remember right it was a gear box on the rear with 2 shafts running from tractor to the grader to operate the grader. The youtube video is probalbly steves cat. Ill do some more research, Jason

That Thirty is very cool. I think the color is great. I've never seen a side seat Thirty, let alone one that was also a split head. That is one very rare tractor. You've done a wonderful job on the restoration.

Steve's Twenty Eight is very, very nice. I had forgotten that the graders had the option to be powered by the tractor's PTO. I only remembered the graders with all the hand-wheels and controls brought up so the operator could work them from the sideways tractor seat.

I have seen pictures of the brochure for the side seat Twenty Eight. I knew that there was a linkage similar to the brakes to bring the steering clutch levers around in front of the operator as he was sitting sideways, too. I wonder if a linkage like that was ever available for the Thirty.

Thanks for posting the pictures, and for doing a top notch restoration on a very worthy tractor.

Pete.

"Jason wrote:

Eric the man to look for is Steve weaver aka side seat on here he owns a 28 side seat and grader and I do believe that there could have been a grader matched to a split head 30 as that was getting close in the timeline for the 28s to come out. Been a long time since I saw steves set up but if I remember right it was a gear box on the rear with 2 shafts running from tractor to the grader to operate the grader. The youtube video is probalbly steves cat. Ill do some more research, Jason

yes from the scans posted on here and the youtube vid, the 28 has a gearbox. i can see on mine, well at least before i painted it, that there had been something attached to the rear of mine. considering all the evidence, i would say it was the grader gearbox. no tellin where that gearbox is today. i am sure finding one of those would be near impossible. i wish that vid of the 28 was taken closer to the tractor and about 10-20 minutes long. looks like a beautiful and unique machine, eric

What you need is a trailer patrol, there was one for sale at George's auction and here is a pic of steve's ( look towards the bottom)
www.chriscomachinery.com/PullGraders.htm

"chriscokid" wrote:

What you need is a trailer patrol, there was one for sale at George's auction and here is a pic of steve's ( look towards the bottom)
www.chriscomachinery.com/PullGraders.htm

erik, thank you, thank you, thank you. that is what i need for sure. do you have any idea what that one brought at the auction? although one would be useless i suppose without the gearbox other than a pull along display.