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October 2, 2000
Original posting on May 14, 2002
Question #08
I have a very old road grader that was once owned by the township were I live. It was horse drawn, originally, but was converted to a tractor hitch. I would like to restore it to its original colors. The name plate reads "Square Deal #1 Grader and Ditcher - M.F.G. By J. D. Adams Co. Indianapolis Ind."
Any info would be greatly appreciated!
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.Original posting on January 26, 2005
Question #11
Hello, This relic is sitting in my Father in laws field. He doesn't care for it but it looks cool. He was wondering if it had any value to it, or how old it was. Anybody have a clue? It has a stamp of J. D. Adams & Company. Indianapolis Ind. Steve HoracekSend answer to
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Note: I have omitted email addresses from the following emails in accordance with my privacy rules for visitors to this site. If you authored an email listed below and would like your email shown on this page, please let me know and I will post your email address in the "from" field. JMDate: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:42:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: MA Hayward
Subject: Square Deal No 1 grader
Did you ever get any info on your grader? We just bought one from our neighbor here in Arizona and was interested in the same.
Thanks,
Old West Depot Rock & Timber
Martha
From: "doug wood"
Subject: Old road grader
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:32:44 -0600
stamped metal reads THE GOOD ROADS MACHINERY COMPANY, FORT WAYNE INDIANA. horse drawn. Want to restore to original. Need info, photos, color, history. Thank you in advance.
From: "Robert & Marci"
Subject: jd adams
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:07:04 -0600
I have a Square Deal # 2 J. D. Adams Grader and Ditcher. Wondering if any year info. and color info. is available. Thanks, Rob.
From: "Jere"
Subject: Road grader
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:54:50 -0500
J. D. Adams was a manf. of road machinery. This is a pulled grader (horses or tractor). Adams later made powered graders that used McDeering engines. They are a collectible item. Don't know any values. Check out Beilers Sale end of Feb. near New Holland. They show up there quite a few times. Jere Wissler
From: "Giacinta Bradley Koontz"
Subject: Color of grader
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:24:44 -0800
I have seen a JD Adams Co. grader (No. 20) ...IF the scaling paint near the front connection to the wheels and frame are "original" then I'd say they were bright yellow...the wooden pieces are void of color. The rest of course is pure rust. Best I can observe from this machine. Any idea how old this machine is? gbk
Arizona
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:40:47 -0600
From: jsteptoe
Subject: Antique Road Grader
Hello, my name is Jean Steptoe. I have a close friend that has a grader exactly like this one. Have you heard from anyone else about the value or not? My understanding is that mules used to pull these graders to grade dirt roads. Please let me know if you have found out the value on it. Apparently, there aren't many like this left. Thanks, Jean Steptoe
From: "doug wood"
Subject: horse drawn motor grader
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 11:25:27 -0600
Good Roads Company of Indiana, sold these for about ten years. Champion was then associated with them and Champion was bought out by Volvo. We currently have what we think is a 1912-1919 model that we are restoring. But, we are having problems finding a good picture of one from that era. A Mr. Flowers patented the early design...1879 but the trail ends there.
From: "doug wood" Subject:
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 11:30:42 -0600
This is a horse drawn motor grader from the GOOD ROADS company of Fort Wayne Indiana around 1912-1919. We are trying to restore it and would like photos of a complete one along with color and any other information. 515-332-4809
From: WarriorKin
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:34:29 EST
Subject: question 11
Photo of an old grader used for roads. My Grandpa would ride on it and adjust the wheels to change the blade and I would drive the tractor.
From: Chiselheaded
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 00:10:39 EDT
Subject: Square Deal Grader
ok, so i too have been looking for the original color of the J. Adams Graders, but now i own a #8 and lo and behold, beneath some things i was cleaning is an original green, that is very similar to "hunter green". this grader was never repainted, so am sure that this color is original...also looked at about 20 others over the first week in april and found bits of that color consistently.
From: ronald cunningham
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:05:04 EDT
Subject: question # 11
we also have a grader similar to Steve Horacek's We would like to know what color to paint it. ronald cunningham amboy , in 46911
From: "Tamie"
Subject: horse grader
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 15:01:59 -0500
Hi,
We recently purchased a horse drawn road grader on a sale and would also like to restore it to original. Ours is made by J.D Adams of Indianapolis, IN. Ours is called a King Junior. If you received any info, would you be willing to forward it?
Thanks for your time.
Tammie
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