Frazer Farm Equipment, a subsidiary of Graham-Paige built the Frazer Model T in York, PA. Joe Frazer named it the Model T because he said it was going to be the "agricultural equivalent to the Model T Ford." The Jaques Power Saw Company in Dennison, Texas, manufacturer of the Jaques saw attachment for the Rototiller built the tractor chassis and shipped them to York, where the Rototiller engines were installed. The engine is the same Swiss-designed 2 cycle used on the B1-6 and B1-7 Rototillers with the exception of a counter-clockwise rotation of the magneto due to its location. The data tag identifies the model number of this version as T-E. The hood, which may have been optional, was the bottom of the wing tank used on fighter planes. The tractor came with a three-speed transmission with a high and low range. The Model T, weighing 1020 pounds, was available in early 1948 for $695 plus $4.22 federal excise tax on the tires. Attachments that were available included a 10-inch plow, 5-foot mower, disc harrow, bulldozer blade, rotary scraper, and the same tiller used on the Rototiller. Sales were not very high and it appears the Model T was only made for two years. One source says that less than 5,000 units were produced during 1948. This venture was to help save Frazer Farm Equipment, but failed to do so. Jaques Power Saw Company made a few changes to the tractor, which included, using a Briggs & Stratton engine, and dropping the 6-speed transmission for a 3-speed unit. It was now sold as the Jaques Mighty Mite. In 1949 Ottawa Manufacturing in Ottawa, Kansas purchased the tractor and sold it under the name Ottawa.

Although this is not a tiller and it is not Zuck owned, I include it because of its connection to Rototiller through use of the familiar Rototiller engine. Also, I thank Bob Antram for permission to feature his nicely restored Frazer Model T on my site. He was the spark that got me hooked on collecting Rototiller and Roto-Ette "old iron".

My tractor was bought in the fall of 1973 from a farmer who had plowed gardens. I did not know what a Frazer tractor was. I used the tractor to plow gardens in my small town because of its compact design and the 2 bottom mounted plow. It was not until 1994 that I found someone who knew something about the tractor. The men I talked to told me I have a Jaques Frazer garden tractor built at Willow Run, MI. in 1947. Since then I have found out that my tractor was built in 1948 at York, PA. - one of 1500 built that year. My tractor was painted red but in 1995 when I sand blasted it, I found the main frame to be yellow along with the hood being yellow with a white stripe. The wheels were white too. I have had quit a bit of comment on the tractor over the past few years. Very few people have ever seen one before. As of now I have the only 2-bottom 8" plow that I know about. That will not last long before somebody comes up with another one.