Gaston Brothers of Kensington in Melbourne
Gaston Bros Cast Alloy Machinery Plate, 7 in long
Table of Contents
- Gaston Bros Info
- Gaston Bros Spanners W13 - Cast Iron Spanner with Tube Steel Detachable Handle
- W13 - Cast Iron Spanner Head Only - 8 in long
- W17 - Malleable Iron Spanner about 11 in long
- W17 - Malleable Iron Spanner about 11 in long, variation
- W18 - Malleable Iron Spanner about 15 in long
- A51 Cast Iron Plow seat
- Gaston Stump Jump Scarifier behind a McCormick - Deering 18/36 Tractor
- Gaston Single-Jump Disc cultivating Plow
- Gaston Light Draft Header
- Gaston Light Draft Header 1940 model, parts list extract
- Gaston Earth Scoop, parts list extract
- Gaston Catalogues and Parts Lists available for sale / Trade, Scans for sale
Introduction
Gaston Bros info.
Gaston Brothers are listed from 1910 in Kensington.
From early 1930's their product line was distributed through International Harvester.
They closed down in 1987.
Product line: Lite Draft Headers, Earth Scoops, Plows and no doubt many other lines.
Ref – "Old Farm Machinery in Australia" by Margaret &
Phillip Simpson.
Some Parts lists in our possession.
Some Spanners supplied by Gaston Bros most have green paint finish, but there are exceptions.
Above - W13 - Cast Iron Spanner with Tube Steel Detachable Handle, 22in long.
Above - W13 - Cast Iron Spanner Head Only - 8 in long.
Above - W17 - Malleable Iron Spanner about 11 in long.
Above - W17 - Malleable Iron Spanner about 11 in long - variation - diff smaller jaw and red colour.
Above - W18 - Malleable Iron Spanner about 15 in long.
Above - A51 - Cast Iron Seat - © Chug Fuller.
Above - Gaston Stump Jump Scarifier behind a McCormick - Deering
18/36 Tractor - picture © Daryl Symons.
Brochure courtesy Gavin Lester-Smith
Above - Gaston Single-Jump Disc cultivating Plow - picture ©
Daryl Symons.
Brochure courtesy Gavin Lester-Smith
Above - Gaston Light Draft Header, 1940 model - picture © Daryl
Symons.
Brochure courtesy Gavin Lester-Smith
Above - Gaston Light Draft Header 1940 model, parts list extract
- picture © Daryl Symons.
Brochure courtesy Gavin Lester-Smith
Above - Gaston Gaston Earth Scoop, parts list extract - picture ©
Daryl Symons.
Brochure courtesy Gavin Lester-Smith
Catalogues and brochures available - originals: Spare Parts List for he Gaston Single-Jump Disc Cultivating Plow List No 38W
Scans available: Gaston Earth Scoops, 16 pages, undated, but accolades dated 1926, 27 & 28.
Spare Parts for the Gaston Earth Scoops, List no 40S, 11 pages
Gaston Single-Jump Disc Cultivating Plows, colour, 12 pages
Duplicate Parts for the International Stump Jump Scarifiers (Gaston Patents) 8 pages
Price List for the Gaston One-Man Super Wheel Scoop Feb 1926, 9 pages
Descriptive Price List of Duplicate Parts for the Gaston Lite-Draft Header, 1928, 16 pages