Gro-Mor Cultivator
The Frank Held Tractor Company Columbus, Ohio Est. 1921
"Grow more this year with the GroMor"
This site was created by descendants of Frank Held as a historical documentary for the GroMor Cultivator.
A special thanks to the following for making this site possible:
Frank Held- Gro-Mor Collector and Grandson of Gro-Mor Inventor, Frank Held
Duane Yarnell- Gro-Mor Collector and Great-Grandson of Gro-Mor Inventor, Frank Held
Jerry Held- Grandson of Gro-Mor Inventor, Frank Held
Don Held- Grandson of Gro-Mor Inventor, Frank Held
Doug Tallman- Gro-Mor Collector and Ohio Region VGTCOA Representative
Thank you to everyone who visited the Gro-Mor display at the 2013 Vintage Garden Tractor Club of America expo in Plain City, Ohio. It was a wonderful weekend.
Looking to Sell or Swap GroMor tractors, attachments, motors or parts?
Email us me kalebheld@gmail.com and we will post your classified. Please include as much info as possible including pictures.
The GroMor (Grow More) Cultivator was designed and built in 1919 by Frank Held in Columbus, Ohio. This early motorized cultivator was designed to replace the back breaking work of a push plow which many gardeners only had access to. The GroMor allowed gardeners to attach various garden cultivating tools such as discs, hoes and rakes, which made small vegetable gardening such as beets, carrots and onions much easier. Between 1919 and 1929, The Frank Held Company built an estimated 3000 GroMor Cultivators and sold them throughout the Midwestern United States. An exclusive contract signed in 1920 with Briggs & Stratton gave Frank Held exclusive rights to the Model “P” Engine which was the first known Briggs & Stratton engine to be used for gardening.
