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[mlappin]

Gotta watch what you buy, people are dropping big bucks on those JD lawn tractors, believe the small ones are made by MTD and painted green.

Anyways, which car had the starter under the intake manifold? Thinking it was a caddy v-8 but won’t swear to it.

[coolidge]

Easy with MTD,   I had one for 12 years and that thing is still going strong today, must be 15 years old.
Has outlasted 2 of my neighbors Crapsmans.

[mlappin]

Easy with MTD,   I had one for 12 years and that thing is still going strong today, must be 15 years old.
Has outlasted 2 of my neighbors Crapsmans.

Yah, but they think they actually bought a JD product.

Finally broke down and bought a Woods Zero Turn at a inventory reduction auction. Took it clear apart that winter in 2008 and rebuilt/refurbished everything, still running the bearings in the spindles I installed in 2008. Little three cylinder diesel Kubota still doesn’t use any oil between changes.

[coolidge]

I know, I was one of those people a few years ago. Bought on from Big box store, brought it home, went to mow lawn and both spindles came of.
Took back and stopped and bought Kubota zero turn.

[coolidge]

Here's one old iron for you guys.

[mlappin]

Oldest running thing on the farm at the moment, A Buckeye wheel trencher. Just ran some more on both sides of a old railroad bed we cleared out to farm over. I also have a late 40’s Oliver but it has a cracked block.

Buckeye is a reliable ole girl, no emissions crap, DEF, or a metric butt ton of sensors to take a crap. I’ve rebuilt the drive cogs on the wheel several times now, take some 7018 and build em up. Have also built up all the boogie wheels that hold the wheel as well. Build em up with wire then turn em back down in the lathe.

[nd guy]

Old tech vs new tech? Old wins everytime. It just works. Thanks for the pics coolidge and where is the GPS Marty (it drives itself)? LOL

[mlappin]

Long as one track isn’t going thru water while the other is dry, it goes really straight on its own 

We do have a laser we added to it, all those runs in the video all had natural grade, just had to set the depth and go.

[Mr. Maple]

   What happens when you hit a rock Marty? Our area is full of rocks,sometimes big ones like refrigerators and up,plus flat rock. Our farm was all done by hand early 1900's,some places clay tile is down seven feet,all done with pick and shovel and pan of water for grade

[mlappin]

   What happens when you hit a rock Marty? Our area is full of rocks,sometimes big ones like refrigerators and up,plus flat rock. Our farm was all done by hand early 1900's,some places clay tile is down seven feet,all done with pick and shovel and pan of water for grade

Shift down into granny gear on both the wheel and the tracks, let it work it up. We have had to on occasion back up a little, disconnect the boot, track forward while pulling the wheel out of the ground then get the backhoe or mini excavator to dig the rock out then track back, drop the wheel and reconnect the boot.

We had a big rock, just high enough would always bend a plow point back in the day. One of my uncles dug all day on it with the backhoe, finally had to dig a ramp on both sides, wrap several chains around it and pull with a tractor while pushing with the backhoe to get it out of the whole and to the ditch bank. Dad sold that rock 4 or 5 times before somebody finally showed up with a big enough crane to lift and load it. Had another one, they dug and dug, finally decided it was even bigger than the previous one, filled the hole in and farmed around it.

[coolidge]

Dynamite!

[NaturallyAspirated]

Oldest running thing on the farm at the moment, A Buckeye wheel trencher. Just ran some more on both sides of a old railroad bed we cleared out to farm over. I also have a late 40’s Oliver but it has a cracked block.

Buckeye is a reliable ole girl, no emissions crap, DEF, or a metric butt ton of sensors to take a crap. I’ve rebuilt the drive cogs on the wheel several times now, take some 7018 and build em up. Have also built up all the boogie wheels that hold the wheel as well. Build em up with wire then turn em back down in the lathe.

That is cool!