Here is the latest acquisition from my neighbor a couple houses down. It is a 1960s era Yard-man Lawnbird 3250-2. The plan is to use this as my lawn mowing tractor to replace the Honda HT3813. I could not bring myself to convert the Honda to electric since it has an inline 2-cylinder liquid cooled engine, plus the deck needs a lot of repairs, it has had a hard life. So that is where this one fits in. It will probably be ran as gas for the summer and a vintage electric conversion (minimal cutting & modifications to the original chassis) will be coming late 2019.
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That's a sweet little tractor! Has the good ol' Peerless 600 in 'er too! Should be a real cool unit for lawn duty.
The pull start cord in the dash is neat, haha.
I was wondering if that transmission was a Peerless that everybody loves. Ironically, that is the only thing broken on the tractor, so I have to get it off and open it up. The input is just spinning freely.
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That is an interesting little unit. Looks to be in great shape.
It is in great shape. It was garage stored in the house my neighbor bought a few years ago, when he moved in he put it on a pallet and put it in his machine shop, which happens to be across the street from where I work!
diddie wrote:
nice ride ! looks like theres a lot more deck than blades LOL !
Yeah, the deck is kind of strange, but the front hanger and wheels let you use the front hanger as a handle and roll it around. Plus, the hanger & wheels are just bolted on to the deck, so I am thinking about try to adapt my Craftsman 38" deck I have sitting around.
Cool old tractor. Careful of the dash located pull cord. I did that as an upgrade on my MTD when I first got it. Pulled the pull start while sitting in the seat and gave myself a right hook right in the chin, LOL. Best bet would be standing beside it to fire it up.
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@murraymountain If you look closely someone added some low profile uni-strut to the bottom of the seat and a piece of electrical enclosure to the bottom, not sure why. My plan is to undo that junk and make a bottom cushion with a piece of plywood, seat foam (I still have some 2" hanging around), and some vinyl. I will be casually searching for some 60's looking vinyl, hopefully I will come across that shiny turquoise color or some other period correct color!
@prancstaman I have not started it while on the seat yet, but I will let you know if I inflict harm on myself!
Here are few pictures of it back in September 2018, when I first saw it in the shop and was deciding if I needed another project. It took my neighbor moving to a new shop to convince me to grab it. There is also a better picture of the shifter, 3rd is "transport". I don't know what happened to that poor rear left wheel! We will see how much persuasion it needs to come off when the trans-axle comes out...I should have it soaking already .