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Josh Blair Member
Join date : 2011-10-16 Posts : 41
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AcreFarm Member
Age : 40 Join date : 2011-11-02 Points : 4957 Posts : 208 Location : Tennessee
| Subject: Re: The Tractor That Got You All Into This (First Tractor) November 4th 2011, 8:59 pm | |
| Here's the one that got me into modifying tractors. I've been abusing and rebuilding this for 14 years now, if my memory serves me right. Pictures are as found, the first rendition, and its current configuration. free for the taking Repowered with a 28ci Briggs (25 head, enlarged oil return, double valve springs, port matched flo-jet, shaved eyebrows, no governor) 8/3.5 pulleys, Foote 4010 transaxle, lowered, solid-mount front axle, side-dump exhaust Raised back up, repowered with a stroked 25ci Briggs, snorkel intake, full length stepped exhaust, center-bolt mounted front wheels, replaced the rear end with a Peerless 900 6 speed (locked and axle bearings added), direct steering, rack and bumper added | |
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Troy's Mongrels New Member
Age : 28 Join date : 2011-10-12 Points : 4817 Posts : 7 Location : Newfane VT
| Subject: my first December 6th 2011, 6:00 pm | |
| it had a 12.5 briggs and a 6spd | |
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McHandyMan Member
Age : 27 Join date : 2011-12-09 Points : 4829 Posts : 60 Location : canada
| Subject: Re: The Tractor That Got You All Into This (First Tractor) December 10th 2011, 9:01 am | |
| i hade an old 1985 turf trac 16/44 tractor bought it for 65$$ and thats in canada! but the front axex broke so i only welded it and next day i got 300 dollers! the thing was mint and could mow a golf cours and you couldent tell the differnts! awsome find but i like the money more... the pic is offf google but mine was the same but the fenders where in better shape. | |
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gilsonrumbler Member
Join date : 2011-10-05 Points : 4874 Posts : 49
| Subject: Re: The Tractor That Got You All Into This (First Tractor) December 10th 2011, 8:25 pm | |
| its been through hell and back until i finally scrapped it which i regretted later on.... i really didn't take care of this tractor at all no clutch setup and tons of slamming it between R and 3rd. to this day i still havent found another one to build up | |
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canadianromper Member
Age : 25 Join date : 2011-11-30 Points : 4881 Posts : 114 Location : ontario canada
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Dodgermman New Member
Age : 30 Join date : 2012-06-13 Points : 4574 Posts : 6 Location : Meriden, Connecticut
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Hillbilly Homer Member
Join date : 2012-04-22 Points : 4861 Posts : 197 Location :
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Trikahilux Member
Age : 42 Join date : 2012-06-29 Points : 4598 Posts : 47 Location : C-Ville Va.
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CraftsmanKid1 Member
Join date : 2012-06-22 Points : 4603 Posts : 26 Location : Titusville Pa
| Subject: my first tractor July 13th 2012, 11:29 am | |
| mine is a 64 bolens husky 800 i got it from my great grandpa it sat for 7 years then this spring threw a battery cleaned the carb and a couple rolls later it was running i need to get a starter generator for it so it will stay running and charge the battery | |
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dylansrockinrigs Member
Age : 25 Join date : 2012-02-28 Points : 5059 Posts : 306 Location : Silk Hope N.C.
| Subject: Re: The Tractor That Got You All Into This (First Tractor) August 14th 2012, 9:57 pm | |
| What got me started was when i was 8 i tore apart a craftsman with a sledge hammer then my parents bought a John deere i used to cut the grass and when i was done drop the deck and go through the woods and all kinds of mud and creeks | |
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Stretch44875 Administrator
Age : 49 Join date : 2012-04-05 Points : 5722 Posts : 959 Location : Mansfield, Ohio
| Subject: Re: The Tractor That Got You All Into This (First Tractor) August 15th 2012, 11:05 am | |
| I had the same tractor as dangerous toys, a 5hp toro. Mowed with it, and made money with it. Did a pulley swap, but could still mow in first gear. Put on a 8hp engine, and pulley swapped the deck, it would throw grass 30 feet. Put a solid rear axle in it. This was all when I was around 14 or 15. It's been gone for years. Did a lot of off roading with it. Top speed was maybe 18mph? | |
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TheRainbowBoxer Moderator
Age : 49 Join date : 2012-04-23 Points : 5722 Posts : 1091 Location : Galion, OH
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Stretch44875 Administrator
Age : 49 Join date : 2012-04-05 Points : 5722 Posts : 959 Location : Mansfield, Ohio
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Monocle_Panda New Member
Join date : 2012-08-18 Points : 4502 Posts : 4 Location : Mississippi
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dangeroustoys56 Veteran Member
Age : 54 Join date : 2010-02-10 Points : 7097 Posts : 1726 Location : Florida, USA
| Subject: Re: The Tractor That Got You All Into This (First Tractor) September 8th 2012, 4:58 pm | |
| Stretch44875: i nearly bot this one 70's toro off a guy with a tractor junkyard where i used to buy parts from - said it looked just like mine, cept he put a 18HP twin on it and it still had the deck on it and mowed - i was REAL close to getting it - couldnt swing the $350 he wanted for it tho at the time.
Bet that thing ran super fast, in the guys spare time he built and raced lawntractors.
I got mine with broken steering gears as well - i bot parts off a junked toro from that tractor junkyard guy to get it to steer right - i figure if it ever breaks again, ill do a direct steering on it. | |
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Tuffy55 Member
Join date : 2013-01-07 Points : 4390 Posts : 31 Location : MI
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Jamus Established Member
Age : 45 Join date : 2010-06-28 Points : 5827 Posts : 511 Location : Southern WV
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Tuffy55 Member
Join date : 2013-01-07 Points : 4390 Posts : 31 Location : MI
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tractorboy567 Member
Age : 26 Join date : 2013-01-02 Points : 4478 Posts : 121 Location : PA
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13mudman13 Member
Age : 26 Join date : 2012-09-20 Points : 4562 Posts : 67 Location : Wirt County, West BygodVirginia
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BlackMountian88 Member
Age : 25 Join date : 2012-09-08 Points : 4914 Posts : 399 Location : NH
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Tuffy55 Member
Join date : 2013-01-07 Points : 4390 Posts : 31 Location : MI
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Murray modder Member
Join date : 2012-11-23 Points : 4822 Posts : 356 Location : Somewher in Va
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