GrizzyDan
Bronze Member
Hello everyone,
I've been lurking among TBN for a year or two now soaking up all the great information you guys have to offer. I've been a carpenter since 2002 and recently went to school for 2 years for a degree in welding. I have been aquiring tools as I can and recently picked up an IH tractor of unknown model that runs rather well for having 3447 hours on it. Yes, she is yellow, but here and there you can find red breaking through. I hope to someday return her to her former glory.
I have been trying and failing to maintain a mile and a half of dirt/gravel road cut into steep hillsides on 40 acres with a pickup and shovel for 12 years now, digging back the slough-off and maintaining a stretch of very steep grade (12-14% if I remember right) I am excited about the possibilities this machine opens up.. of course, once I build the rear implements.
I've never operated a tractor before so my buddy is in the pics safely getting the tractor off a borrowed trailer =)
For now it has already been a great tool to do most of my heavy work for me and I've gotten the hang of operating it in the few weeks that I've owned it. The brakes are weak, almost not even there (it will stop you on nothing more than a flat) and I will eventually need to replace the clutch, but for now I am just quick to drop the bucket. The rear end is very light and the tractor won't go anywhere on a grade with anything in the bucket.
I am currently using it to power my logsplitter, it will split oak all day with a 4 way. I will have to get a better pic with the tractor included.
I have aspirations to build a small firewood processor on the 3pt built around this little logsplitter and the tractor hydraulics but I eventually want to run a larger pump off the PTO, larger hoses, and ram when I can afford it.
I also have plans to build a box blade and a land plane. I almost have all the scrap iron to do it, some I-beam, guard rail, and used county plow blade edges, just need to scrounge up some tubing and an upper link for the 3PH.
Looking forward to posting up my projects and reading more of yours as I don't think I will ever see them all.. oh, and if anyone has any idea what model my tractor is please don't hesitate to let me know. I will post up better pics soon.
I've been lurking among TBN for a year or two now soaking up all the great information you guys have to offer. I've been a carpenter since 2002 and recently went to school for 2 years for a degree in welding. I have been aquiring tools as I can and recently picked up an IH tractor of unknown model that runs rather well for having 3447 hours on it. Yes, she is yellow, but here and there you can find red breaking through. I hope to someday return her to her former glory.
I have been trying and failing to maintain a mile and a half of dirt/gravel road cut into steep hillsides on 40 acres with a pickup and shovel for 12 years now, digging back the slough-off and maintaining a stretch of very steep grade (12-14% if I remember right) I am excited about the possibilities this machine opens up.. of course, once I build the rear implements.
I've never operated a tractor before so my buddy is in the pics safely getting the tractor off a borrowed trailer =)
For now it has already been a great tool to do most of my heavy work for me and I've gotten the hang of operating it in the few weeks that I've owned it. The brakes are weak, almost not even there (it will stop you on nothing more than a flat) and I will eventually need to replace the clutch, but for now I am just quick to drop the bucket. The rear end is very light and the tractor won't go anywhere on a grade with anything in the bucket.
I am currently using it to power my logsplitter, it will split oak all day with a 4 way. I will have to get a better pic with the tractor included.
I have aspirations to build a small firewood processor on the 3pt built around this little logsplitter and the tractor hydraulics but I eventually want to run a larger pump off the PTO, larger hoses, and ram when I can afford it.
I also have plans to build a box blade and a land plane. I almost have all the scrap iron to do it, some I-beam, guard rail, and used county plow blade edges, just need to scrounge up some tubing and an upper link for the 3PH.
Looking forward to posting up my projects and reading more of yours as I don't think I will ever see them all.. oh, and if anyone has any idea what model my tractor is please don't hesitate to let me know. I will post up better pics soon.
