Found a '97, JD 970 4x4

[nisaacs]

That came a long ways in a short time... it's amazing what water and a little touchup paint will do.
I also noticed a couple of older Fords in the background. If you ever happened to post better pictures of those I wouldn't complain.
The dually looks like around '74 or '75?

Good eye, the dually is a '74, the brown 4x4 is a '75. I built the dually in 1990 with a Cummins conversion. I sled pulled the brown truck for 3 years straight in the Rocky Mountain circuits, ('14-'16) in the 6500 lbs street class. The dually was my tow truck in the log woods, 13 years as a gasser 7 as a diesel.

 

[nisaacs]

After a lot of research on canopy's, I ordered one from this outfit, they are local to Arizona. It is very similar to the oem on my 4320 and less than half the cost of the oem 970 unit. They are the only aftermarket canopy manufacturer that supplies them to oem's.

- KIT: TAP101 Canopy Kit. Fits John Deere Compact & Utility

 

[sandman2234]

That came a long ways in a short time... it's amazing what water and a little touchup paint will do.
I also noticed a couple of older Fords in the background. If you ever happened to post better pictures of those I wouldn't complain.
The dually looks like around '74 or '75?

I was thinking 73 but I am not an expert in those years (although I have a 71 F350 sitting out back).
David from jax

 

[nisaacs]

Both JD 970's got chrome stacks yesterday

 

[nisaacs]

Installed the new canopy yesterday. Seems high quality, fiberglass not plastic. Looks good too.

 

[nisaacs]

Doing some work on a JD970 for a customer. First look appeared to be crack in a hydraulic line but after some clean up, it is a banjo bolt washer, I got lucky. The line is expensive and very labor intensive to change. If you look close, you can see the shinny spot on the bottom of the washer, where it was leaking. Note the paint still on the line connector. I will need to inspect the back side. I need to reseal the right bucket cylinder, I did the left side several years ago.

 

[zzvyb6]

My 1070 has the 80 loader. I found out that there is a kit to convert the pinned on bucket to the JD QA bracket system. Everything works, even the bucket indicator. Now I have forks, a tree puller, bucket, and made a hydraulic post hole digger to attach to a loader arm.

 

[nisaacs]

My 1070 has the 80 loader. I found out that there is a kit to convert the pinned on bucket to the JD QA bracket system. Everything works, even the bucket indicator. Now I have forks, a tree puller, bucket, and made a hydraulic post hole digger to attach to a loader arm.

Thats good to know. I went from the JD quick attach to the skid steer on my 4320 so I could use my Bobcat loader attachments. Then I ended up with a new bucket and forks just for the tractor. The Bobcat bucket was a little too big and the forks are kinda worn out and hard to shift the forks. I went with the JD kit, so I didn't have to use an adapter, they add length to the system.

 

[nisaacs]

This is our monsoon season so the weeds are getting out of control. Using the spike teeth on my cultivator was not working very good so I switched to some duck feet. 2.75" v/s 1.3". Just a quick test, they appear to be going to work a lot better.