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As recent as a couple months ago 2 Track loaders decided that I needed them more than they needed their previous owner A 755B with some major issues # the engine and both transmissions are in a shipping container the track groups are at less than 40% and the pins have been turned already the...

I don't remember posting a thread about my greenhouse so I will start one' I started building myself a greenhouse several years ago and never got around to completing it, Now that it is basically closed in and near enough to completion I'll post a few pictures of it

I don't what it is about me but I seem to have a weakness for poor neglected little tractors. A few weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me if I would take care of his little 2600 for a while. I know his for a while, something shows up at my place and somehow never leaves. We somehow managed to...

After 18 years I finally have my 1968 25,000lb forklift back in my possession.

Having seen a lot of guys use these and even built one for a guy many years ago I got the idea to aid in leveling out the shop floor one of these just might be of use It did and it didn't mostly didn't because of the large size of the drag blade being used in the confined area of the shop floor...

I just got a Case 431 that apparently has clutch issues, which is probably why it was so cheap the guy just wanted to get rid of it. As I understand it he had new clutches installed but something is not right. I have no idea what the something is not right may mean and since it has some other...

A good friend of mine sent me this to store and eventually restore for him It is a 1916 5 ton truck made by the Commercial truck company it was used for half a century almost to haul coal in Pittsburgh PA or that is the story I have on it And this is where I will construct an enclosure...

someone borrowed my neighbor's hay dolly and brought it back without the hook So she dropped it off the other day I rolled a pair of tubes to match the diameter of the bales then used rr spikes for the points

When it comes time to change the tires on your tractor you generally have a few options Option A, Call the tire service company and have them come out and do it for you. depending on the size of your tractor this may be the best option Option B remove the tire and rim and haul it to the tire...

Recently an older 1991 F250 extended cab diesel pickup was added to my cadre of vehicles First off it is an old beater of a truck but runs great perfect for use around the farm or going to town and back for supplies but it needed protection for the rear window so I cut the headache rack window...

Yesterday I was given an old 110 series JD the number is T0647 167695M this says it was made in 1970 no hood or engine and the frame has been cobbled up some Not sure exactly what my plans are for it just now I know new they had a n 8 hp engine on them but the transaxle looks like it could...

I started construction on my shop now almost exactly a year ago, working on it when time allotted first I planted 10 steel trees as my neighbor calls them because I gave them roots and planted them as much as 8 feet in the ground to get down to a hard sub layer of blue or whiteish yellow clay...

A few months ago I finally got myself a little 8n side distributor tractor with a brush hog the only problem was it hadn't ran in years and was painted blue, even though most of it had already pealed off i twas still there. I'm no purest except when it suits me but BLUE just doesn't work for me...

The same guy that I got my Ford 755 backhoe from gave me a Schramm 300 pneumatic tractor it has a 4/71 Detroit engine with a 300 CFM compressor coupled to the engine. the tractor is propelled by a pump mounted on the front end of the Detroit. I remember about 30 years ago it had a backhoe boom...

A few months ago I came into possession of a 1981 Ford 755 Backhoe, It hadn't been started in several years so the first thing to do was try and get it running enough to load it on the trailer. After checking all of the fluid levels and putting a couple batteries on it along with 2 sets of...

Not all that old but the serial number on it means it is near 30 years. One of my customers has me refurbish a few welder generators from time to time. Most have been smaller machines like the Miller Wildcat a couple of Miller Bobcats and a legend or 2 The last time I visited his place of...

I'm refurbishing a TYE 14 ft drill and am having trouble locating the plastic fertilizer registers or what ever you want to call them. I know AGCO bought out tye years ago and still manufactures some of the line under another name the drill I have has the seeder the fertilizer box and a...

This is a small tractor that I built when I was 14 I had been working at the blacksmith shop for about 4 years and decided I needed a small tractor around the farm The tractor has an old lambretta scooter engine I had cut off the right angle drive for the rear wheel at the back of the...

I know my BIO says Ftw ,TX but actually for the past 10 years I've been working in a little sand flat called Kuwait The wife &I came over here in 2002 to help set up a manufacturing factory was planing on 3 years possibly 5 but somehow it stretched into 10 years. From the very start I have been...