Tractor no. 15 !! It will be Cat yellow and have TRACKS !

DABSGT · Mar 13, 2015

Waldon52 said:
Today we stopped at a area JD Dealer and they had a 700 series with a Curtis cab in the showroom. It was a very nice cab !! , very roomy, the doors opened and shut very solid . Heater, wiper and overhead lights. $6,000.00 . He was also a dealer for Tech-tite out of Canada that makes the fancier cab with the all glass doors. He said that was $7,000.00 . So now by late summer I will decide what to do.<img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/build-yourself/416404-tractor-no-15-will-cat-aaacurtiscab1-jpg"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/build-yourself/416405-tractor-no-15-will-cat-aaacurtiscab2-jpg"/>

Well if you are seriously thinking of tractor and cab look at the tectite cab. Have a new Deere 2032 and dealer didn't have trchtiite and ended up with curtis, very disappointed with cab and curtis support. Cab leaked around the windows and rear roof joint.

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PapaPerk · Mar 13, 2015

Waldon52 said:
Today we stopped at a area JD Dealer and they had a 700 series with a Curtis cab in the showroom. It was a very nice cab !! , very roomy, the doors opened and shut very solid . Heater, wiper and overhead lights. $6,000.00 . He was also a dealer for Tech-tite out of Canada that makes the fancier cab with the all glass doors. He said that was $7,000.00 . So now by late summer I will decide what to do.<img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/build-yourself/416404-tractor-no-15-will-cat-aaacurtiscab1-jpg"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/build-yourself/416405-tractor-no-15-will-cat-aaacurtiscab2-jpg"/>

Outrageous prices!!! A man with your skills could easily build a cab for your machine. (0;

Waldon52 · Mar 18, 2015

Thanks, The Tektite cab with the nice tinted windows would be my choice. $7,000.00 is a lot !! I got to think more about it and decide this summer . I finally made it back into working in the shop and it seems so nice . This time of year reminds me of the 16 years doing lawn care. I built three trailers and I always kept my tractors and truck nice and clean.

farm boy00 · Mar 20, 2015

Looks like you are coming quite popular

Waldon52 · Mar 22, 2015

That is very cool, that video has already hit over 150,000 viewers .

It warmed up in the 40's this week and I changed the fuel filter and bled the line in the jd 430 . It fired right up and ran perfect. Now hopefully we'll get a couple spring snow storms and I can try out the new cab and the snowblower for the first time. :cool2:

Kernopelli · Mar 23, 2015

I know you mentioned it in a previous post but I just got my new issue and thought it deserved sharing. Also want to mention that Farm Show offers a "free issue" for those not familiar with their magazine. FARM SHOW - Home . From this issue of Farm Show...........

Another One From Don Campbell

There are very few inventors and machine builders like Don Campbell, Gaylord, Mich., whose detailed half-scale Deere 9630 tractor was featured in the last issue of FARM SHOW. Since then, Don has shown us an amazing variety of scale models and one-of-a-kind machines he has built. Over the next few issues, we'll be showing you a bunch of them.
The small-size Deere wheel grader shown here started life as a Wheelhorse garden tractor without a mower deck. Campbell first cut off the front axle and then extended the frame 6 ft. using 6-in. dia. thin-wall tubing for the grader frame. He installed taller tires on the front and back, welding 5-bolt spindles on the front and reworking the fenders on back to clear the 30-in. tires. He made the 6-ft. wide grader blade and pivot plate out of 18-ga. sheet metal so it's easy to raise and lower with a lever. Campbell says the grader was built just for show but could easily be modified to function as a working grader, if desired.

Waldon52 · Mar 30, 2015

I am always excited to see my projects in a article. But I am not a bragger . If you know me you know I am very kind to everyone and always give everyone plenty of compliments on their own projects. My enjoyment is sharing my projects to give others ideas for their own future projects. I am the first to always admit my projects are far from perfect and rough around the edges. I have so much fun creating things but not so much showing them at shows. I am really pretty private of a person.

Waldon52 · Mar 30, 2015

Today was the tenth snowfall for us in Gaylord for March. I decided to fire up the jd 430 today and try out the new cab and the cingle stage snowblower for the first time . The snow was very wet and heavy and slush. So it tried but failed to do a great job under those conditions. So instead I decided to push the snow with the snowblower and it actually did a great job with the side wings i had made for it . When I got done I cleaned out the packed snow in the auger by hand. I'm getting desperate as two days from now it will be April 1st . I did a couple small projects in the shop but it has stayed quite cold.

Waldon52 · Mar 31, 2015

Today I turned the jd 455 around on the lift table and started tweaking the Ariens 2 stage blower to fit on this tractor for the very first time. I have four snowblowers and the forth one will be put on one of my jd 110 round fender tractors in a couple weeks when the snow melts and I can get to it. This is a photo of my truck plow and I did not use it even one time last winter. The p

low is 19 years old and only been used about 5 hours. It sat in my garage for 5 years never being used at all.

Waldon52 · Apr 1, 2015

It warmed up to 49 degrees today and I just had to get some black paint out and paint the augers on two of the snowblowers. I also applied four JD decals to my Home Made cab
but it still looks like a Home Made Cab ,

:ashamed::ashamed::ashamed: