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GTtalk's Featured Tractor of the Month of F...
Feb 02, 2012 10:08 PM | IamSherwood in Featured Tractors
My entry is a 1968 Sears SS12, that I have converted into the SkiTractor. During the dead of winter, I do some logging, and at times, my Alpine Twintrack snowmobile has traction problems on the 300 yard beaver pond crossing that I have to make. I didn't want to stud the Alpine tracks, as that's hard on them, and they're very expensive. I figured chains would be the answer, so I added the dualies and chained them up. I haven't...
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Buyers Beware - Scams Are Out There
Alright gang, as some of you know or have heard there is one particular scammer out there and he is still at it. We hear it all the time with other items for sale about people being scammed and our hobby is no different. It is a shame that even with ou...
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Olde Abe
Feb 18, 2012 11:35 PM | josh deaven in History
Written By: Josh Deaven When I was a young boy my parents took me to a local Apple Harvest Festival. While we were there walking around looking at all of the exhibits we noticed a big old steam engine in the back corner of the show grounds. My fath...
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Brief History of Quick Manufacturing Inc. &...
Apr 14, 2011 07:28 PM | wvbuzzmaster in History
This is the first edition of the history of the Springfield, Ohio manufacturer of Springfield lawn and garden equipment in the 1950s and 60s. As I uncover more information I will add to the history and republish the article. I believe Quick MFG, Inc....
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Agricat Garden Crawler
Dec 23, 2010 03:00 AM | jdcrawler in Restored Tractors & Implements
I had posted the restoration of my Agricat crawler back in 2008 on other tractor forums but some of you may not have seen it yet. I got the Agricat about 5-years ago and it ( and the Lindeman ) are mainly just for show now. I do get them out an pl...
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Minneapolis Molines G706 of a Different Scale
Dec 12, 2010 10:28 PM | NUTNDUN in Custom Projects
This past year at the Fawn Grove Olde Tyme Days show I got to meet Dan Kehr. Dan and his father build custom garden tractors in ½ scale replicating the larger farm tractors. The new tractor that they built this year is a Minneapolis Molines G706...
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Restoring Cub Cadet Garden Tractors Leads to Fa...
Nov 28, 2010 06:15 PM | NUTNDUN in Restored Tractors & Implements
I was at the Fawn Grove Olde Tyme Days Fall Show 2010 walking around taking pictures of all the different tractors that made their appearance just like I always do. Some know that I have grown quite fond of the IH Cub Cadet garden tractors over the las...
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Electroplating Garden Tractor Parts in Your Own...
Nov 28, 2010 04:41 PM | olcowhand in Tech Tips / How To
Back in 2003 I bought a plating kit from Caswell Inc. Plating. It is a bright nickel finish called "Copy Chrome". True chrome plating is very expensive & dangerous due to deadly chemicals, but the "Copy Chrome" is very safe. I...
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My 1964 Simplicity Landlord Garden Tractor “Ray...
Nov 28, 2010 01:31 PM | NUTNDUN in Restored Tractors & Implements
Article By: Jim Hanna My story goes back to the spring of 2005. I was visiting with good friend Gene Preston and our conversation led the subject of Simplicity and Allis-Chalmers garden tractors that he remembered being used in the area. Gene being a...
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History on Bolens Garden Tractors
Nov 19, 2010 02:19 PM | Bolens 1000 in History
I have always had an interest in Garden Tractors in general, but my favorite brand would have to be Bolens garden tractors. Bolens was founded back in 1850 by a man named Harry Bolens. Originally started as a joint partnership in Port Washington Wisc...
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Removing Rust with Electrolysis
Nov 18, 2010 03:33 PM | olcowhand in Tech Tips / How To
After reading a lot about electrolysis rust removal, I decided to give it a try. Sandblasting can be messy, plus requires more air than most of us have available, so when blasting we spend much more time waiting for the compressor to catch up than act...
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Two Pennsylvania Panzer tractors; T-70ES and a...
Apr 04, 2010 03:47 PM | tractormike in Restored Tractors & Implements
Here are a couple of pictures of our " his and hers" panzers. I found the first one, a 1965 T-75 and rebuilt it. It is the one with the white steering wheel. My wife said she liked the way it looked and she wanted one to! Never passing up o...
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Bush Hog Corporation's D4-10 Restore
Feb 06, 2010 10:32 AM | olcowhand in Restored Tractors & Implements
"THIS IS TRUE", and kinda long.....I made some decals a few years ago for a Bush Hog D4-10 garden tractor. Knowing I wasn't even close to restoring mine, so put the decals on ebay. They sold & I was excited.....then I saw buyer had a...
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