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Pinned GTtalk's Featured Tractor Of The Month Of M...
May 02, 2012 03:50 AM |
Gtractor
in Featured Tractors
I would like to nominate my 1978 Sears I call the "Fabricobble".
I bought this tractor out of a salvage yard in southwest Missouri in 2001. It was missing the hood, all four wheels and tires, and some if the engine. I didn't give much - or get much.
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Lawnmower Blade Sharpening Methods and Tips
Apr 25, 2012 09:24 PM |
Wayne195
in Tech Tips / How To
Well, I'm sure with spring well on the way already, many of you have already, or will have to sharpen your lawnmower blades, so I decided to put together a little write up with some simple methods, and tips, on how to sharpen your lawnmower blade.
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7th Annual PA Plow Day
Apr 15, 2012 06:36 PM |
NUTNDUN
in Tractor Events
What do you get when you take 200 garden tractors with single bottom, two bottom Brinly and 3pt plows and a weekend of nothing but awesome weather? The answer would be the PA Plow Day in Danville, PA and 80 acres plowed. This year's weather was absolutely perfect spring time weather for plowing with the garden tractors.
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Pennsylvania Panzer Garden Tractor History
Feb 25, 2012 03:03 AM |
GTTinkerer
in History
Panzer tractors originated with an engineer named Jim Clark. Jim worked for a precision instrument manufacturer named Ahrendt Instrument Company. Jim had just built a new house in the Washington suburb of College Park Maryland and he rented a walk behind garden tractor to help him with the landscaping.
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Olde Abe
Feb 18, 2012 11:35 PM |
josh deaven
in History
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 father and I walked back to see what they were doing.
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Agricat Garden Crawler
Dec 23, 2010 03:00 AM |
jdcrawler
in Restored Tractors & Implements
I got the Agricat about 5-years ago and it ( and the Lindeman ) are mainly just for show now. I do get them out and play a little once in a while but I don't work either one very much at all. As far as how rare it is .. I have seen about 7 Agricats over the last 8-years ( this being one of those) Most were the Model-F ( about a foot longer than this ) and a couple were the model-C like this.
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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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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.
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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 actual sand blasting time.
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