GTtalk's Featured Tractor of the Month of October 2011!

Congrats to Keith(skyrydr2) for winning GTtalk's Featured Tractor of the Month for October 2011! For those that don't know our featured tractors will be published in the LAGT Magazine. LAGT is going to be featuring two tractors in each issue since the magazine is bi-monthly, one per page. Keith will be our third member/tractor to be published in the magazine.



Here is Keith's submission:


Well here goes, I would like to see my 1982 Ford LGT 165 be nominated for tractor of the month.

I acquired this tractor back in August, 2009 and new it had potential. It was a basket case to say the least. Well I figured I would at least see if everything worked before I parted it out, but needed to get an engine in it first.



Well I just happened to have an 18hp Briggs twin I could try it with. Got the engine grafted in and took it for a ride, the transmission worked perfectly as did the deck lift too. Well now I was very happy and wanted to try the deck out but had to figure out how to get the pto to work? One 1" to 1 1/8" bushing and a few Shims and it was working, next issue, mule drive didn't line up? This was an easy fix by re drilling 2 new holes for the cross pin , got a 2" longer belt and I was in business and it has not stopped mowing since .



This tractor has evolved ever since to be and do just what I want it to do, it plows and grades, tills and bottom plows, snowblows, and tows. It is my main machine for sure. It has Hydraulics front and rear, 3 point hitch, multi speed pto and best of all powersteering and a 3 cylinder diesel powering it. This is the pride of my fleet for sure ,I just love this rig and so does my daughter too .