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I've been after this collection for a while. This belonged to an older gentleman from church, we would always close the building down talking about tractors. He was a true blue ford guy from his vehicles to his socks and a real nice guy. He passed 3 years ago from complications from diabetes and his wife called me last week and said she was ready to get rid of this "junk" as she called it lol. She did love the Springfield though and hated to see it go, but I told her I would take good care if it. I'm planning on keeping one of the Ford's and the Springfield. I'll keep a few engines and maybe a maytag, but the rest is gonna find a new home. There is TONS of Clinton vertical shaft and two stroke stuff. A few briggs, and a few rep's. What doesn't sell will be recycled. It was fun to dig through the stuff and talk about old times.

National? How about a local no name town in Virginia? I sold this 21,000 mile 1969 C20, 396, CST, column auto, pwr steering, pwr brake, AC, bucket seats console two months ago for $58k.

How is this for vintage?? My Fire department owns this. I spear headed getting it running and driving again 2 years ago when my cousin Jack passed away. Being a former member of our department he was given his final ride on it. Jack was an avid fire truck collector. He favorite being his Aherns-Fox. He sold his collection over the years. Our towns 350th birthday is coming up in June and the guy who helped get it running before has recruited help from another avid collector and we are going to go over everything mechanical top to bottom this winter. Today we towed it to his garage because of course it did not want to start. 1931 Ford Model AA Fire truck. First motorized firetruck in my town.

Here’s mine. Actually got her making noise today. Still need to clean gas tank. Her name is Henrietta. 1964. Anyone know where I can get tires?

I’m pulling the WHRat’s front genny apart today. The small chain helped at the races, so no theft happened. It was simply wrapped around a bunch and zip tied together in an inconspicuous place

What? You wanna see the bed? Original brake shoes all around.

This switch is made just for that purpose. The jungle site has several of these. https://www.amazon.com/iVAC-10031-010-Automated-Vacuum-Switch/dp/B0035YGLZG

Here’s my fire departments 1978 K-30 still in service, I took this picture yesterday. It originally was our light and salvage truck that had an enclosed utility body on it. It is now part of our dive team and usually tows an 18’ enclosed trailer with all the diving gear in it. I drove it yesterday and it just turned 12,000 miles!

(since I took this pic I've added cross chains to the set that's on there. My neighbor gave me some old chains that I took apart and used the cross chain parts.)

A big shoutout to my buddy @Shynon for selling me a 48” deck and bagger for Momma’s Big 523D. It comes in useful throughout the year when the lawn “gets away on us” but this time of year it is necessary given the amount of trees in our yard. The big diesel handles the mower/blower with ease. I am so thankful for this setup…really nice for leaf retrieval! Winter is coming🥶

Did a couple trailers of round wood today on my dads cordwood processor “Buster”. Mostly small stuff since he just cut a dead ash tree down. The processor was set up so we loaded it all on to it since it was there. It was a little over Kill for the project. Beats bending down to cut then pick up all the small pieces. I loaded all of it into the trailer behind my bronco 14 and transported it the 70 feet to the wood pile.

Well I told myself I am out of room and don't need anything big so just took truck to the auction. Well my problem was I didn't buy anything big I just got a lot of smalls. Had 5 engines in back seat also lol all Briggs but a FB, 9 model FH, IBP, PC300, PCWMB, WMI, 3 model WI, 2 NPR6 and a few others along with a lot of parts

Just got her back home last month after 25yrs apart!!

Thanks! My grandfather owned this tractor and did the conversion. He gave it to me when I got my house. I have a twin to it in my 12 Automatic. My dad did the conversion on that one. The 12 auto was my very first wheel horse.

I cleaned up all the useless drivel, let’s keep this on track guys. @Duramax7man7 (Mastiffman) you didn’t say if you were moving the trailer on level ground or not. I assume with 1/2 an acre you aren’t going far.. like 75’ or so? I would think on level ground you would be fine. Full throttle and take it slow. I suspect the rear tires will spin on the grass before the transmission could be damaged. If the area you are moving the trailer on is sloped I would be more concerned with the ability to stop.

Yep, original shocks as well .

Look carefully at the chain... the size of those links ... most guys on this site will look no further, take the challenge and try to figure out how to cut the chain with various power tools, implements, attachments and design schemes (posting most for us to critique) before they'd grab some wire cutters to snip the zip ties...

Now I see it. Probably lost too many brain cells. Eighty years of washing up in gasoline, lacquer thinner and acetone could be taking it's toll.

Wheelweights acquired, 20kg/44lbs each. Now to figure out an easy way to attach them.

@dmoore It’s your lucky day! You just won an exclusive vacation to Beautiful Lake LBJ. Also known as the Texas Riviera. This trip includes lodging at the lake, boat tour and a BBQ in your honor. Your only cost while here is gratuities of a Speedex Model B in Tow. Upgrade Bonus! Just upgrade your gratuities to a Pond Tractor and we will include a Tour of the Texas Wine Country around nearby Fredericksburg, Tx. With over 50 Vineyards and Winery's’ to chose from, your guaranteed to have a staggering good time!

Colt’s alive!

Ariens? Of course I have one! Going to service it next! S-16 doesn't need much of anything but the 8-36 walk behind is getting on the lift this weekend 🙂

Mine pull this one loaded like it’s nothing too. But stopping could be an issue. Thankfully I’ve never had a problem stopping them. Well except for when I hit some ice going down hill. The snow bank at the bottom of the path stopped us.

I think that trailer gets more likes than the tractors lol

Thanks, original paint even. I think it will be cool when I get it rolling! Randy

Just what my dad called her

Held on with zip ties are they? See there's the difference between me n Trina. SHE would simply reach to her pocket and grab the knife she always carries and vvvipp off goes the plastic. ME on the other hand... I'd unbolt the whole &)@($# tractor before I'd THINK about looking for a zip tie. Common sense vs brute strength.

You sure you want to share info like that in a place like this?

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With all the stuff you built for this tractor, I don’t think you’ll have a problem coming up with something

What about a foot pedal switch feeding both machine EB? My only negative I can think of is the spool time of the vacuum. You’ll be running the saw before the full auction happens.

Valid point. Maybe I err too much on the side of caution... I'm certainly not opposed to your line of thinking... Don

I’ve resorted to pure fuel, if that helps. No corn mash in my tanks

Agreed. This has saved more external charging and battery life than ever for me. Outstanding mod!

Here are part numbers i came up with for belt guards, You can probably "search" any of these part numbers and find more info on them. 701-502-552-702 use a 4202 guard '62 and '63 Ranger use a 4915 guard 633-653 and 753 use a 4450 guard with Kohler or a 4423 guard with Lawson '64 Ranger-604 and 654 use a 4962 guard 704 uses a 4993 guard.

Did a little run time, to get some shakes and jolts through the new system. I have to test out this funny hose barb fitting…

Let me clarify the pervious post. The hydro gear or piston to piston units are the cast steel units the "pump" attaches to that transfers energy to the transaxle. The pulley for the tiller is on the input end of the pump. To my knowledge the hydro gear and piston to piston drive mechanisms are not interchangeable but the pump units that drive them should be.

Yea there was 4 engines made into lamps also. Couple of them I'm keeping but I've sold half of them already.

I'm afraid you are correct about running the system with insufficient fluid being the culprit. I would think the "pump" would be the same, probably @daveoman1966 could tell us for sure. It would be a good idea to service the replacement unit prior to installing it. The GT-14 is a hydrogear while the Blackhood is a piston to piston but that is simply the means of transferring energy to the transaxle. The "pump" also performs the direction and speed control on both units. I have used Dave's instructions to service the Sundstrand on my GT-14 and it took longer to remove and replace the sheet metal than the servicing of the pump. I've attached his PDF for the rebuild.

It’s so awesome to see tractors come back into the family they started with or to the family that they really were enjoyed by. I officially finally have all of my grandfathers tractors (dads dad had a bronco 14 and a 1848, moms dad had a 416h) and my dads tractor (12 automatic). Look forward to seeing your progress.

Digging the Vanguard Bronco 14!

a Connord& Labiaule (CL) type B4 4hp (about 1929)

thanks for your responses and your welcoming. here's some pictures

While at a Halloween party over the weekend, I a.k.a "The Mask" had the privilege of going for a ride in this most excellent example of a Lil Red Express Truck.

Added this to the herd on Friday. Quite the long trip, but this K-341 sounds perfect! From the original owner and the only thing that he changed was the seat after it cracked and became uncomfortable.

Thanks. Actually, it was not nearly as difficult as I imagined it would be. The center disks were slightly larger diameter than the inside of the wheels, so I slowly ground each "wing" of the disk down as uniformly as I could until they just slid down into the rims. It turns out the backspacing they used on stock wheels is almost the exact thickness as a piece of 2x4 lumber laying on its side. I mean, it may be off by 1/8" or so, but its more than fine. There should be plenty of clearance, even if I move them over to a Hydro tractor at some point. So I just set the rim on my welding table, dropped a chunk of 2x4 in the bottom, lined the wings of the disk evenly around the valve stem, and hit it with some tack welds. Then flipped it over and double checked the backspacing with a straight edge and depth caliper. Everything lined up fine the first try, so I went back and ran a weld bead along each wing. Below is a pick of right before I tack welded it

Who was it that said "Love the one you're with" . She's 54 years old (41 of which she spent with me) , and still beautiful.