btm1970 97 #1 Posted November 27, 2013 just finished a face lift on one of my 1886's. I love these tractors. they came out in 1971 and were a beast of a tractor. full hydraulics on front and rear, foot pedal hydro, three point. huge solid frame. this machine caught wheel horse with there pants down. who would of thought. bolens had those crappy tube frames. in 1971 all wheel horse had in there line up to compete was the gt14. to compete they came out with the automatic 18 (d series) both wheel horse and bolens used the 18hp kohler k482 engine. this sparked a little battle to one up each other. bolens ht20, then wheel horse d200, wh d250 then the bolens ht23 and bolens added an imported diesel model. this battle gave us so many models to enjoy. I own several of both models, I just enjoy the bigboys hope you enjoy the pictures brad 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken B 3,134 #2 Posted November 28, 2013 Nice job and the 1886's are truly an animal. I wonder which company sold more? I think I know the answer. Personally, I'll take the Bolens 1886 over similarily sized Wheel Horse's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timo4352 147 #3 Posted November 28, 2013 So clean I'd eat my lunch off of that beauty! Very nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,102 #4 Posted November 28, 2013 Nice referb job there... I like to see one side by side with the the big D200. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eb in oregon 28 #5 Posted November 28, 2013 Good job. Really, good job. Outstanding work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grnlark 479 #6 Posted December 2, 2013 That thing is mean looking! Nice job Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowtiebutler956 649 #7 Posted December 5, 2013 Wow, that's one tuff looking Bolens! Very nice work on the refresh. Matt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheel-N-It 2,968 #8 Posted December 5, 2013 Wow, that's one tuff looking Bolens! Very nice work on the refresh. Matt No doubt about it. If you got Matt's seal of approval, you did an outstanding job on the Bolens. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly 1,029 #9 Posted December 18, 2013 Very nice machine, I had a 1476 here it was a beast, I still have the 3 point if you need one ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oaktown1987 82 #10 Posted January 5, 2014 always liked those Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dodgemike 52 #11 Posted January 5, 2014 Those things are beasts! In 1973 I dated a girl whose Dad owned A Bolens dealership. I watched Him backfill a swimming pool With a Bolens tractor. It should Have been a job for a track machine, but that tractor handled That sticky mud like it was sand. To say that I was impressed would Be an understatement! Sent from my SCH-S720C using Tapatalk 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bk-scouter 93 #12 Posted January 5, 2014 Beautiful job restoring her ! I've always had a spot for Bolens machines. -BK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TravelinJavelin 620 #13 Posted January 11, 2014 that is a beautiful looking unit there, I've always been a little skeptic of them but there is no skeptism with that awesome machine! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
