Small, home use tractors

[Tallpine]

Rebuilt the leaking bucket tilt cylinder on my Deere today, not to bad at at all to do. Put it back together and remounted it and it works great.

O-rings 

I used to get hydraulic cylinders from the scrap yard for a few dollars, and then order the cups from Northern Hydraulics (now N. Tool).  People thought I was quite a whiz kid back then as hyd cyl's were considered some sort of magic I guess 

[Boomhauer]

O-rings 

I used to get hydraulic cylinders from the scrap yard for a few dollars, and then order the cups from Northern Hydraulics (now N. Tool).  People thought I was quite a whiz kid back then as hyd cyl's were considered some sort of magic I guess 

Orings and seals.

[Kingcreek]

Old tractors are a lot of fun but when it comes to work, the newer ones will do so much more work in the same amount of time. Better power systems, better hydraulics, and front wheel assist is essential when doing loader work.

[Tallpine]

Old tractors are a lot of fun but when it comes to work, the newer ones will do so much more work in the same amount of time. Better power systems, better hydraulics, and front wheel assist is essential when doing loader work.

And a 4 speed and clutch is a killer when using the loader.  After an hour or two my left knee hurts so bad that I get off and use a hand shovel for a break.

I'm not sure that I even need a loader on another tractor    I mostly just need to grade/plow the driveway and level/harrow the riding arena.  Also need a big brush hog to mow sagebrush in the pasture.  I'm thinking that I would rather have a 50-75 hp real farm tractor with just the PTO and 3pt.  The little tractors are so light that they bounce all over the place when doing dirt work, and even 4wd the wheels spin if you try to do anything hard.

If I really needed a loader I could use my old Case or just borrow one of the neighbor's Kubotas.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

2 wd loaded tires and chain with a brain between seat and wheel is good.


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[Tallpine]

2 wd loaded tires and chain with a brain between seat and wheel is good.

We used to skid logs with an Allis CA.  I made a set of skidder chains for it using rebar bent into rings and welded.  No winch, but had a little hydraulic arch using the "two point" arms.  We did put a loader on it: an old manure bucket with lift only and a cable trip on the bucket.  With that you could push logs up into a deck.

The biggest problem with my old Case VAI (other than the wheels are all rusted out from the calcium) is that the gears are too high    I have a non running VA and I've thought about swapping the rear end but that's a lot of work.  On 40 acres I'd just as soon have a much bigger 2wd tractor, but if you're on 1 or 2 acres I can see where the compact tractors are nice.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

The 34 horse is a compromise. My plan is subframe mount the plow leave loader on use loader to lift plow. Mount 500 pound spreader on back throw snow blower in loader bicker with a couple fuel cans. Have chains for front wheels. It will run all day on less than 40 bucks of diese


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