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Been there a while?

 

I’d love to find one of them. I want to take our sons old cub cadet and put tracks on it and make him a small dozer.

 

Yeah, not pictured is the trailer for it. Both have junk trees growing through them. Used to make great side money with the trencher.

Im on the fence about keeping this one. I’ll include the boy in the restore and if he shows enough interest then it’ll end up being his. I’ve used it to pull junk wood stumps and drag a firewood cart with it when just fooling around.

 

Which one would be less work? Which one is cheaper? That's how I look at things, lol.

If you go boulder rock, how hard will it be to maintain it to keep the grass down, etc?

 

I just found this, great idea for those without a loader!

 

Or, depending on the build quality, if you need to lift something heavier than what your loader can handle. Those are handy if you've got a smaller tractor like I do, since my loader cap is only like 6-700lbs but my 3pt is rated for 1200-ish.

Similar strategy. The fronts I keep maxed, the rears I run about 30% below max. If I were using a bottom plow or something of that nature, or carrying a lot of weight on the 3pt I'd bump it up

 

I run mine around 15-20 PSI with fluid in them (16.9-30's), here's a neat calculator for tires.

https://commercial.firestone.com/en-us/agriculture/resources/tire-pressure-inflation-calculator

 

If you're loaded, though, it'll help for stability.

 

You may have reversible wheels; I know that mine are. That would get you some extra room.

Edit- I just went back and checked your photos; looks like yours are already set for max offset.

 

Mine are too, you may be able to flip the dish if you have one in the center.

 

Same as on a Toyota, then

I've never cared for spacers personally, for the reasons you mentioned above. But if you're not loading the rear of the tractor heavily with implements then I wouldn't expect you to have any trouble; running a spacer with minimal load is probably easier on the rear bearings than no spacer with a max'd out 3 point hitch would be.

Edit-
Sounds like you need to go 'vintage' and get yourself something with a set of power shift wheels
6:15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYH3q9nJ-fc

 

Ok who knows old diesels? My 1960 Massey 35 with the Perkins diesel I mentioned earlier in the thread might need some love. Was running hay back to the cows yesterday and didn’t realize the radiator sprung a decent leak til I was back on the driveway and saw the antifreeze coming out. Shut the tractor off and grabbed a bucket to catch what came out. Opened the drain cock to completely drain it. Checked the temp gauge and it was reading on the high side of the green part, so hotter than normal for sure but not into the red. But I didn’t look at it til maybe 3 min after the tractor was shut off and fluid was draining so not sure how hot it actually got. It was never steaming though.

anyways, pulled the radiator, cleaned it, soldered the hole, tested for further leaks, all good, reinstalled, refilled with antifreeze. took about a gallon of mix, the whole system holds about 2.5 gallons supposedly, so it was holding half its capacity in the block still when I parked it. Started the tractor and immediately hear an unusual quick click but it starts like normal. This tractor has always smoked on startup, especially cold, but after it warms up the smoke goes away. Well I let it sit and idle a while to check for radiator leaks, and while it was holding strong, the temp gauge never moved to indicate water temp, and the tractor kept smoking instead of clearing up after a while.

My thought is that maybe the click I heard on startup was my temp gauge failing? I’m hoping the smoke not going away isn’t an indicator of engine damage due to running low on coolant. Just hard to know since this is all happening at the same time, what the real issue is. Kind of disinclined to keep running it to test it if engine damage is the issue. I do need the tractor though. Maybe a rebuild is in order. That would be quite an undertaking for me but I’d like to think I’d be capable of it. Sorry for the long post.

 

Is it white smoke or black smoke?