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No air bags and i had a grant steering wheel imprint in my chest for months...broke the seat off the floor and knocked the engine/trans 50 ft from the car.

 

My avatar is an alice chalmers hd10 iv been trying to get for a few years now...i currently have a IH 500g dozer with 6 way blade...its less than half the size of that hd10.

 

some lap siding i milled for my cousin...think we did 50 some boards for all his dormers.

 

What unit did the pushing?

 

It always played out to me in my case. I was told if you can`t get yourself unstuck no need to be driving then.

I got used to a crowd watching me work .

Plus if it broke i walked till I earned the money to buy the parts.

 

I got lucky with a dad into off road as bad as i was plus a multitude of freinds with the sickness just chomping at the bit to prove their worth. Lol but yeah....i was usually the one getting myself and others unstuck. I really respect the walk until parts came comment...lol when u dd ur crawler..

 

Ford Lgt 145, built by Jacobsen around 1974, 14HP Kohler K for power.

I have moved uncounted tons of snow with several of these for about 25 years, it is a nice tractor to drive.

 

I was pretty sure that was the unit, but I knew others here would not have had a clue.

Nice!

 

i know your not planning to leave your Winter Wonderland because you would miss the snow to much.

Have you ever given any thought where you might go?

 

Absolutely awesome! Ive been looking for an old unit to use for a blower and a blade...everyone up here thinks their stuf is worth new retail tho so its a slow search....im betting ill find one at a garage sale this summer...lots of people headed south from the interior this year, im betting next year will be even more.

 

Where are you at?

 

Anyone get down on this stuff? Ive been at it slowly for a a few years...im still in the paranoia/ocd stage lola little secret...this is 10ft underground somewhere on my property...

 

Interior Alaska

 

This was a $500 deal with the chains, blade and a deck too.
It starts easy and the engine is very quiet, doesn't seem to use much oil either.

I quit mowing with my first one (identical) when I would have to top up the oil 1/2 way through the yard. The harder it worked the more it smoked, used gallons of oil over the years but never missed a beat.

 

1500 all day up here...

 

Lol. My Case 446 is the same. Drinks oil like a mofo, but that BG Kohler never lets me down.

This gonna be 1st year in some time I won't be blowing snow with it, unless we get snow deep into March.

 

Staying in state but moving 150-200 miles south gets 2 more weeks of fall, 2 weeks earlier spring and a milder winter.

A problem (for me) is there are a lot more people 200 miles south than around here.

Moving would also be a logistical nightmare between the properties and all my valuable stuff...

 

I like these old Jacobsen built tractors, they are fairly easy to keep going. The engine is a super common Kohler K series and the Hydo is an Eaton 11, with just a bit of care they never seem to wear out.

The #1 problem most older tractors is the Ross steering box breaking, you can see what it is about in the link below.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ssibly-not-yet.669927/page-2049#post-27027440

I keep looking for a Case 446 HyDrive with the big wheels, a little more ground clearance when plowing snow would be welcome.

 

You are a neighbor to @MQQSE (a good guy)

 

Best of all it was less than 2 miles from the garage.