Show your tractors

[rarefish383]

You guys have some real steel over there. My biggest tractor is a Massy Ferguson 135, 1967, gas. Then I have 3 John Deere lawn tractors, a 265 17HP with 3000 hours on it, an X540 with 1000 hours, 26HP liquid cooled, and an X500 with 16 hours on it. I used to use the 265 to pull my Vermeer 630A stump grinder through residential lawns. I have a friend that had 3 rental properties. One of his renters got behind on the rent and had to move out. This was back in 2004. His rent was $2500 a month and he was 4 months behind. He had just bought a NorTrak 204C, 20 HP diesel, 4X4 loader, made by Jinma. He gave the tractor to my friend. Last year my friend sold the rental properties so he didn't need the tractor. He sold it to me for $2000 US. It only had 248 hours on it. I've put 100 hours on it since I've had it. I'm having trouble posting pics, I think the Trans Atlantic cable is eating them. When I figure it out, I'll post some pics of my little herd of tractors, Joe.

[rarefish383]

A couple of them. The first is a 2004 NorTrak 20HP diesel 4X4. When I first brought it home my wife asked, "Why on earth do you need a front end loader, on a one acre lot". After she saw how it likes to plant heavy stones in her garden, she likes it.  The next is a little John Deere 265, 17 HP Kawasaki with over 3000 hours on it. These pics were taken back in the winter. It was about 20*F, but a beautiful sunny, windless day. So, I mowed some of the tall grass for about an hour. The last one is a JD X540, 26 HP Kawasaki twin V, liquid cooled, with over 1000 hours. It has a 47" snow blower. I've had it 3 winters and it hasn't snowed enough to use the blower.

 

[rarefish383]

Not a tractor, but tractor related. This was an old cart my friends gave me when they moved. It was black with rotted plywood decking and sides. I took it apart and stripped all of the metal and painted it JD colors. The new deck and side boards are 30-50 year old 1X6" White Oak fence boards. I planed them just far enough to get the honey color I liked. When I sent my friends the finished pics, they said they had it 30+ years and never knew it dumped. I'm going to put an electric/hydraulic cylinder on it soon. My plan is to put a large White Ash log on it and make a display for my chainsaws at the County Fair.

[rarefish383]

Last ones.

[sime42]

Nice job there. Well done with that.

[swinny]

Collecting some nice birch from site the other day to finish job off

[swinny]

Then filling up and off for delivery

[Khriss]

Cracking trailer @rarefish383 plus some nice old saws on shelf 😊 K

[rarefish383]

On 24/05/2021 at 04:49, Khriss said:

Cracking trailer @rarefish383 plus some nice old saws on shelf 😊 K

Thanks, I collect old saws and try to only get ones over 100CC's, but I can't pass up nice smaller ones. I found an old Stihl dealer that had a garage full of old Homelites, from when his Dad owned the shop. I bought 19 saws from him for $20 each. All were over 70CC's but one. I think my 3 favorites were a Stihl 075, a Pioneer 700, and a Homelite 770G. I've put up more shelves since those pics were taken, I have over 70 old saws.

[John Shutler]