vintage tractors

[Russ Winn]

but as cool as they are they weigh 2000lbs and would destroy my soft lawn, not too mention i would have to rent and truck and trailer and go to virginia to get it.

Maybe you should look into a Power King. Someone traded one in to us a while back (sold since), and it was really cool. It had a Kohler engine and was completely gear driven....somewhat smaller than the IH Cub.


BTW...here's a cool site to look up most other tractors and specs:
http://www.tractordata.com/

[markbt73]

I don't have enough lawn to warrant having a tractor (at least according to the missus), but when I was a kid I spent a LOT of seat time on one of these:

John Deere Model 60 garden tractor. That sucker was unstoppable. We had a mower deck and a snowplow for it.

And because of family history, I've spent a lot of time around old tractors. My great-grandpa was the VP of sales for Massey-Harris during WWII; he came up with a genius idea called the "Harvest Brigade," to help farmers with the war effort by selling them their Model 21 self-propelled combine at a discount:


Info here: http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/machines_05.html

And my dad worked for Cat as a design engineer for 40 years, and his last project was the Challenger track-type farm tractors. I never got to drive one of these, but someday, I sure want to:

[kaiser]

but as cool as they are they weigh 2000lbs and would destroy my soft lawn, not too mention i would have to rent and truck and trailer and go to virginia to get it.

Maybe you should look into a Power King. Someone traded one in to us a while back (sold since), and it was really cool. It had a Kohler engine and was completely gear driven....somewhat smaller than the IH Cub.


BTW...here's a cool site to look up most other tractors and specs:
http://www.tractordata.com/

i did look at a power king, it was in rough shape though.

it may suprise some of you but this wheel horse 416-8 can do the same if not more then my step dads cub, and faster too!
tillers, blowers, plows (snow and dirt), loaders (yup, they look small but can handle a decent sized loader pretty well), and of course mowers.

little cruising in the snow last night and took a pic,

[Russ Winn]

Very cool, kaiser. The Power King we had was almost brand new and had chrome rims. They let it go really cheap.
I do get a lot of people looking for older tractor parts...namely the 100/200 series Massey and 8N/9N/600 Fords.

markbt73 - I haven't seen any of the track-type machines in this part of the country, but there are some Challengers. The ones with Perkins diesels are just Massey Fergusons painted yellow (Massey hasn't been the same since AGCO bought them out). Just for that reason, I'll push our Mahindra line when people look at new equipment.

[kaiser]

mahindra's are nice, very nice.

when i started searching for a garden tractor my wife insisted we look at mahindras and kubota's.
i told her that the smallest kubota was like 12k, she didn't believe me until i took her to the dealer.

at the end of the day they are just too big for our needs. maybe if we had bought a farm like we wanted to, but we ended up with a big house on 3 acres.
good enough for me, and just right for this wheel horse. over time i'm sure the land will end up a hobby farm, but even then this tractor can do it all.

i'm going to have to find a nice loader for it. then i can do some damage. lol

[Russ Winn]

I'll look around and see what kind of loader can work on the Wheel Horse...If I find something, I'll let you know.

Just for reference, the Mahindra Max22 (4WD, Hydrostatic, 3-point lift, and 60" loader) goes for $13,200 (cash price) new. You can also get a belly mower for it.

[kaiser]

ARK 550 is the most popular loader that i've seen on wheel horses.

[kink]

It never stops amazing me how much space you have in America. The size of your average houses, rooms, land, quantity of toys is all generally amazing.

[Russ Winn]

ARK 550 is the most popular loader that i've seen on wheel horses.

I found that ARK was bought by KMW (who makes loaders for Mahindra), and they sold some assets to Alo.

Here's a link for Alo's smallest loader:
http://www2.quicke.nu/na/Compact/CompactSeries.ept?tab=4296

[kaiser]

thats a little to big for my little horse. lol

[slotcarrod]

It never stops amazing me how much space you have in America. The size of your average houses, rooms, land, quantity of toys is all generally amazing.

It just goes along with the size of the debt!

[kaiser]

rod isn't kidding! i don't think i've ever been this broke since buying this place. it's worth it to me though, my wife is almost blind and can't drive,
so having a nice big place to do lots of gardening/crafts/outdoorsy type stuff helps keep the both of us and our son sane and busy.

[Russ Winn]

Here's another loader to check out.
I'm not sure of your frame, but it measures 30" between the lift arms and 15" between mount brackets. You'll need a dual hydraulic actuator valve to run it, provided you have a hydraulic pump for hook up.

http://www.woodsequipment.com/productDetails.aspx?id=12

I hope this helps.
-Russ

[kaiser]

that's what is cool about the ark, the pump and everything is powered by the pto.
these tractors have no hydro, so the loader needs to have it's own.

no worries, i can't afford to do it this year anyway....just tractor dreaming.

[Halgar]

rod isn't kidding! i don't think i've ever been this broke since buying this place. it's worth it to me though, my wife is almost blind and can't drive,
so having a nice big place to do lots of gardening/crafts/outdoorsy type stuff helps keep the both of us and our son sane and busy.

A piece of property is the best place to raise kids, just don't plant them too deep!