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Jerry, you should have asked, those starters are easy to put back together when you know how. 2 bits of wire (I use welding filler rod), each in a U shape, use one to hold back each pair of brushes. 2 minute job!

Frank, not enough room for the chain method unfortunately. With a 25' tree I'm going to need say 50' of room infront on the tree to allow for slack chain, tractor and tree falling room. I've got say 20', as you see in the first picture, I only needed to pull forward about 4' from the base of the...

This time the mounting brackets couldnt take it. I was breaking up some concrete by undercutting it and pushing down on the edges to break bits off, the top mounting brackets snapped off allowing the backhoe to fold up right against the tractor. Oops.... I took the backhoe off the tractor...

The one that got me was about 25' tall, I was 'catching' them just being the toplink, but this one missed and came down between me and the fender and clouted my shoulder. Reckon I'll weld on a bit of 2" box to catch the trunks, or maybe just chop all the trees off about 4' tall before I pull...

Looks sound Torin. Paint is over-rated anyway :D

Now I remember why I have rusty old equipment :D

Hi RD. I'd be interested to see some more winch pictures. I saw some pictures of your stuff on another site, got some nice equipment you have built there. I was thinking about making a hydraulic winch, so I'd be interested to see yours. Maybe you could even start a new thread about it?

My onions went in on Sunday, some of the other stuff is starting to come up now. There must be about 150 onions in now, probably put some more in next week. Asparagus is nearly ready for the first cut!

Terry, its a Ferguson TEF. Very similar to a 9N I suppose, only it has a diesel engine. Maybe you could lend me your shiny new tractor :D I'll knock a bit of the shine off for ya!

Looks like all that tree pulling has caused a leak! Big puddle on the garage floor. I only noticed it leaking when I was laying under it fitting a drawbar. Looks like the banjo fitting for the loader lines is loose (fingers crossed) One of these days I'll be able to finish a whole job without...

Welcome to the site, and congrats on the new tractor! :D Thats quite a step up in tractors you have made there!

Confidence man! Confidence! :D

Knocked up this little contraption this afternoon. A lady asked me to pull maybe 30 small trees out of the corner of a field, all are about 4" diameter. I figured that the 3ph would be strong enough to pull them out whole. So I made a hook :D Its the old PUH hook (I'm switching to a drawbar) I...

It took a bit of prying, but the clutch is now free. The governor isnt working quite right, but I think thats more an adjustment thing more than anything else. Other than that though, its quite a good little runner. Drives OK too.

According to the serial number its a '69 machine. Got it started! I was playing around with it and was getting increasingly random pops and puffs of smoke. Pulled the plug out and the spark was all over the place. Found another plug in the workshop and it fired straight up! Runs a little...

Dean, I reckon I'd have made my life alot easier to start with a smaller rope. I measured it and the rope is more like 2" diameter. Each of the hemp strands is 1" dia, and the nylon middle one is about 1/2". I think from looking at the video and articles I've identified a few places where I...

Thanks Dan. I forgot to look for the serial numbers, but from that site it looks like they were only made for a few years in the 60's anyway. The gearbox on it sure looks the part and it weighs an absolute ton. The clutch is seized, but I figure once its running I'll tie it to a tree and start...

Jim, often these carbs have covers on both ends. One end will be held on with 4 screws, the other will be held on with either 1 or 2 screws. The fuel pipe on the end with the 1 or 2 screws will most likely be the inlet to the carb, so the line from the tank will go on there. Yours might be...

The primer bulbs generally suck fuel through the carb. So the line from the filter should go into the carb. The primer bulb will only suck one way, and you can figure that out by seeing which line air blows out of when you press the primer button. As to which line goes where on the carb, maybe...

Picked this little number up this morning. It caught my eye and the owner accepted the offer I made him to make it mine. Only every seen one of these before and that was at a show, so I figure there arent too many over on this side of the pond. Started playing with it a few hours ago, the...