What did you do with your tractor today?
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You're doing a nice job bringing that original paint back to life, Eric! They are only original once. Glad you are trying to preserve rather than repaint!
DAC
Large truck tire chain may work out too. May take 3 chains to come up with 2 that fit. I use car tire chains shortened on my GT's.
From my experience over the years that's an excellent idea. Another option would be a set of semi-truck chains. They would ride about as smooth as your going to get and the links would be closer together. Another option that would help with the traction issue is to hang some weight on the back. Couple hundred pounds at least.
I think you're really going to enjoy using your tractor when you get those minor bugs worked out. Looks like fun to me.
Well Dac, I hate to bust your bubble… but it was already repainted when I got it back 4 years ago in 2020. The previous owner said he did it back in 2007 when he retired. I just put some more paint on top of what was there when I got it, and it had orange peel in it when I did it. I thought it looked good and didn’t really care what it looked like until last year, then I decided it didn’t look good anymore. Thats when I ended up doing what I’m doing now. I’ll probably end up repainting it again at some point anyway, but for now this is good enough. After this is done though, I need to fix some wiring on it. Its all a mess. The lights don’t work, and its held together with zipties. Now my hydro on the other hand, is original paint and I left it alone until recently when I accidentally spilt a little gear lube on the hood and it looked brand new. I then decided to do the whole tractor with the stuff and wow what a difference it made. I will probably end up doing the same thing I’m doing to the yellow tractor with wetsanding compounding and polishing, on the hydro too.
You should tell that to my stepdad Dac
. His 6 horse Craftsman he has looks ratty BUT not all that bad, and its currently a garage find survivor… but he says he’s going to repaint it
, which really aggravates me because I think it looks fine and like you said their original once… I think he’s crazy, but its his tractor and I can’t change his mind. He’s too stubborn ha ha.
Yep, you guys have those funny looking modifieds.
I think there are a few tracks in New York that race them, that’s probably the closest to me. I have never seen them in person.Thanks Jake. I will probably just sell them then.
I was thinking about truck chains too. Then I thought, if I was going to have to modify them to fit, why not just make a set. I watched a few videos and it looks pretty easy. I ordered some chain from Amazon, I got 100 feet for $50. If my measurements are right, I should need a little over 70 feet. It’s probably not the best quality chain, but I’m sure it will last long enough. That’s about what most used sets of chains I was seeing on Marketplace were going for. A new set of chains for tires this size are over $500.
It does have the factory wheel weights. I think they weigh around 150 each. Hopefully that’s enough, I could probably fill the tires too if I have to.
I would keep that one original too. A little buffing and a coat of wax would make a big difference. This was what my Massey looked like when I got it. Some of it was dust, but a lot of it was oxidation.You should tell that to my stepdad Dac
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It looks almost like new now other than some scratches and light rust, but it is 54 years old.
Kinda looks like someone has gotten a bit wild with a spray bomb on that one , Eric. May not be any chance of saving the original paint. Nice tractor though!You should tell that to my stepdad Dac
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One of these days I need to polish up the original paint on my MF12G like you did on your MF7, Nick. I think the paint job can still be salvaged.
DAC
That looks like it’s in pretty good shape. I would try it.
Your Massy looks great..but a little humor on my part so please Nick don't take anything I say to heart..
When I was kid I started washing trucks (Semi's) as part of my job. Working with a step ladder a lots of soap I thought I was doing a great job..until one of the older guys came over and said " looks ok kid but do you take a bath and not wash your feet ?" By the way truck tires and wheels got pretty bad but always stuck with me along with washing the freaking windows.
Again Nick your tractor looks great just had to share one of my dumb stories..
Is this better, Bill?Your Massy looks great..but a little humor on my part so please Nick don't take anything I say to heart..
When I was kid I started washing trucks (Semi's) as part of my job. Working with a step ladder a lots of soap I thought I was doing a great job..until one of the older guys came over and said " looks ok kid but do you take a bath and not wash your feet ?" By the way truck tires and wheels got pretty bad but always stuck with me along with washing the freaking windows.
Again Nick your tractor looks great just had to share one of my dumb stories..
That picture was right after I buffed it, before I got the wheels and tires cleaned up.
Your tractor looks ALOT better than it did when you first got it Nick, wow. Did you use the same technique I did with wetsanding, compounding, and polishing?
My stepdad was actually cleaning it that day for the fair we were bringing it to. I wouldn’t necessarily say a “spray bomb”, he used a yellow can of Lysol foam spray and sprayed it all over it then cleaned it with a brush and paper towels in the first picture. I also put a picture of the stuff that was used here too….
Yep...Is this better, Bill?
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Shut me up you did..
Picture perfect. Needs to be in a calender..
Weelll, it was in the GTTALK calendar a few years ago
Yea I remember those calendars. Don't remember who's were all on though. They were sorts fun.
Well that explains all the white crap on the tractor, Eric---LOL! It is still a type of spray bomb!
They were usually the tractors that won the "Tractor of the Month" award to make up the calendar, Bill! Kenny would get tired of me reminding him to get moving on them. Seems like at some point he had to hand off that responsibility to someone else. That's why it was usually January before we could print them.
I entered a few times but the categories really never seemed to fit the 2 GT's I had at the time.
DAC
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No wet sanding, just compound, polish, then wax.
Yes it was, I still have mine…
Now we need a Tractor Fanatics calendar…