Workin' on the Old Tractors

I'm starting to think about the tractor show that starts on July 30th this year. Minneapolis Moline is the featured tractor so I am going to try to take a couple over. Need to paint a pair of front wheels for one and paint a gas tank for the other. Might take some other tractor also but yet to be determined.
 
Between mowing and tedding today I pulled out the already epoxy primed front wheels for the MM ZTU and got them cleaned up and sanded. I have some paint for them if its still good and bought some hardener so the next chance I get I will get them painted. Then I need to come up with some tires and tubes. I have a couple tractors to steal some from. Last pic is the tractor with one front wheel borrowed from the MM RTU.
 

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Thanks DAC. Its about time I got them done. I just have to laugh sometimes at how long things drag on for me. I looked at the old pics prepping these wheels and the date was October 2013. I was thinking it was no more than 5 years ago.:rolleyes:
Although I am nowhere near as productive as you are CJet, I feel the same way! I've got stuff sitting here I started working on over 20 years ago! Seems like 5. Until I pick up where I left off---LOL! Then it seems like forever.

DAC
 
Pulled the front wheels off of my Farmall H project. The tires have cracks but should work long enough for the tractor show. These are 2 Unico 5.50 x 16's. Got the tires demounted. I'll get them cleaned up and ready to mount on the ZTU wheels.
 

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I was thinking that too! It might do them in dismounting, much less mounting again, Rog! CJet has the touch to git er done!

DAC
And I'm cheap. ;) You can get away with a lot when you have tubes. I think I have only had one bead failure but I have had the whole sidewalls shred on otherwise good looking tires. Most of those have been the rear tires.
 
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