My name is Michael, and I'm an old soul with a passion for American-made iron. I come from a long line of Italian vegetable farmers in New Jersey, the former produce capital of the USA. On my channel, you'll find videos of all different kinds of heavy machinery - tractors, trucks, construction equipment, and more! I ran my own lawn-care business in high school, worked for a Case IH ag dealership out of college, and currently work for one of the largest Peterbilt truck dealerships in the country. I collect antique tractors for fun, and hope to start collecting vintage trucks in the near future. I also enjoy tractor/truck hunting, dirt track racing, urbex (rural history), and country & rock music, so you'll occasionally see videos on that stuff as well. You can find me outdoors, on the road, at a tractor show, or wrenching in my shop. If you like what you see, don't forget to hit that Subscribe button. Thanks for stopping by!
Just subscribe, i love the old cub cadets. Just picked up a 1650 with twin stick hydraulic lift. Has the front hydraulic also. Cane with a deck and front plow.
95 HP should be plenty of tractor for a 9' mower. However, for the money, I think you'd be better off jumping up to a Farmall C series utility especially if you want more than 75 HP. The 90C or 100C are better built, have more creature comforts and transmission options. When I was still working for the dealer they sold a lot of 75C's especially with cab and loader...they seemed to be good strong tractors with plenty of options for the money (and a nice cab as well).
I have the exact same truck. Mine runs like new, with only 700k original miles, original transmission, original engine. Motor never rebuilt. I have a video of it on RU-vid.
I watched your video. Very nice truck and it's in great shape overall for the miles. I'm hoping to get at least that many miles out of this one....would be great to push it to a million.
Legendary in Australia........a mechanical KTA-600 can flog anything when hooked up to 130 tons gross mass. They are faster and use less fuel than any of the electronic 600's that came later like the ISX,C-15 etc.
Another thing that sucks about repowers? They recommend leaving the engine tins off! Hell no! I think they are worth less if the original Onan is gone and I won't buy them. I own 4 318s, a 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991 all original Onans, except one has a newer Linamar but is an Onan P218G. Just built in Canada. Love these old tractors. Rebuilt the '91 so far and the '85 is next with a B43G.
Great point! Most of those repower kits are made to be shoehorned into the engine compartment of a 318 (for instance), usually don't fit correctly without drilling new holes, and usually don't fit without leaving the side covers off or cutting a hole in the side cover to fit around them. More trouble than they are worth. It sounds like you have a great fleet of 318's. I didn't mention it in the video, but my inspiration comes from my uncle's fleet of 318's ('85, '86 he bought new and now has a Linamar, '88 and '89) which are all used and abused on the farm and have proven themselves reliable over and over again.
@MichaelTJD60 I like them un-molested too all of mine but 1 only had a dealer stickers no cup holder drilled into the fenders, all the tins are there and belly screens on. My '88 had been repainted and don't even have a dealer sticker on it. I will keep these going until my time is up and I feel the 318s will still be running strong. Can't say that with today's crap we get.
The trucking company has some pics of the truck from November, 2019 in their Facebook page (googled up the trucking company name from the previous video), and no more. In the least, the truck shows the stacks back and two rear fuel tanks less. Not much bodywork as the front bumper lights, the rightmost (passenger side) is still bent in from the dig in it was before taken back to road. It seems it was just fit enough to do jobs and put back into work. As for how it's nowadays, 2024, still a mystery. At this time, their USDOT is active and still reports 4 owned trucks, just like shown in their facebook page from 2019.
A cabover wow. I remember those things were everywhere back in the 1980s & down. These days the only cabovers I see around are fire trucks, garbage trucks, yard trucks, concrete pumper trucks, front discharge cement trucks, crane trucks, military trucks, & non semi trucks like those smaller size ones.
@@KevinRichards-my5oj The old cabovers are starting to make a comeback as regulations (especially regarding new trucks) get more strict, but I couldn't see myself owning or driving one. I much prefer having a hood out in front of me. The blue 359 in this video is a perfect example of a truck I'd like to own someday.
@MichaelTJD60 I prefer a cabover because they're easier to maneuver in with their shorter wheel base & not having a hood in front being in the way of anything. Those International 9670 & 9700 models are common down in Jamaica. Those models are cool.
It's one of my favorite 359's! He just recently had new frame rails put under it. It was a New Jersey truck its whole life so I might be a bit partial.
I really like your trailer. I especially like the the loading ramp, those are hard to find. I do not like the individual ones that slide out. I am guessing this ramp is spring assist. Very nice trailer, I would like to have the exact one only 20'. Great video, thanks for sharing.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Yes, the ramp is spring assisted and well-worth the extra cost. If you're interested, this trailer is actually for sale now that I have upgraded to a gooseneck (I ended up needing something to haul two farm tractors with and didn't want to beat the PJ up doing it).
@@MichaelTJD60 Oh man, I wish you were closer. I am interested in getting one but I have to save up for a bit. I just paid my truck off and should be able to pull the trigger in 6 months or so. It is hard where i am to find a good dealer. I am sure it will not be in stock and i will have to order it when i am ready. If it was 6 months from now i might consider yours. Thanks for reaching out, it is a very nice trailer.
That was the original recommended service interval for most of the Onan engines up until Deere began using them in the 300/400 series in '83. Compared to when the early Onan engines like the N, CCK, and B series were introduced (as far back as the 50's), oil and filter quality had improved greatly by that point, and have improved much more in the last 40 years since Deere tractors began using them.
Mine is a sears onan 917.257080 n52e- something the other numbers are to smudged up for me to see them And im looking for a new carburetor and fuel pump i can get by with a different pump
Does yours have the fuel pump attached to the shroud or is it part of the carb itself? I have a few of the standalone fuel pumps in my used parts stock.
I drove that tractor for the last 5 weeks for rice spring work in northern California. I've never driven a tractor before, and I found it to be a breeze. Very user-friendly.
That's quite the machine for a first-timer to run! The cabs are definitely very ergonomic and easy to figure out. I didn't run these Steigers regularly (or for farm work) but it was always weird controlling a 600+ HP machine with just the arm console.
@MichaelTJD60 I believe what really helped me was not knowing any better. To me, it was just what everyone was working with. If I had started on something smaller, I'm sure it would have been a leap getting into something that big.
Absolutely nice truck man will you please do one like this one only start it up and drive it as well because I love that start up. It sounds good and if you can make it really long because I can’t get enough of the engine sound I would really appreciate it man stay safe and have a good one.
It would be the same one used with a 160-185, 240-285, LX or STX series 38" deck. The serial tag on the Powerflow blower unit would say something like "PWRFLO 38MOW".
I just found your video and you made my day . That gorgeous 520 is exactly the same as my dad's 520. that we used on his ranch in Californias Central Valley back in the sixties . long axles single front wheel large rear wheels , power steering WOW. She is just perfect I spent many hours back then I was in my teens cultivating orange groves with her . I loved that tractor and still to this day remember fondly the many hot dirty hours I spent listening to that popping Johnny . My brother and I used that tractor hard and it never. let us down . What a great piece of equipment I am retired near Boise Idaho and my lawn tractor is an X584. and all the farmers here have pretty much everything Green
Awesome story! It's great to hear from someone on the west coast where a lot of these veggie-configuration tractors were shipped new, and to hear about one used in an orange grove is even cooler! What ever happened to your dad's 520?
This was just a small event we did once or twice, but I can ask some of the guys who live up in that area if they'd be willing to help you out. This was near Moscow/Mt Cobb.
@@MichaelTJD60 that would be amazingly helpful! I’m disabled & gardening is been very helpful in my healing. Doing it all by hand to start is a little much so plowing would make it all much easier.
My dad had a 78 white Road Commander that had a 550 Kta and a 13 on the dash. Triple digit truck but it was always to heavy on the steers no matter what you did. Motor too heavy