Ray, that is definitely moving too fast for that machine as you said. Be interesting to see a sprocket half the size on it. A few bugs is expected on a build that complex!! Still nice to see it moving and turning under it's own power. PA318Guy
Did Lindemann modify Deere's on their own or were they a subsidiary of Deere? I noticed the BO model decal on the hood tin and wondered if that one originally started life as an orchard model B and was then crawler modified by Lindemann? Great video!
The Lindeman company bought the B tractor motor units from John Deere and they did the modifications on their own. They were not a part of the John Deere company. John Deere bought Lindeman out in the mid 40's and then they started making the John Deere MC crawler in 1949. The MC uses the same track pads as the Lindeman did. Most of the Lindeman crawlers used the BO tractor motor and transmission unit. If you look at the front of the crawler, you can see the two cast bosses hanging down under the radiator where the front axle would have been mounted to it on the tractors.
I want to thank all of you who have taken the time to respond to my little crawler. I apologize to those that I have offended by making the modifications that I have done to this crawler. That certainly was not my intention. I only built this to have a machine that I could use to work with. I take pride in what I build and for many years, this has been a useful and dependable working machine. I built and modified this crawler a long time ago for my own personal use around the property. The crawler was purchased at an auction. It was all torn apart with the parts sitting on skids and in boxes so it was in the price range that I could afford at the time. It took a lot of time and effort to rebuild the crawler itself and even more time and effort to make the modifications and to adapt the loader to it
I loved the video. I have a habit of speeding up RU-vid videos and I at first thought I had yours sped up, but I didn't. You just had the cart moving faster than I expected. You certainly turned a lot of heads as folks watched you drive by! And what a nice big tractor show. After seeing this one and the one that LarryB shared from TX, I'm realizing that the shows near me are really small. It looks like you and your daughter had a good time. I'm glad that you got it done in time for the show.
Ray, looks like it was doing a great job of moving both of you around in style. Can you back up and go slower past the JD Garden Tractors?? :) PA318Guy
This crawler is 76 years old, one year older than I am and Like me .. it is retired now and I just take it to tractor shows. If I broke something down in the final drive I would be up a creek. It isn't how much replacement parts would cost that is the problem, it is that replacement parts are just not available anymore.
Farmer Bill,,,,I have a few old restored tractors also. When you put that much time & work into them you dont even want to get them dirty. You can tell by the way he keeps it covered, I would too.
@@catman19 I have 7 all natural not restored JD. Some have had mechanical overhauls but most have not. One is 80 years young and I've only rebuilt the carb. I work all of them. I love the sound of a two cylinder pulling hard and working
Complimenti Ray!!! ti seguo dal tuo primo progetto di trattore homemade pubblicato su tractorforum...fantastico quel lavoro che hai fatto, grazie, mi hai entusiasmato!!! mi piacerebbe rivedere ed imparare come hai trasformato il forklift -saluti dall'italia
