Hello Joseph . I will watch all installments of this project , like I watch your other rebuilds. I like when people take the time to show and explain what is being done. Keep at it.
Thank you very much for watching this and my other videos. It is great that you have also taken the time to comment, thanks. Take care and I hope you have a good week
You are so fortunate to have and find these tractors . I don't know how often you see them there but for here they are very slim. Keep up the great work and keep those tractor going Joseph
Thanks. Bolens are very rare over here and Ride-a-matic's even rarer. Dad spent a lot of time before I was born hunting down these tractors and we are now getting to bring them back to life, which is great. Take care
Thanks 👍 This is a project we have been looking forward to starting for a long time but I expect it will be something that takes a very long time too. Take care
Thanks. This is a project we have been looking forward to starting for a long time but I expect it will be something that takes a very long time. Take care
Thanks. This is a project we have been looking forward to starting for a long time but I expect it will be something that takes a very long time. It is great to use the trailer and it works so much better than it ever has. Take care
Thanks. This is a project we have been looking forward to starting for a long time but I expect it will be something that takes a very long time. They are great looking machines and the versamatic is really cool. Take care
Bonsoir Joseph, very nice looking garden tractor and OUTSTANDING trailer 👌😉💪 Great tractor recovery mission Joseph 😉👌👍 Great driving skills 🧐👌 Great barn find and source of motivation for removing stuff to get it 😮🤣👌 Ho boy, realy ,,, a slide suspicion on the tyre condition 🥴🤣👌 Joseph you have a great sence of humor mon ami 🤣👌 That will be very a a very nice tractor rebuilt project 🧐👍👌 Keep up your great team work and sence of humor Joseph Cheers 👌👍🍻
Thank you very much. This is a project we have been looking forward to starting for a long time. The trailer is working very well for us too. Not sure how many miles the tyres have left LOL. Take care
Thanks. This is a project we have been looking forward to starting for a long time. You are right, it will be challenging and something we want to do carefully. Take care
We should have done a channel giveaway for the rats nest LOL. I am sure we will find a very modifications and bodges on this tractor. A common one over here is to replace the fixings with metric which are very common. Take care
Thanks. This is a project we have been looking forward to starting for a long time. We are also looking forward to seeing how much paint we can save. Take care and I hope you have a great week too
Thank you for popping over to watch my videos. Recently most of our videos have beeen about our Bolens but we also have Wheelhorse, Cub Cadet and Roper tractors in our collection. We love them all but I guess our Bolens are top dog. Take care
The trailer works perfectly. This tractor is very cool. I hope some of that paint comes back, I like when they are covered in oil too because the paint is usually pristine underneath. Good stuff my friend
Thanks 👍 We really like this Ride-a-matics they are great machines. The 1962 Ride-a-matic we were towing the trailer with currently has a Honda engine in and that works great. I think the paint will get worse towards the back of the tractor but it will be interesting to see how much paint we can save. The trailer seems to work much better than it ever did. Take care and thanks for following along
You are a great boy, with a great passion of course: very happy to see your videos!! And you have a nice shop too, i have a lathe and a milling machine too, but not too many like you !! :) You are very lucky !! Best Cheers from Italy, Alberto.
Thank you very much! It is great to have someone from Italy watching my videos. I just checked out your channel and I noticed that like us you have a Colchester lathe. I have a question for you about it but I will subscribe to your channel and ask the question within the comments on your lathe video. Take care
Nice that's a good looking barn find. That thick grease normally saves the paint pretty well should clean up and give you a neat looking pitina. That trailer works well for moving them around. 👍
Thanks 👍 Some of the grease has gone rock hard like tar. We are hopeful that it has some good paint underneath. The trailer is working well for us. Take care
You are a one-of-a -kind Joseph. You have the world's most unique collection of Bolens tractors. Very nice. I hope to be getting some stickers soon and I would like very much to do a sticker trade with you if you wouldn't mind.
Thank you. We really must work on some of our non-Bolens tractors too, we have a few Wheelhorse, Cub Cadet and Roper's. We may be getting a bit confused with channel names and email addresses but I think we have already sent you some of our channel stickers which we posted on 5th Jan. I am not sure how long it will take for them to get to you. Let us know if it was or was not you and we will drop you another email. Take care
Hello young man, I was sent to you by Grampies workshop and I like what I'm seeing so far on you channel. I subscribed and I will be checking out more of your content. Thanks for the video!!!
Thanks for watching and subscribing. I have just checked out your channel and I really like the content so I will be subscribing, it is good of Mike at Grampies workshop to introduce us. Take care and I hope you have a good week
The trailer works really well for puling the tractors to where you need them. Great barn find, looking to see how the tractor looks after you spend some time on it. Also want to see if the tractor or your dad is in better shape at the end. Enjoy the journey.
Thanks 👍 The trailer is working better than ever. It will be great to see how much of the original paint on the tractor is under all the dirt and rat debris. Pehaps we should do a competion at the end to see who is the best shape LOL. Take care and I hope you have a good week
Nice! I was hoping to see the storage shed. The wench looks really handy. Reminds me that I need to work on another project, unfortunally not a tractor project, I seem to be caught up on all those for now.
Thanks. It is really hard to film inside the storage shed as it does not have any lights. We will see what we can do next time we are in there. I can't imagine us ever catching up with all our tractor projects LOL. I enjoy watching all your projects, even the non-tractor ones. Take care
So, your Dad's 62? Time to retire. I retired at 60 and was so glad that I did. I try to spray down nuts and bolts with PB Blaster well before I try to undo them. In the case of a brake bleeder nipple, it took 6 months of a weekly spray o get the nipple free. Good Luck, Rick
Hi Rick, he is 62 in October and he retired about a year ago which is why the workshop roof no longer has holes in it LOL. He is still adjusting to the change. We are thinking that this tractor will take a lot of soaking on the fixings and we are not going to rush into breaking something. Take care
How's she goin'? This will be a dandy project for you and your Dad. A good idea to do what you said, power wash it and put some releasing agent on all the fasteners. That'll make for a much smoother tear down eh!! This is going to be interesting!!! Take care!!
Thanks. This is a project we have been looking forward to starting for a long time. I think the fasteners will need lots of releasing agent but we do not want to break anything or damage the remaining paint with heat. Take care
Hello Joseph, A fabulous project... If you ever hear of a 1959 model for sale let me know... I want a 59 model as it matches my age... Take care. Paul,,
Thanks. This is a project we have been looking forward to starting for a long time. We are also looking for a '59 model as they are very rare over here. 1959 was the first year that Bolens were imported to the UK. Earlier models do exist over here as a number of people have imported them in recent years. If you ever see a green Bolens Ride-a-matic the quick thing to check for the age is the front axle. If it is round then it is a 1959 model, if it is like this one then it is a 1960. Take care
I believe we have done 2 or 3 videos on the 1962 RAM. It has a Honda engine and we talked through the modifications in our "Tractor significant birthdays 2022" video. We have a second 1962 RAM which needs a full restoration. Take care
That trailer is working out well! I love barn finds. This is a great one for sure. That front tire only needs a patch lol. This is going to be a great project and I cant wait to see it. Have you guys seen any of the coverage of the huge truck convoy and large protest over here in Canada? Just wondering. Take care
Thanks. This is a project we have been looking forward to starting for a long time. The trailer is working very well. I am sure the front tyre will be fine LOL. The Canadian truck protest has been on our news. Over here our hospital staff are being told to vacinate and some are also protesting. Take care
Thanks. It is mostly complete. We have a number of Ride-a-matic's and they are all missing parts of the draw bar so I expect we will make several at the same time. Take care