SAVING INDUSTRIAL DIESEL MOWER LEFT ROTTING IN A JUNKYARD FOR OVER 20 YEARS 

Just want to thank everyone for watching and the few that have bought coffees to help support the surgery for my dog, that really means alot and I thank you all very very much from the bottom of my heart!!🐶❤️

I was the same way when I was young. I tried to repair and save everything, even when people said it couldn't be done. If people continue to live with a throw away attitude, the end will be here a lot sooner!! When you know what hits the fan, I know you will be one of the few that will be left standing!!! God bless you and your family!!! Be safe my friend!!!

Im honestly addicted to this series on the mower can’t get enough of it , love that your giving it another life to cut grass and lay down some stripes !

I’m 69 years old and Most everything I own had to restored. I look at them with pride and achievement

You should take your mower and write "The Home Pros" in the grass underneath those transmission lines and capture it with your drone.

What I like about your videos is that you fix, or restore to the end. People want to see all the way to restore, not to just will it run. Best of luck

First class work, as I've come to expect. If (when...) that gearbox on the deck starts leaking, you can use corn head grease in it instead of gear oil. Tractor Supply should have it. It's a light grease that get's very fluid when up to operating temp but thick enough not to leak so much.

A tutorial on patience and perseverance and problem solving skills- Sorry to see this one end ,you taught me a lot

In lieu of all of the schlocky junk that is being schlepped over from china and then marked up 2500 percent, it was more than gratifying seeing you bring this well-made older machine back to life.

Those rims need sand blasting, priming with etching primer and several coats of enamel. Excellent job saving the machine.

Great job young man, you’re getting to enjoy the fruits of your labor. That’s kind of why old guys always yell to the kids to get off their grass, a lot of hard work goes into a project whether mowing a yard all nice or fixing a lawnmower like you did. You have really good patience and whoever taught you, was worth their weight in gold. If you’re self taught by tinkering, congratulations. You’re mechanically brilliant. Good video series. 👍

Another brilliant resurrection. That certainly is one robust machine. I love how you can take off an old part like that hydraulic cylinder, disassemble it, and rebuild it with new parts and have it as good as new. Because back in the day you got real quality. Try that with the tin can and plastic junk made today. You used to buy a machine and it was built like a tank. Now you get something that has Bluetooth and a cup holder for your soy latte but falls apart in a strong wind. Sad. I am also fascinated by the collection of tools you have for your projects. And the ones you craft yourself. Very interesting. I always enjoy your great videos and look forward to the next monstrosity that needs your help. I vote that you do decide to paint this treasure. Something this impressive deserves to look good too.

I really enjoy the way you approach these machines to repair them, methodical and your videos are to the point:) Your videos are worth the wait. I hope the best for your dogs injury. God Bless

Very therapeutic to watch this resurrection through your meticulous work.

Nice job indeed ! Watching you restoring this machine makes me think about an other channel that shares kinda same spirit "marty t".

One of the best restoration videos in youtube.❤

An excellent and worthwhile repair Sir. Just finished a Toro machine like the Ransomes with the same engine. Tough and reliable and no stupid electrics. Easy in tight spaces too. Glad to see you young man not junking good machines. Turn eighty now and still at it; that is what keeps you young. God bless and take care of your beautiful Dogs. Oh yes Ransomes hails from near Ipswich UK and is a very old company. My family made farm implements and traction engines going back 250 years or more and have been associated with them in the past. Best from the UK.

Another enjoyable video and restoration. They are really well-made commercial mowers that use quality gauge steel. Their downfall was always improper cleaning and maintenance as wet grass made them rot. Many thanks for sharing. Loved the James Condon style into " hello guys and welcome back"

" Congratulations" on bring her back to live another day/s! As you brought her back mechanically, let her be at her very best and painting her.

My oh my......another great and awesome video on bringing the heavy duty mower back to life. What a beast. Of course a new paint job would not be complete without adding a suicide knob to the steering wheel on that rascal. Maybe skip the paint job and just add the spinner to the steering wheel. "Jesus take the wheel" kinda thing. Take care. I'm a big fan of your channel and talents.

Love the content. Some these old machines are better build than what’s out now.

Man you can fix anything!! Great video brother!

US based MartyT. You guys are exactly the same. Cheers from Finland. My Stiga is still sleeping in the garage. Too much snow...

This machine cost whatever organization bought it years ago a huge pile of money (taxpayers or whomever) so it's great to see you pulling it from the jaws of the shredder. Some basic maintenance would have kept it in service many more years but I guess it's easy to give up on something that a company or municipality is okay with just replacing! A quality machine like this is almost endlessly rebuildable, as you proved. Outstanding video, my friend. Very inspiring.

Enjoyed watching this video! I’m 68 yr old welder / fabricator. Owned and operated my welding business repair many mower deck and bush hog decks. Worst enemy to a deck is not removing cuttings from the top of the deck. The cuttings left will cause a chemical reaction and literally start eating the metal. Why didn’t I say causes rust it is in a sense it is caustic rusting. Looks like you have a mowing “Beast”! Good to see the ole girl doing her job!

Amazing what people throw away. What's more amazing, is people like you who bring them back to life. I love working on old garden tractors from the 60 & 70s, I'll have to keep an eye out for something like that. Great job!

My pup needed her ACL repaired and the vet used fishing line to replace the ligament and that was 9 years ago. My dog is a Maltese but the repair is holding/woking fine.

With the hydraulic systems on this mower, this was a helluva project, but was worth it since it is a really unusual and useful mower.

Your videos never disappoint. Excellent work as always. Spending the time on all the little details fittings, seals, and grease fitting paid off on a machine that’s going to last many more years. Can’t wait for the next one. Thanks for sharing 😎🇺🇸

Darrell, what an amazing job on this old Industrial Diesel Mower. It’s hard to believe that you brought this thing back to life. I have to say though, “I knew you would, you always do”. Great video, keep them coming.

I’ve been watching this from the beginning of the revival.This is a cool machine to bring back to life.

You have done a fantastic job restoring this left to dead 30 pluse years diesel mower ..the only thing left is to remove all the rust and give this mower what it deserve a nice baby blue paint job to bring it to it's former glory ..looking forward to see that happening soon.till then keep up the good work and good luck.

Another incredible rescue...so enjoyable to watch ...thank you

Great job Home Pros! You brought that thing back to life! 💪😎

I love your videos. Please use the shield on your angle grinder. You don't want to know how it feels to be hit by a broken cutting disk in your face or torso 🙏

Too bad about your dog. We have a 140 pound Rottweiler that tore his acl while playing one day last year. Never heard such a yelp from the dog. He was in serious pain so we took him to an emergency vet clinic that night. They put him on pain killers and a no movement protocol except to do his business until they could do the surgical repair. It was not cheap...about $ 6,000. That's here in MD, you may find better pricing where you are. I would advise not to wait too long before getting it repaired. All that stress on the other leg can cause it to happen again. Once they do surgery she'll be in the cone of shame for a while and be restricted to very little movement until she starts to heal. Plan on at least a month of recovery!!

Great job on the mower and excellent video. The only thing that worried me was the severe rust on the chassis rails, I hope they don’t snap in half on you. Cheers from AUS 🇦🇺🦘

Awesome, great to see the old girl come back to life and do the job she was well built and designed to do. Thanks for documenting the journey and sharing 👍

great! i like yout boots. which brand are they? The best from Austria

Great rescue of a mean machine. Just a note, being a motorcyclist, it's appreciated if you blow the clippings off the road. Especially in corners.

The Rotating flow divider works as a differential locker, when going straight forward it splits the flow equal to the drive motors. The switch on the steering cylinder activate the solenoid opening for free flow betwen motors (open differential) so you can take a sharp turn without damage the Grass.

These older machines make you feel good to own and use verses most of the new stuff that just leaves you disappointed.

Brilliant job mate! That was a real doozy and you didn't leave much out. Engine is an absolute peach. Those things will do some serious work and hours. Well done and a great couple of videos to watch. All the best!👌👌

Great job!! On the repairs AND on the video. I always enjoy watching you do your magic. Good luck and health to you and your family. Can't wait for the next project.

Only comment, when installing circlips, rounded surface goes towards the pressure. Sharp edges away from the pressure. That way the pressure pushes the sharp edge into the locking groove. Best wishes from the far North.

Great job, my hats off to you! I love it when someone brings back a machine from a sure death. As mentioned, there’s too much “throw a-way” things in this world. Love your video, keep up the good work.

Nice jobe done. Looks like you like the machine that much that you start mowing the whole country side. When mowing next to a road, drive in such a way that the grass blows away from it.

I like that Ear Plug trick.....

This channel is definitely top ten on RU-vid

Good job on getting that machine back to working condition. Check out some of the newer designs on the chute cover. Hopefully you can install it so you don’t blow debris in the road or against cars and homes.

Awesome putting that machine back to work. Thanks for sharing your experience

Excellent restoration! I admire your attention to detail and all the "little" things that needed taking care of. In my opinion, you're a pretty good mechanic! Nice job, bud.

Sounds a lot like a ventrac. ❤❤❤

I was a groundskeeper for Bennett College back in the 1980's. We used a Hinomoto tractor with a Woods mowing deck under it. That deck looked just like your Ransome deck, mowed exactly like that, awesome!!

Nicely done

You did a great job breathing new life into an abandoned machine like that. If we did more of this and just maintained machines better, there would be less junk in the scrap piles and filling up our landfills. As far as painting the machine, how about doing a bed liner all over it. Much tougher than paint. Raptor Liner makes a really nice one you can do at home and you can even color tint it.

Great video and camera job!

That one cool mower, i have no use for one but wood like one!!!!!!

A spray bottle filled with water is handy when you weld. That engine is making that land mower a beast. Will cut through any weed as it was not there.

👍👍👌👌❤❤😊😊 Well done! Thanks for the video.

There is a inner satisfaction of bringing old stuff back to life. I loved doing that back in the day

i bet you were working on/tearing up machines as a young lad..and thx for being a great animal lover..they deserve quality of life..

You are definitely a good mechanic... you cutting all that grass along the highway, I was waiting to see a sign that said, Welcome to Kansas...

Aww, hope the pups leg gets better, have to make sure you keep her off that leg and no running/jumping for a while.

great project. thanks for sharing.

very thorough in everything you do, great effort.

Put alot work in that mower! Turned out to be a very Good job! Love it

Think about putting a rubber gator on that spline shaft a car steering rack should do it cheap and give it all a good prospective paint job with car sill chip paint it's like Raptor bed paint good videos well done

I'd try feeding your dog some fish like salmon and mackerel and chicken.

Mr Home Pro loved every bit of the resto ,all the best with your dogs surgery and recovery ,thanx for the 1hour and quarter mechanical entretainment ❤ regards Rob.

Great, keep up the good work...

Doing a great job fixing the mower looks great

Good job Darrell, very nice mower

Awesome video, Thanks for bringing the old girl back to life for another chance. I loved my Toro GroundsMaster 223D, 5 foot cutting deck. It was so fast and it cut the paddock 6ft weeds just as easily and as well as the lawn. I think you will be making any excuse to just jump on her and go mowing :-).

Yet another great job, keep them coming. 👍👏👏🚜👏👏

Made in Milwaukee, WI; my home town, when quality meant something. We used these for cutting the 'rough' on golf courses when I worked for the Milwaukee County park service. These are high-quality mowers that professionals use. Please🙏 don't beat it up using it like a brush-hog. Would be like using a butchers knife to chop wood.

Hey man! Jen told me about you losing your channel to some scammers and that was so devastating to hear! Looks like you got the channel back though which is amazing!

Awesome job! Great editing as usual. Pleasure to watch.

Great work, I have a diesel mower also. You just can't beat their strength and reliability!

Great job!! Thanks for sharing

Yeah man those mowers are good ones. The main thing vis to keep on top of maintenance on them basically is all. And it'll last for A long time to. Just like you said I'd paint back green again why not right. After all that's what the original color of it was to begin with. I think it was Forest Green.,or emerald Green.,or Hunter Green we're the paint color codes that was used on those green lawnmowers back then. Cause A lot of them was sprayed powder coated and sprayed clear coat and sealer. I've seen them being sprayed with mixed green powder coating with metallic flakes. In both of the paint and the clear coating sealer together. As the new paint jobs on them. I think it was like Three of them was repainted differently colors though. Two different green ones and one yellow.,or orange colored one to with metallic flakes.

Greater job was a pleasure to watch, very precise in your work .

Whatever you want to say. Quality like this is not made anymore. These old machines are just so solid.

Yes it will keep the weather and damp at bay from Rusting the shaft glad to help keep the good work up

I love old mowers and machinery, nice work.

Well done great work nicely done, I also love those kind projects

Well done! Excellent save!

Thanks for sharing.

Outstanding job skills! 👍👍👍👍

I had a Ford cm-272 with a new Holland deck that looked just like this mower. Loved it.

Hey Darrell. Looking forward to this one 😊😊

Like your meticulous work , doing stuff the right way

It was well worth it,saveing this old girl!

Amazing job u did here, l🖤ve this kind of content. Looking forward for ur next project 😊 Grtz from Belgium ✌️👍

Alway good to see collecters/users putting these machines back to work again.

first time watcher, you are very good, and your videos are awesome too. keep this up I would think you should get way over 100k subscribers. that lawnmower was left for the dead and you bring it back to life.

Awesome technical restoration 👍 It looks like it was a really well made and expensive machine when it was made. I really liked the tricks you showed in the hydraulic section like that wooden hydraulic ram clamp and using the thin drink can metal guide to get that that seal in.👍

Gratz on 50k my friend🎉

camera angle and positions are great

It is beyond me what people throw away sometimes. Even if the mower was complete junk, you just shouldn't be throwing away a good running diesel engine. Good for you giving it a new lease on life.