HOBBIES AND SIDE PROJECTS

My John Deere 40.  

My John Deere 50 with a rear blade I built for the 3 point to plow snow, keep the driveway and road maintained and so forth.

My John Deere 60.  This was the very first tractor I ever bought.  This is what it looked like when I bought it in South Dakota. 

My John Deere 60 after it was restored.  I built a loader and bucket for it to move gravel, sand and wood chips.

My John Deere 70 (Gas model).  It was in pretty bad shape when I brought it home. 

The John Deere 70 Gas tractor after I got it fixed up and painted.  

My John Deere 70 Diesel.  The worst one I've ever restored.  It was a money pit!

The John Deere 70 Diesel after the engine overhaul, 4 new tires, narrow front end, paint, hydraulic system repair, power steering repair, flywheel repair, a new block, and 50 other things!

My John Deere 80.  It's pulling a 10 ft. tandem disk I built back in 2015.

My John Deere A.  It hadn't ran in about 10 years before I bought it.  

My John Deere D.   It's great for pulling logs and I've plowed with it a few times.  Wonderful tractor.

My John Deere MC (Crawler).  It was in bad, bad, shape when I bought it. 

The John Deere MC Crawler after restoration.  I built a new front blade for it and put new hydraulic cylinders on it.  

My Allis Chalmers WD-45 tractor.  Engine  was siezed, tires were shot and it hadn't ran in years.

The WD 45 after restoration.  I converted it to a narrow front end and built a 3 pt. hitch for the Snap Coupler.

A 1/3 scale baler I built.  It makes bales 12" long x 6" x 8" and you pull it behind a lawn mower.  Painted in the John Deere theme.

A John Deere # 44 plow before getting restored.

The 2 bottom plow after getting painted, new tires and coulter wheels.  

A gas powered bandsaw that goes on the back of a tractor on the 3 point.  I can cut firewood branches and logs with it instead of using a chainsaw.

The 3 pt. saw in action behind the John Deere 70 tractor.   There is an article on this build if you go to www.farmshow.com and search for 3 pt. bandsaw.

I built a box scraper ( 6 ft. wide) to use behind one of the tractors to keep the road and driveway maintained.  

My John Deere # 39 Sickle bar mower I restored. 

My John Deere # 8 Sickle bar mower after restoring and painting it.  It's mounted on the '50'

A 2 bottom plow I rebuilt and repainted.  It's mounted on the Allis Chalmers tractor in this photo.

My custom fabricated ATV cart built in Oct. 2019.

I use this cart around the weld shop to haul out scrap iron, haul firewood, take out ashes and it seems to work great.