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Thank you, David!

Ha! A very small field!

For sure. I knew a lot of people from my grandfather's generation with less than 10 fingers. My friends and I joke about youths today by calling them 10-fingered-snowflakes.

Makes sense...like a narrow front row crop tractor in reverse!

Thanks! No. I got used to it the way it is, but good idea with the sheathed cable. That could be made easily detachable, too.

@@jessealt5415 I'm thinking you could use a ebrake cable from a car to raise the deck, with a brake cable from a bike for the release. I haven't imagined a removable lever assembly, yet. install steering brakes, first, that's way cooler!

Sorry. It’s a keeper for me.

Thanks! Yeah. A bigger motor would make it much better. I'm playing around turning it around so it faces forward and with better height adjustment. I was thinking I could do it in 2 passes, shallow then deep, but now you got me thinking...

@@jessealt5415 Yeah but the reverse rotation sure makes it do great. The cheapest way I have found to get used motors is to buy old lawnmowers. I have gotten them for as little as 50 bucks when something other than the motor went bad.

Thanks!

Hi Nick. That's great! Of course, borrow any ideas you think will work for you. And enjoy the project.

@@jessealt5415 Thank you very much.

I did not reverse the tines, but it does dig in pretty good. I want to try mounting the tiller forward facing for this year, but I only have a week or 2 at most before planting.

Спасибо!

Thanks, Jim!

Hello Kirill! Are you asking about the border crisis? You may know that the US has 2 major political parties. The Republicans are in control of Texas, while Democrats currently control the federal government. Texas has been overrun with migrants coming accross the Mexico border. Republicans are strongly opposed to illegal immigration. Migrants have become a problem in most of the US as millions are coming from central and South America so quickly that Americans are struggling to feed and house them. Controlling immigration is officially under the control of the federal government, but since the Democrat Biden administration has mostly ignored the problem, Texas has used its militia to try to stop the migrants. This began the clash between Texas and Biden and control over the Texas Mexico border.

@@jessealt5415 I hope that everything will end peacefully.

Yes, there is a lot of terrible stuff happening in the world now. I hope for peace soon.

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Thanks! We used to run it open manifold and beautiful and deafening.

Thanks! I've been using it for a few years now, and it is still going strong. I enjoy cutting the grass. I used to hate it with the push mower, especially in the heat of July and August.

Thanks! The rear tires are 16 inch rims x 8 inches wide.

@@jessealt5415 Thank you for the reply and info! I have a Kubota G1900 I am rebuilding as specifically a garden tractor. Removing the deck, adding a front loader and 3-Point hitch. Using the deck hydraulics for the 3-Point hitch. Rotary tiller, cultivator, harrow, turning plow, etc. Have all my implements already except a rotary tiller which I will build and run off the tractor PTO I will extend under and behind the rear-end. Tractor PTO is currently through the front axle pivot making it an easy matter to lengthen the no longer needed deck PTO shaft to a rear mounted carrier bearing. My current tires would only leave me about 3" of rear ground clearance after running the PTO drive shaft under the rear end. I have been looking at going to 14X7's to increase the ground clearance a bit but your 16X8's look so good on your tractor I am now thinking of getting the same size for mine. The 14X7's would fit right on and still clear the fender, but just barely. It wouldn't be too hard to raise the fender and go with those great looking 16X8's! Then I wouldn't have to worry about fender clearance and I get more ground clearance as an extra bonus. Thank you for uploading the video, it has been helpful to me as I am sure it has to many many others! Again thank you for the reply and hope your tractor is still getting the job done!

That's great! If you decide to post videos of your build, please come back and let me know. And THANK YOU!

@@jessealt5415 Much appreciated Jesse. Thanks for your reply. I will be doing a video of the build progress soon. You're welcome to follow my channel and see when it pops up.

OK. I will follow your channel.

@@jessealt5415 Very cool. Welcome to my craziness!!

Very true! Thanks!

It would might work better turned around, but the fabrication was much easier this way and it works. I think it does a more thorough job this way because any large clumps it throws out get run over again. On the downside, it builds up a wall of dirt that limits how deep it can till without running out of power.

@@jessealt5415 I think I may try it that way also i am always fighting drag the tiller backwards as I till, seems to till better good idea and makes sense

@@om.stevediyandtravels8684 I hope it works for you!

Thanks!

Thank you, Chuck!

Obrigado! Acabei de conferir seu canal e adorei seu trator. Bom trabalho! quero ver funcionando. (traduzido pelo google)

Yeah, I think a lot of people would call it a doodle bug.

Hi Floyd. I pulled the rims off a Ford van so they fit right on the Ford rear end, no modification needed.

Thanks! I'm glad to hear from other people that appreciate it like my family does and I'm happy I could share it.

Thanks, Anthony!

Thanks, Jerrold!

Thank you! I bought the rear tires from Amazon, but they're Carlisle tires so they are available lots of places.

Now that's a nice name for it. THANKS!

Hi David. That's too bad that you have no pictures of your grandfather's model T tractor. I'm extremely lucky. Not only did someone have a great camera in my hometown over 100 years ago, but people actually saved the pictures and the tractor. Add to that I got to grow up on land with over a century of family history right next door to my grandparents. Like you, I heard so many great stories of a time gone by.

Thanks, Brett!

Thank you! Much appreciated!

Thanks! I think a 3 point makes a hobby tractor way more useful. It lifts heavy enough stuff to get the front tires off the ground. If it was a real work tractor, though hydraulic or electric would be the way to go.

Thanks! I just checked out the homemade tractor on your channel. I can't wait to see more.

@Jesse Alt Thanks for checking it out. I can't wait to get started on it!

Hmmm. I didn't think about that. Rear tine tillers spin in reverse so I figured it was OK. I will try it in reverse. Just a few weeks until it's time. Thanks Justin!

Thank you, Stephen!

Thank you!

Hey Bryant! That's great news. Resplined is the way to go for the axles if you have money to spare. Welding is probably strong enough, but won't be perfectly straight. If you can get it good enough to not ruin bearings, that's probably all you need. It’s only going to go a few mph anyway. The back tires on my tractor is 33" so the rear is probably 32" I don't remember exactly.

Thank you, John! That is such a nice compliment. I feel so lucky to have known and learned from him.

@@jessealt5415 Do you still have his machine shop? I am trying to start an old Time Machine shop that runs own steam and has a central belt system. I am still looking for old machinery with stories behind them. I want to start living history museum that works on old obsolete tractors and machines.

Wow! Awesome project idea! No. He didn't have his own shop. He had a friend with a shop that let him work there. He was also a master of getting the job done with what was at hand. You know, typical farmer mechanic, but a cut above.

Thank you!

Yes, We can if you want to talk about this tractor or similar projects.

Yes. It has high, medium and low range. I pasted a link to a video that explains it in case you're interested. Yep, I have sand/clay soil. I've been told by old timers that my neighborhood was built on an old sand pit. It makes for easy digging. th-cam.com/video/QX98vV-vevI/w-d-xo.html

@@jessealt5415 Thank You. I went and found your videos on this tractor. Had never thought of using the brake shaft for a driving output. I have several old Sears Suburbans that I use for small jobs around the place. They're quite handy as well. I can go plow gardens in town for people inside chain link fence with them , that my big tractors will not fit through

@Phil Lowman Those Sears suburbans are nice for small jobs and tight places. They have all the power you need for most jobs especially if you weight them down.

@@jessealt5415 One of them kept having flat tires. I chucked up the rear wheels in the lathe , cut the outer wheel off , then mounted a set of solid lugged forklift tires to the center part of the wheels with lag bolts. Those tires are really heavy , plus they get great traction. The ride is RUFF tho. No more chasing it with the air hose. Found a set to go on the front, but haven't put them on it yet. The front ones on it now are so dry rotted the valve stems have broken off , but they still stand round.

@Phil Lowman LOL almost returning to old steel wheel era, I guess. I bet it PULLS though. I built a solid wheel go-kart from junk when I was a kid. No suspension and a plywood seat. My teeth would hurt when I rode it. They felt like they were vibrating out of the bone.

Wow! Thanks!

Thanks!