Pop had a 317 - then a 318. We used and cared for the 318 so much he had it restored. Both are gone now - but this brings back great memories! Mowing, rear scoop (hydraulic), snow blower - and Dad designed custom BSH front mounted hydraulic log splitter. Legendary 'lawn - and so much more' tractor! Thanks for the look back - great restoration!
That is a great looking build you accomplished. The first scratch is always hard to take but it's doing what you intended it to do. Great job of it and thanks for sharing the ride with us.
I loved the journey. I had a horrible accident in 2010 and ended up in a wheelchair. I used the same mental process to get out of the wheelchair. It took me longer - two years. But that keep making things better by working at it every day- it really works!
Nice to see Bruno in full operation. He looks sharp with the construction paint scheme. Any way you paint the scraper will look better. I really enjoyed this series. You did an awesome job with it. Looking forward to the next project. Keep up the great content.
I'm sure I've said it before but I do admire and envy that community spirit you guys and gals have round there. Good luck to the baseball team in the new season. Happy 4th Birthday to Barret, best wishes for your birthday young man.
Neil, how fitting breaking in Bruno on a community project I’m sure he’ll see the ball diamonds many times in his lifetime. Take care my friend and thanks for all you do.
Very cool machine, something you are and should be proud of. I was excited for that build and it proved to be "worth the wait". What a perfect first job for Bruno to work out some kinks and get a good idea how your concept is going to work in reality. Very nice.
Miss those T-Ball days. One of my boys had a teammate who loved that soft dirt. So he had to slide into every base, then when he got home plate, he would slide then roll all over the place in slow motion. I was laughing my butt off, but Mom was rolling her eyes thinking of the dirt getting into her car and the washing later. 😄
Great to see Brunos first job. It's great to see the volunteer efforts you do for your community. The world could really use more of that. In my opinion I like your idea for the grey frame and yellow sides on the grater box.
The tractor turned out really good, I would paint the box blade construction gray and the chisel shanks, wheels, and the lift cylinder the construction yellow. 👍
Maiden voyage worked well, always have the little issues on start up, but it seemed to work well. Did yourself proud young man, thanks for the tag along video.
I noticed the green on the bottom of the weights but the rest of the tractor looked so good it didn't seem worth bringing up I think you should paint your grading box grey, then it will still go with your green tractors too Another great video!!
Might wanna leave a little dirt on that new paint. That yellow is loud in the sunlight. Almost had me reaching for my sunglasses in my dim lit living room. I definitely dig those big ribbed front tires. Fun to see ag rears and balloon fronts on such a small tractor. I'd probably go gray or black on the attachments. That way they still match other tractors and less work if you decide to change up Brunos color down the road.
Hi Neil. Looks like Bruno will be able to earn his keep. Glad that there were only minor issues. Still looks great, even with a little dust and mud on it. Thanks for the video! -mike
Hello Neil, happy to see Bruno on the battle field. I think a lot of people, including you, are waitng for this job from the starting of this project. Wish you a good week!
Nice to see it get to work and see what it’ll do. As far as making adjustments for the front tires, when you’re custom building things there is always trial and error and learning. As a woodworker you can definitely trust me on that! And I know all about pulling some favors. Great video as always!!
Tractor turned out great. I love the color scheme. It looks great and makes it a really unique piece of equipment. Congrats on getting it done. That was a lot of work, I'm impressed.
Great video, Neil! Good to see Bruno's first "Dirty Job" 🤣🤣🤣 Don't change the color of the grading box. Let Bruno bask in the glow of his new color scheme. The surging is an odd one. That engine didn't do that before, right? Does he have a fuel filter? Could there be something in the fuel tank of the fuel lines restricting the flow of gas? I don't know. Silly of you to forget that break spring. At least it's an easy fix. The hydraulics lever being stiff could be nothing more than the lack of use after all of the "fresh" paint. I'd hit it with a little WD-40 just to be sure. Thank you for the video, Neil. Can't wait to see both of you in the next one!
Hey thanks Susan. I figured out that surging problem. It was actually a loose ground wire to my coil. I tightened it up and it's been smooth sailing ever since. Always appreciate your comments, even if I don't get to them for a week! 😞
@@digdrivediy That's alright. You're a busy guy! I'm glad you figured out the surging issue! Thanks for taking the time to answer. Take care and see you in the next video, TOMORROW! 👍👍🥰🥰🤗🤗😘😘
Absolutely Love it Neil!! I love the whole story behind the Name! Iv got a 420 that is beefy with 26's and 18's and she's a Big Betty 😅 also have a 214 and a Beautiful 110H
@Neil Koch: Dig-Drive-DIY Thank you sir. It's raining here in Pennsylvania so it's a tractor TH-cam kind of Day!! Enjoy the Heck out of your channel and even some Snowmobiles thrown in there!! HAPPY SUNDAY TO THE KOCH FAMILY
Great job on your tractor. Great video also. I do hope that you will get many years of work out of it. We have enjoyed your journey with this project and hope to see a lot more out of Bruno.
I was hoping there would be an update on the bottom of the weights! 😂 If you are following the JD construction paint scheme on the box blade, I would think the box itself would be yellow with a gray cutting edge and scarifiers. The hydraulic cylinder and axle I would think would be gray, and the wheels yellow. The hitch and tongue, also yellow. Looking at the frontier version though, everything but the scarifiers is yellow.
The industrial yellow on Bruno is pretty unique for a lawn and garden tractor. I like it, I think my next restoration will be an industrial yellow John Deere lawn/garden tractor.
@@digdrivediy 1080p@60FPS is a considerate improvement over 1080p and 2160p@60FPS is the best.. The quality of the video I think reflects the quality and the effort you put into your clips. It's a respect thing. until next time friend 🍻
Well, she's dirty for the first time. I didn't realize what a huge difference the yellow paint would make until it was contrasted by the green on the grader box. I really like the yellow.
Your carb needs cleaning as to why its surging. If you pull the choke out a ways when its surging and the engine smooths out, its a dirty jet in the carb. That's almost always the issue.
Actually the ground to my coil was loose causing it to run like that intermittently. After this video was filmed I found it, tightened it up and it has run perfectly ever since.
It’s great to see it in use and glad it’s doing awesome! I’d paint that like you said with the yellow and gray. It’s always great when a project like that comes together full circle!
After watching this today, I now know who is responsible for the mysterious crop circles in the Midwest! You have mystified people for decades, but now the truth is revealed. As far as paint goes, I say set the twins loose on it with spray cans and do a free form art project. Let their blossoming freak flag fly brother! It's a win, win. They can freely express creativity and Daddy is supporting that activity. You are gonna be under their thumbs in about 5 years anyway, may as well get it in now while you still have the chance. Love home my brother and the SETI Institute should be contacting you in the near future.
Ha! Don't let the secret out on those circles. It gives the locals something to talk about! It would be interesting to see how the girls would paint it given a choice. I think I'll give them two color choices and see what they come up with. (Yellow and grey) 😋 Great to see you in here Greg. Hope all is well.
Awesome job on Bruno, Neil! As I’m watching, I’m wondering what you did with Bills old engine and the Brutus carcass? Did you end up surprising us and putting the two together or was it a trip to the scarp yard 😆
I envy your strong family and connections. I don't have any extended family that I know. The ones I do know of are either over a 1000 miles away or are in jail. But they are family and if I needed someone to help me steal a car, they'd be there. (I wish this was a joke)
I was looking through 18. I did about the same thing with my 420 I’ve had for right at 20 years the mower deck went bad so I retired from every day Moen add you right as it put took the gas tank out put a regular tractor speed on it out of the gas tank on the fender put Three point hitch on it made a freight suitcase weights for the freight that front wheel weights, auto and rear wheel weights on it. I had all the thing I need to do now is just playing it had a 23 horse Briggs in it because my older motor went bad, good luck the godly redneck
Neil it ain't my tractor but I'm just going to say it. That thing would look nice with an exterior mounted pre air filter like the big tractors. Plus didn't you do a video on the grader box If people wanted to build one? I know you said you use to make them. Can you please send me some pictures of that lower seat mount I want to try building that for the Cub Cadet.
I doubt it. I really have never seen a need for it to be honest. I had a 420 for a bit and never used the low range. I'm sure there is a use case for I'm not sure what it is.
Pop had a 317 - then a 318. We used and cared for the 318 so much he had it restored. Both are gone now - but this brings back great memories! Mowing, rear scoop (hydraulic), snow blower - and Dad designed custom BSH front mounted hydraulic log splitter. Legendary 'lawn - and so much more' tractor!
Thanks for the look back - great restoration!
Great job on Bruno Neil. Happy birthday Barret :)
That is a great looking build you accomplished. The first scratch is always hard to take but it's doing what you intended it to do. Great job of it and thanks for sharing the ride with us.
Thanks Ken.
@@digdrivediyhey Neil I think it would be awesome if you put a little like 2 cylinder diesel engine in bruno I think that would be awesome
Spread rock salt on the infield dirt to prevent grass and weeds
I loved the journey.
I had a horrible accident in 2010 and ended up in a wheelchair. I used the same mental process to get out of the wheelchair. It took me longer - two years. But that keep making things better by working at it every day- it really works!
That's fantastic! Thanks for sharing that with us!
Looks like Bruno is working good, projects like that are never done. I like it, thanks for sharing
Nice to see Bruno in full operation. He looks sharp with the construction paint scheme. Any way you paint the scraper will look better. I really enjoyed this series. You did an awesome job with it. Looking forward to the next project. Keep up the great content.
Thanks Mike.
I'm sure I've said it before but I do admire and envy that community spirit you guys and gals have round there. Good luck to the baseball team in the new season.
Happy 4th Birthday to Barret, best wishes for your birthday young man.
This community is great!
@@digdrivediy😂🎉😢😢🎉😢😢 6:38 6:38 😢
Still amazing to see it outside! Congrats!
Neil, how fitting breaking in Bruno on a community project I’m sure he’ll see the ball diamonds many times in his lifetime. Take care my friend and thanks for all you do.
Thanks Mike!
Very cool machine, something you are and should be proud of. I was excited for that build and it proved to be "worth the wait". What a perfect first job for Bruno to work out some kinks and get a good idea how your concept is going to work in reality. Very nice.
All your hard work paying off! Bruno looks great!
Miss those T-Ball days. One of my boys had a teammate who loved that soft dirt. So he had to slide into every base, then when he got home plate, he would slide then roll all over the place in slow motion. I was laughing my butt off, but Mom was rolling her eyes thinking of the dirt getting into her car and the washing later. 😄
Great to see Brunos first job. It's great to see the volunteer efforts you do for your community. The world could really use more of that. In my opinion I like your idea for the grey frame and yellow sides on the grater box.
Good job Neil! Your community is lucky to have you & your family amongst them! Well done.
Thanks so much 👍🏻
The tractor looks so good. I like that yellow color for the pull grader. Weld up that crack on the ripper before you paint.
Clearly any problems you are experiencing are from Bruno having an identity crisis! That yellow paint will be a an ongoing problem for him.
Since I saw and heard you explain the circular pattern to drive when leveling I tried it. i'm now a believer, it worked great. Thanks!
Great Job getting that ball field cleaned-up with Bruno. she sure a cool looking tractor 318
The tractor turned out really good, I would paint the box blade construction gray and the chisel shanks, wheels, and the lift cylinder the construction yellow. 👍
Maiden voyage worked well, always have the little issues on start up, but it seemed to work well. Did yourself proud young man, thanks for the tag along video.
Thanks Terry
Just a few small things after a complete rebuild! Man you’ll have Bruno tuned in in no time!
I noticed the green on the bottom of the weights but the rest of the tractor looked so good it didn't seem worth bringing up I think you should paint your grading box grey, then it will still go with your green tractors too Another great video!!
Anytime you are on a tractor with the pull grader box behind you on the ground I am watching! The master, GOAT!
Might wanna leave a little dirt on that new paint. That yellow is loud in the sunlight. Almost had me reaching for my sunglasses in my dim lit living room. I definitely dig those big ribbed front tires. Fun to see ag rears and balloon fronts on such a small tractor.
I'd probably go gray or black on the attachments. That way they still match other tractors and less work if you decide to change up Brunos color down the road.
Hi Neil. Looks like Bruno will be able to earn his keep. Glad that there were only minor issues. Still looks great, even with a little dust and mud on it. Thanks for the video!
-mike
Hello Neil, happy to see Bruno on the battle field. I think a lot of people, including you, are waitng for this job from the starting of this project. Wish you a good week!
Yes! Definitely waited a long time to get back at it!
@@digdrivediy 🚜
Nice to see it get to work and see what it’ll do. As far as making adjustments for the front tires, when you’re custom building things there is always trial and error and learning. As a woodworker you can definitely trust me on that! And I know all about pulling some favors. Great video as always!!
Thanks Matt!
Looking good man! Glad she’s putting in the work. That’s my only concern I feel if I was to restore a tractor I would never use it 😂
Right!
I couldn't help but laugh at the ending.😅 I really like the color and how Bruno turned out.
Tractor turned out great. I love the color scheme. It looks great and makes it a really unique piece of equipment. Congrats on getting it done. That was a lot of work, I'm impressed.
Appreciate it Craig!
looks like it turned out good. Got me wanting to build one now
good video and job if the hydratiics are new they will get better. take care, be safe and well.
another thing you can put on it, i use on my motorcycles, sxs, and my dads tractor is SC1. it helps great with mud and dust from sticking.
No better use for a restored 318 than to groom a ball field for kids to play on! Great Job!
to help you get better control of the grader box going up and down put a inline valve in the system and that should help you out with that
Looks & performs great. Don’t worry about what to paint the grader until winter.
True!
Great video, Neil! Good to see Bruno's first "Dirty Job" 🤣🤣🤣
Don't change the color of the grading box. Let Bruno bask in the glow of his new color scheme.
The surging is an odd one. That engine didn't do that before, right? Does he have a fuel filter? Could there be something in the fuel tank of the fuel lines restricting the flow of gas? I don't know.
Silly of you to forget that break spring. At least it's an easy fix.
The hydraulics lever being stiff could be nothing more than the lack of use after all of the "fresh" paint. I'd hit it with a little WD-40 just to be sure.
Thank you for the video, Neil. Can't wait to see both of you in the next one!
Hey thanks Susan. I figured out that surging problem. It was actually a loose ground wire to my coil. I tightened it up and it's been smooth sailing ever since. Always appreciate your comments, even if I don't get to them for a week! 😞
@@digdrivediy That's alright. You're a busy guy!
I'm glad you figured out the surging issue!
Thanks for taking the time to answer.
Take care and see you in the next video, TOMORROW! 👍👍🥰🥰🤗🤗😘😘
Neil,
I’ve watched about 25 of your videos.
Love everyone of them. Keep them coming. Thanks
Amazing work Neil and you have inspired me to make a international cub cadet 682 in a construction version like your 318
I am so done with construction yellow equipment!
I am retired, thank God!!!
But I still love to run farming equipment!!!😁😃😉😀
I can appreciate that!
Looks awesome with some dust on the tires!
Still made me a little anxious 😬
An quick application of corn gluten meal (a natural pre-emergent) with a hand spreader 2 or 3 times a year will keep those weeds out.
Absolutely Love it Neil!! I love the whole story behind the Name! Iv got a 420 that is beefy with 26's and 18's and she's a Big Betty 😅 also have a 214 and a Beautiful 110H
Nice fleet you have.
@Neil Koch: Dig-Drive-DIY Thank you sir. It's raining here in Pennsylvania so it's a tractor TH-cam kind of Day!! Enjoy the Heck out of your channel and even some Snowmobiles thrown in there!! HAPPY SUNDAY TO THE KOCH FAMILY
Great job on your tractor. Great video also. I do hope that you will get many years of work out of it. We have enjoyed your journey with this project and hope to see a lot more out of Bruno.
Thanks so much Curt!
Love that yellow 👍🏼
Neil, I think you painted Bruno in the right color for his tasks, JD Yellow shows way less dirt btw.
Yes. He is a true industrialist :)
Hello from the Netherlands Koch Family .
thanks for the video Neil 👍.
Sincerely Hollandduck
I was hoping there would be an update on the bottom of the weights! 😂
If you are following the JD construction paint scheme on the box blade, I would think the box itself would be yellow with a gray cutting edge and scarifiers. The hydraulic cylinder and axle I would think would be gray, and the wheels yellow. The hitch and tongue, also yellow. Looking at the frontier version though, everything but the scarifiers is yellow.
Neil, Bruno looks good, a work horse for sure. Carl FONDEROSA FARMS MD
Grate video Bruno looks great.
It's almost like you got a new vehicle! Great content, great job!
I love the yellow tractor!! I hope it don’t take 130 days to paint the grading box!!
Ha!
That is so cool I like the yellow have a john deere 110 round finder I wish it was yellow 😢 but I like the turn out of your !
Thanks!
The industrial yellow on Bruno is pretty unique for a lawn and garden tractor. I like it, I think my next restoration will be an industrial yellow John Deere lawn/garden tractor.
Neil, I kind of like the green blade. Bruno is awesome tractor. I like it.
Such a great job
Finally ordered v61 for my x720 to go with the tru powers in the rear. Hope it looks as good as the 318!
Look good on the greater box Bruno turned out really nice man
Thanks Aaron!
You should paint that grader box too Neil
All grey Neil for the grader except yellow wheels. Will look cool.
That's a good idea.
Been waiting for it, everything turned out awesome!
Thanks for 4k!
Thanks! I wonder if you'd notice. My Canon camera struggles in 4K though I'm discovering 😬
@@digdrivediy 1080p@60FPS is a considerate improvement over 1080p and 2160p@60FPS is the best..
The quality of the video I think reflects the quality and the effort you put into your clips. It's a respect thing.
until next time friend 🍻
I thought you guys liked me!! Now all this abuse!! Frank Bruno, in Colorado.. Love your channel!
Haha! You have a great name!!!
HAHAHAHAHA I was wondering if You found the Green paint I was Talking about ...
Thanks Neil.
Mike M.
Oh yeah 😂
happy 4th birthday barret
Barrett says thanks friend!
Paint it yellow and just add decals. Looks nice finished
Bruno looks great
I need one of those pull boxes
Looking good Neil. These first projects are tough not wanting to scratch it all up. Made to work right?? Take care my friend.
That's exactly right. Thanks a lot Jeff.
I would go with Industrial Yellow with Gray Rims and Hydraulic Cylinder!
All yellow for sure
Well, she's dirty for the first time. I didn't realize what a huge difference the yellow paint would make until it was contrasted by the green on the grader box. I really like the yellow.
Yeah, it really stands out when compared to the green!
You should have the same yellow as the tractor. The only thing that you can make gray is the blade.
I think gray and black would be a nice color on the attachments yellow wheels
Beginning to love yellow
Your carb needs cleaning as to why its surging. If you pull the choke out a ways when its surging and the engine smooths out, its a dirty jet in the carb. That's almost always the issue.
Actually the ground to my coil was loose causing it to run like that intermittently. After this video was filmed I found it, tightened it up and it has run perfectly ever since.
How many looks did you get using and driving Bruno around? A yellow Deere has to attract some attention.
There were quite a few folks looking at it with a weird glance :)
welcome to indiana where everyone has a million cousins. small town farm life
For reals 😉
It’s great to see it in use and glad it’s doing awesome! I’d paint that like you said with the yellow and gray. It’s always great when a project like that comes together full circle!
I have one in dyer need of restoration...this may have inspired me...
Go for it!
Nice little tractor
The mud almost matched the paint.
Hey Neil, I love the videos but I was curious if you made that pull type grader box or bought it?
I made it. I have a video all about it.
We should get a Bruno pull test
After watching this today, I now know who is responsible for the mysterious crop circles in the Midwest! You have mystified people for decades, but now the truth is revealed. As far as paint goes, I say set the twins loose on it with spray cans and do a free form art project. Let their blossoming freak flag fly brother! It's a win, win. They can freely express creativity and Daddy is supporting that activity. You are gonna be under their thumbs in about 5 years anyway, may as well get it in now while you still have the chance. Love home my brother and the SETI Institute should be contacting you in the near future.
Ha! Don't let the secret out on those circles. It gives the locals something to talk about!
It would be interesting to see how the girls would paint it given a choice. I think I'll give them two color choices and see what they come up with. (Yellow and grey) 😋
Great to see you in here Greg. Hope all is well.
Awesome job on Bruno, Neil! As I’m watching, I’m wondering what you did with Bills old engine and the Brutus carcass? Did you end up surprising us and putting the two together or was it a trip to the scarp yard 😆
No, I'm afraid the engine and old chassis are just sitting in the scrap pile. Need to get something done with them.
For the grader box i say all grey with yellow hardware
Need to fix the spikes on the drop box one is almost cracked thru?? 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
Yeah I spotted that too.
I envy your strong family and connections. I don't have any extended family that I know. The ones I do know of are either over a 1000 miles away or are in jail. But they are family and if I needed someone to help me steal a car, they'd be there. (I wish this was a joke)
Oh man 😯
I was literally expecting "It's been 4 days the the painters caulk started to crack"
So far so good.
I would do a yellow frame with a gray blade, cylinder, and hardware
All yellow on the box blade
I was looking through 18. I did about the same thing with my 420 I’ve had for right at 20 years the mower deck went bad so I retired from every day Moen add you right as it put took the gas tank out put a regular tractor speed on it out of the gas tank on the fender put Three point hitch on it made a freight suitcase weights for the freight that front wheel weights, auto and rear wheel weights on it. I had all the thing I need to do now is just playing it had a 23 horse Briggs in it because my older motor went bad, good luck the godly redneck
Nice video as always
Hope your Dad is okay
Thanks. My Dad is good. Did something in the video make you think something was wrong?
No, just enjoy your Dad.
Sorry for the way I worded my comment
@@gregpavone8485 No worries 👍🏻
Neil it ain't my tractor but I'm just going to say it. That thing would look nice with an exterior mounted pre air filter like the big tractors. Plus didn't you do a video on the grader box If people wanted to build one? I know you said you use to make them. Can you please send me some pictures of that lower seat mount I want to try building that for the Cub Cadet.
You'll need to send me an email. digdrivediy@ gmail.com
I think all grey with yellow rims
How expensive is it to put a new crank shaft and piston in the 318 original motor
I don't know anymore these days. I'll bet it's pretty darn expensive.
Do you ever think would swap a 430-420 rear end into Bruno?
I doubt it. I really have never seen a need for it to be honest. I had a 420 for a bit and never used the low range. I'm sure there is a use case for I'm not sure what it is.
You need to do some welding on the grader box cracks
Yessir
@@digdrivediy be for new paint
How’s the front tires? Better traction?
Much better!
Hey leave the weights how they are & whenever you make a video with Bruno slip in a a underside view for a second just for fun 😁
That would be a nice little Easter egg 😉