I want to thank all of you who have taken the time to respond to my little crawler. I apologize to those that I have offended by making the modifications that I have done to this crawler. That certainly was not my intention. I only built this to have a machine that I could use to work with. I take pride in what I build and for many years, this has been a useful and dependable working machine. I built and modified this crawler a long time ago for my own personal use around the property. The crawler was purchased at an auction. It was all torn apart with the parts sitting on skids and in boxes so it was in the price range that I could afford at the time. It took a lot of time and effort to rebuild the crawler itself and even more time and effort to make the modifications and to adapt the loader to it
Complimenti Ray!!! ti seguo dal tuo primo progetto di trattore homemade pubblicato su tractorforum...fantastico quel lavoro che hai fatto, grazie, mi hai entusiasmato!!! mi piacerebbe rivedere ed imparare come hai trasformato il forklift -saluti dall'italia
Did Lindemann modify Deere's on their own or were they a subsidiary of Deere? I noticed the BO model decal on the hood tin and wondered if that one originally started life as an orchard model B and was then crawler modified by Lindemann? Great video!
The Lindeman company bought the B tractor motor units from John Deere and they did the modifications on their own. They were not a part of the John Deere company. John Deere bought Lindeman out in the mid 40's and then they started making the John Deere MC crawler in 1949. The MC uses the same track pads as the Lindeman did. Most of the Lindeman crawlers used the BO tractor motor and transmission unit. If you look at the front of the crawler, you can see the two cast bosses hanging down under the radiator where the front axle would have been mounted to it on the tractors.
The clutch is operated by the foot pedal by the left foot rest. The pedal is attached to a rocker shaft that extends over to the other side of the crawler. The linkage from the pedal comes up behind the steering lever on the right side of the crawler and attaches to a lever arm on a rocker shaft that is mounted on top of the rear plate. The mounting bracket for this end of the rocker shaft also holds the throttle lever arm ( the arm with the red knob ). The linkage extends down from a lever arm on the other end of that rocker shaft and attaches to the lever arm on the left side of an offset pivot assembly, that is mounted to the back of the rear plate. A strong spring is attached to the lever arm on the right side of that offset pivot. When the clutch pedal is pressed down, the linkage opens the drive clutch and it also rotates the spring lever arm up until it is almost at top dead center. With the spring in this position, there is basically no pressure exerted on the pedal and it takes very little effort to hold the clutch pedal down. This comes in handy when driving the crawler in parades at tractor shows because they stop and go a lot and I can sit there holding the clutch down without my foot getting tired. When I'm ready to go again, all I have to do is release the clutch pedal and the spring snaps the clutch closed and holds the clutch linkage tightly in place.
This crawler is 76 years old, one year older than I am and Like me .. it is retired now and I just take it to tractor shows. If I broke something down in the final drive I would be up a creek. It isn't how much replacement parts would cost that is the problem, it is that replacement parts are just not available anymore.
Farmer Bill,,,,I have a few old restored tractors also. When you put that much time & work into them you dont even want to get them dirty. You can tell by the way he keeps it covered, I would too.
@@catman19 I have 7 all natural not restored JD. Some have had mechanical overhauls but most have not. One is 80 years young and I've only rebuilt the carb. I work all of them. I love the sound of a two cylinder pulling hard and working
I want to thank all of you who have taken the time to respond to my little crawler.
I apologize to those that I have offended by making the modifications that I have done to this crawler. That certainly was not my intention.
I only built this to have a machine that I could use to work with. I take pride in what I build and for many years, this has been a useful and dependable working machine.
I built and modified this crawler a long time ago for my own personal use around the property.
The crawler was purchased at an auction. It was all torn apart with the parts sitting on skids and in boxes so it was in the price range that I could afford at the time.
It took a lot of time and effort to rebuild the crawler itself and even more time and effort to make the modifications and to adapt the loader to it
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Wonderful old machine and very smart modifications. Hope you continue to enjoy it for many years.
Love the engineering you put into the loader. I always thought these crawlers were cool and the loader makes it even better!
So very nice and well cared for.
Thank you for sharing! 👍
That crawler is just wonderful- good work.
very nice! I had an MC that I restored, and now have a 57 420c.
Beautiful piece of equipment
Wow, That is a beautiful piece of equipment.
Beautiful machine, thanks for sharing!
You truly are a craftsman sir
That is soo cool! The first one that I've seen!
"Nothing Runs Like A Deere" 🦌👍🇺🇸
Just found your channel Ray. Good to see your videos. We miss seeing you at Buckley Old Engine Show.
Thanks 👍 I really miss being there. It is just too far away from me now.
This thing looks better now than it did brand new I bet!!!
Complimenti Ray!!! ti seguo dal tuo primo progetto di trattore homemade pubblicato su tractorforum...fantastico quel lavoro che hai fatto, grazie, mi hai entusiasmato!!! mi piacerebbe rivedere ed imparare come hai trasformato il forklift -saluti dall'italia
I love your crawler tractor
Very interesting. Thank you for posting
It’s beautiful thanks for sharing
Very interesting!
Very nice
Awesome machine 😁
Now that is cool!
such innovation!!!
that is amazing
Check out all the safety features
WOW !! A time machine
Looks great Ray, did you do the clutches on this tractor, I seem to remember them as being weak?
Pat
Yes .. it has new clutch discs.
Did Lindemann modify Deere's on their own or were they a subsidiary of Deere? I noticed the BO model decal on the hood tin and wondered if that one originally started life as an orchard model B and was then crawler modified by Lindemann? Great video!
The Lindeman company bought the B tractor motor units from John Deere and they did the modifications on their own. They were not a part of the John Deere company.
John Deere bought Lindeman out in the mid 40's and then they started making the John Deere MC crawler in 1949. The MC uses the same track pads as the Lindeman did.
Most of the Lindeman crawlers used the BO tractor motor and transmission unit.
If you look at the front of the crawler, you can see the two cast bosses hanging down under the radiator where the front axle would have been mounted to it on the tractors.
( Posted by Rick Pickell) He hasn't even uncovered it. I like it already.
How did you run the foot clutch?
The clutch is operated by the foot pedal by the left foot rest. The pedal is attached to a rocker shaft that extends over to the other side of the crawler.
The linkage from the pedal comes up behind the steering lever on the right side of the crawler and attaches to a lever arm on a rocker shaft that is mounted on top of the rear plate. The mounting bracket for this end of the rocker shaft also holds the throttle lever arm ( the arm with the red knob ).
The linkage extends down from a lever arm on the other end of that rocker shaft and attaches to the lever arm on the left side of an offset pivot assembly, that is mounted to the back of the rear plate.
A strong spring is attached to the lever arm on the right side of that offset pivot. When the clutch pedal is pressed down, the linkage opens the drive clutch and it also rotates the spring lever arm up until it is almost at top dead center.
With the spring in this position, there is basically no pressure exerted on the pedal and it takes very little effort to hold the clutch pedal down.
This comes in handy when driving the crawler in parades at tractor shows because they stop and go a lot and I can sit there holding the clutch down without my foot getting tired.
When I'm ready to go again, all I have to do is release the clutch pedal and the spring snaps the clutch closed and holds the clutch linkage tightly in place.
Sweet machine. I'm curious, what is the use of having it if you don't ever use it? How can you not push a bit of dirt around once in a while?
This crawler is 76 years old, one year older than I am and Like me .. it is retired now and I just take it to tractor shows.
If I broke something down in the final drive I would be up a creek.
It isn't how much replacement parts would cost that is the problem, it is that replacement parts are just not available anymore.
Farmer Bill,,,,I have a few old restored tractors also. When you put that much time & work into them you dont even want to get them dirty. You can tell by the way he keeps it covered, I would too.
@@catman19 I have 7 all natural not restored JD. Some have had mechanical overhauls but most have not. One is 80 years young and I've only rebuilt the carb. I work all of them. I love the sound of a two cylinder pulling hard and working
was the self starter original??
No. I added that when I put the loader on. The crawler was originally hand start.
Was that a cold start ?
Yes .. that was the first time it had been started in about a week.
Bobcat 😀