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Hi, Just so y'all know, the testing for a ROPS involves picking the unit up and dropping it from ten feet. They do this from all sides as well as upside-down. The ROPS has to survive with some minimal deflection allowed. Of course, they use five machines for the five drops for the five sides. That g...

Hi, What you need to do is place an ashtry onto the gas tank and take a pix of that as a joke, of course! ;) I have several older power tools (mowers, saws, etc) that have instructions on their air cleaners to wash the elements in gasolene and reoil. Which, I actually still do - using 100 octane rac...

Hi, Yes, you're not going to lift much weight with the combination of the short tracks and that long boom. Heck, you couldn't even lift a 62 blade from a 420 on a 3-roller without the poor thing riding on the front idler. Yes, I have seen folks attach a 62 onto a 3-roller 40 and it's a wonder how th...

Hi, The running OK and then leaning out sounds like the filter screen behind the fuel input fitting at the carb is half clogged. As you push, the thing burns more fuel, of course. If the screen is partially clogged, then it slowly drops the fuel height in the bowl, leading to a lean condition. As in...

Hi, Looks like the output from the little-known Deere-Ford Joint Venture factory! :) Should have painted it Green, Red, Yellow and Grey, though! :P As far as a 420c having a GPS from the factory, mine does as well. It's the Mod 62 Ground Pushing System!! :P :P :P Well, it'd be the Snow Pushing Syste...

Hi, I'd say the latest variant of the 440. The one with the larger tranny, finals, and everything else. Deere was constantly beefing them up as the years went by. So, the MC would be the lightest duty, and the last 440's the heaviest. The trend continued with the 1010 and the 2010 and wound up at th...

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I remember these! I always referred to them as 'the garden tractor crawler'.

Stan

Hi, How in heck does someone bust one of these? There's an eyebrow guard. FWIW, my 420c has had standaed zerks in place of all the button heads since 1966 without issue. So, I know it's not easy to bust one..... Now, I *have* managed to snap off the zerk on the back end of the lift cylinders a coupl...

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How come he didn't have his skidder out there playing in the dirt, too?

Stah

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Heck, I change the AF in everything I have on a 3-year cycle.

Stan

Hi, The 355D has the same serial number range as the 350D. Deere just changed the model number to bring it in line with the other crawler/loaders as a 'x55' vs. the dozers 'x50'. The 350 and 350B had the 3/152 (64-75), the 350C had the 3/164 (75-86) and the 350D and 355D had the 3/179 (85-88). As us...

Hi, Yes, the rails do wear more in reverse than in forward. A lot more, actually. In reverse, the power is applied to the chain via all the teeth in contact. In forward, the power is applied only through the first couple of teeth in contact. There's a lot more slipping between the sprocket teeth and...

Hi, If you weld this, it *will* bust again with 100% certainty. I'll tell you when it'll let go, too. When you're digging a fundation, or swimming pool, or some other reason for making a large hole in the ground, which is a good use for a dozer. At some point, you'll be pushing a blade full of dirt ...

Hi, No, it's the original 'M' engine still. The poor tractor was snapped in half when someone tried pull starting it with a 4WD truck after the ice formed inside the cylinders because they hadn't covered the stack. The piston tops were caved in, so dad decided to repair the things. The end result is...

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My pleasure. I was wanting some of this data myself as I look at every 350 and 450 I see with a 'for sale' sign on it!

Stan