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Put me down for a 40c.

Right now i have no plans for restoring it, but i sure would like to someday. Like i said I would like to build a road through our woodlot and a few other projects first so i might as well get the biggest share of the dirty work out of the way first.

Here's a few photos of my 1955 40c, (unfortunately not the action photos from the last snowstorm that i seem to have lost) it's not pretty but it works like a champ. As you can see, it looks like a custom built blade was grafted onto the original push arms. It's real heavy duty and the tilt feature ...

Thanks for the info. I know that parts for these things can get pretty pricey so I was curious what I would be in for. I bought the machine hoping to use it to build a road through our woodlot but i want to make sure anything that needs fixing is fixed. My guess is that the further out in the woods ...

I've been checking out this site for about a year and half now, ever since I bought my 1955 JD40C, and I have to say this is a great resource that I look forward to reading everyday. My machine and I got off to a bad start, all of it due to operator inexperience. The first day I owned it I had to ta...