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[quote="B Town"]Ebay is a good source for manuals that are less than retail. The tachometer is cable driven.[/quote]

Thank you.

[quote="Stan Disbrow"]Hi, At some point during the B production, they added a second letter to denote what attachment came on from the factory. A + B were loaders, C, D + E were dozers, J was drawbar only and W was Wide Track. Now, just which loader or dozer model went with each letter, I do not kno...

Buying a new to me tractor, I don't want to embark in this without books. What's the best source for manuals?

The tach doesn't work. Are they electrical, or mechanical?

I will have my first opportunity to grade with a crawler soon. With a wheel tractor it has been a lifelong quest. A York Rake with gauge wheels is a great machine when the road is made of good gravel. If there are rocks baseball sized and larger, it won't work. The rake, or scraper blade hop over ea...

I am one of those people who can't bear to pay a professional to have all the fun, when I love doing it. My friend in a family excavating business doesn't get it. "Why wouldn't you rather pay somebody to do your earthmoving, than buy a machine then have to do the work?" He doesn't get that what he s...

I will truck my first ever crawler this Sunday. It's a 450BC. I want manuals. Is there difference between 450B, and 450BC. Does the C only denote that it isn't a loader? Someone wondered if it's a transition model between B & C It is supposed to be a '73 so I doubt it's a transition. I haven't paid ...