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wwattson wrote:Great job on the crawler Ray! Nothing to be ashamed of there. Really nice work.

The views in the background have a familiar look. Are are up around Gaylord area?

Bill

Hi Bill

You're close. We live SW of there ( about 20 miles south of Traverse City ).

ray,that is a feat of engineering to say the least,amazing work,you saved that machine from a scrap pile and turned it into a cool little unit,you should be proud. it is not a hack job either,looks like something a factory would put out,you are a skilled craftman to be able to pull that off and mak...

If you're interested, there's a whole group dedicated to such things on Yahoo called Track Laying Garden Tractors at the following link. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracklayinggardentractors/ Thanks guys. I'll put up more photos when it's finished. This is a lot of fun to play around on and the k...

This is a 1945 Lindeman BO crawler. It has a John Deere model-B engine and transmission and the parts to make it a crawler were made by the Lindeman Company of Yakima, Washington. The loader was built by: Mid-Western Industries Inc of Racine, Wisconsin and is model #F-32 Serial #1456. It was built f...

An impostor, eh? :shock: Just kidding, another Raymond has to turn up now and then. Didn't think it would happen on a 1000 member site though! My parents were strange. They named all their kids with three letter names. Jan, Joy, Jay, Kay, Ray. So you still get to be the only legal "Raymond". ..Ray

I would like to see pics of that lindeman as well,the fact that you used it as a working machine is cool to me,better than it rusting away in some field somewhere. I bet they would be great for harvesting maple sap for sugaring,they are so light and turn quick,go almost anywhere in the woods. I'm n...

A few photos that came off the web. I understand that these are part of a collection of Lindeman crawlers belonging to Bob Smythe in Portland, Oregon. http://www.jdcrawlers.com/uploads/bob_smithe.jpg http://www.jdcrawlers.com/uploads/portland_or..jpg Wide gage Lindeman, 1 of 18 made. http://www.jdcr...

Because this is a John Deere " enthusiasts" website, and I do not want to offend anyone who "bleeds green". I'm going to ask before I post any photos. I have a 1945 Lindeman that IS NOT ORIGINAL. If you would rather I didn't post a non original Lindeman, then I have no problem with that and I will r...

OK .. The photos came thru. How do I get them to transfer without all the white space around them? .. Ray ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I figured out how to resize photos without getting the white border. So I corrected the photos in the origina...

I'm going to try this and see if it works. http://www.jdcrawlers.com/uploads/8.jpg 1949 Agricat with front blade and 10 inch garden plow. Both plows are operated by hand. 8 HP Wisconsin with 2 speed forward and 1 reverse. http://www.jdcrawlers.com/uploads/9.jpg Electric starter/generator mounted to ...

My little sideline hobby of making parts for old crawlers just took me down a new path yesterday when a guy got in touch with me to make a part for a 1956 Agricat. This is the cutest little crawler I have ever seen. Seat in the middle with motor in front, 36" total width and about 4' or so long. I ...