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Agricat Parts

Post by wwattson » Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:45 am

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 found some stuff on ytmag and a group dedicated to tracked garden tractors on Yahoo. Any of you guys done anything with these or know anybody that has?
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Re: Agricat Parts

Post by Ray » Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:20 pm

wwattson wrote: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 found some stuff on ytmag and a group dedicated to tracked garden tractors on Yahoo. Any of you guys done anything with these or know anybody that has?
Bill.

I just joined this group and ran across this post.

I have a 1949 Agricat model C in unrestored running condition. I was going to post a photo with this, but couldn't figure how to do that. .. Ray

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Post by wwattson » Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:53 pm

Cool stuff Ray. If you send me the picture, I will post it for you. My email is wwattson@wi.rr.com. I'm just finishing up one of the pieces I'm making and was going to post a picture of it as well.
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Post by Lavoy » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:34 pm

I think there is a manual for one on Ebay right now.
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Post by Ray » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:35 am

I'm going to try this and see if it works.


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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.


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Electric starter/generator mounted to front of engine. Dash mounted to top of engine.


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Dash with amp gage and starter switch. Throttle and choke mount on the side of the dash.


I picked this up 2 years ago and it has all the original factory manuals and paperwork with it. This is on the list of things to rebuild. Until then, We show it like it is. .. Ray
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Post by Ray » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:54 am

OK .. The photos came thru. How do I get them to transfer without all the white space around them? .. Ray

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I figured out how to resize photos without getting the white border. So I corrected the photos in the original post and here are some more.

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Before the electric start was mounted.

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With the garden plow down.
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Post by Tractor 850 » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:52 am

Ray,

That is one of the coolest machines I have ever seen :!:
It must be a blast to operate.
At shows you could make a fortune charging for rides. :D
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Post by Stan Disbrow » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:42 pm

Hi,

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

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Post by wwattson » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:49 pm

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/tracklayi ... ntractors/
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Post by shinnery » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:50 pm

There are also a couple listed on YTMag.com's photo adds. I think one is called an Agricat and the other something like "MiniDozer".
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Post by Ray » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:02 am

wwattson wrote: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/tracklayi ... ntractors/

Thanks guys. I'll put up more photos when it's finished.

This is a lot of fun to play around on and the kids just love it at the shows.

I let kids get on both of my crawlers so the parents can take pictures of them.

It makes the shows much more enjoyable for the kids and the parents.

There are a lot of nice little crawlers on the Yahoo site. I have been a member of that site for a while, and have both of my crawlers posted there.

I just came across this site the other day. .. Ray

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Post by Ray III » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:59 am

Now I've seen it all.

Fuel tank between the legs... try selling that in modern America.

So how much do you want for it? :D

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Post by Ray » Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:14 am

Ray III wrote:Now I've seen it all.

Fuel tank between the legs... try selling that in modern America. :D
You know Ray, maybe the designer was a non smoker and did that on purpose to get back at smokers? .. Ray (also)

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Post by Lavoy » Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:32 am

To me, when it comes to crawlers, the smaller they are, the cooler they are.
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Post by Stan Disbrow » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:15 am

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 race gas to ensure a large cloud's worth of explosive atmosphere. Outside, of course!! ;)

It's interesting that most folks that used such ancient and unsafe devices managed to *not* get hurt while doing so. For decades. Then, that one suburban homeowner came along, and, well, did something very wrong and right in front of everyone in the neghborhood. So now we get 'safe' stuff that doesn't do the job nearly as well. Sigh.

A couple years ago I went to replace a small chainsaw I'd had for 20 years. It was one that was balanced for one-hand use - a limbing saw. You hold the branch with one hand and saw it off with the other. I had worn that one out, you see.

Sthil makes one, almost identical to the worn out one. I go into the hardware store to buy it, and the sales kid says he can't sell that to me. Sthil prohibits the sale to homeowners. The saw is for pros only. So, I tell him I'm a farmer, and then it's OK. I can fill out the Sthil form listing the business as 'farming'.

Well, the new saw is as good as the old one. The interesting part is the different way they handle the product safety aspects. They still make the thing like the old one, just don't sell it everywhere or to just anyone.

Later!

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