heres a few pics of the 420
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- 40C crawler
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heres a few pics of the 420
just bought this 420 its still in the shed till things dry up and i can haul her home
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- 40C crawler
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- 40C crawler
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- JD440ICD2006
- 350 crawler
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Nice looking 420C. The quality of the restoration is at least partially diven by what you begin with, you should have a very nice crawler when you are done.
1959 JD 440ICD w/64 Power Angle Tilt Blade
1959 JD 440ICD w/63 Manual Angle Blade
1959 JD 440IC w/602 Manual Angle Blade
1959 JD 730D W SE (many options)
1950 JD M S w/M-20 Mower
1952 JD M W
1955 FORD 640 (burns the most fuel)
1959 JD 440ICD w/63 Manual Angle Blade
1959 JD 440IC w/602 Manual Angle Blade
1959 JD 730D W SE (many options)
1950 JD M S w/M-20 Mower
1952 JD M W
1955 FORD 640 (burns the most fuel)
- Stan Disbrow
- 350 crawler
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Hi,gus wrote:Question,
In the last photo, what are the two long levers, low on the right of the dash, pointing horizontally and to the front?? Look like they have black round knobs on them. I've not seen anything like that before?? What do they do?
Gus
Yes, the one with the knob on it is the 4-speed gearshift lever. The usual lever for a tractor is straight up, but it would foul the steering levers on a crawler. So, they bent forward and down it to clear.
The later 5-speed uses a shorter lever and they designed in an offset to one steering lever to clear it. Either way, something is going to look odd!
The rods are to the two hydraulic valves for the blade cylinders. The valves are mounted on top of the hyd reservoir and the rods connect them to the control lever.
Other setups have the valves on the fenders, so again they had more than one way to make things work.
later!
stan
There's No Such Thing As A Cheap Crawler!
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
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- 40C crawler
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I love the offset steering levers though. They put both steering handles in your left hand like a modern bulldozer.Stan Disbrow wrote:Hi,gus wrote:Question,
In the last photo, what are the two long levers, low on the right of the dash, pointing horizontally and to the front?? Look like they have black round knobs on them. I've not seen anything like that before?? What do they do?
Gus
Yes, the one with the knob on it is the 4-speed gearshift lever. The usual lever for a tractor is straight up, but it would foul the steering levers on a crawler. So, they bent forward and down it to clear.
The later 5-speed uses a shorter lever and they designed in an offset to one steering lever to clear it. Either way, something is going to look odd!
The rods are to the two hydraulic valves for the blade cylinders. The valves are mounted on top of the hyd reservoir and the rods connect them to the control lever.
Other setups have the valves on the fenders, so again they had more than one way to make things work.
later!
stan
The cage in the pics is pretty nice, want something like that on my 420.
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