Oh BOY, do I need one of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh BOY, do I need one of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this thing cool or what??????????????
Lavoy
Lavoy
- Stan Disbrow
- 350 crawler
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Hi,
Looks like a modern Struck mini-dozer painted up to look like a Deere. Not that that makes it any less cool, though!
I've been thinking about taking an old original Struck (aka the world's most useless dozer) I have kicking around and merging it with an old Deere 110 lawn tractor to make a tracked ATV to buzz about the woods with.
It's one of those cases where I have two 'assembled piles of parts' that I really have no use for - so why bother fixing them? - while also thinking about a 'winter project' that won't matter much how long it takes to complete while not taking up the entire shop......
Stan
Looks like a modern Struck mini-dozer painted up to look like a Deere. Not that that makes it any less cool, though!
I've been thinking about taking an old original Struck (aka the world's most useless dozer) I have kicking around and merging it with an old Deere 110 lawn tractor to make a tracked ATV to buzz about the woods with.
It's one of those cases where I have two 'assembled piles of parts' that I really have no use for - so why bother fixing them? - while also thinking about a 'winter project' that won't matter much how long it takes to complete while not taking up the entire shop......
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)
I have seen a similar wheel tractor model (in The Big Book Of John Deere Tractors), made by JD but sold in Spain as a vineyard model. JD partnered with Goldoni. In the link below, there is a wheel tractor with the same fold down style ROPS.
http://www.midvalley-goldoni.com/nonJS/ ... istory.asp
I agree with Lavoy, This will be my first purchase after winning the lotto...
Brian
http://www.midvalley-goldoni.com/nonJS/ ... istory.asp
I agree with Lavoy, This will be my first purchase after winning the lotto...
Brian
Brian,
You hit it on the numbers. I poked around on the link you posted and found the crawler page below.
http://www.midvalley-goldoni.com/MSIE5/ ... rawler.asp
You hit it on the numbers. I poked around on the link you posted and found the crawler page below.
http://www.midvalley-goldoni.com/MSIE5/ ... rawler.asp
Bill Wattson
- Davie Sprocket
- 430 crawler
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- Joined: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:37 am
- Location: Leduc Alberta, Canada
- Stan Disbrow
- 350 crawler
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- Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:13 pm
- Location: Raleigh, NC
Hi,
Oooh. Now I want one, too. Didn't want one when I thought it was a Struck, but this is a more serious machine. Wonder what they cost? Also wonder if there's a 6-way PAT blade option. I didn't see any blade or loader options on the website, though.....
Found one site on the web with some pix of the thing with an outside mounted blade:
http://www.farmphoto.com/fpv2/message.aspx?mid=441681
Here's a link to the outfit that made that blade:
http://www.sigma4.it/it/prodotti/apripista/
So, at least one outfit makes this thing into a bulldozer.
I don't read well in any language other than English, and that site's English section is 'under construction' (using a dozer, no doubt), but fortuntely, I do read technical drawings regardless of the language.
Looks like it'd make for a decent setup. Now, how to get one??
Stan
Oooh. Now I want one, too. Didn't want one when I thought it was a Struck, but this is a more serious machine. Wonder what they cost? Also wonder if there's a 6-way PAT blade option. I didn't see any blade or loader options on the website, though.....
Found one site on the web with some pix of the thing with an outside mounted blade:
http://www.farmphoto.com/fpv2/message.aspx?mid=441681
Here's a link to the outfit that made that blade:
http://www.sigma4.it/it/prodotti/apripista/
So, at least one outfit makes this thing into a bulldozer.
I don't read well in any language other than English, and that site's English section is 'under construction' (using a dozer, no doubt), but fortuntely, I do read technical drawings regardless of the language.
Looks like it'd make for a decent setup. Now, how to get one??
Stan
Last edited by Stan Disbrow on Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:36 am, edited 3 times in total.
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)
- Stan Disbrow
- 350 crawler
- Posts: 2898
- Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:13 pm
- Location: Raleigh, NC
Hi,
Well, popped thru the JD websites for several EU countries, and I only see the wheel tractors listed, and then only for Spain. I don't see the crawler version anywhere. I wonder which country the crawler is sold in and what the model number might be.
I wonder, too, where Lavoy was when he saw the one he originally posted the pic of. Is that the Deere version (can't see a model number in the pic) or one repainted, I wonder?
Although, if I were to get one from the US distributor, it'd not take long to make the thing green with some JD labels on it.
I wish to heck that Deere would come out with a new 420-sized crawler. One of these would do if it had a PAT blade on it. I'd be right at the local dealer signing up with JD Credit to get one - even though I've done enough business with them this year getting that 328 baler and 5103 tractor!!
Stan
Well, popped thru the JD websites for several EU countries, and I only see the wheel tractors listed, and then only for Spain. I don't see the crawler version anywhere. I wonder which country the crawler is sold in and what the model number might be.
I wonder, too, where Lavoy was when he saw the one he originally posted the pic of. Is that the Deere version (can't see a model number in the pic) or one repainted, I wonder?
Although, if I were to get one from the US distributor, it'd not take long to make the thing green with some JD labels on it.
I wish to heck that Deere would come out with a new 420-sized crawler. One of these would do if it had a PAT blade on it. I'd be right at the local dealer signing up with JD Credit to get one - even though I've done enough business with them this year getting that 328 baler and 5103 tractor!!
Stan
Last edited by Stan Disbrow on Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:46 am, edited 1 time in total.
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)
i am not sure but, i have heard that the vineyards and the orchards in the southwest US are still useing alot of oliver cletracts and of course deeres like we have. you would think that they would want to update, so there would be a nitch market for a 420 size crawler in the US.
it would be nice to see one up close or pics of it to see how the track frame and drive housings are constructed
it would be nice to see one up close or pics of it to see how the track frame and drive housings are constructed
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