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Does the plough raise higher?

When You get a chance I think we would all love to see a video of the Gutbrod in action, even just puttering around. Thanks

Thanks Andrew, it is really enjoyable to be able to use them, as you know yourself, that's why we try to attain and collect these great machines.

I would try to find something bigger, and a tandem, even if I had to make it. something like the Brinly I have on the Ariens or the Cub Cadet tandem disc , or a cut down section of farm disc. The extra width and second row will really mulch things up.

You would be surprised how well a tandem disc works after plowing, it will do nearly as well as a rotavator with less moving parts and far less crowns.

I'm the highest spot in this part of the county, it seems the wind averages about 25 mph every day, but I'm sure its not that high, although last month we had several days of 40 mph+ winds. and its been 15-20 mph for a week.

I bought 4 of these rear lights for my D's, they look almost like the OEM lights, but are 6 LED models, 5.39 each and free shipping.

I'm going to keep it barn fresh for the most part, at least that's the plan. I have another set of rear tail lights that look almost identical, but are LED, and I will be mounting a rear work light and a directional hand adjusting spotlight to the left side of the dash cowl. It will get the lower dash from the Onan powered tractor that has the electric PTO switch, and it will get a single pulley electric PTO on the front rather than the stock Manual pulley, that set up will go on the other D-160

The Maxxis Ceros 27x9-15 is a great AG alternative, that works on turf as well, its the tires on my second D-160, the last picture.

You'll need to engineer some ground effects to keep it down on the track and a rear spoiler as well as air flow system through and behind rear wheels. Of course, much of these modifications could be done to, or on, the driver. I can tell you it will have some serious steering issues to overcome when cornering with those front wheels, might be better to make them solid and just drift into and out of turns.

They do bulge a tad. As you might, or might not know there are two D series rim sizes, 12" and 15", I have both, but it is almost impossible to find an AG tire in 15 inch. There are two choices 6.7-15 inch wide (which is actually a implement or pedestrian tractor tire), which would also bulge on a 7 inch wide 15" Wheel Horse rim, REALLY look stupid, The next 15 inch tire available is the 30x12-15 Carlisle Tru Powers which wont fit, because the tires would be too tall. The 30" tires I have are on the wide 10" rims and because of the wide rim they only measure 29" tall, the wide rim pulls them down, just like a pinching in on narrower rim would push them up. If I had opted for the 30x12-15 Tru-Powers on the 7-15 wheel Horse rims it would have pushed them up over 31", wouldn't fit. I really had no choice unless I wanted to lift the rear fenders and have it jacked up in back like a Serbian Yugo. I could have kept the same size all around, but the tires on most GTs were designed for mowing, wide/short tires all the way around, I wanted these tractors to have some ground clearance. To give you a good example of what I mean, other than setting to plow next to George and his Gutbrod look at the last picture in my post of my other D-160 with the the 27x9-15 Maxxis Ceros tires, they measure out at almost 28" tall because they are 9 inch wide tires on a stock wheel horse 7 inch wide rims that pushed the tire upward almost an inch. Now glance at the middle of the tractor to the angle adjustment on the snow plow, see how low it is to the ground even with 27x9-15 rears and 4-10 fronts, it is 1-1/2" inches closer to the ground with stock tires. Interco offers a 27x7.5-12 and -14 tire just like this one, but I would have to find a 6 hole narrower rim. Can you start to see my dilemma?

Going with the electric clutch rather than the manual clutch on this D-160 for the rear PTO and will put the manual clutch with the double pulley on the other D that will run a mower if I get another rear PTO.

It is a 1965 model, but seems to be in good order 1-1/2 hp 220 volt, big tank, should supply all the air I need, also a picture of a old Linde welder I painted ESAB yellow, since the bought Linde some time ago

I think she was 9 or 10 when she sketched this, about 5 or 6 years ago, Alex Marie will be 16 this coming October almost 16. I was cooking somethin, not sure what, but the stove got short or she thought i was very tall. Gus died a year ago February 22, he was with me through thick and thin for over 14 years. I love the little wag marks she made, even with a stub he would wag tail and butt. This was the smartest, kindest, gentlest, and loyal companion a man could ever have

It is actually an Actias luna moth. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Actias-luna

Apparently the early Simplicity 10" moldboard ploughs were used on both 4 and two wheel garden tractors as this manual points out http://bsintek.basco.com/BriggsDocumentDisplay/heCBEN8aqO3rE3Cvh5kbp796Dq.pdf This model the 990464 plough was for latter 1960's pedestrian and riding tractors, another model the 990204 was for the early Simplicity 700, 725, and the Allis B1 My coulter wheel attachment is different and may be from a Wards, but the early Bolens plough beams were straight, not curved. Definitely an Ohio Steel Plow, I think, lol.

It is a Moth, and it is green, does anyone know what it is? I know what it is, just wondered if these are over your way. They only live a week and have no mouth.We get these guys from time to time, and when they fly, their lower wings hang down like legs and they look like Tinkerbell. My wife had never seen one and when it appeared on the back porch last light fluttering around the light looking like Tinkerbell, she went off her rocker, especially after I told her it was Tinkerbell and that we were having a tryst. In all fairness her eyes are worse than mine, and her sense of humor has been waning of lately as well, lol

I do the same Andrew, i like to spend time with the original owners or long time owners and ask them about the tractor, but also about other bits of history of what life was like for them. To have someone listen to them is a very joyous thing to many older folks and since i enjoy it as well, it is a grand time, I still converse with some of the people I bought my machines from.

Andrew, if you need any advice on the H16 let me know, Mine is a 03 made in late 1976 or early 1977 whereas your 01 was made in 1973 (and possibly late in 1972) that makes it closer in kind to the 1556, than the later H16 -02 and -03's. Notable differences on the early versus late H16 is the hydro tank under the seat pan with the lid coming through the pan, the later H16 does not have a hydro tank at all. The metal versus plastic gas tank, difference in steering wheels . Difference in Hydro filters, one is an automotive screw on beside the rear tool box and the filter on the latter tractors is a small sausage style kit under the fender pan. Several more differences as well. Like I said this is more akin to the early hydro tractors than some later post 1975 and 1976 tractors. generally almost every brand made significant changes in 1974-1975, as they had four years or so prior and again about 4 years in the future. Four years was about the design life of many tractors, and while some still had many similarities and many could use the same implements there were significant mechanical and aesthetic refinements and changes.

flashing warning lights and sirens are missing.

Here is a link to a early Simplicity plow made by Ohio steel, very similar to mine, but the green is throwing me off http://michaelstractors.com/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7196

Now all you need is an ambulance

That's right Brinly or Ohio Steel produce these plows, I say Ohio Steel. They were a supplier of many of the older garden tractors , but Brinly beat them out in the mid 1960's. The added strength bar under the double beam points at Ohio Steel, Brinly used a different design. if you look at the old Simplicity plows, pre 1965, these are almost an exact mach except the adjustment rod; which is the only part that looks altered to me

The hitch was totally different on the pedestrian tractors, this was from an ride-a-matic, circa 1956-1962 EDIT: It looks like more research is necessary, not sure these are ride-a-matic plows, they also look like early Simplicity/Allis/Wards plows as well. It looks like they may have been altered as the one in back, and maybe the one in front, might have originally used a turnbuckle connected to two clevises, but I not sure what these came from now. They are from a riding garden tractor and not a pedestrian tractor though, I can tell that by the front hitch.

sure just give your end of the hose