Buying A Steiner Tractor

[@weldersandblaster]

The trick for mowing the taller trees is, run it over and push it down and keep going until the tips and top is under the deck fully. Then while it's still under, back up and the deck pulls the top back and forces the middle of the tree to bow up under the deck where the blades can now reach it. Sometimes I have to do this twice, as sometimes the first pass will only cut the top half of the tree into mulch. Thanks for the video and the history of Ventrac.

[@ThisRandomUsername]

43:13 - "What the hell are you doin?" Lol, nice one. You guys have some cool kit over on that side of the world. Even though I'm sure I'll never own a ride-on mower, this is so cool to see.

[@arvivirash5561]

Love watching this guy idk why

[@TinS0lder]

Because he's real. Joe is just a guy , a guy that likes to do stuff and make things. His videos are not perfect, and I think that's part of the charm. I've been following my man since the first water wheel. I'm pretty pleased he does not stop ever 3 minutes to tell me about raid shadow legends.

[@arvivirash5561]

@@TinS0lder yess and sometimes i forget he's doing all this alone

[@faceious2006]

arvi virash He’s a big boy Like myself and very real. I love this video.

[@dragoonwarrior438]

@@faceious2006 i am also a big boy i can relate to this and he dosent stop tell us everything that he going to do and dose it he dose it and he explaine it very all as he dose it he just areveage joe i like it i am behind this all the way.😁

[@stoweman34]

Throughly enjoyed this. Real life of how buying used really goes.

[@EyesMindOpen]

That my friend was a comedy of errors. I would love to see these restored. Excellent camera work! I appreciate you knowing your machine.

[@houwant]

Gosh brother! Felt your pain moving machinery by yourself. Same thing here my friend. I actually went to harbor freight and got a winch set...anchored it to the floor in my garage so I can pull things directly in! it's not one of those things to use all the time, but sure is a help when you need it!

[@ThisRandomUsername]

1:11:43 is an Anderson connector often used for powering things off DC, you find them on DC battery packs, refrigeration in caravans, and basically anything that needs a decent amount of DC power. My guess is a grass pickup or lights or something. Maybe to keep the battery charged over winter? Edit: yeah, you're probably right about the salt spreader thing.

[@libertyauto]

Many times hydro-static drives will have a small lever to pull to give it free wheeling for pushing around.

[@taylorwyant5503]

Friction release tab

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

Not these

[@Dannyaperratt]

We need to see the power broom

[@conradhomestead4518]

Interesting unit. Hope it works out for you.

[@Maker_Jake]

I wonder if you put locking pins in the front swivel wheels of the mower deck if you could hold a better angle on slopes like that? You lift the deck at the end of each pass anyways... Just a thought! Thanks for sharing Joe!

[@JoeMalovich]

Yes that would definitely help but those wheels aren't built to take any side load.

[@Maker_Jake]

@@JoeMalovich Good point; if you replace those wheels like you were talking about maybe the new bearings that could handle both loading directions. I'm sure you've heard/experienced this, but the more clever an idea sounds, the more problems you'll find when trying to do it :) Quite sure you will figure it out either way sir!

[@JoeMalovich]

@@Maker_Jake I have a set of weight transfer springs and chains for the 60" deck, they would accomplish the same task while allowing the deck to float. I don't know if the holes in the 72" deck are suitable for use with them.

[@joegreer5034]

Awesome finds great mower Traktors. Definitely worth 250hr

[@carlpresler2991]

As for auxiliary power possibly

[@-NGC-6302-]

Woah free broom oh that kind of broom

[@TheRebelmanone]

When you go forward and then backward over the same path it is like you said mowing it twice, but it mows in the opposite direction on the way back cutting more efficient the heavy brush and trees. Same when you only go forward, but look at the path you took and notice the direction the brush is pushed toward and don't keep mowing it in the same direction, come back on a different pass and now mow it in the opposite direction. You can drive forward the whole time, just when you turn around come back over the path you just took that way you get it in the opposite direction now, it will grab that shit up faster and more clean cut.

[@jorgecarmona2447]

Good Info!!! Cool Project👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@The_Home_Pros]

This is awesome!! I just made a video on my channel saving a 430 max with the kubota gas

[@gravelydon7072]

The B43G is not the exact same as a Performer 20, but once you hear an Onan twin run, you'll wonder why you have a Kohler twin. Keep the broom holder and just shorten it to clear the hood. And yes, I've looked at both Steiners and Ventracs and would get one. Do yourself a favor and if possible, try and locate a set of carbide insert blades for the deck. They will cut the trees better and stay sharper longer. 1:01:00 Try backing a Gravely 24-G up the hill backwards. You might be in for a surprise if the tires are on correctly for that purpose. Reason why, because most of the weight of a 24-G or most of the other Gravely 4 wheel tractors is on the rear. Gravely used rear mounted engines and cast iron transmissions. To put a mower deck on in the middle, you'd either lift the tractor over the deck or drive the tractor over the deck.

[@diabsiniman]

that second seller looks familiar, i am sure i have seen him with a youtube channel?

[@robertcozart6067]

Do you know what size knobs you bought?

[@steakems995]

You are also mowing the tall stuff with a finish mower

[@JoeMalovich]

Works a treat after some modifications (the 72")

[@TechGorilla1987]

Wife: Why is he mowing a lawn for KZbin? Me: Honey, baby, darling, sweetheart - he isn't mowing, he's trimming the bush. Take notes.

[@LeathermanSoftwash]

😂😂😂most people won’t get this

[@MarkRose1337]

What inspired the new business?

[@LeathermanSoftwash]

When it said buying a tractor I thought it meant one and I was like damn not 1 not 2 but 3 😂😂😂

[@synk9350]

With all you spent wouldn't a normal sized tractor with the big boi mower been a better option?

[@JoeMalovich]

I want to start a business with the tractor and everybody and their brother has a big boi mower. I'm trying to specialize into terrain that they can't do, and that normal lawn care services can't do either.

[@TheUserid82]

This will let him handle the odd jobs like hills and wet ground that the normal tractor can't touch so he is not competing with them but can become a sub contractor for them at worst or a simple contact of we can't do this job but he can.

[@JoeMalovich]

@@TheUserid82 I'll be trying for GOV contract jobs too

[@michaelmactavish1728]

kubota and ventracs are partners now seince ventrac bought toro out and nices thing kubota gas and diesel engines are replaceable plus there cheapest engines on the market plus last for life

[@gravelydon7072]

@@JoeMalovich Find yourself a Gravely Professional or Commercial 12 two wheel tractor also. Although Gravely has stopped making them they are still around and so are their attachments. They will go where that Steiner can't even go. Funny thing about that is with duals on a Professional 8, it can mow over swampy ground where I sank in walking. The Gravelys were first designed and built in WV so they were designed for working on hills. They were the Swiss Army knife of two wheel tractors and the military even air dropped some modified version of them into jungles for cutting landing strips. This will give you an idea of what the can do. www.stevenchalmers.com/Gravely/S200A/11and12.shtml

[@smartass6071]

And all the implements are proprietary so you have to buy Steiner implements only. Next is any piece of equipment is only as good as the service and parts availability.

[@lukeweetman8197]

Is this where ventrac got their idea for their design from ?

[@JoeMalovich]

Think of it more like a branching of minds.

[@lukeweetman8197]

@@JoeMalovich or is there a link some where between Steiner and ventrac because the machines look identical just a different colour scheme

[@EkonRekon]

@@lukeweetman8197 same family

[@nikjames2965]

Are you any relation to buster keaton?

[@jamesmerkel9442]

I would toss the tires & go down to 3&3 front & 3 & 3 rear, almost as good as a tank tread. 1 bc it is cooler 2 bc it will lower the ht center of gravity a bit& 3 bc taller thin tractor type tires vs wider tires will give far better torque grip results. So when u r done it shouldn't b as wide a width but still hve 3 small thin no air tires per corner. If u go taller tires then u hve to make deck drop down more problem.

[@dam1917]

I want to try something. J9746, hypothesis made in the year 1997.

[@binkythecat457]

You're a Boss.

[@mmccorkle0861]

The number of times I have to go to TSC for belts... Winning

[@randyholland1472]

Hello ,would you want to sell the extra dual wheel kit you got?

[@chex313]

It is weird there are so few Steiners on KZbin...Old ones being restored I mean...There is a 40 year old one in my neighborhood I want to buy and restore. Going to miss the gentleman who owned it...R.I.P.

[@justinreed2708]

Were you joking when you said by a ventrac

[@rocklandrhodes5320]

I haven't read all the comments. Possibly this has be addressed. You are horsing around with heavy equipment and what are you wearing on your feet? Flip Flops. I can see a trip to the emergency room in your future. A severed toe, or severely lacerated. I have numerous pieces of equipment. Steel toed boots, heavy duty work pants, leather gloves when appropriate, ear, eye and head protection. Good luck. At 43:43 in your video, you are lifting a belt cover over the mower and there are your feet exposed waiting for an accident, a bee, maybe a snake, a nail in the grass or dropping something..

[@AchillesMalcomson]

43:15 "what the heck are you doin'?"

[@harolddenton6031]

You're going to end up crushing some toes wearing them flip flops.

[@dasWarsteiner]

What other tools do you want to attach to your tractor?

[@jamesmerkel9442]

Even if u sell your idea or company your design is still yours to improve upon human spirit thing, so any improvements or newer ideas follow along ideas r not locked out of creation. It if only fair to show the firm that bought u out your newest ideas & give them right of refusal if they want to pony up & back this project or work to improve the basic idea on there own yet u can compete directly in market w/your old last yrs design corp same as any1 else.

[@francistheodorecatte]

you go collecting steiners, I go collecting free wheelhorses. I'm now up to three. :)

[@gravelydon7072]

And I go collecting Gravelys. You needed to be down here a few years ago as a WH collector was wanting to get rid of his. A number of them were powered by Onan twin engines. Which one of Joe's has a 20 HP one of.

[@wranglerdave6452]

A flail mower head would be better for brush on that unit

[@jasoncarden9200]

ventrac numer 1 men

[@18twilliams]

grease and oil are your friends!

[@jasoncarden9200]

you fire

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

Dude. That's not a rough cut deck . Not designed for grass that high .

[@JoeMalovich]

I'm well aware of that but it's heavy enough. You should see some of the other stuff I've ran this through.

[@RobertWiggers]

Dude, that moustache.... No 😁😉

[@JoeMalovich]

Don't worry, it's gone

[@Ohiocountryboy-se2cn]

Would probably do even better with some new blades.

[@JoeMalovich]

True, it would work even better with the sacraficial strip / air dam removed

[@jasoncarden9200]

it not new

[@roughcountryboy1]

Love the tractor but that intro made me motion sick

[@kevinmckinzie]

But can it trim a mustache?

[@JoeMalovich]

It must look better, there's not as much hate for it as in my last video

[@kevinmckinzie]

@@JoeMalovich lol! All in good fun

[@assyholey4224]

bend cold still, go straight to hell. welding rule #6

[@MarcSa]

🤪😁👍😛

[@nikjames2965]

You have NO EYE PROTECTION

[@JoeMalovich]

Safety squints

[@ruairih109]

First, don't care what you say.

[@hansdenney7198]

It’s a cheap version of a ventrac.

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

No it's not. Steiner was first.

[@smokescreen767]

Man you bought some junk