John Deere MC

[@jerryhammack1318]

True labor of love in restoring a wonderful piece of equipment! ❤❤❤!

[@mainemtbr]

Thanks Jerry! It was a challenge at times but very rewarding. Dad has been using it lately and I love to see him on it at 90 yrs old.

[@nuttintoseehere9141]

Nice work. Lots of it.

[@mainemtbr]

Thanks!

[@___PK__]

Great restoration! Love the before and afters! Too cool 😎

[@mainemtbr]

Thanks!

[@dougcarnahan4228]

Excellent work and performance!

[@mainemtbr]

Thanks Doug!

[@jeffreydixon8796]

Great little dozer I had one just like yours great job on the restoration great video thanks

[@mainemtbr]

Thanks Jeffrey!

[@rickrick7309]

That is so awesome to see my dad had one when I was little guy boy I wish I hadi it now

[@mainemtbr]

Thanks Rick. It was pretty awesome to see my Dad take it on it’s maiden voyage

[@jdsmaintenance]

So cool to see him still out playing!

[@mainemtbr]

I can’t keep up with him!

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Sir that is a very nice John Deere Dozer 👍👍👌👌😇😇🍻🍻

[@mainemtbr]

Why thank you! It runs great. I’ve done some fine tuning and finally got the fenders on since this video. Now I just got to put the Braden PTO winch back together and install it.

[@murchinpokamon]

Wonderful

[@mainemtbr]

Thank you

[@kimberlytrider-grant9279]

Amazing!

[@alspeers6931]

Great restoration but in some scenes it seems like u may be in too high a gear,in 1st gear bull low u can keep marching forward with in reason, cheers and thanks

[@mainemtbr]

Yes, for sure. I had to laugh when my 90 yr old father got on it for the first time in a very long time and tried to speed shift it into 3rd or 4th gear. I cringed because it was its maiden voyage, but he was pretty excited. We did fix the timing and a few other things that were keeping it down on power too. Thanks for the comment!

[@Maurice-c6z]

My dad had one of these on the mid 60s

[@mainemtbr]

Did you ever get to drive it? They’re a hoot to operate!

[@LarsDcCase]

Is that engine running at full RPM at the beginning of the video? It seems rather short on Power.

[@mainemtbr]

No, not even close. This was its maiden voyage so it was closer to an idle at the beginning. Also that snow was frozen solid, so it's a little deceiving. We also found that the rocker arm assembly was loose making that buzzing noise and the timing was off. All fixed now.

[@LarsDcCase]

Great. @@mainemtbr

[@mikecarton2866]

Very nice, I have a 50s Oliver crawler not that nice but runs , has a Mazda pu motor now.

[@mainemtbr]

Nice! I bet that motor swap was a challenge

[@rickfrei8461]

I have one have to put the blade on runs good

[@mainemtbr]

Nice! It’s a great machine.

[@stephanehache9426]

Nice Job!! Did you needed to rebuilt the pin and bushing of the tracks?

[@mainemtbr]

Thanks. We thought about it because they were pretty worn but we found a guy locally who had a few different sets of tracks both used and new. He also took ours in trade to re-pin them. He was a great resource.

[@mart-u7r]

we have one too, I find the dozer blade isn't at all good for snow. one day will adapt a proper snow blade. have to watch it in the snow if traveling parallel to a slope, steel on snow doesn't make for much traction and you start sliding sideways. Not so fun with a pond at the bottom of the hill. Perpendicular to the slope, all's well.

[@mainemtbr]

Agreed. We were just playing around with it on its maiden voyage to make sure everything was working properly. I have a 2320 with a 54" blower on the front for real snow removal.

[@Maurice-c6z]

It's a small dozer, not a D8

[@Maurice-c6z]

Some had a 53 Detroit, but I like the John Deere better