The Worst Gears I've Ever Seen in an Old Tractor! Scrapping One M-M to Save Another - X231 Part 80

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[@richardwalrod7490]

Thank you so much . Seeing you and your dad work together reminded me of me and my dad. Please cherish all those moments . My mom and dad are gone . I help my dad his entire life . I will fondly remember it for my entire life .

[@bobuk5722]

Good on you! Those memories are beyond precious,

[@fredjashar9586]

Yes same here. I treasure the memories

[@stevenmalcomb4168]

Same here. What a blessing to work together like this as father and son! Brings fond memories to mind!!

[@lordcaptainvonthrust3rd]

Always nice to see you and Senior working together, Squatch Let's hope Christine isn't even angrier by the death of her sibling. And your offering and anointing was absolutely hilarious. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@cmh1984]

As soon as I saw the thumbnail and title, I said to myself "bet he's gonna save all those bolts" and I was not wrong.

[@phillipgodwin6639]

Was great seeing you and senior working side by side!! And anointing Christine!!! Fantastic! You're almost having to much fun.

[@littlejason99]

That camshaft is some definite wall art!

[@Pamudder]

I’ll add my voice to those applauding you and Senior working together. Your description of the very high hours and the assortment of ingenious improvised repairs shows a lifetime of rural poverty and invention. Sad but also inspiring.

[@jvin248]

A handy owner keeping the tractor in the game until the very end. Makes you wonder what work it did and how many families it fed.

[@56PapaBear56]

Well, you got the parts that you needed, a supply of bolts, and hopefully appeased the tractor gods. Good work.

[@acewrench]

Great episode, and I laughed out loud at the end. I was also crossing my fingers that the whole thing did not go up in a fireball when you put the sleeve necklace on Christine.

[@mattdeckert6150]

Pure gold! Best episode yet!!!!😂😂

[@user-bv3cl2cl8b]

Oh what stories an old tractor could tell. Lots of history with this one. Very entertaining.Thanks!!!😊❤

[@KennyKizzleRustyNutzRanch]

Man, that tractor was well used. Reminds me of the differential gear in the '28 D. The " last rights" at the end made me chuckle. See you next time!

[@deanehill9730]

The previous owner had a great sense of humour when it came to substituting spacers and of course he loved his welder. Thanks for the video.

[@tmscheum]

“Right, correct, and proper Minneapolis-Moline parts”. Classic Squatch!

[@danielbutler578]

I was wondering what you were going to do for sleeves for that bolster. I have seen what happens when a cylinder is left exposed to the weather for a long time. I thought you might have to find some pipe that was close enough in size to turn out on your lathe.

[@wemedeeres4105]

Her bitterness probably comes form sharing shop space with that red thing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davidvogel6359]

nah, that just encourages her about how pretty she can be even though she can't be a pretty red.

[@danielbutler578]

My theory is that poor old X231 has PTSD from all the abuse she's been through and is still not able to trust humans again. She remembers too many times when she was patched up just enough to be worked to death again.

[@RobertBrothersJr-dc7nr]

It’s always great to see you and your dad working together. That tractor could surely tell some interesting stories. Glad you were able to salvage all the parts that were any good. Thanks for a great video.

[@rickyjessome4359]

Fantastic video Toby! That old tractor is the definition of rode hard and put away wet. Great to see it offered a sacrifice to x231. Looking forward to the next video. Cheers

[@jazzerbyte]

Always interesting to see the wild geometry of farmer add-ons made from scrap - I've done a few but nothing as wild as those.

[@paulwomack5866]

I suspect that most of the cruder mods were made after the machine was near death - you have few qualms about doing "what you need" to an already horrible machine. The owner likely prioritised running the farm over right, correct and proper(*) engineering! (*) copyright s253...

[@rickharper6320]

I can only imagine that operator of the parts tractor for its final hours of operation. That rear end had to be howling. Poor man on the steering wheel had be saying, “ Baby …. C’mon….just one more round and get me back to the barn !!!”

[@dangerrangerlstc]

In the course of restoring exceptionally rare and sometimes temperamental tractors, sometimes sacrifices must be made. Those who have used up their hours in the service of their (sometimes abusive) owners, may yet serve a purpose in the donation of their undamaged parts. In doing so, others may yet live on, and with a piece of the soul of that which has been given lives on as well. Thank you for your service ol MM U.

[@joemontz592]

Hahaha as soon as I saw you breaking down that other tractor I thought about if that tractor has the Rockford bolts then at the end there they are love it

[@paulsmith460]

Really enjoy your videos and work. The offering and anointment at the end was priceless!

[@brycewiborg8095]

Yup ! I knew a mechanic who said it should be illegal for a farmer to own a welder, and a ten penny nail. The nail was a reference to cotter pins. I recognize the frozen rear-ends having seen this before. For the record that tractor is only slightly elder than me. Some days I feel about as bad as it looks. Thank you.

[@jmailbell]

Wow as tired as that poor tractor was I wondered what few treasures would be saved.

[@gallagher68]

That old tractor reminded me of watching my uncle use two car batteries and a set of booster cables to perform some 'weld-r-up' fixes on his broken tractor/implements to get them moving in the field again. His motto was, if it breaks, fix it, if you can't fix it, modify it, if you can't modify it, find something else to do the job, because if you don't, YOU will be doing the job! That just about sums up most old farmers, and definetly part of the Greatest Generation.

[@squatch253]

That’s awesome 👍😎

[@StubProductions]

The Kubota once again is the MVP machine. Thanks for the video!

[@danieledwards1081]

That poor old workhorse... looks like it's done about 100,000 hours of hard labour, it certainly earned it's retirement and will help see others live on 👍👌 great video Toby

[@Scottinqc]

how may hours on that tractor...... ALL OF THEM... from the beginning of time.....

[@clydeschwartz]

Excellent video that was a Extremely worn and beat up tractor it looks like It came from the same place as x231 or the beer can shim guy. Keep up the great videos

[@squatch253]

Yep that old Moline was only one hard pull away from blowing up in the back end just like X231👍

[@clydeschwartz]

@squatch253 I see that it has me thinking about the m602 mm I had years ago I was pulling it hard and I went to back up it would only go the length of the tractor and lock up but it drove fine forward. Shortly after that a collector fell in love with it so I sold it. It had a strange click after it tried to lock up. The m602 diesel is the same rear end basically just newer.

[@alishawebb1660]

Thanks for a Very interesting video, I'm glad to see that you only scrap junk , Not any good quality usable parts .

[@theda850two]

Haha, ,,, "Mr. Squatch" ,,, None of your videos are ever thought of as a distraction, they're all excellent, and entertaining and informative, no matter which direction they lead us! The effort you put in with your quality editing, makes every video invaluable.

[@SwannOG]

I so enjoyed this episode. First seeing how you will part out the boneyard pieces and then the comical ending.

[@ImpHalla66]

"Anoitment.......yeah" lol

[@raincoast9010]

Your offering at the end had me laughing! Good one.

[@mikethorntonr1]

Safety wire tie bolts is a lost art its so cool tearing into old equipment and seeing how good they were at doing it I have a hough loader and the planetaries on it have some of the best wire tie I've seen on anything it would put the aviation guys to shame and also had a ford model 800 with powersteering added and the reservoir for the fluid had a hole they didn't need on it so they brazed a whole wheat penny on to it and have leaked pretty cool what some people think of to get things to work

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

It's amazing when you consider the wear on almost every component on that old Moline that the steering cylinders were in such good shape Toby!! You won a watch there my friend👍🏻👍🏻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@maxpuppy96]

I am an MM fan, my favorite tractor they had the most power out of any tractor of their era hands down, we had them all.

[@ewmthree]

I can’t believe the amount wear and hard life that old machine had seen. I find your comments and observations no different than a doctor at an autopsy, and a whole lot more interesting. This was a perfect and respectful ending for such a hard worked tractor with a history we can only begin to imagine.

[@davidpierce3386]

It's amazing to see the carnage these ole Iron machines go through. Hope the sacrifice is pleasing to ole Christine too...😅

[@gerrywinzor1103]

ROFL... you finally cracked! Glad you got some good parts off of that unit at least

[@tonykelty8834]

I think this old Minnie is beautiful. And all the wear and farmer mods tell a beautiful story. The story is, “ I paid my way, I worked for a living.”

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

Good lord, that old tractor must have been through so much. If machines could talk, the stories it would have told.

[@TerryM.-lt5wh]

Your Super "M" sounded so good when Senior advanced the throttle dragging that long suffering MM up the hill. That is some stout iron under the hood. You shoot great video. Thanks Toby.

[@cometcountry1974]

Can you imagine the gear noise that old girl must of had? WOW

[@davewilliams6172]

She would be singing for sure!

[@SuperMAZ007]

That was some interesting scrapping video. I remember seeing pitted pull gears from a very high hour Belarus tractor rear end. However they where not as bad as the ones that came out of the MM diesel special. That thing must have gotten beat the snot out. I like how one of the previous operators welded that pitman arm like a pro. Really you got to admit the engineering of farmers is something to be admired of. That was a very nice ritual at the very end 😂

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank so much for the light hearted humor. We need that more than we want to admit. 😂

[@patricktetreault4870]

I would have to say that tractor is pretty much spent, I am sure metal spray up and such could be used to build things up and machine back but that would be major $ and it wouldn’t be a last resort

[@sawmillfarms]

Careful with those Milwaukee impacts, you will never use a breaker bar again!

[@RuralTowner]

After that anointment with the sacrifice's oil...proof that X231 is becoming if not already the idol to the cult that watches the restoration over which the Squatch is it's Grand Servitor.

[@spyderman1964]

Well done gentlemen.

[@Thomasgarrick113]

I know you can use the wheel hubs and centers Also several good sheet metal pieces and other stuff you can sell Looks like might need one more wheel weight on each rear wheel on the M good job

[@squatch253]

Yep we kept the hubs and clamps, as well as the big flat heavy cast wheel centers - those look cool enough that I’d use them for decoration if anything else, or they’d make excellent tool base stands 👍

[@kevinblack3223]

Awesome job and taking apart the old tractor. Always nice to find a few parts that you need. Love the sacrifice at the end.

[@fbh31118]

Great save on those sleeves! That would be a drag to reproduce those. Hope the sacrifice was sufficient. 😂

[@larrydavidson3402]

Loved the offering and anointing, good laugh for the day.

[@tommcmillan3143]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@ricklaleman6552]

Well that was different, but I enjoyed disassembly process. It certainly takes a lot of time to salvage usable parts. Lucky that Senior suggested the similarity between the UB and X231.

[@squatch253]

Yep, we kept the wide front (despite its poor condition) as well as the rear hubs & axle clamps, heavy wheel centers, radiator, clutch, cylinder heads, cylinder jugs, and most of the front bolster steering pieces because all of those parts could still be useful to someone or be reconditioned/rebuilt. Unfortunately everything inside the back end was worn, rusted, or broken to the point that not even any of the transmission gears were salvageable. But yeah, Senior just happened to think of checking that old UD Special for those sleeves the other day and I couldn’t believe that it never once occurred to me that they were probably the same. Luckily they were, because none of my prior leads turned up anything at all 👍

[@jasoneverett8491]

Sorry @Squatch253 but I believe the traditional incantation upon the anointing of the engine stand is 'VROOM VROOM.'

[@JOHNKESSLER88]

Those are Ford V8 engine mounts that they used as steps, the farmer must have never thrown anything away and welded whatever they could find to keep it going till it wouldn't go anymore lol.

[@Vile-Flesh]

I thought those motor mounts looked familiar. I've owned a few '70s Fords and still have two and they definitely looked like those. Interesting how they were repurposed.

[@thatwazfunaz]

this tractor really shows they they just used what they had to keep it going at minimal cost. love it. kind of a shame that its being scrapped but understandable with the condition of it.

[@timd5343]

old tractors equal old love

[@ron827]

Great deconstruction teamwork of farmer innovative expedient repairs.

[@1crazynordlander]

That was a fun video! Thanks for sharing.

[@karlfischer1011]

interesting. Sometimes machines are just spent. Looks like this one fulfilled its purpose; although the welding, different engine, and add ons might indicate the level of maintenance actually done over time. I used to cobble things like that, but i was you know, a child 😂 One day i was left alone and i'd bolted all kinds of stuff together onto the baler, made a handle to turn the thrower for hitching, and the grown ups left it on until years later! Some of the found item repairs and farmer welds are ok, but not all. Back to your molines: I was most surprised at the condition of the steering cylinders!

[@pipikr]

Cool, that the parts donor has these nice Sleeves in it. If it didnt made x231 happy, you may try it a second time, but on fullmoon

[@lonahlen8266]

After seeing some of the modifications made on that old machine I pieced together a “story” of some old guy that had a let injury or possible a polio artifact that rendered the use of his legs somewhat difficult. To keep on scratching out a life he did what he needed to do.

[@juliusglorieux8338]

I loved the annoiting with used oil

[@jeremycherny2041]

That must have been one reliable tractor to have worn itself to that point. Sheesh

[@rogerallen6644]

Well, the sleeves were desperately needed, so it was worth the effort, and a few shekels for the scrap as a bonus!

[@alanharney5278]

Squatch, I always say a project isn't a success until you bleed on the work. I'm thinking maybe Christine demands a blood sacrifice? 🤣 Thanks for the video.

[@woodhonky3890]

As long as he's been working on it I can only imagine that's already been done!

[@AndrewHCann]

Excellent video Squatch 253 :) also Dad I was amazing on ring gears to also got lots saved parts hard come back too and nice to hear that even could tell dad had Lol to! Also think strange to my late dad & late uncle had 1950 Cockshutt 40 gas tractor and in 1984 when motor got rebuilt the mechanic had do Lol because on Buta 6 cylinders motor had wire on caps on Crankshaft plus pistons to could get socket on Johnson bar Wrench he said some choices words will say ! My dad and uncle look under oil pan with trouble light said wire on nuts and that funny how going out and mechanic who was farmer to grap fencing metal pilers plus vise grip got wire off nut heads ! So years later in my Auto Mechanics shop classes in high school I as my teacher was man plus farmer to why wire on that motor and he Lol said Andrew and classmates teacher said tell why is because torque did want bolts come not lose when using them tractor! In 1992 the combine gas motor needs rebuilt what mechanic saw wire on pistons caps and Crankshaft caps nuts with wire too and he said really so take motor block off combine with loader tractor big 1978 International 724 Desiel motor put motor in back pickup to rebuilt motor on wooden skid mechanic had a tilt sideways get wire off ! But he said tractor manufacturers trying proof and so told mechanic what found in my High school Auto Mechanics shop classes he said going talk to teacher and they both Lol about it of wires in head of bolts! But thing great ideas too!

[@jockmchaggis6797]

That old beast is a testament to farmers' ingenuity! Just make it work with what you have available 👌

[@richardluce775]

RIP old soldier of the field.🎖

[@dennyleeds6795]

After seeing the handle to the brake lock, I wonder if the guy was possibly physically impaired.

[@colin8532]

I'd say that old tractor served her masters well, and has more than earned her retirement, and eventual rebirth as paperclips! I think Christine may need counceling, she seems to have a lot of hurt and pain from her past life that she's having a hard time letting go of. I predict that when she gets her engine back, the healing will begin. 😜

[@geebopbaluba1591]

I use to own a model M but it did not have the belt drive out the side but she was a work horse.

[@dalee.mccombs8571]

Wow, mid February and no snow; unbelievable !!

[@squatch253]

Yep, it's the warmest and driest winter on record here. Been great for getting things done outside, but is kinda scary because if the weather doesn't change by spring we'll have some serious fire danger present.

[@aserta]

Man... YT is such a mess these days. It didn't even show me the previous episode. If you hadn't said "the previous tap debacle" i wouldn't have even thought to check. edit: lmao, went to watch the other video first, said "you should probably exorcise Christine with some oil" ... and you did. :))) Oh man, i haven't laughed this bad in months. Thank you!

[@999torino]

The anointment bit was darn funny. That poor old tractor had very little left to give.

[@daohnstad]

I about died at the end. That’s awesome.

[@danielchainsawlover8996]

I love the ceremony lmao

[@nandi123]

What a nice save. The cleaned sleeves look great.

[@seniorelectrician6831]

It is sad to see a tractor salvaged, It is completely understandable but still sad since it was someones lively hood to assemble it and someone else's to use and care for it. A lot of tractors had there rear ends broke by moving when froze up as the torque was just to much even by pulling either from water or lack of lube

[@georgetarabini6552]

Side tracks are good, thanks for sharing

[@georgeromweber2693]

Thanks for the reprive from the news. Much appreciated!

[@dougkubash8673]

The old girl definitely did her duty!!

[@bobuk5722]

Hi U 2. I was going to say something about you both working together but others here have done it better than I ever could. God Bless.

[@geneguenther4325]

Thanks for the video Toby! I was wondering what that tractor was from other videos you’ve made. Hopefully this will help Old Christine give you a little help to get her back to working order. Can’t wait for more videos of her to come!

[@joelknierim1456]

That farmer would have been surprised about 5 hours of plowing from now when one wheel just stops turning! It's quite a sight seeing the pile of scrap compared to the only 2 salvageable items on that tractor! Less than 1% by mass I'd say!

[@squatch253]

In total we saved the radiator assembly, both rear wheel hubs, heavy cast wheel centers, cylinder heads, cylinder jugs, clutch, and the other inner steering parts from the front bolster since all of those pieces could still be useful or otherwise reconditioned 👍

[@shawnreeh3863]

It's always amazing to me how equipment that's in such bad condition can yield a good part here and there.

[@byronexley6829]

LOL Angry Christine needed that anointment Yes indeed!

[@michaelvogel2522]

Wish we had the history of the old UB, I'll bet she was loved by the family that put the hrs. on her, i wonder how many acres she farmed for years. I had a neighbor that did all his farming for a long time with a UB gas, i loved running it for him once in a while.

[@ormmeford2204]

It's interesting to learn about the different parts you have to go looking for to restore an older tractor. Not easy pickens.

[@actionman862]

I wouldn't be surprised if some of the damage to the bull gear was caused by dragging and jerking it. Not all, but some.

[@markhelseth253]

Nice harvest. But why not save the custom hi-performance tig, mig and oxy welded left-handed right spinning coil-suspended power steering pump? Seemed good to me?😉 Great ending - glad I wasn't drinking a beverage at that time! I would have coated the monitor!

[@Hyratel]

End was frost heaved out

[@mikethorntonr1]

Every winter you need tire chains to pull other equipment into the shop it's a yearly recurring thing just put chains on the rear of one tractor for the winter make things easier for yourself

[@squatch253]

Since we bought the Kubota, the Super M hasn’t left the shed during the December-to-April winter months until this year, due to it being the warmest and driest winter on record. If this would’ve been a normal winter, the old UD Moline would’ve still been sitting there and buried under snow and the Super M still in the shed because the Kubota handles all the snow removal now. But back when the Super M was the main loader tractor, it wore tire chains every winter 👍

[@daleolson7205]

Not a side track at all. LOL'ed at the "anointing".

[@jamesrpm3920]

I hope you saved the ID. off the block. They would look good cleaned up a little , put into a frame .

[@Thomasgarrick113]

Save the serial number tags off old stuff put on the wall also front tires and wheels might help when you get ready to roll around and get those front wheels for the M cleaned up so can paint when weather is right

[@rickhalabrin7783]

If that unit could talk, It would be more like a SCREAM

[@HolzMichel]

that's some really strange voodoo there Squatch...

[@Bullifreund]

Hello Toby! Could the name be G.A. Jensrud? That seems to be a common family name, probably originating from Norway. Even in MN there are living some of them. Great work you are doing, even though it always makes me sad to see an old machine going. Hopefully it will help old Christine live again. Thank you!

[@squatch253]

That’s possible, there are a few Gensrud families in this area. What threw me was the lack of spaces between any of the letters so it looks like all one word but you’re probably right 👍

[@Thomasgarrick113]

Just a thought looks like the inside of rad tanks were painted before assembly have you thought about blasting inside and painting with glyptol would probably seal pitted areas good Gasket area could probably be block sanded good and sealer on gasket would work ok since it doesn't look like it is presurized system

[@squatch253]

Correct, we noticed that the UD bottom tank as well as the production 445 bottom tank both have the same sealing primer that they applied to all of the other castings, so I’m not against giving the tank on the prototype a good coat of Glyptal. The prototype’s tank doesn’t appear to have ever been anything but bare metal, but since that lower portion doesn’t really do much for actual heat transfer, a coating in there won’t hurt anything.