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In a former life, when I worked with the R.O. of Engineering for Invermere forest district, I oversaw a contractor who built and repaired roads using a dozer with a “5 way” blade. What the old guy could do with it would blow you away. He’d carve roads up the mountain side to fire lookouts, dig in water bars for drainage, and ditches along the side of the road all with the same blade.
One time I stopped by to inspect his work he commented he knew he’d got it right when he saw a BMW sedan on the way up to the fire lookout tower. There aren’t many left out there with that level of expertise who could do so much with only one dozer.
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Give me 20years unlimited free time and a free hand at the fuel pump and I’ll get there!
But in all seriousness I got ahold of a guy who is bringing the machine down from 150mile house
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The HD7 just showed up!
FYI we bought the excavator in the background for $1000.
FYI we bought the excavator in the background for $1000.
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Just dug up a bunch of history on the HD-7W.
What I know about it so far is that it's a military surplus machine that was bought by The Utah Construction Company, who was the main contractor on the Alaska Highway, sometime around March 5, 1951. It is then likely that it was shipped up to be used on the Alaska highway but, it is my suspicion, that it was stored in a depo along the way where it was eventually sold off. I don't think it ever saw serious work, again, because of its condition. After the Utah Construction Company it was purchased by an oldtimer outside of 150 Mile BC who used it to clear a site for a cabin and skid logs. After building his cabin he parked it near his house. 20-30 years later a Dutch gentleman bought the property next door and asked him about the dozer. He told him if he could get it running then he could have it, so thats what he did. He unstuck the engine and drove it home to, you guessed it, clear a site for a cabin, skid logs and plow the driveway in the winter. And thats who I bought it off of. In the last 16 years it has only had roughly 100 hrs put on it. He bought something "newer" and decided to let it go for a song and a dance, so I picked it up for $4300 and shipped it home.
Somewhere along the way somebody put a ROPS/FOPS canopy on it that blocks the cable run from the drum to the upper sheaves so there is no cable on the winches right now. I believe, because of the unique dual winch set up on the back, it is set up to pull a scraper/grader, but never has. The drums, guides and sheaves all have their original paint so I don't believe it ever was wound with cable. The old timer, at some point in time, filled the hydraulic tank with used motor oil and even after multiple oil changes it is still black as night. The gentleman who I bought it off of replaced the left steering clutch, swapped the generator for an alternator, replaced the voltmeter in the dash and his wife reupholstered the seat.
The tracks look brand new, the sprockets have almost no sign of wear, it fires right up when cold (without ether even though it is a Detroit) and has great power. I believe it is older that 1943 because the manual that came with it, "Medium Tractor M1 (Allis-Chalmers HD-7W)", from The US War Department was printed in 1943 and it states "White stencil numbers on vehicles have been eliminated because they can be photographed from the air. A blue-drab stencil enamel is now used which can no be so photographed." I may be wrong about this and if I am please let me know.
What I know about it so far is that it's a military surplus machine that was bought by The Utah Construction Company, who was the main contractor on the Alaska Highway, sometime around March 5, 1951. It is then likely that it was shipped up to be used on the Alaska highway but, it is my suspicion, that it was stored in a depo along the way where it was eventually sold off. I don't think it ever saw serious work, again, because of its condition. After the Utah Construction Company it was purchased by an oldtimer outside of 150 Mile BC who used it to clear a site for a cabin and skid logs. After building his cabin he parked it near his house. 20-30 years later a Dutch gentleman bought the property next door and asked him about the dozer. He told him if he could get it running then he could have it, so thats what he did. He unstuck the engine and drove it home to, you guessed it, clear a site for a cabin, skid logs and plow the driveway in the winter. And thats who I bought it off of. In the last 16 years it has only had roughly 100 hrs put on it. He bought something "newer" and decided to let it go for a song and a dance, so I picked it up for $4300 and shipped it home.
Somewhere along the way somebody put a ROPS/FOPS canopy on it that blocks the cable run from the drum to the upper sheaves so there is no cable on the winches right now. I believe, because of the unique dual winch set up on the back, it is set up to pull a scraper/grader, but never has. The drums, guides and sheaves all have their original paint so I don't believe it ever was wound with cable. The old timer, at some point in time, filled the hydraulic tank with used motor oil and even after multiple oil changes it is still black as night. The gentleman who I bought it off of replaced the left steering clutch, swapped the generator for an alternator, replaced the voltmeter in the dash and his wife reupholstered the seat.
The tracks look brand new, the sprockets have almost no sign of wear, it fires right up when cold (without ether even though it is a Detroit) and has great power. I believe it is older that 1943 because the manual that came with it, "Medium Tractor M1 (Allis-Chalmers HD-7W)", from The US War Department was printed in 1943 and it states "White stencil numbers on vehicles have been eliminated because they can be photographed from the air. A blue-drab stencil enamel is now used which can no be so photographed." I may be wrong about this and if I am please let me know.
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Farm all cub tractor $300
Basic 4 cylinder gas tractor with a PTO and three point hitch. I think our was pre hydraulics. Simple with little to go wrong.
Take the weights off the wheels and it would drive across fields that were too wet to walk across… could almost drive it across a puddle.
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Tractor not work bought for 3,500 and want gone for 800
Just haven’t had time to work on
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Picked up a goat shortener. Will use it for cutting under the trees on the edge of the property, and hopefully to avoid needing to weed eat around the pond and various other things.
6 ft bar, folds down manually. God knows how old it is, but came with a box of new blades.
6 ft bar, folds down manually. God knows how old it is, but came with a box of new blades.
Nice. Those things are savage. I've been half assed looking for a flail or brush hog of some sort instead of just driving my old ride on into the 8' tall thorn bushes, but so far they've all been too far away or I'm too cheap... 
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I think if I could go back I'd buy a slightly bigger tractor, and also get an offset flail mower instead of the under belly mower i have now. It's a little light when you get some heavy weight up frontNice. Those things are savage. I've been half assed looking for a flail or brush hog of some sort instead of just driving my old ride on into the 8' tall thorn bushes, but so far they've all been too far away or I'm too cheap...
I almost bought an offset flail but the tractor guys warned me they thought it might be too heavy and flip the tractor if I offset it too far. Their suggestion was to buy one of these instead for what I want to do.
Yeah I think about stepping up pretty often. Mine is old and pretty haggard, but I can't complain, it was cheap and has been awesome for 5 yearsI think if I could go back I'd buy a slightly bigger tractor, and also get an offset flail mower instead of the under belly mower i have now. It's a little light when you get some heavy weight up front
I almost bought an offset flail but the tractor guys warned me they thought it might be too heavy and flip the tractor if I offset it too far. Their suggestion was to buy one of these instead for what I want to do.
My bucket is slow, and seems to be crossed with the power steering...still works fine just very Armstrong.
I made the mistake of driving the neighbors new bx23 last year. Fingertip steering and a lightning fast bucket. It was freakish luxury...and wrong somehow
I know that the sardine can Saginaw pumps have a regulator on the outlet for the high pressure outlet. If the hole is drilled out slightly larger the pump's flow can be increased and by adding shims increasing the pressure. By selecting parts carefully, I'm able to easily turn 33s on dry pavement (with one finger or the palm of my hand)Yeah I think about stepping up pretty often. Mine is old and pretty haggard, but I can't complain, it was cheap and has been awesome for 5 years
My bucket is slow, and seems to be crossed with the power steering...still works fine just very Armstrong.
I made the mistake of driving the neighbors new bx23 last year. Fingertip steering and a lightning fast bucket. It was freakish luxury...and wrong somehow
I have no idea what kind of pump setup your tractor has... it likely could also be tweaked. The risk would be blowing lines or breaking old, and hard to find parts.
It's a hydrostatic tractor, so not really similar to a car ps system.
Pump is integral to the tractor, it runs everything. Engine is only there to provide power to it.
Pressure isn't the problem, got lots of that.
in my case it's possible the bucket is plumbed wrong, and also possible the diverter valve is allowing flow to both systems at once, which makes both slower and weaker than they should be.
Also quite possible both of these things are true.
It's not that big a deal, so I've lived with it. If it's a plumbing change I'll play with it, but if it's an 800 dollar part...I'll continue to live with it and think about upgrading to a slightly bigger machine.
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From the advertising when I bought mine "this has an independent power steering pump so to can steer and use the hydraulics"
I suspect it's a common problem on older tractors, and related to the flow rates on the hydrostatic Trans. Maybe add a sag pump?
Speaking of hydrostatic transmissions, how is yours when it's cold? Mine basically stalls in reverse if I don't let it idle for a bit in neutral in the winter time... Pretty unimpressed...
Look at this post on Facebook Log into Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/TcS49GiZ9zQ3LmyN/?mibextid=79PoIiI feel like this has @seapotato s name written all over it
Just need @Toshi38 to work on the price to be more what he’s willing to pay.
Haha I saw that . It's hard to get perspective on how big it actually is.
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I feel like this has @seapotato s name written all over it
Just need @Toshi38 to work on the price to be more what he’s willing to pay.
It's really just pallets of pellets I'd ever use it for, and I'm not sure that could lift 2k lbs
I just end up taking lots of trips with the cruiser or the tractor. We hardly burn any pellets now that the heat pump is better set up. Most of the ones we have are for the father in law.
I want to install one of the little mini splits in his place so we don't have to keep ferrying pellets around but I know the cheap old ****er would just turn it off...
Based on what a google search turned up... 850-1000 kg rated lift. Will lift up to 1.5 m high. As you pointed out it's hard to say which model and scale from the add.
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Haha I saw that . It's hard to get perspective on how big it actually is.
It's really just pallets of pellets I'd ever use it for, and I'm not sure that could lift 2k lbs
I just end up taking lots of trips with the cruiser or the tractor. We hardly burn any pellets now that the heat pump is better set up. Most of the ones we have are for the father in law.
I want to install one of the little mini splits in his place so we don't have to keep ferrying pellets around but I know the cheap old f***er would just turn it off...
Isn't it cheaper to run the minisplit then the pellets?
Here it is a lot cheaper, until the temperature gets to around - 15 then it starts to get more even, although it still works fine until around - 25.
We are planning to put in a ground based system in the future, it's the same concept as the mini split but with the ability to take advantage of the more constant ground temperatures....
Yep it's probably cheaper but we're dealing with an 80 year old east coast farmer here. Literally counts the pellets as they drop in...
He had a wood stove as his only heat source up till a few years ago when they threatened to cancel his insurance unless it was removed...in February.
Convincing him to just quickly throw in a pellet stove then was hard enough...by the time we won the argument that a heat pump is not untested modern technology he'd be 100.
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I got my parents when I explained that a heat pump gave around 5 units of heat energy for each one out in, and that basically whatever they do they won't be able to beat getting 4 free, if they have to pay for all... My mom loves free s***.. Buy one get 4 free is a good saleYep it's probably cheaper but we're dealing with an 80 year old east coast farmer here. Literally counts the pellets as they drop in...
He had a wood stove as his only heat source up till a few years ago when they threatened to cancel his insurance unless it was removed...in February.
Convincing him to just quickly throw in a pellet stove then was hard enough...by the time we won the argument that a heat pump is not untested modern technology he'd be 100.