One badass new tool...

[eschoendorff]

A Johnny Bucket jr loader for my Ingersoll 448.... check out the whole thing here:

http://mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=70696

If you have a garden tractor, I HIGHLY recommend getting one of these. MADE IN USA to boot!!!!!

John Scheele makes these tools out of laser-cut stock in his shop in Wisconsin. The lift and dump are done by powerful electric linear actuators and even those are made in the USA!!!! The lift actuator is powerful enough to raiser the entire tractor 2-3" into the air... and if you know Case/Ingersolls, you know they are not lightweight machines!

Now I just need to get some traction,

 

[Mike83]

Sweet! Anything made in Wisconsin is top-notch, like me!

 

[bchee]

lol I didn't even know there was a mytractor forum. Really nice picts and review.

 

[Bull]

Very cool, and a great write-up, too.

I might look into getting one for my Bolens. But first, I have to try the plow I have on it now. Need to get some tire chains and replace one hydraulic hose before I can do that, though.

 

[eschoendorff]

Very cool, and a great write-up, too.

I might look into getting one for my Bolens. But first, I have to try the plow I have on it now. Need to get some tire chains and replace one hydraulic hose before I can do that, though.

I have the Johnny Bucket jr which uses electric linear actuators. The JBsr is hydraulic and will run off your tractor's hydraulic system. It's actually a little larger too.

 

[elect]

Looks good! the weather way up there looks good for using it this week.Have fun with your shiny new toy!

 

[Bull]

What is the price for the hydraulic model? Does this guy make them himself?

 

[eschoendorff]

What is the price for the hydraulic model? Does this guy make them himself?

Yeah, I think he does. He must have a hell of a shop!

Pricing should be found here (this is a Simplicity link):

http://www.johnnyproducts.com/J_Bucket_HTMs/JBpage_Jr-Sr_Simplicity_Legacy.htm

Contact John and see if he would be able to accommodate your Bolens!

 

[eschoendorff]

More pics...

 

[nissan_crawler]

FYI, the bolens tractor forum has lots of pictures on the johnson loaders they were equipped with. I've been trying to get rough angles and measurements from people, but nobody has so far.

 

[eschoendorff]

the new lights look good too.That's a cold looking pic.

Yeah... it really was... the thermometer said -1*F. That's F%$*^%* COLD!

But the 20 year old tractor ran like a top. That old Onan still has a lot of life left in her.

I used a Facom 1/4 ratchet to mount some of the smaller hardware (cable straps). What a sweetheart of a ratchet! I had forgotten how nice it was...

 

[nissan_crawler]

When it dies, rebuild it. New "garden tractors" aren't worth the lead paint they're sprayed with.

I would be scared to hook even a yard cart behind the free craftsman 19.5 hp I got. The 12 hp bolens has drug a 1/2 ton pickup with two flat tires across a 10 acre yard, though.

 

[Merkava_4]

The next time it snows in Clovis ... I'm getting one of these.

 

[nissan_crawler]

The next time it snows in Clovis ... I'm getting one of these.

Childs play, we had a blade for the green one, a snow bucket for the orange/red one, and the front end loader you can partially see.

I want a bucket for my little Bolens. I miss having a loader, even if it was a small one.

 

[ironroad 9c1]

yea older tractors are cool , there is a old cub cadet sitting in a yard down the road from me, for at least the 3 years I have been here ..asked about it one day and the lady said she had given it to a friend and he was gonna use it for parts, still sits in the same spot.

 

[eschoendorff]

9c1... go offer the lady $50 for it, restore it and put a bucket on it. Then post pics of you working that little beast.

 

[eschoendorff]

Nissan,the orange looks like an Allis what is the green?

Steiger... Panther?????

 

[nissan_crawler]

Nissan,the orange looks like an Allis what is the green?

Steiger... Panther?????

Yep. 425hp, pull wal-mart off it's foundation. John deere and ford aren't as liked up there. Steigers, then versatiles are probably the most popular, then john deere, ford is at the bottom of the barrel. There are a few big bud's around, too.

I remember our neighbor getting his air seeder stuck with his ford. They came to the yard, so I rolled the steiger over, and it wasn't quite enough. Our other neighbor came over, and hooked up with his 600hp tracked cat...

The ford ended up in two pieces, half of it was attached to the air seeder, half of it was chained to the steiger. We drug the pieces off to a dry spot, hooked the steiger to the air seeder, and the cat to the steiger and pulled it right out.

You should've seen the look on the poor *******'s face.