Ahhh, the sound of a Johnny Popper! Music to my ears. My Grandpa had a 60 and a 1959 730. I remember as a kid the 60 was hooked up to the planter and I was up setting in the seat and pushed a lever and dropped the marker. My Dad and Grandpa had a hell of a time getting it back up. No spanking, but lesson learned! Really like the drone! Also like the music you use with the drone. Keep it but don't get rid of the original. 👍👍
That is something people don't seem to understand, the old Johnny Poppers need to run, since you had it running, you should've popped the clutch in so it circulated the oil in the transmission. Yes, we always just shut the gas off at the tank and let it run. The 2 cylinders were and still are quite economical, can run a long time on a tank of gas/fuel. It's good to hear it still running Ross. You're making me want to get mine and rebuild/restore it. Cracked head, engine is now locked, been sitting for several years now. Just having the time and money to do it and parts availability too. Great video as always, cheers :)
Its good to start them up and run for a little while. I do that to, even if i dont use them. Also a suggestion on the fence, somtime if you have the time check all the wp36 corner insulators and make sure they are not cracked underneath the hot wire. The porcelain ones are probably fine but the plastic ones are prone to crack. Alot of the time the fence wont even crack. Them lights on the fencers seem to be useless
Nice to see the old John Deere B and to hear it run. I hope you can figure out your electric fence charger issue. Thanks for sharing, have a good evening!
Nice video Ross. Always good to hear an old tractor run. Great that you saved all those old tractors from the scrapper. Tons of history there. Thanks for sharing.
I purchased an inexpensive test meter recommended by the charger mfr. which can be used up and down the whole fencing system. It would indicate the power at each point along the run which helped me determine where the unwanted grounding was occurring. The blown fuse could indicate a problem in the internal workings of the charger. Thanks for sharing.
I did finally give in the other day and buy a tester. It might not tell me anything, but if it does, then, maybe it will be the best thing I ever bought. I’m starting to wonder if some of the insulators aren’t breaking down and they lose voltage into the post, hopefully my meter can point me in the right direction
@@rosstheoliverman The meter is almost essential for troubleshooting your system. Mine checks voltage on the line up to 7000 volts (needs to read voltage to the upper limit of your charger). I bought mine from Tractor Supply. Good luck.
Hey, it might be super useful to do an episode on the best ways to store tractor collections so they don't get stuck, the batteries maybe last, the solenoid and distributor contacts don't corrode, and the fuel stays good not rotting the fuel tank out with ethanol water extraction nor gumming up or corroding the carburetor. I buy "Rec Fuel" Recreation fuel or non-ethanol but it's super hard to come by, the fuel additives don't work for more than ten months. Some original tractor owners manuals said to just drain the radiator/block, fuel, disconnect the battery. Oil the cylinders? One chainsaw repair channel said they put full strength 2-cycle oil in the fuel tank to work that through when long term storing, then pour the oil out and fill with fresh fuel.
I’ll have to see if I can come up with some idea for that! There are lots of things that tells you to do in the operators manual, but the thing is, when I park them I don’t intend for them to sit for a long time that’s just what ends up happening. I always think I’m gonna get back to it, and then I never do that’s why I started disconnecting batteries and shutting off the fuel on everything because at least that would help some. Thanks!
Projects, they give you reasons not to give up and roll over dead. I like your music at the end. Electric fence? you need to walk/ride the whole thing and look to where it is shorted. Old insulators or insulators that have dirt/residue on them. Take an AM radio with you and you just might hear the arcing spot. Arcing emits strong radio signals. Get your 7300 going and harvest that standing corn while the ground is frozen.
@@rosstheoliverman I will loan you my 80-year-old wife who is good at saying "Get your lazy ass out of the house, out of my way, and get out there and 'DO SOMETHING' and I am not man enough to tell her no" So I am going to the shop, get the fenders on the PowerKing and get started on making some metal art sculptures. I just got a notice entries into the Sculptures On The Avenues have to be in by 2-24-25
It seems to go back to quality of the points today. I bought my first John Deere 60 right after high-school in 91. When I pulled that tractor out of the barn it had been, I cleaned the points and ran them for 10 more years. About 7 years ago I converted it to electronic ignition because I couldn't get through the season on a set of points. Back when they ran those on distillate, you switched back over to gasoline so the heavy fuel was out of the carburetor when you went to start it again. A step up from hitching up the team for sure.
I've got an Early-Styled B in my shed that Grandpa bought when I was younger. He used it a couple times raking hay but it had issues running under load. It ended up sitting behind the shed wrapped in tarps until I pushed it inside. Bought parts to start working on it and never did end up getting very far but I really wish I could get the opportunity sometime to get it going again.
Cool! Hopefully you can get it going again. I found that you just have to force yourself to make time. If you let stuff sit and think you’ll get around to it, you never will.
@rosstheoliverman True enough! We'd decided at the time that the issue was the manifold or the gasket. Got as far as draining coolant and pulling the carb and cleaning it. Then realized how far it looked like I had to take it apart first to pull the manifold off.
I was wondering if mabe when you feeling.like it if mabe once a week or something just.pick a tractor and give alil history on how it came to the farm and what it was.used for/ future plans for it?? I like to see tractors running/working but you just cant beat the sound of a JD 2 cyclinder.
When those birds finish that corn field , that area will be well fertilized with bird crap What a pain in the a-- with that fence unit like the snow , maybe you should contact the manufacturer to listen to what they have to offer or send it back
Any luck sourcing an apron chain for the 55 combine? I am restoring one right now but I haven't been able to find one. Working on fabrication one with CA550 chain from nitro chain and some box tubing ripped down the center.
I would love to see the old johnny do some plowing in the spring, I think it would be very cool if you could grow a patch of corn in one of your fields and only use the old machines to do the work. And also try some older farming practices like cultivating, now I know you are a busy person so finding the time might be a problem, but working a small area for a full growing season like its the fiftys would make an awesome video series I think.
Yesssss a John Deere. Overhauling a 50 right now. New block crank pistons head and all that. But I’m about sick of Deere again and maybe less sick of my 60 so can start on that again
My day started with sadness when you found out that the wire was not touching the post. Knutson is right. I have much confidence you can get almost everything to run. Too bad your ground isn't frozen enough to finish harvesting your corn. I remember in a February picking enough corn to grind a couple of batches of feed. I finished that field the first week of March before the ground thawed out. Something kind of surreal about that year.
Ross loe your videos but lam sad that you dont have a nice shop to work in out of cold and you could have a warm dry place to work None up my buisness but have you thought about a hoop biulding to store your treasures and fix up one building as a shop???? lam sure you have thought about all of that many times But i was 60 years old before l got a small shop to restore tractor i built it 24 by 20 leanto on my garage so l could only fix one tractor at a time LOL l never miss a video !!!!!!
Ross do you have the stub shaft that bolts into the steering wheel for hand starting? Ross why do you have the clutch engaged when you are starting the tractor?
I know what you mean about those points being crap today. I haven’t looked into it yet but I wonder if a guy could buy silver alloy contact points from an electrical supply company and solder them in place of the chinesium points. I don’t know why somebody doesn’t make higher grade true silver point sets. I would gladly pay extra to not have to struggle getting things to start. Old points used to last for years without being touched.
😊😊 HI ROSS that John deere tractor 🚜 😮 shouldn't be like that they don't makes parts like they use 2 no more its sad 2 say I VE heard and seen this be 4 😮 years ago the points and condenser use 2 be heavy duty they had copper in them and would carry the current and last not no more 😮😮 / and U might have 2 put a ignition chip in the magneto and do away W the points or do away W the magneto and change it over 2 a distributor 2 slove this problem 😊😊 thats all a bunch of foolishness/ ross the tractor 🚜 😊 does run good 👍 😊 Ross some people are very lucky 😊😊 2 have more than 1 grandpa 👴 😊 or people U can call grandpa people that U can talk 2 and shake hands 🤝 and have breakfast and coffee ☕️ 😊 2 gether memories don't bring them back most of tge time 😉 😮 thats what U have U get tractors as a basket case and fix them yourself 2 make them run again alot of the old people years ago was farmers that's what they did grow food 2 feed all of the other people 😮😮 it's a shame that U can't hug them and shake hands no more either OMG 1 16 2O25
Hey Ross, that was a nice video. I enjoy hearing your stories about your grandpa and I'm glad that you were able to enjoy so much time together. I hope he left you a few dollars so maybe you can maybe build a nice shed to work in! I have many heirlooms on my farm since I'm the 5th generation, and I cherish them all. My parental grand parents (the farm side of the family) died when I was a freshman in HS so I didn't have as many memories with them, but my maternal grandpa lived a very long time and like you, I saw him every day, and we did many many things together, so I have a lot of those memories! I'm like you, only much older, most of what I have is something given up on by another until I rescued it. It might not be much to some, but means a lot to me! And I'm proud to own any of what I have! I hoped that sometime you would have your grandpa on, and hear some of his stories, that would have been very interesting! I'm sorry it's too late for that now. I was thinking, maybe you should get that B out, take the muffler off of it, and go drive it out to the corn field, hearing that coming might scare those birds off to another state! 😂
Ahhh, the sound of a Johnny Popper! Music to my ears. My Grandpa had a 60 and a 1959 730. I remember as a kid the 60 was hooked up to the planter and I was up setting in the seat and pushed a lever and dropped the marker. My Dad and Grandpa had a hell of a time getting it back up. No spanking, but lesson learned!
Really like the drone! Also like the music you use with the drone. Keep it but don't get rid of the original. 👍👍
That is something people don't seem to understand, the old Johnny Poppers need to run, since you had it running, you should've popped the clutch in so it circulated the oil in the transmission. Yes, we always just shut the gas off at the tank and let it run. The 2 cylinders were and still are quite economical, can run a long time on a tank of gas/fuel. It's good to hear it still running Ross. You're making me want to get mine and rebuild/restore it. Cracked head, engine is now locked, been sitting for several years now. Just having the time and money to do it and parts availability too. Great video as always, cheers :)
Perfect video a tribute to your Grandpa I’m sure he was smiling.
Thanks!
great video that was good that your grandpa ole tractor running again
Thanks Ron!
The old 545 and White 7300 look beautiful with the snowy background.
Hope you're getting thew projects bud hope get threw them lovely collation tractor s
Running pretty good in the cold weather !
Grandpa always said if it got super cold outside it was the only thing that would run around here.
Good video Ross.
Its good to start them up and run for a little while. I do that to, even if i dont use them. Also a suggestion on the fence, somtime if you have the time check all the wp36 corner insulators and make sure they are not cracked underneath the hot wire. The porcelain ones are probably fine but the plastic ones are prone to crack. Alot of the time the fence wont even crack. Them lights on the fencers seem to be useless
Cool video and thanks for saving all those tractors from sure doom enjoy all your videos thanks
Thanks!!
Nice to see the old John Deere B and to hear it run. I hope you can figure out your electric fence charger issue. Thanks for sharing, have a good evening!
Nice video Ross. Always good to hear an old tractor run. Great that you saved all those old tractors from the scrapper. Tons of history there. Thanks for sharing.
Good video It was nice to see your old john deere start
I purchased an inexpensive test meter recommended by the charger mfr. which can be used up and down the whole fencing system. It would indicate the power at each point along the run which helped me determine where the unwanted grounding was occurring. The blown fuse could indicate a problem in the internal workings of the charger. Thanks for sharing.
I did finally give in the other day and buy a tester. It might not tell me anything, but if it does, then, maybe it will be the best thing I ever bought. I’m starting to wonder if some of the insulators aren’t breaking down and they lose voltage into the post, hopefully my meter can point me in the right direction
@@rosstheoliverman The meter is almost essential for troubleshooting your system. Mine checks voltage on the line up to 7000 volts (needs to read voltage to the upper limit of your charger). I bought mine from Tractor Supply. Good luck.
Most of my tractors were also headed to the scrap yard. Got all of them running and play with them all.
Hey, it might be super useful to do an episode on the best ways to store tractor collections so they don't get stuck, the batteries maybe last, the solenoid and distributor contacts don't corrode, and the fuel stays good not rotting the fuel tank out with ethanol water extraction nor gumming up or corroding the carburetor. I buy "Rec Fuel" Recreation fuel or non-ethanol but it's super hard to come by, the fuel additives don't work for more than ten months. Some original tractor owners manuals said to just drain the radiator/block, fuel, disconnect the battery. Oil the cylinders? One chainsaw repair channel said they put full strength 2-cycle oil in the fuel tank to work that through when long term storing, then pour the oil out and fill with fresh fuel.
I’ll have to see if I can come up with some idea for that! There are lots of things that tells you to do in the operators manual, but the thing is, when I park them I don’t intend for them to sit for a long time that’s just what ends up happening. I always think I’m gonna get back to it, and then I never do that’s why I started disconnecting batteries and shutting off the fuel on everything because at least that would help some. Thanks!
Projects, they give you reasons not to give up and roll over dead. I like your music at the end. Electric fence? you need to walk/ride the whole thing and look to where it is shorted. Old insulators or insulators that have dirt/residue on them. Take an AM radio with you and you just might hear the arcing spot. Arcing emits strong radio signals. Get your 7300 going and harvest that standing corn while the ground is frozen.
You have good ideas, now I just need to get in gear 😂
@@rosstheoliverman I will loan you my 80-year-old wife who is good at saying "Get your lazy ass out of the house, out of my way, and get out there and 'DO SOMETHING' and I am not man enough to tell her no" So I am going to the shop, get the fenders on the PowerKing and get started on making some metal art sculptures. I just got a notice entries into the Sculptures On The Avenues have to be in by 2-24-25
Nice exit tune
It’s some thing different. It’s kind of depressing at first but then it gets a little bit happier 😂
I got time to listen. I enjoy hearing about the stories. Thanks for the video. Take care and I'll see you later.
It seems to go back to quality of the points today. I bought my first John Deere 60 right after high-school in 91. When I pulled that tractor out of the barn it had been, I cleaned the points and ran them for 10 more years. About 7 years ago I converted it to electronic ignition because I couldn't get through the season on a set of points. Back when they ran those on distillate, you switched back over to gasoline so the heavy fuel was out of the carburetor when you went to start it again. A step up from hitching up the team for sure.
I've got an Early-Styled B in my shed that Grandpa bought when I was younger. He used it a couple times raking hay but it had issues running under load. It ended up sitting behind the shed wrapped in tarps until I pushed it inside. Bought parts to start working on it and never did end up getting very far but I really wish I could get the opportunity sometime to get it going again.
Cool! Hopefully you can get it going again. I found that you just have to force yourself to make time. If you let stuff sit and think you’ll get around to it, you never will.
@rosstheoliverman True enough! We'd decided at the time that the issue was the manifold or the gasket. Got as far as draining coolant and pulling the carb and cleaning it. Then realized how far it looked like I had to take it apart first to pull the manifold off.
I was wondering if mabe when you feeling.like it if mabe once a week or something just.pick a tractor and give alil history on how it came to the farm and what it was.used for/ future plans for it?? I like to see tractors running/working but you just cant beat the sound of a JD 2 cyclinder.
I always liked the A model. That"s me, but I could wait for a warmer day to start this.
If this thing was a hand start I definitely would wait till a later day when it was warmer. 😂
When those birds finish that corn field , that area will be well fertilized with bird crap What a pain in the a-- with that fence unit like the snow , maybe you should contact the manufacturer to listen to what they have to offer or send it back
Ross , all the yrs I run cattle I have not heard of that brand charger!
I had seen them before, but never owned one. So far I’m not that impressed.
Hello from Tasmania. I use a New Zealand made Speedrite brand of electric fence unit. Works great no problems mains power or 12v. Thanks Kerry.
Any luck sourcing an apron chain for the 55 combine? I am restoring one right now but I haven't been able to find one. Working on fabrication one with CA550 chain from nitro chain and some box tubing ripped down the center.
Thanks for video and tractor stories
I would love to see the old johnny do some plowing in the spring, I think it would be very cool if you could grow a patch of corn in one of your fields and only use the old machines to do the work. And also try some older farming practices like cultivating, now I know you are a busy person so finding the time might be a problem, but working a small area for a full growing season like its the fiftys would make an awesome video series I think.
Thank you for the birthday gift hearing that deer run was awesome brought me back to my childhood grandpa had one oh by the way 59th birthday today
Also I noticed the 8900 of sadness is still sitting out there
I haven’t seen him in a month. If it’s there much longer I might as well plant trees around it.
@ Hahahahahaha
Im wondering if there aint something wrong on the inside of.the fence controler?? Like a factory defect??
Nice video Ross
Thanks Larry!
Yesssss a John Deere. Overhauling a 50 right now. New block crank pistons head and all that. But I’m about sick of Deere again and maybe less sick of my 60 so can start on that again
Don’t forget the 1365 that you saved from the scrap heap that I got from you.😊😊
That’s true! If I hadn’t put it back together, it would be on the scrapheap of history. It’s good to know someone else is getting some use out of it!!
It's a Deere it will run! Remember nothing runs like a Deere!!!
Better to be over the snow than to be under it.
Agree 😂
My day started with sadness when you found out that the wire was not touching the post. Knutson is right. I have much confidence you can get almost everything to run. Too bad your ground isn't frozen enough to finish harvesting your corn. I remember in a February picking enough corn to grind a couple of batches of feed. I finished that field the first week of March before the ground thawed out. Something kind of surreal about that year.
Hopefully I can get it out soon. I thought up a plan, which we’ll learn more about an upcoming videos. 😂
Call the Cyclops factory , the guy I talked to was super helpful when I was looking to buy mine.
If you don’t want exercise then hop on the cushman and give him a romp in the snow. That might be fun
Yeah, it needs attention too. It’s not wanting to run right
I would've thrown a 1 amp in about fuse three
I really consider that. I thought a five would do real good 😂 but I figured I might want to check with the company first before I destroy this thing
John deere tractors only good for sitting in sheds at standstill. Lol
Makes me want to finish my B.😅
Ross loe your videos but lam sad that you dont have a nice shop to work in out of cold and you could have a warm dry place to work None up my buisness but have you thought about a hoop biulding to store your treasures and fix up one building as a shop???? lam sure you have thought about all of that many times But i was 60 years old before l got a small shop to restore tractor i built it 24 by 20 leanto on my garage so l could only fix one tractor at a time LOL l never miss a video !!!!!!
Ross do you have the stub shaft that bolts into the steering wheel for hand starting? Ross why do you have the clutch engaged when you are starting the tractor?
I know what you mean about those points being crap today. I haven’t looked into it yet but I wonder if a guy could buy silver alloy contact points from an electrical supply company and solder them in place of the chinesium points. I don’t know why somebody doesn’t make higher grade true silver point sets. I would gladly pay extra to not have to struggle getting things to start. Old points used to last for years without being touched.
😊😊 HI ROSS that John deere tractor 🚜 😮 shouldn't be like that they don't makes parts like they use 2 no more its sad 2 say I VE heard and seen this be 4 😮 years ago the points and condenser use 2 be heavy duty they had copper in them and would carry the current and last not no more 😮😮 / and U might have 2 put a ignition chip in the magneto and do away W the points or do away W the magneto and change it over 2 a distributor 2 slove this problem 😊😊 thats all a bunch of foolishness/ ross the tractor 🚜 😊 does run good 👍 😊 Ross some people are very lucky 😊😊 2 have more than 1 grandpa 👴 😊 or people U can call grandpa people that U can talk 2 and shake hands 🤝 and have breakfast and coffee ☕️ 😊 2 gether memories don't bring them back most of tge time 😉 😮 thats what U have U get tractors as a basket case and fix them yourself 2 make them run again alot of the old people years ago was farmers that's what they did grow food 2 feed all of the other people 😮😮 it's a shame that U can't hug them and shake hands no more either OMG 1 16 2O25
Hey Ross, that was a nice video. I enjoy hearing your stories about your grandpa and I'm glad that you were able to enjoy so much time together. I hope he left you a few dollars so maybe you can maybe build a nice shed to work in! I have many heirlooms on my farm since I'm the 5th generation, and I cherish them all. My parental grand parents (the farm side of the family) died when I was a freshman in HS so I didn't have as many memories with them, but my maternal grandpa lived a very long time and like you, I saw him every day, and we did many many things together, so I have a lot of those memories! I'm like you, only much older, most of what I have is something given up on by another until I rescued it. It might not be much to some, but means a lot to me! And I'm proud to own any of what I have! I hoped that sometime you would have your grandpa on, and hear some of his stories, that would have been very interesting! I'm sorry it's too late for that now. I was thinking, maybe you should get that B out, take the muffler off of it, and go drive it out to the corn field, hearing that coming might scare those birds off to another state! 😂