After a dry spell, I got another hit on my Craigslist ad. Guy wanted one final drive and maybe a steering clutch.

He just left with BOTH final drives, BOTH steering clutches, the radiator and the center section casting. Plus the feller that rode down with him bought an old tank of a Craftsman snowblower I had tucked in the back of the shed.

That covers what I paid for the thing, my trip to get it and puts a few bucks in my pocket. Plus I still have all the sheet metal which should sell well, and the complete dozer blade and mounting frame.

That's not the happy ending we were looking for.

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Originally posted by GaryBF:
That's not the happy ending we were looking for.

Me either, but it's a happy ending!

(There are SO many ways this could go...)

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

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Originally posted by GaryBF:
That's not the happy ending we were looking for.

Me either, but it's a happy ending!

(There are SO many ways this could go...)

Yeah well, sounds like you went the best way with it...……….rather than fixing a time and money pit!!!!!!!!!!!

So what does your hourly labor rate end up being...?

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
So what does your hourly labor rate end up being...?

Well, if yer gonna get picky...

I'd have been better off working for McDonalds.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Plus the feller that rode down with him bought an old tank of a Craftsman snowblower I had tucked in the back of the shed.

That's funny. He's hiding the good stuff.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

I'd have been better off working for McDonalds.

I'd like one McDozer to go...

Good thing you were able to recoup your expenses. Shipping the tracks was fun I'm sure.

Now that you have all this extra time and space, what does the next project entail?

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Originally posted by .38supersig:


Good thing you were able to recoup your expenses. Shipping the tracks was fun I'm sure.

Now that you have all this extra time and space, what does the next project entail?

Actually, a guy drove up from the Philadelphia area and picked up the tracks.

No plans for anything right now, I'm spending the winter in the hobby corner of the basement building a farm diorama.

1/64 scale dozers are SO much easier to work on...

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

1/64 scale dozers are SO much easier to work on...

And cheaper too!!!

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Plus the feller that rode down with him bought an old tank of a Craftsman snowblower I had tucked in the back of the shed.

I've got a VERY Early 80's vintage 'old tank' of a Craftsman Snowblower (Three stage model w/ chain driven 'drift breaker') I can set you up with if you're looking for a project to fill that space in the back of the shed.

It's equipped with an electric start Tecumseh engine and it was running when we tucked it in the back of the garage at my parent's house back in the late 80's...