Cletrac HG-68

I am thinking about getting one of these, no I don't need such a thing. What can you folks tell me about them..The good and the bad. Thanks

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/grd/5189232253.html This is a link to the ad.
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Better to ask in the Oliver forum. I have a Cletrac HG-42 neat play toys but under powered. I have also had a couple of the others. Feel free to e-mail me with questions
 
Should have a Hercules IX engine in it which is a flat head. Not very good as a dozier or loader machine but sure as heck will go places an N series will get stuck in and probably out pull and N series but rated at less HP
 

I remember seeing ads for these back when I was a kid, I was living in Pa. at the time. I always thought they were neat. Now I am a big kid I still want one. But need to learn about them a little before getting one. A quick internet search makes this one seem to be priced on the high side.
 
Had one just like that. I built a blade and put hydraulics on it. It was under powered, but fun to play with. Wish I had kept it.
Richard in NW SC
 
As a minority of one I never thought much of them and saw a neighbor nearly killed on one trying to back up into a barn. Around here they were used to clean out the barn.
 
I payed $1000 for an OC-3 years ago and it did not run at all. When I sold it a few years later it sold for $2500 and did run pretty good but also had a loader on it. There is a web site called Cletrac.org or some such but I have not been to it in a long time.
 
I bet you would like the HG42 I have with dozier blade and roll cage to boot. Plus I put an Oliver 60 engine in it.
 
I might sell it but the engine needs some work. Was running good but then all at once had coolant in the oil so either a freeze plug under the valve cover is bad again had one go at one time or a sleeve seal is bad. E-Mail is open
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So how was the neighbor "nearly killed"?

If he had been driving a wheeled tractor would he have been safer?

Post back and exolain this to us, please!
 
Here is the one I had a couple of years ago. Sold it cause i didn't use it enough. My HG also came with a dearborn
dozer blade plow rigged up to the pto Which I took off and put on another tractor.
The problem with the HG wide tracks were that they were so wide that 9 out of 10 the frames were cracked at the track
frame guide supports up near the bellhousing. They ran pretty fast to do any kind of dozer work which is why some guys
installed the ford model A trans behind the main trans.
Mine had ice tracks on it which tore up the lawn and my gravel driveway. Didn't make the wife happy.
IMO the one in the ad is too much money.
I would consider buying another one if I could find an HG42 with dozer not the bucket and would add the model A tranny.

Kirk
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they're fun toys

check the sprockets and track and stuff like any other crawler.
On those...they steer with brake bands inside the rear end.
if it runs make sure it will turn.
Since these bands are in oil, you must use Mineral oil, regular gear oil will make them slip.
carefully check the center of the rear sprocket. (take the little center cover off if allowed.
If the bearing is bad, it will allow the sprocket to move and chew up the bolts around the center.
Can't tell from the pic...only one transmission?
Some came with 2 separate transmissions, which really helps the power issue.
$ is up to how bad you want one. All crawlers are expensive in my area.
and with crawlers......if it will run and move and be useable as is......much better than cheap, needing stuff...crawler repairs are always expensive.
 
How my neighbor almost got killed on the Oliver (cleartrack pictured)
He was out working in the muck soil, planted to onions. (that all good that crawlers for). His sleeve of his jacket got caught in the open track. He flopped on the track trying to get it loose. He didn't get it loose. He flopped under the crawler and when it got to the rear, his jacket came free. True story told to me, by him.
I'll also second, the cracking of the frame and "No blade".
Charles Krammin SW MI
 
I like the crawlers. Saw this one on the internet some time ago. Apparently a Case VAI was placed on the Cletrac. There was one on CL awhile ago with a Wisconsin V4 and it looked like it had a lot more HP.
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Here's an Oliver OC42 that I had. It had a blade and a homemade ripper that was great for ripping up a new garden plot. I sold the tractor, kept the ripper and turned it into an add- on to my drag.

I paid $400. for it and it is now for sale for $500. but it still needs a rebuild.
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Brown rusty add-on was the Oliver ripper.
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Every time I have listed a Cletrac any place it ha sold fast. Seems people like the little fun to play on toys. As I said I would sell the one I have and probably not all that hard to fix I just have not had the time to do so
 
I got mine because I'm dealing with a lots of thorns. Not only will the tracks o'course not get flats. But the tracks will smash down the thorns so you pick them up later with your tires.
 
I believe the HG-68 was prone to cracks in the frame due to the wide spacing of the tracks. I have an HG-31 with a loader in addition to my 8N. I use it mainly to move snowbanks back and to remove snow that slides off my barn roof. Zimmerman's Oliver- Cletrac in PA is the go to place for advice and parts.
 

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