1030 project is operational

jon f mn · May 17, 2018

Well, my 1030 project tractor seems to be fully operational, FINALLY! Worked good to work and plant my ground this spring. Got about 20 hours on it so far and it seems to be running well. Here are a few pics of it and my dc in action.

Glen SW Wi · May 17, 2018

Nice pics. Didn't know that you grew such big spuds over there in MN that you needed a front end loader to pick them.

RBnWA · May 17, 2018

Hey jon. Good to see the old girl earning her keep. I know the feeling on the rocks. RB

wjytexas · May 17, 2018

Great pics. Your place rocks.

WI Dan · May 17, 2018

Nice job Jon.
If I recall - this wasn't a piece of junk when you bought it...but after digging into it, you found lots of trouble, right?

Either way: it must be a good feeling to turn something around from being broken to being productive.

Ande · May 17, 2018

Jon, I'm confused, the steering column is yellow, so it should mean its a 1966, but it has a spin on, and oil cooler, that means its a 68 or 69, I couldn't remember if you put a different engine into her or.

jon f mn · May 17, 2018

I bought it knowing it had a bad engine,
but turned out everything was shot. Then
last year after I overhauled it The engine
spun a bearing. This is th e second
overhaul. I ended up buying another with a
rebuilt rear end and bad block and
combining the 2 to make one.

jon f mn · May 17, 2018

It's a mutt, several tractors combined. It will get the red column and late number soon.

carvel minne farmer · May 17, 2018

nice pics jon, looks like you could use a rock picker, I was out to the brother in laws place last weekend and him and his brothers where picking rocks. they have a rock rake that windrows the rocks and then the rock picker comes along behind picking and hauling them off the field. it seemed to work really well but like he said there is no end to the rocks :lol:

jddrawbar · May 17, 2018

Looking good!

36 A · May 17, 2018

That's a good one , I'm on the very edge of where the glacier ended round rocks are west of here . Our county is flat to the west and bluff country on the east .

SVcummins · May 18, 2018

Beautiful pictures . How many hp is the 1030?

sotxbill · May 18, 2018

(quoted from post at 10:41:26 05/17/18) nice pics jon, looks like you could use a rock picker, I was out to the brother in laws place last weekend and him and his brothers where picking rocks. they have a rock rake that windrows the rocks and then the rock picker comes along behind picking and hauling them off the field. it seemed to work really well but like he said there is no end to the rocks :lol:

How much fertilizer to you need to grow those rocks??

jon f mn · May 18, 2018

Rated 101hp.

jon f mn · May 18, 2018

Lots!

SVcummins · May 18, 2018

When I was in school they had a nice looking case a model newer with the trans out of it i wish I had bought it

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