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sorekiwi

Looks nice!

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Tankman

Looking great and the work is excellent!

 

Thanks for sharing. :)

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AMC RULES

Very nice indeed... :handgestures-thumbsup: 

definitely has "the look".  

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Geno

Very nice work, looks awesome!   :text-woo: 

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shallowwatersailor

Looking forward  to the additional photos!

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ol550

Got some serious rubber on the rear. :handgestures-thumbup:

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Digger 66

Looking forward to a video  :) .

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bmsgaffer

:text-yeahthat:

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craigbic

Wow! Awesome work and it looks beautiful. That diesel HAS to sound great!  :text-thankyoublue:  Thanks for sharing!

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JoeM

Thanks, hope to test run tomorrow.

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GT14

Very nice, looking forward to video of the beast in action.

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JoeM

We got it together enough to test ride today. The engine is loud, seems to have plenty of power. Will see when we put the plow and tiller on this spring. Hope to finish assembly this week, lights, hitch, and decals.

I am attaching a couple short vids of my best neighbor Fred driving around

 

IMG_0348.mov

 

IMG_0347.mov.

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Pullstart

fits like it was meant to be!

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Geno

Very nice job and no cutting of the hood required!   :text-+1:  :text-+1:

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shallowwatersailor

Sweet! Definitely food for thought for one of mine. My 523Dxi need a little brother.

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Wheel-N-It

WOW! Can't ask for a nicer engine swap than that!

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Jrblanke

Awesome! What kind of tires did you go with? 

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JoeM

The rears are Firestone 23 10.50 floatation and the front are Deestone 4.00 8 tri rib, all from Miller Tire

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Ken B

That does look pretty darn mean looking. Love the tri ribs and ag tires. Firestone ags on back?

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JoeM

Yep, Firestones. Pretty pricey but they look cool! :)

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PaulC

very cool tractor great job!! I love the look of everything and not sure how the videos translate the sound but it sounded great to me!!

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Stigian

That's a great build, a diesel Wh is on my "must build one day" list :D

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19richie66

That's a great build, a diesel Wh is on my "must build one day" list :D

You have to survive project "Why Not" test drive first.

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Zeek

I love diesels  :auto-layrubber:  Hopefully that will make it to the show!  Marshall Smith usually has a diesel there he tools around on too.

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