Saved this one from the junk yard.

[145Automatic 7]

This 312 belonged to a friends grand father that had passed on. It had set for a couple years and he and his father were taking it the the junck pile. It was mixed in with a whole trailer load of stuff. He called out of the blue and asked if I wanted it. Why sure! Thus it got shoved off the trialer in my front yard. It was ruff and not running. Rat nests, wiring chewed up, trans full of water...ect. but the engine was not llocked up. I did a refurbish rather than a down to the frame restore. Tryed to keep the cost down. I only replaced the wore out components. It turned out allright and Its my primary mowing machine now. A new ignition module and carb cleaning was all the old magnum 12 needed. I had fun on this project. It's a keeper with a story behind it. I think that's the way his grand father would have wanted it. I'll try the photobucket thing.

Towed in by my other 312.

Tear down begins

Assembly under way.

Ready to work.

[massey 119]

Good save, looks great.

[dclarke 4,113]

That sure turned out nice, great job! :)

[300zx 7]

Looks great!! Great find.

[horsefeathers 15]

Nice save! And grandpa' would be grinin'!

Thats a nice lift ya' got there! Dosen't look like a cheapo!

HORSEFEATHERS!

[Horse'n Around 22]

Thats a fine looking tractor, it sure cleaned up great! You did it up proud and saved a fine Wheel Horse from the scrap yard! It sure cleaned up nice too.Great job!

John

[VinsRJ 723]

I agree! You did a great job saving that one :)

[Roger from southern Iowa 1]

Nice story and very nice :)

[hcminis 1,742]

That's a great save and cool story.

Thanks for sharing

[Docwheelhorse 2,792]

Save 'Em All or die trying.... thats my motto!!! Nice Save...

Tony

[Coadster32 793]

Nice!! :)

[racinfool40 203]

:) Great save looks great toooo.....

[bustedglass 1]

Good save. And I'm sure Gramp's is lookin down and lovin it too .

[hm12460 53]

Way too good of a tractor to go to the scrap heap. It amazes me what some people will throw away. They would probaly think a new Home Depot John Deere or Cub Cadet is a better machine when it certainly isn't.

[Ken B 3,202]

Great job on the 312. You should get many more yrs. out of it. :)

[MikesRJ 558]

Great save and nice job on prettying it up. :)

[WH854 45]

Great Job MY two black hoods were headed for the junk yard too.

Chas :USA:

[MaineDad 87]

Thanks for sharing. Looks good. Can you post some more information about that lift? Thanks!

[145Automatic 7]

Thanks for the kind words fellas. Mian Dad, the lift came from a local factory that shut down a wile back. My neigbor worked there and told me they were going to auction off some items. When he told me about the lift I had to have it. $75 and it was mine. It runs on houshold current with a hydralic pump. Its just the right size for work. I think its rated at 1000lbs. Its made by a company called Presto. I have a hole patern drilled in the top so I can run treaded rod thru the top and into the frame holes to keep things stable. Sorry there's not any more. But I have seen them at other factories. It's a great find, but sad to think of the place shutten down.