March 2013 Tractor of the Month- Pond Branded Tractors

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330]

Congratulations Buckrancher!!

 

Edited July 17, 2013 by CasualObserver

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330]

I will volunteer to be the first to post a candidate. It is a very early production 1955 RJ35. Before and after pictures. I did a complete restoration on this one as it was just too far gone to keep original. Motor was redone by Charlie Pitcher and runs sweet with about 5-10 hours of run time. Pictures were taken prior to the lift lever fabrication.

 

 

 

 

[fireman 1,021]

I'm gonna put my pair of 55's up. The Ride-Away Senior and Ride-Away Junior. The big brother and little brother together.

 

 

 

[octfst 378]

1954 POND RS 83

 

 

1954 POND PT 20

 

[jcb857 161]

This is my 1953 walk behind. It has a siklebar and cultivator.

[VinsRJ 721]

How about a 1957 RJ35 with a sickle...

[tractornut46 26]

 

First Photo is the day I picked up the 46 Pond and after picture, The other photo shows my two 55 ride away Seniors

[buckrancher 2,679]

I will enter my 56 RJ35

when I bought this tractor she had just been thru a flood for the seond time in six years

the poor girl was 10 feet under water this time

 

after a complete and total rebuild

 

 

 

Edited March 13, 2013 by buckrancher

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330]

ALL- WE HAVE 7 MEMBERS WHO HAVE POSTED CANDIDATES FOR THIS MONTH. WE STILL HAVE TIME FOR MORE !!

[Jake Kuhn 1,554]

Guess I will put my early 56 rj35 up here. It has the stamped steel frame and a clinton 1200 that has been tore into and rebuilt along with a scnacke recoil. I had been looking for a rj35 almost a year and had a difficult time locating one, finally I ended up finding and purchasing one from duke. It was missing some parts and was half way taken apart when I got it. It was a real challenge figuring out the drive system but I finally got it after I purchased another rj35 for only 100! and it had the stuff I needed to get it hooked up. Last fall at mentone my dad purchased a rj35 from papke and Joe had a clinton 1200 there that he had rebuilt and wanted to sell so we worked a package deal in of the tractor, a reproduction cast steering wheel, the motor, scnacke recoil, and a nos air filter for the clinton and my dad and I both feel we paid a fair amount for what we each got. after he got his tractor and I had a motor I finally could get the stuff hooked up right on mine because I had something to look at. Within a week of getting the clinton it was driving.

 

THis is by no means a show queen but it is on the list of redo projects for the future. Someone had painted it before I got it and it was not done very well. My sediment bowl had ended up leaking and ate most of the paint off of the frame. Here's the topic when I got it, there are pics a little ways down on the first page.

 

when it was first running 

 

and what it looks like now, I took these pics yesterday....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TT-(Moderator) 1,131]

No more entries are being accepted.

It's time to vote!

[55rj35jr 623]

early 1955 rj35 with CABLE STEERING

[55rj35jr 623]

MY 1957 RJ35 MY FIRST TRACTOR AND RESTORATION FOUND IN A LOCAL JUNK YARD

[55rj35jr 623]

1954 PT-25 WALKAWAY

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330]

I would love to see some close up shots of the cable steer...

[55rj35jr 623]

55 CABLE STEER CLOSE UP

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330]

Keep those votes coming !!

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330]

Just a few days left to vote for March !! It looks like a landslide.....

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330]

And the official winning is ................ Buckrancher's 1956 RJ35 !!! Brian's tractor got an overwhelming 50% of the total amount of votes. Congrats  Brian!! Who will in for April??

[neil 2,409]

Congratulations Brian  Worthy winner

Whilst everyone elses tractor were all  still amazing works of art

[buckrancher 2,679]

thanks guys there was some really great tractors in this months contest that's for sure.

Brian

[Vinylguy 4,674]

Congratulations Buckrancher!! 

Tractor Of the Month March 2013       

 

 

[octfst 378]

CONGRATULATIONS BUCKRANCHER VERY NICE TRACTOR

[AMC RULES 37,124]

  Congrats Brian, a well deserved win.