diesel lombard tractor

[loggah]

Jim,the Diesel engine  is 1400 lbs heavier then the gas engine, and yes my Wife should have been first,State police second !!! ;D ;D

[Peter Drouin]

Looking Good Logger 8) 8) 8)

[loggah]

Thanks,Peter. All i can say is its complete,not restored,someone from the younger generation can do that. ;D

[DEERE2720]

looks good with the axle. got to put flames on the engine panels to make it a real rat rod.. lol  :D :D  i'll finish the restoration

[Okrafarmer]

Paint it green, get the bobsled on the front-- take pictures when the snow comes. 

Then you'll have all next year to build ten sleds for it to pull. . . . .

[Okrafarmer]

I showed you this, right?

A couple years back, I made this virtual lego model. Virtual legos are so much better, because you never run out of bricks of the right shape and color!



 

[loggah]

Jim,Yup ,thats the full width  cab version !!!! ;D ;D Nice avitar !!!! ;D I intend to build a couple sets of sleds ,but i really need to build a giant pole barn next,got to get this stuff under cover.

[Peter Drouin]

,but i really need to build a giant pole barn next,got to get this stuff under cover.

[maple flats]

Very nice build. I watched "Adirondack Sky Pilot" a few times, a couple of years ago. Your Lombard sure look a lot like the tractor pulling that long train of sleds full of logs in that video. Sure looks like you can build anything you put your mind to.
Excellent job!!

[loggah]

Maple Flats, That was a Linn tractor built in Morris New York,Linn worked for Lombard and moved to Morris in the early teens and started building his own tractors. Theres a bunch of Linns left in N.Y.,no.1 is still in Morris on display ,and theres a restored linn Log hauler at The Blue Mtn.Lake museum in the Adirondack park. I lo have a Linn dump truck that needs restoration in the back yard.




 

[Okrafarmer]

Remind me what the yellow one is behind it, Cletrac F series? Do you have a picture of it handy?  ;D

[loggah]

Jim,Its a 1952 Cletrac model FDE one of the 2 that Great Northern Paper co.owned,the last tractors to pull lombard sleds,it has a Cat 17A D 7 nose on it ,the guy i bought it off up in Monson Maine ,Clarance Turner used it as a dozer for a while. Heres a couple pictures.



  

  

  

 

[Bruno of NH]

That is cool
It can pull a lot of wood !
Jim/Bruno

[Okrafarmer]

Very nice. Does it have the original engine, or did the engine come from the D7 also? Too bad the front end messed up the looks a little. But if that's how they used it, it's a piece of history.

[loggah]

Its got the original 160H.P. Hercules diesel in it ! ;D You got to remember back when this was built a cat D8 only had 120 H.P. !!!!! ;D ;D with that horse power and differential steering,power to both tracks all the time in the Cletrac, comparatively the cat was a pretty "sick" puppy as far as getting power to the ground. ;D ;D

[Okrafarmer]

Yep, Cat usually had the lowest hp:weight ratio of the four major manufacturers at any given time. Some would say that is why they rarely busted their drivetrains, unlike Intersmashional. . . . .

[loggah]

A few days ago i finished up the work on the tractor,got the headlights on,loaded the skis on the rear and parked it beside the other Lombard.I may paint it green next summer,not sure,but its pretty much ready for snow. :D Heres a few pictures of the finished tractor. I have been working at the sawmill changing my sawdust blower drive setup,getting ready to saw lumber for my equipment shed. don



  

  

 

[Peter Drouin]

How big a shed?

[coalsmok]

From all the pics of machines I have seen a couple acres under roof should do it for the important stuff.😀

[loggah]

Peter, 24' x 84', enough for 7 bays 12' wide,that will take care of some of the old junk i got hanging around ! ;D

[sawguy21]

That is one neat machine, I really enjoyed this thread.

[sandhills]

My guess loggah, within a day you'll find it's much too small  ;)

[loggah]

It wont be big enough as soon as its built!! the problem is most of the back land floods when the river has ice jams,i only got so much high ground!  :(

[thecfarm]

I have plenty of high ground.  ;D

[Okrafarmer]

I have plenty of high ground.  ;D

I can see that cfarm is hoping you will build a shed and store your junk neat stuff on his property!