Glad you made it alive! It's NEVER a good idea to drag a log (especially one that large) without a "skidder" or something to keep the front end of the log from digging into the ground or grabbing trees. Especially if you are going up hill, a sudden "grab" by the log, and you are going over backwards. I've seen it happen - with a MUCH larger tractor - and on level ground.
these tractors will do anything you need them to do, we had 3 feet of snow last year and it didnt get stuck once. i have a 48 m that we restored about 8 years ago, i was just a little kid so you can imagine how excited i was when i saw my dad pulling into the yard with it on a trailer
@JLMonroeFilms Oh yea man i love those tractors. This one has been in our famliy ever since it was bought new in 1949. Me and my grandaddy fixed it up and i painted it for a project for school. It sure is a tough little tractor.
@SouthernBorn74 Yea i restored it about 4 years ago for a project for high school. Yes it does have electric start but the battery stays just about dead. Hand cranking it is fun when it wants to start.
If you search around on youtube there are a handful of other M videos, they all sound like this. It's because the first cylinder fires at 180 degrees, then it doesn't fire the next cylinder until 540 degrees, making a large gap between firings. This is why these old tractors are sometimes referred to as "Johnny Put Puts" or "Johnny Poppers."
Glad you made it alive! It's NEVER a good idea to drag a log (especially one that large) without a "skidder" or something to keep the front end of the log from digging into the ground or grabbing trees. Especially if you are going up hill, a sudden "grab" by the log, and you are going over backwards. I've seen it happen - with a MUCH larger tractor - and on level ground.
Scroungeman 8 months ago
as far as the tractor.Outstanding model for it,s size.
MrMic1146 10 months ago
you should never pull with that much chain.Make it real short.Less likely to snap and kill someone.Wonder if he,s still alive?
MrMic1146 10 months ago
i hav a john deere b im logging with that thing pulls logs bigger than that one but great vid anyhow
BobbyFlanders 1 year ago
these tractors will do anything you need them to do, we had 3 feet of snow last year and it didnt get stuck once. i have a 48 m that we restored about 8 years ago, i was just a little kid so you can imagine how excited i was when i saw my dad pulling into the yard with it on a trailer
JLMonroeFilms 1 year ago
@JLMonroeFilms Oh yea man i love those tractors. This one has been in our famliy ever since it was bought new in 1949. Me and my grandaddy fixed it up and i painted it for a project for school. It sure is a tough little tractor.
jon49der 1 year ago
will a m run a square bailer
brian93ist 1 year ago
@brian93ist Yea it will run anything with a PTO and something that it rated for a 20 to 25 horse power tractor
jon49der 1 year ago
@SouthernBorn74 Yea i restored it about 4 years ago for a project for high school. Yes it does have electric start but the battery stays just about dead. Hand cranking it is fun when it wants to start.
jon49der 1 year ago
Johnny Poppers
bofts 2 years ago
Nice M! Great video as well!
taylortownmayor 3 years ago
that tractor was runnin on one cylinder.
johndeereman567 3 years ago
No...that's just how those old dubique twins sound.
thatraymond 3 years ago
it sure does sound like its runnin on one, but im not that great on engines, or ive just
never heard an M before.
johndeereman567 3 years ago
If you search around on youtube there are a handful of other M videos, they all sound like this. It's because the first cylinder fires at 180 degrees, then it doesn't fire the next cylinder until 540 degrees, making a large gap between firings. This is why these old tractors are sometimes referred to as "Johnny Put Puts" or "Johnny Poppers."
thatraymond 3 years ago
oh yeah, i dont know wat i was thinkin. i went
and listened to my own john deere 2 cylender
and it sounds just like this one, so i guess
i wasnt thinkin on that one.
johndeereman567 3 years ago