Ahh, Theres nothing like the sweet sound of an onan twin! Awsome vids bro, I'm more partial to Sears, But those old tube frame bolens will go anywhere. My Bolens G14 has gotten me out of a lot of shitty situations with the posi lock. Sure as hell won't see any cheap japanese Honda Harmony do any of that.
Thanks man :) yeah, sears have some seriously awesome steering. Its so easy.
But yeah, i'm a big fan of real clutches, and driveshafts. Plus the more standard gear shift pattern, and definitely the posi. Plus the old wisconsins. They are some great engines.
yeah... I don't think a harmonly should be compared to these things man, They should be compared to MTD and all those Riding Mowers. And in that catagory, they are incredible machines :)
i have a 1979 gilson/ Montgomery ward powr kraft. i put a new motor on it and blew the coil. it goes very well in mud. northern maine has nice places to go mudding, like the swamp behind my house
Well thanks for the reply, by the way a friend of mines father just died and she gave me his hydrostatic gibson, and the prixe a 1970s sears with a 10 hp lombardi disel tractor
Hell yeah man :) It would be alot better if they wern't though. The bolens use short belts to spin the driveshaft, which has a real clutch on it, not a belt tension clutch like a riding mower has. So they're alot beefier then newer shit. or even alot of shit back then. and they've got posi knobs on the end of the left axle that hold the differential locked harder the more you tighten it. the only problem is it loosens up as you drive. so every 20 minutes or so you retighten
Hey i dont know if its worth your time but i got a wheel horse 702 needs an engine and hood the transmition turns freely and i put some 90 weight oil in it. im in Ct its free get back to me if in your intersted
@Darklordkime hey man, don't remember if i ever got back to you about this, but thanks. Little too far to drive, but i appreciate the offer man :) I would want it if i lived closer
Hey i dont know if its worth your time but i got a wheel horse 702 needs an engine and hood the transmition turns freely and i put some 90 weight oil in it. im in Ct its free
been doing this for almost a year now, best thing i have ever accomplished in my life. I work at a small engine shop and fix this stuff but the old shit is the good shit and my 66' Wheel Horse 606 sure kicks ass and goes through hell on the trails
hell yeah man! i have the same wheelhorse :) 606. Wheel horse's are so simply made, yet so well designed. and the 6hp cast iron little tecumseh is the perfect power plant for that beast. They're so light they make it through pretty much eveythiing, even though you can't lock them posi like the bolens. But the bolens weigh a ton, so you have to work it alot more. My 606 threw a rod a few years ago though... :(
i would do this but i really dont want to hurt my IH cub cadet 147. she's tough but they will never make them again. i want her to be around for my son to enjoy. i also have a JD 112. i also dont want to blow the engines, one's rebuilt and the other is a replacement shortblock. they are fantasic little k series engines.
yeah... i've lost a few kohler's doing this kind of thing. for what ever reason, they don't seem to be able to hold up to this kind of use like the wisconsin's. I do like them alot for work engines though
@tommartyn yes all kind of power and not only do ther run smoooth thet run foreever lol ...well belt i got for free was to small so im going to the lawn mower part place that i got to to get the the right size new belt
hey im in PA too! right by harrisberg, but how do the wheels work on the IH/cub? im getting a jacobsen today and want to put those on for the snow and mud
Use zip ties to keep the hood down, and put a cupholder on that office chair. the only way i can get my 19.5 craftsman woods tractor down to my trails is with tire chains. Thank goodness for tire chains!
That Sears is a beast! You guys should get a Bolens Large Frame and take it through this stuff! Big tires, Kohler twin and they're pretty much indestructable. Plus they'll handle ANY attachment you can think of. Do you work any of these tractors or mostly just have fun with 'em, like romping and such? I love these videos, it's just like what I used to do with my Crapsman! lol
Yeah! the sears has unlimited power :) Wish the tube frame bolens had 19.9 onan's on them :)
Dude, if i can ever find a cheap large frame, i'll buy it in a second. :) i want one bad. only thing is they don't have any kind of posi lock... But i want one. Prefferable a 1455, with a one cylinder 14HP Wisconsin :) Not as power full as a twin kohler, but man i love wisconsins :)
Sometimes they get attachments. I've got a lot of plows and decks, a few snowblowers, a rototiller, dethatcher
as it turns out, I have a 7 hp cub cadet motor from the sixties sitting under my house. those motors back then had more power than new ones. I am going to get that running and put that into the sears eventually, but until then the 5hp will have to do :D
Nice! that 7HP is probably from the original model of cub cadet, called "Cub Cadet" :) drew has one of those here awesome engine. very tiny. But the sears should love that engine.
That's some deep water, man! Like that seat on the Bolens. It's a good thing you didn't put it on the Sears, 'cause that thing is top-heavy as it is. I've had a few near rollovers on mine just driving around the yard in high gear. Glad to see that nice old Onan didn't get screwed up after digesting a screw.
ahhh the sears won't be getting any office chairs :) allitle to dangerous on the bolens. roll overs can be fun as long as you can get away from the thing. yeah! i'm very happy the onan ate th screw with no lasting indigestion.
It didn't hurt the Onan at all! thing still runs exactly the same. so thats cool. guess it just wants to eat a few screws now and again. :) yeah, the black and yellow sears. Drews sears.
Yeah it whines pretty good. most bolens do. thats the transaxle i just put on that beast too. there is about 1/3'rd of of the Hi range gear left. not 3'rd. the whole range of high.
Yeah it is man! you've seen our vids from last summer right? going all crazy in the deep creek. man its gonna be nice when its that warm again :)
oh yeah! we'll run the beast for sure. only onan we have, nothing we can do except run it. but it runs perfect... somehow it doesn't care at all about that happening :) pretty cool.
That dude is a business man! :) me... i never sell anything haha
If you siliconed everything and put a high air intake on wonder how deep these thing could go? WOW! The tractors are now tring to eat them selves!! : O lol X D
i wonder too... :) i think there might be alot of stuff that would leak bad... letting in alot of water into the intake and crankcase. the other weekend i did silicone the crap out of the red bolens in this vid. but as soon as the flywheel/fan is pumping water up onto the head, and all over the sparkplug, the thing gives up. i should try alot more silicone! :) I wish the suckers were diesel! there are alot of 10HP 1 cylinder air cooled diesel engines i've been looking at..... :) want 1
OH yeah! that beast is comfortable. but very dangerous if the thing tips. and you can't lean, to use your body weight to keep it from tipping. because the armrests trap you in. someones gonna die on that thing... but comfortably! :)
Ahh, Theres nothing like the sweet sound of an onan twin! Awsome vids bro, I'm more partial to Sears, But those old tube frame bolens will go anywhere. My Bolens G14 has gotten me out of a lot of shitty situations with the posi lock. Sure as hell won't see any cheap japanese Honda Harmony do any of that.
Detroit12v71TT 5 months ago
@Detroit12v71TT
Thanks man :) yeah, sears have some seriously awesome steering. Its so easy.
But yeah, i'm a big fan of real clutches, and driveshafts. Plus the more standard gear shift pattern, and definitely the posi. Plus the old wisconsins. They are some great engines.
yeah... I don't think a harmonly should be compared to these things man, They should be compared to MTD and all those Riding Mowers. And in that catagory, they are incredible machines :)
tommartyn 5 months ago
i have a 1979 gilson/ Montgomery ward powr kraft. i put a new motor on it and blew the coil. it goes very well in mud. northern maine has nice places to go mudding, like the swamp behind my house
Luigiisdead 5 months ago
@Luigiisdead
hahah, awesome man! :)
tommartyn 5 months ago
same thing happened to my 1967 sears garden tractor...
johncartelli 6 months ago
Well thanks for the reply, by the way a friend of mines father just died and she gave me his hydrostatic gibson, and the prixe a 1970s sears with a 10 hp lombardi disel tractor
Darklordkime 8 months ago
@Darklordkime
Sorry about the father passing on. Those are some really nice machines though. Good luck with them!
tommartyn 8 months ago
r them sumbitches belt drive
Neytiri2562 9 months ago
@Neytiri2562
Hell yeah man :) It would be alot better if they wern't though. The bolens use short belts to spin the driveshaft, which has a real clutch on it, not a belt tension clutch like a riding mower has. So they're alot beefier then newer shit. or even alot of shit back then. and they've got posi knobs on the end of the left axle that hold the differential locked harder the more you tighten it. the only problem is it loosens up as you drive. so every 20 minutes or so you retighten
tommartyn 9 months ago
Hey i dont know if its worth your time but i got a wheel horse 702 needs an engine and hood the transmition turns freely and i put some 90 weight oil in it. im in Ct its free get back to me if in your intersted
Darklordkime 9 months ago
@Darklordkime hey man, don't remember if i ever got back to you about this, but thanks. Little too far to drive, but i appreciate the offer man :) I would want it if i lived closer
tommartyn 9 months ago
@Darklordkime Do you still have that wheelhorse without the engine? Im in Ct too and im interested in it. Thanks
FrencunoZeTroll 6 months ago
Hey i dont know if its worth your time but i got a wheel horse 702 needs an engine and hood the transmition turns freely and i put some 90 weight oil in it. im in Ct its free
Darklordkime 9 months ago
been doing this for almost a year now, best thing i have ever accomplished in my life. I work at a small engine shop and fix this stuff but the old shit is the good shit and my 66' Wheel Horse 606 sure kicks ass and goes through hell on the trails
needlenitz18 10 months ago
@needlenitz18
hell yeah man! i have the same wheelhorse :) 606. Wheel horse's are so simply made, yet so well designed. and the 6hp cast iron little tecumseh is the perfect power plant for that beast. They're so light they make it through pretty much eveythiing, even though you can't lock them posi like the bolens. But the bolens weigh a ton, so you have to work it alot more. My 606 threw a rod a few years ago though... :(
tommartyn 10 months ago
Sweeet !
tcc187620 1 year ago
i would do this but i really dont want to hurt my IH cub cadet 147. she's tough but they will never make them again. i want her to be around for my son to enjoy. i also have a JD 112. i also dont want to blow the engines, one's rebuilt and the other is a replacement shortblock. they are fantasic little k series engines.
ad356 1 year ago
@ad356
yeah... i've lost a few kohler's doing this kind of thing. for what ever reason, they don't seem to be able to hold up to this kind of use like the wisconsin's. I do like them alot for work engines though
tommartyn 1 year ago
@tommartyn how many horses is that sears
gaspowerrules 1 year ago
@gaspowerrules
I forget which one is in this video, but the black and yellow one is 19.9HP, and the blue one is 15hp . Very tall powerfull briggs
tommartyn 1 year ago
@tommartyn lol the 1 on mine which i have video of and am currantly putting new belt on is a 16hp single cylander cast iron block brigs
gaspowerrules 1 year ago
@gaspowerrules
Nice! yeah, i love those huge briggs. This is the same engine, just 1hp less. Crazy unstopable torque. and they run really smooth and well.
tommartyn 1 year ago
@tommartyn yes all kind of power and not only do ther run smoooth thet run foreever lol ...well belt i got for free was to small so im going to the lawn mower part place that i got to to get the the right size new belt
gaspowerrules 1 year ago
hey im in PA too! right by harrisberg, but how do the wheels work on the IH/cub? im getting a jacobsen today and want to put those on for the snow and mud
roundtopsk84eva 1 year ago
@roundtopsk84eva
the Cub Lo-Boy, or the Cub Cadet?
What wheels? the ones that come with them, or ones in the video?
tommartyn 1 year ago
this is what i want to do when i grow up haha
billieholley54 1 year ago
man i try to do that with my old montgomery wards tractor....go wheelin. Around here all we have is cliffs though no good mud.
crickettsdodge31 1 year ago
@crickettsdodge31
haha, yeah, cliff's don't work out too good on tractors :)
Sorry you've got no mud
tommartyn 1 year ago
man u guys know how to have fun ill have to bring one of my bolens down there one day and go romping with u
goodolboy79 1 year ago
@goodolboy79
sounds like a good time!
tommartyn 1 year ago
Where youse guys from?
xoxemoneyxox 1 year ago
@xoxemoneyxox
we're over in pa
tommartyn 1 year ago
Use zip ties to keep the hood down, and put a cupholder on that office chair. the only way i can get my 19.5 craftsman woods tractor down to my trails is with tire chains. Thank goodness for tire chains!
Spd868 1 year ago
@Spd868
Yeah, the office chair needs a cupholder for sure. Tire chains do rock!
tommartyn 1 year ago
YYYYYYYOOUR A PUSYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
Cmob68 1 year ago
@Cmob68
I don't think you wrote that big enough.
tommartyn 1 year ago
That Sears is a beast! You guys should get a Bolens Large Frame and take it through this stuff! Big tires, Kohler twin and they're pretty much indestructable. Plus they'll handle ANY attachment you can think of. Do you work any of these tractors or mostly just have fun with 'em, like romping and such? I love these videos, it's just like what I used to do with my Crapsman! lol
mercedesfan650 2 years ago
Yeah! the sears has unlimited power :) Wish the tube frame bolens had 19.9 onan's on them :)
Dude, if i can ever find a cheap large frame, i'll buy it in a second. :) i want one bad. only thing is they don't have any kind of posi lock... But i want one. Prefferable a 1455, with a one cylinder 14HP Wisconsin :) Not as power full as a twin kohler, but man i love wisconsins :)
Sometimes they get attachments. I've got a lot of plows and decks, a few snowblowers, a rototiller, dethatcher
tommartyn 2 years ago
Ya'll need yaselves some mini-bungee cords to latch the hoods down.
420witchdoctor 2 years ago
haha! yeah! i'm supprised we never thought of that :)
Thanks! :)
tommartyn 2 years ago
Yeah man! Spend less time holding the hoods down, more time drinking beer! All ya got to do is drill a couple holes, and you got a hood latch.
420witchdoctor 2 years ago
haha funny ass vid somthing that i would do lol
crimson22s 2 years ago
Rednecking @ it's best
Bucyruserie28W 2 years ago 2
vollidiote
Reform3000 2 years ago 2
as it turns out, I have a 7 hp cub cadet motor from the sixties sitting under my house. those motors back then had more power than new ones. I am going to get that running and put that into the sears eventually, but until then the 5hp will have to do :D
stevensj13 2 years ago 2
Nice! that 7HP is probably from the original model of cub cadet, called "Cub Cadet" :) drew has one of those here awesome engine. very tiny. But the sears should love that engine.
tommartyn 2 years ago
i think they made them from 61-63
tommartyn 2 years ago
what the hell happened to the headlights on the red husky?
farmsquidly 2 years ago
haha, leave it to mike and sean to bash them right out of any tractor. They get pretty into the smashing and crashing thing.
tommartyn 2 years ago
That happens alot. I have a craftsman eager one leaf vaccume that sucked in the screw for the throttle buterfly. It was fixed
Gigglyable 2 years ago
haha, yeah, i have an old bolens with a cracked head from that kind of thing...
tommartyn 2 years ago
That's some deep water, man! Like that seat on the Bolens. It's a good thing you didn't put it on the Sears, 'cause that thing is top-heavy as it is. I've had a few near rollovers on mine just driving around the yard in high gear. Glad to see that nice old Onan didn't get screwed up after digesting a screw.
LynolsOffice 2 years ago
ahhh the sears won't be getting any office chairs :) allitle to dangerous on the bolens. roll overs can be fun as long as you can get away from the thing. yeah! i'm very happy the onan ate th screw with no lasting indigestion.
tommartyn 2 years ago
Sweet! Too bad about the tractor with a screw in the cylinder - that's gotta be an engine first! lol! Is that the sears?
That Bolens 1050 has quite the tranny whine. lol
themaritimeman 2 years ago
It didn't hurt the Onan at all! thing still runs exactly the same. so thats cool. guess it just wants to eat a few screws now and again. :) yeah, the black and yellow sears. Drews sears.
Yeah it whines pretty good. most bolens do. thats the transaxle i just put on that beast too. there is about 1/3'rd of of the Hi range gear left. not 3'rd. the whole range of high.
tommartyn 2 years ago
heyah get r done
richthecardude94 2 years ago
Doing our best. :)
tommartyn 2 years ago
I like that seat on the Bolens 1050 hahaha
krankiev 2 years ago
:) nice. yeah, that thing is seriously comfortable :)
though dangerous.
tommartyn 2 years ago
Sweet video!
yamaharules163 2 years ago
Thanks man! it was a fun time for sure.
try to get my cousin steve's blaster back up here soon!
tommartyn 2 years ago
Now doing the river crossing in the summer would be a great way to cool off!
2:42 Run that beast! whatever happens- itll still be good for parts in the end right?
Reminds me of a 18HP murray i saw on craigslist- guy wanted $75 for it because a bolt went into the motor.
Couple days later i saw someone bot it and had the same thing on there for $175!
dangeroustoys56 2 years ago 2
Yeah it is man! you've seen our vids from last summer right? going all crazy in the deep creek. man its gonna be nice when its that warm again :)
oh yeah! we'll run the beast for sure. only onan we have, nothing we can do except run it. but it runs perfect... somehow it doesn't care at all about that happening :) pretty cool.
That dude is a business man! :) me... i never sell anything haha
i'm a consumer only. :)
tommartyn 2 years ago
If you siliconed everything and put a high air intake on wonder how deep these thing could go? WOW! The tractors are now tring to eat them selves!! : O lol X D
MrGuvEuroman 2 years ago 2
i wonder too... :) i think there might be alot of stuff that would leak bad... letting in alot of water into the intake and crankcase. the other weekend i did silicone the crap out of the red bolens in this vid. but as soon as the flywheel/fan is pumping water up onto the head, and all over the sparkplug, the thing gives up. i should try alot more silicone! :) I wish the suckers were diesel! there are alot of 10HP 1 cylinder air cooled diesel engines i've been looking at..... :) want 1
tommartyn 2 years ago
Is that a computer chair or a car seat on that one tractor? looks comfortable :D
pickupman1995 2 years ago 2
OH yeah! that beast is comfortable. but very dangerous if the thing tips. and you can't lean, to use your body weight to keep it from tipping. because the armrests trap you in. someones gonna die on that thing... but comfortably! :)
tommartyn 2 years ago