Romping tractors in deep mud/swamp/creek!

Taking these 60's garden tractors back through the woods, and the through the crazyiest stuff we can find. through all the mud, swamps, and the deep ass creek. mikes bolens 1000 was running off a magneto, and i didn't know if it was reliable enough to be going through 2 and a half feet of water with. When i first put that Wisconsin Tr-10D engine on it, i hooked up the magneto, and it ran horribly. so i threw a coil on it, and it ran perfect. and i just stuck with that all last year. then i took the Startergenerator off of it, and made it pull start. not having a battery anymore, i took the 12V coil off of it, and returned the beast to the magneto. and it seems to run fine... but i really thought it wouldn't take that water well at all. It was a Crazy thing, the other tractor, the 1050, with the 850 engine has a 12V coil, and that actually died in the middle of the creek! for a few seconds. i shook the coil wire off, and it started right back up. :) good thing too, because that water was cold, and i don't know how we were gonna get those 550 pound tractors out of the creek... haha

oh yeah, and early on the rubber flex plate/u-joint type thing on mikes 1220 exploded when we were going around the circle. and thats a first! never had that problem before. i should probably go and fix that today.

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[generalmotorssaturn]

ok,your tractors look fast and fun. I have a 5 speed wheel horse 211-5, 11 horse power .Im looking for a little larger of an engine for it needs a little more power. like the videos!!

[tommartyn]

@generalmotorssaturn

Thanks man, yeah, its alot of fun.  Good luck on the engine search

[generalmotorssaturn]

you guys altered the engine right and all the belts?

[tommartyn]

@generalmotorssaturn

:) haha, no, bolens don't really have, alterable belts. the engines are a double pulley, and the driveshaft pulley is a double pulley, that is part of the Disc Clutch system, can't change the size, as its a specialized piece. Engines are all stock. Mostly Wisconsin S-8D 8.25hp engines.

[BDalmolin17]

Very good! In Brazil no have.. :s

[tommartyn]

@BDalmolin17

Muito obrigado! É apenas Bolens você não tem lá? Ou nenhuma cortadores de relva em tudo?

[tommartyn]

@243generallee

When we find old tractors like these, they aren't for sale. They're sitting in peoples yards, normally for about 10 years, and we knock on their doors, and ask if they would want to sell them. Thats how you find cool stuff. Not on craigslist.

[Lrgrnr1]

Deliverance goes mobile

[Mustacheftw]

I wish i was friends with these guys. I still love to do stuff like that.

[craicrazy]

Tom just wondering if you would like to see my bush bashing vid when i post it of me bush bashing on my mtd i was talking about.

[tommartyn]

@MegaMudder12

Its a freaking blast man :)

[MegaMudder12]

that looks awesome



[tommartyn]

@paskiable

Thanks man! It is fun! :)

[paskiable]

que tractor es aajajja son entretenidos adasdas 

[cooleo11221]

i got an old sears custom me and the boyz r gunna take all of ours muddin soon but i gotta fix the starter so got any tips on any thing i should do to it or free parts for it?

[tommartyn]

@tut2x4

It really is alot of fun :)

[tut2x4]

that look like so much fun

[craicrazy]

used to do that on my old mtd

[tommartyn]

@s46d45m17

haha, They sneak over to their non-amish neighbors houses, and steal their old Garden tractors? :)

[s46d45m17]

I KNEW THE AMISH DID THINGS LIKE THIS WHEN NOBODY WAS LOOKING.

[tommartyn]

@frodtsl

To bad everything we have sucks.

[frodtsl]

my case is on a homade 18 inch lift with 36x15.5 on it it kicks ass

[Kingoftehill]

@tommartyn Dude same! :)

[243generallee]

i cant find any old tractors like that forsale

[winterbike03]

bolens power!No it's nothing that stops the