I know this has been over 10 years......I wish I could see how you made that wood chipper that thing is sweet

WOW, that is just amazing! I loved it all but especially the chipper.

That must have been the happiest kid ever

My 5-year-old and I LOVE these videos! Very nicely done, sir. :-)

EXCELLENT! Very professionally done, especially the joystick control!

OK where is the build video? This looks stock, I mean that as a compliment. Congrats to whoever built this, they did a great job. Now I want one!

Love the front end PTO! I had thought about this myself minus the tracks, love it!

OUT FREAKIN' STANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You sir are a genius!

What a beast! Wish there was more to the video but hey this thing is perfect. I can just picture a front loader on it shheeeewwww that be freaken awesome

I have sat on the same 317 when I was 6 or 7. I it was a COOL tractor.

The music brought a tear to my eye.Thinking of the gift to mankind this was

that is the first vehicle i learned to drive when i was about 8 years old in the farm, the big carterpillar track tracktor. my grandad had a huge farm mostly rice, sugar cane and pigs and cattle and i loved doing the rice with the tracks. it was a really happy childhood.

Love the repower too! I'd love to look this one over, and you would be totally welcome to post about it at the MTF forum!

Music blew my eardrums out! cool machine!

That is nice to have one of those and wonder how fast will it go though and does it have enough horse power to pull much.

ive seen a few of these built but i have to say this one is the best good job keep it up id say you could seel a bunch of those easy and showing a kid driving it proves its ease of use and safety A+++ damn good job !!!!

WOW! That is one hell of machine!

I love Top Gun and this tractor.

Scratch the snow blower idea, especially with tracks you'll just spin.. Would be really cool pulling a mini scraper pan full of dirt...cool track machine though!

that is amazing! quality work!

Awesome job!!!!! Looks like it was built like that from factory

Awesome machine!

Those are some very cool projects you've made! You seem like a very enginuitive person.

My compliments. Nicely done

I absolutely love it!

wow brill bit of kit,very professional looking you'll have to do a vid on how you built it ...

really good build !!

That is so cool!!!

Great Job!

spectacular!

That would be a great snow plow

John deere and top gun. Awesome.

@notxess66 They are from Rubber Trax, Inc. in Conners, Georgia. size 230x72x50. The wheels and idlers are from the Surplus Center catalog. Thank you for your kind comments.

do you by chance have a list of everything you did and what you needed so i could build on I'm getting a John Deere 317 next month that i want to do this too.

Good Job, Thanks for show your good work, looks like fun

@mikemainguy Looks all hydraulic to me VERY NICE! totaly perfect! now you need a blade on the front!

a modern classic

It's glorious!

awsome job gramps

do you have any plans on the tracks design and how is the stering hydro did you use anything special for stering design

Great job, Have you shared this on the WFM forum? We would love to see more pics and discuss similar track modifications.

Nice! How long did it take you to convert that?!?!?

Love it!

hi i would like to know track size are those 180*72*42 or different how does it do in snow how deep before its stuck but mainly track link size

dam sweet machine pard!

Well Done!!!

Hey, nice job with the track conversion, It really is one of the better ones I have seen done. I really like the way you re-worked the fender pan to flow with the tracks. This is one area that always seem to look out of place on a trac job. The hand control choice is great too! Is that off a skid-steer?

Awesome. Just awesome.

Oh, that's a wood chipper on the front... I thought it was just happy to see me!

It's a very good idea and what if u were to put a lift in this tractor

The little guy running it is adorable

Nice crawler! The problem though is that you can't mount a mower deck under it. Does it have a rear PTO? You could hook up a small bush hog to it.

that thing is awesome

Very cool!!!!

that thing is so freaking kewl id love to have one

That's awesome, looks weird without a steering wheel. Did you replace the rear end? You had to to get it to turn?

good engineering there pretty neat

23 you're a spring chicken. I'm 62 and think it's COOL!!! The wood chipper is great, but with those tracks, this thing is screaming for a snow blower!!!!!!!!!!

Nicely done, are you using the existing brakes to do the steering or did you replace the rear end?

What the hell have you done besides rip on this man's creativity? I'ld LOVE to have that machine, and I live in the wild mountains of North Carolina! In fact, I would put it right to work dragging firewood for me and my family! It looks like it would do a damned fine job of it too!!

really nice man.....lets see some more

Now that rite there is so awesome! How didchya build that critter?

Awesome

Where did the track come from

That's pretty impressive.... lol👌

Well done.

nice tracoor im in love with i

How much did the track setup cost?

very cool wish i could do this to my 212

So where is the build of this thing?

thats nice! now imagine if you could detach the yellow tube and install bucket kit with detachable bucket too.

really nice

wow I want one JD should do that for their average lawn tractors I would buy one for sure

Great music

EPIC!

Forget the tracks where did you get that chipper mounted on the front? I must have one.

Very cool.

is there a conversion kit?! i want to do this! blue prints? tell me!

nice machine

Well time to get the drawing board.

The Song Make its like 3 times better Even tho a Mini 2 track is already Badass

man that thing is cooking!

Grt job

That thing's sweet I want one

Awesome job. I'm in the process of building one out of a 1969 wheelhorse electro 12. Hope it comes out half as good as this one. Don't let all the idiots on here get to you. They think they know everything about anything.

American ingenuity at it's finest!

it sure goes slow enough, but it is awesome!!!!

Hi, is the wood chipper home built too or is this a purchased unit?

I really like this machine. Not only is it homemade, but it actually looks good and functions well. Someday I'll build something similiar. Cheers

im impressed although i would put a blade on the front and ripper on the back

Great idea. Can you still use the mower deck. I have a 20hp LT1000 with the front bucket and I just spin my wheels. But I think if I put the tracks on it I wouldn't be able to use the mower deck.

So what did it cost to make and where do I send the check for mine ?

Nice!

Thats just awesome!!! I farm and have some big JD tractors and never seen this before, totally awesome!!!! For the guy thats said 1:19 Thats safe??? Yes its safe, I will put it into english the cutter is at the bottom of the yellow tube, not the top!!!!

May I ask how you control braking on each track?

Are you selling plans?

coolest Grandpa ever

how did you do it?

was this up by hastings MI last weekend?

i love the way that thing looks! BAD ASS! but if i had it and the wood chiper i would want a bigger hole for wood.