Reminds me of when I brought my 1944 Farmall A tractor home. It's been a great help in the woods. Hauled years of wood, provided many rides for the kids and so many other countless jobs.

I really really like the older videos... man, I wish I was watching back then.. always playing catch-up now

My grandfather restored a '53 JD Dozer just like yours. That two-lung putput sound is awesome and after he built a new blade and hydraulic system for his it became a genuine workhorse. I look forward to seeing you work on this and seeing you work with it later.

Looking forward to the videos on this Cody! Thanks for all your inspiration invoking videos.

She looks just like my 1954 40u. I remember my dad putting me it when I was 7 and letting me disc the fields. I spent a lot of time with that tractor and still have it today. I can't wait to hear it run

I love restoring old equipment like this. Wish I lived closer to give you a hand.

that's a little dandy Cody. The nice thing about the old stuff is, most everything on it can be repaired. I love working on these old projects. I'm sure that plenty of your viewers can answer questions or help you find or make parts as needed. I hope you convert it to 12 volt, it's pretty easy and then you can use your winch on it too! Congrats on your find!

Beautiful Dozer. I was waiting for the winch cables to break; what a brute. Loved the electrical connectors. You're always giving great info. Thanks.

Remember Cody, Nothing Runs Like A Deere. That's all we run on our farm. Good Luck. God Love You.

*What An Awesome Find Cody!* Those JD Crawlers are an incredible piece of history and that one looks to be in pretty decent shape. I hope the motor will clean up nicely and there are no large cracks. There's something to enjoyable about operating them, it's like immersing yourself into our nations founding roots...*very cool!*

It is always nice to have the skills to work on anything, and if you don't have the skills just jump in and do something. Hands on learning is the greatest way to do things and If you get stuck on something that is where you networking come into play. I am always picking things up to work on, keeps the mind going. Good luck and have fun with the new toy. I would love to have the time to help you get it running.

Loving the new tool/toy. Looking forward to seeing it running and productive again.

Congrats on the find. I am looking forward to this series. I grew up around JD 2 cylinder tractors and I have wanted a 40 crawler since I was a boy. Hopefully you can get her running and you and Jack can enjoy many memories working with it and that classic 2 cylinder sound chugging along in the back ground.

What a great project. I'm looking forward to watching you get it running. God Bless.

Old equipment like this and old pickups are great to find and restore. Have fun!

Love this video, I hope it comes back to life for you. This looks like a great project.

This could be your coolest restoration yet. I look forward to seeing it progress

I helped restore a model 40 on tracks , back in the winter of '95. The owner was my landlord, Ed Page , ( John Deere fan & collector ) . . . We took it down to 'bare bones' ! Every rivet was drilled out, with oversize ones taking their place . . .at the outset, I asked , ''Ed, how are we going to crown the rivets ? " . . .his reply , " Put the frame on the anvil, insert the rivet, then 'carefully beat the crap out of it ! ' We worked well together. . .he was 76 years young, & I was in my prime @ 40 . . . we worked the rivets 'cold', clamped the frame 'piece at a time', working in tandem 'hammering the rivets' to a nice crown . . . He bought the tractor NEW in '54 . . .first job was digging a basement , that covered two years of payments ! ( When he bought the tractor, his dad asked him, 'What are you gonna do with 'that little thing', CLEAN OUT FLOWERPOTS ?' ! ) Toughest job in the restoration : Reworking the final drive gears . . . they were very costly to 'replace', so we 'hardface welded' the gears, then ground them to a 'snug fit'. . .finally 'dressing each tooth to a good RUNNING FIT . The output shaft from engine to final drive was also a 'bear'. . .persistence paid off though ! I wouldn't think for a second of selling it as SCRAP . . .( Parting it out would quadruple your investment . ..AT LEAST ! ! ! The magneto ALONE would fetch a healthy sum ! The following winter, I restored an old cider press, made ''for the John Deere Plow Company" vintage 1895 ~ what a chore : it was a 'basketcase', but was ''COMPLETE" . . .all square head screws & bolts. . .rust removed, wire brushed to a polish . . .same with the gears . . .the 'applewood PRESS SCREW ' had a few minor cracks, but was SOUND . . . the frame's wooden members were originally 'pinstriped' . . .with apple leaves & fruit in the corner joints . . .( I had an old catalog to use for 'reference'. . .'first thing I did with the wood , was to lightly clean it with mineral spirits . . .AMAZINGLY, the faint lines of the 'striping' were STILL THERE ! ( I was a sign artist at the time, and had tools of the trade to do the piece 'JUSTICE' ) Had I been photography minded , I would now have some 'bragging pictures ' . . .OH WELL ! Sorry to ramble on ! Ed had a huge collection, from 'hit & miss' . . .Model A through GP's . . .along with several 'YELLOW' models . . .I think they were model 'L' ? or LI (Light Industrial ) Bottom line : It was the 'LINDEMAN' brothers who originally 'put JOHN DEERE on TRACKS' . . .I'm fairly certain that it was in the early twenties , I've watched some videos . . .amazing . . .watching a 22 horse 'properly geared' tractor , pushing ten to twelve inch diameter trees "UP" a 40 degree grade ! RAW HORSEPOWER, correctly DRIVEN ! Good luck, and 'ENJOY' ! ( I LOVE OLD IRON ! )

I just know you will have this thing clearing paths and dragging logs before I can find the right pumpkin for my 63 Buick. Good luck, this is such a cool project. I can't wait to follow it.

Very nice wranglerstar. Congratulations. I always like crawlers myself. It will be enjoyable to see the videos to come from this machine and your ingenuity.

I did not respond to your New Year speech, but wanted to tell you God was in what you shared. I like this crawler you picked up. I had property in Big Sur and had a Case dozier from the fifties. I had it for 35 years and did a lot of work with it. Recently God had me give the Big Sur property away. I had built a small house on it with well and off grid wind generator. Have enjoyed the property for all these years, but looking forward to next spot God is heading me to. He has told me He is giving me some property near Eureka, California. From your shows, He has showed me the property will have a large barn like you have to work in. I love cutting trees up into wood and building things with the wood. Have enjoyed your posts. God continue to be a blessing to your family. Tom

I forgot to mention your winch idea, I will be adding it to my list of future projects. There are always so many things to learn from every one of your videos.

Anderson Powerpoles are fantastic connectors. They have several different types to run small gear as well as large. We use them in the amateur radio community a lot. I love the idea with the winch. Definitely going to steal it!

You've made a good investment. Even if you find you have bit off more than you can chew, don't scrap it. There are hundreds of these JD crawlers still in use and parts are still available to keep them going for another 60 years.

Can't wait to see how it's gonna work out !!! GOD bless !!

That's one big project Cody, the Mrs. just might be scratching her hear over that one. God bless.

When this was new steam engines were still rolling down the high rails. What a piece of history!

Good idea Cody regarding the winch set-up; I'll keep that in mind for my trailer.

My face hurts from smiling so hard. Am so so happy for you....

Looks like we are both doing a crawler project. I bet that you get yours done first! I really like those little John Deere crawlers. If it doesn't work out don't scrap it, JD lovers everywhere will cry. Mine is a similar size Case 310D from the early 1960's. It runs but had a few things break in the trans. I will be showing my progress on youtube also, when I get the time to work on it.

You folk over the pond get all the best fun toys! Citric Acid down the bores with the sump pan off... If it eats all the rust and doesn't leak through then your good to go... Best of luck and lots of updates on this bad boy old chap ;)

This will be a great project. Don't worry to much about the engine being stuck. People get them unstuck ALL the time. I'm currently working on my Grandfather's 1944 John Deere A and it is stuck as well. I really look forward to each of your videos and to this project as well. God Bless you and your family.

Definitely looking forward to what you're going to do with it!

My Uncle has JD tractor, bought the thing in 1946, my cousin still runs the thing to this very day. Talk about getting value from something, next year will be the 68th year of doing farm work with it, I make it my business to be around for haying time. Brings back my youth.Shifted from Dairy to Beef cattle these days. That dozer is a a nice project. My guess, you will have to do some engine work, those engines are bullet proof.

Definitely want to see more of this, even if it ends up being scrapped.

what a deal did not know that existed cool project its got to be worth fixing thx cody for showing some history

If push came to shove it would make some nice yard art if it can't be fixed. Awesome new toy. Can't wait to see it running.

pour diesel fuel down the oil cap n let it set for a few days keep adding till u can turn the fan blades it will come loose slowly. then drain ur fuel from the block n add ur oil.

Used to drive the IH version of this years ago - 1979-1982, pulling a firebreak plow. Ran good, and the only thing I didn't like was driving it up the steel ramp onto the steel trailer, in the rain! That was a very slippery situation. The machine did make an awesome firebreak in a very short time, tho, helping us contain wild fires, or prep for controlled burns.

I really enjoyed watching your apple cider press restoration. If you did a restoration series on this piece of equipment that would be AWESOME!

Those things are really useful! We have an old Cat one kind of like that. We use it to drag logs (with the winch), run the wood splitter, build roads, run the hay elevator, and wrap round bales. So versatile, and the fuel economy is amazing, definitely beats running a tractor to turn relatively stationary equipment! Ours has a maybe 10 or 15 gallon tank under the seat and it will run all week on it!

Nice. Lindman tracks! Awesome job finding that tractor!

Love the old tractors/dozers... to me, their simplicity is what I like the most about them. Sure, they can be a pain like anything else to fix, but compared to the modern machines, they are pretty simple mechanically. I look forward to seeing your progress and what you do to refurbish this old relic!!

I must have watched this video at least 8 or 10 times now. This thing is so cool i find myself wanting one now too. I have no use for one at this point in my life, but I just think it would be so much fun to work on and get running again. If I was your neighbor, I would be there helping you any chance I had.

That is really a cool looking project. Looking forward to seeing you pulling logs out! Happy New Year to the Wranglerstar family.

First video I've watched in the new year and I wouldn't want it any other way! Happy New Year and blessings to all!

I can't wait to see how your are going to clean it up and make it look great!

Nice find. Blessings on restoring it to working condition!

Oh boy! I am excited to see the restoration on this one!

Looking forward to this series. No matter where it leads.

Love those old John Deere tractors.

Great machine! I hope i will get one myself one day..can't wait to see it running!!!

Very little doubt in my mind that I will see that Tractor move with Cody driving it. Period. Glad to see you get an item off your "Bucket" list. Happy New Year to Cody and your Family

congratulations a proper dozer what a great late christmas present i love the new modern homesteaders intro good luck with the dozer hope you get it going hope you bring us along happy new year

nice, have always been a fan of the old john deeres

I'm not even a minute into this and already I'm waiting out to see the restoration videos. Nice score, mate!

Ok, so lets start working on it, I love these old machines

That's some beautiful country around you!

Wow! what a great find and a fun project!

that is an amazing piece of american history that you have there.

lol you remind me of one of my uncles, always finding new "projects" to bring home. He's had a broken down tractor sitting in his backyard he got for free like 5 years ago. Hopefully you can get yours up and running, it looks great !

Im looking forward to seeing you and Jack fixing this up and the videos you publish

Man cant wait hear it fire up for the first time , that thing looks to be built like a tank .

Still wish you would have got this restored and running! It only has twoCylinders love this video

This guy is awesome. He can do everything!

man, if that is restorable, that looks like an extremly handy tool to have on the homestead

I cant wait to see it finished. I'll cross my fingers it doesn't end up as scrap.

That's one hunk of metal you got yourself there. I look forward to seeing you getting it up to the job.

Good Luck with this one Cody. Looking forward to the next vid with sound of it running

Awesome find. Wish it were mine. I used to run a Cat D8 at work to stockpile clinker, gyp, stone, slag and to maintain roads and opening up additional stockpiling areas also to push stone and dirt up in the quarry after blasting into stockpiles to load trucks and crusher to belt down to Plant. We used to maintain stockpiles of slag which were 60 feet high. Huge stockpiles. I love running heavy equipment and have been looking for something like that but not much around my area. A little D4 would be nice but I would prefer a D6 which is a little more versatile Awesome video thanks so much for sharing your life

Oooooh new tool! Good luck looked like a fun project

Looks like a fun project. Those older tractors are work horses!

Man those Hijackers come in handy for a bunch of applications!

This one will be much more simple to work on than the 69 Cat you had. Good luck with the project, it will be fun to see the progress.

2nd on the kero, have done that many times on our engines. Never tried cola. Love this project. Good luck.

Looks like a fun project. You will get it running. Lots of Deere parts out there. Be careful running the little fellow without any ROPE on those hills! Wishing a Happy New Year to you & your family.

BTW Cody they make a little dirt cap for those power pole connectors that attaches to the screw and gives you a rubber cover to plug the hole when not in use to keep mud out when mounted under a bumper like that. They also make a little handle you can mount on the connector to help plugging in cable sets into under bumper connections. I made up a 50' set of jumper cables years ago with these connectors and they rock because I can help anyone I need to but no one ever asks to borrow my nice cables because they won't work on their setup.

Looks like this will be an interesting series of videos - getting the Crawler back up and working

What a cool machine !! Will be looking forward to seeing if you can get it running. Love your videos. Randy in Branson Missouri

wholely thanksgiving Wranglerstar!!!!! that is a bunch of Turkeys there !!!!

Cool! Old equipment is very awesome!

Nice looking machine. Does not look like it was used to much or abused. I think your going to make out alright on this project. There are lots of aftermarket parts for the older tractors .I have a 35 massey tractor and i don't think there is any thing that is not available.Also being such a nice basic design makes other possibilities not so far off, such as repower.The thing I like about these old gems is they dont have to be perfect to do the job.Good luck can't wait to see the rebuild.

Great looking dozer. That will be fun to fix up and get running.

Looking forward to following this project.

Happy New Year,Cody & Family; Now that right there is a project we have 2 follow along on,I Remember the 'ole cat U worked on a while back in earlier videos,U didn't give up,Way 2 Go,Cody, Can't wait 4 this build. Happy Trails From The Maritimes In Canada " GOD BLESS "

Awesome project!

Hope you get that old Deere running Cody , I look forward to see how you fix her up ! ;)

I wish you to succeed restoring it! I'm pretty sure you have subscriber which are ready to help you out realize your dream of having one in working condition. All the best from France, Simon

That is going to be a great project! I hope it works out that you can restore it. It will definitely be worthy of a Wranglerstar logo if you get it up and running! Good luck Cody!

I hope you can free it up, I would love to see that old thing come back to life!!

Also enjoy y'all's videos , looks like a wonderful life!

A proper tow of that weight would include working trailer brakes. If not for your own neck, then for the safety of others on the road. That also means staying behind the wheel to steer, and not unleashing a 12000# bowling ball down the hill.

Very cool project. I had a D2 cat for a short time. I just love how they sound when they are running.

Very nice. Good luck on the restoration.

You driving by that big hill reminded me of when your excavator nearly fell on a cliff. Great video WS, I wish you luck on this project. Hopefully you'll have better luck with this that that big Cat TD20 and we won't see a video called "This John Deere is Nothing but Trouble"

I think you did the seat belt talk just to aggravate the safety trolls love it!! good job on the new purchase!! you sound like me I always try to pay scrap prices for projects best homesteader tip I have learned for sure if you change your mind or don't have money to fix it you can get your money back, sometimes it insults people but you really are saving them time and work of removing from their property

Sweet project,, looking forward to the mechanical videos, please share all the steps, love to learn as you go. Thanks!

Looks like a great and frustrating winter project, my friend!

Hope this one is much less fuss than the Cat. Looking forward to seeing more of this.