THIS IS THE END! Completing the Farmall MD Restoration
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2022
- Yes, this is the end! Today I'm putting the sheet metal, lights, and hydraulic valve on the Farmall MD. It's not completely finished, with the draw bar, decals, and fenders till remaining, but this video finishes the series began in December 2020 covering the MD restoration. Thank you all for your support, and you'll be seeing the MD working in the fields soon!
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Such a few people can truly appreciate the time that you spent, or the satisfaction you get from a project like this. Well done my friend
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You are one ambitious guy. I was a tractor mechanic back in the 60s and 70s. But switched to electrician in 87. Mechanics can be difficult and dirty. I admire your patience and skill.
Congrats, Pete! She's a Beauty! Her bright red color comes through clearly on my TV & her new tires complete the look. I know you're proud, it shows. It's wonderful to see one of these old tractors restored & on the road. A farmer wears many extra hats: mechanic; carpenter; welder, etc. I liked your road test...she sure can pick up speed. 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜
Paul Harvey made a great story years ago about a FARMER,, IT'S ON YOU/TUBE,,, it's called,, SO GOD MADE A FARMER!! check it out..
@@richardsabean5781 Thank you for reference to that video. There are several but, Paul Harvey with that distinctive voice is the best. I miss listening to Paul & his "the rest of the story", I remember him on the radio when we were youngsters.. Guess I just gave away my age there! 😁 Yes, the farmer wears MANY hats. Both my parents came from farms & I have cousins in Arkansas still farming today. It's a hard life but, a pleasing one to get to work with God's creatures & outside with your hands, instead of cooped up inside an office all day. 😍
The Best $50.00 donation I have spent in years. Congratulations Peter on a job well done.
Super job Pete!! She looks like an old 1950s tractor brand new. We enjoyed watching the videos of you working on the old girl. Great amount of knowledge you have. I have old 1950s Ford Tractors and I’ve noticed when you get older it’s not the brand as much as seeing these old tractors all shinny and new. I decided to take a little bit of my day to make your day better by commenting positively. No Lester here. Stay positive, it’s a reason I keep returning to watch.
You also inspired me to repair an 2000 neon clock I had. Parts from Amazon $8. Saved me about $150 for repairs.
I am so happy to see this project done. It has been so rewarding to see you give out all that mechanical knowledge to all of us viewer's. You did an awesome job that can't compare to anyone. Thanks for putting it out the video so early and I'm excited to see it out working in your fields. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic!! What a great job and you enjoyed doing it. Think of all the money you saved doing it yourself. Very Nice.👍
Congrats Pete...
Thats a lot of hard work & Im sure you're proud of your work..
Im thrilled to see a 70+ yr old tractor still on the job.
You did a great job looks Beautiful 😻
I love to see the old red Tractors come back to life. We farmed with a verity. Massey, Alice, Farmall, and Ford. We always said "If it ain't Red, leave it in the shed. 75 yr years old now, and no longer farming. I do have to make a confession. I have a Green E100 in the shed. Keeps my grass mowed. Thanks Pete. I really enjoy your videos. I left the farm when I was 17 and joined the military. Stayed in 24 years. Drove a truck for 25 years and retired again in 2010. Now I am a loafer.
Pete, it has been a joy watching you restore this beauty the last two years. Your passion and knowledge about the tractor were evident in every video you made. It sure turned out beautiful! You should be very proud!
Congratulations Peter! Like a new/old member of the family. You should be proud of the heritage, dedication, hard work and perseverance that you put into this bit of mechanical family history! Just Awesome! Don’t let the opinionated naysayers who accomplish nothing other than sitting at their keyboards tearing others efforts down get to you. You did it….they can’t! Best. R
Pete, you’ve done a stellar job. I found myself smiling over your joy of a job well done.
Pete, I remember over a year ago when you started this project. The finished product is really a fine looking machine. You do amazing work and I learned a few things along the way. Thanks. Take a moment and celebrate your accomplishment. Congratulations!
I love when people share their passions! 🤩 It’s what makes the world go ‘round!
Pete, What a fine machine!! Thanks so much for showing us this project. Wondering if you can tell us how much you have in replacement parts...... Also, the test drive video reminded me of driving my dad's old John Deere 'B' around 1961 or 62 (had to stand to reach the brakes!!) when my dad felt adventurous and wanted me to feel the same love for the farm that he had. I was 7 or 8years old. Anyway, thanks for stirring up old childhood memories in this 66 yr old kid! Bless you, my friend!!
There's always someone who would give a little hate but you work your heart and soul to get that done. Well done Pete 👏.
I love the red. As a Dutchman, I also love the “ orange “. Pete, let them talk. You are doing a great job, and we all know that. I am verry happy that I found you on CZcams. Please, keep on going like you do. Greetings from The Netherlands.
A beautiful rebuild to the eyes and ears. Built like a tank and ready for another 70 years of work with a little TLC. Congratulations on your success. You'll be flinging manure soon and you won't be able to stop smiling high on the saddle of the old girl.
I'm a retired engineer that's been doing sound guy work over the years. I can commiserate with you on the Lester's out there. It's amazing how much more they know about the how the band should sound. Especially on the first song when they are sitting in a bad place in a venue with acoustic challenges.
Excellent work on the MD! Can't wait to see it sporting decals.
Full time engineer/part time sound guy for 40 years here - AMEN!
Man, that camera is awesome warms my heart to see these red farmalls are so pretty!! Great video congrats on the camera!!!
I am so glad the Farmall has been restored to glory and will be out in the fields and not a museum. I learned to drive tractors on a very old Allis Chalmers. My dad was not the most patient of teachers. More like a 'get-it-done' teacher. Learned not to take old country road corners too fast or you can two wheel. Thought my Dad was gonna choke as he was following me in the pickup.
Beautiful work, I watched every video of the rebuild and enjoyed every moment watching them. Thank you very much for taking the considerable time to produce those videos. It's people like you that make the world a better place to live and I for one am grateful for what you do.
Outstanding job! Lots of work there Pete. I followed the entire rebuild, I could see you loved every minute of it. Always great videos. Thanks for sharing.
Outstanding Pete! Truly. Thanks again for sharing with us all!
I thought about this would make a good show tractor, and you answered it. You do great restoration work. LOVED seeing you take the tractor for a spin. Two thumbs up video from me!
Lester is the type of guy who really brightens up a room when he walks out!
Outstanding job on the MD, Pete! The tractor looks better than new. Thanks for sharing the journey of this tractor. Can’t wait to see the vinyl cut decals once they are added. 🇺🇸🚜👍
Thanks Pete, it’s been great watching it come together. I’m glad that you were able to show us what the red really looks like. I had no problem with the GoPro red, but it looks fantastic on the Sony. Thanks for getting the new camera. She sounds good and looks great! Really looking forward to seeing her working, she’s going to look so good in the field. Well done! So sorry that there are people around like Lester who seen to just want to put people down. You did a great job!
New camera does the red paint proud,looks great.
Thanks for letting us "ride along" on this journey, Pete. As a past restorer of trucks, cars and motorcycles, I saw my own face in yours while you grinned ear-to-ear on the test drive. What a beautiful tool. The great thing about restoration is you get to do as much or as little (at least on the cosmetic side) as you want. That said, I LOVE the looks of that bare muffler against that shiny "new" machine. And, whatever you do with that beauty next, it was a wonderful experience watching it come apart and then back together. Although I don't do that kind of work any more, I can still take a lesson from how you handled the machine shop slowdown, and your approach to the "little" glitches along the way. No fouls, no strike outs. Patience and pragmatism are rewarded in so many ways.
The smile on your face says it all. Well done.
I like seeing someone really enjoy doing something they love. Great job Pete.
What a beautiful tractor! I've never seen a beginning to end rebuild like that. Very nice!
Love it Pete, you did a wicked amazing job. Glad the "Lesters" never get you down!
47 year old mom and grandma, life long city dweller, NO mechanical knowledge...I have really enjoyed this MD series!! Whoda thunkit? Lol
Thanks Pete, she turned out beautiful!
This all Greek to me but my son would love it. He started off his career as a disel mechanic and now he has his own business as an on sight diesel inspector . It's a two man company with his wife as the secretary etc. He would love talking to you and doing what you do on all your tractors. Love all.your videos especially the benny's hill version. Lol. Keep um coming !!!!! ❤❤
Congratulations, Pete, on an outstanding restoration. In a time where manufacturing is largely outsourced, I appreciate your efforts to preserve Americana in its heyday.
Pete’s proud moment.
But also a proud moment of a 70 plus year old American Icon.
I so LOVE watching these MD videos! Even though I've been on and drove little of the F14, 340, 560D wide front and the 1967 806D wide front? The only tractor I spent the most time on was that old 1946 MD widefront which I was with Dad the whole time rebuilding, fixing, and adding new hydraulics, 3point hitch and all! My heart is SO IN TUNE to every second of your MD videos! I started crying with joy seeing those painted pieces going on. And then hearing it start up and driving it down the road? THAT really, really, really got to me!!! Memories were just flooding back to me! Side note, Dad clocked our MD without the loader on going down the road at 22mph!! THAT'S FAST for a farm tractor!!!
You did such an amazing job, Pete. I really like that you will use this tractor. Old tractors, just like old cars, need to be driven and not left to sit around.
WOW!!! You did an awesome job!!! Yes I can tell- lots of work. It makes you so proud when you look at it as a finished work. Way to go, Pete!!!
It’s always good to see an old girl with new life breathed into her.
Absolutely gorgeous!! Awesome job Pete, and the new camera shows how beautiful the red paint is. Thanks for taking us along, now let's get farming!!!
Did you put a new feed on it
The MD is looking amazing! I look forward to seeing the MD in the field earnign its keep again! Great work Pete.
Wow Pete! I’m thrilled for you that is an amazing job. Beautiful tractor! Thanks for sharing with us.
You’re a hard-working man that came out beautiful I’m a 75 year old old lady and it’s beautiful you and your wife work very hard have a nice place there
Oh my goodness, Pete, what a beauty. You did an absolutely phenomenal job in the restoration of the MD. Ignore the distractors and enjoy the tractor.
Great job Pete. I learned so much from this restoration. Now, as an Allis Chalmers guy, I didn’t mind the camera in the least…👏🏻👍🏻🇨🇦
I love what you've done with the tractor. Seems you look after your equipment as well as you do your animals. Thanks for sharing the great videos.
Good job Pete. Tractor Good for another 70 plus years.
Looks great Pete, I've enjoyed watching this unit get restored from the start. I think your friend Lester might be watching on a black and white!
Looks incredible! Appreciate your video's!
Pete, you’re the “ BEST “ in making video because not only you showed us how to install each part but you explained it detailed too. Keep it up mate !!!
That is the definition of a tractor. That is the picture in the book and my mind of a tractor. Beautiful
Love the new camera makes the tractor look amazing
Awesome job on the MD. You should be proud of a job well done, can’t wait to see her working.
Exciting to see the MD back in use! Thanks for preserving our farm history!
I honestly couldn’t stop smiling for you! The MD looks soooo good Pete! You really do a fantastic job at restoring old iron. Congrats she really looks good!
Pete. Beautiful job in preserving an old tractor. It looks so good. You really did a great job. I enjoy your videos very much.
Congratulations! I have watched from the very beginning. An amazing job!
Pete you did an excellent job restoring this tractor! I agree with you that it is nice to see restored tractors on display but it is a alot more satisfying to get to use them, work them, hear them, and see them do the job they were built for 50-70 years ago. We have had a farmall high crop tractor for 50 years and we still use it to plant and plow the garden each year. I believe Farmall tractors with all of the different ways to set up the plows is the most versatile tractor ever built. I enjoy your channel and the way you explain what is you are doing and why you do it.
So very happy for you, Pete. You’re amazingly knowledgeable and talented. Congrats!
Looks and runs great! It appears that all of your efforts is paying dividends.
Can't wait to see the rig in action.
Have a great day, Pete.
Stay safe.
What a great payoff for all that work! I know exactly how much fun you're having putting the last parts on, and taking a spin. Thanks for a great video series!
It's good enough for you. It's more than good enough for me. It's also good enough for 3.3K others. It's good enough for any Tractor show in the world! And it's good enough to spread manure and make Hay. Poor Lester. Pete, you're a savage! The Tractor really looks beautiful. You've done another incredible job.
Great job Pete, that tractor is a reflection of a man who takes pride in his work.
Looks great! Really enjoyed following along. Thanks for all the extra effort so we all could join in.
Good job done! Congratulations- it looks and sounds excellent!
Now, not that I don't appreciate all the hard work you've done and how much more you have coming up, but do you think there is a chance you will get the IH pickup running before farm chores pick up? We are dying to see you scooting around in that!
Don’t let the negativity bother you. You do a wonderful job on your videos. We appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
Life must be mighty hard and miserable for the people who look for the negative in everything.
Thank you!!!
Beautiful tractor. I admire your work and patience.
Way to go, Pete! Nice to see the prude and satisfaction on your face. Made my day!
That is sure one beautiful tractor! Thank so much for bringing us along for the project, one of my favorite set of videos to watch, when you restore a tractor!!
Congratulations Pete on another tractor refurbished. Thank you for saving a part of the farm history of our country.
I love this! Truly a work of art! There's so much time into this that no one else could appreciate it. Very nice job, Pete!
That was a fun series and I'm looking forward to watching that tractor work. Good job pete!
Congratulations on getting the tractor back together. Looks great. Will look even better working in the field.
Mr pete I just have to say, you are a true man of patience and I'm so happy that the MD is done. Ik you have so much satisfaction in working on old tractors and this restoration shows it. Gonna miss the restoration videos of it but can't wait for the next project. Thank you for your great farming/mechanic content!!
A lot of work of love and care. You did a fantastic job on that old girl. Thanks for taking us along.
Pete, congratulations on a great restoration!!!
Well im kinda of glad Lester sent a letter I learned about thier four different colors of red for the farmall, It was a great series Pete
Congratulations my CZcams friend who we look forward to seeing each week. We even love your lame jokes that are funny because it's such a stretch to "get it". I don't know how we found your channel but we're glad we did. What a complex task of taking the tractor apart, cleaning the parts and reassembling it. It was fun to watch. I try to help but I'm right handed.😎
Beautiful job. It's always exciting to finish such involved project.
Absolutely beautiful Pete! Congratulations on all your hard work finally coming to conclusion in such a great restoration.
Pete, you have out done yourself again. The MD looks great. Thanks for bringing us along.
Man thats beautiful!!! I'm 21 and I hope I have half the love and success that you have in your life. Congratulations
I've watched this whole series probably 2 times, and it's great to see it finished. But I am going to miss seeing these new videos pop up about the tractor. Great Job Pete!!
Thank you for the priceless experience, I’ve learned a lot. Thanks for keeping old equipment alive and viable.
Another great video. Don't let the haters get to you keep being true to yourself.
With all due respect to the rest of your farm and family, this MD is the most beautiful thing on your farm. Outstanding job.
Nice red paint work. Don't let anyone detract to the excellent work/teaching you do. I truly enjoy each and every video you do. Thank you
Loved all the work you put into this tractor . You should be very proud of yourself it looks fantastic. Will love to take it for a spin 😀
Congratulations Pete !!!
She is a mighty fine Tractor !!!! Runs Great and looks Beautiful !!!! I've really enjoyed watching the process and learning, you are an excellent teacher!!
Hey Pete !! Wow what a great job you did with that tractor !! We love it to . I sure hope Hillary gives you a big smooch for that . Ron & Diane 😎👍🚜
As a viewer there is a danger of following and getting invested in these long-term projects because all too often the channel owner loses interest in completing or just filming and they get abandoned after you've followed several hours of progress. Thank you, Pete, for taking us along every step of the way with this project all the way to completion. It was very enjoyable to watch.
Congrats Pete. Beautiful job.
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL PETE!!!! I am so happy for you and we as viewers are so happy you brought us along this exciting adventure. It was awesome. ♥️
This is Bill, using my wife's phone.
The tractor looks great. I loved watching you rebuild it. Thanks!
And thus closes the chapter that brought me to your channel. Don’t worry, I’ll be staying. Congratulations, Pete, she’s a gem!
Nice camera Pete, and the tractor looks top notch. Really enjoyed the effort you put in to taking us all along with the journey. Thanks
Congratulations! Looks great, and thank you for showing us the journey.
I am happy for you - wonderful job on making her beautiful again - thank you for letting us be a part of your adventure ❤️
The darkness always makes the light shine brighter! Thanks for the light Pete! God bless you and your loved ones!
Wow, looks fantastic. Love to see history preserved.
Pete, that is awesome! I love the sound of those straight-cut gears when you went into road gear! That is a fantastic job; thanks for taking us along and making this old gear head smile. Blessings.