So I spent an hour last night pushing her to the limits, I came in half frozen.... but happy, blower worked as well as Ive ever seen it, tires on both ends have good traction, the only thing that wasn't perfect is that one headlight is dimmer than the other, hopefully just a bulb replacement will cure that.
Far too many huge hard drifts here this week for a little tractor like this to do much good but I expect there will be plenty of opportunity to use it over the winter clearing the walkways that my other toys cant fit thru.
The tractor was given to me by an uncle in the late '80s and he had a plywood/plexiglass cab on it back then, it started to fall apart a few years ago but I intend to make another one using sheet aluminum and lexan but that might not be until next winter. For now Im calling this project done.
...a few pics that were taken during the cleanup process...
The fenders that were on it were probably made by my uncle to support the homebuilt cab, I dont think Bolens actually put fenders on the RaM until '58 or maybe they were optional.
with the winter were having the old girl has practically been a daily driver lately, and she is working quite well, had to replace a shear pin on the rear axle last week so I guess the traction is pretty decent although I may still fluid fill the ags, it pushes into the snow pretty good when the blower is down but a bit light on the rear when its lifted.
Guess I wasnt thinking at the time but I found out the hard way I cant use the halogen lights while snowblowing, hot light + cold snow= cracked lens, Im gonna see if I can convert them to led.
Update Time: the RaM is transforming again... more Hot Rod than ever. The k161 that was in it developed valve issues and I had this chrome K181 just sittin on a shelf.... WIP
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