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Nice!
My Kubota is to small for that. What kind of tractor is that?
I made a fork for it but 150 kg is max if you dont want to wheely all the time. Extra ballast and the little thing will break.
Holder Am2, an old German tractor
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Tone, those chips look like made by a rebak/stepcovac? I don’t recall pics or vids of it 
On your roof, every four tiles on every other row have something that looks like a handle on it. I’ve never seen anything like that?
Keeps from getting a neck full of snow when you slam the door 
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There are a few different manufacturers in Italy of small 4 wheel drive tractors like that German Holder. My pasquali is basically the same tractor and around here far more common. Goldoni also made some well built tractors. I would look for anyone of those brands if I was looking for a small 4wd articulated tractor. The only thing I didn’t like about my pasquali is the hydraulic system. It was designed to run the power steering not the loader I think I will end up putting a different pump on it eventually but that is me asking alot of the loader and wanting more speed.
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Thanks Tone, Dan. Work has exploded here. Still in my armchair. Only heating on wood. Made the tour all around and came back to sawdust. Thinking of Joni’s gasifier to really start. Someone suggested in the past to start with just a gasifier and after that a IC engine. I think that is my path.
Anyway. In the meantime, harvesting wood is ok. Only the Kubota is to light. And the other day I saw a tractor with steering in the midle and a forklift behind. A lot weight up front compared to a normal tractor! How much can you lift like that, Tone?
Last thing, is it a two stroke? Do you like that? Never saw a two stroke diesel. Any pro s and cons?
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I have used wood as big as would fit as heavy as I could lift and it is all gone . I cut through a tree and could not get it to fall . And stopped cutting trees and picked up all the branches . Now I have snow and I am not cutting down trees in the snow .
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I have never figured out how they did it but In the 1890’s they ran a rail line though the swamp at the back of my property. Made a bed somehow. A lot of the ties are still in the ground and some of the spikes. I broke a pick handle trying to pry one of those spikes out of that wood. I assume the ties were soaked in creosote or maybe coal tar. Whatever it was it lasted longer than some PT decks I’ve replaced. I have also replace rotted redwood and cedar decks. None of them were more than about 50 years old.
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Where is the heart of Europe. I saw a video on the Weather Channel this morning from the Italian Alps. They were walking through cleared paths with snow 5 foot high on both sides. Getting rescued by Helicopter. Normally we would have about a three foot snow pack right now. I see patches of bare ground here and there. I think they don’t have much even up where Bruce lives. Less snow makes life easier. I’m not going to cry if this is the new normal.
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Looks like baby girl winter to me Kamil. 
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Hello KamilK.,
Czech Republic correct? In the Heart of mountains, yes?
The old Mineral heart of Europe.
Nice espaliered you are establishing there. Apples?
Regards
Steve Unruh
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Right you are, @SteveUnruh. We live in small district town some 20 km north of capital Prague.
But not apples. Wine. Our town is Czech famous wine growing location.
My cellar with 2017 harvest.
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Joep, I’m a fan of articulated tractors especially Holders, otherwise the Am2 is special because of its two-stroke diesel engine, which is known for smoking and lubrication problems if you don’t change the oil regularly. I managed to arrange my own, change the piston rings, set the pre-ignition, repair the nozzles and make the exhaust with separate pipes for each cylinder. Otherwise, for its weight (800 kg) and power of 20 hp, it is extremely powerful, it carries 500 kg on the forks without any weight on the front.
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Thanks, a world opened today. Dan was right, a lot of Italian tractors. All really expensive, but I like the small footprint and the fact they are really strong. To be continued.
Well my pasquali wasn’t too expensive but it was a basket case. The good news is that parts are still available. My pasquali has basically the same engine made today by Kohler minus a ton of emmisions stuff I am sure but you can buy all the parts to rebuild it. Just hard to find in north America but on your side of the Atlantic it should be easy enough if you can find an old one. I would actually consider doing a repower to a gas motor that you could fit a charcoal gasification system to. I think that could be fit with some creative design work. The motor on the old pasquali tractors has a standard mount I forgot the type and an adapter between the transmission and the motor so it would be a relatively easy motor to swap I think. Around here the used ones are rare one of those things people own and don’t sell. They where commonly used for skidding out logs. That was the history of my machine and why it was so badly damaged when I got it. It took me about 2 or 3 years to find mine. But I was crazy cheap and refused to pay what most people where asking. I see one or two of the pasquali 988 on craigslist a year withing maybe 300 miles. I spent a good part of the day doing some repairs to the loader on mine but I definitely find it worth while.
Oh there is a 400 series IIRC pasquali which is about twice the size. Those are nice machines as well. But both lack live pto power.
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Very nice project it is! Read it before, nice tractor. Less pto power wouldnt bother me , my Kubota b6000 has enough. But I need some counterweight. Maybe that is the deal, wait for a cheap one and swap engine. On the other hand, not looking for new projects, just happy to loose some. Doing administration right now, tomorrow start jumping around for 16 hours a day until it is weekend again. Not realistic to start a new project, and an unfinished project is no project. No hurry, crane and kubota do the job for now. The mower behind the kubota has a broken axle, if that is repaired and spring starts he has to start mowing again. Extra tractor would be nice, saves a lot of time.
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