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    Posted: 23 Feb 2024 at 10:22am
Found a JD 8 ton running gear for $150! We needed another hay wagon and I couldn’t pass up the deal. Sanded it down and painted it after a few minor repairs to it. Ordered red oak materials from a lumber mill and we built a really nice wagon. It was a good winter project and took about 2 weeks to complete. Luckily got some good tires for free from our local tire dealer. Just had to pay for mounting. Odd having JD on our AC farm but I’m starting to come around to it.
1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD
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1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD
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They are a very good running gear! If you are anything like me, you will take a ribbing from the "green guys". 
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Well, Hell Rob, you could've painted it Orange and nobody would've known the difference! LOL!  Looks great man!  Nice job on the lumber part too!
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Looks like a nice wagon. I've alwasy heard that the JD's are great pulling running gears
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In my opinion they are the best running gear ever built. The ones I've had, you could grease every pivot point. Any wagon with "non-greaseable" steering rods or other pivot points just seem to wear prematurely. Looks nice, good luck with it. 
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Ole Shameless will have to get better now. That's too much of a sharp poking stick to let go

Looks great
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Thanks, looking forward to hay season to putting it to good use. It does have grease points at all the right places. My JD buddies have been giving me a good ribbing in a fun way telling me I had finally come around to the Green side lol. Steve I thought about painting it orange but the metal tag would give it away lol. My wife even said to remove the tag and paint it orange. Just didn’t feel right doing that.
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I have two of them and they pull good. Painted them orange.
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Looks good, but I hope you can keep that red oak outta the weather. It don't last as long outdoors as white oak, at least not around here, in the soggy mid atlantic...Wink
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JD did make excellent running gears, especially for ‘road’ use. They would trail straight as an arrow.
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A beautiful wagon. Great job. I understand you painting it back the way it came. Im the same way. Im AC all the way but all the other brands have helped feed many a family and been a help to many a farmer to get his work done. It takes all kinds
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We have stacked wagons in the past in the off season to keep them stored in our shed. Actually pretty easy to do with ramps I made a few years ago, 2 people are required to do it. Once loaded back them both in the shed. Used motor oil is a cheap preserver. May go that route or a preserver of some other type. Once the motor oil soaks in for month its no issue with quality of the hay.

Edited by AC720Man - 24 Feb 2024 at 5:01pm
1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD
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super nice wagon you have there,     i have trying to find a good running for a while dont care what brand would just like to have a nice wagon one with a hoist would be a bonus
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We have two jd gears also.
Along with two Dion, two pequea, electric and allis
Actually was painting a rim today to mount a new tire.



Edited by Mikez - 24 Feb 2024 at 10:53pm
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