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mike in new mexico · Dec 23, 2020

Sorry. Had some computer difficulties.

I bought this tractor last weekend cause it was cheap. Everybody said it was stuck. Turned out the brakes were locked on and everybody tried to rock it and the engine wouldn't move. Its a 1951 John Deere MT with most of a M 20 sickle bar mower. Only thing missing is the cutting bar but I can get those. I brought it home, flushed the fuel out of it, put a battery and it started right up. This is the most original John Deere I ever bought. It is also the first vertical 2-cylinder I ever had. Getting into the seat is difficult but getting out of the seat is much worse. Once your in the seat it is very comfortable. It has levers and switches all over it. The lights even work. Well I thought I would share-Mike.

Traditional Farmer · Dec 23, 2020

Good looking MT,be a neat tractor to have around.

Jim in N.M. · Dec 23, 2020

Mike ,Looks like you hit the jackpot!! good for you ! Jim in N.M.

Gambles · Dec 23, 2020

Good find, and that’s coming from a non-John Deere man.

Rich'sToys · Dec 23, 2020

Congratulations! Looks like you got a nice one.
I grew up on an MT. Ours had a no. 5 rear mounted mower on it. I cut many acres of hay with it.
As mentioned, getting on and off is the hardest part, but a handy and nimble little tractor otherwise.

tomturkey · Dec 23, 2020

Maybe you could swap sides with the tires, move the fenders out accordingly and maybe improve the access from the back????????? Good foryou, we bought one that was sold as stuck fired up and ran good first time we got into it. Have fun with your Deere. gobble

deeretails · Dec 23, 2020

I find it easier to climb on them from the left rear over the seat. Get off the same way. Nice tractor.

Mike M · Dec 23, 2020

Fenders are not adjustable. And too valuable to cut up and modify.

Mike M · Dec 23, 2020

Sheet metal looks to be in VERY good shape !

wore out · Dec 23, 2020

FWIW its worth, the cutterbar from a #5 mower uses the exact same inner shoe so it will pin right on to what you have.

Finding a #5 to donate a cutterbar should be a LOT easier than finding an M20 for parts (in many areas, anyway).

tomturkey · Dec 23, 2020

then I guess it will be hard to get on and off as you said. btw thought maybe the fenders mounted to the axles and could be moved. In no way was I suggesting a farmerization of the original unit gobble

Bob Bancroft · Dec 23, 2020

Congratulations. That thing is a beauty! And I'm not a two cylinder fan. Sounds like the AC B/C. I got rid of them because it got too difficult to get on and off!

DeltaSteve · Dec 23, 2020

Great prize!Now find a cutter bar and put that gem to work.

jaoneill · Dec 23, 2020

(quoted from post at 12:31:21 12/23/20) I find it easier to climb on them from the left rear over the seat. Get off the same way. Nice tractor.

X2, they are a great little tractor otherwise. Upside of the on & off for me is a neighbor who is always looking to borrow a small tractor has such a time getting his rear in and out of the seat he won't use it, saves me having to tell him no.

jd man wis · Dec 23, 2020

Looks like a good buy. I have two MTS and use them for snow plowing. Tractors are light so I had to make wight brackets to put a bunch of tractor wights on. They will push snow good but they back up slow and on an off is at times hard to do.

Hay maker2 · Dec 23, 2020

I have the same setup on my MT-W.

Your mower is missing the MT adapter plates, item #13. This lowers the unit down about 4". The unit will run how it is, but you will find out that the pitman stick will be on too much of an angle and it will bind. If you raise the cutter bar up a few inches with the touch-o-matic it will operate smoothly.

You really need to lower it down a bit. I had to fabricate my adapters.

mike in new mexico · Dec 23, 2020

Thanks, I will look at that. Thanks to everybody for the nice comments. I love hearing this thing run and hope to get it fixed up for a job-Mike

mike in new mexico · Dec 23, 2020

At least you have snow, here we have wind-cold wind and dirt blowing, looks like the dust bowl again !fields are blowing away=mike

mike in new mexico · Dec 23, 2020

Thanks-mike

pcsaw · Dec 23, 2020

You did good that's the only thing wrong with them is getting on and off use to have one with a 5 ft woods finish mower on the back worked great

Keith Molden · Dec 24, 2020

Dad bought 1 when I was about 14. We never had any implements for it but a drag disc and pull type plow. He and Grandpa were horse farmers so it pulled the sled to put up hay. It was hard for them to get on and off so I was the designated driver and it suited me just fine. Nice little tractors and the sound of a 2 cylinder can be matched by no other. Good find, Keith

K Effective · Dec 24, 2020

Grandpa used our MI up until about 3 weeks before he passed at 97- he used to park it next to the windmill so he could climb up the ladder and onto the tractor.

I installed a crude step in front of the left side platform and he found that much easier than swinging over the back.

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