Yeah guys, my wife and I are excited to have this old thing for sure. You're right RW, she comes from an era where stuff was built simple and built to last! Hard to believe that it is nearly 70 years old, has sat outside it's entire life, and the most immediate repair it needs is a new seat cushion!
That's not to say that she doesn't need a little love here and there. Our friend that gave it to us took it to a mechanic friend first and he checked over some simple stuff and made sure it would start. It runs and drives really well but the Hyster D2N winch controls are frozen so we need to free them up. The winch cable itself needs to be replaced as well as the hydraulic hoses on the right hand side. There is no pitting on the rams and no major oil leaks. The undercarriage is in pretty good shape too! The story goes that she was purchased new for a farm along the Fraser River. It turned out to be too heavy for the soft ground so it didn't see much use. The next guys to have her used it to clear the fathers land and then the sons. They claimed that most of the hours racked up with the machine left idling all day because the hated the starting procedure.lol Our friend bought it years ago because he thought it was a neat piece of history. He has a lot of other projects and needed to free up some space so now it lives here! It will be a good match with the Euclid truck and 955K. All old simple iron that can sit there for years and flash right up and go to work on the farm!