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"Dually" Deere Garden Tractor
"The dual wheels give it a distinctive look," says Steve Kazenske, LeClaire, Iowa, about his 1964 Deere 110 garden tractor. He restored the tractor and then fitted it with double 28-in. high, 4-in. wide rear tires mounted on aluminum mag wheel rims off a 1978 Thunderbird car.
"The tractor was in pieces when I go
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"Dually" Deere Garden Tractor FARM HOME Miscellaneous 23-3-23 "The dual wheels give it a distinctive look," says Steve Kazenske, LeClaire, Iowa, about his 1964 Deere 110 garden tractor. He restored the tractor and then fitted it with double 28-in. high, 4-in. wide rear tires mounted on aluminum mag wheel rims off a 1978 Thunderbird car.
"The tractor was in pieces when I got it. I paid $100 for it and spent three months restoring it. Now I take it to old engine shows and also drive it in parades. It draws a lot of looks," says Kazenske.
He rebuilt the engine, then put the tractor back together, sandblasted and painted it, and also added new decals. He got the 4-in. wide tires from a neighbor who didn't know what they had been used for. He bought the 15-in. wheel rims at a junkyard for $10 apiece and bored out the center hole of each rim to fit onto the yoke of the rear axle. He put an inner tube inside each tire and drilled a hole on the inside part of the wheel rim where he inserted a second valve stem. Then he tucked the tires together and aired them up independently. The front tires are original.
The muffler mounts on a bracket that attaches to the right side of the tractor. A steel bracket mounted on the platform behind the seat supports an umbrella designed for a full-size tractor.
"I like how it turned out. I use it to pull a sweeper that collects grass clippings and also to pull a trailer," says Kazenske. "I don't use it to mow grass because the tractor has only an 8 hp engine and I'd have to drive very slow. Also, the mower would throw a lot of dirt up onto the tractor. The dually tires fill up the area under the fenders much more than the tractor's original 12-in. high tires. The bolt pattern on the car wheel rims happened to match up exactly with the tractor's original wheel rims.
"The tractor still has its original perforated steel seat, but I slip a more comfortable vinyl cushion over it when I drive the tractor in parades. I use the umbrella only when I'm in a parade and it's sunny and hot. I installed a rubber boot around the gear shift lever in order to cover up the hole and improve the looks."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Steve Kazenske Machining & Welding, 630 Wisconsin St., LeClaire, Iowa 52753 (ph 319 289-3447).
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