What is this?

[Paystar]

I got this tractor from a friend. Can anyone help me identify it. I have no manual and can't find any model number on it. As you can see it has been painted, not sure if it was a joke when I was going to pick it up, but it made me laugh anyway when i saw the flames and OCC emblem. At first he told me it was a Bolens, but as you can see it has a MTD emblem on the grill. It has a 16 h.p. Briggs twin in it. Hopefully the pics are here, I never have any luck with computers. I'd like to know the model and approx. year?

 

[crbr]

I like the flames.

 

[kenmac]

MTD mabe ??

 

[Travelover]

MTD Corporate :: About MTD Products

Used to be Modern Tool and Die years ago. They have manufactured all kinds of lawn equipment over the years - mostly low end stuff.

 

[LBrown59]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/lawn-garden/115358d1228077586-what-100_2731.jpg
It's not a bolens as the back wheels don't attach like this on a bolens.

 

[Paystar]

Kenmac, ya, I kinda figured that. Now maybe you can tell me year and model. Just wasn't sure if Bolens was connected to MTD at all. Anythings possible as International Harvester once sold their lawn and garden line to MTD. There were also some connection between MTD and Cub Cadet also. Read it on Case/IH website. Just wondered why people were telling me it was a Bolens?

 

[GaryS]

I love the Orange County Choppers decal on the hood

 

[kenmac]

Kenmac, ya, I kinda figured that.

Just looking at the way the front axle , king pins ,( if you want to call them that ) mower deck, etc, are made / attached to the frame. Looks like my MTD. I don't know how long MTD has made lawn tractors with the Bolens badge. I know that Lowe's sold Bolens made by MTD . As for the mod / year.

Sorry, I can't help you there

 

[KubotaEd]

Your pictures look like a smaller version of the White lawn tractor I bought used to mow a lot on my property several years ago. I'm sorry I don't know the year, but the model number of mine it GT-1855. The sheet metal forming the platform and rear finders are like mine, as is the shape of the hood, and the front axle, as far as I can see.
It was probably made by MTD because some replacement parts I have purchased come with MTD as part of the number.

sorry I can't be of more help.

 

[Paystar]

Thanks evryone. Just wanted to see if anyone recognized the model. I mowed with it last year and it works good. But with two acres to mow, it takes more time than I want to be on it. But until I decide on a new sub-compact with FEL and BH I'll use this and my atv with all my attachments for it to do all my yard maintenance. Just want to fix it up a bit more and if I knew what it was exactly, it would save me from having to match parts up. A lot of the safety stuff is missing from the deck (there's levers and arms hanging everywhere that aren't attatched) and I've been replacing a couple of the pulleys, as the bearings are siezing up from lack of lube. I also had to replace the muffler, but a friend of mine fabbed me a new one and it works great. Nice and quiet. Still a lot better machine than my old "Bob Villa Special" (Craftsman). What an expensive headache that was.