I wanted to introduce myself, and show off my machine. My name is Michael and I am the proud owner of this 1990 John Deere 318. The tractor had 580 hours on it when I purchased it on Easter 2022, and I’ve got around 615 now.
I picked the tractor up with old dry rotted Ags on the rear and stock turfs on the front, and replaced them with the 26x12x12 Carlisle HD Field Trax and on the front 18x8.5x8 V61’s. I can’t say enough good things about these tires, I highly recommend them! The rears are mounted in the wide position. There is roughly a 1/2” from tire to depth wheels on the 50” deck. They fit just right! The front left will hit the steering cylinder at full turn, so be mindful if you go this route. They are mounted onthe stock wheels.
The tractor came with a 50” high lift deck, I put some gator high lift blades on it and it cuts awesome! With the help of a buddy we built a schute flapper using a cheap window motor and a construction sign, and it works really well for containing the grass in and around the mulch beds, with the simple push of the switch.
At some point in the tractors life someone put JB weld around the gromets in the gas tank, and the lines were dry rotted so I replaced all the lines, grommets, filter, and that fixed the surging I was fighting from time to time.
I was lucky enough to find a John Deere 15 lawn cart that was owned by an old woman who had hardly used it, and was able to snag it for only $100.00.
My dad, who got me into these tractors, moved to Texas a few years ago and was kind enough to give me his 54” 4-way blade.
I am still looking for some rear weights, and a cab enclosure, if anyone has any leads, im willing to travel, or use fastenel to ship it on my dime. I’m located in Westminster, MD.
Thanks for reading this, and thanks for being a great community!
- Michael
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I picked the tractor up with old dry rotted Ags on the rear and stock turfs on the front, and replaced them with the 26x12x12 Carlisle HD Field Trax and on the front 18x8.5x8 V61’s. I can’t say enough good things about these tires, I highly recommend them! The rears are mounted in the wide position. There is roughly a 1/2” from tire to depth wheels on the 50” deck. They fit just right! The front left will hit the steering cylinder at full turn, so be mindful if you go this route. They are mounted onthe stock wheels.
The tractor came with a 50” high lift deck, I put some gator high lift blades on it and it cuts awesome! With the help of a buddy we built a schute flapper using a cheap window motor and a construction sign, and it works really well for containing the grass in and around the mulch beds, with the simple push of the switch.
At some point in the tractors life someone put JB weld around the gromets in the gas tank, and the lines were dry rotted so I replaced all the lines, grommets, filter, and that fixed the surging I was fighting from time to time.
I was lucky enough to find a John Deere 15 lawn cart that was owned by an old woman who had hardly used it, and was able to snag it for only $100.00.
My dad, who got me into these tractors, moved to Texas a few years ago and was kind enough to give me his 54” 4-way blade.
I am still looking for some rear weights, and a cab enclosure, if anyone has any leads, im willing to travel, or use fastenel to ship it on my dime. I’m located in Westminster, MD.
Thanks for reading this, and thanks for being a great community!
- Michael
