1959 John Deere 730 Vintage Tractor Restoration | Grandview FFA 2024 Chevron TRC Entry

The restoration of my tractor began with a general overall inspection of the tractor. Upon completion of this inspection, I began dissembling the tractor one piece at a time until every possible part was disassembled. As I found parts that were broke or obviously worn, I set them aside and quickly tried to start finding the replacement for it. I also tried to clean excess grease and dirt from the tractor as I went along. Once I had completely dissembled the tractor on our dirt floor barn behind our house, I started moving all the pieces to my mentor's shop where he had a concrete floor and many of the tools I did not have such as: hydraulic hose machine, sand blasting cabinet, and most importantly a much cleaner environment. It was here that I started completely cleaning and reassembling each component. I also primed the tractor and put the first coat of paint on the tractor. Once we had it running, I hauled the tractor to my dad's shop where I did the all the final detail work .