What do you guys think of this John Deere 300?

Well, The allis chalmers was a collectors item so I sold it. I picked up a John Deere 300 with a 16hp engine cast iron. Hydro. for 300$ to offroad and to build!! What do you guys think?

I think you stole that Deere. Is it complete & in good shape? I've seen them sell for over 4 times what you paid
Those things are tanks... built very heavy. You might want to look into a winch, because if it gets stuck, it's going to get Real stuck LoL

ditto the tank thing. this thing will weight in around 750 pounds.
good... better traction, a little more stable than the cheap stuff, pretty much bullet proof, plenty of torque
bad... 6.5 mph top speed, hydro, not gonna pull it out with a throwaway mower when it gets stuck, dont even want to talk about rollovers.

start saving up for some 26x12x12 ags, ($100-$140 each) they will take you all most anywhere you want to go... but you can get stuck. I keep a boat winch on my heavy stuff and hope there is a tree within 30' of where I get stuck. all of my trail stuff is over 600 pounds and some times they are not a heavy enough of an anchor to pull another one out.

if I remember right, the 300' s were only built in '75, 300lgt for a few years after that

Another big plus...Individual brakes

PHOTO... Missing front left fender and grille. It needs a new battery. It starts and runs... I want some bigger tires for it. A winch will be added indeed..

like oters have said there built like a tank. also I WANT ONE lol.

I am going to be posting a video of it later tonight of it running and all my tractors lol

Looking at these tires for it
http://www.ebay.com/itm/350525611137?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

What do you think? Front tires ideas? I was thinking a 18x8.5x8 unless they make a 20x8.5x8?

snowblower tires, theyre aggressive and about the size you would need

I JUST GOT THESE TIRES FOR 86$ A PAIR OF 26X11X12 tires
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160717932633&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123

They will fit nicely on my john deere 12 inch rims in the back... Do you guys think they will be good in the snow/mud?

They look to be the same ones i got on my atv just on size taller. I have no complaints with them a decent mud/snow tire. If they are the same brand as mine they should lasted quite a long time, I got about 10 years out of them. You got a real good buy on those tires.