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One of my favorite members here on Red Square (Shorts) made a front hitch for my B-100. It works fantastic. Now I can use the back hitch to pull the boat out and the front hitch to push the boat in. Shorts does not want to get into making these, but maybe Scott's buddy in Michigan (who made my back hitch) may want to make these if there is interest. Just wanted to share this with you guys. Thank you Paul.

been working on some more small stuff and will gather a few pics together and report later, but for now i want to report about a find...... was needing to replace the hood latches on this one as well as a couple of other of the later ones and needed to find latches at a more reasonably price than the average $15 or more each that toro wants for them. so i looked at one closely and found they were made by Addco in MN. a google search brings up Actus (they supply them now) and was pleasantly surprised they sell the exact same latches on the 80s up tractors. you can get them in stainless or clear zinc or black zinc as the 90s tractors had. the part number for the black is A-089-0118. they cost $6.97 each, but the kicker is the shipping at $15.59. since i needed them for a few tractors i bought 10 at a cost of $6.29 and the added shipping of $15.59 spread out over the 10 pcs added $1.55 to each giving a total of $7.84 each, less than half the toro cost....... heres the link for anyone interested...... http://www.actusinc.com/latches/a-089-0118.html heres how they look. after you rub off the chalky surface on the rubber, nice new flexible rubber underneath and at a much better deal than the alternative for exactly the same thing. the ones i bought from toro for the c125 last year have the same markings and moulding as these.......

Sitting in my garage on Sunday, when a neighbor stops by. He hesitates for bit and then asks if I want another old tractor. Being careful I say maybe depending on what it is. He tells me it is a Toro. I am thinking it might be one of the newer models and I am not sure I will be interested but decide to take a look anyway. He drives his truck around back and I discover it is a 416H, with a very good deck and plow. Not wanting to seem to joyous, I carefully ask what he wants for it. He tells me I can have it that he was going to take it to the dump. This guy has become my favorite neighbor!!!!!!!!

if you are worried about a gas squirting out put a piece of rubber hose on the line and run it in a can Brian

Some guys have all the luck! Right now, you have it all! Very nice Horse!

Nice score on that tractor, even if the Onan is toast you can still make a nice tractor out of it. Hey Mike, special pancake mix from Maine? Now I'm craving pancakes!

Yeah, what he says! ^^^^^^^

Not the thread I was expecting when I saw the tilte, but you came out very well on that dumping!

Wow, wish the lucky truck would come to my neighborhood

Hello guys, i was given a wheelhorse 5xi series, the model # tag is faded and all i can make out is the MODEL 785...... its got a kohler 20hp v twin, its a nice tractor but theres one big problem, you know that cast looking pice on the end of the steering shaft that the steering arms connect to??? well mines smashed.... all pieces are there but how big of a pain is it to fix that? is i weldable or if not how expensive are they? oh this also cam with a huge snow blower, a 5 foot deck, a cultivator thing and a tow behind grader thing....

If you're around the horses for very long you'll hear of the very scarce 1533 differential carriage bearing in the stick shift transmissions. The obvious reason for this is simple - they havent been made for many, many years and what few are around are dwindling at an alarming rate. I had heard of guys "machining" a case to fit an oversize bearing but never knew any details, so being a fairly decent home shop machinist with a nice large Bridgeport type mill and lathe I thought I'd see what I could come up with. With member Groundhog44 having a couple sets of cases the 2 of us started looking. The original 1533 bearing is/was 1-1/2 x 2-1/2 x 1/2" - the nearest thing to that (that I could find!) was a R24-2 rs or zz with its diminsions being 1-1/2 x 2-5/8 x 9/16". With only adding 1/8" diameter and 1/16" thickness the case appeared to have ample 'meat' to handle machining out this amount. This size bearing is very common and is relatively inexpensive, so I got 4 of them to see. The first puzzle was to get the case 'fixtured' on the mill to do the boring - this was stumping me til I called my "machinist by trade" buddy and with his years of experience quickly pointed me in the right direction. He was also able to furnish the 2 heavy steel bars needed to 'hang' the case off the mill table. Let me pause here and state the rather obvious fact - this is not a repair that can be done in most of your shops, but I would think many of you know of, or have friends that have the necessary equipment - and its very possible in the not to far future that a visit to a machine shop may have to be done. In order to get a grasp of what we did, I tried to get enough pics to see the set-up... This is the 2 heavy bars mounted to the table with the mills head swiveled around in order to reach the case that will be mounted off the right front of the table to clear the mills knee. This is the case mounted in the fixture where I am about to locate center of the existing bearing bore in preparation for the boring Here I am starting enlarging the hole. The depth of the hole needed to be increased from the original 1/2" to the 9/16" which is only .0625, but has to be done. I finished this step before enlarging the hole the extra 1/8" (this is only 1/16" off each side) And this is the new bearing sitting in its new home - this is a R24 rs bearing meaning it is a sealed unit, its only necessary to 'pop' out the rubber seal to allow oil to flow through, which I have done here (this same bearing in zz designation is a shielded bearing and doesnt require anything)

Had a great opening day on Sat. Got photos of some jakes and two year olds. Only saw one shooter longbeard, and he never got in range for a photo or a shot. Monday was a different story...This 3 year old 20 Lber with a 9" beard and 7/8" spurs came to the call like he was on a string at 8AM. Sorry , he didn't give me enough time to set the camera and get some live photos.

I stood in the rain for a couple hours just to have the river to myself. Normally the river is packed with people while the steelhead are in it but the rain kept most of them away. This one was a 20" male and came home with me. This one was about 22-23" female and went back in. This is one from 2010 and is the biggest one I ever caught. It was 33" and about 12-15lbs.

Nice catch How big was the one that got away?

Paint it bright yellow. That way you'll see it and not blast your shins on it! You can call it "The Widow Maker"!

Hey Lane, Get some photos of the show! Thanks!

The serial number on the tag is 478360. The sticker on the side list it as a raider 10. I have pictures I will post when I figure out how to do so. Not real good with this electronic stuff. THANKS! to everyone for all the help and information.

[sharedmedia=finalCountdown:countdown:1] I've added the countdown to the 2014 WHCC show. I'm looking forward to being there both days this year and camping on site. I hoped that my entire family could attend, but unfortunately Brittany has exams on the 20th at school so she can't make it.

Oops Steve is correct as usual that comes up a 68 Raider 9. So Steve apologies, hope didn't break toes when stepped on

And the Euro section continues to grow... Mike.............

take the fuel line off the carb and crank the motor over to see if the fuel pump is working brian

Traded my log splitter even-up for this 520H and Kwik Way Loader. I think we both got a good deal. Tractor has almost 160 hrs on the clock, but vibrates like crazy. Not sure if there is a dead cylinder on the Onan, but it otherwise seems to have plenty of power and doesn't smoke that I can tell. Starts right up. Loader seems to work fine, very easy to use. No deck with the tractor, but I've got a spare 48 SD and 42 RD I can put on the tractor. I'll be moving out one of my other color tractors to make room for this one and may part with an implement or two.

Got the same log splitter. Had it for 2 years now and is great little machine. You should have said something about getting another one....I would have traded mine for the loader!

Very nice and delivered too!!!!!

After all of the problems such as the broken flywheel and keyway, I finally got my 857 up and running again. I think I am the happiest person in the world right now. Please watch the video!!!!!!!

We also do a fair amount if canning. Stewed tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, salsa, corn relish, chutney. We also do applesauce, pickles, pickled beets, regular beats. We do a fair amount of jams also, wild blackberry, wild raspberry, hybrid raspberry, wild strawberry, hybrid strawberry, Tart cherry and blueberry. My wife even did a combination of strawberry blueberry cinnamon last year. It was pretty good. We try to grow most of what we can, but sometimes we have to supplement to have enough. When we do we buy from the local farmers market. Sent from my tractor seat using Tapatalk 2

Welcome to RS Nick, we love c series! Have fun

Thanks for the welcomes. Hi Neil, Not sure about the trailer. I have never noticed any name on it. It has sides and a back which can be removed, as you can see in the picture.

Welcome to Redsuare Nick, im just up the M5 from you in Somerset, love the C141. is that a saxon trailer you are pulling?

These children will remember this project for the rest of their lives. When you are long gone from this earth, you will be fondly remembered as the teacher who cared. I venture to say that next year you will have trouble with the amount of students who will be clamoring for inclusion it the new project. When you mentioned that they were going to build that shed, I realized it would soon be too small for you needs. Your school is so very lucky to have such a giving teacher. You just do not see that kind of extra effort in todays world. You are doing Gods work, molding the lives of tomorrows leaders.

Wish somebody would dump on me like that, I had to buy mine. LOL

All I get from my neighbors are mangled beer cans ,cig butts, and an occasional bag of special pancake mix from Maine

Congrats! and what a great neighbor you have.

Nice to meet you all.

Man, you can't have that thing in Baltimore. They are not allowed. Let me come down tomorrow and pick it up. Just kidding...I don't have neighbors like that up here in the burbs. You don't mind being dumped on when it's something like that.

Yeah, nice score there.

My neighbor would come over and try to steal a mower, cheeeeeeeesh.. Best of luck. It looks really nice. Glenn

maine is very high on prices along with taxes

welcome to the group

I always use low range in 1st gear, and at that I'll still feather the clutch. Remember that the body of the tiller will sit up on the hard ground so you will have to either overlap your lines or cross-till until you have worked up the ground enough to get the tiller to go deeper. I can get my tiller to dig so deep the front edge of the shroud ends up pushing dirt. You don't need special tires or weights but weight in the front will help the front of the tractor from lifting when you are driving around with the tiller on. I don't use a lift spring as it prevents the tiller from digging as deep but if you need it for lifting assistance then go ahead and use it.

Thank you guys! It was a great opportunity for the kids. Well we will be back at it tonight. So much to do in such a little amount of time. We will make that deadline if it means some sleepless nights helping those young ones finish their project. Time to kick this baby in to high gear! Hold on everyone..........it is going to be a wild ride to the finish!

Just got my Lawn & Garden magazine yesterday, and the article on the kids and the club was just great. Kudos to you Scott for the great job. Sent from my Moto G using Tapatalk

Our first wheel horse came with one.