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Nut and bolt restoration, starting to reassemble. Have 8" front wheels and dropped spindles New tires and restored rims yet to come Every component media blasted, primed and painted

I got to have some fun last night with my 418-A with 42' plow attachment. Video is 10x speed since it was about 40 minutes of actual video. Camera was suction cupped to the top of the 42" snow blower w/ a tall chute attached to my 520-H. First time all year with some real accumulation, and first time pushing with the 418-A (last year I used my 312-8). This tractor is a beast and worked flawlessly, and having the plow on a hydro / automatic this year was awesome. Had some technical difficulties with the tractor lights towards the end, but got everything working just fine today. Wheel_Horse_418-A_with_42_inch_blade_snow_plowing_1-17-2020_at_10x_speed.mp4

I found this TORO branded tractor trailer while Christmas shopping this past December and figured that since most of the other bigger true "Wheel Horse" haulers go for a mint and all my tractors are from the TORO era why not get it then modify to my liking with some decals... I haven't applied them yet but took a few pictures to show what they may end up looking like... I really prefer 1 set over the other but please feel free to voice an opinion, thanks Jeff.

So my friend Mickey died recently, and his estate is suing his landlord over it. He recently moved into a new apartment, the place was listed at "Move in ready, with in unit exercise equipment". Mickey thought that was great since he was kind of a fitness buff, but the treadmill the landlord had supplied in the apartment didn't have any safety stuff, no pull cord with a key, no hand rails, not even the things on the side you can put your feet on to stop running. The ME said that he died when the treadmill got going too fast and he just couldn't manage get off safely. Services will be held January 18th at 2:00 in Carlisle PA.

First real test. Five inches of wet snow this morning around Cleveland ... No chains - plenty of traction. Boys and their toys ! IMG_1840.MP4

I have a thing for old barns and finally have one (16th century) part of which will be used for my wheel horses. I'm clearing out an area in prep for storage but following spinal surgery will need a table lift or similar to continue maintaining them in the future as I refuse to simply give in and let someone else do it. I'd like to see your maintenance lift set up if you use one for ideas going forward any pics would be much appreciated. I only have four at the moment C161, D512, 416-8 and a 704 but plan to expand, that is, when the good lady isn't looking 😉

That should hold.

Tank of gas and a wee bit of oil after plowing 4 driveways worth of Michigan sunshine!!!

Been waiting for some decent snow and were forecasted for 5-8 inches. Only got 3 inches but very wet and heavy tho. Could use little bit more weight but all in all very happy with the way she pushes!

Today we live in a time where everything is already done for us therefor the main reason why talented and resourceful individuals are becoming a rarity. I too have been lucky to have been inside of structures such as this one and I can tell all that there is a feeling of awe and humbleness that takes me over when in them. Like I said before, a building such as this one has soul. Even an untrained individual cannot but help to be mesmerized by the sheer presence of it and its components and admire the effort, ingenuity and resourcefulness that went into the building of it. Imagine looking at a standing live tree and assessing its size, girth, and curvature and placing it in your mind as one of the structure components . Then felling it by hand and hewing it with hand tools always with the end product mind . Used to a world of machinery and manufactured precision today, one looks at those beams and wonders how it is possible to build with such rough irregular components without fasteners a building that lasts for many lifetimes. I can tell you that it is because precision is meaningless and nothing but a useless obsession when it comes into things such as this. It is the use of physics such as gravity and knowledge of simple facts like wood movement, such as to make the collar beams out of dried wood and the beam out of green wood so when the beam dries it shrinks the sides of the mortise against the cheeks of the tenon creating a perfectly tight joint that needs no glue or fasteners, just to mention a couple. Such individuals merely used knowledge handed down through generations that is tried and true, but unfortunately soon to be lost. I have individuals in my family that were illiterate, could not even read a ruler and basically built monuments with an ax. We are referring to this particular building as a barn,and treating it as such, but trust me when I say that despite its visual roughness and seemingly lack of preciseness in its construction, it is indeed a real monument.

Not so much made as converted/ upcycled... needed a small lamp for the house and had this vintage camera lying around that didn't work so... got the idea online , had some old style flex around and this was the end result... just the right size for what was needed

OMG man, I can't believe I just read your whole post and thought, oh that's too bad, even glanced quickly at the photo and thought, well that's weird, and didn't catch on until I read a couple of replies. Good grief I'm dense!

I need to trim some of the wall creeping plants and clear the roof, flower beds late winter early spring.. Thankfully its not evasive like ivy so easily done without damage to the walls..

If you have a Lowe's or a metal fabrication shop nearby you can get a piece of the right size diameter steel and make one up.

I knew the uneven spot in the driveway was coming. I normally get the tip of the vee plow up to glide over it. Today, I don’t know if the switch was slow to act, or possibly I hit the wrong direction. There’s a lot going on in the cab with one control running two plows up and down, plus 4 wings moving.

Lower, flameless one for me as well. Wish I could find something like the GMC one over here. I'll have to pay a visit to the local model shop next time in town.

Here's the Nylint version... The one I snagged is ERTL but about 1/2 size.

A pair of pennies will only cost you 2 cents.

http://www.offroaders.com/tech/firewood-BTU.htm

That building has "soul". Can you take some more detailed photos specially of the joints where beams intersect?

Ok, so you know the drill. you shake the carb float and cannot hear anything that sounds like liquid. You float it in a cup of liquid. is it really OK? Not necessarily. I was inside an old forrest gump Snapper rider carb and it has sat for years and years. The carb has a little brown goo in the bowl, but it cleaned up well as did the float with a bit of lacquer thinner. I had no reason to suspect a bad float, but this is a sure fire test. If there WAS any old gas inside the float, it probably would be pretty thick anyway, so I did my test. Just run some hot water as hot as you can stand in a container and immerse the float. The metal heats up quickly and causes the air inside to expand ----. bubbles happen pretty quickly. Just for fun, i immersed the float into cold water, and quite a bit of the water sucked back inside the float. Very evident that the liquid got inside. It rattled a treat. I just watched a video that has 35k subscribers and the guy is pretty good with carbs, and the guy just threw the float in a container of gas and it floated. He called it good and went on. My old float floated just a high as his float did, BTW. That's why I am sharing this here. BTW, you can repair these floats with solder in a pinch, but I buy new ones if it is possible. i dry out what is inside by setting them outside on top of an incandescent light bulb well away from a building and then after they boil dry and quit spewing fumes, use solder or gas tank liner to fix them..

Nice job on that repair Kevin. Upper part of the crack, circled in red, looks like it may be older than the lower part, circled in blue...?

We've got a bone in pork butt in the crockpot right now and after its 10hr slow cook it will get shredded up for pulled pork. NO FEET!!!

I was able to jack the plow in place... or close enough to bust out the welder. I’ll get the trip springs out of the way then start burning on the steel.

You need to tighten up the rivet in the dash throttle control or replace the rivet with a bolt and nylock nut so the tension can be adjusted. The faster the engine runs to more pressure the governor exerts on the throttle cable trying to slow the engine down. You need to match that pressure with the throttle cable. I use a bolt with about a 1/4" of shank that is not threaded. That way none of the pivoting parts are on the sharp threads which would cause wear. You will need to add flat washers as necessary so the nut does not run out of threads. Cut off the threads not needed. After assembly you can reach in there with two wrenches to adjust the tension needed. Garry

@Bertie that is indeed a beautiful structure! We don’t have anything of that age or beauty over here, but my Dad’s house is built of two log homes from the early 1800’s. We love older structures.

Reminds me of a soup I had in Graz, Austria a few years ago. Swines Axle Soup ….It was basically a bowl of warm lard with an entire pigs foot (axle) sitting in the middle. I did my best to consume it so as not to upset my host. May be you should put your soup on simmer for a ew days Paul.

In all honesty, if that popped up in my neck of the woods, I’d pop on it pretty quick. I’d get rid of the lights, put on a correct steering wheel, and add a square seat pan, paint the engine red, and be happy!

New throttle cable to replace broken one. Snapped mid cable... Only 38 years out of that cable... just can’t get good stuff these days... Cleaned air filter and carb. Gassed up and oiled, ready for the wee bit of snow that is reported on the SNOWMAGEDDON weather forecasts tonight and tomorrow... 5-7” forecast and you can rest assured from news reports that the end is near... At least I can go out riding in style...!

Bigger???!!! Man, its a 6 room house! What more could you ask for? One for you, One for the Boss, Kitchen, 2 baths and a shed for the WH's... PERFECT...

Thanks Stefan! Structurally, it appears the trip function absorbed the majority of impact... other than the plow frame that took the rest of the hit! P.S. GO TO SLEEP! 😜

I wish you were closer. Sure we would get along just fine, except for the whole not caring for close neighbors thing we share. If you and the wife leave now there will be some left for lunch tomorrow. Bring a trailer too.

Well said Jim. I think that's what attracted me to it as well...

Great Idea and both decals look good, tough decision, but having an old soul I vote for the flameless.

24 hours of soaking = Nada Glad this isn't a rush project

Most of this property here in Maine has Oak, Beech, Birch, Pine and Hemlock. I believe the wood shown in the following pics is Elm, please correct me if it isn't. The pic with the wood splitter hooked up to the ATV shows a piece being split and boy does that stuff rip and shred while being split. This was cut down in the fall of 2019 and will be used next winter. My question is this better suited for the outdoor fire pit or use it for supplemental heat in the woodstove.

Remove the ball and put a piece of round stock thru the hole and bolt to lower hole. Can the extender gain additional support from some bolts on the transmission. Maybe some here can help with that.

Mine just has a pin style hitch on the back. I have an aluminum 5 gallon bucket holder I'm thinking of modifying to fit on the back and filling it with sand. And yes so far my health is ok. Just keep trying different medications until I get one that doesn't mess me up with side effects

Way too much good meat on a pig to eat a foot. But I understand.

So, I'm confused. Can someone explain how a too small valve clearance that can only prevent a valve from closing can cause so much compression that a starter can not turn it over? What am I missing?

I am indeed, many of this type have been converted into homes or are in desperate condition. I have repairs to do but it will remain a working barn..

I am not that old. My mom is only 99

Your not the only one !!

@adsm08 may you can put his cousin opposite as counterweight...😂 Was there no possibillity if you removed the Fan out of it‘s case, to put a hare stall grid from inside the fancase onto in- and outlet. maybe a bit before the slope you talked about? so for first case the vibration problem was solved. But great story, think you catch us all.. 😂👍

You got us all.

It will burn just fine, just not a lot of BTUs and quite a bit of ashes. I learned how to split wood back in the ‘60s on the dead Dutch Elm that Dad cut for firewood that decade. I learned quickly to “peel” layers off those wood chunks versus the ‘normal’ method of splitting wood. I could ‘loose’ 3 or 4 wedges trying to split a big piece of elm thru the center.

Well I’m pretty happy with the progress today. I appreciate everybody’s help. It means a lot to me that we keep these machines going. I learn so much from everyone on here. Being 29 a lot of my generation doesn’t care or understand what was built in the USA. But there are some of us that do and will keep them going.

I took Horsey-2 (1988 312-8) out for its inaugural ride on my new property. It's been unseasonably warm and wet here in Western NY for January- so there's a lot of swamp right now. I wore a chest mounted GoPro and took this video. I got stuck twice- i haven't cleared a single log yet and it's running stock turf tires. The trans sounds a little whiney under throttle so i might try flushing it with diesel and refilling with some full synthetic gear oil. She fired RIGHT up though and didn't want much choke- not bad for 35 degree weather! It's going to be epic this summer once the ground is dry and i've done some proper trail making. I plan to give this one a pulley swap and 26" ATV tires out back to bump the top speed and make the lower gears more useful for recreational riding. right now i only use 2 and 3 high- used 1H once to crawl over a pile of rocks. She's got good clearance- it'll be better with bigger tires (19x7x8 up front on stock spindles should level it out).

I doubt that you will get deep enough with what you are making. Bite the bullet and just go rent a small, walk behind trencher and be done with it. Use your horse to back fill the trench. I have years of trenching experience with Ma-Bell...trust me.