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The entrance to the WH storage shed is always wet, this year really wet!!. Almost time to wake up the Summer horses and put the snow horses to bed. Don't want them getting all muddy so hauled some 2A stone. 310-8 is my mud season go to horse. Big fat tires, no weights, light tractor and 10 pinion limited slip she does really well no ruts left to fix later.

Just before my neighbor moved out he called me and asked me can you have a look at this generator.He told me he sold it to a guy who took it and filled it all the way up with gas and couldnt get it started. So the guy brought it back to my neighbor. Come to find out it was sitting for several months and we all know the what gas does after a long period of time! Gas was pouring out of it when l got it. I just put a new carb on and popped of the second pull! All this for 15 bucks! He hasnt called me back and that has been nearly two months ago!!

So I went to get a haircut this morning in the neighboring town of Kingsland. Saw a few garage sale sign so I though I'd check them out. The Garage Sales were a bust, but as I drove through the area, I spotted this 1960 Wheel Horse Suburban being used as a mail box post. It was chained and locked to the T post and the front rims were sunk well into the dirt like it had been there quite a while. I momentarily though about knockings on the door, but the hood was cut, there was no motor and the transmission shifter rubber boot was long gone. I say it's a 1960 as it had the treadplate foot rest. It's probable best left for the yard art it's currently being used for.

Stiffened up the transmission plate on the 1257Heavy today.

What did we do to it today... we got it dirty. It was a nice day to attack a compost pile. This thing saves a lot of digging... I shoulda bought one 20 yrs ago. We spread a good layer of compost on the garden. Beds filled and ready for veggies. Fun fun fun. It fits in all the places our skid steer can't go.

Haha! Funny stuff! So the short story is a friend of mine started RS as a high school project to set up a website/forum. He asked me to join so I did, that’s how I became the second member. My friend Chris @whchris has not been on this site in years, but he was member #1 although his profile shows his member number up in the 5000 plus range.

Got the K341 Thumper degreased and on the engine stand to evaluate for a rebuild.

Got some cool stuff in the mail today from wheelhorsepartsandmore today! Love it!

When I changed the front tyres on my C121 to chevrons, I decided to make myself a tyre / tire changer. I bought a cheap ‘Duck Bill’ thingy from the ‘bay’ for about £6.50p. (Cheap, incase it didn’t work). The upright is an ‘Acrow’ prop, used by builders, I’m using it upside down. The rest is made from anything I had ‘lying’ around, (read, ‘falling over’). The tube inside the upright can move up and down to lock the wheel and prevent it from turning when mounting / demounting the tire. The nylon cone centralises the wheel as the tube is pulled down by turning the ‘nut’ at the base, this Compresses the spring, (coil over shock assister spring), the nut is turned by foot via the two long bolts. Kicking the nut the other way round when you’ve finished allows the spring to push the inner pipe up thus releasing the wheel. I made it to attach to the towbar on my truck, but it works okay freestanding, as long as the tires aren’t 8ply! The ‘Duck Bill’ thingy, allegedly ‘Stainless Steel’, has started to rust, the chrome plating had flaked off, so I may try one of the nylon types available. I suppose Chinese chrome plating is cheaper than polishing the thing, and it probably isn’t a ‘rustless’ grade of ‘Stainless’ anyway.

Last fall one of my neighbors had her generator out in the driveway. They were trying to get it started. Said she sold it and the payer was coming over to pick it up later in the day. It would fire, then quit. I noticed that the handle and 'landing gear' was not installed, and the generator was nowhere near level. I blocked it up on a 2x4, getting it somewhat level, pulled the rope 2 or 3 times and off it went. The gas in the tank had run away from the pickup.

About 1/2 of the backhoe steel was cut with one. Just happened to see a good deal on CL for a larger Grizzly horizontal band saw so that took over the workload after. It could have been done 100% with the small saw but the big saw allowed for other things to happen while it was cutting so that sped things up quite a bit. But for everyday cutting, the hand saw is my go to tool. Easy fast more portable and no flying sparks. Those chop saws definitely have their place! You can usually find a good used one. Mine was bought used in 07, used hard and frequently and still going strong. The cheap POS bought at HF lasted about a week.

Painted the underside of some 416-8 tins to get a feel for mixing Rustoleum/acetone/hardener. For my first time I’m happy. The weather really wasn’t ideal for painting but I will definitely wait for better conditions to do the top sides. This was also the cheap harbor freight purple gun.

1955 RJ-35

Attached a wall base strip to reduce blowup New Ammeter Went for a test drive to adjust the carb, test the new PTO clutch, belts and the throttle would not stay in position for long so drilled hole through the rivet and sex bolted it tight to increase friction She's just about done until I can do some mowing (~3 weeks out). If all goes well (engine and trans work under heat and a good load) next is some Firestone Tri-Ribs like on this Ariens to make the steering (a lot!) easier and raise the front a little for more cut height (and they're 40 yrs old anyway!) The 2021 mowing team:

I have a large horizontal bansaw, but recently picked up this one really liking it

10,000 posts. Thank you all for your contributions.

@SylvanLakeWH these would hold even more!

656 - Predator Swap

Hard to beat that deal. I have one similar. A couple years ago one of the guys at work was complaining that he’d bought too small of a generator for his race car and wanted a 5000 watt instead. I asked him what he had and he just said that it was a little Honda 3000w. Turned out to be a little inverter type like shown in the photo. So I traded him my Home Depot 5000w noise machine for the Honda which is better suited to my needs. he never took the 5kw generator home. Then quit working for us. I called and texted and he eventually just told me not to worry about it. so, he basically gave me the Honda. meanwhile, I let the 5000w unit sit so long the carb has clogged up... steve

So yesterday I minisced the garden with my plow. This morning I realized I did it wrong so now I have to re-minisce it.

I can reminisce about things 20 or 30 years ago and cain't remember WTH I had for breakfast.

Only a popcorn holder? I was hoping that you came up with a popcorn popper attachment. Run the exhaust through a heat exchanger to make the popper pan hot, and an 8 gazillion to one reduction off of the PTO to run the stirring mechanism....... Would probably be a big hit at shows.

Been looking at adding tools to our arsenal here and there. I currently cut metal with a sawzall or jigsaw for the most part. To try for better precision on angles and overall ease I picked up an inexpensive Porter Cable chop saw.

Did they have computers when Sparky was in school?

Unreal!

I pretty much done what you are doing a while back. I will say the results are pretty nice. I use 10oz paint to 1 1/2 oz acetone. with 1/2 oz of hardner. I mix the thinner and hardner then add to the paint. Good results but the paint if left in the sun fades. I found that after it drys. I spray clear enamel over as a top coat. The beauty is the clear after it is dry can be cut and buffed to a real nice finish. The pic was from the testing thread and the area where the can is was sanded and buffed one time. You can kind of see the difference from the wheel well area.

New guy here and thanks for having me. I’ve been picking up a few lawn tractors this winter and doing what needs to be done and then selling them. Not WH stuff but, let’s just say, stuff that’s been made in this century. I’ve decided I’d like to work on something a little older and I’ve been watching FB for tractors. I see WH stuff but don’t know much about them. I saw a reasonable B80 this week but missed it so now I want a WH machine in the worst way. It looks like a lot of folks are fans of the brand. I have little knowledge of this brand other than what I’ve researched In the last week or so. I’m a retired guy that just loves to “wrench” on something. I’m not a collector (yet) and would more than likely sell whatever I worked on once I got it to a dependable state. I don’t need to make money on it but I do need to enjoy it. Can you give me any info on what models are common and would be a good candidate for minor restoration? Looks to me like the WH era to watch for is maybe mid 60’s to early 80’s. They are still around and solid machines that can be found at a reasonable price. I like this mid-size lawn tractors with a deck. I like original stuff. I doesn’t need to be pretty, but I like things to work well. Anyone in the Grand Rapids area who cares to talk tractors can PM me.

Could you add some disc on the shaft and mount the caliber somewhere? Simple hydraulic setup for go kart .

They also work great for cutting PVC pipe . Cutting all that pipe on a new construction for plumbing and ventilation by hand is a lot of work . Nice clean straight cuts every time .

On to the next 10,000.

“Phew!!” And I thought I was the only one! Now, what was I talking about?🤔🤔

Can I use that word in Scrabble?

I use an HVLP and Turbine from TP Tools. Paint anywhere there is a 110 outlet.

You buy me one and I will make it fit! On second thought maybe not, I can get in enough trouble with 14 HP.

Father talking to young son about tractors: ”Rem, In nisce garage ain’t nothin’ but “ ”Why Dad?” ”Bi nary you should know I reckon son... Rem, in nisce world there’s ten kindsa folk, thems that own and thems that don’t...”

I use a six inch power hacksaw for my heavy duty cutting of steel sections etc. I also have an evolution metal saw but I don't like it for steel, I only use it on aluminium. I have a plasma cutter for metal plate up to 1/2 inch thick which is really useful as it cuts non ferrous as well. Only uses compressed air so no consumables. I did have a large bandsaw but I moved it on as I didn't like it as much as the hacksaw. Chop saw is one thing I don't have but I can manage without one for most things I need to do. Mick

As you know most answers could be right but I thinks D is the best fit. The best info I found was in the 1972 patent and of course Webster.

@tunahead72 I'm in King George County, East of Fredericksburg about 30 miles. Bath co is on the western side of the state. Thanks for the suggestion on the rims, @richmondred01 also said he had a couple of rims so I plan to pick those up next week when I drop of the engine.

Here’s a bit of a re-introduction video...

The Colossus project make hit the 400 page mark. Nothing against EB , grandma was slow but she was old.

No more ugly side exit exhaust

@JCM no mud in the field today!

Looking very rugged

Have seen a few chop saws that the blade/head is not perpendicular to the base the material is clamped to. As the blade comes down it wants to cut left or right of where the cut started making the blade bind. Sometimes this can be adjusted out of them. If you can find 3/32" thick blades they require much less power than the 1/8" thick blades that seem to be more common resulting in faster cuts. I know one fellow that needed a 2nd saw so got a 12". Now he moves used 14" discs to the 12" saw for better mileage. Garry

I'm certainly not an expert on the subject and only read a few articles but it appears one major issue with USPS are the legacy costs - costs associated with retiree pensions and/or health care I believe overtime costs have also been mentioned - but the legacy costs appear to be the larger issue (and could be affecting other areas including hiring and therefore overtime) most any business model will be suspect if a significant portion of expenses are allocated to former employees that are not currently performing / working this includes for profit businesses ... non-profit ... sports teams

From what I've found on the web, it falls between spirits and acetone. I emailed tech support at Rustoleum some time ago asking if I could thin with spirits rather than xylene and they said yes I could but they could not condone it officially due to some EPA regulations regarding VOS/VOC emissions or some such BS.

A chop saw is in my someday list.

We was building Dan's trailer this tool was invaluable.

Mrs. P has a couple girlfriends over. Kids have one friend over. Shop night!