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When I first moved here 36 years ago immediately I had plans for a lifetime of improvements. Many happened many did not. A much needed one was in the laundry room which was basically the smallest room in the house containing the heating unit water heater gas meter (the size of an RJ) a plastic sink and a couple of miles of exposed plumbing both gas and water. Forward 6 years nothing done yet and one time while overseas on vacation water heater bursts and basically destroyed the first floor. I have no basement. As one would have it of course the floor in the laundry room was totally out of level towards the rest of house. So that was the time for the improvements, first of which was a tankless water heater . Idea also was to hide all plumbing but still keep all critical points accessible along with emergency shutoffs for gas and water. RJ sized gas meter got relocated to the outside. Washer and drier got changed to under counter units so counter space which was none could be obtained. Floor was redone pitching totally to a drain located under sink and in addition to that 6 " high "curbs" installed everywhere but at doorway just in case. I made all of the cabinetry upper cabinets being extra deep 18". There is storage all around room for everything , nothing ever needing to be exposed. Pull out hampers, shoe racks etc. all plumbing and electrical was concealed. Back splash and soffits above cabinets hiding plumbing and electrical can all be removed within minutes without any tools. All emergency shut offs are fully accessible and water and gas alarms installed also. Water heater , house heater and alarm unit all neatly in one small area ventilated and fully accessible. It is a highly used room doubling also as a mud room and in reality our main point of entry and exit from house.

Getting closer . Just have the rear fender pan left to paint.

Loader got some new shoes. 26-12-12 Carslile Versa Turf tires with 89lbs of rim guard and double wheel weights. Each wheel is about 240lbs

Found me a 1045 today all original beside missing seat which I have and missing the starter generator belt cover to figure looking if anyone has one... transmission is going to need some work found this gem on a market place add under vintage farm toys had such a good price I couldn’t pass it up motor is free and has a serial tag I didn’t get a picture of it I believe there is a registry for these?

Saturday, my brother’s family came over, along with our mom. It was the first time the kids have ever come over. We cooked out and it only took 3 grills and 6 hours! The charcoal just wouldn’t snake properly to get 200 degrees, then the meat went into the electric smoker, then finished on the LP grill. The onion bombs, though lunch was served at 3pm, were absolutely amazing! More pictures of the main event, tractor rides, coming soon...

Grass had finally grown enough to put in some seat time over the weekend! Greased all the various points on the 520H and the 48" deck and got some work done. Poured a little Sea Foam in with the no-ethanol gas; the Onan hunted briefly whenever the governor started to kick in for the first 20 minutes or so, then it smoothed right out. Not bad for having been in storage for a year and a half. Also woke up the Lawn-Boy M-Series mower for trimming... Nearly 30 year old machine; hadn't started in a year and a half, and it woke right up after a few pulls. Can't say as much for a three or four year old pressure washer with a modern Briggs OHV engine, which is stubbornly refusing to start. Out East, I rarely worried about the ethanol; gasoline and oil came in from Canada and over the past few years they kept dumping 100% gasoline in the area because they needed to use their crude from the oil sands. Here in Indiana, they make absolutely sure to mix in the Ethanol up to the limit. Fortunately, one of the gas stations close to home has a no-ethanol pump.

Wait... Family tree time...Gonna need a flowchart on this one... If @WHX24 is @pullstart's Uncle, and cheese curds are really good, then??? Oh man - we need to up the border security and keep you cheeseheads out of The Great Mitten... Our 's are not safe...

Here's a before. And a progress report pic. Not done yet. 3/4 or so plus the rakes at the ends of the gables. We're having the entire perimeter of the roof trim replaced as well. All Certainteed Vinylboards. All the metal and metal trim is made right North of us in Bridgton, ME. Everlast Roofing Company.

My wife and I wanted to build a raised bed this year to make gardening a little easier. We are wanting to grow tomatoes, peppers lettuce, radishes, and a few beans. After casting about on the internet, we decided to try a keyhole garden. These things are round, with a wedge indentation to allow easy access to all of the garden. They also have a built in compost bin in the center for scraps and weeds. Anyhow, I got the basic structure up today for our raised bed. Still need to make trim to go around the top, build the compost cage for the center, and fill it . I'll post more as it develops.

I'm late to the party but I was going to say a plane that doesn't fly.

All: This is a follow up to my thread about removing a broken hub set screw on the C81. I did not have a suitable Bearing Separator style puller, so I decided to make my own. I did have a good quality 3/4 inch fine thread Puller screw with a removable tapered nose to start with. Bought a HF Large Bearing Separator ($30), a 3 ft length of 1/2-13 threaded rod (#6), and 1 foot each or 1x2 and 1/2 x 2-1/2 Hot Rolled Steel ($40). The problem I ran into was I planned to tap the 1x2 for the Puller Screw, but the cost of a new tap approached my weekly food bill. Since I needed to buy the 5/8-18 Grade 8 bolts to attach the Extension Plates to the Separator, I bought a 5 pack of Grade 8 Hex nuts and machined a pair of symmetrical thru pockets in the bar, either side of the clearance hole. Made a new flat faced nose and brass washer for the screw - it worked perfectly to remove the hub. Note the Sharpie lines - needed to phase the pair of nuts so as not to bind on the screw. Bill

Or so @Achto says it's a Model G. I wouldn't know nothin about a Gibson other than a very cool tractor. Came home from work and this one was sitting in my garage. My bro from a different Mo (sorry Kev I have others) had this in his barn for decades and since he is selling his property to get ready to move he GAVE it to me. I always knew it was there but figured his boy was gonna take it. Turns out I got more room... not ... but gotta give him dibs I ever don't want it. Plow was a real bonus. She's a project and Dan doesn't know it yet that he is gonna come help me get it running and school me since him and his bros have one. Some PO put a coil and makeshift battery box on it and have the magneto hot wires so you guys will have to school me on that too. Nuttin like two odd balls in the herd.... may have to have a fire sale to make room ....

Got the loader mounted and operational. My winter axle swap turned into more of a restoration but it is finally done and ready to start working on my yard. Painting the loader and all parts wasn’t that enjoyable but it came out decent enough.

Hello everyone. New here. Been using this site for help for a while. Decided it's about time to join. Have a 314H (Lil' Redd), 416H (Redd), 520H (Big Redd), GT1642 (Hoss). Oh and GT1554 Cub Cadet (Cubby). These were picked up to have something to do after retirement.

On Friday my middle daughter married her future Husband. we do it Corona conform, only outside the registry Office we be without masks after Testing. They agree to keep her Surname as Family Name - a big honor for me, but now i become the „Senior“ Sign... it make me feel immediately a little older.. 😉 back at Home and after Job i spent a little time into the Shed and plan a little further the Rear Backhoe for the Beast. as allway‘s i like to use Things i have on hands. So i must build and construct a few things my own. i just need 2 Hydraulic cylindres, but i like to rethink the whole Design a little bit more. I plan to angle the main Boom at about 20-30 deg. To get any thing finished, i reworked the Seat of the Beast to be springloaded with 2 finally arrived Harley Davidson Seatsprings. to use them i must insert 2 Angleiron‘s as Spacer. Than i welded them on and Slap little paint on the spacers, to get it back in its before finish. This lifts the Seat at 8 cm up, but less than the Seat i tried before. That become very Comfy and the spring rate seems to be very smooth.

The brain refuses Too many projects to do And must have coffee

I could make up a new spacer but I think this exhaust sealing muck may have solved it for now. Been running the engine occasionally today. No leaks!! In other news: I've been working on getting the Mckissick chipper set-up on the C160. Got the PTO all on and seems adjusted ok. Had to sand the crankshaft smooth after having nothing on it for 2 years. Of the 3 or 4 PTO bells I have I chose the one with the smoothest and thickest clutch face. Trina painted it on the outside along with all the linkage. I sanded the friction surface by laying 120 grit on Advantech flooring (my workbench). Push push twist. Repeat. Push push twist. Repeat. Push push twist. Repeat. Just like sanding/planing a cylinder head. Installed a mid tach o matic hitch and bolted the hoop brackets on. Got the Wheelhorse/Mckissick bracket all bolted up. Hung the chipper out front there. I have 4 belts. Longest was still way too short. No worries. I'll get more in a day or 3 and try again. In other other news: I took the Charger hydro for it's maiden work voyage today. I CAN see why you folks are enamored with them as a plow rig. As a forest/woods runner in mountainous terrain.... No. Nope. Not even. I'll get it tweaked and running better. Keep it til wintah. I really am VERY much looking forward to using it for snow removal with the hydraulic lift.

I got the motor on the stand, and fired it up. A little coaxing with some starting fluid, and it took off. It seems to pop quite a bit. I am going to remove the head, and clean everything up, and see what happens. I have a China carb on it for now, the original is soaking. There were no strange noises from the block with a stethoscope, so maybe I would get to rebuild this one after Some new points, and a rebuilt carb, may be all it needs. 20210503_064220.mp4 all.

Hi guys we have American made reproduction tanks for RJs Exact size of original but made from 16 gage steel so they are heavier fill and outlet are in original locations contact Rob with any questions pics to follow!!

I'd blame it on ethanol too. Might not be but I'd still blame it! Lousy crap!

I got an Allis Chalmers B112 from a friend about 12 years ago. I'm pretty sure it had never seen ethanol fuel because it had been sitting for several years prior. At the time, I wasn't really familiar with the problems caused by ethanol. I got it running easily but no matter how much I cleaned the fuel system I kept getting these fine black particles in the fuel bowl causing running issues. Finally I figured out the ethanol was eating the old fuel line from the inside out. I replaced the line with newer line designed for ethanol and all was good. Have gone out of my way to use non-ethanol fuel since.

Ran the 416H hard all weekend cutting tall grass and weeds. It also had energy to pull this 414-8 from my neighbor's house to mine. He passed away last month and he told his wife he wanted me to have his tractor. It was pretty clean when he got it a few years ago, but it has been outside for the past few years and it shows, but I'll get it cleaned up. I'm pretty sure he used it over the winter so it shouldn't be too much trouble to get it running. I was excited about the deck-it's a 99 42" deck with the reinforcing bar but when I pulled it off and started cleaning it I realized it has some rust-through on the top where the guards held grass and it got wet. Otherwise the deck is surprisingly solid so maybe it's worth trying to salvage it?? I don't normally name my tractors but I'll call this one George after my neighbor.

It has been a while But now, the Haiku is back Our brains, back to work!

That works, just need to put it in the right format, so... We was giving Syl- Via the haiku police A vacation... Beer

We was giving Sylvia the haiku police a vacation...

It's too early here For proper mental function Maybe later on.....

HAHA with all seriousness he is my step dad as much as he might not want to clam me

I did, shouldn’t have but did... just trying to better the herd... no big cuts out the hood on this one and who doesn’t like the look of a 1045.. Haha always taking lesson from the father @WHX24 no state lines crossed which I was amazed.. only a hr from home, I do have 4 boys and they seem to be getting into it more and more every year

I have the 656, and the 876, both sitting here in the garage. Got the wheels and tires back on the 656. Bright and shinny. Both of these tractors are 3o minutes work away from being complete, if I just had the parts. Waiting for parts . I also brought the C125 up from storage. It's the next project. I have not done anything to it yet. I plan t o pull the motor tomorrow, put it up on my test stand, to see what I can find out. I have to learn how to do a leak down test. I have a metal fender pan on the way from Lincoln. Yaaaah....another free pen that actually works. I see already there are a few more things I am going to have to order. I have looked at what manuals I was able to find on line, and I can't find anything about a free-wheeling valve on a C-125 A. Is there one?

Congratulations, The Gibson D I saw and posted a picture of a few weeks ago had a broken frame to transaxle casting mount and no engine. Someone else picked it up and its parted out, currently for sale on Clist in my area. If you need anything I'll be glad to help you. You sure must be living right for these thinks to just keep falling out of the sky and landing in your driveway. A Hooded Gibson is one of my bucket list tractors. Those are right up there with Pond Seniors.

I agree with the above, Mark. How long ago was it last run? I tend to run mine every now and then if not being used. So far I've never had problems. Maybe I shouldn't have said the last sentence.

Well I took my maiden voyage on the 1075 today. It runs and drives great. Not so pretty but looks are not everything. I was having so much fun with it that I ran out of gas half way down my street. Ughhhhh. I had left the wrench under the seat to open and close the valve on the tranny so I was able to push it back home. Added more fuel and I was off and running again. Battery dosnt seem to hold a charge or it isnt charging. The cigarette lighter works !! To bad I dont smoke. Not sure what I want to do with it or where to start first. I think the tires and wheels. They have been painted and who ever did it did an awful job. Paint all over where it isnt suppose to be. I may paint the tires then try to get all the white paint off them. They are original Wheel Horse tires so I like to keep them. Anyone ever use black paint on tires before?

Appreciate Beer Along with cashews of course are on the job

Not to pick on you Cas, but that when I saw that first pic I thought I was standing in the break room for the maternity ward at the hospital I worked at! Only thing missing was the 2 dozen pairs of shoes all around the floor.

Excellent puller. You may find if you pull more hubs you will tweak those thru bolts across the separator but that's a simple fix with bolts. . Threading the hole would give more pulling power but now I'm assuming the hole is too big to tap. I welded my 2 nuts together ( ) on my puller to keep them from binding.

It’s ok Sylvia... Uncle Jim’s more like my (much older) brother from another mother. I think @PeacemakerJack and @Coulter Caleb coined the nickname Uncle Jim and it just stuck.

Polished and installed the heat shield, installed a few decals and some controls.

I actually... moved earth with my L-157 today. I moved a large hill (removing a big tree and using the Wheel Horse to pull the tree into my gully). I then tilled the hill and removed the rest of the tree roots. I did everything without breaking a 'work' sweat... except for chopping the tree down. I used all the dirt and made a path across a ditch that runs to my pond. I hauled loads of extra dirt in with my trailer hooked up to the horse. I compacted the dirt to make the path across the ditch. I also hauled in rock for the ditch to prevent further erosion. ANYHOO... now I have an over 6 foot wide, probably 25 foot long path going over the ditch that didn't exist previously... (I don't think anyone would believe all the work that the L-157 did today...). SERIOUSLY amazing. If I remember, I will take a picture and show you guys... The Wheel Horse worked its little hiney off!!! I don't think it broke a sweat either... Don

I see your a young Wisconsin guy. Your sure trying to look innocent with all those young kids in your picture So finding a 1045 would make one wonder if you've been taking lessons from those other Cheese Heads. Fes up now, what state lines did you cross. BTW Nice Find!

Trouble shoot and repaired a small issue with Dug's clutch switch, did a little more painting on Dug's new Jewelry, installed some jewelry that was already finished!

Ahhhhh.....music to my ears.The sweet sound of a Kohler idling.Oh,OK,I like the sound of an Onan too.Kinda like a Briggs and a techy too,now that I think of it.

I've got a friend that is a member of the New York State Gasoline Retailers Association.He tells me that the gasoline producers have been sneaking as much as 20 % ethanol into the gasoline when it should be in fact,not greater than 10%.I buy nothing but ethanol free gas for all my small engines,but I gotta tell ya,that gas is pretty darnn crappy too.Not much of a shelf life at all.If you don't keep the can tightly sealed,it evaporates pretty quickly too.

Not at all easy to come by in the NY metro area. Not enough demand. Some marinas used to carry it but the ones near me have refocused on higher octane E-10 as there are fewer and fewer old boats in their clientele. Older boats continue to have problems with ethanol eating holes in the fuel tanks integrated into the hulls (in case you thought a hole in a WH fuel tank was a pain)!

I am fluent only in a couple Kohler dialects, but am certain that one is saying "put-put-put-me-on-a-tractor"...

Yep. That is the standard issue ethanol pearls right there.

My heater is 8 yrs. old. Not that old. Wife wanted it and we have kept track of the costs since install. I was going thru the tank models every 5 years. I had to remove the temperature controls every 2 years and de-liming the probe. PITA. De-scaling a tankless, piece of cake. With the vent height issues I had to be careful with the piping and had to replace the heater venting and furnace venting every 3 years. Now without the water heater tied into the furnace vent It has lasted over 5 before I see any rust. Another 2 years this heater will have paid for itself including the spare parts I have on hand. And you could line up all of Jim's tractors and I could power wash them all and still have hot water coming!

Wasn't much of a thought at all by either one of us about going with an asphalt roof. We both like the look of metal much better. The lifespan of a metal roof is far longer than most shingle roofs. Snow just....... Slides off...... So there's no concern about keeping the first two or three feet clear all the time. We were considering a black metal roof for a while for efficiency reasons but decided to go for red. Very happy we went that way.

More tote andhaul work for the Horse today. Got the main structure assembled for the keyhole garden. When I finished that, I mowed the lawn. Still have the SD deck with the muncher plate on. Mowed ok. As I was approaching the shed to park the Horse, I noticed a broken branch hanging and dead in a tree in the edge of the woods. Grabbed the logging chain, wrapped it around the branch and my receiver hitch, then applied pull in 3rd low. This broke the branch in half where the chain was attached. Re-wrapped the chain on the still hanging part of the branch, applied a little more aggressive pull in 1st high, and the branch came down. Now there is chainsaw and trailer work for another day.

Gotta love the new led headlights. So much brighter!