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Today's drive was from Portland Maine to Colebrook NH and back via much of Route 26 through Grafton Notch Maine and Dixville Notch New Hampshire.

My restored and modified 1967 867 and 1979 C-101. You can tell I drove a lot of Farmalls back in the late 50's when I was a teenager.

Having a John Deere is probably a bit nicer than receiving a Dear John…

I gave this one a set of teeth. I was getting tired of using a pitchfork, so I made a 4 foot wide pitchfork. That'll move those piles of cow shed hay and straw bedding a lot faster than me and my 2 hands. I made it so I can remove or install it pretty quick and easy. it slides into the bucket, under that strip of angle iron in the back and pop in 3 bolts along the front, and its ready to rock and roll. and you observe right... my welds are good enough and not much better.

I wanted to post this but I had to use YouTube.

When I picked up the 417-A last weekend, the PO told me that he bought it 6 months ago to use it as a mower, but never liked the way it cut so he decided to sell it. I think I found the issue. Grass was really wet from the rain today and it was getting dark out, so I'll mow with it tomorrow on the 418-A now that the deck is cleaned and the blades are sharpened and installed correctly. Engine compression on the KT17QS is excellent. IMG_0722.mp4

Is that the sun ther Sparky?? We haven't seen that in days!

The big Kohler engine would need to crank for a bit to start after sitting but it would fire right off quickly when restarting within a day or short term. Installed an electric fuel pump to solve the issue but I didn't want to listen to it running and thumping the whole time while cruising around at shows and such. A primer bulb is typically my go to fix but for this rig it's a better set up with an electric pump. Since the engine runs perfectly fine except for the slow starting, I decided to wire the pump to the starting circuit instead of a full time circuit when it's running. It pumps only when engaging the starter and the engine fires right up now. No need for it to click and run the whole time and the tired mechanical pump can still pull fuel through the check valves of the electric pump no problem so far. Just for anyone considering installing an electric fuel pump.

Said goodbye to two of my friends today. Hope they enjoy their new home.

Once my engine is running I can't hear my Facet Posi flo pumps running. You got supersonic hearing? Maybe John is Lee Majors in disguise?

Stopped at a rest stop near Rockford, IL…. With my hosens and my new @19richie66 drink holder!

Regardless of the weapon, shot placement is essintial for a safe humane harvest. With a double lung pass thru shot, a whitetail deer will expire in 8-10 seconds. The effective range of an arrow that is traveling at 300 ft/second is obviously much less than a bullet that is at 3000 ft/second. I have taken deer at 51 yds with a bow and at 478 yds with a rifle. Knowledge of the projectile drop and accurate laser measure of the distance makes this possible.

I don't know Ron, but I think some of the hardcore WH members here will have a rash over the IH and Farmall decals.......

Those caps have tiny vents. Probably from acid sloshing around inside and spilling out. Battery may have been over full on a cell or 2. DON"T DRINK IT!

OK...I have a spare 3 speed transmission in the garage and I went out there to see if I knew what I was talking about... @squonk OK, I was wrong, kind of. In neutral, spinning one axle...the other goes in the opposite direction (that is internal in the differential). You can stop one axle and the other can still turn, but instead of spinning pinions, you are turning the whole differential and it is spinning like Mike said. So, it could very well be the right outer axle bearing is junk and holding the right axle...and that is all that is wrong.

Here is my self-made .pdf file of how to make the upgrade to the Tach-o-Matic system, including the Front Hitch and Mule Drive...pics included. MULE DRIVE UPGRADE DETAIL.pdf

Hey guys, this was outside the kitchen window yesterday...

Finally got it done. I tried to get it started for the first time in 3 years and I turned the key and nothing. So I had to get the ohm meter out to find the problem. I decided to use the amp gage to see if it was charging and sure enough it was dead. I had another gage from my 74 c160 that was working ok before I changed it to a voltage gage. Well this time after about 2 seconds it fired up and runs great. And I decided to install the only seat i kept and made. Everything works and no more rust except for a few bolts I reused. Im very happy with my C160's.

Beautiful!!! Who's driving while you're takin' all them photos??? BBT do that for you too?

For @ebinmaine. Heard lots of complaints about a "hard to work throttle" "Idle or fast nothing in between" ect on the short frame small block tractors. I had the same issue on HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!!. I've messed with it and messed with it some more. Couldn't come up with an answer. Cable was free. Throttle wheel was free. I bought a pair genuine Toro 102118 throttle cables at the show. These cost close to $30! But I have had trouble with the crimps coming loose or the knobs falling off of the aftermarket ones. I came up with the idea if maybe I made the cable a little extra long, it would " Give" a little when pulled and maybe work smoother. Picture of the new cable compared to the one that was on the tractor. New cable was 45" OA length. I installed the entire cable on and then played with the length of the conduit in the clamp to where the cable didn't stick out too far when the hood was closed.I wanted the conduit a bit longer than the old one. I cut 10 1/2" off. So the new cable will be approx. 4" longer than the old one. I installed the cable with 3/4" of conduit on the throttle side of the clamp. With the knob pushed in the cable extends out of the conduit 1 3/4"

PeeAaa archery season opened last Sat. I'm seeing deer every day, but no shooters yet.

Hello everyone, I just got some ...pretty horrible news from a close friend of mine, Charles. He has very aggressive bladder cancer. One thing to keep in mind, we serve a healing Jesus. That is the best treatement option that exists. Please, dear colleagues, please keep my friend in your prayers. He entered my life in a time when I truly needed a friend. I don't know what I will do without having him in my life. Again, please keep Charles in your prayers, that the Lord will intervene in this situation. Don

Just purchased this from a neighbor, it's almost 15 years old and seen very little use. I think it will be one of the best $50.00 dollars I have spent recently, put it to work today. Sure did save me a bunch of work. So a can of red paint and it will be all fine, RIGHT.

Picked this up a few years ago. It was a bit rough but it was intact and free. After I got it running it sat for another couple years, until I decided do something a month or so ago... I wanted a different look so this is where I went. Kenda Bear Claws in back, Carlyle X-TRACs up front. Changed pulley sizes for a top speed of 12-13 mph. Its alot of fun on the trails!

Took me a minute but then...upside down? Really? Amazed it cut at all--seems like it'd just bludgeon the grass! I'm hoping you got a good deal!

This is not on a WH and it's located right near the seat on a Roof tractor. It's not a Facet pump either. The muffler used is a small car muffler so the engine noise iis quieter than your normal tractors are . Still, why run it all the time when it's not needed?

SOLVED: the spring was too tight so I stretched it out a little and it ran fine. Still burning a little oil though.

You would need a different starter generator because if you turn it around it would be spinning the wrong way.

Can't you open it up today??? Please !!!

Ah, an IH Cub Cadet dozer/snow blade! They are really built strong and the mechanisms for the pivot and the spring lock are quite clever. I got one last year that I'm planning to repurpose.

Yesterday helped my mate remove the back body off his ex-military 101 Land Rover. All by hand as no lifting gear. Just thought and ingenuity. The nuts bolts did take some undoing after something like 46yrs and a thick coating of underseal. Today cleaned out the house gutters of leaves and swept the yard, paths etc. Going to be a regular job for the next month or so. Wouldn't mind so much, but they're next doors tree's the leaves come off.

Somehow you goofed up the governor.

My wife and I have a 2020 ford f-350 with the power stroke which pulls our 5th wheel camper, I have lost count of the times I have wished I could swap out that automatic transmission for a road ranger.

No exact science. About 15 years ago I shot one with a 308, that I had used many times with great success. (bullet selection will make a difference too), but anyway just a tad over a hundred. It was in the bottom meadow, after the shot it turned to the right jumped the creek and ran straight up some of the steepest Pa terrain for another 100 yards and stopped standing as if i missed. I aimed again and cracked of another, took three steps and fell. It started sliding down and got caught on a sapling. It was so steep, I had to go out of the way to get up there. What a workout. When I took the hide off there were two holes about 3 inches apart, with good expansion. One got the heart, other in lungs. figured the first shot was lungs. I shot q few in the lung and my experience is like Ed said, within 10 and down, but this was one of the few that went up and far.

At first, looking at those cracked up roads.....I thought you were in Pennsylvania!

When he was still in velvet. Antlers are backwards because of the selfie...

I remember many a day coming back off long island and through the city thinking if I have push that clutch in one more time and hold it I will never make it. An automatic would have been very handy. Erick I always enjoyed my fall trips through New England.

Thats one of the new things I just haven't come around to yet. We just got a new to us rollback at work, with an Allison. I have yet to drive it...its a nice truck but I refuse to give up my old Freightliner FL60 with the 5.9 Cummins and 6 speed behind it. Automatics are great in small cars and half ton pickups, anything bigger than that I want to be able to shift my own gears. But then again I have been accused of being old fashioned by the guys at the shop more than once. The original plan was to sell the Freightliner once the new truck was up and running, but our new boss changed his mind after I told him if he sold my truck he'd be running the towing side of things solo, cause I wasn't driving no rig with an auto in it. Beautiful view from your trip today, thanks for sharing

Oh... Sorry, I forgot... I also bought a t-shirt for my horse... Don

Last of the fab work is done. Clean up and paint next. The Trac Vac boot was for a Deere, but it fit this deck like a glove.

What do you haul? I had my own dump truck for 8-9 years in my twenties. Its hard to believe the Allisons are becoming more common than manual transmissions these days. No one knows how to shift or not destroy a clutch in 6 months.

Update and finished restoration....FINALLY. After a long time it is finally finished and runs like a dream! I sanded and painted the entire thing. Rewired it and installed new decals. Rebuild the transmission and carb- split transmission without pulling hubs FYI. I had to hand stitch a new seat cover for it. LOTS OF WORK but totally worth it. Just waiting on the fuel cap to show in the mail. Lol I am now looking for a loader, tiller and 3 point finish mower.

Awesome Lane ... gotta love that dealer sticker on the back of the tool box!