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Found @Achto’s future horse hauler, loaned tools / helped two parties get seats and a door out, helped a dude try to load two car doors in his compact car and finally walked away, then to top it off watched a wrecker towing a pt cruiser down the road on just the rim! Best people watching in a long time!

No kidding?? I'll take a PT Cruiser. Park it out side & call me once the patina has ripened to this point.

RESPECT THE MOSS !!

We took the RV to Fredericksburg, TX which is about 80 miles from home. Fredericksburg has capitalized on its old German Heritage, Peach growing, and now Wineries. The granite gravel sandy loan is said to be excellent for some variety of grapes. There are said to be 50-60 Wineries, Vineyards and recently Distilleries in a 50 mile radius of the town. My Uncle Eddie spoiled me in my teenage youth with his sweet Muscadine homemade wine, so I'm not much of a dry/tart wine person. Part of our trip was to visit and Hike at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. This 430 ft reddish pink granite done is a tiny exposed part of a 100 square mile granite rock. This photo is of off their website, much better than mine. The There are 11 miles of trail. The nice trail you see in the picture ends around the corner. We hiked about a mile to the bottom of the solid rock dome, then about a mile winding around the base of the dome. It had drizzled a little during the night in front of a cool front that was to blow through late in the evening. We saw some people slipping and falling as they climbed the dome. my wifes knee started bothering her a little, so we turned around an left it for a future day. I've climbed to the top when I was 20 years younger , with my sons on a Scout campout there. I suspect @ebinmaine would enjoy a hike here, even where we were part way up the view was spectacular. I certainly was on the lookout for rattlesnakes sunning themselves around the rocks, none seen, but there were there.. So I took my wife back to the RV and .............. Headed to a Tractor Museum.............that happen to be at a German Brewery..........that happened to have a tasting Pub. List of their Brews. I tried their German Pilsner and Doppelbock, 2 ends of the spectrum. Zier Gut! These wheels on the 110 HP Case steamer are over 7 ft tall. Ive never seen a wood steamer operating. This is a beast of a machine! I love the 3 brass steam whistles! Of course this tracked Oliver was one of my favorites. This is the Brewery, Restaurant and Special Events @Tractorhead, Their was a sign that said they are guided by the German Bier purity laws of 1516 and are brewed using only four ingredients: hops, barley, yeast and artesian spring water. It was a great way to end an afternoon. P.S. yes I could walk around the tractors while enjoying by bier.

Your story reminds me of this one Richard!

When I lived in central NY I had two thermostats and a seven day time clock connected to the furnace. Weekdays the time clock would switch at 8:00 am to the thermostat in the basement which was set to fifty degrees to keep the pipes from freezing. At 3:30 pm it would switch to the living area thermostat set at seventy degrees so it would be nice and warm when I got off work. Weekends it would stay on the living room thermostat. When I moved to Florida a friend and his bride rented the house for a year or so while they were building their new house, both of them worked so the whole thing worked well for them too. Once they were in their new house I sold the house to a couple with young children and a stay at home mom. When the winter weather started the lady of the house would complain to her husband that the house was cold all day, of course it was nice and warm when he got home so he figured she was crazy. One day the lady of the house saw my mother while shopping and they struck up a conversation. My mother knew about the time clock, problem solved, she wasn't crazy after all.

I always have some many tasks on hand, barely find time to fix my horses. . Every time I fix something, the next part has to be replaced. I have my raider now for just under a year. She still ain't running like she should. gastank is craked beyond plastic weld repair. I tried but no.. Replacement tanks are hard to find, and prefer a metal tank . So I think a honda GX 390 fuel tank will fit, now I have to find one. The Toro-dealer ain't helping either... over 1 month of waiting on parts for the C-161. Still don't have them. Any way I need a Horse tomorrow. So I slapped some wires on Amy... starter solenoid bad.. Jumped it, tankgromet was busted so stole it of my raider. I will have to grab some gas tomorrow and hope she will fire tomorrow.

"Where did you park the van?" "I don't know, it's all a little fuzzy now"

Fix / reinforce the end plate with 2pc of 2x2x6 angle iron... NO WELDING required. Here is a .pdf file to help. WHEELHORSE FRAME PLATE FIX.pdf

Hope springs eternal! No damage, just loose. Strap wrench around the drum, nut came right off. Cleaned it up, coat of paint, waiting for it to dry now. New brake lining on it's way.

Best entertainment value for your money. Pull your own part wrecking yards and All You Can Eat Chinese restaurants!

That’s mold on top of @Achto’s moss. oh you mean snow? We had a couple inches on the ground this morning. Now it’s mostly gone.

Maybe look onto using a go kart rack & pinion setup. Jungle site has kit for not much

One trick I use in the cooler weather is one I used in my old building model cars days as a kid. Stand your rattle cans upright in a saucepan filled with hot tap water. It quickly heats the paint (and raises the internal pressure too). Warm parts, warm paint and move them inside. Remember to towel dry the paint cans before use!!! Bill

@RetroMower, as I was reading your first post right around the hood part I said to myself, “hmm sounds like something is grounding out” then I kept reading! we’ve all been there… whether or not we want to admit it is a different story though. @Pullstart , @Achto, @WHX??, those are the best bargains. I got my 607 “non running” took it home cleaned the spark plug gave it a couple pulls, nothing. Put about a couple ounces of fresh gas in, pulled it once and it fired right up.

Thanks for the great pictures!! The 110hp Case is indeed quite a machine. It was also the very first tractor with power steering. Not sure if you noticed but there was no steering wheel on that tractor. Steering was accomplished with levers that sent steam to turn the steering spool. There is one these that comes to one of the local shows WI. It usually spends some time running a saw mill, threshing machine, and on occasion pulling a 12 bottom plow. The Bower City steam engine is one that I have not heard of before. Being made in Janesville WI, I would have thought that I would have seen one locally. I am infatuated with steam tractors, unfortunately my bank account will not support owning one. I do have some friends who will allow me to run their engines at shows some times. One of my favorite ones to run is my friend Willie's Illinois engine (one of 6 in operating condition). If he says I can run it, I'm there in the morning to clean the flues and start the fire with bells on. @oliver2-44, I really hope you get the opportunity to see one running and working some day. The power generated by these 100+yr old machines is really a site to behold. Steam engines rated their horse power with Clydesdales, gas engines horse power is rated with Shetland ponies.

I use Rustoleum Canvas White for my wheels. The tires are Deestone . In this case for the RJ I put 3.50 x 8. Instead of the bigger 4 . Here is a side by side view of tri-ribs 3.50 and 4.00. I have made some progress on the RJ since this first photo.

In the 90s I sold DuPont paint. Centari acrylic enamel single stage formula for that white was 1 full gallon of bright white base and a few DROPS of bright blue. Very cool stuff.

My first job in the auto body business was with a GMC truck dealer. Sometimes when we gave a quick makeover on a trade in the boss would say just use bucket paint. Meaning take leftover paint and mix it in a bucket. Got some strange colors from that.

Took the deck off, cleaned it up and flipped the wear bar on the plow and lubed everything up, then installed the plow. Ready.

Here's a few shots of while she was sleeping back in the day. When my brother built this car, he owned a small body shop with an RM lacquer tint mixing system. We'd spend hours inventing colors. The paint job on this car was one of those times. We'd never know what color we were looking for and sometimes the results were surprising. Like this car. We weren't going for "metallic pink" but it looks damn good with that weird maroon!

A pencil is indeed a tool and an important one. Yes white pencils are soft , actually softer than other colors, and are basically useless for marking dark woods. What to use depends on what kind of marking one wants to do. If it is just to put down a point at a certain dimension one could just use the white pencil right after sharpening. If precision is desired then other methods will have to be used. Precision requires an extremely fine line or point. One way to achieve that is to actually scratch (or cut) the wood with a marking knife, awl, or marking gauge. In those instances one has to be sure that incised mark is going to disappear by cutting on it or similar action. If the scratch is not desired such as when dealing with fished materials, then one uses masking tape on the area to be marked, making then the desired line or point on the tape. That method also helps in reducing tear out if one uses a cutting device that will tear on the upstroke such as a jigsaw or circular saw. I personally use a knife most of the times. It will give the finest line that can also be used to start a chisel for example by placing the cutting edge exactly on the cut.That is the method I use to inlay things such as hardware. If marking across the grain use the actual cutting edge of the knife. However if marking along the grain, reverse the knife and use the back of the edge which will produce more of a scratch , but it will not follow the grain creating an incorrect line. across the grain knife will follow what ever guide you use. X-Acto knifes are what I use mostly for marking. If they are to be long lines such as along a long bard for example, I use a chalk line. I use chalk lines with very light gauge "squid" fishing line on them. Such line is extremely strong ,being able to be stretched a lot, absorb chalk or ink well,and put down a line thinner than most pencils. That is how Japanese woodworkers make their marks. They however use mainly ink.

2:1 is a hair. How about something like this? Sorry for hijacking your thread KrazeyOlDave https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-RACING-STEERING-QUICKNER-QUICK-STEER-2-1-REDUCER-/290261978885

YOU GOT MOSSED!!!!!

I just brought this home but not sure what modle number it is. It has a 12 hp kohler serial number on it is 14132462. If I did my research correctly it's a 1984 engine. I'm guessing the same is true for the tractor. The tag on the tractor is completely wiped out and no numbers are readable . I picked it up for 50.00 was told it ran 3 years ago then parked. My winter project If anyone has a guess what it is let me know. Thanks.

Hunting Van, camo look!

But don’t lick it!

Not at all! I don't mind, and am the one who started the conversation.

I was in my tree stand at 530 AM and the moon was soo bright I felt like there was a flood light on me. Disn't see any eclipse...

Yup. I worked in the automotive steel wheel industry for 40 years. The prints called for primer over the whole wheel and topcoat on the face and outboard flange. The corrosion resistance testing was concerned mostly with the topcoated surfaces as well.

This is why when I'm doing a resto, I take just as much care painting the inside of a rim as I do with the outside. From the factory most rims are lucky to get some over spray on the inside, care is not really given to inside protection.

I have seen this a number of times. I believe that water and road salt creeps in around the valve stem and also that small gap where the tube can't fully conform to the tire bead. Also there is a positive pressure in a tubeless tire over 100% of the area. but not the case with a tube in the areas mentioned above.

Before I worked at the hospital the guy who took care of all the automation was an Ex-Kodak engineer. He was wired for sound. I saw him more than once running down the hallways going from one place to another. After I started working there I heard stories from the guys how the automation guy would go around the entire campus constantly tweaking things and the lead mechanic about 10 minutes behind him switching everything to "hand " so things would actually run.

Eatons will free wheel when they get some age on them. Forrest Gump would say they "make your eyes get big" on a hill... Brakes are required. When shut off, they roll as easy as an 8 speed.

@ebinmaine At the steam power plants the turbine turned 3600 rpm. Their 600Mw output equaled 804,613.254 HP. Smooth rumbling power beyond imagination!

my shack is a little drafty. Not much thermal insulation here.

All he's doing is keeping track of furnace run time. Not controlling it. I'm with Jeff. Unless you're gone for extended periods, set back does little for savings. You have to warm up not only the air but every object in the space is some sort of heat sink. And depending on what the space is made of, wood, concrete,steel all that has to be heated back up as well. Set it to where you like it and forget it. Wi fi stats are for people who can't put down their phone. I did all the bldg automation at the hospital. The brass wanted all these areas and boilers with their related pumps to be able to be controlled by their phones. We finally did an energy survey. 1 month their way and one month my way. Savings were almost non existent. Plus a lot less complaints and problems when you're not turning things on and off all the time.

I don't think he's using the clock as a thermostat, only tracking the run time of the burner to compare and decide if it pays to set it back or not. I did some extensive experimentation for a few years about a decade ago. I tracked the gallons of oil burned and degree days over long periods of time so as to get rid of the statistical 'noise'. I found that setting the thermostat back at night didn't save anywhere near what I was led to believe or hoped it would save. As I recall it was something less than 2% over the course of the winter. Keep in mind that this was correlated with heating degree days so a warmer or colder winter didn't mess with the results. My conclusion was that to heat everything back up again after an overnight setback period pretty much burnt up whatever was saved during the setback period. Setting back and LEAVING it set back would of course save more. But the Treasurer is cold-blooded and she likes to be warm and happy. And I like her to be warm and happy! So I set it at 70° and just leave it alone. Sometimes the Treasurer kicks it up to 71° and she gets no complaints from me. Happy wife / Happy life.

Could of done like I did, fit a Deere rear to work in my horse that I thought I lost a gear in, to finish swap and find a keyway in rim sheared off. Duh simple fix made into work

Good to hear we had a great time at our rowing race the all girl crew of rookies finished mid pack. Not too bad

I am a 70 year old semi computer literate user. I have a new to me laptop donated by a deceased Mother In Law bless her heart. I just downloaded pics from my phone and they seem large in my computer. Not sure if they will be resized when posting so taking a shot

Noticed a mark on my shop door, and it reminded be of another ID-10T maneuver I performed flawlessly... I had my 310-8 in the shop one day, and had cleaned the carb or something. I had just finished reinstalling, and decided a test run of the engine was in order. Of course the safety switches require the clutch be depressed to start. Since I was standing next to the tractor, I pushed the clutch in with one foot while standing on the other foot. It cranked and ran great. Then I released the clutch pedal. The tractor reared up and took off on two wheels INSIDE MY 12X16 SHOP! The front tires left marks nearly two feet up the door and wall before I shut it down. The rear tires left more rubber on the floor than a Cuda on a back road. I'm certain my girlish screams were audible miles away. I am pleased to say however that my carpentry skills and choice of 2x6 studs were most definitely proven adequate. Point being- use the park brake instead of placing the tractor in 3rd gear when parking. Or never crank one unless you are seated on the darn thing.

Same issue I'm discovering with the 125 I'm working on. In addition to the lever jumping into engagement, the mech is really worn and the friction cone thingy is being bypassed by wear in the "D" hole that the friction thingy sits in. Nothing some JB Weld won't cure. But this looks like a hijack, so I'll stop here.

I like it! And a $50 price tag? I have hope for the world after all! Nice tractor. 312-8 is a great mid-range worker. It will last decades more with proper care.

@Achto Having worked around coal and gas fired steam power plants just makes me want to see one of these behemoths even more! When I worked as a Mechanical Construction Inspector I assisted the welding inspector by riding a 300 ft cable scaffold to visually inspect miles of boiler waterfall tube panel welds. Low pressure water wall tube welds were dye checked and high pressure piping welds were x-rayed. One of the impressive events starting up a new steam boiler is Steam Blow. Before the High Pressure 2400 psi 1000 F Main Steam pipe is connected to the turbine it is temporarily routed high outside. The boiler is fired and at gradually increasing pressure the main steam stop valve is popped open. The roar is deafening and earth shaking. The puppies is to blow all the crap nuts bolts coke cans rust particles out of the boiler. They intermittently blow till a aluminum target several hundred feet from the end of the pipe has no impingement. It takes several days. Yes I’ve tasted steam and want to see it run a tractor.

12 " I'm thinkin Plunge. I have been known to just cut some 1/2" all thread tho. Leave a little extra on the outside to thread some pike nuts on. Just in case you gotta play chariots of fire with the neighbor on the JD...

That's a great way to put that. Gobs and gobs of torque and horsepower and many of them below 1,000 RPM. Imagine if they could turn 3000? 4000? Higher? Some of those numbers would be nearly mind-boggling.

3000$ in 1907, that wasn't cheap!

Nothing. You're walking slower.