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Son is in from University of Utah… helped me plow three driveways… Afterwords took a cruise through the hood… Good times! IMG_1186.MOV

This winter i paint My 706.😊 The color is a little dark i think?.

Left off in a good spot. Check & tighten everything, fill and bleed oil, and I should have an operating loader in the morning. The pins to the bucket are fighting me. Think if I get hydraulics to work I won't have to fight the weight of the bucket and arms.

I have a 24x24 garage and this is my working area totally stuffed with toolboxes about 10 of them. Two tractors one mower, snowblower. You know the old saying on this you may only need it one time, but I have one. But been this way for quite some time over twenty years. Wife parks on the other side. I am used to it. So that is why I am using the car dollies. Easy to move around the front if I have to get at something. I am working the back of the Commando now. This will be the end. Making good time on since I only picked it up on the beginning of the month. But as usual all the seals are shot. Good thing I pick up three sets at the dealer. Only bummer is for the first time on these tractors I have had working on these cannot get the drain plug out of tranny. Frozen! I kept going slowly back and forth to loosen it up. NO GO! Strip out the Allen head. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Working on the 1984 Work Horse GT-1600 refresh has dirtied up the shop a fair amount… Could not take it anymore and I started clean up with the workbench…

Cutting and hauling and stacking all morning…

All is well and being released from the hospital today! Jay

Thanks for showing those @WHX??. Here is a pic after I applied the decals that Terry made.

Win! No leaks, works like it should, and shop dog seems to approve.

Got the end of the portable garage up. Holy $@#&)(!?@#. was that a PITA. Gave a tool list and says 2 people. I had 1 people. Up and down the ladder 37 gagillion times. Pull stretch repeat. WOW... But hey! It's up.

Find yourself a buddy with a 20+ ton shop press. Remove all the stuff you can from the dash housing and wiggle / position that steering wheel and column in the press such that NOTHING obstructs or is danger of being crushed. Make damn sure the plastic of the s/wheel isn't gonna get crushed. When you get it all set up in the press, start to press the steering column down thru the steering wheel hub. In a few minutes, you will hear a loud--- BANG---. That BANG is the roll pin being sheered off. Continue to force the coulmn down and out of the s/w hub. Now it is a simple task to pinch out the 3 remaining pieces of the roll pin. I've done this several times and haven't yet ruined a steering wheel.

3 Generation Trail ride! Winter trail rides don't get much better

Seems to me like a reasonable offer.

Why don't we just quit screwin around Tom ... you sell me the XI package, I'll get @Achto to rig up a sulky & drive train for the behind, throw a square pan on it and call it a day!

This will be almost as fun as a tractor! Thanks to my wife for a great Christmas present!

The lights helped but I need to be able to see my bags in the air so I need to mount a couple lights on the roof of our deck. Lola has become a pretty competitive cornhole player also. We play in tournaments 3 to 4 times a week now. Very addictive. transformed my tool box into a bags storage cabinet.

Thank you @Lee1977 . On my weekend project I was using a stripped down 8 speed tractor for mock up. Tossed an eaton on a stalled out project instead. You saved me from a mistake. Melted this Into this. Please excuse the mess. made up a quick filter mount.

To a an outstanding member and all around good great guy. Little mouse in my engine tins told me his 46th today. I'll not mention any name & see if you can figure out who it is. Shush up you FBers. Pretty good looking back then Bob what the heck happened!?!? Would have never guessed you had the Beatles look back then. Opps there's a clue.! Mrs. P looks pretty happy betting she still is. Opps another clue!

That's what I'm talkin Dan.... course the sumbitch would get picky on us and demand a heated cab! Gotta at least try and keep all the horses here.... 'sides she still looks & works better with a shovel & when the behind breaks down she ain't gonna fix it!

Kinda like a Lawn Boy Loafer?

No seat, bought for sidewalk cleaning, hence no shovel. Have a 522XI I need to get ready.

Sold the 520 and replaced it with this.

Its awesome. Runs great, sips fuel and it’s quiet. I have a few machines with bigger motors so I’m not stuck with just a single 8hp machine for all my chores. I have run a 36” rear discharge deck on it and the little 8 just chugs along fine.

looks like only 2 or 2-1/2 inches though

What did you do... @Bens vintage tractors

I have a Craftsman sweeper and I'm not sure who made it. I am very pleased with it, it picks up leaves well and at least half the acorns we have. Our sweeper only has 2 wheels (just the drive wheels). I've seen some sweepers that have 4 wheels with the rear wheels being caster wheels. With our sweeper all the weight in its basket goes onto the drive wheels, which I think helps its traction. I did modify its hitch (not in this picture) to a longer one which helps when backing it up. We also have a riding mower that does a real good job of mulching leaves. The sweeper works even better with mulched leaves, which saves dumping trips because it holds much more mulched leaves. C-85

Escutcheon Part # 7416. Try e bay or place a wanted in the classifieds.

You will never guess who gave Terry the idea for those decals!

I would also like to chime in here. Should you have to replace the seals on the manifold plate there are a set simple set of studs that can be made to align the plate so as to prevent the slippage of the series of seals between the manifold plate and the pump. The Service manual depicts these very clearly.

Copied this directly from the Amazon listing, gotta read the fine print before throwing your money at a problem. Product Description NEW ELECTRONIC TRANSISTORIZED IGNITION MODULE ( NOVA II) Used By Kawasaki and Other OEM's Easy to install compact design For most 2 and 4-cycle engine applications, such as brush cutters, chain saws, trimmers, garden tillers, snowthrowers and lawnmowers. Easy start fires well at low rpm’s, NOT for use in battery ignition applications. Replaces points and condenser. Single cylinder. Universal application. Does NOT work with most Stihl trimmers and chain saws.

......"Please excuse the mess"........ Don't apologize for the mess, I read some where that a neat garage was the sign of a sick mind. After walking through mine, and reminding my brother-in-law of the fact, he observed that that put me on par with Einstein!

Die Hard marathon! All 5 movies christmas eve through Christmas day! And finally I have my M4 mrs found this beautiful Aero Precision chambered in 300 blackout(30 cal subsonic) in my favorite color! Not to mention the great optics(scope plus red dot sights)

@JCM I saw that Farmall train! Awesome! I have a 47 Farmall Cub that was my late great grandfather’s? It hadn’t run in 20 years. Shes old and beat.. but she runs like a top!

I tried to turn my dishwasher into snow blower.... When I handed her the shovel, she hit me in the head with it.

Lol not me. I’m putting the brakes on for awhile. Let them come to me !

The way it always is. That super rare hard to find something that shows up for half the price you paid over a week later, when you need it now and then find twenty when you don’t, or something you said you’d never use so you got rid of it and now you need it. The story of our lives I’m afraid.

Started on trying, and I mean trying, to make some headway with the wood pile. Just chainsaw work. Cutting up logs into sections and storing under cover, ready for splitting at a later date. I need to get a heap moved and cut, so I can get the saw bench into the workshop for a service. Reluctant to start this cold weather. Petter single diesel with hand start.. Or maybe I just can't spin it fast enough these days.

Seems they're missing an outfielder but they needed someone to take the pic

Hoping to be there this year If I can get my son to drive us out.

@Morten Dk A fine looking tractor you have there, and that red looks right There are so many shades of red, as long as you're happy we it, so are we You've got it looking great and ready for many years of service. That's what counts.

Have you considered a front mounted sub-frame with struts going from the from of your frame to the upright near the operator? Without them all the forces will be acting on your crossmember alone and are likely to twist it. It could be like the one I have pictured or a couple of Schedule 80 one inch pipes running diagonally from below the frame to the pivot point of the upper arms which won't interfere with the hood. This will add a lot of stability yo your FEL.

Yessir. We've had the best results with a bucket half full of water which is covered by black oil sunflower seeds. They think it's a solid surface.....

After 45 and sunny yesterday we have 2” of new fluff this morning and coming down in buckets…

Fussy little boogers aren't they.

I think that it looks beautiful !!

Dan's boards Mike.... he has got some Kohler shakes it decals at the bottom now tho. He made them himself in his usual anal fashion! These are Terry's boards .... he is a class A 'holer so you don't want to mess with him but sure is fun trying to beat him. He's got them lighted up big time for night tossing and really cool graphics.

Be more ready if my loader bucket was finished … haven’t had free time to finish it