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Had the c195 out the last couple nights discing and running my finishing tool tonight, even did some night work. Plan to seed it tomorrow and pull the finisher once more to cover the seed

I got a reminder this morning about pics we took 5 years ago. Kinda cool lookin' back at what was then our only Wheelhorse. 1974 B80. That would become Patriot Horse and eventually be sold to @OldWorkHorse Steve to become his woman's Flowah Powah. Now we have .... More tractors..... 🐻

Obviously not my own... I like the idea though so I figured I'd share it here.

When towing something a bit on the heavy side the Cinnamon Horse C160 gets a little front end light going up our steepest couple hills. I've been meaning to add some weight for a few weeks. After swapping out the brake shoe last weekend I wanted to go out and get a trailer full of firewood 🪵🪓 I figured I'd see what I had laying around for usable ballast. This morning when I was looking for something else I remembered this was here... Fella I got it from a few years ago said a relative of his used it on a Kubota B series. It came with a couple other weights. One of them's on Trina's 867 Pigpen. This conglomeration is apparently a 6" diameter by 6" tall steel cylinder. The thinner two are pieces of lolly column. Seems to me the assembly weighs around 90, 95 lbs. Cool part is it sets right in the middle of the Mackissic chipper bracket. One bolt to hold it in place.

I look at that pic and all I can see is @Pullstart and his finger!

I'm blaming all you all people. Ain't my fault.

Pretty sparce crowd today and tomorrow probably will be worse with 60% rain forecast all day. I think Edog and arthir will stay home by the fire. Charlie Culley was there and delivered the two 953 wheels that I needed for the Fred project. A good string of RJs 350 HP Massey Bob Druck's pedal cars The last of the Quaker State Oil 104_1124.MOV Sawing oak made the steamer grunt 104_1121.MOV

Tap Magic is one of the few cutting fluids recommended for cast iron and I use it with great success. When tapping cast iron, Tap Magic will give a shiny and smooth thread. The new non-chlorinated version is still recommended for cast iron but I still have a lifetime supply of the good old stuff that makes ozone holes over California.

Spent the afternoon sorting a seized brush cutter clutch. Stihl FS490 machine that was gifted to our community group by our local authority. It was given as a spare part machine as it hadn't run in three years. With a good clean and service it runs just fine. The clutch was stuck solid though so battle commenced and I emerged victorious, if carrying a few more scars. Well worth doing up this solid machine to help with my community projects.

Ahhh. Another offshoot of the ancient holdfast. Clever adaptation.

@ebinmaine Hey just like your yard the B-80 has changed alot over the past 5 years! Thanks again for letting me aquire it, lots of people have had alot of fun with it!

The builders doing the main part of the work here have been great to get along with. They're trying to help out when possible about getting certain parts pre painted that'll be high off the ground. They built the gables a couple days early so Trina would have a chance to paint the trim. That happened this morning. We're scheduled for the crane Tuesday.

Nature abhors a horizontal surface. Crap expands to fill all voids.

Gonna hafta fire up the chain saw to cut Collosus loose from the roots it has sprout! Build a big box and put Collosus in it in the new shop. A time capsule /cornerstone if you will.

I started watching her at 5 months. Tractor tones have worked for nap time for over 3-1/2 years! I am not sure how much longer my arms will though! We drove about an hour and a half today.

1267 took on zagray today and did awesome.

I like it and looked at these clamps at Summit

Get in line…

thank you all for responding it’s a great running tractor and it is a beast it does way more than i thought it could and i’m not even pushing it really hard it has the series 2 kt17 engine a 42 inch deck a 42 inch snow plow and a single stage snowblower i love this machine nothing made today comes close to a wheel horse of any year once again thank you all

First tractor…and you probably thought back then you were all set. Had no idea that ya can’t have just one !

Previous owner ran it up until last month, said it quit running. He certainly caused havoc in the wiring department and couldn't figure it out. So he went out and bought a box store cub cadet. I hauled this horse home and disconnected the harness from the engine. Jumpstartd the engine and she came to life, all gears and mower deck functions as it should. I drove it off the trailer and into the garage where she will be treated to a new harness and grease, oil change and a fresh shifter boot. It has an over sized front wheel from only who knows what, I'll put the correct wheel on it. Another seat for the tractor party that happens every year here in my neck of the woods. Have a great weekend everyone, sincerely -Shine.

It is a decent size area It is homemade. We were out in a woods one day looking at a couple old farm implements to buy and this was there. Got it for a little bit of nothing. Works great. I love my three point makes it twice the tractor!

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I think the pictures, for the most part, tell the story. Other then the grinder the total cost was $10 and that was for the 2 knobs. The angle is fixed at 33 degrees. It can be reversed for left hand blades. I also set a stop clamp behind the sliding block so I start grinding at the same place everytime. There is an aluminum angle on the front side of the blade hold too so the wood is protected from the vice. Note the notch in the bottom of the blade holder that fits in the vice so its held more securely. The threaded 5/16" rod is threaded into the grinder almost all the way so the grinder can pivot on the rod. 1 - 1 of 1 Posts

Added another 25 lb weight to each front wheel for a totalof 100 lbs on the front axle and 320 lbs of cast weights on the rear axle. Should hopefully help with both the moldboard and snow plowing. Changed the headlights over to LEDs.

I was fixing up my 42" plow and was very indecisive about all red, or black frame and red plow. Seeing what you did here made up my mind. Got a lot done on mine today. I will be trying out a polyurethane cutting edge sandwiched between the plow and the old cutting edge to help protect the newly poured driveway.

Well, not me personally, but this past summer my E-141 went to the big show from New York with @buckrancher, my yard art suburban came from Pennsylvania with @mike’shorsebarn to the big show, and @Pullstart then brought them to my place on his way home… then my predator build C-6.5 jumped in @Pullstart’s trailer as payment for a delivery job well done!!! Whew…!!!

@Handy Don , Here are pics of the drain channel and concrete forms before I poured the concrete on the second half of the driveway…

Sorry to hear buddy but you have a lot on your plate I get it!

Looking good so far!

Did you hand paint that “wheelhorse” on the hood? And is there an advantage to having the front lug pattern reverse direction?

A few years ago I had a good swim on October 5th at the Joisey Shore. Water was still in the low 70's! A couple days later, after the wind direction changed, the water was 63º.

I got out the front thatcher today and here it is after reassembly. I had issues with the original color...

Down here we call them snow birds but dummies well work. The thing is after their first cat 3 they learn.

I've been in the ocean in Maine in AUGUST, and by golly... it's past brisk THEN for this Joisey Boy !

@The Gman suggest you build that and all related steering linked / mounting points , with lucas green or red grease , made for tough spots , also do the threaded areas , build it into the set up , also do your bottom steering fan area and lower stud fit , pete

And avoid inhaling... evidently... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31449429/ Don

Success, Liquid wrench/heat...... repeat.......repeat. impact on/off/on/off/ Curse...threats... beg In that order. Channel locks/impact and off they came. Thanks one and all.

Could be a project for this rainy afternoon.

We all though you were a member of the Polar Bear Club.

Better than using a C-clamp, as the underside of some drill press tables, being cast iron, have a noticable draft angle and make clamping from below difficult. Notice how he bucks the piece of metal being drilled up against the stationary column in the direction of the drill rotation at the end of the video. I do something similar for milling or drilling parts that are too large to fit the milling machine vise - I fasten a stationary block to a rear T-slot on the table, up against the work and use the other 2 T-slots for work holding step clamps. Bill

Just an FYI, I'm no longer planning on using this engine on the tractor so no rush!

It's likely that you have a spark plug hole insert/repair done on the head at one time. For ideas on adapting the crank I will have to wait till I get home to look the pictures over better. Old eyes can't see squat on this little phone screen.

I expect that an impact gun will have that nut off before the rod begins to spin. Left-right a few times. This, after a good wire brushing of that thread and some penetrant.

I use a thick piece of glass, actually an old refrigerator shelf. To that I tape a piece of sandpaper. I usually start with 320 grit. Put the head on the paper and move it in a 'figure eight' pattern. After the first few passes, look at the surface and you can tell how flat the head is by observing he surface. Continue sanding until the surface is consistently the same appearance. Rotate the head around every now and then to 'randomize' the sanding. Switch to 600 grit to polish it up a bit. Make sure to clean the sanding grit completely! You do not want that in your engine! (duhhhh..)

Unlikely? Yes. Impossible? Not with some of the -34 IQ's I have encountered... Don

Uhhhhh. Yes. Please.

I have most of the parts needed for both the generator and an air compressor. The generator I have is a WH 3k, not the 5k which is quite a bit more powerful so it won’t be a powerhouse by any stretch but will provide emergency power for certain applications. As far as the air compressor what I have planned is taking an old very heavy duty industrial air compressor pump and pair it with a tank and place it outside in its own room attached to the garage and pipe line on the inside. I don’t want to use an electric motor simply because of the draw they take to start the compressor. I want to use the front PTO to run the pump. I think I’ll either find a 16hp Kohler or this Lombardini diesel I’ve had my eye on. I have to get a couple more horses for these tasks. 😉 that’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it! 😂

Today after work I did some more welding on the mobile brush burner. I've been trying to use scrap that was in the yard to build this. Reuse,repurpose ya know. Sometimes it's just easier to bring the fire to the brush pile. We have alot of moss covered ground that we don't want burnt from standard brush pile fires. This is the next best thing.