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Today I put the plow bracket on my 604.I went into the shed and my dad showed me what plow was the right one out of all the plows we have.

Greetings from WV, first time posting. Restoring my dads old 312-8 and started with a new 42” shell.

Yup Must be true Trail cam at @Pullstart's place just caught this...

It's been awhile since I posted an update. Lost motivation after going to the harvest-show this summer and had some other things to do, life happened you could say. Anyhow.. worked on the hitch/drawbar thingy off and on for the last couple of days and this is what came of it.

I tried to clear my lawn of moles for a couple years using traps, mole poison, carbide, and a frog gig. Nothing worked until I used three Wheel Horses to pump the tunnels full of exhaust. Haven't seen a mole tunnel for 10 years.

I had a rat that moved in under my precast steps on the front of my house. I blocked off all entrance/exits that I could find and with a piece of pipe I directed the exhaust under the precast stairs. Used my C-105, it’s not a smoker, although I think the exhaust fumes alone would do the job. I pulled the choke just a wee-bit till it was running rough and “smoking” some. Never saw the rat again.

GA WRD DNR liked this one...And several others.

Regulation Open Pullstart Shoes

THE BUILDERS ARE DONE !!!!! Front: Back: Now of course we have a loooong way to go building a metal workshop, a woodworking workshop, a dojo etc.... More to come !!!

Woke up this morning and frost was covering the ground outside. After I took my dog for a walk I pulled the 875 out for a 10 min ride. Parked it back in the garage. Went and filled my gas can with ethanol free gasoline and added Sta - bil. I'm all ready for when the frost turns to snow. Going to look for a set of chains for the rear tires. I used this tractor last year with no weights on the rear to plow and it did just fine. Now that I added the weight I might as well put chains on the tires.

I don't believe it! Kevin getting safety conscious.

Keep in mind, you’ll need either a recoil or a starter/generator for the battery to fit right. A normal starter gets in the way.

For fit and function, I'd go with a K181.

I used one of the gas grenades on a woodchuck that tunneled under my workshop...BIG MISTAKE!!!! he died under there a couple days later the smell hit it was strong and lasted for over a week!!

Bill Murray would be proud.

I used my C141 to take care of the moles in my yard. Plugged off every open hole I cold find, put an extension pipe on to get the exhaust into their tunnels, left the tractor run for 2+hrs. Did this 3yrs ago, ain't had a mole since. Like Kevin said, no need to run the choke or use a tractor that smokes. Just need to get CO into the kill zone.

Grid section totally completed now. On to lower section now.

@Handy Don As requested I put this togethor somewhere I could operate the blade independent of the snowblower. The winch operates the blade and the hydraulics raise/lower the blower. Winch on the ground, this is an older version, the idler wheel and round bar were replaced. Front of ladder frame connected to rear axle using the plow mounts. I installed the plow mounts backwards so the bolts in the frame go against the mount and not the latch if that makes sense. Added angle iron to the receiver using a u bolt. The legs connecting the ladder frame to the angle iron are 1/2" all thread, with 1/2" black pipe to act as a spacer. The back of the tractor evolved over the years, the receiver was the first addition, and everything else was added as time went on. Seems to work so it can't be wrong. The front of the trailer receiver. Let me know if you need more pictures.

This one is an 875. The 857 was sold couple years ago. To be honest I like the automatic better for plowing. This was my 857.

That'll put the price of bacon up.

Fantastic welds!

Fire and Ice

Shelf is trimmed to create tines. Blade is about an inch off the ground. Still a work in progress

Which ones?? MMEEEEEEE????? My entire existence is off topic. Off center. Off kilter. Odd angles. Offenhauser. Wait no nevermind I have a Clifford performance intake manifold.

I put up a few in non-tractor related discussion.

Agreed. Especially if she is going to do the post-processing for cropping, color balance, highlights/shadows, contrast, etc. on the images.

Got my dads 1992 312-8 when he passed have a snow plow and 42” deck. gathering parts to restore back to new as possible. This is my therapy.

Those flowers have to be coming out of something.

Any small block Kohler should drop right in. K141, K161, or K181. With mods most other small engines will work as well.

The 1045 was a transition from the round hood to the square hood models. The rear end is the traditional old style fenders and seat and up front is the newer square hood. Many of us feel that the factory built this model to use up the fenders and seats that were in the factory at the time. The Ponds didn't waste anything, they just created another model which was a low production unique item so it has become very popular.

In any given month there will be several open spaces prior to the first day or following the last day of the month. A small thumbnail photo could be inserted in those open blocks. This would allow several more Wheel Horses to be added. June 23 and 24 should be noted as the WHCC show. Also we have some significant dates to be included; 11-13-1898 Elmer Pond was born 6-4-1924 Cecil Pond was born 10-11-1960 Construction begins on the new Ireland Road factory 11-14-2006 Red Square established We all know that this could be an arduous task and I agree with Mike that Trina can do her best without having to play politics. There isn.t much time between now and Christmas so lets get out of her way! Please put me down for a calendar if she decides to do one.

The exhaust on the GT14 is pointing straight down. I found a piece of steel tubing that slides right over the exhaust and comes to ground level. I stuck a stick across the hole of a woodchuck this summer to keep the tube in place and let’er run. I went a good hour+ with no choke settings for smoke. It’s not the oil smoke that gets ‘em, it’s the carbon monoxide byproduct that is the silent killer. I’ve done other variations too with long pipes, even with PVC extensions taped onto the first steel piece. CO is actually lighter than air by the way, but nothing has ever returned to the ‘chuck hole I gassed.

Which ones?? come to the Big Show next June in PA… there will be plenty of horses, old goats, wolves, chicks, turkeys, badgers, and strange birds to photograph there ! and a few that @Horse Newbie left out!

This was my view yesterday. Todays was in the excavator and dump truck all day but didn’t have time to take pics.

I've found that a lot of those manual download sites have multiple buttons that say "DOWNLOAD" and the 'real' download is typically in fine print. The others are decoys that put garbage on your computer. You need to pay attention that you don't click the wrong button!

Another from crazy frog...

Massachusetts had youth deer hunting day on the first Saturday of October. This state won’t let the kids start hunting til 12 but at least they get to hunt. This was Aiden’s second year out. Last year he tagged a small doe. This year he has a goal that he was gonna shoot a buck. One of my very good buddies let’s me take my kids to his area because the does are pretty predictable and he would rather see kids get a deer than him. It’s also easy to get to for the kids. Well we walked in to the stand before daylight this year and just as we get to the stand we hear something run off. We climbed in to begin waiting til shooting light. 15 minutes later I hear something moving to our right. The wind was blowing towards us. Half a second later it blew towards it and we hear the typical deer blowing. Still 15 minutes til legal shooting light and we can’t see a thing. It moves in closer and starts blowing again. Then trotted off. Now at this point I was thinking to myself alright the hunts over here but we are gonna stick it out since we don’t have a whole lot of time to get to my spot. Day light comes and I start scanning. About 10 minutes later I see a deer on the trail we walked in on and Aiden gets situated to take a shot in the next shooting lane. Of course this deer has another idea and turns back around and starts walking slowly back the way it came with no care in the world. Little did it know of the little sharp shooter sitting in a tree 40 yards away. It stepped into the only shooting lane he had left to shoot threw and I see it’s a buck. I stopped it and Aiden pulled the trigger. We hear the deer run off as we wait for the little bit of smoke to clear from the muzzle loader he chose to hunt with that morning. He swears he hit it. We give it a half hour which is a eternity for him. As we climb down he goes in front of my friends camera and gives a thumbs up. Next thing I know I’m getting a call saying “why’s he giving me a thumbs up?” So I went threw the whole story. We walked over to where the deer was and absolutely no blood or hair. Followed the trail we could clearly see in the woods and no blood or hair. At this point I’m getting worried he missed. Aiden keeps telling me dad I know I hit it. I wasn’t going to give up anyway. With aiden in the lead I was checking off to the left in the thick brush when I hear “Dad I found him!!!!!” His second deer ever and a beautiful 6 pointer. He put a perfect shot on it. Not a drop of blood left this guy. Didn’t go 80 yards. another long story for you guys.

Still no shooter bucks showing during the daylight hours. Our 3 day senior doe only season started today. So I filled a doe tag at 7AM this morning. I have been riding the 312H the 1/2 mile to my tree stand so we had a passenger on the trip home.

When I took a Fork Truck Operator Safety Course we were taught that you MUST WEAR a seat belt. The cage would protect you from falling objects, and roll over, but your best chance of avoiding serious injury or death is STAY IN THE SEAT, and hold on tight to the steering wheel. If you try to jump off, you would most likely be crushed.

Wait a hold it You're inviting Jim here to my place He's got a new friend up in Rochester he can stay with, they spent a lot of time together at the show

Thank you Steve. This particular aspect of my craft is a very dear and personal cultural part of it with very deep meaning and importance. Perhaps the most important of all . Although in other parts of the country their oxen yokes were indeed colored vibrantly, with different colors the ones from my area are not. They are also unique in their style and carvings.They are usually left natural or stained . My intent is to leave it as true to tradition and costume as possible. A darker tone on it is definitely better since it accents carvings by allowing light and shadows to accent them. Staining on something like this is always problematic with inconsistent not so predictable results.If it goes badly there is no fixing it due to the complexity of the surface. The best finish is always no finish at all allowing age and oxidation develop into a precious patina that only time can achieve. There are however ways to accelerate that patina. One can leave it exposed to light as long as possible. A faster method which I like to use is to expose piece to ammonia fumes. The ammonia will react with the Tannin present in the wood and naturally darken it. The longer it is exposed to it the darker it will get. Although Ash does not have a Tannin content as White Oak or Cherry for example have, it will darken sufficiently. It is a dangerous process that cannot be done indoors. A tightly sealed container will have to be improvised for it , placing then yoke and a bowl with ammonia in there. Careful monitoring will be needed to stop darkening when desired tone is achieved. I then just oil them with a mixture of linseed oil and mineral spirits. Once that has dried for several weeks they are waxed with hot bees wax and buffed with a shoe brush.The photo below illustrates the tone I am looking for. The combination of the different parts of the process produces not only a pleasant tone but also imparts to them a warmth that makes one just want to feel it. No stain and varnish coating can even begin to achieve that look.Unlike staining this "coloring" goes up to 1/8" deep. You can see on photos the difference from the "oxidized" yoke to the non oxidized bows out of "fresh" Ash.

Hey... BBT... unrelated to this whole calendar thing... small brown paper bag under left rear fender of Colossus... where @ebinmaine will never find it... may or may not be some Benjamin's in there... just sayin'... we like you like Family... pick tractors with great care...

John Deere had some kind of protective device on it's early small loaders. They extended the towers up a few feet. Kind of odd, at first I was thinking it was to protect the operator from an item in the bucket rolling back. Now I am thinking it was some kind of ROP?? I nice thing about your machine is the low centered weights in the rear.

We've had great weather for leaf grinding. I try to get out before it gets to thick. So every day a new blanket of leaves by my maple. Made an extension for my leaf blower and got the gutters. Then plowed the leave to a new spot in the yard for grinding. Do like my recycling deck!

@stevasaurus

I gathered up the best parts from two transaxles. All nice and lubed in 30w & assembly grease. (I'll install the hydro motor and last bolts after the transaxle is mounted...) Parking Pawl in Thrust Washer Dry fit 46T Dry fit 44T Held 46T aligned to the Differential and dropped down both, keeping 46T synced and through the Thrust washer Grade 8 5/16th's bolts, everything turns smoothly, no grit nor unwanted debris Parking Pawl engaged Disengaged Ready for the Gasket & 3/8th's Bolts, grade 5.