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Did some leaves yesterday with a nice small cart I picked up last year.Fist time I used it. I have the 5.5 and 10cu. But I like this one better. And of corse the 1056! This tractor runs mint now after much tinkering. I think this is my #1 tractor now that it runs real well.I hope you enjoy the video. IMG_1069.mov

Had a busy day, but somebody had to do it. The history of Blue Water Cut is that it was dredged my a Houston business man to provide float plane access to a fishing drinking camp for John Wayne. It was his escape from the public. Now the “Cut” is an RV park near Surfside Beach. IMG_0099.MOV

Man, nothing gets by you. 20230921_165539.mp4

Recent quick and dirty build using a cultivator frame to attach to for a driveway rehab

I got 5 of my tractors and took pictures of all of them before we put some of them away for the winter.

Our home is on a piece of what was formerly the 10+ acre estate of the chief engineer of the New Croton Dam. The tower was built in the late 1800’s before our village had a water system. It was supplied from a hand-dug well (still functional under a manhole in our back yard) via a nearby underground pump room (in ruins when we bought the property and filled in for safety). The water from the tower supplied the buildings and grounds of the estate--the main house (destroyed by fire in 1976; replaced by a simple ranch house), the carriage house (now a residence), the tool house/ice house (also now a residence), an orchard (now three McMansions and a detention pond), a “woodland” (which later had a spring-fed swimming pool and is now a three-unit townhouse), and an extensive formal garden (where we live!) including a fountain (which we saved by having a crooked driveway). In the mid-1900’s, the village water system reached our street. The main house and outbuildings were connected and the tower went out of use. The formal garden and orchard were left to nature and deteriorated quickly, I’m told. The side of the hill with the tractor tracks is our private sledding hill--a “terrifyingly exciting” (according to one sledder) start with a long gradual runout ending at the level front lawn! The fountain with one McMansion in the background. The years are starting to show on the tower which is a brick structure faced with stone. Its roof has collapsed and where the pointing has eroded, the stone face has started to come off. My wife and I are considering how much to invest in repairs since its only purpose today is as a historical reminder and “hill art”.

Actually did this yesterday, but I was too tired to get on and post! Loaded, hauled, and spread about 2,000+ lbs of wood chips on the side of the “water tower” hill. We thinned out the woodlot two years ago and weeds had started in the newly sunlit areas. The hill is pretty steep and covered in soft soil with a lot of exposed roots from the nearby trees. This is what the 854 with the 6-speed LSD did as it spun both rear tires on its way up on the first two test runs (it did keep its head down helped by the newly added front weight). I could see that pulling a cart with 200 lbs of chips was not gonna be successful So I put on the chains that I picked up at the Big Show and that was the ticket. No spinning. I used 3L and later 1H and the K181 just calmly went up and down with no drama at all. Someone once posted that their tractor had slipped out of gear on a descent and I didn’t need that kind of excitement so going down I used one hand to hold both shifters in gear just to be sure! I left the mower deck on for its additional weight--lowered here as an extra “parking brake” on the slope. All in all, a successful day. Plus I now know that when the masons come to re-point the tower that I have a way to safely move materials up there. The base of the tower is about 35’ above the bottom of the hill--the tractor is sitting ~5’ below the base.

This should ans your Q..

I got lucky and the valve came loose! Brought it home along with some more stuff lol

Why not Ed ... Dan planted a wallet and it sprouted?

Chicken Tree I ran out and planted a dozen eggs before I read the fine print.

Due to predation, we had confine the chickens to a smaller enclosure. To compensate we made them a chicken tree. I saw these online at 4 times what we have in this one.

Don,what's the history on the tower?

Nothing to be sorry about Ed. Always learning new stuff in these diversions. Another great thing in this site. A simple question opens a whole new wealth of information.

Sparks probably hasn't had his morning Krispy Kreme yet!

I think he got confused with a hydro. 80-90wt is what you will want in an 8 speed.

Dave, you may want to find a new home for that box on your work bench. Big Brother is watching us all.

The ones in the other post got whacked. They were spending too much time om here. Are good now, right beside the potatoes n gravy, corn, and pear sauce.

I'm not familiar enough on the gt14 to tell but has this be stretched before or after the front axle? I'm awaiting a response from seller as I'm interested in buying this.

https://mytoolstore.com/products/aervoe-7045-h-d-open-gear-wire-rope-lube-16-oz?variant=17739792220260&currency=USD&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google+shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjwsKqoBhBPEiwALrrqiKOh1sFqQ3GGiUe0fh3_36rkyG8o03sgWR-7_qq4tIgyGw4AOvVhpRoCIsgQAvD_BwE , terrific price , would use a penetrating oil first , as a carrier , creeper , then over spray with this , still have some in my stash , , this is a no brainer , only a suggestion , Pete

Reminds me of that chicken plucker attachment one of our members made a few years ago! Like maybe ten! The attachment was run off of the PTO and plucked feathers off the chicken in a mechanical tub (old washer tub). Somewhere the pics are suppose to be on Red Square! Caused a real stir when posted. hey I found it!

This is my home made adjustable clevis. Pulverizer mostly used on large tractors to prepare for planting grass. I was using it to rip grass out of my drive.

@AMC RULES you ripped off the bed of your truck and replaced it with a Wheelhorse trailer box??

Pictures Dave??!!?? C' mon man!!!

Yes, I prefer a variable pitch blade for the big saw. The cut much nicer and cleaner as @ri702bill suggested. For porta band saw I use a Milwaukee 18 TPI. Nice find on the saws

of a jet ski trailer. local auction pick up. thinking of making a trailer for pulling behind the jeep tractor. got it for the price of a couple hubs. got all winter to thinks about it.

New parts arrived today: -hydraulic pump -pulley 155mm/6.1" -taperlock -filter Still waiting on: -bearing block (for the pump) -coupler (for pump/bearing block)

Most certainly better safe than sorry. I've never had one slip from First gear but third can be questionable if the tension is off n' on.

Thanks - id be interested in seeing some details of the undercarriage. of course I should probably buy this one 1st. Seller got back with my and said he doesn't have the hood and it is a running driving GT. Offer sent so we will see if he accepts it. If so maybe I can pick it up tomorrow, The more I look at it the more I like it stretched.

The dash stand stays put, the lift arm is replaceable. There is a large clip inside, holding things together.

I have that same cart. I traded for it in about 83-84 and my Dad wanted to use it behind his old Sears gt16. I got it back a couple of years ago and use it often. It is great for hauling the grandchildren and also a great size for other tasks.

The articulating gt14 now belongs to DJ Harrison. Maybe he can give you some input. @hcminis

This has the factory fuel tank and runs off gas. that regulator is just sitting on top of it.

I agree with both of these after more looking. I've always wanted an articulated GT. Maybe this could be it. I say one years ago here and loved it then as much as i love the idea now.

Yep. In your picture above, If you look at the shaft with the fan on it, it attaches to the pump input , and the pump itself is only that little bit just in front of the cooling fins of the motor (You can see the painted steel line that hooks into the pump which is the hydraulics take-off from pump... and the pump itself is just a Gerotor oil pump much like you might see in an automotive oil pump, and it is that pump that provides the fluid pressure that goes through the rest of the motor behind it (which is surrounded by the cooling fins housing) as fluid flows through a variable port into the ball pistons which turns fluid flow into a rotary motion at a variable rate and direction controlled by the motion lever giving you the infinitely variable speed drive of the hydrostatic drive which is then transferred to the transmission input shaft providing for forward & reverse... So the only part that creates the hydraulic pressure is that relatively smaller part of the front of the unit. If it were possible to remove that from the rest of the unit and mounted (and provide for oil supply) you'd have hydraulic pump right there - but it's much simpler and less complex to just hook up a regular hydraulic pump, and since it is unlikely that hydraulic accessories (Other than a bucket loader or backhoe) would need the pressure capabilities of a full blown log splitter, even that much of a hydraulic pump (from a log splitter) would be a little bit of overkill, TBH. But, were I to want hydraulics capability (I.E. hydraulic lift, pretty much) yeah I'd go for a small accessory pump... Matter of fact, you could theoretically achieve hydraulic lift with a water cooled engine by tapping into the cooling system, if you sized things right (you'd need a big fat cylinder though, if you think about how car's hydraulic brakes work, little pressure on small long cylinder applied to short fat cylinder compounds the pressure to achieve the work) Ain't hydraulics theory fun?

It looks like they installed the twin and then made a bracket to mount on the front of the frame for the grille/tank. Lengthened the top brackets. I don’t believe the frame has been stretched.

Welcome!! That is a 1962 WH alright - maybe started life as a 552.... The short arm is part of the optional HY-2 hydraulic lift setup. Looks like the pump, cylinder and brackets are long gone. Too bad A regular manual lift can be installed. Does it still have the Unidrive cylinder mount?? Here are pictures of a HY-2 kit I have, still shown on the donor tractor. Bill

It was a thing that looked so weird I couldn't let it stay there lol I'm trying to find more info on it and an original clinton engine if I can figure out what model.

Nice looking tractors. Always better to have more. Enjoy the ride.

Ed - here are pictures of the two modifications i did to mine. The supplied table was too flimsy for safe, comfortable use (emphasis on safe). It can accept a miter gage, but does not come with one. Table bolts on where the horseshoe guide is and has a 2nd mount, a leg brace on the right side. The other was adding a 1/8 NPT drain nipple & cap for the gearbox. That 400 wt takes a long time to come out!! My opinion - the cheap HFT blades are worthless. They do sell a domestic high quality one that has variable pitch. That one is excellent - variable pitch is more self cleaning and lessens the need for changing to a specific TPI blade. @wallfish will agree and chime in.... Download the HFT bandsaw manual - yours is probably identical. The guide bearings do get chewed up in use and will need to be replaced. Bill

Made a transmission jig. This is going to get a lot of use. Last pic is me standing straight up and my arm down. Ergonomics are key to getting older. 🤪 Cheers, Gitty up!

These 80yo bones need heat.

Thanks everyone for the Birthday wishes. I'm not a big birthday celebration guy as I get older, But I do appreciate you all.

Thanks for all the replies! He is asking $400 for it as sitting. It's been sitting 20 years because they used it until he bought a Dixon zero turn back then and they've used zero turns since then. It ran and drove when they put it in there and the way it looks I believe him.

Those are initial settings. Still best to adjust them according to each engine when it's running Don't file that ! You will not be able to keep it symmetrical to fit the seat IMO.

As Paul said the part-out value is probably in the $ 500 to $ 800 range if the engine and Sundstrand are not operable. But, I doubt that your dad wants to go into the parts business so that isn't a major consideration. I would want to know why the D has been sitting in the shed for twenty years? If you can negotiate a price range with the seller depending on whether it will run and move or not then you could clean the points, mount a temporary fuel tank and get the engine running to see if it is worth buying.