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She is only a couple year younger than I... but this is probably the last major project I am going to do. The parts are getting heavier and getting up from under her and contorting in the cab is getting harder. Sticking to WH overhauls in the future... Easier and considerably cheaper. Complete overhaul, took several months at the machine shop but he does great work. Always some interesting classic /collectable cars in there when I visit. Engine has landed but now a lot of hooking stuff up and reconstructing the front clip. All done by myself...tired now today time for cocktails...

1952 M37 with winch 3/4 ton Engine is a Chrysler Dodge DeSoto Plymouth 230 ci Flat head six. ( Most the bolts are marked DDCP) Used in civilian vehicles from late 30s to 1957. (to include the Dodge power Wagons ) I rounded up most the parts. The Piston rings were in original packaging ...1953.

So yesterday I went to an estate sale, picked up a few things. One being this scooter. In great shape but missing the brake. Wondering if anyone knows who made it. I don't recognize the badge. Other item is a 100 year old derby or bowler hat. In its original box. Sold by Rogers Peet and company but made by Stetson. Bonus is that it even fits my giant head.

It’s been a while since I’ve been on my roof. I used my Milwaukee metal cutting saw to cut in the ridge vent, am trimming the gables, then ridge vent! Woo hoo! Slamming the water today, buddy!

Two things are for sure here Paul. A heart transplant is always an option. A Cocktail is always a requirement.

Trying to ID this engine on here so I can find another one, but I am no expert on Clinton's. I would LOVE to find the correct one so that's why I'm coming here for help! It's a really neat mower and I'm grateful for the pictures to original owner shared!

Whew! Great news the 40x80 is done! Worse news, I still have my 48x54 to do! Better news, the longest panels are 19’ now, compared to 23’ 6” on the first one, and it’s 4’ closer to the ground

I am 45 minutes southeast of Mabry's Mill and Rocky Knob in SWVA. The area of 58 near Meadows of Dan off of the parkway has major construction cutting through the mountains and changing the landscape. The parkway at Rocky Knob is one of our favorite areas due to the available picnic areas and great view. If you want to see a beautiful lake drop by Philpott Dam in Henry County, Bassett area. It has an overlook and picnic area where you can view the dam and lake. It also has numerous camping areas and Fairystone State Park is adjoining it. Have a great trip!

The wife and I are headed out on a road trip in October. We will be driving from Maryland to the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge parkway south to Boone and Ashville NC. Am I going to be close to any of you guys along the way?

Bought this little guy the other day and was wondering if somebody could tell me what model it is. Trying to get it put back pretty original for my Grandpa. He will have a blast driving it through the towns parades.

I was putting it back together earlier and the wife decided to drop a bombshell that were pregnant again. So I was rushing to get it put back together and get it in the garage so we could celebrate.

So today I was able to get up to the antique machinery show in Kent, CT. I saw a vendor I knew who had a super original 604. He told me years ago he drove it into his barn and it has been sitting. I assume it was sitting for at least 15 plus years but did not ask. ended up buying it and after messing with cleaning the carb I got it to fire and run very well. I will spend some time making it like I want it. So surprised how well that little tecky runs! IMG_1567.mov

Nothing wrong with a Predator. I also happen to have a 1960 Suburban 400 with a 6.5hp Predator in it. Did a little work to the engine & now it's pushing about 8.5hp at 3600RPMs. Fun little tractor, had to make a set of wheelie bars to keep it from flipping over backwards when you grab a hand full of throttle.

Only an inch or so on my map…

Congratulations! on your growing family. Like state above you have a 60 or 61 Suburban. Looks like its had a bit of customizing. Here are a few pics of my 1961 401 Suburban for reference. After I put the lift assembly back on. With the customizing that has been done on your tractor, I might just roll with what you have.

It's an 8 speed I still use the hand lift for the grader blade in the next to last pictures above.. I could lift the pulverizer by hand, but with that weight on the lift it was almost imposible to push the releace. There is a lot about this tractor you are not seeing The tractor fender is raised 1 3/4" below the fender bracket. It also has 8" front rims and tires on the spindles for the 6" rims and has full 25" rear tires. The receiver hitch is braced on the top of the transmission. With some help from Kpinnc it has been modifited to a 316-8.

I'm trying to build a different style hydro pedal for my 416H then I did for my GT1800. I'm having problems figuring out the return to neutral setup. Trying to make this as close to bolt on as I can with no drilling required. If I move the pedal to reverse it returns to neutral perfectly. If I move it to forward it gets stuck. A stronger spring would make the pedal nearly unusable and seemed to make very little difference. Do I move the pivot point of the reverse lever or the bearing on the pedal? Do I change the angle of the notch in the reverse lever? I don't think a stronger spring is a good idea as it returns to neutral from reverse perfectly. Thoughts and ideas please. Any ideas @kpinnc since I know you're building one as well. Thanks, Bill

Welcome, and congrats on the growing family. This is my 1960 suburban 550.

I took a little time to look at this tractor and some of the parts, and I see a pretty big challenge with this idea. The 416-H has "one piece" side tins for the hood stand/console mount: However, the 520-H has 2 pieces per side, and I don't have the bottom pieces, only the top. So unless I get the bottom pieces, I'd have to cut off the top half of the existing 416-H tins, drill a bunch of holes to bolt on the 520 tops, and hope that I got everything lined up well enough so the hood would close and look right, as well as mounting the console on it: The other challenge is a common one - I tried to get the steering wheel roll pin out, and it won't budge. I was trying to use a closely sized allen wrench or a bolt to hammer on, and they both bent. I suppose I could buy some proper roll pin drifts/punches but I don't have a warm fuzzy feeling that those would work either. So if I want to pursue this I'm probably looking at cutting the steering column, which I hate to do. My welding skills aren't great, and I suppose I could just buy a new column but am trying to keep the budget as close to $0 as possible, here, working with what I have. Then again, if I stick with the 416-H hood stand tins, I don't have a hood that will fit so I'd have to buy one of those. Duh. Guess I'll have to ponder this for a while.

Doctors found out today what causes that Congrats!

Looking at your profile @BairleaFarm I notice that you were in the Coast Guard. I was as well. That reminded me of a story. We were out on Ocean Station Bravo in 1969, one of the toughest stations in the north Atlantic. I got a radio call from a Russian trawler in morse code. After translation, we found that they had a crew member who had his thumb amputated when a large horizontal hatch cover came crashing down on his hand. We were the closest ship with a doctor on board, so in heavy seas, he, a boatswain's mate, and a weather observer who spoke a little Russian, manned a 20 foot boat and went to the trawler. The doctor could not reattach the thumb with the limited medical equipment, but he did close him up. Just one the many tales of the sea.

Thanks! I was digging through some parts I got from a buddy and found a quadrant and lift stop, but not the handle and rod. I'm hoping he has the rest of what I need. If not, looks like I'll be ordering one.

Another thought Bill: the left pedal has the return to neutral tied to the brake. You could separate the brake, and spring load the neutral cam there.

315-8 with a 42SD handled the mowing chores yesterday …

This may not be your problem, My 520-H was imposible to get out of reverse when I got it. The cam had a groove worn in it and the came plate was worn. New parts fixed it. Might give those a check these tractors are thirty years old.

A couple mods to the saw. The worm gear looks good, but that unattached cork gasket was sagging and rubbing on the gear. Replaced the cork with rubber glued to the cover plate. Made a small table. Added a pair of wheels. This thing is heavy and I need to be able to turn is for doing long cut offs.

Well your centering setup is pretty great Bill. About the only thing I would try is maybe moving the "bearing" closer to the pivot of the pushrod at the end. That might give it a little more authority without more spring tension. Also- have you reduced the friction on the cam to see what difference it made, if any? I really like your design. Very well thought out. I'm sure you'll get it perfected.

Got to watch it if you hook a trailer to a receiver hitch mounted above the axle - if the trailer catches on something , the tractor almost instantly wheelies. Today's passing of my experience to benefit other's wisdom.....

It's in the design of the latch, The latch pin doesn't drop stright down, it goes down against a radius the more weight on the lift the harder it is to release it. The lift on theser models will drop by themselfs with no load on them ( hit a bump it will drop ) it's a weak spring in the handle . It works fine with my grader blade and a 42" deck. If i greased it up I would trust it to stay up with a new spring.

You know the drill Bob. I'll be interested in the Kudzu problem. Last time I was there, there were areas where it covered the roads creating tunnels.

Rock on EB!

Medico here excellent suture job occupational Therapy (OT) will be essential when you are ready for rehab no, JB Weld would not have worked lol Don V PA-C

263.9 Down something like 16 lbs. Still feeling ok with only minor aches most of the time. It's been a VERY active week at work. A lot of heavy lifting and busy days. Excellent. Free workout. Saturday is a hiking day. Bigger climb than I've attempted in a year or 3. It's HIGHLY likely I'll gain some weight early next week during muscle recovery. Absolutely normal.

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.

Man, nothing gets by you. 20230921_165539.mp4

I never cut my finger off but I did have both my thumbs smashed in a 20 ton press. Yes both thumbs at the same time. It’s hard to explain lol lack there of safeguards we will say. I feel your pain on range of motion and those cold days. I used to deer hunt with no gloves at all. I wouldn’t even make it to the stand without gloves these days

Thank you Don. I was totally wrong thinking it was probably a gun tower defending the Hudson. It was the square corners that threw me off. Most water towers are round. I really enjoyed the Croton Dam read.

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”.

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

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!

Thanks for the idea. Everything is s in good shape there. This tractor only has 193 hours on it.

Thanks for the pictures so I have something complete to compare it to. Im not looking to restore it but just have it look pretty nice. I can see now thay I have some tiny wheels compared to what it should have. And I believe I could make some Foot jegs to look like those. Could you tell me what motor origionally came on these? Thanks again and I appreciate all the Congrats from you guys.

Great to point this out. Even a low hitch point can cause a wheelie, but the higher the mount, the easier!

Been playing around with those springs Also added the zinc and ordered some fuel checks Also noticed the clear line above fuel pump Is that just to make sure you can see the gas in case of issues you can rule out gas just by looking?

One day I’ll get to work on a tractor…… So till then, next one for the shelf

Brought the C-120 out today to remove some pine needles, leaves and small twigs from the trails today. Usually I try to do this right before the M & G but had too many projects on my plate around here this year and only did it this past spring one time. Thankful that we did not get any damage from the storm yesterday.

Couple side shots of machine’s in my garage “going under the knife”… 308 and a 312

Back in the garage after several hours of trail mowing and weed whacking. GT-1848 with Honda GX610 twin.