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Loaded up a couple of items to go to a consignment auction. the disk is too big for the D200 6ft wide and wants to take out the headlights (at least the M is red).... 310-8 hauled the trailer and disk up the hill no problem. D200 loaded the plow into the truck

On Sunday I went to my first pull at the Franklin county fairgrounds with my friend Avery and he got 3rd in the stock class and I got 2nd in the stock class. The guy who runs the pulls let me use his cub cadet in the 1000lb pull and I got 2nd. I got 3 trophies one from the stock class,1000lb, and one from the team pull.

The two machines below cost me a combined total of $75. Took some money to make them look how they do now, but still ... Methinks those days are GONE.

I believe he makes dash plates with a 3d printer. as far as lights go, you should be able to fit a couple 2x2 led pods in there. I put halogen 856 bulbs in mine with air conditioning and 2x2 pods in the fenders. They work great but my legs do get in the way of the inner ones. I am going to change them out for stock fenders again and rework something for them to fit in.

Here’s the c101 I cleaned up. Ended up selling it at the zagray show this weekend.

Most people cannot imagine the effort and coordination that it takes to operate any treadle machine, wether it be a lathe or a scroll saw those two being the most common ones. Not only one needs to concentrate in providing a constant even power, some in the right direction, but one needs also to concentrate on the work piece. Sounds easy but it’s not. Besides the physical effort it’s actually mentally exhausting. Personally I have only slightly dabbled in such process. I had in Europe however a family member who was a master carver his specialty being making very fancy gun stocks. He turned them on a lathe that was foot driven and totally built out of wood. There was a long actually skinny tree branch attached to ceiling that acted as a spring from which a rope went to lathe and was wound once around a shaft and from there to a foot pedal. Now, that system turned piece in both directions intermittently as pedal was pressed. Cuts can only be made when piece is turning towards you. Now keeping that in mind imagine the gun stock being turned off centered and turning just about like a crankshaft. It was an incredible sight to watch, the skill ,coordination and intensity that it required . The sounds that emanated out of that operation from the bending of the branch in ceiling, the sounds of the foot pedal, the wooden bearings on lathe and the intermittent sound of the chisel cuts is something that is forever etched in my mind.

If he had called @Achto and @WHX?? they could have turned that field over in no time! Can you say 100 plow day?

Took me a bit but found it. Did not know it is called a pole lathe. Sure enough good old Roy would know about those things. He is seen here with a small one. Zeca’s was massive and specialized for gun stocks. His set up was more like the pole saw in the other drawing with pole way up attached to rafters. I guess he never had the idea of putting one of the kids at work like in drawing. I can hear him say” darn it, why couldn’t I think of that”.

Well that's a new one for me! Never tried.. might give it a try when the occasion arises. Sometimes you just gotta try.. my GF drilled seven 8mm (5/16") holes in a brick wall with a steel drillbit before wondering why it took so long to drill a hole. Honestly I'm impressed she got that far

Needed a change of routine today since I get bored very easily so I dismantled the little guy which took no more than 10 minutes and proceeded to strip it and prime the castings.

I haven’t seen any Horses yet.

I see a pulley swap…

I got the transaxle apart and found the small end of the cluster gear was bad so I’ll replace it and I have a reverse idler and an input shaft gear that are in better shape than what came out of this tranny so I’ll use those also. All the bearings look good at first glance, hopefully seals and a gasket will be all I need.

Have you recently replaced the ignition switch? There may be a short in your original, or you procured the wrong replacement…

Saw them too. I want to get one! In Ohio I can street legal it like a golf cart & drive it on secondary roads. They have all the lights required, horn, & even useless seatbelts to be "legal" for road use!

For the vertically challenged... that's called the top side.

I'd say advertised prices have been steady to maybe increasing a bit in SE Michigan... But, that doesn't mean that's what they actually get for them... This is based on viewing CL only... Regarding trucks, this is the land of big 3 corporate leases... still a lot of really new really decked out lease trucks without a scratch in the bed...

Just wanted to give a update. I took a cap off a water bottle and used some sticky adhesive I had and cut a hole in it stuck it around the tow valve and filled it with kroles and let it set for a few days I'm not going to say it backed right out but it was little effort and it started to turn. I'm glad it worked out thanks all for the input

Here's another type. Even less $1700 + $400 shipping https://www.powersportsmax.com/product_info.php/cPath/40/products_id/23819

Cruising through a not so traveled town and I thought I’d stock up on some tractor supply fluids. Too bad these don’t bore with a mower deck! It was something like $2499 I believe.

I began my post HS studies in 1962 at a local WVU campus in Keyser WVa. Four other universities, 60 years later and I'm still learning. My youngest son went to Morgantown. All us Hillbillys have one short leg from walking around the steep hills.

I have some recollection of operating my mother's Singer treadle sewing machine before she got an electric motor for it. As you said, keeping two feet in synchronization while matching your hands movement to the feed of the machine was a trick. My mother and grandmother could do this without batting an eye and cary on a conversation at the same time. Roy Underhill is my hero! I understand he will be coming back to PBS the year. New episodes air in the fall. For more than 37 years, Roy Underhill has shared his love of American woodcraft. Using only the hand tools of early America, Roy proves that woodworking doesn't have to be noisy, dangerous or expensive.

Today I added 140#'s of weight to the back figuring the location plus the weight of fuel should do. Then I'll add some juice to the rear wheels once I get them squared away. Trying to get this done, Mt. Washington already recorded their first measurable snow over the weekend, it wasn't much but it's a sign Winter's just around the corner.

$40 bucks an inch .... about the same as a gold necklace. 2mm 14kt Yellow Gold Serpentine-Chain Necklace. 20" | Ross-Simons Did you have to buy a necklace also???

Unfortunately none. I don’t even think one single camera existed in the whole area in those times. Only the image in my mind and of those fortunate to have witnessed such a symphony of extraordinary talent at work. I have seen similar types here over the years. I am sure I can find some photos of those although they may not be designed to specifically work on gun stocks.

Well that’s a different way to look at them! I wonder what their true top speed is…

I pulled my big 8 and Mrs. P’s 9 point (it ran in front of her Suburban) out of the sand pile and pressure washed them today. They’ll be on the shop shelf soon! This 8 is the one I shot in MO and received my $1,000 fine for shooting it too small. It scored 126” and 150” was the minimum requirement per the land owner’s contract. I properly removed all brain matter before transporting it, in case CWD was any concern.

Sadly, I agree. With @peter lena and @ri702bill also coming up zilch we’re cooked! I found it among an assortment of tools from the estate of my late best friend. He built small wooden sailing boats and kayaks. My thought was that it might've been used when setting the sharpening angle for a chisel holder or saw sharpener. Not having common carpentry angles like 45 and 22.5 tells me it was for tooling and not for assembly.

Lane, I’m gonna fix that new oil drain elbow.

Glad I don’t have one. If I did, I’d feel obligated to sharpen my saws!

Calendar Shot...............

I’m not sure if anyone will remember this install. My first ever self designed and installed boiler zone control for hot water and whole home in-floor heat for my inlaw’s barndominium they built after their 2019 fire. The indirect (coil/electric backup) water heater sat full so long with no usage that the water went way stagnant. They have tolerated RANK water for very long. Today I’m replacing the anodes while I’m in there, and giving it an all day bleach soak. The boiler had a 30 psi PRV and due to the level change from their upstairs utility room to their main floor heat loops, it requires about 27.5 psi to satisfy safety switches to fire up, pushing a little glycol out almost every time. I replaced and bumped the PRV up to 50 psi and refilled that system. Notice the one short and one long anode. I was able to fit two full length ones back in! I also popped a couple holes in their ceiling by request, to allow a doe servicing. They’ll stick some plastic cap plugs in the holes.

Well finally got this little side project done. The seat turned out awesome but I’m still undecided on how I feel about it. What do you guys think. I wanted it to retain the toro seat sliders for adjustment

I was with Denny Clarke at the Prairie Land Show when he bought this 702. I am glad he bought it ! He will do right by it. I noted how original it was during the show. Only thing I saw not original was the new elbow pipe put on the motor oil pan to remove old oil. I did comment to Denny about the unusual thing about the H Y Hein Werner unit fluid container. No port on the container for filling the fluid. I have not seen too many like that but apparently this was the way the early HY units were made for Wheel Horse. I know Rodney Burger has a similar unit with no port in the HY fluid container that he put on his 1045 Wheel Horse. The last photo is Rodney Burgers 1045 HY unit.

There is a very rusty 42SD deck on Craigslist here for $599. Granted most folks see it and chuckle at something that silly, but folks "less seasoned" in this see that and think thier grandfather's tractor that is growing green stuff on it in the woods should be worth $1,000. And so on and here we are. Occasionally there are fair deals online, but they are rare these days.

Wife still has windows open at our place. She likes the house around 16 degrees C I try not to turn the furnace on until at least November. I should try it to make sure it will run though I guess when it gets cold out (shop too).

Prices here in New England are high and climbing every day. I blame a few people who have driven prices sky high so now even people with none running tractors think they are sitting on gold.

Not bad for your first pull. It was fun watching you. Guess we are now going to be building a puller this winter.

I've used these on a few. Welded and pinned the top. welded both shafts, and replaced the upper 3/4 shaft with a keyed shaft too. Little more expensive but thick and heavy duty https://www.surpluscenter.com/Power-Transmission/Shaft-Couplers/Keyed-Splined-Hex-1-Piece-Solid-Couplers/3-4-Shaft-Coupler-1-1563-C.axd

I'm willing to allow additional "slippage" because you purchased high quality tools. It's also fascinating to see how you bring a once unused relic back to prime condition.

You guys must be forgetting about this! I believe it was originally a C-175?

Carlos - look these over.... Bill Delco Remy Regulator Manual 1R-116.pdf delco_remy_regulator_service 1R-111.pdf Delco-Remy SG Repair.pdf DELCO-REMY_SERVICE_BULLETIN.pdf

Hello everyone, I am writing to you because my Wheel Horse 702 gives me a lot of problems with the regulator, when I restored it I put a new battery in it and when accelerating the voltmeter went to full throttle, then I changed the regulator for a new one. , the previous battery was damaged and now I'm afraid to put in a new battery and damage it again. My intention is to put a small alternator on it but I don't know if I can leave the current starter dynamo just for the starting function. It's possible? Would anyone have a diagram just for the function? boot? thank you Like You could use the existing Starter generator as just a starter... Would have to find some way of charging the battery. I would give the new regulator a chance. Make sure it is grounded well and wired correctly. If there is a terminal on the bottom of the regulator it goes to the A terminal on the generator body. (That wire does not show up on many Wheel Horse diagrams as it was a Kohler part... Podrías usar el generador de arranque existente solo como motor de arranque... Tendría que encontrar alguna forma de cargar la batería. Le daría una oportunidad al nuevo regulador. Asegúrese de que esté bien conectado a tierra y cableado correctamente. Si hay un terminal en la parte inferior del regulador, va al terminal A en el cuerpo del generador. (Ese cable no aparece en muchos diagramas de Wheel Horse ya que era una pieza de Kohler...

@formariz that SINGER TREDDLE PAD , sure brings back memories for me , grandmother was a seamstress , made a lot of our clothes , also made my 1950,s cowboys clothes , whoever was the latest movie star , she would easily make up , pants , shirt / vest etc., , she also made over a top for grandpa's Chevy touring car , when he rolled it over . she could make anything , patched a lot of my clothes , my sisters too. like said, come from an era when things were meant to be used . no expatriation date , pete

At $1.5 billion, I’d expect it delivered on my new trailer and hauler of choice too

Had alot of fun with the tractor Saturday. Grandpa drove it around town and loved it. Unfortunate I didnt get a chance to get a picture of him riding it as I was taking care of the kids. But my Brother in law and Nephew drove it through the parade and loved it. I had at least ten people try and buy it, looks like im hooked and looking for a couple more.

The B-80’s are great rigs. I work mine and take it to shows.

I had to make a belt guard to work with the Predator engine on mine. Also added a belt brake on top of the tension pully to help stop the belt. Then the new guard went through a rusting process so that it would match the rest of the tractor.

Doctors found out today what causes that Congrats!

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.