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Perrin Tractor Former North Dekota farm worker Raymond Perrin was transplanted to the state of Washington where he had a five-acre vegetable farm during World War Two. Needing a small tractor to operate the farm more efficiently he used what he had available, parts from a Model A Ford. With the assistance of a machine shop his tractor was a success, in fact so successful it became a business. Through word of mouth the Perrin Tractor Company became a reality. Having produced about one hundred-fifty tractors in Tacoma, WA, in a year the venture was a modest success. Despite difficulty obtaining engines, machined parts and steel Perrin was doing well but the next adventure was just around the corner. The Mexican government was launching a program whereby peasants would be given five acres of land and a small tractor to make themselves more self-sufficient. The government was seeking bids for small tractors and Perrin was eager to expand his fledgling business. Though he spoke no Spanish and didn’t have a strong business background Perrin loaded his tractor on a railroad car and headed to Mexico. The government was impressed and granted him an entail order for five-hundred tractors with more to be built in the future. While he was elated at the prospect of becoming a manufacturer, he knew that his home shop was inadequate for the new order. Seeking manufacturing facilities with a foundry he located a former WW2 defense plant that was immediately available in western New York State. At the end of World War Two the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was put in charge of converting America’s military-industrial complex into peacetime uses and helped arrange for Perrin to move his operation. Labor problems arose before production ever began and as a result no Perrin tractors were ever built in Arcade, NY. A brief venture in Kansas City, MO, was unproductive so the family moved west to Portland. OR, in 1947 where Perrin obtained some financial backing for his tractor production. In Portland they began building crawler tractors in addition to the wheeled models. The PERRIN name on the front rims and the locking cam clutch plate arrangement were two distinct identifying characteristics of the tractor. The Mexican order had evaporated due to Perrin’s inability to fill the order and lacking a distribution network it was imposable to compete effectively against the on slot of riding garden tractors that entered the market at that time. Perrin moved back to the Seattle area, did carpentry work and ultimately started his own successful construction business with his two sons. Perrin was an inventive individual who in 1951 pioneered and patented a cabinetry method that is somewhat similar that used by IKEA and virtually all “knock-down” furniture and cabinet manufacturers. I didn’t find any records of Perrin manufacturing these cabinets but hope he found financial success with them. Nov. 1, 1955 R. M. PERRIN CABINET CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 2, 1951 RAYMOND M. PERRIN 3 052:. 1i l My 0 attorney Nov. 1, 1955 R. M. PERRIN 2,722,468 CABINET CONSTRUCTION Filed March 2, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 t k 44 52 E 4 h \g 4 I 43 l7 '45 49 '6 g I 48 l2 49 5/ I5 4 r 22 Inventor l7 RAYMOND M. PERRIN 6 11 MM/M (Ittorneg United States Patent )fifice 2,722,468 Patented Nov- 1, 195.5 CABINET CONSTRUCTION Raymond M. Perrin, Portland, Oreg. Application March 2, 1951, Serial No. 213,624 The general object of the invention is to provide an improved form of cabinet construction for knock-down cabinets, whereby all the parts necessary are light in weight and can be shipped to the user in a compact, flat package. Another object is to provide a cabinet which is constructed of a number of identical parts and which is easy to assemble by the average person with a screw driver. Another object is to provide a cabinet which is of sturdy construction when assembled and which is economical to manufacture. Still another object is to provide an improved fastening means and arrangement utilizing a plurality of small corner brackets for drawing the parts together in tight fitting relation when assembled by the user.

Physical therapy for today .Getting ready to put some tri ribs on the front of my RJ for plow day .

I know that political rants are not considered to be suitable for discussion on the forum and I understand why completely. We are all of us entitled to our opinion but that can cause friction we can all do without. So it's better to limit political or religious comment to save causing offence. If this post is removed I will understand completely and I'll apologise in advance for any offence caused by it. But, as a retired law enforcement officer, cop, I cannot and never will understand what I read today about a compensation settlement from The NYPD. A number of Muslim women have brought a legal case against the PD for requiring them to remove face coverings for mugshot photos to be taken. And they have won! Apparently it is wrong to take a photo for identification purposes. What next, the police can't remove their gloves to take fingerprints? Or collect DNA because it infringes some religious text? I'm waiting for the UK to follow suit and provide a cardboard box for prisoners to place over their heads when photographed to protect their right to privacy. This is all down to one of the lowest forms of life on our planet; lawyers. Or rather the greedy, conscience free litigation experts who will argue black is white for a dollar, hiding behind the idea that everyone has a right to a defence or to free jelly beans because they were bullied at school. Lawyers over here get involved in politics and many become members of the government. That means they write the laws their pals will make fortunes from either prosecuting or defending people around. It's a weird system that allows one segment of society to write the rules for everyone else and make money from the chaos that ensues. The human rights act was written just after the second world war, to prevent another Hitler or stalin from enslaving or exterminating whole populations. It wasn't taken into law in the UK until 1998, and the reason it came onto the statute books? A certain prime minister of ours decided it was a good idea, not to protect the rights of people, but to line the pockets of human rights solicitors, one of whom was his wife. Talk about making laws to suit yourself. What's the point of these human rights acts that prevent law enforcement from doing their job, but allow state actors to engage in the kind of behaviour that the initial idea sought to prevent in future? We've got it all wrong boys and girls, the lunatics are very definitely running the asylum. Confused of South Yorkshire

My face covering story. Back in the day I hunted deer on Maryland's Prettyboy reservoir area. This is an archery only deer and turkey hunting area that is also used by hikers, bird watchers, and dog walkers. Bow hunters often use a camo net face covering when bow hunting. The Md. state law required this face covering must be removed when approaching another person. Just sayin. And now the deed to your home is useless if a squatter decides to move in while you are on vacation.

Found this at a flea market today. Can anyone please tell me what I have and what am I missing to make it work? I know it needs a lot of work but all it cost me was $20.00. Thanks for any information

Today's menu - Get this baby ready to light the fire. In order to do this I needed to have "dead man" throttle control. My plan is to turn the brake peddle into the gas peddle. Gathered the basic parts to make this happen. Starting with a piece of pipe that I bought for some reason. Guess this must of been the reason. I did not think that I would be able to weld to the cast metal that the peddle is made of very well, so the piece of pipe gave me some thing to weld to. I cut the threaded ends off from the pipe and the cut it length wise so that it would fit the curve of the brake peddle. Then cut the rest of the parts to make this into a gas peddle. Next up, burn these parts together. Drilled and tapped the peddle so that the assembly could be bolted in place. 2 more pieces required to make this work, a bracket to hold the throttle cable, and a bracket for a positive stop. All three completed. Gave all these parts a quick squirt with some flat black to keep from rusting. Adjustable wide open positive stop installed. Throttle cable holder and foot peddle bracket installed, with a return spring for the peddle. Also installed a return spring on the engine side of the throttle. I think the weed eater piston shift knob turned out well. With these parts installed it was time to light the fire. Good news!! It fired right up. Runs great and runs through all the gears well, butt... the strait pipe is loud and and um, loud!!! A few shots of it out in the sun light. Only thing left now is the fire suppression system "fire extinguisher" and scale it out to get the weight dialed in.

I use a 7250/9000 generator feeding the 200a main panel via a generator input recep in the garage (ignore the open panel, I'm currently installing a dedicated smoker recep) and a UL listed lockout device installed in the panel. It hots up everything. Plenty of power to run what we want but we don't use the electric clothes dryer in an outage. The two digital meters (upper right) tell me the voltage and amperage the generator is supplying. Gas furnace, water heater and range along with total LED lights and we're good to go with no worries. Phone reception here in the boonies is terrible and we need internet service for it so I have a UPS on the equipment. We get on the power company's website to get an idea how long we will be without power and decide if I want to fire up the generator. The white device right below the meters Has an inductive pickup with a wire wrapped around one on the incoming wires from the power company. I turn it on when I go to generator power. When it senses the power is back on it sounds a screech that will wake the dead. I also keep at least 20 gallons of no-booze gasoline in the garage,

Back in my NAPA days, the store manager named Tim lived out in the country where the power would go out every time a squirrel farted. Across the road was an old retired engineer who was a customer at the store. We called him Mr. Bill. Mr. Bill's house was built on a little hill and his basement was actually dug into the hill. He had an overhead door to enter the basement and in there he had an old 6 cylinder military genny. Tim being a tightwad didn't have a generator. Tim would get all every time the power would go out. Mr. Bill knew this. So when the power would go out, Mr. Bill would roll out that genny, fire it up, turn every light on in the house and read the paper sitting in his chair by the window. Knowing Tim would look out his window and see him reading the paper when all Tim had was a candle or crappy flashlight. I could always tell when the power had gone off at Tim's house by his mood in the morning!

Generator filled with non-ethanol fuel, plenty more non-eth in fuel cans, tender on the starting battery (also has pull start). Sends power to a 200amp whole house transfer switch and we have everything. Still try to not leave powered stuff on so that I can get more out of a tank if fuel.

@Lane Ranger has some or has had some that look like that I believe. I’d double your money if you decide it’s not for you!

In the garage for a little maintenance

Electric start multi fuel Wen generator. Primarily run it on propane so then there's no carb issues w/stale gasoline. It's installed in shed. Battery always on a maintainer. Used soffit vents to draw air in & attic shutter vent to remove heat and any possible fumes. Also got the halon ball as a precaution. Exhaust purchased for indoor generator applications & is shielded entirely & especially where it passes thru shed siding. Have a 4" pvc pipe capped thru side of shed that I run the 30a cord to plug on back of house (about 14') Interlock switch assures main is disconnected if generator is in use. Control what I power with breakers. So in inclement weather generator stays inside, dry, etc. Also have a small Westinghouse 2200w inverter generator that also will run on propane. If its a summertime outage & furnace & other items don't need to run its way more fuel efficient. I made a 120v standard plug to 30a adapter cord. Actually the little generator will run the furnace.

We must live at the end of the extension cord and people keep tripping over it. We get frequent outages usually power is restored in 4-6 hours (Or about 20 minutes after I drag out the 5kw generator and gas it up and yank the rope (no electric start). I have accumulated a few inverters over the years. Have one deep cycle battery. That will run he refrigerator and a a few lights for about 8 hours. Nice to be able to open and close the fridge. Since most all my 20 WHs have batteries I have other inverters to run the fan on the coal stove. That will last 3-5 hours Also picked up a car battery that with another inverter runs the TV set cablebox and router for a few hours. Have had a couple long term outage 24-36 hours. Generator runs well pump and 5 house circuits but it is noisy and you always wonder how long the gasoline will hold out. So when it is running I recharge the batteries and then can shut the generator down for a couple hours an revert to battery...

Portable 7200 generator. Whole house hookup with shutoff to grid. I can run the whole house plus run a cord to my neighbor... 8 gallon gas tank.

NOPE - a true freebie - just cover the shipping......

CBR-327 you can find some manuals and info here. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/search/?q=CBR-32&quick=1&type=downloads_file

wow, what a difference in steering/ response without the 2 stage snow thrower on. Bug Tussle got a WD 40 wipe as well.

WD-40 wash down of 2 stage snow thrower. Hit all moving parts , nuts , bolts etc... time to go to sleep.

Nice to see it hooked up correctly! So many people just do a dirty hookup.

Applying for a driver’s license, or passport must be an interesting experience for some of these people 🤔

Thanks again to @Ed Kennell for sending us a lift handle! Trina spent the time to remove obstructions and get it installed today. Last thing (known) to do is pop the mower deck on.

Some more CBR-327 front cutter bar pictures. Note the guard for covering the chain drive. This helps keep out grass cut from the chain mechanism. There is also a good photo of the mule drive mechanism in the front of the tractor. Again this comes from a 32 or 36 gear driven more deck. IMPORANT: It must have the three race pulley and the grease fitting for the needle bearings to properly run the chain drive front cutter bar.

DJG.520: yes what you have found is the rare chain drive CBR327. Front cutter bar . Photos in Wheel Horse advertising show this cutter bar on a 701 Wheel Horse garden tractor. The first 7 HP Kohler used by wheel horse with an electric starter. There is no know manual for this CBR-327 front cutter bar. There are several folks that have them and about four years ago before Covid we had four of these cutter bars with 701 tractors at the Big Show Wheel Horse Collector’s Club Show. I will post pictures. I have a friend in Florida that found one and I completely rebuilt it with new needle bearings when I restored it. I put new blades on the cutter bar and greased up good. I also own a CBR-32 front cutter bar that was used on the RJs and Suburbans. This front cutter bar actually is a later version for the four wheel RJs and Suburbans that was first used in two wheel POND wheel horse garden tractors. Somewhere in the Red Square Wheel Horse website is a copy of my two wheel cutter bar manual. These cutter bars need to be greased almost at each usage. The blades can be still purchased and will need the same rivets as in the CB-32 front cutter bar. Webb Cuuting blades in Nebraska makes new blades to order that are heat treated and cost less than $.00 each. My CBR-327 did not need new chain but that too can be purchased if needed. I think there may be an oil seal on the mechanism but I forget for sure. I changed most of the four or five grease fittings to ease greasing. The major thing you need with this is the front mule drive. No exact picture of one in a manual so what do you do. I bought an old early gear drive Wheel Horse mower deck with a three race pulley with a grease fitting in it. This would attaché to a tractor like a 701/702 with the idler and clutch pedal to engage the mower. Same basic thing is done for the front cutter bar. The three race pulley retains the cross rod to attach in the attach a matic side plates (just like you would do for a great drive mower deck). Some of the younger guys who own them may recall the belt sizes needed and other issues but this is what I recall. They are very good machines and in my opinion operate better than the CBR-32 belt drive front cutter bar. But you are very busy operating these or any sickle ( like the side mounts that came in 1962 and made the CBR-327 unnecessary as a sale item for Wheel Horse).

What exactly are you seeing different? We only have a couple of pics to compare. And actually I don't see the manuals for the 327 just the 32 Here's the pic of the CBR-327

Thanks. I see that you did as well. I have little patience for those who don't do a proper tie it. So much can and does go wrong. A lot of people ask for my advice on this subject especially when we lived in Florida. I'm sure you do to. My first response to this, "if you're wanting to do it right I'll give you all the help you need. If not, don't even talk to me about it."

I have a generator mainly because my basement is a walk in and lower than the back yard, so if I lose power during a rainstorm it is an issue. But I have lots of coleman stoves and lights plus fuel and propane. I have some portable solar that can keep lights and cell phones charged. I also have a ventless gas log in my fireplace that can heat part of the house if needed. I live close to our firestation though and its the first thing fixed when power goes out, so I hardly ever lose power. I have lots of food and water as well. Randy

We are now living in the Bizzaro World. Lenient social laws ( and many others as well ) are being exploited and used against the true intentions of why they were created in the first place. There are always the few, which will ruin it for the many. And that applies to just about everything under the sun.

@ebinmaine in addition have set up my sump pump , with a piping discharge , that can easily be switched from cellar pit , to outside street corner drain , or if thats backed up , ( its happened ) to side of yard , with a simple valve direction change , set up a discharge loop from pump . main flow , street drain , switch valves , water to corner of yard . used this for years , dependable , Pete

Had an Iron Duke in a 1980 Monza wagon ( a Vega with a different nose). Scored it for $200. It was a 4 speed, put in a 5 speed I had. Not a half bad (but not great) little wagon.

I installed the wood stove as a back up heating/cooking source in 1967. It quickly became the primary heat source with the oil burner filling in when we aren't home to feed the wood stove. We have a 15 cubic foot freezer that is always full of venison, fish, berrys, bread and milk and a well stocked pantry. I have my Wheel Horse powered Onan genset that will run the freezer and fridges. So about all I do to prep for a power outage is get out the kerosene lamps and fill the bath tub with water for toilet flushing. We very seldom have an outage that lasts more than a few hours.

I've lived in my house since '88. The power has gone out about a grand total of 6 hrs.! ( and 4 of those is when drunks knocked down some poles!) I used to have a 3000W genny for a tractor but sold it as it was just a tractor show conversation piece. My wife cans a lot of stuff and we have a gas stove in our TV room if we ever need heat.

Sure looks like a company that made plows too. Would not surprise me if they were the mfg for WH? Seen this at an auction site. https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/farm-equipment/auction-results/215320567/new-vac-mfg-42

I decided to return the Deestones and get Carlisle tru powers. Fortunately they arrived before I got the Deestones sent back so I could truly compare. Heres a picture of them side by side. I guess I never knew that tire sizes had become “nominal sizing”. I always thought that it was exact. Like 235/45r15 was supposed to represent the exact amount of rubber used in the cross section, height, etc. If that is not the case, manufacturers should be required to put ACTUAL dimensions on every tire. @mrc Mike you are right, these are gonna be on there a very long time so I decided to bite the bullet instead of being unhappy every time I look at them installed.

I always tell my son to never let things into his mind that he can't get back out. ... I didn't heed my own advice there.

Look on the bright side... @peter lena would approve!!!

Scroll down through the article and you'll see several examples of the last time certain things were available as OEM. https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a60402651/last-new-vehicle-sold-with-pushrod-four-cylinder-in-usa/

All these post are all well and good for you yank..., I mean folks who live up yonder with power out for two to four day. But down here on the cost we prepare during hurricane season for power outages, for 3 to 10 days. Longest time for me on the Genny, 16 days. You learn quickly how much power you really need, 3000w will get you through fine, 3600w, your living pretty good, that's about 10 gal. of gas or 12 gal. of propane a day. It can get pretty rough down here, so when you retire stay the hell up there.

We now have to have permits for all that work. In the past it was what ever you want to do. I used to put in sub panels and services on the side. If the homeowner did not want to do it right I would turn down the job. Just a lot of plain unsafe stuff. Not to mention It being just so sticky now with liability issues. Even when it is right you can get dragged into a law suit.

That will never happen with my house... Just sayin'

Is there more to the sickle bar than what I have? Minus the broken end.

It appears to be a 16 tooth siclke bar attachment - that may have played Hockey judging by the broken tooth on the right! Judging by what looks like a #35 roller chain (or smaller) possibly from an RJ??

We’ve had a few outages of a few hours and a year or so ago we were out for 6 days. Our generator is able to handle the critical stuff--heat, sump pump, refrigeration, some lights, and phone/laptop chargers. Generator is kept empty and dry and (so far) has started with one or two pulls. i usually have only 3-5 gallons of fuel around, enough so that I’ll use in a month or so and get fresh. I'll get out and get another 15 or so gallons in advance of any predicted weather situations. The generator at full load gives me about two hours per gallon and, like others have noted, I shut it down for an hour or so every few hours. So far, we’ve never lost cell service so we've always had access to the internet. I could put the FIOS equipment on the generator if it came to that, assuming it wasn’t also down.

Generator, 25 gallons of gas, Natural Gas heat just need minimal power to furnace. The neighbors house we watch, in the winter mouths cause they snow bird to FLA, always got a full freezer of stuff. (and they tell us to use it) Lol Not yet but they send over the stuff in the spring to share in order to restock. So we are OK. Got gas fire places in the basement and pool house. Our power is pretty good. Always keep the normal things like a few cases of bottled water and dry goods.

Central Maine Power sent out a broadcast notice that they expect our power to be restored by Tuesday evening. 😬 There's an out of state survey truck on our road. Trina's Mom is here for the night. She says there's several Utility Crews down in Cornish. I'd take it that's a couple good signs.

Four wheel drum brakes.... ALWAYS an adventure in the rain, afer going thru standing water hub deep. Driving 2 feet and 2 hands to dry the brakes out, and then the test "stab" to see if it hooks hard in another direction. NO longer taught in Driver's Ed. A lost skill that a Millinneal could not grasp.

@ebinmaine. We pull the generator out of the garage. Fire it up, drain and change all the things and shove back into the garage. That should take care of any power outage fears. Power loss happens here... A LOT. Less often since the generator purchase. Go figure. I cant speak for all or even many however I would wager that most have pantry for weeks and access to clean water or water that can be boiled. I catch a lot so good there. My next house will have a masonry fireplace. They have to be grandfathered here or ya cant have one I have a gas stove now. 11 years, never used it.

Wayne: Eric and I have the same blower these are tanks meaning big and heavy duty 14hp. Rated at 50’ in powder.These are a young mans game not for old farts like me.

Got our annual spring Play Day coming up next weekend at the Historical Society. For those who don’t know what a Play Day is it’s a day that we set aside 3 years ago for all of us members to get together and play with our toys. We have our annual show in September but we are all too busy putting on the show to really enjoy our toys. It’s also a time when we can get together and get any bugs worked out of any of our tractors or engines before show season kicks off. This year I’m gonna take our 1957 Cub LoBoy and see if me and a couple of the guys can get it running, so tonight after work I put the two new tires on the front that Rodger ordered for this tractor about 10 years before he passed and had been sitting on the shelf ever since. We also stopped at the pond on our way out to the farm and caught our first fish of the season, I caught one good sized bass and a few small ones, and Courtney caught one small one, she’s got the pic of the big one on her phone but here’s some of the small ones we caught

Ha, me too. Can't really count this one as it could've been the clothes dryer was out of balance We get those once in a while. When a Chinook flies by there's lots of rattling going on. You can definitely feel it coming before you can see it