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A (sort of) side shot of the latest addition to the Herd.

Farm Ette Garden Tractor When the Tom Moore Tractor Company, Mantua, OH, began marketing the Farm-Ette line of lawn and garden equipment they were attempting to serve all markets. The had some unique offerings with one, two, three or four wheels. Also, there was “Triger-Tach Power-Pak.” The Triger-Tach Power-Pak consisted of a detachable handle/engine package that could be attached to a variety of lawn and garden implements. It had a Briggs & Stratton 2 ¼ horse power air cooled engine with a recoil starter. You could select the “Garden Tractor which was a two wheeled framework that attachments could be connected to. You could select 18-inch cultivators, a 6-inch turning plow, a set of 5-inch disks, a 24-inch snow plow or a 24-inch spreader. Other units that could be propelled by the Power-Pack an 18-inch Reel Mower, 20-inch Rotary Mower or a 16-inch Tiller. The Model 22 lawn tractor is very cute, probably not too functional, but cute! The two small rear wheels are mounted to steerable casters and the somewhat larger front wheel is the drive wheel. The one wheeled Model B was primarily a cultivator but could also push a 20-inch snow plow, 21-inch reel mower or power a 36-inch sickle bar mower. The Farm Ette Model C was a conventional two wheeled walk-behind garden tractor available in two horsepower and three and a half horsepower sizes. The four wheeled Model 75 riding garden tractor was powered by a Lauson 5.5 hp engine and had a three-speed transmission. One unique attachment that would be very useful, the Cary-All. Our own @VinsRJ produced this video

Picked up a machine the other day. Was just thinking parts tractor, but when we unloaded it, thought it was a good idea to see if it turned over. Hooked up the jump pack and it rolled over real nice. Oh, since it turned lets shoot a little juice in the carb and check for fire. It lit up on the juice and sounded pretty good. And then it hit me. It sucked all that bad gas and water from the bottom of the tank into the carb. Nice going Joe! I typically take off the fuel hose and check the quality of the fuel etc. and install an IV tank with clean filtered fuel. Note to self: THINK! Fuel Sample

My rookie mistakes have been replaced with elder-error. Getting ready to load up for the Wheel Horse, I was so happy at how the K-161 on my 701 started instantly. As you know, the 701 has no parking brake, so there it was, sitting in 1st gear to keep it from rolling away from the ramp of my trailer. I turned the key, pushed the starter button, and you guessed it, there she went, riderless, up the ramp.

Probably would have needed a carb cleaning any way. of the new addition

I wasn’t finished plowing, though my friends left! I made a few passes on Justin (Case) with the 8” plow I ran behind Putt Putt yesterday. It worked best in 1st gear, but still worked!

Finally got time to lay some paint on my buddies 702 project, 3 coats of base and 3 of clear. Came out pretty decent for being 2 hoods welded together. By far the roughest hood I'd ever saved. There's a little dirt in it but what to you expect for an old garage lol

A big thanks to @PWL216 for bringing this to me. This'll be a future project for the BBT and me. The numbers show it to be a 1974. The engine has been replaced. Unfortunately the serial/spec number isn't legible. The engine appears to be blue...ish (?)

Thanks to @WHX?? this 1267 went from WI to PA! Saw it on Facebook several months ago and asked Jim if he was closeby and he was indeed. After some intersting interactions with the seller it finally went to his house. I believe he started a thread on that. Anyway, he took it to pullstarts plowday and I went out to get at his place in michigan. I'm super pumped to have this sweet machine in my collection! Chaged all the fluids tonight. Good thing too cause the crankcase was full of gas! It was probably because of a bad float jim fixed, but I rebuilt the fuel pump too for good measure.

Any "reed" musicians out there? So I picked up horn at a garage sale with the rubber bulb all hard. It looked like it would look good on my Mayrath tractor. Found what looked like an identical bulb on Ebay. The bulb blows air through the horn, but no sound is made. It has this internal "reed" piece. Any ideas whats rong or if I'm missing something?

OK Rookie Joe, We forgive ya this time. This is the way you younguns learn.

I really like when I go to fire up something that hasn't been alive for a little while and it's got about 487 lb of mouse nest in it and I KNOW I should have checked for that.

Punched a hole in the decal for the hood latch river on each side. Hood now ready for latches. Left side hood latch partly installed. Hood latches installed. Hood latched closed. Overview of tractor as of today. Just about done.

Hopefully within just the next few weeks here we are going to be getting concrete poured in the left side shed area of the barn. In preparation for that, Trina and her mom moved this wood: Off of this table: and over to the right side shed roof area. That leaves us with a few implements, log splitter, backhoe, and a scrap pile to get out of there. Not too bad.

Did that with an ungoverned vertical shaft Briggsy. Stuck the crankshaft into the bung of a barrel and fired it up. No muffler and no way to shut it off. Watched that thing spin and bounce until it finally flew out and rolled around on the ground until it finally quit.

That bracket mounts to the front of the axle with the notches down.

Pair of 12" wheel weights. These mohambies weigh 100 lbs. apiece! Perfect for you plow dogs out there! Add red paint and new bolts! $200. SOLD!

Flight is booked and confirmed - check new valid Passport - check ESTA confirmation - check. Prepared and ready for the big Show! check. just 58 Day‘s lleft

check (I did do that at least)

I have an Economy Jim Dandy, bought it in 1985 when I was 15 ! It’s been in my basement for over twenty five years now. I keep thinking I’m going to restore it but I really should sell it, as I’m not sure I’ll ever get to it. Every so often I shoot a little Marvel Mystery Oil in the spark plug hole and turn the engine over a little so the rings don’t get stuck.

Probably gonna wear out my welcome with this machine, but I have a serious crush on this tractor.

Old classmate does yard clean up and excavation. He cleaned out a barn for a family of a deceased Allis Chalmers collector. They gave him all of this and he asked me if I wanted it as he had no idea what to do with it. Stuff has been sitting a while but everything spins and moves. A B212 and 2 712 hydros with a sickle, mid grader, snow blower, garden scratcher, 2 decks, dozer blade and the remnants of a snow cab. I may have a buyer lined up for all of it already!

Speaking of painting! Painted the rims for my C-175 restoration today, actually I prepped them and my brother painted them. Primed with a good epoxy primer, then sanded a lot!! Brought a decent rim with good factory paint to the hardware store and matched it up with an oil base Benjamin Moore linen white. I’m super happy with the results.

Tractor finally out in the sun. Runs and drives perfect. Been a long time since I drove an 8 speed as most of mine are Hydro. Definitely moves right along in high gear with the hydro pulley on the engine. All the other gears are quite tame though.

Water in the fuel? ...And I thought this was gonna be a bad mistake. If this is "rookie" level, I guess I'm a complete noob. I test ran an old Briggs this week on the workbench. Once it cranked (no key switch, straight battery connection), I realized I hadn't rigged up a way to shut it off. Good thing everything worked ok. If it had popped loose from the mount or oversped, I'd have been in trouble. I guess curiosity can get the best of us somehow...

Just gave $250 for a GT1600. Lightly messed with. Great condition. I'll be posting pictures after I get started on it.

I’ll be there as well…

Amazing what they got done back then with such low HP machines. My push mower has more HP than most of what was in that article

I store my rjs on a shelf . Its probably a good idea to chock the front wheels just incase .

Hotel booked, staying in Gettysburg. First time attending the big show and i can’t wait. Bringing the wife and my two girls😁

@Shynon @Achto @SylvanLakeWH don’t tell @WHX?? where I found these front tires! Has anyone seen my short starter generator? I found the tractor that needs it

One thing most of like about WHs was that in many instances parts were interchangeable over a few years.. That being the case when I looked at the broken end of the idler arm on a 1975 C-160-8 I figured no problem be easy to get one. Wrong... Idler Arm Part numbers by year vary and design changes... Year Part 1973 9757 1974 9757 1975 104407 1976 105390 1977 105897 1978 106525 Designs changed in 1973/74 the end piece (belt retainer) was mounted at 45 degree angled to front... 1975/76/77 45 degree angled to rear but different part # each year... Guess I will note the angle on mine grind off the thin metal belt retainer weld on a new one bent on the end so it clears the idler pulley by about 1/2"

Not sure what that piece in the middle is. This should be all the pieces that there is to the hitch. https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/product/toro-wheel-horse-brinly-clevis-hitch-sleeve-hitch/ The hitch on the plow should be pinned through the sleeve in the hitch.

Overkill for sure having only a single-bottom plow on that thing. New project (after the loader is done) -- two bottom plow!

May be a 37" side with the fancy multi sided belt. That is why 2 V pulleys on the mule drive. If it is 37 the belt doesn't look 6 sided to me...wrong one?? To me it looks like the shaft of the mule drive is in bad shape Pulley is 104974

I've had some with welded belt retainers some positioned by the pulley bolt.

Don’t forget to check the oil

I’ll be there!!

Ya know... I remembered gray and black as "Counter engine" colors. Now that you mention it, the K582 Twin I have is a similar shade of blue underneath. True. The oil dipstick is also at an odd angle. Not yet. The wiring was "repaired" by a PO and isn't quite all there. @PWL216 Did a good deed by buying and saving a collection from someone. He passed a another good deed on to me. As the second Hydro here I have a couple ideas. I thought is to have a powered rear lift specifically for gardening work.

Houston... @ebinmaine's got a problem... Are you past fingers and toes for counting on 160's??? Nice haul!!!

Getting all the lil bugs worked out. New seat has been ordered.

@ACman and Kyle My SIL, Mrs. P and Niece

@Blasterdad @WHX?? and Me @Achto @Streetrodchev

Hi Clayton, welcome along to Red Square. I know you are only 13, but do you have any other experience with engines and the like, bikes, go karts, models. If not it's a pretty big thing to learn on your own. Do you have someone helping you to wrench on this tractor? I learned a lot of my lessons fixing my grandpa's cars and vans from the age of five or six. I had hands small enough and sharper eyes to fix the stuff he couldn't. If you are doing this solo you will still be able to follow these guys instructions to get her going again. They helped me sort out a heap of scrap into a beautiful machine. Try to take pictures of the bits you need help with, a picture is worth a thousand words. It will also help if you are taking things apart when it comes to putting them back together. I take a photo with my phone at every step, as I remove things you can check you didn't lose something or fit something backwards. Also be real careful with the little bits you take off. Old yoghurt pots, jars or boxes are great to store things till it's time to put em back. And write labels on them so you won't forget what belongs where. I still do this and I've been taking things to bits nearly 60 years. Keep on asking questions, no one will get mad, just try to answer any questions back to help the guys find your problem. Enjoy the process, it might take a while to get her going but it's well worth it. Mick. England

I sent @JoeM a message and he responded with delightful news. With a little modification to an older style slot hitch, and a piece of cable and some clamps I found in the shop, I was able to hook a 10” plow to this Xi. The loader is all stripped off it for paint, so I figured it would appreciate some run time after being in the shop for 2 or 3 years! Honestly we bought this in August of 2020, I think it was last used in September or October of that year. It’s time. I guess I haven’t updated this thread much, I am now running 26x12-12 OTR rear tires on stock wheels. During test and tune, there were no wheel weights, but I’ve added some 60 lb. Craftsman weights to each side. The front tires are little ribs, from the discount shelf at TSC. They are fluid filled with bead sealant and no tubes. The Xi is about 1,000 lbs, so I think it’s heavy enough to do the job, considering Putt Putt can pull this plow with about 3/4 the weight and less than half the power.

It's a Kohler