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Mine makes and receives phone calls and isn't backwards like the one @Ed Kennell has.

My $9.95 phone makes phone calls. .

my version of the Brinly dump cart

Frozen slot hitch ...now after weeks of being shot with WD 40, Liquid wrench, and PB blaster( all now empty) I drilled two holes into the slot hitch and sprayed with more PB blaster it broke free!.. I have taped the holes and added grease zerks and a new lift cable and I can use the hitch! The pin doesn't move sideways...but doesn't matter size the slot hitch moves and will not be using a tiller anytime soon.

I've always gone with the oldest wireless communication company in the US - Motorola. Low price, great camera, same as you described does every thing I need, & I tend to beat the crap out of them with little to no damage. My current phone is a Moto 1 - 5G, it's getting old but still working well. Think I paid under $200 for it. Android & Apple both do the same things, just have slightly different ways of getting it there. Apple is a bit superior with photos & graphics. My thoughts are - If you are used to Android and don't want to hassle with learning a different operating system, then stick with Android. One other note - It will be a long-long time before I get any where's close to paying $1000+ for a phone.

I'm phone illiterate. My preference is a flip phone with call and text. When my flip phone became obsolete, My family decided that a smart phone was the way to go. For the most part, text and talk are 90% of my phone usage. Reasons I prefer simple phone is: I see my family can't go more than a few minutes before checking their smart phone phones seem to be addictive. Flip phone are small and fit in pocket versus a holster on my side. (Thusly taking place of my Sneaky Pete holster.) I'd rather do my playing on computer of evening and that is not every evening. I think my current phone is Samsung. I'm probably in the minority, in that, I don't have back up camera in my daily driver or use google directions when driving. (No need because my wife does.) Last summer on vacation, our kids depended entirely upon electronic driving directions. They were the lead car and we followed, meanwhile I had paper road atlas. At one point, they had us on gravel roads looking for "Field of Dreams" baseball diamond in Iowa. We made it to all destinations, but I was scratching my head sometimes. I admit, technology has great benefits and I'll just look over the shoulders of those who embrace it meanwhile I'll head out to the shop and let sawdust fly and get grease under my fingernails.

Excellent! I’ve been considering doing the same thing so I don’t have to deal with backing up a trailer. Well done!

Today was the day for the maiden voyage of my reborn B-80. I had swapped out the carb for a freshly rebuilt Carter Type N, pilfered the coil off the sick K-34. There was actually two issues why I wasn't getting spark. The coil was bad and the new points I installed had been sitting so long the contacts had a film insulating them. Cleaned them up and the spark returns. After sitting for who knows how long (likely years) this thing fired up immediately and ran like a sewing machine. A little carb tweaking and I'm good for a long ride out back. I did a video but I just can't get it to load on You Tube. I get back to the garage and drained the oil. This tractor is going to be dedicated to the front blade year around. I put one of the axle brackets on it as well as one of my receiver hitches from Lowell. Next the blade, wheel weights and chains. I'm a happy camper. Next project..........the Dino C-121. Stay tuned.

It is best to fully charge a new battery before putting it in service. Your previous readings were with an old and spent battery and your present readings are with an unknown.

Also check the voltage with a hand held meter to confirm the tractor gauge is accurate.

Very small world! Thank you for your help

I watched the site work for my new shed go in today ..getting closer! Did a test run with the 315-8

Leaf blower I put together

Hi, I was searching my area for a replacement 16 hp motor for my C161, eight speed manual transmission. I should say I was looking for a low $$ parts tractor with a moving 16 hp motor. I found this C - 161 on a classified ad. The seller called it a C 16. He said it was automatic and came with a snow plow. It looked a little rough, and he apologized. Said he’d always stored it outside. I have no familiarity with the non manual machines., It started and I was able to drive it onto my trailer. When I got it home and unloaded and ran it a little… dang! That’s a sweet driver! So, I decided to try out a 36” side dish charge deck. It didn’t have a mule drive or a way to engage PTO. I exchanged the mule drive from my 161 manual with no problem. I encountered a problem with the PTO. The arced rod from the C 161 manual appears shorter and will not function. I am uncertain about the installation but I’m wondering if that part is not interchangeable. I notice that the 16 HP motors are not exactly the same dimension, with different mounting styles. The name of the part would be helpful and any skinny about this automatic and how I can use the mower deck would be appreciated. thanks

I have an Apple iPhone SE second generation. Unlike the other iPhones it’s $400 brand new. I have had a few Android phones before, and they worked fine but it was so open files wise I could see someone screwing up the phone pretty easily. Especially if you didn’t know what you were getting into. I do like my iPhone. An added bonus being the newer operating systems are integrated together more smoothly every new version. I physically don’t need the phone on me to answer phone calls, as long as my iPad, or MacBook Pro, or Apple Watch is on. The rest of the family all have iPhones so that is an added plus as FaceTime, Messages, and more are pretty seamless. I’m pretty gentle with my phones so no issues there. It’s all about preference. Kind of like OSX vs. Windows.

Funny thing is that I too am left handed and right eyed. I was always laughed at at the Navy rifle range when I sighted with my right eye and pulled the trigger with my left hand.

As you are aware Richard, I am a strange duck. Being left handed and right eyed, I had to special order my Tracfone so it would be used friendly for Edog

I'm an android user and the mentioned reason above is one of the reason I won't go apple. I REFUSE to sell my soul to apple for no other reason than I'm stubborn and don't want to. I have never had any issues with my android phones and I think the cameras on them are excellent. They sure beat civil war era photographs!

We were at the beach last week. The rental house had all Roku tv's. I tried to cast pictures from my Android to the Roku. Would not let me. So my daughter got her Apple and connected AirPlay and instantaneously she was casting pictures. We were there for 8 days and I never got my Motorola to work. That is one of the things I hate about Apple. They buy their way into all platforms to become the exclusive way to connect.

Android user here, I did have an apple way back but once I switched to Samsung I stayed with it. My wife was encouraged to try the Google pixel last time we swapped, she HATES it. Cannot wait to swap back to a system she I'd happy with. So on balance I'd say stay with Android unless there's a clear benefit to changing to an I phone and all the faff that could entail.

Haha! You’re not wrong! Had a coffee in my hand the whole time

Sorry but I am an Android user and get mine from Consumer Cellular. I have a Samsung Galaxy 14 now and am happy with it. My family has I phones and we communicate with them just fine. Apps should take care of most sharing issues. Most cameras are very good now so for me thats not an issue. My droid has the face or fingerprint verification. Can you go to a local Verizon or T mobile Store and check the different phones out? The sales people "should be" knowledgeable about each phone and help with your questions.

I just tell my wife I only have one Wheel Horse.................... It's the one I'm sitting on. Yesterday my wife told me she just bought a new heavy duty sewing machine (her 7th) and I need to help he go pick it up. She said they were becoming like my tractors, so I said must be time for another tractor. (she doesn't know how many "parts" tractors I have in the barn at the farm.

I went from a flip phone all these years, to an iPhone 14 Pro back in November. I chose it for the apple connections to the rest of the family as well, and for the excellent camera. Other than it consuming a lot of my time, I don’t have regerts on the phone choice.

I’ve been working pretty steady lately. BUT, I did though get some parts l ordered a throttle lever knob, steering wheel insert clutch spring and shifter boot in the Mail after I got home from the meet and greet. That did tie up a few more loose ends nicely.

Now you need to look around for another parts tractor for the engine, fall in love with it, go find another, then another, and another.

I have an old 200 series that had lots of play as you described . Without to much trouble my cousin was able to pull the steering shaft up without having to remove it . He cut off the lower section of the worn gear off with a death wheel. When it went back together the shaft had enough room to slide further down enough so the newer unworn part of the gear took up most of the slack in the worn fan gear . This was on an older 212 model but seems it was a common issue with the 200 series .

Check the condition of the voltage regulator ground - the housing must be properly grounded . Oxidation at the mounting bolts is a common problem.......

I wish Richard... 856

Nice Mike! I’m getting ready to start on shed #2. Will be a mirror image of mine on the slab to the right of it. Will have an awning also.

My 702 has probably had better attention on maintenance, repair etc than any of my other Wheel Horse tractors. It is not my favorite but I do still enjoy riding and working with this tractor. The speed with which Wheel Horse innovated with new devices, attachments and features on their tractors made a quick end to the round hoods but boy they got a lot right early on!

I find adding two 1/8" NPT street ells to my grease gun gives me a lot of options on hard to reach zerk fittings. They are just snug so I can rotate the coupler in both axis.

Day 13 (I think I lost count lol) Today got a couple things done. Rebuild the Carb at work with a OEM NOS Briggs carb kit one of our local power equipment shops had left. But the carb back on with everything fully rebuilt inside including the fuel pump, Replaced the vacuum line. Changed the spark plugs and bolted the engine fully down. Also attached the throttle cable IMG_9164.mov

Wheel Horse planter

Front Attachment

How’s it hanging?? Well if it’s hanging off your WH we wanna see it! Actually if it hangs off, bolts to, hitches up, sticks on it counts! Post up pics of your attachments right here...from mild to wild!

I would stay with an android. Apple has become a luxury brand. And there’s nothing special about the iPhone. I have to use an iPhone for work, lost it in an Uber and just paid $1,200 to replace it! I hate Apple.

Never underestimate the abilities of the current crop of "mechanics".

On the C161 the Kohler motor is a narrow base block and mounts in a cradle the has rubber isolation mounts. These rubber pieces are expensive to replace and you can get steel replacement pieces from one of our vendors "Wheel Horse Parts and More. On some C161 they used a Briggs engine, so it depends on which tractor has what engine You will need to post the model number of each tractor to help us help you sort out the PTO rod. Also some picture with a measurement would help. To test the new tractor s hydro, chain it to a tree and see if it will spin the tire.. If it will, you have a good hydro. The C161 were a transition time for WH . The early ones had the Sundstrand Hydro Transmission and the later ones had the Eaton 1100 hydro. Both are good, but the Eaton is the slightly better of the 2. The Sundstrand has the filter under the right side fender , rear wheel area. The Eaton has the filter pointing backwards at the rear of the tractor. The hydro's use automatic transmission fluid or 10w30 motor oil. if its red its ATF, if it brown its motor oil. don't mix the two. The filter is a NAPA 1410 or a WIX 51410. This is a hydro filter which does not have an internal relief valve. Don't use a car engine oil filter because it has a relief valve. You have the best of both worlds, an auto and 8 speed C161. of both your tractors!

The neighbors a few doors down had some trees taken down a couple there weeks ago. They left the tree trunks as logs. Today, there was a guy with a portable saw mill cutting the logs into beams - about 4 x 6 size. There were some pieces of slab wood that were cut off to square the logs that had interesting live edges. I commented on that, and the owners said to help myself to anything in the pile - in fact, take the whole pile if I wanted. I ended up picking three pieces that had interesting grain pattern and edge shapes. Being white oak, I'm going to let them season, stickered, along the back fence for a while.

Thank you!

You may be able to find NOS parts at K&B Parts, send a PM to @76c12091520h or could be some good used replacement parts at A-Z Tractor, call Lincoln. https://www.a-ztractor.com/

Looks like the plastic spacer is missing.

And for some reason I sold the Raider a few years ago.....

For me the BACK SAVER Johnson Workhorse FEL is the best attachment ever!

I would like to have one of those to mow my yard with