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even the mower deck wheel can look great with some fresh paint

The 857 I picked up this summer had 23x10.5 rear rubber that just looked to wide to me. Got these from my neighbors collection (thanks @Docwheelhorse) in a 23x8.5x12 size. Primed and painted . Used Rustoleum “rattle can” Cottage White

I live about 16 miles from there and Kpinnc is closer. I was down there last year for the fall show. My friend Bill that died a couple month back has a wood engine he built in the building with old radios and appliances. He had it at the 4th July show a couple of years where he ran it. The cylinder bore and head was epoxy coated and the piston was graphite. He did not epoxy the head bolt holes and after a couple shows it burn out and lost compression..

Your rims look great !!!! Painting rims makes the look of tractor 100 percent better

And mounted up.

Gave the 523-H her first oil change today. No glitter in the old oil (5 hours since build), so that was a relief. I was concerned about how dark it was, but then remembered that the assembly lube I used was black. She is dirty already, but ready to work again!

Lowes closed the store and had a party for the employees with the profit margin they made after Sparks left the store.

Paint prep was fairly easy. Hard scrubbing to get em clean and grease free. Then a light sanding…that’s it! Don’t be fooled by the before pics, these were not as rusty as they appear in the pics. No scaly rust and no pitting to deal with.

Ain’t nothing fourteen rolls of masking tape and three rattle cans can’t fix Looks great!

that's great work doing deck rescue !!!!!!!!!!!!! To me doing a rescue of a wh mower deck is very gratifying mostly because its so unfortunate to see the way many were poorly maintained or left in weather so they either rot underneath from grass or the top from rain soak -- here are a couple my grandson and I have done 37, 42s, 48s -- and although a few we used a 90 degree angle grinder to sand with a sponge disc to remove rust, I have found the $ investment to have professionally sand blasted produces the best result to then prime and paint.

I suppose today was "help my neighbor day". A friend fell 20 feet last February on a construction site and busted up both ankles badly. He is just now walking short distances with the help of a cane. Otherwise he uses a mobility scooter. Today I used the line trimmer for almost two hours cutting the weeds and grass around his place. When I mentioned I was to to model train show Friday, he showed interest. Looks like I'll have a companion at the train show. The sad part is that his wounds are not healing, the bones are not mending correctly, He faces another surgery mid October to rebreak and reset the bones. My next door neighbor is on hospice. He had fought a good fight against cancer but in the end, it catches up with us. I sat with Joe an hour and half while his wife took care of business in town. I don't think he ever knew I was there. Morphine keeps pain at bay. I am blessed that even though I'm almost ten years older than both of these men, I am able to help them in time of need.

Deck installed with correct belt. Runs nice and quiet as expected.

We were in NC for a wedding this weekend. We found an awesome show! If you wouldn’t mind, tell me how you like (or don’t like) this style of video. I took “Live Photos” during the show, and blended them to make the video you see.

Well I don’t know how I missed it but I somehow did but my fan gear had a broken off tooth and I will be honest I just tried replacing it but the replacement I got from ebay was worse for wear that I couldn’t tell from the pictures so I decided to roll the dice and weld it up and shape a new tooth which turned out fairly well and with a test fit in the tractor it meshes good. Wish I would’ve caught it sooner but such is life so now time to sand the it back down and give it a fresh paint job.

I bought a Generac Whole Home generator 8 years ago. I’ve had a couple of issues with it, but it’s been one of the best purchases we’ve made for the house. I travel a lot for work and this gives me peace of mind knowing my wife doesn’t have to do anything. It starts automatically, runs everything in our house, including the AC, and then shuts off automatically when the street power is restored. I paid $3500 for the unit at generatorsdirect.com and I paid another $3500 for the plumbing and electrical hook ups. Mine runs on natural gas. At our prior house, we had a portable Generac 5000. We had a sub panel installed professionally. But when we lost power while I was traveling, my wife didn’t like to have to take it out of the shed, fuel it up, plug it in, start it up and then switch the panel (all the things your MIL may have to do), and I really didn’t blame her. So when we bought this place..a generator it was!

Troybuilt 7600 generator hooks up to whole house plug on outside of house. Disconnect at panel. Runs everything except central ac, but if i shut off everything else it'll run that too... has a remote monitoring panel that shows me load etc. put right at back door window so i can see how it is working... Installed, permitted and inspected under permit by licensed electrician.

using the player cards has worked well generally to protect the tires from over spray -- i have used the blue tape, or even the stick on saran type wrapping material a couple times, but overall just deflating the tire and sticking in the playing cards is pretty efficient - - of course the easiest painting is when the tires are off the rims -- haha

Coated spindle shaft and threads with never seize. Blade nut threads were never seized as well. Loosely installed all 3 pulleys then impact tightened nuts. Belt installed. This belt is worn but will work for now. Belt covers installed. I did not paint these as they are in pretty good shape. Draft bars and hitch installed. Leveler cotter pins installed then rear brackets tightened. Leveler rod assembly installed and nut ran half way up threads for initial adjustment. Rubber bumpers installed.

We stumbled upon this guy’s little shop the day before, and he told us about the pickers show. What a “personal” collection!

I feel sorry for all the iPhone users who have bought into the hype. Just like the folks hooked on Starbucks. I can't afford to drink Starbucks just as I can't afford an iPhone. But I can drink a nice generic cup of coffee while doing everything I need to do on my Android, and I have a lot more money in my pocket. Just my 2 cents worth.

Happy Birthday @Vinylguy, we are all glad you were born. Thank you for all you have done for our hobby addiction!

Throw this into the mix for faster winch lifting.

Had our roof replaced only three years ago so I am not eager to mess with that! Also, as I noted, leaning toward a system that is easily used by my spouse. Currently investigating wall mounted panels. Our roof already has HW solar panels “hogging” the most usable spot. Our mostly windowless SSW 2-story wall has the next best exposure. Europe has seen more wall-mounts than the US, so far. Yes, the capital outlay for the parts not covered by grants is pretty steep 😬 That said, a whole house generator, including wiring, plumbing (natural gas), etc. is in the $mid-teens and gives no return on investment (it is strictly a loss prevention and quality of life thing).--hence I’m doing the research and the math. We shall see! 🙂

I run my generator on ethanol laced gasoline. When the power outage is over I have a tee and valve after the tank and drain it into a gas can, then restart and let it run dry. Been doing this for many years and the engine still starts on the first or second pull.

If the volt meter has power to it and is not working check the ground wire to be sure it is connected.

Yes, then flat washers can be used to make fine adjustments to the length. I've made several tubes from 3/4" pipe. I flattened the blower end, drilled a hole and bent the correct angle on the end. Cut to the correct length after the flag is made and installed. Also made several flags from 1/2" round bar and welded two plates one on in each side that sandwiched the lift lever in between. This design puts the force centered on the rod.

Contractor I watched used a long razor knife. Scored and broke over a rail clamped to sawhorses (a la sheetrock) for long straight cuts. He had a Milwaukee M12 (battery) Hackzall with a narrow metal-cutting blade for the details and curves so yes, some mess there but surprisingly little and he could plunge cut with it. He wore a N95 to avoid inhaling dust. He was using construction adhesive (in a battery-powered gun) to mount and between panels.

Eric - my observations... One guy I worked with was very adamant about getting a generator that ran on the SAME fuel as what he used to heat his house...(electricity was not a choice). He had city natural gas for his heat, that was what he used. Why?? Two reasons - City natural gas is an "endless, uninterrupted" supply - no need to store 3 days of gasoline. The BIG reason that has NOT been mentioned - Brownout as the generator runs out of fuel... NOT good. That can kill circuit boards on refrigerators, oil burners, and freezers..IF you go with a gasoline powered generator, you MUST be diligent to prevent this and to restart the generator without a load on it....

That brings up another valid point. If Trina's mom moved into the basement and she lost power while we knew we were going to be away for a few days..... That would make electric start almost mandatory.

Mule drive pulleys have been greased. It has not been painted but will work great. I will bring a tractor to the shop and mount deck to verify proper tractor to deck belt and to run the deck and see how it sounds. At this point I will not cut grass with it to keep it clean until I decide what I am doing with it (I have 4 other decks).

when I have done larger rear rims to clean i have used the 90 degree angle grinder with 4 1/2 inch sanding sponge pad but of course due to size its limited manuverability - - so then i use the mini ingersol air grinder with the small 2 inch pads - - then also to get into the creases of rims i use the air Needle scaler which is nice for hard to reach joint creases that get the rust - - then naturally revert to hand sanding as necessary --- the combo of tools does the job to get rims pretty rust clean -- then prime and paint with cans -- overall they usuually look pretty good when done

Thanks guys. I made it another year 😆 Having a cup of ☕️ at the lake now then heading home to make some decals. 😁

I would not glue it in. Get the correct seal and do it right. The Charger looks great.

Amazing how much painting your wheels spruces up these little tractors. Looks great Mike!

Thank you one and all for the birthday wishes, very nice cake Ed I have done a lot of that ( climbing poles ) but not recently. I think I could do a little of it yet though. Bob

That breaker swap was planned to have new, #6 wire installed between the box and tankless water heater. Since the breaker did not fit, I took a closer look at the box. There were empty knock out holes that suggested that it is used. Per the label on the box, max wire size is #8. The box specs N1 type breakers, which were superseeded about 1965. The main breaker is 100 amps. However, the lake house is small enough that I would expect it to have 60 amp service. This raised a question in my mind about the possibility of the PO replacing the original 60 amp main breaker with a 100 amp breaker to 'upgrade' the service. I also started to think about the largest possible load we could see. 4 burners and the oven on the electric range, 3 window air conditioners, the refrigerator, maybe a hair dryer, and the tankless water heater would come close to maxing the system out. Combining all of the above caused me to postpone the tankless heater install until after upgrading to bigger service and a new load center are installed.

Yep same tractor ... 1067 My first one and first resto. Was supposed to be a trailer queen and parked in my living room to look at. @Achto 's restos are a hell of alot nicer than mine and he has no qualms about sticking them in the dirt so who am I? Used to plow with it after resto till I set up a dedicated 1257 plow mule. Would like to find a rough molested 1267 to resto. Only model I would ever resto again.

Not always easy to incorporate, but limit switches sensing the lifted part movement might also be an option. Many options now from home security systems are modestly priced.

My wife's parents had a set up installed quitesome time ago. They were using g a portable manual start generator - which my brother in law now has. There was an outlet (inlet?) Installed outside the house that back fed through a 2 pole 30 amp breaker. No interlock to prevent back feeding into the power line to the house - had to throw the main breaker before connecting the generator. This system probably is not up to current code. Later, after my mother in law went onto an oxygen concentrator, they installed a Generac whole house, propane powered unit with an automatic transfer switch. Runs the whole house, but the central air conditioner sure makes the V twin in it grunt when it turns on. I'll typically turn the air off when the Generac is running. The old generator connection point is now an outlet for my welder.

I have a short chute from the mid 70s that I'll be dropping off to @Maz91 Mike in the next few days. I can get you measurements on that if you like.

Waylon if you can post up some picks of it. I think a lot of us would like to see it. I know I would. Thanks.

Yeah that!

What about the paint prep?? The results look great...

Denton has one of the largest tractor and engine shows in the southeast on the fourth of July weekend. Lots of stem power and horse drawn as well as tractors doing work. This is not a park it and polish it show. https://dentonfarmpark.com/southeast-old-threshers-reunion/

My wife also had the three chicken grease injections about 5 years ago. The first two did help a bit, but she suffered some worrisome side affects after the third one. She woke up at first light, flapped her arms and ----a doodled. They must have run out of hen grease.

Another unseasonably warm day after a day of solid rain yesterday. So I made the most of it with a walk along the local canal to a little village called Elsecar (pronounced elsie car). This was a village built to house mine workers at the local coal mines or pits which in the old days belonged to that same Fitzwilliam family who owned most things around here as the major landowners and coal owner. This is a Newcomen beam engine, steam powered water pump to raise water out of the deep mine workings. It was built in the late 1700's by the earl so that coal could be got from deeper underground. It ran continuously until 1923 when it was retired to make way for electric pumps. One of your guys, Henry Ford?, came over here for a look see and asked to buy the beam engine so he could take it back home to the states as a museum piece. He even gave the Earl a blank cheque, but was politely refused. It is the oldest steam engine in the world still in its original place. The buildings behind are mine cottages to house workers at the nearby pit, you can also see a winding wheel to the right of the beam engine and that was an emergency shaft to access the mine workings if the main shafts were blocked by fire etc. We always thought our industrial history was not worth bothering with, but really it's such an important part of how Britain became great.

Finally finished up a rehab on trailer. Paid $895 for it brand new 25yrs ago. Definitely gotten my money worth out of it all these years. Finally it was time for a strip down to repaint. Also had to replace hubs/bearings (they were original) New chains & tongue jack. Hopefully last me another 25yrs

Congratulations Ed and Mrs. K. There have been 22,282 days from the day you were married up to today. If you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since then you have slept a total of 7,427 days or 20.33 years. You spent 33% of your life sleeping. Since night and day always follow each other, there were precisely 754 full moons after you were born up to this day. On Sunday, September 8th, 1963 77th US Women’s Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court #1 US song: My Boyfriend's Back by The Angels #1 UK song: She Loves You by The Beatles Popular movie: The Executioner of Venice directed by Luigi Capuano. Scottish Lotus driver Jim Clark wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch his first F1 World Drivers Championship; Clark's 5th GP win of the season. Milwaukee Braves future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn ties Christy Mathewson with 13 x 20-win seasons. The 16 Gemini astronaut candidates began training in parachute landing techniques. The training involved being towed to 400 feet by a parasail, then releasing the towline and gliding to the ground. This training was necessary because in a low-level abort, the pilot would eject from the spacecraft and need to descend by parachute. But your wedding had to be the most enduring of all of these events. All of the sports records have been surpassed, new movies and songs have come and gone but you are still going strong.

Navajo White is what I prefer if I’m not doing a custom color. Last pic is next to a Craftsman white wheel