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Acquired a well used snow blade. Decided to primp it a little before mounting. installed it on an Electro 12 that had been repowered with a kohler 16 hp. And cone clutch. Disassemled, cleaned primed and topcoated. Temp have been in the low 50s so parts got hung in shop bathroom with a heater going to help the drying process. Put it all back together today.

Headed into STL today and passed two Model A Fords on the bridge. They were rolling right along at around 50 mph. Older guy driving the lead car, maybe in his 70’s. Younger kid driving the chase car, probably in his 20’s. Not the best pictures, but tried to get them with the Arch in the background. Amazing to think those cars are approaching 100 years old. I love the look of cars from that era with the running boards, big headlamps, and spoke wheels. Even the smallest modem cars dwarf them. Hopefully you enjoy the pictures. Steve btw - I wasn’t driving.

^^^^^ this. And...... ^^^^^ this. If you're ONLY going to use ONE tractor you'll need to remove the plow. The weights can and IMHO should stay on all year. I keep a snowplow tractor set up all year and NEVER put it in the forest. I have others for forest work.... well set up in fact for my own rough terrain.

900 pages. … Bunch of addicts or something!

After all these years of wrestling that 60” deck out from under the tractor I finally got smart and used my little gantry crane and a come-a-long to lift the front of the tractor and just roll the deck forward. So simple I could not believe I didn’t think of this sooner. Then I power washed everything including my 48” deck which was on the 418-C. The Peco vacuum was then put away until next year’s leaf harvest! In order to put it away I had to shuffle some stuff around, so I thought I should take some pictures.

Back plate assembly and alternator stator ready to install. This is the 16/10A alternator which is an upgrade for my engine that had the 3A unregulated dual circuit alternator originally. Because I have the small magnets in the flywheel I get the 10A rating, not 16A but still a big upgrade. Not that I have a big current draw in this tractor but it may not get used a lot so faster battery charging will be the primary reason for the upgrade. Engine block ready for back plate assembly and alternator stator installation. Back plate assembly loosely in place and alternator stator installed. Back plate assembly and alternator stator installed. Alternator stator wires behind back plate assembly.

Most of those pages were on some "colossal build of something" just can't remember what it was.

How'd you get the antlers to stay on the other dog??

Had loads of choices, from what I have been told the 1928 color pallet consisted of a half dozen colors and more were added each successive year.

i have some old wh literature. wh recommends 16hp minimum for a 2 stage blower. pushing snow and blowing snow is not the same. when pushing, you are not using the pto. of course the 310-8 will turn the blower but, it might take a looong time to clear your driveway.

ATD - Attention to Detail. Every step. Fantastic!

It’s facing south so you can’t see it from Wisconsin 😂😂

Plow DOWNHILL first. Clear the path. Then connect the trailer and pull the load up. More weight. Good chains. Absolutely necessary.

you are supposed to have more implements then tractors?

This is the dilemma that many baby boomers are facing. If you sell your home at today's inflated prices you will have to have someplace to move to and it will be overpriced too. When we moved from Florida twenty years ago the real-estate boom was in full swing and we got three times what we had paid for our house fifteen years earlier. I heard from our former neighbors that the house resold for more than double what we had sold it for. The price of building materials and labor has gone so high that most people won't be able to buy a fixer-upper when they are twenty something like many of us now senior citizens did. I fear that today's twenty somethings won't be able to afford any type of home unless they receive a substantial inheritance. I had always wanted to live in a high priced neighborhood and thanks to inflation I do now. Like @Handy Don said, you are building memories with every board you replace and every stroke of a paint brush. My wife and I did a substantial amount of the work that went into building our home and incorporated features designed to allow :aging in place" so we will be able to live here safely and comfortably for as long as God allows us to live.

My guess is he had the parachute attached to himself and jettisoned the mower over the wooded area. Wish I knew when and where this took place so I could check the obituaries to see if the cause of death was listed.

Similar concept same result... works great!!!

Picked up some egg sandwiches with my bride and took a ride to the ocean this morning. I was surprised how rough it was, these pictures don’t do it any justice as to how angry the sea was. On the way home we stopped at my buddies farm stand to pick up some fresh turkey sausage and Lucy paused for a photo.

This I did not know ... never had a reason to take one apart. Ya think?? Naaaww this would get alot more exciting when the front end drops off ...

I saw a picture of a snow roller. Actually, there seem to be two types of rollers. One is a naturally formed by wind blowing snow and it rolls up like a cinnamon roll on edge. Interesting but not what piqued my interest. The other was a large barrel pulled behind a team of horses that flatten and packed snow so when sleighs were used, they had a good surface to be pulled upon. I thought about copying a picture but I'm cautious about copy-righted material. One article I found was from White Mountain Snow Rollers and was full of informative reading.

Hi Dave, I have a lift table that I bought from Harbor freight. It’s a motorcycle lift that I made the top wider to accommodate my tractors. I doubled up 3/4” oak plywood and banded it with poplar. I waited until it went on sale and I think I paid around 500 bucks for it. My only regret is not buying it sooner! Since I have a bad back this is really a game changer. Now I stand up and work on them without having to stop because my back hurts. Unless I’m doing something simple it’s going on the table! You want pictures? I got em!

A link always works. https://mwvvibe.com/white-mountain-snow-rollers/

It is like an assembly section in a manual. Not one of my restos come close to these. Needless to say, @cleat could sell his tractors as “remanufactured”.

I hurt today. Stupid weather system is sitting on top of us messing with my back and legs again.

I do, but they're spares

It's an option....

I leave my weights on year round. I need the traction for mowing on my steep areas. I also leave the blade on for clearing downed limbs from the woods trails and also find it useful for moving large rounds when using the wood splitter. I replaced the 6" fronts with 8" and left the longer spindles on giving mine another inch of clearance under the axle and plow.

You have to watch where it is coming from. Some items show as being in Chicago not New Jersey. If you have a mix it is double shipping..

Hopefully like I always say " Nothing a new pair of underware won't fix"!

I leave mine rigged all year. Not worth the work to remove / replace each year...

In case you have not met Pete Crawler there is not a door in his house that squeaks...

I have been using my engine hoist for all sorts of things like deck removal and draining transaxle oil, safer and easier than jacking the front end up.

First car ever died at the local gas station... Old timer that owned it jumped it bass awkward and melted the positive post. I got a new battery that day for free but The lesson was you have to watch EVERYONE. Even really bright folks step in it sometimes Glad you are fine. Horsey can be fixed relatively easily.

Today I worked a full shift and then plowed for an hour… the 308 works well just fine tuning as I go along.

Day 19 Success! If you haven’t seen my electrical post with the tractor here it is. Didnt hook up the brake pedal safety so the last 2 weeks of troubleshooting was for no reason 😂. Finally today got it to crank over! Tommorow will hopefully hear it run for the first time! 🤞 IMG_2506.mov

Hey guys, wanted to get your opinion here. My buddy Dave sold me a nice set of wheel weights and a plow for my 312-8! Haven't had time yet to get everything installed but hoping to before Christmas. Anyway, I'm thinking of just leaving the plow and wheel weights on all year. The tractor will mainly be used for hauling firewood up to the house during the winter, and moving logs/firewood in the spring for splitting season. I'm going to try plowing the driveway with it, but may just be easier for me to snow blow it with my Ariens. I am thinking I could at least use the plow for clearing a path to the house up my path in the woods when we have snow, and maybe doing some grading of the yard in the summer. Any issue with leaving the plow and weights on 24/7 all year? For the plow, I think I just need to make a bit more room in the shed for parking the tractor, but wasn't sure if the plow frame greatly reduced ground clearance or not as I drive over a lot of bumpy ground through the forest. My thought was the added weight up front may help me stop my front end from jumping and doing wheelies at least! Thanks guys

i have rehabbed various plows - some in pretty ugly condition - cleaning/sanding or blasting off the rust -- then primer paint, then final red -- usually a new "wear edge" blade, plus new carriage bolts -- and typically rehab to the springs and rods - always a worthwhile project

WOW, that's scary. The PeeAaa Ed dog and the Maine Bear typing the same message at the same instant.

IMO, just the opposite, Max traction with chains = less spinning when pulling and better control with less sliding when braking.

Get the chains. Believe it or not you'll likely do LESS damage WITH chains. Chains prevent most of the wheel spin. From experience in mountain country..... you will NEED chains to move even the slightest distance uphill in frozen ground.

In bad weather maybe only load the trailer half full...all to front ...increased tongue weight equals better traction

Without tire chains it will not pull a trailer full of wood uphill in snow...

Thank you for verifying that Red ... It was too cold out to go and look...

There is a blue Model A sedan for sale a couple miles up the road from me. I probably ought not stop by for a closer look....

20-20 hindsight. It works the other way too. When is the right time to sell and move on from a place that’s affordable, comfortable, has great memories, and so on.

Good thing none of us have ever accidentally tried welding with jumper cables...

Finished the hanging doors. Fabbed up brackets to add rollers, and added some seals to the sides just to cut down how much wind blows into the barn. The front rollers are on hitch pins so they can be removed in case the door needs to swing out for maintenance too.