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Well, these rescued Suburban parts were mine for short time, but I am delighted to see them loaded up and headed off to a home with @Bill G who's anxious to put them to good use! (Note, he brought usable front wheels/tires to swap on instead of the rotted out originals so we could more easily roll it into his van.)

Thank you for all the prayers today. My wife's spinal injection procedure went according to plan this morning and now that the local anesthesia has worn off she if pain free. Having been using a wheel chair and otherwise sedentary for a couple of months her legs are not steady. They don't want her to return to PT or exert herself until the doctor sees her in March so progress will be slow. She will try walking with a walker tomorrow. We will be quite a pair both being on walkers.

My wife has a pinched nerve in her spine due to a herniated disc which has made walking nearly imposable for almost two months. We have been going through the Medicare hoops of Physical Therapy, pain management, and injections which have not been effective. Wednesday morning, she will have an injection into the disc which is supposed to relive the pain and allow her to walk without pain. Please say a little prayer for the medical staff and my wife, Maggie, that the procedure will go well and have the desired outcome. Thanks, Dick Schmidt, 953 nut

National Fart Day on February 5 is a comical holiday celebrated for humorous purposes. Farting is generally considered inappropriate and a violation of the concept of etiquette, but did you know that farting has led to full-on fights and battles in history? The Greek historian Herodotus revealed that one man’s fart led to the downfall of King Apries of Egypt in 569 B.C. When a mutiny arose within his army, Apries sent General Amasis to quell it. Instead, the rebels crowned Amasis king, causing Apries to send his advisor, Patarbemis, next. Amasis’ response was a fart which he told Patarbemis to deliver to Apries. More than a little offended upon receiving this news, Apries ordered Patarbemis’ nose and ears to be chopped off, the final straw that pushed the masses to dethrone him in a mob, reinforcing Amasis’ reign. Talking about farts leading to major conflicts, according to “The Jewish War” written by Josephus, during a Passover celebration in 44 B.C., a Roman soldier exposed his naked backside, farted, and spoke some inappropriate words to a group of Jews, who reacted by stoning all the soldiers in sight. The soldiers called back up, and before long, a riot had broken, leading to the death of 10,000 people, mostly Jews. Bernard Clemmens of London holds the Guinness World Record for the longest butt burp at two minutes, 42 seconds. We simply love fun and quirky holidays. National Fart Day has been observed on February 5 since 2008, as the day to stop suppressing accumulated gas and just relax. Let one rip, today, you are free to fart and be unapologetic about it. Depending on how potent your farts are, you may want to warn others beforehand though. Play a gag, fart gags and jokes will never get old. Do the classic whoopie cushion joke on an unsuspecting target, or make jokes and punchlines about farting. On a serious note, National Fart Day is a good opportunity to learn about your digestion. Discover how healthy your farting is or if it is signifying an underlying problem.

Removed the old worn out hood hinge brackets on the 520-H. Installed the @Steve Janninck designed and modified hood hinge brackets. Will definitely last longer than the original '89 set!

A fart is one of the sharpest things in the world. It can cut right through your pants without even making a hole.

I would say it is a " colossalless plow!

In the UK our word for fart is trump, nuff said.

The older I get, the more I celebrate.

Sign in my second grade classroom: “If you wish to expel gas, please leave the room." I had to ask the teacher what this meant. I thought it was about useless chatter.

Without the scientific calculations, I know if you put a big lifted S10 blazer more under the mud bog than above it, and YANK hard enough to pull the back bumper off with a heavier truck, it’s going to eventually snap a 3/8” chain. We’re talking about a log that I could physically move here. I just don’t see where the actual argument is. Either the tractor will move it, or it won’t. If the chain breaks, I’ll supply the next one free of charge.

Who needs a special fart day. For us old retirees every day is Saturday and a Fart day This brings up one of the negatives of retiring, You never get a day off. May be we need some retiree vacation days.

I had regular work today. Trina and our friend got to play snowplow duty on the Horses. The friend driving my '75 C160 Automatic.

Spent a couple hours at the auction this AM. Picked up the park bench and about 50 lbs. of files, drift set, machinist blocks, mill and drill bits and some sports card stuff. Total price= $10.60. Then went to the grocery store and bought 3 bags. Total price = $98.37.

It’s just friendly fire…

Didn't know there was a national one, but at my house it's celebrated about 365 days a year.

Wanted to let everyone know that jay bee (Jim Barker) passed away yesterday.

Knowing this I expect UK Prime Mister Starmer will have difficulty maintaining a straight face when he meets with the United States President.

I'm cured (I hope!)! Haven't hiccupped since yesterday morning. Finally sleeping all night like I should. I don't know what brought them on (possibly acid reflux?) nor what brought them to an end but I'm back on full feed. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Medicare is great most of the time, but there are times when they are a pain in the butt. Wishing your wife good luck with the procedure. I hope it gives her some relief, but if it doesn't you will have to get her doctor to appeal the Medicare decision to get her the proper surgery. Make enough noise and they will relent.

Darwin.....

That is a colossal plow.

Got the parts! And they look awesome. Got them done at New England Chrome plating in East Hartford CT. Amazing people and just an awesome place. Highly recommend them whenever you need some shiny parts on your tractors! Going to install them soon. I hope to have the tractor completed by my birthday on March 4th a month from today. I think it’s doable since there’s really not much left to do besides the hood and wire in the headlights and taillights the rest is just putting parts on.

And on the back... Here's the WHrat WHrecker before it moved to @Pullstart stables... The chain was tested by suspending the entire Mackinac Bridge from it before I trusted it for the ... however, that was a static, not dynamic, test... so I will leave it to the experts @Handy Don @ebinmaine @Ed Kennell to calculate that variable...

So sad to hear. I always looked forward to meeting him, and he was nearly a neighbor.

Rest in piece Jay Bee. My the good lord keep him and be with his family in this time of loss.

Sorry to hear such sad news, rest in peace and thank you for your service. Mick

I pray your wife will have a good outcome.

https://youtu.be/FWBUl7oT9sA

Hmmm.... IF you load it by flipping the hitch drawbar up and the have to lever it down onto the ball, there is a potential to have it get away from you , suddeny go vertical due to the weight of the log, & clock you in the face..... Most folks would only do that once.....

This slop in the axle is common and that I is one reason I used a bolt instead of a pin. After assembly with the all the washers I could fit in I could tighten the bolt to eliminate all the front to rear slop. I tighten the bolt with the nylock nut just enough to eliminate all fore to aft movement but still allow the axle to pivot freely. Like Don stated it is important to get a bolt that is log enough that there are no threads in the axle. No need to worry about the washers wearing. Grease the face of the washers and the bolt and if the axle does loosen up over time, you now can easily tighten the bolt or replace a washer. If you grease the washer faces and the axle zerk fitting you will find the bolt does not move in the frame. The axle only rotates on the bolt. The reason the tab is broken on all the tractors is because the axle zerks were never greased and the axle rusted fast to the pin causing the pin to rotate in the frame wearing the holes in the thin frame after breaking the tab. If the holes in the axle supports are worn badly, you must also repair those. I have repaired some of these by welding a block with a predrilled hole over the worn hole. This new bolt is used to position and hold the blocks iin the correct position during welding.

Yepp.

Just saw Ace Frehley (KISS) this past weekend. He’s 74 year old… Slaughter was the opening band, I’m not a fan. Ace and his guys were great.

Sorry, I'm afraid some of the pictures have been deleted and a lot of the things I did have been lost in my fading memory. I think the front axle bolt was a standard hex head bole and a nylon lock nut. I may have altered the head and cut the length to fit. For the upper steering shaft bearing, I think I welded in a plate to support a 3/4" flanged spherical bearing. I'm not sure if I did it on this one,but Being unable to remove steering wheels without damaging them, I have cut the shafts below the support and put them back together with a shaft sleeve coupling after during the bearing upgrade.

Its gonna look great. I hope to finish my B-80 around the same time. You're on the downhill slide!

There was not a WH 3 point made to fit any of you tractors. Only the. gT14 and D series has 3 point hitches available. There are some threads on here where people have made their own. I’ve also seen the Sears/craftsman 3 poin hitches retrofitted to. WH tractors. But be advised the Sears 3 point hitch has different dimensions and only works with Sears implements.

Had 6 hanging around my house, 4 adult and 2 juveniles (all black). No pic's of young ones (was driving). Thay hung out for about a month (Nov). Awesome bird,

Enjoying my Walnut sticky bun and coffee this AM when this guy sailed over the house and landed about 200 yds away in the field. He fed on something for about 15 minutes before leaving. This is one of the largest eagles I have seen.

Sorry mods, my sheltered me didn't realize this was a banned item.

So, some where between 600 and 11,000 lbs. I'm a Lab test guy so next time I have the 520H out I'll chain it to a 24" red oak and give it a jerk. The 520 with cab and dually is probably well over 1000 lbs. I have a 3/8" chain I used to jerk out twelve 70 yo spruce stumps with my 5,000 lb F-150. BTW, I use pieces of old fire hose on the chain to protect the trees and the tail gate. When felling trees, I often use a 3/8" cable ****** blocked to the base of a tree so the pulling truck is in a safe location. The 3/8" chain should break at 6600 lbs.

This is an easy one... Get 2, no 3 more 's for your herd, hook them all up on separate chains, assess if you have room for even more 's, add as needed or to taste, hook them up separately too... have a "haul day" and invite everyone to drive your haul tractors... no problem... @ebinmaine is good for at least a dozen C-160's... bet he's got rated chain too...

More of a weekend warrior mechanic here , 40 year Aircraft Mechanic that loves to rebuild most anything, Right now currently own 3 wheel horse tractors, c160 with Kwik Way plow / c140 with mower deck ,and what I believe is a c161 16hp hydrostatic drive all run and start normal after cleaning up and chasing some wires also have a complete unattached kwikway loader for older wheel horse that needs reassembled with the 4 new hydraulic cylinder I purchased for it , it's the same loader I have on the C160. But what I'm really interested in is a 3 point hitch setup for use with a cultivator or disc plow setup , would be ideal to find a model number , diagrams or pictures of 3 point hitch set up for one of these tractors,

Prayers for you both.

Hi sir, I read thru this forum and there was quite a good amount of information just a few questions for you. What bolt did you use on the axle pin? Also what other steering upgrades did you do, somthing is wrong with the pictures on my end because they won’t show up, otherwise I would probably know what you did. Thank you.

I GOT IT!!! I show pictures tomorrow.

Carbon brush riding on the axle just might prolong bearing life. On large ships they use a brush on the prop shaft.

Not to throw a wrench into things but I calculated my total tractor weight is about 935 lbs 550 lb tractor 100 lbs of wheel weights Plow/frame around 120 lbs I the driver weigh 165 lbs

Yes I will find it and quit hijacking my own Post and this thread

Jim looks like you are doing it right. Doing things the right way always take up so much time. Doing it quick is never the right way. Enjoy the project and the ride when done.

Serial numbers were never published so what we know about them we have learned on our own. Describe the tractor. Any numbers on the engine including the serial number? Where is the tractor serial number? Decal? Aluminum plate? Engine make? Transmission?