SylvanLakeWH 25,531 #6651 Posted April 2 Great idea!!! You think Kevin can make one of those double helo lift copters out of a couple 's by plow day? Gives him a week and a half to get it off the ground... 1 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,129 #6652 Posted April 2 1 minute ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Great idea!!! You think Kevin can make one of those double helo lift copters out of a couple 's by plow day? Gives him a week and a half to get it off the ground... Not a problem. He all ready has half a Chinook hanging from his ceiling. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,417 #6653 Posted April 2 1 hour ago, Pullstart said: Woo hoo! She passed Tell the kid congrats!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,359 #6654 Posted April 2 Jada passes another milestone, getting her driver's license. You go girl 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,359 #6655 Posted April 2 (edited) Double post Edited April 2 by rjg854 Cor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,834 #6656 Posted April 3 3 hours ago, Ed Kennell said: Not a problem. He all ready has half a Chinook hanging from his ceiling. the better looking half that is! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,814 #6657 Posted April 3 Not much energy today but when up in the attic looking for a black hood for C-series Don the other day I found some head light buckets never knew I had. Put one to use for a lamp for the shop desk. Wired it to a old Radio Shack power supply. What the heck if ding dong can hang a light off a tractor... 2 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lane Ranger 10,968 #6658 Posted April 4 2 hours ago, WHX?? said: Not much energy today but when up in the attic looking for a black hood for C-series Don the other day I found some head light buckets never knew I had. Put one to use for a lamp for the shop desk. Wired it to a old Radio Shack power supply. What the heck if ding dong can hang a light off a tractor... Jim: Did you put new pigtails intros light sockets?? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,814 #6659 Posted April 4 12 hours ago, Lane Ranger said: Jim: Did you put new pigtails intros light sockets?? Nope orginals in great shape. Sockets rusty but a copper fitting brush cleans good. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,834 #6660 Posted April 4 Found a couple things cleaning in the shop today… 2 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,814 #6661 Posted April 4 Those look like tractors from a light string. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClassicTractorProfessor 5,314 #6662 Posted April 6 Got our annual spring Play Day coming up next weekend at the Historical Society. For those who don’t know what a Play Day is it’s a day that we set aside 3 years ago for all of us members to get together and play with our toys. We have our annual show in September but we are all too busy putting on the show to really enjoy our toys. It’s also a time when we can get together and get any bugs worked out of any of our tractors or engines before show season kicks off. This year I’m gonna take our 1957 Cub LoBoy and see if me and a couple of the guys can get it running, so tonight after work I put the two new tires on the front that Rodger ordered for this tractor about 10 years before he passed and had been sitting on the shelf ever since. We also stopped at the pond on our way out to the farm and caught our first fish of the season, I caught one good sized bass and a few small ones, and Courtney caught one small one, she’s got the pic of the big one on her phone but here’s some of the small ones we caught 3 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,998 #6663 Posted April 8 (edited) We spent the last three days with the high school robotics team I mentor. We have two teams, the junior team made up of freshman and sophomores, and the senior team, made up of juniors and seniors. This is the 3rd regional competition we have attended. There were 42 teams completing there. The junior team went undefeated through the qualification rounds. They ended up being the alliance captain for the #3 seated alliance. Their winning streak continued through the 8 alliance double elimination finals. Winning this regional qualifies them for the world championships to be held in 2 weeks in Houston. In the first 15 seconds of each match, the robots execute a pre-programmed routine to move, pick up game pieces and score them. The junior team's worked very well. It scored 4 playing pieces in all but maybe 1 or 2 matches. This won them the Autounmous Award. The senior team did not fare as well. They fought some mechanical and electrical bugs throughout the meet. They kept after it, swatting the bugs as they came up. By the end of the qualification rounds, they had the robot at 100%, climbing from a #33 low ranking up to a #5 rank. For finals, they were chosen to be a member of the #1 alliance. They lost in the 2nd round of the finals, dropping them into the lower bracket. There, they were eliminated in the 4th round by the #2 alliance. The #2 alliance was eliminated by the #4 alliance, who met their ellimination at the hands of the junior team. The senior team did win the Excellence in Engineering Award. The senior team is currently ranked as #134 worldwide out of 3500 teams, and the junior team is currently ranked at #177. Edited April 8 by 8ntruck 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,068 #6664 Posted April 13 Cut my yard(notice I did not say grass). Grady didn’t like me getting buried up in the wet part of the yard between our two houses( actually the wet places is mostly in his yard) so I am only cutting to my line now. Then I took the Wheel Horses out for a neighborhood romp… 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,129 #6665 Posted April 13 OK, where do you get the invisible paint you used on your decks? They do make a nice cut. 1 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beap52 809 #6666 Posted April 13 Ribeye, potatoes in aluminum foil and mushrooms for supper. Mom is in charge of mushrooms, I grilled steaks and cooked the potatoes on Green Egg. Great to see mom doing better. If you remember, she had major surgery a few months ago following a mistake during a biopsy. This is the first mess of mushrooms I've found in several years. I rode my electric bike and found them along the "railroad to bike" trail. 5 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,068 #6667 Posted April 14 1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said: OK, where do you get the invisible paint you used on your decks? They do make a nice cut. @Ed Kennell, Funny, I was thinking as I took those pics… ”None of my Wheel Horses have had an attachment reinstalled on them since I spruced them up. The deck(48” SD) for the 520H needs just a few little parts before it will be complete after the restoration of it. The deck(42” SD) for the GT-1600 still needs a complete overhaul. The GT-1600 also came with a mid mount scraper blade that I need to paint. Shameful ain’t it… 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,068 #6668 Posted April 14 @Beap52, So glad to hear your mother is doing better! God is good, and God is good all the time! 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,068 #6669 Posted April 14 After cutting the yard, and taking the two Horses for a romp around the neighborhood, I washed Libby’s car… then blow dried it… 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,998 #6670 Posted April 14 Nice day here. About 80 degrees. Got restarted on my porch project by cleaning bricks until my back told me to stop - only got 40 done. Tomorrow, I will make my makeshift table (plywood on sawhorses) a bit taller. 'Only' 200 or 300 more bricks left to clean. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,359 #6671 Posted April 14 13 hours ago, Horse Newbie said: @Beap52, So glad to hear your mother is doing better! God is good, and God is good all the time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,359 #6672 Posted April 14 13 hours ago, Horse Newbie said: After cutting the yard, If you don't have decks on your 's, what are you mowing the yard with 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse Newbie 7,068 #6673 Posted April 14 1 minute ago, rjg854 said: If you don't have decks on your 's, what are you mowing the yard with I use a HDS 2166 Cub Cadet… I am curious about, and wanting to see how the overhauled 48” SD Wheel Horse deck will do on the yard. But like I said, I have a few more little pieces to finish(deck height adjustment rod), rubber bumpers on it before I can use it… And besides, I’d rather wear out the Cub and save the Wheel Horses. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #6674 Posted April 14 After 2 Weeks ago we again had some troubles with the Sleeper. 2 new shocks on the rear, new exhaust because the old was fallen off, at least again the dang Haldex and finally troubles with the valve steering and few minor problems.... because of all the troubles comes up in 4 weeks combined and time between failure become allway’s quicker more and more, we decided to sent him to retirement. So Kati needs a new Car. We looking for a better Car for the Dog and we decide to get her a Dogcatcher minivan. So we bought a brand new Nissan Townstar for LEO and Kati is allowed to drive him. 😎😂😂 Because i have now little bit more time on my Handy i decorated my Subaru a little with PIAA LED Spots. I got them relatively cheap, so i decided it is more my Sytle and the subi didn‘t look so Unadventurous. the best thing is they be so dang bright and give me good widerange eyesight even on fawn searching in the night. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,129 #6675 Posted April 14 6 hours ago, rjg854 said: If you don't have decks on your 's, what are you mowing the yard with The decks are on there Randy. You need these special glasses to see thru the invisible paint. I could send you a pair for $79.95 + $29.95 S&H. PM your address and bank account routing number and I'll fix ya up. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
