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I used my 864 to pull my dad's 1257 that I forgot to check the oil level in and snapped the rod on a 6 by 12 trailer to the garage with me room to hopefully get the tractor out back together soon. I had the gasket balanced so that my tractor was just pulling and not dealing with the tongue weight and bouncing of everything.

It won't work on anything but a 856 which I just so happen to have one for sale ...

Perfect I"ll bring it to the Scantic Valley show and put it in your truck!

Tempting but I’m hearing it’s also meets the drive belt specs for the short frame 3 speed rigs ..which I have one of.

Here's some pictures of the C101 I found earlier this year on FBMP, a little more than an hour from home too. It came with a 42"RD deck that looks better than the one a rebuilt last fall, so I swapped all the new parts over from one shell to the other and now have VGC spindles to make another serviceable 42"RD, just won't have the old patina, but it's not rotted out. I really have enjoyed going through this machine. I cut some grass with it yesterday and probable cut some more today or tomorrow. I runs smooth and strong, it's weathered and solid I went with penetrol and steel wool finish refurbish and I like the OG survivor look.

My muffler on my C-160 actually holds the hood from opening too far!

As always Garry we thank you for what you do. This site would not be the same without your diligent work ethic..

I mowed my elderly parents lawn for them a few weeks ago with the 312-8 after their 20 year old Cub Cadet's PTO decided it wanted to stop engaging. It was past due but the tractor kept chugging along. My parent's specifically my mother was happy was taken care of.

My last two nights have been spent working on my truck. I've been chasing an exhaust leak since this time last year. I'll fix one thing, it will seem OK for a day or two, then it starts getting worse again. Sunday I found a hole in one of the header tubes and the brazing rods I've repaired everything else with would not stick to that metal. I couldn't get the flange bolts in the head to budge, so last night off came the cab. Tonight I actually go the headers out, with only two broken bolts. Thankfully those two are in flanges and I can just drill them out over-sized and re-tap without worrying about damaging over things. I've already done it to the same engine in another of my vehicles.

I've been an Owl's Head member for years, but since we moved to Maine about 18 years ago I haven't had a finished vehicle to take to any of their events...yet. Maybe next year, if I can keep the momentum going. When we lived in Utah I restored/modified/repaired a number of what I consider classics (I only owned one at a time...as limited by budget). There were several that I wish I still owned.

Today, I pulled 2 of the 3 usable tractors the 312 and the C-141 out to get to my ATV with a winch to move my Snowmobile around. Frank, The C-141 definitely likes the more constant use even if it is just moving it out of the way. I haven't had a problem starting it for months. Yesterday, I put a new deck belt for the 37"SD on the 308. I got a few years out of the same old one, and it wouldn't keep tension without needing to extend the adjustment screw on the mule drive.

I blew the leaves out of the black raspberry patch today. Created enough of a mess on the lawn that it required Morgan, the 14-8, to pull the lawn sweeper around for a bit. As long as he was out, I hooked the garden cart up to him and moved the new section of dock from winter storage to the front yard of the lake house. Set the dock section on saw horses to slop a couple coats of stain on it before putting it in the lake. As long as the tractor was hooked out and hooked up to the cart, I went over to the neighbor's house and picked up 2 snow blades of unknown vintage and origin. He had a project planned for them, but it died - he was planning on scrapping them. There are trip spring assemblies that I can adapt to the plow that came with Pack Rat, the AC B-110, and frames that look like a good starting point to build a belly blade for the Wheel Horse. I got the first coat of stain on the top side of the new dock section after dinner. New gallon of stain. When I took the color tag from the gallon I got 3 years ago Menardsfor another gallon, the guy at the paint counter informed me that the same stain was NLA. Seems VOC regulations have tightened, forcing oil base stain out of Menards inventory. He apologized, then grumped a bit about how times are changing. When asked if they still sell lacquer thinner, he replied 'not the good stuff".

I got one if you want one

Beautiful country. Really enjoy the stone work. We spent several days in England several years ago. I regret not returning to visit a friend who lived there many years as a teacher. I've not watched All Creatures Great and Small but I did watch Doc Martin. That was a great show. I'm going to have to check in to All Creatures. Thanks for posting. Always good to expand our horizons.

When the paint bubbled on my freshly restored C-121 I showed it to the man himself,Cecil Pond. I asked him about this and he said flat out, well I guess that’s a poor design! That little picture in the upper left corner was taken 10 minutes after we had that conversation. Me, Betty and Cecil 2004.

1986 Click on the fuzzy tractor 1987 1988 1989

already got three kids too many!

Nice Tractor One thing that I've noticed with a Nelson muffler on that style of tractor. It's difficult to find the happy spot between being too close to the points or being too close to the hood. The B100 that I recently picked up had the muffler way too close to the points cover, actually damaged the points under the cover. I think I have it centered good now, time will tell.