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I know these are all green, but bear with me here... https://www.grassworks.co/ I think I need one.

August 31, 1798, America's first bank robbery takes place at the Bank of Philadelphia, an inside job that netted the enormous sum of $162,821. In a bonehead move, the culprit began depositing the missing money in the very bank he had robbed.

Since you've put fresh gear oil back in it, get it running and drive it around for a week or two. As Ed said, jack it up and check axle bearing before replacing seals, worn bearings will cause new seals to fail . If axle bearings appear good, you will have to drain it to replace seals, so I would do a diesel or kerosene flush at that time. Removing axle hubs is one of the rights of passage as a wheel horse owner!!!!!!!! When you remove the hubs, do not use a 3 jaw puller, you WILL break them. Here a thread with several designs of hub pullers. You can buy precut heavy round plate disc from several suppliers on EvilBay. These transmissions are not that complicated. I actually enjoy rebuilding them. If you decide to rebuild it, drain oil. fill with diesel or kerosene and drive it around a little to do a flush before disassembly. It sure helps get some of the smelly gear oil off everything. take plenty of pictures as you disassemble it to help you reassemble it. Post picture of parts after disassembly and we can help identify anything that needs replaced. FYI the hi/lo shift fork assembly and the main shift forks have small balls in them that can easily get lost on disassembly. You can get replacements in those parts drawers at you ACE or other hardware store (not Home Depo or Lowes) You can clean rusty gears & shafts up on a bench grinder with a wire wheel. Here's a video by out transmission guru, Stevasaurus. While the bearing arbors he now has look great, you can use sockets as arbors to remove and install bearings You can buy your bearings and seals from a any bearing supply house, or get the from one of our vendors https://wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/product-category/manual-transmissions/

I know I’m not the only one around here that finds it kind of amazing how perfectly good re-purposable stuff goes off to the scrapyard for pennies a pound or simply thrown in the trash. I made a great back yard fire pot by bolting together a pair of brake drums that came off a semi my friendly local alignment shop gave me for next to nothing. I topped it off with a recycled grill and now it is one. It’s pretty impressive for a piece of junk if I do say so myself. It’s hurricane proof in any case! Lolz

We changed the brake pads and rotors on my nephew's truck and my van last weekend. What to do with those old rotors? Well, since they fit perfectly on a 12" rim we made some inside/outside wheel weights out of them. Outside Inside

Back on topic. I do have front ball hitches on my tractors. Makes it much safer and easier to position equipment. I especially like the offset receiver on the 310-8. I can see the ball to position it under the coupling without leaving the seat. I can still use the mule drive and decks with both of these front ball hitches.

IDK how many times I could have used these over the years and finally ordered me a set. Some of the terminals I have worked on I could release and save but a bunch I could not . I hope the days of sticking them precision screwdrivers I had been using in my hands and fingers are over. Surely there sumin in this kit that will cover all the terminals I will ever come across from here on out . These seem well made with a handle that you can hold on to. Will try and replace the 9 pin connectors on my 520’s with new 9 pin connectors instead of replacing with 2 4 wire trailer connectors. Me being a purist ya know.

Governor lever bead blasted and painted. I used chrome paint as that is what I had on hand. Hopefully it will look OK. New bolt and flat washer with the OEM nut. Choke and throttle lever assembly ready to go together. These were painted with the same chrome paint after bead blasting. Choke and throttle lever assembled. New bolt, lockwasher, and flat washer. All other parts OEM I did use a new flat washer under the nut as well even though there was not one there and the parts manual does not show it.

I’d kind of rather buy a $100 Wheel Horse and play with that…

Well, weight is weight. Whether it's cast iron, liquid, barbell discs, or old rotors. Function is more important than asthetics. (that describes a bunch of us here too). Nice to see the full complement of cross links on the chains too...

You're supposed to use paint not blood for Wheel Horse red

Some guys who did drywall when I was younger used those stilts everyday and then incorporated them into their Halloween costumes once a year. Pretty cool costumes when you can be 8 ft tall

OMG, I’ll turn into a hipster! Noooooo! Not that! I’d have to move to Brooklyn. Ugh.

Deck all done and back on the tractor. Nice and quiet and it cuts nice!

Update: So, I got very lucky and was able use one of our loaner tractors at work for this project. So I started by going dig out the 4 ft bush hog he had out of the brush and trees. I then took it home and greased it, confirmed the gearbox has oil in it and the blades weren't to horrible. I think went to mowing. I'm very happy i ended up using this rig over my poor horse as the growth was super tall in some areas. Like 7 foot tall weeds in places. it was insane! I think use the other horse with my hauler to bring over the string trimmer, some help, and get to work trimming around the barn. I wrapped everything up with the C140 mowing the bank once again and then the field which was already mowed. All worked find and nothing really to report for breaks. One of the baffles in the old deck got bent so I had to pound it back into place. The blades are keeping there edge well, even after some rocks got wacked. Overall I'm pleased the project as a whole and I will be in way better shape for next season as it will never get that long again on my watch.

Stupid crooks are everywhere. The State of Florida had two "Treasure Museums" located on the treasure coast, one in Fort Pierce and the other in Sebastian. They contained actual gold coins, jeweled items and all sorts of treasures from Spanish ships that had sunk off the coast in the early 1700s. Mel Fisher and other treasure hunters had an agreement with the state that the would turn over half of their booty in exchange for salvage rights. Both museums had state of the art security systems but a couple of thieves managed to break into the Sebastian location undetected and cleaned out all of the treasure. In spite of their obvious talent for avoiding detection these stupid crooks went to a bank in Sebastian with one of the gold coins to cash it in. The bank teller said she would have to have her manager handle the transaction and ushered them into an empty office after having activated the silent alarm which notified the police. So smart yet so stupid.

Tell that to the little flying vampires (IE mosquitos). I want to apply some red paint today but it is currently very foggy and once that clears the rain starts again for the next few days. It seems we only get one day a week without rain any more.

Just picked up a case of those on Friday. I put those in the freezer for 30 minutes. Problem is they go down a lot quicker. Not sure if that's good or bad. They taste better in the bottle but a pain to put in a carriage at the Packy. They are heavier to carry.

I was going to ask Karl to move my misplaced post, but you s are having too much fun.

Never heard of anyone wanting to date a dump cart Tractors on the other hand have their own dating site.

I don’t know that control valve specifically, but with Power Beyond (typically labelled “N”) connected to the reservoir is there a separate Tank (“T”) port on the valve and, if yes, where is it connected? T and N are both “out” ports, but they have different purposes. T always gets plumbed directly to the reservoir (i.e. the Tank), can often use lower-pressure hoses, and should never see much pressure. It’s job is to route fluid from the non-pressure side of a cylinder into the reservoir while the pressure side of the cylinder is being filled N typically get plumbed to the P port on an additional control valve (which must have its T plumbed to the reservoir) via hose that can support FULL PRESSURE. N's job is to allow working pressure fluid to reach “beyond” the current valve while still supporting full pressure/flow to cylinders attached to the current valve.

Or put a ball on the front which raises it and no flipping. The con is it's hard to steer

They look like corn on the cob holders

I've been confused ever since the 875 flipped and threw me under the trailer. Trying to watch Nevada lose the LLWS also has my BP too high.

So true.

That is so true for a multitude of trades.... unfortunately, only the clowns leave a lasting impression - like a bad rash.

And apparently a month instead of a week apart too.

Me thinks you should take one of your model airplane controllers and make a RC ...

You can have some of mine, I want to paint and to get a break from mowing grass every time we finally do get a nice day.

Those are cool!!!

Most likely sediment bowl is leaking. Wipe any gas away and use a bright flash light to try and pinpoint the leak. Once you find it we'll suggest repair/eplace as required and replace the fuel line.

I hear a Barry Manilow song... Don't worry Lola, I won't sing. Happy Birthday I hope you had a great day!

Nice . Put them out front and sell for $100.00 each.

I'm not sure. Maybe 40 ish per tire. The 3/4 ton van rotors are much heavier than the 1/2 ton truck rotors. I have some front weights that might fit right into that deep dish spot on the outside rotors

I decided to use two existing holes that were for the rear crossmember. The new one, pictured, has 1/2" holes in the bottom already. The hitch uses 1/2" bolts. I drilled out the truck frame from 7/16" to 1/2". Very minor change and didn't have to make two new holes there. Because I'm using those holes 🕳 the hitch is forward about an inch and a half. This puts the forward hole past the frame bend instead of in the bend. I see this as an advantage as well. I've ordered a couple bevel washers from Bolt Depot 🔩. They'll help line up the hitch frame to the truck frame. After all the drilling is completed I'll remove the new crossmember for paint.

You're right. I was thinking 401 at first because you can only see the angles in front of the rear tire BUT the frame of a 551 also does that. But who would want to put a Teccy on anything? I know Cas @formariz might have a spare H55 or two. I sold him one a while back.

Sunday morning is always our family breakfast. When the weather cooperates, we BYOB (bring your own breakfast) and meet at a county park. I always bring produce to share. Today was watermelon, pears, apples, plums, tomatoes, radishes, peppers, green beans, and spring onions. Then got the 600 foot trot line untangled and ready for next weeks crabbing.

Walked around on stilts the better part of yesterday and this afternoon installing framework to mount ceilings to. Bit wobbly at first but now I've got the hang of it I raised the stilts by about 10cm/4" (total height 70cm/~27") to make installation even easier.

https://www.partstree.com/models/79310-toro-48-vacuum-bagger-for-5xi-tractors-sn-099000001-099999999-1999/deck-components-assembly-3/

Normally, pictures are demanded of unique tools, tractors or techniques... however, in this case the moderators thank you for not providing pictures of your Dyno...

Probably the most famous of those Radio folks that pushed the boundaries. Prior to that, we had a notorious Tart on a local station - WHJY. She went by the name of Carolyn Fox, her suffering sidekick by the name of Rudy Cheeks (get it?). Carolyn was born Carolyn Berman, and was a year behind me in High School. She was a wallflower then that never said a peep. The Carolyn Fox alterego was just the opposite with her gutter humor & off color jokes...

#restrictorplates I can’t say my butt dyno has ever felt the dIfference between 7 and 8 horsepowers.

I would raise the rear and check the axle bearings for wear. There should be no radial movement. Axial movement is OK. If the bearings are OK and there is no noise when rotating the transmission, replace the leaking seal and run it.

Calling Charles Darwin, you missed one!

Personally I wouldn’t let anyone near me when I was brush hogging after an experience years ago. I was cutting some light brush and had a guy with a weed wacker with a blade on it doing around the trees. All of a sudden it started shaking really bad, my first thought was that I sucked up a cable or wire rope. So I shut it down and lifted it up to inspect. As I was walking around I noticed a 8” gash that looked like a mouth opened up in the side of the unit. When I looked under it I noticed that one of the blades was missing! That explained the opening in the side of the deck. I quickly realized that could have severely injured or even killed the guy with the weed wacker. I looked everywhere for the blade, but couldn’t find it anywhere. I figured it probably buried itself somewhere in the underbrush. At that point I was done until I got new blades. Here’s where it gets crazy. A few months later I ran into the guy who owns the neighboring property. He said hey was that you that cut the underbrush on my neighbors property a while ago? I said yes, why do you ask? He said he found a brush hog blade stuck IN THE ROOF of his house!! His house was maybe a hundred feet away from where I was working but the blade was in the second story roof. It didn’t damage it, somehow it got stuck between the layers of shingles. When he noticed it he went up there and just pulled it out. He told me the blade was broken right at the mounting hole. I got really lucky that nobody got hurt or killed. Ever since then I would not allow anyone anywhere near me when I was cutting brush. I can’t imagine the energy that piece of steel had to punch through the deck and still travel that far and high?!

Certainly pucker stuff! That ground is pretty common here in Greene Co. Pa. The farm boys here can make you nervous in these hey fields. I have frontage that is about the same and I have just about 40' of it that I can't mow. I slide to the ditch. There is a lot to learned for the vid. The best tip is keeping your front end higher then the rear wheels, very important. Notice when he is coming back around the tree and the front dips down how the machine starts to slide. The duals are a big help and he is working those turning brakes like a real pro. Lifts that brush hog just at the right time too! Wondering if he has filled tires? Good vid I probably would fill better in a smaller machine tho! But those days are over I would pass, lol.

I'm lucky to have a couple of stations across the Hudson from me that sell it. About 8 miles each way. Typically in the $5+ dollar range these days. Cheap piece of mind in my opinion. It's nice to have something with two year old gas that starts on the first pull. I put 1 oz of marine formula stabil in each 5 gallon can before I fill up.

Yep. That's what's here. 90. 91. Depends on the station. I guess it's good to be in a very high traffic tourist economy even though we don't participate in those.