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I gave up my seat time so the girl grandchild could enjoy some of her own. It won't be long and she won't have time to share grandpa's tractor. Enjoy it while I can,

Made quite a bit of progress on the 16 auto hydro swap but I've gotten slow in my old age...hopefully it's by choice

Well technically anyway. Just thought it was pretty cool and intersting. Bought this at the Zagray show Sat. from young man who bought stuff from me about 12-13 years ago. He was a pretty young man back then. Anyway, he started this replica RJ project. He told me those front rims are completely turned down on a lathe. Took him a long time. They may look like pulleys but under closer inspection they're not. He did the proportions by scale but forget what ratio he said it was. Not sure if it will stay like it is or if I'll do more to build it. I did sand the steering wheel smooth already as it was still a little rough and turned it black instead of the pink body filler. Also removed some rust from the shaft so it could slide down into position .

Guess you will need to build another shed to store it.

Forgot to attach the one to give it some scale for size. It's close enough that one of the little Ohlsson & Rice engines could fit

Our Son in law just picked up a maroon 314-8 with a tall chute single stage snowblower. I went to check it our and it looked and sounded great. It is missing the locking mechanism fort he manual lift. It also came with wheel weights, chains,new starter, coil and battery. He paid 450 for it. I will give him a link to AtoZ parts for the missing pieces. I will look at my 93 314-8 to see what is missing on his. wh314-2

Love to smell it brewing, but I'll barf if I drink it.

Nothing like a hot cup of coffee on a dreary day

I finally finished taking the other donor machine apart today. It was a C-125 8 speed black hood. And it was one of the rustiest hunks of junk I've ever tackled. Everything on it is frozen, even the differential. No pedals or steering parts would move. After getting the tranny removed I poured a gallon of kerosene in it and set it aside for later. The differential did finally free up but the shifters are stuck. That is a project for a later date... The biggest thing I was after was the center console and steering support thingy. None of the side or belt covers will work because I'm building a hydro. Maybe I'll use the footrests. They look shorter than usual... maybe it's my uncalibrated eyes. I had to cut the steering shaft. Didn't want to risk breaking the aluminum supports up top. I'll e-tank the wheel and see if it the rest of the shaft can be safely removed later. Probably gonna use a larger wheel anyway. But- everything will line up and bolt onto this newer chassis. At least there's no mods to do there.

Looks great from here.

Well here is my recent 418-8 after the crud clean up, repairs, and then some quick paint. New seat as well. The tins had so much rust/blistered up metal that I thought I would sand the worst of them down and spray rusty metal primer and a quick coats of paint. Hopefully to stop further corrosion. I had some IH red on hand so thats what she got. I know the paint color dont match with the hoods factory color, but I dont really care at this point. The hood was pretty clean and thats something I could do later time. Shes going to be a worker so it dont matter. It has one of the sweetest sounding motor that Ive ever heard, sounds better than my 418-A I just got to finish painting the rear wheels black and it should be complete. 1 pic is the before, and 2 the after.

Spent the weekend doing a little fishing. Managed to limit out on trout Fri, Sat, & Sun. Mostly Brown trout & a couple Rainbow's. After this mornings catch they all took an 8hr bath in some brine in preparation for the smoker. I keep one smoker just for fish. Built this one several years ago out of a small electric water heater. Steam pan inside helps keep the meat moist. After 2.5hrs at 185 degrees.

Decided to freshen up the headlight lens and get the headlights operational.

I've been wearing Timberland Pro's for quite a few years. Company gives me some cash back for shoes once a year. Normal cycle is - New shoes go on my feet during work hours, the past year's shoes become my work shoes at home, prior year's home work shoes hit the garbage can.

Sounds like your daughter chose well when she found him.

44.4 miles for me. 44.4 X 4 = 177.6 miles / 12mpg =14.8 gallon x$4.39 = $64.97 If 13 of you clowns buy a $5 bucket, I'm covered.

yup had the grandsons doing dethatch and lawn sweeper for me a couple weeks ago

Got the RJ out of back shed dodging all the mud in yard. Started up & running good. Now if I only can get the recoil fixed for starter. I have 2 1/2 starters but collectively cannot seem to make 1 work! I can rope start it but I want the recoil installed

And this Raider 10 picked up at yesterday’s show by @Retired Wrencher.

Already posted this on another section…but what the heck…a side shot is a side shot! “New-to-me C-105”

Ah yes, dirty bean water. Disgusting.