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I enjoy growing different kinds of peppers. With the variety of colors, it's kinda like growing colorful flowers that are actually useful. I usually start them from seed in the early part of March. This year I grew mostly sweet peppers. One of my most colorful varieties this year is Chocolate Cherry Candy Stripe Peppers. The flavor of these is very close to green peppers, maybe just a tad bit more bitter. The colors are awesome though. Next ones are called Patio Snacking Peppers. With their yellow, orange, & red colors they have a great appearance. Most of the peppers on these plants point upwards when they grow. We have been picking these off the plant and eating them as they are or maybe dipping them in some ranch dressing first. Soon I will be making Cowboy Candy with these, a sweet & spicy treat. Next up is my Cherry Pepper plants. I may have went over board when I planted these, the plants have been producing like crazy. Most of the peppers on these plants hang down when they grow. . I have been pickling some of these already. I add dill, garlic, & jalapeno. The finished product is awesome as a snack, even better in a Bloody Mary. I did say that I planted mostly sweet peppers, the next pepper is not sweet but it pairs well with sweet. My Habanero's look exceptionally angry this year. These will be used to make Habanero sauce ( Awesome on wings). Habanero Jelly (Sweet with some spice, great on anything that you would put jelly on. Also great on grilled pork). I always keep some Habanero's in the freezer to add to sweet meals like Coconut Curry Shrimp. Now I'm hungry!! Happy harvest everyone.

I had to buy myself something after all the crap I went through all the years. I decided I wanted more tool storage but room is at a premium. There was a shelf bolted to the underneath of my work bench with just some odds and ends. I looked at it and thought if I remove the shelf I might be able to fit a roller cab under it. So I measured and looked around. A 5 drawer Yukon cabinet from my fav, " Horror Fright " would fit nicely with out the wheels. $359 not horrible but I get rewards money and stuff goes on sale all the time. I cut off the shelf and sliced the back of it off and reinstalled on the bench for bracing and waited.................. New sale today!!! Coupon for the cabinet! 50 bucks off!!! so off I went. Used my HF card and will get 5% cash back on top of the sale price Didn't want it sitting right on the concrete so I bought one of those stall mats from TSC and trimmed it to fit around the table legs.

August 18, 1956 Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" reach #1 on the charts, staying for 11 weeks (a record for a single release).

Pumpkin patch is in overdrive this year. Sunflowers, not so much. Wabbits worked them over pretty good.

Grew looking peppers! Here are some of mine for you to enjoy. This year I mainly focused on growing sweet peppers that we can freeze and eat throughout the year. My favorite sweet variety is Jimmy Nardellos. I also grew a few jalepenos for pickling.

Thank you all for the kind words and support. We are getting pretty good at the camper life- this big RV definitely makes it easier. Storms aren't quite as scary since it weighs 35,000lbs of course... And we've been on shore power for about 3 weeks. If I never hear a generator run again... But we are doing well. We've been doing more cooking and eating less junk, which is a massive improvement! I bought a pellet grill and I gotta say they make some good stuff! My wife has become a pro with the air fryer too, so our dinners are pretty awesome. And this week finally- work has begun on cleanup/teardown. We still haven't figured out 100% how far we have to go with the teardown but we at least fairly confident on it for the most part. I went with a different contractor because his company was ready to jump on it instead of waiting for others to decide if they even wanted the work, which is mind boggling to me. I have been shocked by how many people had zero interest in touching our home even though I had money in hand. It guess most builders want to start with a clean slate and have minimal repair work, even though the insurance company was ready to pay for it. At least now things are moving and so long as that is the case we have a goal post in sight. At any rate, we are doing well and our focus can now be on rebuilding. We aren't just sitting here waiting anymore. Now if the heat will just give us a break! High 90s with indexes over 105 and high humidity just zaps the life right out of you! Thank God for dual air conditioners on this camper!

hey everyone! happy to be here

Installed a set of 2” wheel spacers on the other 520h today. I dont know what these rims/tires came off of but they had a lot more back space than Wheel Horse rims. Had to cut a counter bore on lathe to fit the WH hub but turned out pretty good. The way it was set up before the rear end was a lot narrower than the front and looked plumb goofy. It actually was rubbing on the right hand side. The tires or BKT’s and they are a tall 10.50 and I think I like them.

Porcupine?? Didn't know you could eat those.

Mohawk Street Brandtford Ontario was the birthplace of my 2 farm tractors. 1947 Cockshutt 30 1956 Cockshutt 20 Deluxe.

My favorite is Marconi, usually stuff and bake them. 50/50 beef and pork, rice, egg and cooked in tomato soup I'm about the only one here that will eat peppers so we will have porcupine meatballs and stuffed peppers.

I had a 69 Caprice with a 327 4bbl. I bet that last # is a 7!

These are perfect examples of why for ages mills won’t touch trees from populated areas--even for expensive stuff like cherry, walnut, and cedar. Now, the bigger mills have metal detectors so they can locate/reject stuff like this. The last tree team I had on my property had a contract clause that let them recoup the cost of tooling damaged by embedded metal.

I will go ahead and suggest replacing fuel pump with an electric one. My 520H would take forever to fire if it set any length of time, and the factory pump would squirt fuel across shop so must have been draining back. Here is a pic of mine so to give you an idea where and what kind I'm using. I can now turn key on let fuel pump run a sec or two and will fire right up. Your sanity and starter will thank you..

Just be careful about the quills

Wait till you get to be my age... oh wait... Actually a friend's property. His blind (one of seven) that he graciously lets me use... I have no problem maintaining it and trimming for him... I'm very fortunate! But I have suggested indoor plumbing, electric, heat, small refrigerator, but for some reason those haven't materialized yet...

I'm happy to report the B100 is basically complete and useable as a tractor. It still has a leaky front left tire that needs an inner tube installed and a better seat would be nice. So I now have to functioning Wheel Horse tractors, the B80 4-speed and the B100 8-speed. I really like the low gear on the 8-speed, it will be really useful when grading the driveway. I was initially worried the motor on the 8-speed would have issues because it apparently sat outside with a vertical exhaust muffler that wasn't covered. Fortunately it runs great with virtually no smoke with just a slight amount on start up. Now that the B100 is useable I can finish up the grader blade I'm building and put it to work. Thanks for all the advice and comments during the rebuild

My home caught fire this afternoon. No one was injured (one cat had some smoke inhalation) but the house is not habitable. Shockingly, my garage area and tractors was the only part that recieved no damage. The fire was in the attic, and only two rooms were badly burned. Unfortunately the rest of the damage came from putting it out. Ceilings were pulled down and tonight when I left, whatever wasn't torn down was falling from all the water required to put it out. Not sure what comes next but I ask that those of you who believe will keep my family in your prayers. It's gonna be tough for a while on us just having somewhere to call home. And thank God for first responders. They were on site 2 minutes after I called 911. Amazing individuals! And thanks ahead of time for the prayers. The fact that my family is safe is a blessing in itself!

You need a long frame even though you have a mid frame because if you don't, the plow might hit the tires in the right situation of angle.

These models should fit your tractor. Look at an illustrated parts list (IPL) to see all the separate pieces required to install it. 1968 model 6-4111 - First to fit LONG & SHORT frame tractors and first to mount under the rear axle - Lift bracket behind crossmember 7716 A-frame - replaced by 1969 model [6-4112 + 6-9621] - First to have the lift bracket ahead of the crossmember 7716 A-frame 1970-73 model [6-4113 + 6-9622] 1973-74 model [6-4113 + 6-9623] 1974 model [6-4114 + 6-9624] 1974 model 6-2131 1975 model 6-2132 1976 model 6-2133 1976 model 66-42BC01 1977 model 76-42BC01 1978 model 86-42BC01 1979 model 96-42BC01 (1968 model 6-4111 to 1980 model 06-42BC01 use the same 7716 A-frame assembly but the lift tab changed according to the ipl's) 1980 model 06-42BC01 1981-1984 model 06-42BC02 (Up to here they are 42" wide) (Uses 104341 and 3771 index wires - See file for dimensions) 1984-1989 model 06-48BC01 (They are now 48" wide) (Uses 104341 and 3771 index wires - See file for dimensions) [M] 1990 model 06-48BC02 (Last blade to have 3 angle positions) 1991-1993 model 06-48BC03 (First blade to have 5 angle positions) 1993-2001 model 79350 - (105-1502 kit adapts 2001 and older GT Classic-Series blades to fit 2002 and later tractors 2002 2004-2009 2012 model 79364 - (105-1501 kit adapts 79364 blade to fit 2001 and older GT Classic-Series)

Nothing wrong with the HF toolboxes! I have this monster in my garage.

Best advice: Get a truck load of rags!

Any information you can compile and document would help the rest of us who have this type of deck. I think @Handy Don may also be able to help you with your project.

Will be going on 3 days now, still no pics so beginning to wonder if said rollers were really installed

Yea truck, just dont wanna have a rock pile at the end of the winter

I use a tablespoon of gasoline, carb cleaner is $44 per gallon.

Download the Onan manuals here they will have the procedures for troubleshooting and maintenance.

WH voltage reguators need solid grounding to work properly. The Onan engine’s voltage regulator is attached to the cooling air shroud. Make sure the body of the regulator has clean electrical contact with the shroud and that the shroud has clean electrical contact with the engine block. For giggles, make sure the battery negative to engine block cable is making solid electrical contact at both ends. If you have an accurate voltmeter (i.e. the tractor stock meters are “approximate”) measure the AC voltage between the two outer pins of the voltage regulator while the engine is running at wide open throttle (WOT). It should be ~40 volts.

One side of the seat switch is grounded. With operator in the seat and the pto ON the switch is open so the magneto wire is not grounded and the engine runs. Operator leaves the seat the switch grounds the magneto and engine stops. If the pto is OFF the magneto ground can not get to the seat switch so engine will run operator or no operator in seat.

Kind of like owning sequential numbered 420LSE's?

It seems you have a pretty decent collection of horses, how’s about a few pictures?

Well I got it going this AM. I gave it a squirt of starting fluid ( which I don't like to use ) and it fired right up and it runs really good. Now all I have to do is figure out why it is not charging, 12.63v. Thanks for all the replies.

Finally had room to get the commando in the shop to work on getting it up and going I rebuild the transmission and installed it and the rear hitch too thanks to the people the help me with some gears and bearings so I could get the transmission done I'll looking for a steering wheel if anybody as one thanks

Welcome from Pasco,Washington.

FYI --- When linking any of those things like that could you please delete EVERYTHING after the ? in your post. Everything after the ? is tracking BS that we don't want or need when clicking on it. I didn't know that either until @Handy Don pointed that out a while go. The rest is deleted but the link still links

Thanks, I'll have to keep an eye on it.

@Vinylguy comes through again! Thanks, Terry!

These are the only belts I use. About $30 at TSC and they can be returned for full refund.

You guys hunt in comfort. I just hang from a tree limb.

Thanks Karl. We are doing much better. So many people have been helping out. It's been such a blessing to see just how many good folks there are still out there! We got a huge camper upgrade just because of the generosity of the owner. We're now in a big "bus" as my kids call it, and it is so nice that it almost feels like home. Almost... In addition we will have temporary power on Monday which will be a massive help. Clean up crews will be back beginning tomorrow as well. Then we're just beginning the long process of tearing down and rebuilding. Not all of the house will come down but nearly all of the living space will be torn down or at least to the studs and floor joists in a large portion. And of course everything above the ceiling end to end for the entire house. BUT- we have been blessed and humbled by this and the response of everyone. We will be stronger on the backside of this!

One of the two replacement seals showed up yesterday so I found my chamfering tool and used it to chamfer the axle housing. It worked out better than I expected. The ball on the end of the tool pressed against the ball bearing race which provided a solid backing for running the tool round the rim of the opening. After cutting the chamfer I used a vacuum to suck out any iron particles left behind. Installing the seal worked smoothly and easily. I do believe it's time to replace the cutting tip. I went ahead and chamfered the other axle opening and now I get to wait 10 days for the 2nd seal to arrive

Been working on bringing an old Wheel Horse RM-367 mower deck back to life and figured I’d document the process. The deck had a lot of play in one of the spindle shafts, so I finally tore the spindle assemblies apart to see what was going on. Once I got everything opened up, I found the old needle bearings, thrust bearings/washers, gears, seals, and spindle shafts all showing their age. I also realized the spindle gears appear to be missing the Woodruff keys. Right now I’m planning on rebuilding both spindle assemblies while I have everything apart. My current parts list is: 4x 1508 / 252-6 needle bearings 2x 1303 / 100441 oil seals 2x 1534 thrust bearings 4x 1535 thrust washers 2x 937084 Woodruff keys (Local parts store click here link 2x 936125 / 32120-72 snap ring (Local parts store click here The deck itself is definitely rough and rusty underneath, but it seems solid enough to save. I’d rather rebuild the original setup than continue messing with a craftsman gt5000 that I have. Big thanks to our well known friend Bob, who has been helping me along the way with getting this Wheel Horse working again. It’s been a bit of a project, but I’m slowly learning how all of this old gear-driven mower deck hardware goes together. If anyone here has any tips on where to get these parts, let me know. I find myself getting lost in this forum due to how much authentic and knowledge there is compared to anywhere else. I will be uploading more pictures here shortly of the deck.

Thanks for the update. I trust the job will move along, and you can return to a more normal life.

Got the Bervac swapped onto 416. Also swapped rear hitch, larger wheels/tires from Workhorse. Still have a few more preventive maint items to get done. Got lift assist springs installed/adjusted & 150lbs of weight on hitch. Now I gotta figure out what to do with the Workhorse. Be nice to have it for parts but dont really want it sitting around...... 20260814_133023.mp4

I was looking for some inspiration for the paint job on my new plane. That Learjet is cool, but I think I need something a little more red!

Did somebody say JET?