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Started the clean up of Mrs.Ks family cemetery. Her Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather is buried here. Next trip I'll bring a .

October 28, 1919, Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto. The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, also known as the Prohibition Amendment. The movement for the prohibition of alcohol began in the early 19th century, when Americans concerned about the adverse effects of drinking began forming temperance societies. By the late 19th century, these groups had become a powerful political force, campaigning on the state level and calling for national liquor abstinence. In December 1917, the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,” was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. In January 1919, the 18th amendment achieved the necessary three-fourths majority of state ratification, and prohibition became the law of the land.

Thanks for the reply James. Good info. I am in no hurry to finish this. I need something to do in the winter time, every day for a few hours.

Make sure your pets put out their smokes and cover their feet.

Domestic deersturbance...

I have a 1969 Raider model that has had butchering on the hoodstand. Hoodstand part number 7881 I also have a 1973 8-8 model 1-0370 8 sort of a parts tractor. Hoodstand part number 102795 The tractors are not stored in the same place, so it hard to compare the hoodstands from pictures, but they seem similar. I know Wheel Horse change part numbers at one point in time to get around some sort of federal price regulations, I think in the Nixon years. Can anyone, tell me if these Hoodstands are the same? Maybe @gwest_ca This is the 1969 Raider 12 In has another hole in the rear, besides the one pictures, and weld scab repair This is the 1973 8-8

Why do seagulls fly over the sea? If they flew over the bay, they would be bagels.

I took my time when I picked this up in the middle of the summer. It’s going to be my winter project so I decided to tear it down to the frame and clean it. Also go through one part at a time on assembly.. It’s never gonna be a pretty tractor.Or a show peace but it will be something you can use at the shows or just riding around the house. I’ve always wanted this model but I never could pull the trigger on one.I hope you enjoy the pics.

Pete the paint is bad.It is a maroon type cover on it so I’m not worried about that and I’m sure as heck not standing everything down and repainting it.

Wow Bill thanks. That is from the back any way. I just never look at. I did not see that. I have a bunch sanding pads from course to fine that will fix this in no time. I also have an E-lift from the ceiling of the garage this will make it easy to fix and and clean and assemble small parts. No bending your back, wrenching your neck, to get something on the frame. Thanks for the reply.

Pictures for clarity. There is a large spring in front of the engine that pushes it back. The clutch system pushes the engine forward, tensioning the belt.

Also in preparation, the furrow side big fat front tire was flat, and both were tubed when I put them on last year. Since these Carlisle’s have such a rigid bead area, I can only imagine I did it for future fluid filling ease. I didn’t have any small enough valve stems for the holes in the wheels, so I drilled it out to 5/8” and ran a multi piece race car valve stems set.

Thanks for the reply Richard.I have a engine. Sparkey Aka Mike and I traded engines. He wanted the Start/ Gen as a back up that was in there and I needed a yank engine. So it all worked out. I have been collecting parts for it all ready.. Brian Badmon had a new in the original bag a switch for it. Got lucky there. Once it is clean I can start assembly. Thanks for the reply.

We don't have either of those specific models here but I'm about 95% sure that'll bolt right on. My only question would be the height. I >think< they're the same. All the mounting bolt holes should be identical.

Got the cab at least sitting on the machine. Injection pump is still weeping fuel from the bleed off line on the top cover, though, to be fair, the crush washers have been removed and retightened like 4 times now. I have a plan for brackets, the pedal modifications, and the floor brackets. It's all going to be tight in terms of fit but I think it'll all work out.

After this year’s spring plow day, I couldn’t keep a belt on the Speedex, it kept jumping off! The Lever Steer started to bother my shoulder at Uncle Jim’s the other weekend and I haven’t fixed the steering either, so I decided to do some work on Speedy tonight. I thought that the set screw style trunion that adjusts the clutch throw (sliding engine) was slipping, so I pulled it off and put a 7/16”-20 die over it. Now I will have positive affirmation of the adjustment.

How exactly does one list that on the harvest report?

Hey Mike, you really need to start putting some oil in your engines! LOL

We've been working on a camp shower and toilet building on our Ky. property the last few days. Got it essentially done today. We spent our first night in our woods in our A Liner camper last night. We were planning on spending tonight too, but that didn't work out. The camper was a bit out of level - a slight feet low when laying in bed. I thought it was OK, considering it took a stack of five 2x6's under the left wheel to get it there. Mrs 8n wanted to move it uphill to a much flatter spot for tonight. Didn't work out too well. Did I mention it had to be moved up a fairly steep hill that was really lumpy? We tried using the MF GC 1720 with the hitch C clamped to the FEL bucket. The lession we learned was that the C clamped hitch works well on a smooth, level lawn, it does not work well in the woods. It took a stump, come along, chain, and wheel chocks to retrieve the camper from the puckerbrush when the hitch slipped the C clamps. No, no video, but it would have gotten a bunch of hits on YouTube. We took that as a sign that we should stay at a hotel tonight...

However, I’m glad I did a test fire because the belt still popped off the pulley system and I saw the engine pulley quite out of round! It’s cracked bad! Inferior steel anyway. Unfortunately I don’t have any Wheel Horse pulleys close in size, being 1” bore and about 4” diameter. Off to TSC tomorrow! Plow day locally on Saturday!

Things did not go my way Sunday night. I’ve been a bit under the weather and shouldn’t have even been out there to be honest with myself. I saw a little buck running around an hour or two before dark. I saw him again about 40 minutes before dark, in another direction, moving quick both times. Just before dark, two does came out of the neighbor’s corn and pinned me in my tree most immediately. It’s like they know I’m there and look first. I think I have a plan to relocate to a more secluded tree next season. The bigger one gave me a shot, almost identical to my doe a few weeks back. I let an arrow fly, and my bottom limb (cam?) smacked the ladder stand seat and my arrow went bouncing under her. At least it was a clean miss. I did the walk of shame to get my arrow after the fled, and went inside. I hung my bow up on a nail in the rafters of the pool shed, and it decided to fall to the concrete, landing on that bottom cam. I walked inside the house and don’t have plans to bow hunt any more this season.

Four doe right at dark this evening. Just got a report that a deer jumped thru my neighbors picture window cutting itself badly. It ran thru the house and died in the bathroom. What a mess.