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Hey all. So I've been away from this forum and the great people on it for quite a while now. Still snoopin' around from time to time though but not posting (much) and I miss the interactions that come from that. Reason being, life happened and about one and a half year ago, after a VERY stressfull period ,my better half and I were able to purchase our dream house, to be turned into a dream home. I cannot overstate how blessed we are this worked out since times are challenging, housing prices are up, economics not great, politics.. I won't mention. The dream was to have no (direct) neighbours, a good sized barn/garage/workshop and room for a horse/horses. I'll let you guess who came up with which dream On the same street we lived on we purchased this house which is basically a farm as we know it from the 50's, so built right after the second world war. Solid base, room for improvements. It sits on 2.5 acre land which is spacious by Dutch standards. Not to brag but we calculated that the property of my SIL could fit 28 times on our lot. Some work has been done, a lot still awaits. Here are some pictures of when we bought the farm and over the course of I don't know how many days/months/years 'll take you along to current state, and beyond. TLDR: bought farm, no time for hobbies, I show pictures of what I'm doing in the meantime Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark

Thanks for all the birthday wishes fellas. i don't know how to act my age I've never been this old ... Was a good day spending it up here in northern WI. worked on getting a outboard running for my sister then went fishing on a private pond but got skunked. Went out to a cool place called Lost Land Lodge for Friday fish fry and old fashions which is a Wisconsin staple. Finished with white Russians and a fire pit.

Had the Snapper RER I sold to my neighbor come visit today. He’d grown tired of pull-starting 12.5 HP (he acknowledged I’d warned him) and was ready to take me up on my promise to install his new battery. Did a full cleanup of the starting and charging electrical connections to forestall any issues and they tested to spec. Dropped in the battery and it started right up. Waved a smiling neighbor back across the street.

I have this B 60 I picked up last weekend. I may have an original engine for it this week end? Will know buy the end of the weekend. It currently has a 8 hp start /gen motor in it now. It runs good. But it is in a tight space. But looking for options. I have seen people use Harbor freight engines in them. With good results I guess? Any other options? I have always like these little B-60’S. Cool and very functional. Reason I picked this up I am try to preserve the 856 I have.It is the best one I currently have. I am restoring an B-100 correctly. Any thoughts are welcome.

August 15, 1979, Apocalypse Now, the acclaimed Vietnam War film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, opens in theaters around the United States. The film, inspired in part by Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, among other sources, told the story of an Army captain (played by Martin Sheen) and crew of men who are sent into the Cambodian jungle to kill a U.S. Special Forces colonel (Marlon Brando) who has gone AWOL and is thought to be crazy.

Recycle belts by bringing to the show with a free sign. If you don't go to the show, sneak them into a neighbor's garage!

B-60s came factory with a 7hp pull start Kohler not sure if the model.

Love it! Any pictures of inside that barn-workshop?

Agreed. I have them on my 416H w/Bervac. I definitely noticed an improvement with the springs installed

I have my dad's old Snapper. I usually use it a couple time a year, just jump it off the first start with one of my Wheel Horses. After that it's easy to pull start.

I go 4 of those too. 2 Sundstrand and 2 Eatons.

It's also good to have a long belt around to use for measuring for a new belt. Mostly custom stuff. But it's also a lot faster than looking stuff up online too. I have a cut deck belt that is wrapped around the pulleys and just marked. Measure that length and there's the new belt length.

Sleepy resting puppy. For the first time in nearly 3 weeks, Meeha was able to lay down outside in the sun and be a dog for a few minutes. Trina has tried twice to take the dog off pain meds but each time she shows signs of serious discomfort or even quiet yelping. We'll keep Meeha on those meds for another week and retry.

Don't get me wrong I have one predator swap that I done several years ago in a 550 Suburban and have had good luck with it, but if I had it to do over I would have waited and found the proper Tecky or Kohler. There is also a big aftermarket support for the Predators. Pic of 550 with Predator.

I love the smell of napalm in the morning... it smells like my shed after a fuel line / carb cleanup...

Yep, some cheap hoarder will scarf em up.

Looks like a nicely done transplant besides the voltage regulator proximity to fuel tank spring. I would leave it the way it is if it where me unless I was needing the little 8 fer some other project and had the proper Kohler to slide back in its place. No way would I replace a Kohler with a horror freight motor, tecky maybe but not a Kohler.

$12 on the Jungle.

Fantastic, you seem to have everything on the wish list there.

They are great little tractors!

Oh! Yes I definitely would like to see that S/G stay in. I love the sound of those.

Same here.

The yank start B-60 has been a desire of mine. Not like I need another worker, but if one landed in my lap I’d probably enjoy it for a while!

When the lift cylinder reaches the end of the stoke you hear an increase in hydro pump noise. is that the noise what you are hearing, if so your control valve may not be returning to bypass when you release the lever...If you briefly push it towards down does the noise stop.

Love pickin an fiddelin music

My own thoughts... keep it KOHLER powered. Adjust that one with a shorter belt maybe? Definitely insulate those S/G terminal ends from the gas tank spring. That's a serious problem.

Can you recycle belts? Instead throw them in the trash.

Ya old man

Here is the one I bolted on to my 71 raider 12 it works find. I used two 1/4" flats and one 1/8" flat as spacers between the frame and hitch. I had to cut off the hood hinges and bolt them back to the hitch.

I keep all mine ifn that aint damaged like yous say may need a 1/2"-1" longer belt fer sumin. if they are damaged in any way they go straight to the trashy can, got to much junk laying around all ready

I keep long belts to drive other equipment off the PTO. Like hydros in non running tractors, meat grinders, ice cream freezers, air compressors, gen sets, etc.

I have always believed that running each at least once a month cycles the battery which is better for them than just being on a tender. All critical equipment at the power plant was powered from inverters powered by battery banks. Each week one battery bank was placed on a load to draw them down to 80% voltage and then recharged prior to being placed in service. Each cell would be tested before and after and any that didn't pass the test had to be replaced. We seldom had to replace one.

What the heck, no hydros? I will see your five gear jammers and raise you a couple of 1100 Eatons. One of these days I need to line them up nice and pretty.

I like the older Schumacher chargers. @WHX??will attest to the fact that I will run over the top of some one at a flea market in order to get one. What I like about them is that they will actually change a dead battery. No BS electronics to screw up the process.

I have always heard that belts don't stretch, they just wear down. I hang on to a few long belts of both 1/2 and 5/8 in the event I'm doing a project where the factory belt isn't going to work. Cut the old belt, put it on and pull up the slack, once you figure the length is right use some tie wire to join the two ends and give it a try. Now you have a proper belt to take to Tractor Supply to measure and match up

My brother in law worked for Goodyear. Decades ago, he got the assignment to run the schedule for rides when it was doing publicity in Akron. One of the dignitaries did not show up for their ride so he and my sister sat in on that ride. It was one of the longer scheduled rides that day. This was long enough ago that the paint job was silver with the Goodyear script in blue.

More shed organizing..what kind of idiot has four spare 8 speeds “in-stock” (plus a 4 speed)

For not being at work today I have been pretty busy. Ran 880 lbs of mostly sheet metal across the scale, ran to a friend's house and cut down a dead tree, and hauled half of it away. It was bigger than I remembered and I didn't take the right stuff, so I ran out of fuel and the only chain I had went dull. Not the end of the world as the trailer was pretty well full on this run anyway and I should make a second trip just because of weight. Then I came home and did some brakes.

Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise is tomorrow... Goodyear blimp arrived for the festivities and flew over our park... https://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com

I often reflect that I was a major PITA to my folks with a dangerous temper. Yet they let me live and supported an undeserving me.

Hmmm, looks like I need to get down there and do some tire shopping for a great deal on some new skins

Trying to organize my spare tires/wheels, moved some into the new shed this evening. Left all my crummy tires and wheels in my old tarp shed.

Put my newly rebuilt mule drive and new belt on the 312-8 today. This drive and belt was destined for the 520H but the 312’s belt was wore out so just swapped both out while I was at it. Notice I bent gaurd on mule drive the belt was rubbing bad for some reason but it ain’t rubbing now . Have no idea what this mule drive came off of but didnt think there was any difference in any of them besides the ones for the 60” 520 decks.

The C41 has two rubber stops and springs under the seat/spring mounting plate. one spring was broken and one rubber stop was missing. After scrounging through the “extra parts” I found two heavier springs and two rubber stops. A few minutes later they were installed.

Funny, I rebuilt a GT1600 and converted it to hydro a couple of years ago and am now in the process of rebuilding a 314 that has a Kohler M14.

Not really a "done to" but got my RS 20th anniversary banner hung up after moving a bunch of other stuff around.

Painted some WH rear wheel weights and some JD front weights red today.

Decided that painting these wheel weights was worth the effort. Now I just need to pull the front wheels and get rid of that bright white that somebody painted them with. UPDATE: