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New axle and brake seal on the C-125. The hub puller I bought from a member here worked like a charm!!! Thanks @Blue Chips!!! Ordering axle seal for the B-80. Had to remove chains from the C-125 plow mule... they were rubbing in a few spots... Ran them all around the hood to give them some exercise...then they posed for a quick pic...

Got em all out for some air and vitamin D...

Hosted a teen activity for our church at our home last night. This young lady (a friend of @Edward Teach) had never driven a genuine garden tractor before. What better one than JackRabbit? it was fun to end the night of activity with a time of devotions around the bonfire finishing with S’mores…

Mountain Man breakfast this AM. Eggs, deer scrapple, home fries and onions.

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Capitol+Reef+National+Park+Sunset&mid=E35E92FC3E8498291DDCE35E92FC3E8498291DDC&churl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fchannel%2fUC5WKuKecClO1oedTJhkEmBQ&FORM=VIRE we have done a lot of this , pacific west also , irony is , its difficult to refer to someone that has never traveled , EX arizona / utah border at sunset , mexican hat utah , you literally watch the color transformations . magical , pete / terry

Took a little stroll on the 701 and snapped this pic.

Took advantage of the nice weather today. Put the show tractors away for the year along with the patio furniture & grill. I know its still kinda early but finding time to get things done is getting harder. Work is busy, home to-do projects that have become must-do, & helping mom at her place now that dad is gone.

During my daily chores, I took out and snapped a pic of the ol 1257.

September 26, 1905 Physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein's paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies"; later considered his special theory of relativity.

I've almost finished the wife's bicycle. Just waiting on parts for the rear brakes.

Albert Einstein was a frequent visitor out here to Eastern Long Island. There are many pictures of him boating on Peconic Bay. I think @Ed Kennell may have in fact gone crabbing with him? 🤣🤣🤣🤣😁

Patched up a couple seats. Used some liquid repair type stuff and some vinyl with sticky on back, both came from the jungle site and seems to work great. IDK how long or tough it will be but at least I aint leaving a trail of foam everywhere they go.

Have a Great Day Bill And, thanks again for the 420-LSE Project

Interesting design. I’d probably use it with the center nut on the side toward the hub and not rely entirely on the weld to hold it. But then, I rarely walk on the wild side!

Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love, and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.

"I thought I made a mistake once...... but I was wrong"

I remove the in tank screens and depend on a good in line filter.

That sucks... Take it easy!!! Make sure BBT gets all your work done...

I never made a mistake, but I eliminated a lot of things that I never did again.

I actually got to some of my own work today, since no one else was home. I finished installing the last of the planned outlets in the garage, but now my need two more some something else being added to the plan, then I got the 220 outlet for the welder moved onto the lift, and added the drain pipe to the sink on the work bench. The actual work, plus the trip to Lowe's, took about 5 hours, a lot longer than it should have, but a few of the outlets I was working with are deeper than normal and thus required some non-standard solutions to fitment. In regular English, everything got installed sideways so the stress relievers could be installed at the "top" and "bottom" of the outlets, while still allowing for the run to be horizontal.

2 ton mini split heat pump installation complete in the shop. Drain pipe done, I might shorten it a bit.

Shop backup 5000 watt heater just to keep the shop from freezing if the heat pump fails or can't keep up. ++ I wired in a thermostat for more accurate temp control than the control built into the heater.

Belt manufacturing has come a long way. Gates allegedly guarantees their belt to be within thousandths of an inch. So no more matched sets. You could try Napa/Gates 25-7355 which is 3/8 X 36 1/4" or a 25-7360 which is 36 5/8"

Fixed it 🙂 First time--general refurb and new spindle bearings (thought the original belts looked ok so I reused them) Second time--shimmed a face gear to remove gear lash (not enough) Third time--Goldilocks shims Fourth time--while mowing (at last!) one of the “looked ok” belts chunked off some rubber, so new belts. I got quite adept at this and did wonder several times why there wasn’t a stamped dimple in the deck to permit the belt to be slipped over the lower sheaves without disassembly! As I recall, the 37” belt landed in the middle of the adjustment range. Be sure to use the “why is this here” hole in the shaft that spans the mid-hitch to insert a lever rod to apply belt tension when ready to tighten the adjusting both. I did this with the deck mounted on the tractor. From my research, I learned that at one time it was possible to order “matched” belts, but that is now NLA. So I ordered four belts from a supplier that would take returns. Used the two that were closest and returned the others. BTW, the “3L” part is critical--be very sure they are ⅜”x37 so they fit properly in the lower sheaves.

4WD selector fork done. first test IMG_4343.mov IMG_4510.mov

Found a beautiful remote camping spot along the Green River. Just down the canyon from Dinosaur National Monument in Utah. Picture of the Green River borrowed from the National park Service.

Yep, still crabbing with his Grandsons.

She already did. And she also drove all the way to my mom's house to help throw her an 80th birthday party 🎈

Looking into the tank at the screen is misleading. I looked at one that seemed fine. but when I pulled it out there was a thin coating of gunk

Wild stuff! I saw a corvette on the crusher at the local scrap yard a couple months back. They said they process more than you’d think! Most are totaled from a fire.

Have a Great Day

Maybe try taking the gas cap off the next time it does this, some people here have had problems with the vent clogging up and causing it to starve for fuel unless choked.

Swapped the 48” deck from my coaster C160 onto the the 314-8 with a little help from my oldest son. Had to remove the 42” off the 314 first. This was my first time removing the decks off of any WH. Really nice and well thought out. On a side note I did find a nice chunk of motor block from the K341. Found it on top of the 48” deck, still kind of heart broken.

I made some progress on the hydro deck lift retrofit tonight. The shaft is in and the ram is on. The shaft isn’t attached to the bar that lifts the deck as I wanted to go look at how it’s attached before I drill any holes etc…It still might need to be adjusted but I wanted to get things together then figure out where the sticking point is. More progress tomorrow…maybe

A man walks into a mechanic's shop late at night. Man: "Can you help me? I think I'm a moth." Mechanic: "I'm a mechanic. You need a psychiatrist." Man: "Yeah, I know." Mechanic: "Well, why did you come here then?" Man: "Your light was on."

Spent the day with a friend after he asked me if I could sit with him while his wife went to work. Marty fell 2 1/2 years ago on a construction site pretty much destroying both of his ankles. He had (what seems like his umpteenth surgery) this week and his wife wanted someone to keep an eye on him. He is hoping one more surgery will patch him up as best as he will ever be sometime early next year. Interesting that a fellow learns about another fellow if you have six hours of just sitting and talking.

What is the best part about living in Switzerland? I don't know, but the flag is a big plus!

Didn't come with a manual!!! I figured flat on flat would be most effective spreading the load on the hub. But, I now see what you are saying as well... Appreciate the input!

My work warehouse has been changing all the racks. Large metal pallet racks that hold many many 12.5 foot long siding pallets. Several other types of racks and various other steel items too. We've been making a few trips to the local metal recycling yard. Huge machinery. They have two long armed excavators that have the capacity to lift two cubed cars at once. Those machines also have an operator station "cab" that can raise itself to about 15 feet off the ground so the Loader person can see into a 13' 6" tall trailer. Always wide open throttle busy there. Been very interesting to see all that.

Mowed a couple rounds with the 48"SD on the 312H and on the next round I noticed the right blade was not cutting. Thinking the spindle belt tensioner was jammed with grass, I pulled under the hoist and lifted her up to check it out. The blade was missing. A quick search and I found the blade but not the bolt and washer. I dumped a deck parts bucket and grabbed a new bolt and washer and sharpened the blade while it was off. Put the blade back on but the bolt would not start in the hole. The bolt didn't vibrate out, it broke off. So the deck came off and went on the repair/storage rack. It also needs a hole patched then cleaned and oil soaked. I put the plow on this tractor every fall just a little earlier than usual this year. Got out the 310-8 to finish mowing. The grass was due to be vacuumed up any way. I use the Trac Vac every 3-4 mowings.