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August 23, 1947, the first Little League World Series championship game—the culmination of a three-day tournament in Williamsport, Pennsylvania—features teams from Pennsylvania. Before roughly 2,500 fans, Maynard, a team from Williamsport, defeats Lock Haven, 16-7, to win the title at Original Field. Although it is called the "World Series," 11 of the 12 teams in the tournament are from Pennsylvania; the outlier is a team from Atlantic City, N.J.

Fellow approached me at the Steam Pageant. Said he has a B-80 sitting in a barn that needs a home. Hadn't used it in years Well it's crusty, dusty and poopy. Shot tires but I have spares in the parts dept. Can't believe the seat is nice! Gonna get that off and hit the tractor with Dawn Power Wash and let it get rained on. Got to de- mouse the engine before going inside. Center spindle on deck needs work but the shell looks solid!

Taking 4 flights tomorrow to get to the other side of the world. The longest trip I’ve ever taken, one flight is 16 hours in the air. And this came in the mail today, great timing! Some good reading material! Wish it had a WH on the cover but that’s fine.

My '70s c-series battery boxes never hold batteries well and I've had it on my list to go by a truck repair place for some mud flaps to rip down for filler strips. Wood blocks just annoy me for some reason. I saw a comment recently by @ebinmaine that got me to thinking. I think it was about felt pads so I went to the garage and knew I had these expansion joints for concrete. I'm going to rip some down and think they'll work well. Anyone else have a good solution?

I was never a fan of the 8hp tractors, until I bought one in a package deal with a bucket. Definitely fuel sipping and gets the job done. Combined with the 8 speed transmission they are impressive.

You just turn the phone upside down, with screen rotation off, and then when it gets back here it will be right.

But wouldn't it be backward or upside down or somethin' like that being on the other side of the world? ? ?

Learning to drive before power steering on a very heavy vehicle, an early lesson was to be rolling before trying to turn! I still have that habit and I cringe (silently, of course) when my spouse cranks the wheel while standing still!

Nice find! My 1977 B-80/8 speed is one of my favorite tractors

Got the stiffner on this weekend, next up trailing wheel. That'll have to wait till after Pioneer Power Show in Lesueur.

I was in college then and in my dynamics class we tried to figure out the ONE speed at which that harmonic would work. We also wondered how many tries it took the engineers, with the truck bouncing around wildely, to get that video!

You guys would get a huge kick out of the vehicle my father learned to drive as a semi back in the mid 60s. It was a late 50s or early 60s Mack B model truck. I don't know what transmission it had but likely was a twin stick back then. >> No power steering. << 24 inch diameter steering wheel that went six or seven turns lock to lock. By comparison, most vehicles nowadays go about half that. Needless to say, when he was learning how to back a trailer he was shown how to pick a line, and stick to it, and trust his mirrors.

I've definitely considered that but I want the fuel sipping of the little 8 HP.

I have this one set aside. I believe it's a 1976. I bought this from @Retired Wrencher Gary. Overall decent shape but the engine was incorrectly rebuilt. Not sure if I will have my favorite local small engine shop fix this one, or just swap another one in. Definitely looking forward to having this machine as a part of my working Herd.

Looks like you already starting browsing thru it in the potty!

You should take your picture of you and that magazine on the other side of the world and send it to them 👍🏻

Today after a surprisingly short shift at work, I volunteered to mow my parent's lawn as after talking to my mother we thought it needed a trim. My father has been working with my brothers and was short on time. My youngest brother has also been short on time as it's also the busy season for him at work. I mowed where i could reach with the tractor and did some weed wacking for him as he's one of the first people to assist me with something if needed. The 312 and the new PTO belt got a good workout today.

I’d start hitting that seat with some vinyl conditioner massaging it in with latex gloves on. I did that with the barn find C-101 I bought last year and it worked well.

If you have some thin needle nose pliers you can gently pull that ring off. A squirt of lube will help it come off. Hit the area and ring with brake cleaner and compressed air the reassemble with the new key. Make sure the writing saying flywheel side is showing before you put the flywheel on. You won't get spark if it's on backwards.

This is a twin I beam front end (2wd), no control arms, if it ever needed an alignment someday I’d have to take her to a heavy duty truck place to have them heat and bend the beams. It is funny tho because I have seen the old commercials for 70s Ford trucks and they do a suspension test with the whole front end bouncing around but the frame and body stay smooth and straight.

The Z06 wheels fit! 1. I am NOT actually a fan of wheel spacers. 2. This instance, it actually corrects the scrub angle and wheel center. 3. There will never be a wild load like 4 Wheel Horses in the bed. It take a special skill with a small tool to open the tailgate and I won’t even show my kid how to do that. She may figure it out, but it still won’t have big weight in it. 4. This is a fair weather vehicle, and won’t go too far from home.

Yep, I have 6 machines here with Kohler 8’s and they all “sip fuel”. And yes, they sometimes mow at full throttle for an hour or so.

I started buying these red anodized aluminum battery hold down bars. They work for the larger Automotive style batteries as seen below and also for the standard garden tractor battery. You will have to drill a hole in the battery tray for the J Bolt on either side.

If you could find an old US Navy Wool Peacoat that would be the answer. Wool just sheds acid and the Peacoats were very thick.

@Handy Don Yes I agree, after driving manual steering you can feel how it can wear steering components when at a stand still. I do the same thing as a habit with all vehicles, I always like to start at a roll before turning the wheel. I cringe inside when I see the kids or warden just cranking that steering wheel at a stop.

Did you consider moisture retention if that material gets wet that can cause rust & rot? Add in a tad of battery acid and the bad things can happen fast...

What type of horses only go out at night? Nightmares!

Anything I get is tarped on the trailer and a bug bomb set off under it before going into my shop. Don't want critters coming in.

What is a horse's favorite sport? Stable tennis!

First clean up. Waiting for the rain for the 2nd go round.

Back in June, I had my C-141 Automatic out for sale in our yard sell. I had all of them setting out to attract more attention. A man and his son were looking at my tractors and the son (looked to be about 8-10 years old) started going nuts over them and begged his dad to get him one. They asked me which one would be best suited, and I recommended the C-141. Solid running with no issues. I let them drive it around the yard and they agreed to buy it. Yesterday, when I grabbed our mail, there was one envelope with nothing but "Mr. Doug" handwritten on the front. Below is the letter that was inside. We just finished loading the snow thrower in their pickup. I let him have it for $50 and gave him some tips on how to attach and detach it, along with a printed operator's manual and parts listing. Pretty cool to see a kid so enthused about his Wheel Horse.

I have not said a word to my wife in over a year. I figure it would be rude to interrupt.

Not to give Pullstart any ideas but ...

I get two mowings with fuel left over on my one-gallon tank! K181s rock.

Put a K341 in it an make it a B-16

Hmm, I like that idea!

I’m using an engine tach. The blue one on the top let side of the dash. It’s a little slow at times but it also counts the hours as well. I have not use a lazer tach at work yet to see the pulley speed or anything like that.

I think that’s a pretty darn good idea! That stuff has a little cushion to it that will help hold it in place and absorb some of the vibration. I/we are going to want to know how well it works!

I would rather die.

You'll need to pull that out and clean around it good. You don't want any metal shavings from the crankshaft around there or stuck to the magnet that's in it. The large notch by the number 166 fits over the tail of the key, and that holds it in time. It's definitely out of time. That's why it wouldn't start. Trigger ring looks okay otherwise.

The manuals that Gary linked will probably answer your questions.

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Dozer blade frame was going to be my first choice but I didn't have a spare. I think what you've got will handle considerably more weight

Actually, there are 10 kinds of people in the world: those that understand binary and those that don't...

What did the farmer get when he crossed an owl with a goat? a 'Hootinanny' Why did the farmer feed his pigs sugar and vinegar? He wanted sweet and sour pork! What did the farmer say when he lost one of his cows? What a miss-steak. Who takes care of the farm when the farmer is sick? The farmacist (pharmacist). Why did the lamb call the police? He had been fleeced. Why was the cucumber mad? Because it was in a pickle! How did the farmer find his lost cow? He tractor down. What do you call cattle with a sense of humor? Laughing stock. What grows when fed but dies when watered? Fire. What do you give a sick horse? Cough stirrup! What do you call a dog on the farm? A Corn Dog.

They are great little tractors!