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You may be a singular person but you have multiple chores to accomplish each one deserves a dedicated WH

Yuck...Gatorade = colonoscopy

Mowing season will be over soon .. got in done seat time on the 414/8 with a 42” RD today.

Some pics of what Trina's been up to... She's been making the small storage space another area for firewood. Her mom's downstairs wood rack is overfull. Our upstairs rack is full. Now they're moving a bunch of firewood from the upper shed to this one so it's closer to the house for winter.

I had some dirt to dump out back. It’s been too long since I’ve Horsed around, so I took the long way home on Steve Oh Two.

Best place to source an assortment of colors is your local trailer dealer. They have a seven wire cable used on trailers with good quality wire and the price is reasonable.

Morning, earlier this week.

Or build a "Sulky Train"!

Between today, and yesterday this mowing machine mowed, The fire station, my parent’s lawn, and my lawn. I did have to change decks from the 42” to the 37” due to the belt somehow jumping off and losing rigidity on the 42” RD. My lawn and the fire station are smaller sized manageable lawns. but my parents takes a solid 2 hrs. But, I got significant seat time so that’s a plus.

Hello Horse fans. We've all had a chance to get something cheap enough for no reason so, why not. And people say $50 don't buy much. However, it does buy a C120 sitting for 15 years. New battery and fuel line was all it took. Will get a bath and better pictures tomorrow!

Got the 520-HC vanguard swap just about completed. Still not charging. I have a new stator coming today. Old one was only putting out 4.5 VAC. Here's the build thread: I used a Jeep muffler from amazon for the stack.

I love this local show…but it also means the end of the season . Saturdays weather looks absolutely fantastic! Should find me hanging with the usual suspects @Retired Wrencher @Docwheelhorse @wallfish

Get a long frame plow with both mounting holes for the rod. I know I used that style frame on my short frame 857 with no issues. One of the attachment points should work. As far as the lift, use a chain or custom make a solid link

Apparently we need reminding of the overriding decision making process followed here on RS. Carry on gentlemen...

Uhh…me too…it’s normal for a singular person to have 3 technically 4 tractors right..RIGHT😁

The farmer allows walkers to cross his field for free, But the bull charges!

It has been years and still nobody knows why Notre Dame caught fire.... ...but Quasimodo has a hunch

Yep, Richard has an idea, because I asked him some questions about Franklin NC. In general we're looking at the Smoky Mountains area, something with a quaint small downtown in walkable or quick drive distance. We're tired of being isolated out here. So, Franklin is pretty high on the list, possibly #1. We're actually watching the home listings on Zillow pretty closely and have seen at least one we'd buy right now if we had a buyer for our place. But next spring is the target. Yeah Bill D, I would be happy if I could get that 416-H into your hands - you helped me out with some parts a while back. I'll be repainting that one hood pretty soon.

Somehow, I've become the owner of a second Toro Sulky. And they say your phones don't spy on you!

So after a bit of a hiatus, I got the hydraulics from @ebinmaine for the C-141. After getting the belcrank out of the 520 center section, I cleaned it up, and installed it in the C-141. I then cleaned up the valve block, and after building a plate to mount it I semi temporarily installed it. It was a bit of a PITA to put in. While I was working on the valve bock and bell crank. I painted the hydraulic ram and installed it after the paint dried. The only thing left is to install the hard lines if possible, with some adapters. Or and the more likely route, some rubber lines to be able to snake the connections around the C-141’s slightly different mounting locations. And that’s where I am now.

Nice! Do consider adding a lower support from the engine to the underside of the elbow area of the exhaust going to that Jeep muffler. One reason is the vibrating weight, the other is snagging any overhead obstructions.... Here is what I did on my 854 when I went to a stack glasspack exhaust.

I didn't think about that but it's not a concern on this one. It did have the 10" rears when I got it in the early 80's but since then it's been messing around in the barn with a B-80 and came out with 22x7.50-12's. I'm definitely leaning that way Mike. I have extra solid links made up already. I guess I'll just have to see if the link drops down OK with an in-between tractor. I wanted to hear the comments here before I bought something. @davem1111 I saw your posting. Anything?

October 2, 1965, during a football game between the University of Florida Gators and the Louisiana State University Tigers, UF players test a newly concocted sports drink to help them regain the essential chemicals their bodies lose from profuse sweating. Developed in their own school's science labs, the drink is designed to fight dehydration, rebalance their bodies' electrolytes and restore blood sugar, potassium and body salts so they can continue to perform at a high level through their games. The Gators go on to win the match, after the heavily favored Tigers wilt in Florida's muggy, 102-degree heat.

Definitely my hoarding tendenc….I mean collection of Wheelhorse stuff came in handy. Yeah, especially with how much time we put in fixing, adding to, and maintaining them that makes it worth it. Thanks!

This is my excu.... uuhhh... I mean reason... for having too many tractors.

I looked at trailer wire and all I am finding is the CCA stuff. Nothing close here for picking up used wiring and such, I figure they are like me saving it up and scraping, price is up. I found some pure copper through napa, .checked with amazon and you have to watch because their spool size is / can be deceiving. napa

Always nice to have back-ups of equipment for just these types of situations. There is something therapeutic about seat time. Enjoy the ride!

Last trip to the local trailer shop they had some that had been pulled out of an equipment trailer they had redone, most of it was good and the price was my favorite four letter word, FREE. Most of the wires are 14 gauge with a couple of 12 and one 10, all copper stranded.

Like Richard said, trailer wiring harness. I've purchased a few at Harbor Freight. The #14 wire separates easily. The colors won't all match the factory but I really never worried about that. Electricity is color blind.

Pa archery opens tomorrow but I'll be at the Steam-O-Rama show till Saturday, then leave Sunday morning for a week of Fishing and crabbing in Delaware. So I'll miss the first week. Anyway, it's too warm to butcher.

Yesterday was just a soggy story about the one that got away. The same three deer that I saw in the morning, came out in the evening. But I sat most all day, hoping a break in the rain would grant movement during other times of the day. The big doe and yearling that I watched over my shoulder at 55-125 yards away in the beans were moving, but not before the 3” Spike I saw for a split second moved within 100 yards to my right and never really got close. Just as the big doe was about to walk into a spot I could draw on at 30 yards, the spike or something in his direction made the doe turn and prance off away from me. This was about an hour and a half from dark. I hoped they would come back, but I never saw another deer. Today, the weather looks quite promising to hunt, but I’m busy all day. The weekend is packed as well. 🙄

I have 8 sided sockets for set screws. Much easier. They came in a set of tools my mom bought for me when I was in my late teens or early 20s.

Guy goes to the doctor "Doc, you gotta help me! For days, I can't get this song out of my head!" "I see, and what song is it that you can't get out of your head?" "What's New Pussycat! It's driving me crazy!" "Aaah, it sounds to me like you have a severe case of TJS." "TJS? What is TJS?" "Tom Jones Syndrome" "I've never heard of Tom Jones Syndrome. Is it rare?" "It's Not Unusual"

A farmer was driving his tractor along the road with a trailer load of fertilizer. A little boy of eight was playing in his yard when he saw the farmer and asked, 'What've you got in your trailer?' 'Manure,' Farmer replied. 'What are you going to do with it?' asked the boy. 'Put it on my strawberries,' answered the farmer. The boy replied, 'You ought to come and eat with us, we put ice-cream on our strawberries.'

More put away summer stuff. Today, it winterized the plumbing system in the travel trailer. It sure goes quicker since I added a 'T' and a couple valves to the intake side of the pump - shut the valve for the normal water intake, open the valve to a intake hose placed in a bottle of antifreeze and turn on the faucet until it runs pink. Takes about 2 gallons.

yup I have a 1/2" brain... meant 3/8"... thx for the catch... (corrected original post...) @Handy Don feel free to continue using 1/2"...

My B-100 should be close to what you have. I have a long frame snow blade I use for it. It works great. It is heavy to pick up with the lift, but not too bad. A good fix would be to move the lift point closer toward the blade to make it lighter. Lift springs are also an option.

Not sure on either - but you need the angled blade to clear the front tire... then there is the lift hookup piont & the angling lever placement. My Commando 800 parts tractor has 10" rear tires & rims.. it sits close to the ground. Will you be able to get enough lift on the blade? It did come with an adapted Craftsman blade that mounted to the front of the frame - sold that over 10 years ago.

Do NOT use CCA if at all avoidable. Unfortunately copper and aluminum are among the metals that are not compatible long term. Combining them is an engineering mistake on anything used outside. I'll try to remember to share a link later on today where I got some decent quality wire.

Same here. When my Amish neighbor bought the farm adjacent to me, I harvester around 20 groundhogs / year for several years. Groundhog holes and horse legs are not a good combo. His 10yo son took over the groundhog control after I gave him, a trap and instruction. I dump them in the forest where the foxes, coyotes, hawks, and eagles have a feast. I also pick up any road killed deer and dump them where the critters can safely feed.

I finally finished rebuilding the transmission for my Dodge M37. This is the early-series synchromesh type used in the M37, which was later replaced by the NP-420 in the M37B1. It turned out to be a rather expensive project, as I replaced every gear, shaft, bearing, seal, shim, retaining ring, gasket, companion flange, spring, expansion plugs for the shift rails, etc., etc., with new or NOS parts. It’s now essentially a brand-new transmission. I don’t want to have to rebuild this again, so I was careful to do everything by the book, and then some. That involved lots of fiddly, but important details, such as checking clearances in half a dozen places (all of which are now within new specs), cleaning every threaded hole with a chasing die, replacing bolts and lock washers, making a new (improved) shift lever alignment pin, using appropriate thread lockers and sealers on the through-bolts into the case, pre-lubing with Lubriplate assembly lube, doing proper safety wiring on the shifting forks, applying proper torque to fasteners, and many other details. Here's the transmission all back together, just before it got its final coat of paint: Here it is after the final paint, which covers the fasteners, as it would have with the original factory paint job for the military: Now it's on to more engine rebuilding work.

Excellent point. No wonder the ½” wrench doesn’t work that well!!

And here I’ve been making do with a plain old ½” open-end wrench!