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Got the transaxle case back together on my C-120, after changing out the differential assy. Of course, that's when I realized that the only oil I have on hand is all 30W Anybody need a good diff with trashed axles? Or, does anyone have any good "repurposing" ideas? I suppose I could get a forge and make a few swords.

I always seem to have my eyes open for good tires/rims for my tractors. It can be a bit of a pain measuring accurately. Most rims have a deeper offset that Wheel Horse has (at least on the models I have). I carry this little board in my truck for whenever the need arises. Measured from the correct spot or not at lease I knew if they'd fit.

You two love birds have a great day. Keep those WH's primed up !!

For the little town of Knox local we have already exceeded half the normal snowfall for the season. Several springs ago I picked up this tall chute from a member in PA. The only use it's had was just when I wanted to play with it. That is until this year. A recent snowfall of 10+" of very heavy wet stuff won the battle with the Reborn B-80 blade tractor. I fired up the 05 with the blower and it did the trick. But I was on and off the seat multiple times to adjust the chute deflector. I just eliminated that problem this morning. I didn't want anything 'permanent' on the tractor. The 6" stroke proved to be perfect mounted like this. I did a little video but I can't get it to transfer to YouTube.

Nobel Prize Day is celebrated each year on December first. Celebrating excellence in diverse fields, the Nobel Prize recognizes individuals for their outstanding contributions to humanity's progress. One of the highest honors that can be earned in various forms of science and other admirable work, the Nobel Prize is awarded annually on Nobel Prize Day. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded on December 10, 1901, which was the fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel. Nobel was a Swedish scientist, inventor and businessman who was also passionate about writing drama and poetry. He is particularly notable as the inventor of dynamite and other high explosives, and held more than 350 patents in his lifetime. When Alfred Nobel wrote his will in 1895, it established that prizes would be awarded each year to commemorate and honor those who made significant achievements in the areas of science, medicine, literature and peace. Most of his fortune was left to this cause and, although no official reason was given for the motivation behind the prizes, many have guessed it was his guilt over being the person who invented such destructive weapons that made him want to start the endeavor. Now, for more than a century, Nobel Prizes have been awarded each year on Nobel Prize Day in Stockholm, Sweden, where Alfred Nobel was born and where he spent a large portion of his adult life.

I looked a little bit for the work your horse thread but failed ... my penance is reading all upmteen pages of this one ... As long as we're wrenching on sno machines. This one in the shop for oil & filter. Is it just me or does a motor just seem to run better with fresh oil? Should have cleaned the carb ... surging abit and seafoam aint workin. Need it tho so after today's cleanup. Grass screen was rusty ... I think they look cool in red ... Do I have a problem?

Heres a set painted in the summer

Weights are copies of the weights shipped here, a friend of ours Shaun made moulds for all the weights and then had a ton of them cast from the old brake discs and drums he's stockpiled for years. They do look really good!

I looked at mine, and swore at it for a bit because the side panel wont go back on. Then went back inside.

Agreed 100%

Every one makes mistakes. Good people own up to them and do all that they can to correct the mistake. Great people try to help correct a mistake that was not even their fault.

Added a lift assist spring for snowblower on the 702. Made it definitely easier to raise up. With my lower back issues I need any help I can.

Look what I found in mail today. New decal for HY2 lift lever on 1257. Cant wait to see what it looks like on tractor. How lucky are we to have a member like @Vinylguy as a member here?????

Happy Birthday Bear....

We have more snow this year then then last couple of years put together and winter just started. Another 5 inches last nite. Girls are gonna get another workout today.

Terry did these custom decals for Marvin years ago.

Had a few inches last week. Schools canceled because of the timing. Grand kids showed up and rode sleds for hours! Plus a snowman and ate like linebackers. I like it! The view from the WH shed down the double diamond.

Aside from my time in the Army, I've lived my whole life in NC. When I was younger, you learned how to drive in the snow and just did it. It didn't matter if your vehicle was rear wheel drive only. You just used your hat holder the way it was intended. Maybe after a day or two a plow truck (or your local farmers) would clear the roads. But we did well regardless. Years later, the brine trucks started running. Melted all the snow, which re-froze at night and created a two lane ice sheet. Wrecks everywhere. Someone will have to help me understand why such things are better...

Is that called an F plate because one might look under the tractor and say “The F in plate is cracked?”

Our roads are still covered with a dusting(of brine, not snow) from last weeks forecast of a possible dusting of snow. Can't wait till spring when the 12 million gallon of Pa brine gets washed down the river to the Chesapeake Bay. The increased salinity should bring the rock fish and crabs up to my end of the Bay. Maybe I can sell enough crabs to replace a couple rusted up vehicles.

Hydraulic hose grommet ready to be installed. Hydraulic hose grommet installed. Hydraulic supply line temporary plug removed, ready for valve installation. Hydraulic valve assembly ready to be installed. Hydraulic valve assembly installed. Hydraulic hoses ready to connect to cylinder. Hydraulic hoses connected to cylinder. Hydraulic return line ready to be installed. Hydraulic return line installed. Hydraulic lines and fittings tightened at valve. Hydraulic lines and fittings tightened at filter adapter. Hydraulic supply line tightened at pump. Overview as of today.

I am trying for the Nobel in Poetry... A Haiku... Alfred Nobel's Day Blowing things up is one way To be very rich A Limerick... There once was a man named Nobel Who invented many things that were swell He liked to make things that go boom And now that he's in his tomb They blow all his money to hell

5-6" here. Wet snow. 4:45 am cleared three drives before work... used the Dewalt blower so's not to wake up the old ladies... quiet as a mouse and, since it's not red, done under the cover of darkness with no pictures... Besides - I had to get it done so I could get inside and wish @ebinmaine a happy birthday...

My young days were spent atop the Appalachians in western Pa. My daily driver was my '30 Dodge Brothers "6". With chains on the rear 5.5X18 tires, it would handle 10" unplowed snows with no problem. The March 1958 storm did close rt. 160 where we lived for two weeks. We could hear the snow blower operating for two days before it reached our house. They cleared one lane and ever mile would back up and make a passing lane. It created some long interesting rides on the 17 mile trip to high school as it was understood most vehicles including the coal trucks were expected to back up to the passing lane when they met a school bus. Farmers eventually used their FELs to create more passing lanes. I lived near that small black 110-140" dot at Somerset.

Many happy returns old boy, best of British to you. Mick

I also agree. My tractors would look naked without Terry's great decals.

Happy Birthday Eric !!

Happy Birthday! Take the day off and chop some wood!

When they start to swear back then it's definitely time to go back inside.

Yes sir! I think before I moved here the city (Raleigh) completely dropped the ball on an actual 100 year snow event. Since then it seems they have shot way past what is necessary. Ground temp is well above freezing, it has been pretty wet for a NC winter and they still brine and salt. I went outside to start my car. Cold for here, back deck was an ice sheet. yard dusted. Driveway was clear, roads clear, overpasses clear. ALL roads looked like there was a snow event. No sir! Just excessive salt and brine. As previously stated... great for me, on the road virtually alone. Super stress free. All (snow) gone by 10 am.

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁!

Yes, X2!

Yeah, There's that too. I was thinking of the words that come out as your shoveling. Don't eat the yellow snow...

awesome thanks just put my order in

I've only ever seen it in two colors.

Today, I looked at them does that count?

Changed out the TU pulley on Frankie. I has a few of these plastic ones. JD uses them and my son has a 324 that has them on the hydro pulley. I know he has to be pushing 500 hours with no issues. I put one on the hydro and I must say they are smooth. Very smooth. Now I know why they are used by JD.

I used mine yesterday as a place to put the shed pad lock while I got a couple ears of corn for the squirrel feeder.

Happy Birthday Eric.

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The blower has the steel wheels instead of skids. I did adjust spring so snowblower isn't bouncing around when down but yet its definitely lighter on the wheels. I'm sure I'll maybe need to adjust it some????

At our end of North Carolina there are so many steep winding roads with a drop off on one side and solid rock on the other side that it doesn't take much snow to bring things to a halt. We had only one snow worth plowing last winter. I cleared our driveway and a few hundred feet of our road to the top of the first hill. It remained very cold and by the time the NCDOT got around to coming down our remote road the snow had melted and refrozen into a mile of ice. I had to take my wife for a doctors appointment before the ice melted but having grown up in New York's snow belt I knew how to deal with it.

We get that up north here once in awhile. Some people refer to it as snow. Others use somewhat more creative four letter words that begin with S.

The washer with a 1/2" hole would be used to help protect the block. A nut with a larger hole would allow the mig wire to reach thru the nut and washer to the broken bolt. The weld would not have much penetration on the cast iron block threads. The nut, washer, and bolt would all be welded together. All the holes should be bottom tapped before assembly.

I only have two Eatons but several Sunstrands. I think the piston to piston Sunstrands are more sensitive to abuse/poor maintenance. The Eatons require some warm up to operate the lift even with Mobil one synthetic. The sunstrands are ready to go immediately I run ATF in them. Keep them from overheating, don't abuse the parking brake in the Sunstrands, and change the fluid and they will run another 30 years...

Pete; Thanks for the suggestions. This machine came to me this way so I don't know how it was treated in it's previous life. Being that is was a later model it had the big plastic cover over the PTO. This is not getting re-installed in this build. Here is the belt guard that is going to be used. I use a Greenlee knockout punch normally used in electrical work to punch out the holes. Charge current was removed from the 9 pin and it now ties directly to the battery terminal on the solenoid through a 30A inline fuse as shown below. This fuse is a sealed type to keep out the elements. New sealed 9 pin connectors installed and the wiring will definitely be kept well away from the hot muffler.

Not sure this will help. Someone with a 520 should be along before long.

No worries. This kind of thing happens all the time around here. Once you have one , you kind of want one of each model. BTW. Nice looking tractor.