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Here I just wanted to show all the tractors I've recently bought, but haven't posted about. I just didn't think it would be very interesting as most were simple carb cleans or fuel pumps. The first two images are of my Commando 6 originally purchased in Des Moines, Iowa. I bought this in October of last year for $250, it had been sitting in a semi van for 20+ years. You might be wondering why you see a Kohler? This was one of 10 or 11 sitting around the show room a few years after this tractors model year, so to make it more appealing to buyers, the dealer installed a K-181. All I really did to it was clean the carb and rebuild the fuel pump. The second tractor is my '73 no name 8hp. I acquired this in August of last year for $200. This one already ran and functioned fine. I've been using it to feed cattle with. The third tractor is my '69 Raider 10 that I spoke of a couple weeks ago. This tractor is from my recent hall, but I haven't messed with it quite yet. It sports the HH100 Techy that does turn over. This one will be for sale soon, PM me if you're interested. The next three are of my 3 D Series that are either being built or being used. The D-160 single was also part of my recent haul along with the Raider. This tractor sat for a couple of years, but fired up after I installed a rebuilt fuel pump on it. The '73 18 Auto ran and fully functioned when I bought it, nothing much on it. The basket case is this D-200 that imwe have been building out of buckets of parts. This one will have a full repaint done on it. The last pictures are of my attachments that I have been collecting. The first is this D Series tiller that hadn't been used until I bought it. The next are my 3pt mower and tub cart, nothing much on them except replacing a belt and airing up tires. I think this is my longest post EVER! This is the herd update for now!

Found this on fake book market place. Listed about 1.5 hrs from home so thought I would call about it. Really didn’t t need another but ya know how it is. Talked to owner and low and behold he was heading to my town. Asked if he would just bring to the house and drop it off. You cant beat that with a stick. Another 520H, this is a 91 best I can tell runs great and has almost new 10.50 BKT ags on back. I may have lost my internet privileges for a while though, but I can live with that, for a day or two anyway.

I decided to give one of these rakes a try to tackle the massive number of limbs and sticks that winter deposited on my property. I (temporarily) modified it to use with a slot hitch. Once I learned to slow down a little bit, the results were decent. I was worried it might destroy my turf, but it seems fine - actually does a little dethatching. Once I get everything windrowed near my large oaks, I'll hook up the Mighty Mac and make some mulch. Then breakout the Cyclone Rake for a vac job. Got about an acre to do. There are also a few limbs that will see a chainsaw and a fire pit.

Finally decided to check the Model No. on the Raider 12 I bought just before Christmas to see what year it was and the tag says 1-6931 which is a 1968 Raider 9 not a Raider 12. The model number decals on the hood stand were completely faded, the only thing legible was "RAIDER 6-SPEED". Apparently someone replaced the HH100 Tecumseh with a Kohler K301 and to that person I say, ! So, I will have TWO 1968 Raider 9's with 12HP Kohlers when my old one is back together. Yeah, I can live with that.

We are not dealing with a space shuttle here! Wire brush the area, weld it, it's good to go for another 60 years +. 20-30 minutes of work. A restoration, then it would be all a part anyway so the proper way would be to just change the frame. A worker, not so much IMO. But I'm not retired with all the time in the world either so that may play a part in it too. Add a piece of metal over it to brace it if you're worried about the quality of the weld. Personally, I'd just wire brush it off and use a 7018 rod to arc weld it. I'm guessing the original weld wasn't good or complete so it stressed cracked at that weakest point, the top of the hole is the thinnest part to the top. (Built on a Friday evening right before 5 pm. LOL) The heat from the weld would weaken that section of the rail too if the weld wasn't completed. Air bubble in the weld maybe?? The foot peg 3/4 rod was welded on the inside of the frame so a pic of that side would probably show what's actually going on.

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Hmm, first I've seen that. Yes, it could and should be welded. Pretty easy for that one. Jack it up by that 3/4 foot peg bar and it should close the crack gap. Weld it right to the bar inside and out and the crack too

I installed homemade hitch. I fabricated one last week

I found this one on marketplace for $150. Its mostly trash but is a solid foundation. I was able to get it running but it’s a oil burner. IMG_1219.mov

March 12, 1973 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In last episode ran on NBC-TV, it first aired on January 22, 1968 and was a Monday evening must watch for six seasons. Memorable phrases like the "The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award", "Here Comes the Judge" and "Sock it to me" became a part of our American vocabulary as a result.

This is part of our collection! We have been collecting about 4 months. Every time they find a deal they leave and go get everything they can get..

Spring has sprung! Had a couple out today for some cleanup. Used the sprayer on the fences with one machine and cleaned up some debris with the the 523H. Lots of seat time!

Temp rose to 70* and the rain finally stopped. So I got about 3 hours seat time on the 312H rolling the lawn and cleaning out some old bluebird boxes and installing a new one. The Sunday dinner,/meeting was at my Amish neighbors farm today. Looked like about 35 buggys with a steady parade on my road.

75* and bright sun means seat time. I did the scratch, thatch, sweep thing.

Remembering my best four legged friend. Groovy 2009-2023

I hope I don't really need to say this but... REMOVE THE BATTERY FIRST.

Some 50 years ago I replaced the wood around the back door of my sedan delivery. It's been getting progressively harder to close due to sagging and a loose hinge. The suspect was the wooden door frame. Once I got into it, I found that some insect had bored holes and weakened the frame. Looks like I have a project on my hands. Of course I'm in to it deeper than I had planned.

March 6, 1899, German company Bayer patents aspirin. Now the most common drug in household medicine cabinets, acetylsalicylic acid was originally made from a chemical found in the bark of willow trees. In its primitive form, the active ingredient, salicin, was used for centuries in folk medicine, beginning in ancient Greece when Hippocrates used it to relieve pain and fever. Known to doctors since the mid-19th century, it was used sparingly due to its unpleasant taste and tendency to damage the stomach.

I’ve had a few foot pegs break away from the frame, never crack like that. I’m sure there are ways to neutralize the acid if you’re concerned, but I’m with ‘Fish here. Drill a 1/8” hole at the end of the crack to prevent it from spreading after the weld. Clean it up, weld it. Back to work we go.

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Hey Don…sorry that I’m AWOL most of the time lately but I have been quite busy with all the travels. We just returned yesterday from a few weeks of missions work in the Dominican Republic. It was a great working with the youth through several outreaches including a Teen Conference, a Vacation Bible School, and a basketball tournament. Regarding your question…Cindy loves her wheel horse (418-A) and uses it regularly throughout the summers. It works great for the needs at hand including mowing the pasture for her horses, hailing her yard cart to do various yard chores. She told me that she doesn’t know how she got along without it all those years. She is such a sweet lady and I’m glad that the Lord brought along the perfect tractor for her and I got to be part of that process. I’ll try to get a picture of her using it sometime this summer and post it…

Happy Birthday to my favorite Dan from Redgranite, WI! IMG_6866.mov

Happy Happy Buddy ! I forgot to give you that bottle of Capt's the other night ... so I drank it...

March 8, 1950, The first Volkswagen Microbus rolls off the lines at a VW plant in West Germany. Production lasted over 60 years, with the van becoming one of the most iconic symbols of the hippie counterculture

She's a roller now, I got the next two days that will be really good for painting so I should get the rest of the parts painted, besides the engine block.

Slowly but surely getting at this. Motor is being real fun since parts are hard to find. Magneto coil was toast so it seemed a Briggs one would work with some slight mods. Fit the laminations pretty well but not much room to route the spark plug lead. Front end apart for deep cleaning and paint rims. Sure is different working on three piece rims.

Years back I came home and handed her a snow shovel Her "What's this for?" Me "You wanted me to get rid of the tractors so I sold a couple. Now WE need to do the snow by hand" She doesn't really pay too much attention to my tractor hobby anymore! Maybe flowers would've better but...

March 13, 1965, British blues guitarist Eric Clapton leaves the Yardbirds. In and of itself, one man leaving one band in the middle of the 1960s might warrant little more than a historical footnote. But what makes this departure more significant is the long and complicated game of musical chairs it set off within the world of British blues rock. When Clapton walked out on the Yardbirds, he did more than just change the course of his own career. He also set in motion a chain of events that would see not just one, but two more guitar giants pass through the Yardbirds on their way toward significant futures of their own. And through the various groups they would later form, influence, join and quit, these three guitar heroes—Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page—would shape more than a decade’s worth of rock and roll.

Hopefully this is in the right area. I wanted to put this information out there because when I looked this info up I got no answers. So I purchased this 8” Brinly for a whopping $75. In general it was in good shape but the crank and trunion looked like they came off the titanic. They were seized together and I figured any attempt to move them would just disintegrate everything. After a little research I was no closer to figuring out if new Brinly parts would fit an early model. Figured I’d take a chance and order a new trunion and crank from Brinly. I told myself I wasn’t going to try and fix it til after I broke ground on the new garden. Well my ADHD got the better of me and I started messing with it. Surprisingly all the components broke free and didn’t fall apart. So the new handles are a slightly different shape and the threads are a bit long by about 3/4” compared to the old one. Threads are still 5/8-11 as the old ones were. The original trunnion was roughly 1.010. The new one was 1.051 so there’s two routes you can go. Make the mounting hole larger or turn the new trunnion down on either a lathe or a bench grinder. I went bench grinder since I don’t have access to a lathe or any friends with one. Worked out perfect. It’s not pretty but it’s 100% functional. So all in all, Brinly’s new parts can work with their older implements. I hope this helps someone else in the future.

Marketplace had an ad for a K321 14 hp, turned out to be a 12 hp. $50 so that’s Ok. Guy said he was rebuilding if for a Ford LGT145 but lost interest. I suspect he realized this is a wide base block and the Ford requires a narrow base block. It has been setting partially built for 3 years with no covering over cylinder. As a minimum I’ll pull oil pan and valve cover to clean it. I’ll also measure crank and plastic age it. He said new piston and rod. He sure made some marks on the top of the piston driving it in if that’s a new piston. I can just make out the o.020 mark on the piston in the middle of those marks. The bore measures 3.397-3.398 top and bottom and 90 degrees (snap gages and mic). That’s about right for a block bored 0.020 over. I’m surprised that I can barely turn it by hand on crankshaft. This makes me want to pull piston and measure ring end clearance and piston clearance. I can’t tell if anything was done to valves so I need to look closer at them. But for a price that was less the cost of a machine shop bore job, it’s a good one to disassemble and know that I did it correctly. Got some other parts. Thad a Waldorf carb, and its shafts are nice with no worn out wobble. No head, flywheel or tins, but I have them from several worn out kohler I have for parts. Also picked these weights for $80. I need to weight them. Their heavy. Stay tuned for a slow exploring and rebuild.

Occasionally the onset of the sickness is quick. Sadly there is no cure and the only treatment typically requires additional horse trading. Red paint is very good for alleviating the itch and burning as well.

Made some fire wood ...

Jungle site. But I'm using a piece of bar stock and my slot hitch - instead of the 2" receiver it's designed for (3-point adapter) You can see it's still in testing stage by the vise-grips

Toooo many crash landings from doing wheelies?

I've built five receiver hitches, most about the same braced down to the transmission The other one other one .is braced off the top of the transmisson. Lot of different way to build a rexeiver hitch . This is one of braces for the hitch on the 520-H

Ciao a tutti, mi chiamo Andreas e vi scrivo da Treviso in Italia , ho un 420 LSE senza nome e seriale . Ho registrato le foto anche su tractor data . Hi everyone, my name is Andreas and I'm writing to you from Treviso, Italy. I have a 420 LSE with no name or serial number.

A friend of mine in Fla has a couple plus a Beetle. All worth big big money now!

Welcome You can download the entire manual here Snowthrower 42in 2001-2005 79263 260 OM IPL sn.pdf - Snow Blowers - RedSquare Wheel Horse Forum

Other signs and symptoms include: Hair dryers mysteriously relocating to the garage for various paint and decal duties. Red tractor parts drying on living room tables, rugs, chairs and countertops when it's cold or raining outside... Strange people with large trailers dropping off little red tractors, parts, implements at all hours... typically expecting food, adult beverages and occasionally lodging... Washing machines tinted red on the inside from mysterious sources... Immediate need for large storage sheds, barns, trailers and neighboring garages...

@WHX??I printed directions to my house, so if you don’t mind dropping that off I’d really appreciate it. Hell, I’ll even buy you dinner!🤣

It’s a series 1 19hp, I’d say original. thanks, I agree. I will definitely need a seat pan, I’ll look him up. Thanks for the replies. I should have mentioned when I shared the pics that this is going to be mostly restored and put back to work. I’ve got either a KT17 series 2 or a P220 onan that could be used. The series 1 is already out. Im also thinking of stretching a 520 gear reduction steering unit and adapting the greasable tie rods.

that'll work perfect for holding drinks at @Pullstart's plow day... er... I mean, um, plowing....

Was hoping nobody would would mention the molasses thing! Need to have a throw down with KP @kpinnc and his 701 project see who gets done first.