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Fully rebuilt Kohler 10hp K241 , this engine is for shaker plate applications ( rubber engine mounts ) , ALL genuine Kohler replacement parts (even the oil) were used in the rebuild, professionally refinished using PPG automotive paint. Carb is fully rebuilt, new air filter, points, plug..... Has been bench run. $700.00 Will need a $50.00 non-refundable deposit in order for it to make the trip. If you have any questions regarding the rebuild, send me a private message, or call / text during normal business hours.

Too bad it isn't a stuck school bus retrieval device.

First Portable steam engine The Watertown Steam Engine Company was located in Watertown, New York and began in 1866 and owned by the Palmer Brothers. The business employed 100 men, turned out 400 steam engines, saw mills, and agricultural engines. These were sold all over the US, Canada, Cuba and probably other parts of the world. Much of the cast iron they used was produced locally. Having portable power allowed loggers to reduce the amount of hand labor that needed to be performed in the forest and farmers could now process crops more efficiently on site rather than having to take then to processing facilities with stationary steam or water-wheel powered equipment. This also expanded the market for smaller farmer-owned processing equipment. It held patents on a portable steam engine with the cylinder and valve chest integral with the boiler steam dome, and a riding cut-off valve. The first patent was in 1871 for the "First Portable Steam Engine" made in the United States. Many of the Watertown Steam Engine Company's portable steam engines exist today, in private collections or in museums. There is no indication of when the business shut down but there are some collectors who have Watertown Steam Engine Company steam engines manufactured as late as 1920.

I use this same pump no problems

In the late 1980's or early '90's, we were in Kenya, Africa. Men made a living turning rocks into gravel and sold the gravel. They were hand crushing rock with hammers. Last fall my wife and I toured a closed granite quarry that's now a state park. Got me to thinking I needed an abandoned granite quarry on my train set. It's not complete yet (model train is my winter project) but I'm happy with the way it's going. The crane and the dilapidated building are made of card stock. I took photos of the quarry when it was in operation to help me stage some of the components my diorama.

Well finally came across the deal I was looking for on a wood chipper! So upside to this one is it's 11.5hp and runs perfect and looks hardly used. Downside is the brush hopper is broken. So I'll look to get some cheap to free sheet metal of some kind and make a decent hopper down the road. For now though I just closed off the open side with a piece of wood for now. I'll be using the main limb chute more anyways. But have long wanted one to mount on the front of the WH for my woods and trail cleanups. I have a front 2" receiver so will put it on front so I can pull the cart in back still. For the mount I used a Harbor Freight step hitch extension and drilled out the mounting bolts for it and bolted it down. Ground clearance was about 6-7" once mounted on the 312 so might gain a tad more on the C100 with 8" rims. But it cleared all the little hills I will go over to get down into the woods area. So am happy on how it turned out. Also seems to double nice for some front ballast when needed. Guessing it weighs around 80-100lbs or so. Might put it on next time I'm plowing the garden! Test run was a success!

Medieval Torture Device!

The first obvious problem is on the hood sides, poor thing thinks it isn't loved enough to be a Wheel Horse!

I saw these at the local agricultural/vintage auction at the weekend. I put a bid in at £10.00, and won!!! 6.90 x 180 -15. Unused. There was also a C161 with a 48” S. D deck, this made £750.00, and a 42” S.D deck on its own, which made £380.00! So I was quite pleased with my purchase! Now I suppose I’m going to have to look at building a “Horse” to fit them to!

@ranger Those look like a good set of garden tires. Should sever you well..

A lot of strange going on. Never have I ever seen a Positive ground on a 12v system. I did obtain a tractor with the battery hooked up backwards on an Onan engine once, it turned over just fine but would not start. Also looking at your diagram it appears as though the two wires coming from the stator are going to the terminals on the right side of the regulator and the wire from the switch is going to the terminal on the left. Typical regulator/rectifier wiring is the 2 wires from the stator go to the outside terminals and the wire from the switch goes to the center terminal if all tree terms are in line. Top two terminals for the stator and bottom terminal for the switch, for a stacked configuration. Have you ever put a meter on your battery to make sure that the polarity is what it says it is? Just wondering if it was labeled wrong by chance.

Most likely but easy to find out. I doubt it ... if it's a permanent magnet motor rotation is determined how the polarity of the magnets are epoxied in the case. I can't think of an application where the starter drives the PTO side. Got a pic of the starter or numbers off it? Bad decision... never trust the way things were by a cobbling PO but the way things should be.

The BBT and her momma started getting the garden ready today. Likely plant some hardy stuff within a few days. Plants that can't withstand frost have to wait another month. They also added some random stripes of scrap wood to reinforce the garden access bridge (pallet)

Easy fixes don't happen very often so I appreciate it when I have one. LOL

Watch Steve's videos & see if it something that you want to tackle. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WxpigBM-CFt3jm0aCxvxw

Swapped on a set of brand new "all trail" Carlisle tires I've had for years onto my mutt tractor (314/414/514?) today. They're only 23 x 8.0- 12, but mounted on a set of wheels that I had set the dish all the way back. They aren't pretty, but look good enough. The front/ rear track on this setup is actually better than 10.50s were on standard wheels. Though not as wide, they stick out more and open the business end up considerably. Might take getting used to, but I really think I like these... And- when I bought them years ago, TSC had them on clearance. Only tires I ever bought there. I paid $13 each for them!

No Fram filters on anything we own, been running Napa Gold on everything for years, but thinking of switching to Baldwin, I usually buy in bulk and keep filters for all our equipment on the shelf at the farm, and the local bearing and industrial supply quoted me a better price for Baldwin filters than what I get them for at Napa. Even my pickup gets Napa filters, I’ve read everywhere to use nothing but Motorcraft filters on the 6.0 PowerStroke, but I’ve been running a Napa filter ever since I bought it, 40k miles in the past year and a half and no trouble yet

understood that many manufacturers sub out their work to other firms -- but my thinking on OEM is that companies like Kohler set the specifications to the engineering design for their engines

when it comes to the longevity of the tractor or its over all well being i use OEM WH products -- so my oil filters are WH originals -- for whatever the few dollars difference may be i prefer the WH products for something like an oil filter

Any company that sells the junk pictured in an above post does not deserve my business. YMMV

Not so sure the metal ends on that filter make it better?? The element is paper. The element is glued to the metal ends and well as the paper ends. And it looks like the paper end one will flow with less restriction. When purchasing wanted to change our filters we sent them to an independent lab. There is a lot more to it than looks. And when it comes to filters you can get good quality from all of the mfg. Just going to cost ya.

I’ve been using Rotella straight 30 for over 20 years. Haven’t blown anything up yet. No need to overthink oil. I have enough to worry about.

Regular (more frequent than recommended) oil changes with a name brand oil that meets Engine manufacturers specs... All that matters...

I saw this on an estate sale ad. Hay rake? Cultivator? Drag?

Is it a disassembled grapple hook?

Tried that, no luck.