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14 year old Elam making perfect zero turns this morning. Video Project 3.mp4

About 30 Amish buggies at my neighbors this morning. I took my daily walk around the farm and got a few pics.

I’m sharing this to possibly help anyone without a welder to repair an early short frame trans pad. This is my 655 with a 16hp kolher, I shortened the rod dipper and used a 10hp oil pan. The trans mount was cracked so I tried a hack repair instead of doing it right. It was cheep easy and is holding up well enough to just leave it there permanently. It’s a later model mule drive, axle pin bracket flipped upside down and trimmed. The holes lined up and the width firmly slid between the original rails.

@peter lena this post is for you! I fed the paint and it’s wild seeing it spread over a couple days. Keep some oil on that old machine, it’ll keep making you happy. I rubbed some used motor oil on my 1445 Auto the other day. It’s about an inch wider now! I’ll eventually rub the whole thing, but I want to see how far it reaches.

Forgive me father Pond, I have strayed to the green side. Please don't ban my Redsquare account I have a friend who says, " Even a A blind hog finds an Apple every now and then" A local estate sale had this tractor for sale on FBMP and at the sale for way to much. The previous owner had 10 acres of horse pasture that he shredded. Around here Estate Sales are outrageous price Thursday, 25% off outrageous 2nd day, and 1/2 off 3rd day getting closer to reasonable. I was the last person on the 3rd day just looking around and she was counting cash to close. I didn't intending to buy a tractor, but sure needed something I could put a post hole digger on for some repairs on the family farm. We have a great guy leasing the 300 acre family farm for cattle. But we are responsible for the 3+ miles of exterior fencing. Being in Texas I guess I should call this our "Ranch", but Dad always called it the Farm! Thankfully we don't need to build new fence, but there are cedar line post every 5th T post that are rotting off at the bottom, especially where there are low spots that stay wet longer. I'm the youngest son in the family, and still able to do some work around the place I inquired about the tractor and she said she couldn't do 50% off on it. I made her an offer and she took my number and said it would continue to be on FBMP. 2 weeks later I got a call and she said she needed to wrap up the estate sale and get seller their money. I interpreted that as, if she didn't sell the tractor she wouldn't get her 30% commission off it. She played the game of she had other offers to call and got me $500 higher. Surprisingly wife said "Go for it", you've been looking for something and you won't have to work on it before you use it like your backhoe one' PS there was kind of a wife jab there about my greasy farm clothes....the old Oliver always has a oily hydraulic seep somewhere. So its a 2021 John Deere 1023E with loader and shredder. It had 67 hours. I didn't steal it, but a really good price! I even got to transfer the last 6 months of the 5 year warranty over to me! The old Oliver doesn't have power steering, plus the JD hydro transmission with foot control sure is nice for light work. In 2 weeks I've put 7 hours on it shredding 2 passes around the perimeter fencing, and cleaning up some light brambles and dead wood along the fences. A lot more could be done around the farm, but we owe it to our leaser to maintain the fences When I got it the bucket didn't have a single scratch in it. I've put a few! Nice 4 ft shredder Going through the service list I've greased everything. But see it has an initial 50 hr engine and transmission oil and filter change. I can tell the filters are the black factory painted one with no writing, so I need to do that. Interestingly besides the transmission hydraulic filter, it has a screen to remove and clean for the pump suction. While most would consider this subcompact too small, I like that I can put it on a 16 ft trailer and pull it with my 1/2 ton truck. It weights 2600lbs I have my my old White Oliver 2-44 for any heavy work. With loaded tires it weights just under 10,000 lbs. With the weight of the backhoe and a bucket full of gravel it can put all 44hp of diesel grunt to that back axle. I try to be careful, as I really think it has enough grunt to break that heavy back axle.

I took the opposite approach, found a tree in the forest I really loved and built the house behind it.

This was an old horse drawn bog that was on the farm. Dad had taken it apart to use some disk. I selected some of the better parts and made this. Trying to reseed some bare spots on a bank. Used this to catch some of them before thay washed away.

Spraying fences again today. Have to do this once every couple years. You can see the difference in front of the tractor vs behind...

I’ve moved several trees over the years but this might be the biggest one?! Probably 50’ tall and the ball was around 15’. That’s a guess, the bucket on the track loader I’m operating is 8’ wide. The Caterpillar 330 excavator weighs 83,000 lbs and was having trouble moving it alone, so I pushed it on the steel plate with a Cat 953C. Moving it to the house was the easy part, then things got tricky. After getting in place we had to pull the plate out, so I buried the bucket and we strapped the ball to it. Then the excavator pulled the plate. The tree kept moving as the plate came out and once it was totally out the tree was not in the exact spot it needed to be. With the house on one side and a concrete wall on the other it made it difficult. So we had to get the plate back under the tree, which took some time. With the plate in place we pulled the tree totally out of the hole and regrouped. By the time we got it back in place it was 5:00 and we decided to call it quits for the day. Monday we will try again. The tree needs to be exactly in place to be centered on the front door within a few inches. And yes the landscape architect is there measuring to make sure it’s correct. The ocean facing house is over 60,000 square feet. One of the project managers took us inside, it was mind boggling. You could get lost inside! The mechanical rooms were like nothing I’ve ever seen. We walked UNDER the indoor pool on our way to check out the car elevator in the basement. Sorry, strict rules no pictures inside the house. It is really unbelievable that one person has this much money! The project manager told us that the owner is one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. Over the years I’ve been in a lot of these homes in the estate section but this one takes the cake.

I was able to work on my tractor today. Given this fact I have some progress to share with y'all. Started by going back to work on the engine. Ignition components installed. Engine buttoned up and ready to mount on the frame. With the engine ready I moved on to the chassis. Front end assembled. All the fixen's installed on the tranny. Where I left off for the day. Tune in tomorrow for more progress, hopefully.

We always called them Bush Hogs. You have not committed a mortal sin but in attornment you need to say three Hail Cecils, four Hail Elmers, and recite the Wheel Horse 23rd Psalm. The Wheel Horse is my garden tractor; I shall not want. It moweth my green pastures: it leadeth me beside the still waters. It restoreth my soul: The Wheel Horse plowith the snow on the paths of righteousness. Yea, though I drive through the valley of the green tractors, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy Unidrive and thy Kohler, they comfort me. Thou preparest a Wheel Horse Collectors’ Club show before me: thou anointest my engine with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will drive a Wheel Horse forever.

Yep, they are clearly operating at idle. The fertilizer truck arrived just as Elam finished. The Elam went over the field again. Notice the two outside horses are black buggy horses. The colt on the left is in training, learning to pull in step and follow voice commands. Then David and 4yo Amos are laying irrigation tubing and plastic. The pumpkin, watermelon, and cantaloupe plants that are growing in the greenhouse will be planted thru the plastic with a wagon wheel planter after last frost. The plants will be fed fertilized water thru the line under the plastic.

Same here. I'm going to retire ( again) at the end of July and it's going to start then

I had the same thing years ago that I picked up somewhere. Used it once and finally scraped it. Now that I am around the house a lot I've been getting rid of a ton of stuff at the transfer station in town and donating clothes and some really nice Winter jackets some never worn in Town as well. I just have accumulated WAY TOO MUCH STUFF. The time has come to let it go.

Dethatched the yard today, first time I’ve even done it on this yard. The 867 was awarded the job and performed flawlessly.

careful with the rags you used to apply the stuff. Left wadded up, they are capable of self igniting.

Show of hands who subscribes to their email blasts for coupons or deals? It's prolly a good thing I don't have a HF just down the street I'd have a lot of things I want but don't need. Here's one for The Pullstart... He gets his sockets I get my missing step bit.

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SAE 30wt. This is what I use in all my old Kohler engines. I know it says for diesel engines. It is a close formula to what your old Kohler requires. This may be a better option in your area. https://www.q8oils.com/fr/product/q8-garden-oil-sae-30/

Not much to do on it while waiting on the axle work. Not gonna sit around an suck old fashions all day... ahem @wallfish Found some nice vintage Silvertowns in the tire pile. Getting mounted, rims cleaned up & painted.

I’m not the original owner. I found a guy a few years ago near Germansville, Pa who did home / estate cleanouts who listed it for sale with a bunch of other stuff including a 520-H. All low hour stuff sitting in a garage for many years. I sold off some stuff but kept the 418-A. I try to put a few hours a year on it to keep it running good. Always use ethanol free gas in all my stuff and it makes a huge difference in performance.

March 25, 1993, Wendy's founder Dave Thomas, worried that his status as a high-school-dropout-turned-burger-mogul sends the wrong message to kids, earns his GED diploma at age 60. Local high school seniors vote him "most likely to succeed."

So in 12 hours you've got 4 different color choices, let's see how many more you get .

Just somthin about a fresh bore... Its like when a engine always seems to run better after a oil change.

I do some hauling for my neighbor. Mainly to and from the butcher shop which is a 3hour rt by buggy. He always asks "vuts mu bill". I just reach out and shake his hand and thank him for outbidding the developers when he bought the farm at auction. When he is harvesting his produce, I'll often find a head of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, or a cantaloupe in my yard. I guess it falls of the wagon.

Nephew and niece taking the ol C160-8 for stroll. Nephew 4 and already drives like its his. Niece 5 Is a little more timid about operating but guess thats just the difference between girls and boys.

To all Vietnam Vets and Vietnam Era Vets, thank you for your service. Today is Vietnam Veterans Day. I was reminded of this by an email to pickup a free sandwich at Mission BBQ today. Just walk in and show a copy of the email or your credentials.

I was going a couple miles to pick up a long shute snowblower and a 42” SD rusty mower. Free mind you!! I got talking with the owner and i said “whats this tractor?” The owner said it was a Sears w/ cast iron briggs 8 or 10 hp, with plow (didn’t run due to electrical issues) and it was free too!! Well, i loaded a bunch of free parts and a sears tractor and was headed off!! I was taking pictures of the Sears tractor and came across this, a serial #. I was wondering what year it is? Im into WH, not much of a Sears guy, pretty cool ol tractor! Im just gonna sell it.

@JCM When I do finally get up there I will bring my LSE and we will put some time in the clock! I think it’s getting ready to turn a whopping 25 hours on the meter! Also like to bring my 418’s to put next to your 418-A. But I would also like to show you my Work Horse GT-1800 and my restored C-Series and that all original C-101 I picked up last year. Now that I think about it I’m definitely going to need a bigger trailer 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I worked at the Hershey Medical Center at the time and we were given the option of going to work or staying home since we were within 20 miles of TMI. I went to work anyway because I was essential to the hospital and felt it was my duty.

Pulled all three tractors out of their trailer today. Need to use the trailer for something else tomorrow, but also got the the Brinly mounted up to the 73 today and switched the AGs over to the 73 from the 77 for temp use.

Here is my 418-A. It now has 138 hrs and it is such a smooth running machine! It is a bit dusty still holding up.

March 24, 1958, Elvis Presley is inducted into the U.S. Army, starting his day as the King of Rock and Roll, but ending it as a lowly buck private in the United States Army. When Elvis Presley turned 18 on January 8, 1953, he fulfilled his patriotic duty and legal obligation to register his name with the Selective Service System, thereby making himself eligible for the draft. The Korean War was still underway at the time, but as a student in good standing at L.C. Humes High School in Memphis, Elvis received a student deferment that kept him from facing conscription during that conflict’s final months. Elvis would receive another deferment four years later when his draft number finally came up, but this time for a very different reason: to complete the filming of his fourth Hollywood movie, King Creole. With that obligation fulfilled, Elvis reported for duty on March 24 and two days later, received what was perhaps the most well-publicized haircut in the history of the armed forces.

If you really want to haul stuff get a M-274 mule That tank of water weighs about 2000 lbs.

March 23, 1857, Vermont inventor Elisha Otis installs the first commercial elevator in an upscale department store in New York City. Steam-powered, it moved just 40 feet per minute and had a safety catch to prevent falling—if the rope broke.

They all know that any funny business gets you demoted from the new wood shed to the other “not new & leaky shed”

@JCM I could be wrong but if you could find a nice set, not scratched up and or rusted you’re probably looking at least $350. And maybe when I come up there I’ll bring the ones that I have still in the original wax paper in the original box! Sometimes I take them out just to look at them, then I see the smile on my face reflecting back at me 😂

Sent ole Blackie down the road today. Kinda sad as I bought her back in '95 brand new. Brought my second born home from the hospital in it. Dino splilt his wine in it. Cab corners gone and lot of rust but hopefully keep him out of trouble and he's real good mechanical. Sold it to @jeremi3210 's boy Jacob for a buck. Figured what the heck only get a couple hundred for on market. He's a good kid and due to get his DL the end of next month. 'Sides he does a lot of work for me at plow day and camp. Now i can really boss him around! Certain stipulation tho are grades in school and no more missing or tardy! It's more than road worthy yet but Jer got a brand new 10k trailer and wanted to take it's 🍒 Really a nice rig. 20' and very wide. Get a few GTs on it.

Nah, all married women react that way - it's an alergic reaction brought on from the gold in the wedding band!!

Good work - another one saved. I had no idea it could be used like that! Do consider adding thru holes for bolts on the triangular side portions of the "F" plate to allow tying the side gussets in for more strength.... The damage was most likely caused by years of using the plow, as that plate also flexes front to back.... You may also want to consider adding angular stiffening braces similar to these that I make for the short frame machines.... that addresses the flexing.

Yep! just south of you near Carlisle to wrangle one from @HyperPete That was day 1 of a 4-day trip. This was a good way to start it! '73 16 Automatic with an ARK 500. Got to meet Pete and his wife, along with two cool pups. He had a Cheese Steak hoagie waiting for me! Can't beat that. I also swindled him out of some other stuff too

Dip stick level The dip stick level on here is almost at the full mark. I being one of them and confirming it with this post

I looked at 3 brands in November 2022 . Polaris , Kawasaki & Can Am. I decided on the 2023 Can Am Defender HD 7 DPS which is a single cylinder power steering 650 cc engine. Mainly the Can Am was a 3 seater because of the room in the cab and use it as a two seater with a flip up center console. Very comfortable and yes the $ 1500.00 option for the power steering is worth it to me. Added a soft cab, poly roof, 2 small side mirrors, rear view mirror, a locking cross bed tool box and a few other small items. Decided while I was at it a 72'' poly power angle plow with quick hitch type set up. All accessories are Can Am . The oil filter on the single cylinder is EASY to get at, the twin cylinder one's are not plus I don't need that kind of power, speed and more fuel consumption . This is used around the acreage and see's very little usage off the property. It is registered and insured. Hauling firewood with it is the cat's meow, very little time wasted making trips back and forth from felling to the splitting area and stacking. The dump body is great. Fuel usage is awesome. Can't say enough about it. The Polaris was very nice but the interior room to me was tight and slightly claustrophobic.Also the Polaris was more $$$$.Then comes the Kawasaki . The models I looked at were too tight in the cab as well. On the high end ones too much $$$$. VERY satisfied with the Can Am purchase. To boot the Can Am uses straight regular fuel , not sure on the others. Forgot to mention the 4500 lb Warn winch and front guard / bumper. One of the best piece of equipment I have ever purchased. Make's life a heck of a lot more comfortable and fun while doing chores. Good Luck if you decide.

They are the "Warrior" brand. I'm taking them to work and figure after I burn all 3 up on one hole I'll leave them on the work bench and one of the guys will steal them. Then they will get mad when they won't even drill plastic!

Hmm, 40 feet per minute. That's the same speed as a Wheel Horse 8-speed in 1st gear, low range.

Been almost a month since my last post on this subject. Sooo what the heck has Dan been up to?? Well I posted some sheet metal for a C.C. that I painted black. After that I moved on to a Simplicity. Some body work followed by some white paint. More body work follow by some orange paint. This concluded the most of the Simple City side project. Rest of the Cub Cadet showed up, and I finished the rest of that up this morning. And finally I get to get back to work on my 401 project again. Spent the rest of my day assembling part of the engine. I managed to find as set of NOS OEM rings for this engine. Piston that was in the engine only had 3 rings. The NOS OEM set had more rings than a guy can collect on the first level of Sonic the Hedge Hog. . 1 in the top groove, 3 in the second groove and 4 in the third groove. @WHX?? Stopped by & gave me a hand. Thanks Jim!!! Hope to get back on track with this project. Should have more to show the next time I check in.

One of my buddies came over last night, and we used my Duramax “Ruby Wilbur” to give Colleen a bit of an assist. We’re free!