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Hoping everyone has a very enjoyable holiday today. :)

I better hide right now because if I had the money for it, the first thing I'd do is fire it up and :chores-mowlawn:

The curisoity gets me sometimes too- they just seem too hard to believe. A while back there was a place selling several NOS GM cars from the mid to late 70's from a "collector." Cars with 15-20 miles on them, brand new, stored indoors in controlled climate. They weren't even the sporty type cars you would think they would be, just plain old everyday type cars. One I remember was a '79 Buick Electra station wagon. It was a nice car when new, mind you, but why on earth would anyone have had a desire to preserve it when it was new? I guess my mind can't even imagine the lives of those who have so much money they simply run out of practical things to spend it on. The Buick sold for about what its sticker price was new, (around $12k) so like the Wheel Horse D we have here, if you factor in inflation they lost a lot of money sitting around doing nothing, and didn't give anyone one ounce of use. -Mark-

great job Bob! you might need a sun canopy today!! Steve, your "cool" looking avatar is looking better and better. Whew it's hot!

Don't sweat it Steve, you're prolly just a little light headed from all of that heat you've been consuming over there in the shade. Stay thirsty my friend. http://www.youtube.c...ture=relchannel

Don't forget about the movies he was in also. "No time for Sargents"...is a classic. Rest in Peace Andy.

Yeah - been there too... I needed a 36" rear discharge attach-a-matic for my commando 800 (8 HP) . a few weeks back I bought a whole 310-8 with a nice deck, plow blade, and cart for $200... (found it on Craigslist ) and immeadiately moved the mower deck to the Commando after cleaning / lubing it . Very happy ... now to have a quick look at the 310-8 before I pick it clean... Turns out the motor on the 310-8 is now running great (it was seized up a bit ) - now I need another mower deck for the 310-8 now! I have a 42 inch side discharge that needs a spindle housing - so I might just get that deck operational. Im stuck in mower deck hell !!! Dave in NJ...

Hook up the Wheel Horse pulling the boat and I bet it makes the cover! Great job on the repaint and the boat looks super! No joke on the pulling it would look great.

Hi, folks! If this has been covered before somewhere in the forum, simply ignore what follows. A while ago my best friend gave me a nice set of cast iron wheel weights. Not Wheel Horse, mind you, but 12†and in great shape. I’m guessing they are at least 50# each. What with one thing and another, I had put off cleaning them up and mounting them. Two days ago I got them prepped and painted, and today I sucked up the courage to mount them on my #2 tractor (the one with the ags all around and a mid mount grader blade). Working alone and not exactly being a model of physical strength I did some head scratching to figure out how to get them on the tractor without breaking anything, mainly myself. I came up with a solution which, although probably neither original nor particularly clever, may be useful to someone else among our little tractor family. What follows is for wheel weights with four mounting holes. Whether you use all four to hold the weights on is up to you. In addition to the normal complement of tools and the correct length bolts for the weights you are mounting you will need a floor jack, a length of ½â€cold rolled steel rod, not threaded, and a few wood blocks (scrap 2x4’s, 6-12†long seem to work well). I recommend at least a 3’ chunk of rod to give you maximum control and leverage. While I used a small hydraulic scissor jack, any stable jack should work OK. 1) Roll your tractor until the rear wheel you are going to do first has the weight mounting holes in the rim oriented at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’clock (like a clock face). You may install your mounting bolts in the 3 and 9 o’clock holes if you wish. If you have carriage bolts that are not threaded all the way (like the ones I got), this method will allow you to manage them “looseâ€. 2) Position the jack about a foot away from the wheel and centered with the 6 and 12 o’clock position holes (in other words, in line with the axle). Raise the jack until it is nearly level with the 12 o’clock hole. Here is where some wood blocks may come in handy depending on what style of jack you are using. 3) Put a light coating of grease on the steel rod, leaving about 6†on one end and a foot or so on the other clean of any grease. This is to give you grip while allowing the weight to slide easily along the rod. This will make sense in a minute. 4) Stand the wheel weight on edge and pass the rod through one of the mounting holes. This will become the 12 o’clock mounting point, so if you have a notched weight to allow for access to a valve stem, plan accordingly. 5) Keeping in mind which way the weight will face, lift the rod and weight and slide one end of the steel rod through the 12 o’clock mounting hole. The end of the rod with the least greased area should be the one nearest the tractor at this point. Be careful to keep the rod level so the weight doesn’t slide and pinch your hand. 6) Once one end of the rod is passed through the wheel, set the other end on the jack. 7) Keeping one hand on the rod so it doesn’t slip or kick out, carefully slide the wheel weight up to the wheel. Use your free hand to adjust the jack if needed to bring the weight level with the wheel. If the mounting bolts at the 3 and 9 o’clock holes didn’t come through the weight as you were sliding it into place, reach around behind the wheel and work them through the weight. 8) As you begin to tighten the mounting bolts, use the jack to raise or lower the weight so it centers properly on the wheel. Once the bolts are tight, lower the jack and pull the rod out of the wheel. Repeat this process for the second wheel. Reversing this process will allow you to easily remove the weights in the future. If you want to use all four mounting bolts, you can install the 6 and 12 o’clock bolts at any time after the first two are tight. Now I know I’ll catch huge amounts of grief for not having taken any pictures of this process, but my camera’s battery crapped out just before I started and I had to get the work done today. Sorry!!!!!! Duff :thumbs:

Great job , you can always make a show. Nice boat

Looks great, although you under that boat with it propped up on cinder blocks looked kinda scary!

that is wicked

That looks teriffic! You did a great job on it.

I loved watching that show, growing up . An American Icon is gone, RIP Sheriff Taylor.

I was really bummed when I read he had died. I know that they can live forever, but The Andy Griffith Show was such a huge part of so many folk's evening.I know I grew up watching it. Its a part of Americana just like Andy himself. PS as hard as I tried I could NEVER whistle the theme song, my attempts at whistling it results in cracks (for lack of a better description) worse than a boy's voice thats going thru puberty RIP Andy Griffith John

working on my duals as we speak !!!!!!

when we bought this flag from glen pettit they included the mounting board. 2 zip ties attatch it to the axle. If you want to fly a full size american flag the best place is the rear hitch, a piece of 1 in pipe with a 1/2 bolt welded on the bottom. slise the flag pole in it and fly old glory! have fun Jay

I'm new here and just picked up a '71 Charger 12 (to replace my blown-up 10-year old Craftsman/Briggs twin). Anyway...back in the early 80's I restored/customized a 1964 854 and made a set of dual adapters for it. With calcium in the inner tires and Farmall wheel weights on the outers, it was pretty much un-stoppable! Here's a pic w/o the duals:

Just got mine on the 160.

those tins need to be Chrome!!!!!!! Chrome will get you Home!!!!!!!.......Nice metal fab work though!!!!!! Very impressive

my dual wheels with wheel horse wheel wheigts