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Jackhammer...did you say "What Squonk says makes since."??? Mike, I would copy and paste that in a PM to Craig. :) You do know that Mike is a Green Bay fan??? My favorite Green Bay fan BTW.

my grandson

If he said that...I think the hammer was delirious from moving too much snow.

Steve, look in my signature !!

On a related note, My neighbor's drive way is right along side of mine with like a 4 foot strip of grass between them. When they take out the GAR-BAGE it's usually 8 or 9 pizza boxes and a couple of trash cans. The cans remain there until the day before pick up so they are free to roll aimlessly into my drive way when the wind blows. During Winter Storm Nika, I buried them with Elvis!

Nah, just took Wifey shopping at Macys in York,Pa.

Here is my Grandson's first ride at 18 months. I know I will never forget it.

I caught Frank Deford on NPR the other day. He was talking about staying with the teams that you grew up with and keeping your allegiance to them. That is why I am still a Bears fan! Reminds me of my favorite Green Bay joke: " Do you know why Milwaukee doesn't have a professional football team? Answer - Green Bay would want one too."

once you get the thrower fixed, I'm sure it would make a great garbage thrower!

I think most neighborhoods have someone like that. No common sense and a complete lack of empathy. PS....Common sense can't be taught or instilled but empathy can. Most of these folks weren't brought up right and their kids won't be either so it spreads. I just do their driveways for them anyway and do nice things for them when I can. Maybe their kids will remember it and someday want to do the same for others.

I've been building from Lego Technic for 35 years, if it had wheels, gears and tracks I built it as a kid. As an adult it's great for prototyping, especially when it's expensive to order parts that 'might' work. If it works in Lego, then I can move onto cutting metal and spending money :)

I think it's official. I have had the C-175 hooked to or alternating with my snowblower for the better part of 7 years. I have used the blower more this year than I have in all the previous years combined. I believe I have moved snow with it 8 times so far this year. There were two years since 2008 that I never fired it up during a winter. Made me begin to wonder why I took it off and put it on each year and it's why it stays on that tractor now. Looks like it may be back out again on Tuesday morning before we get an inch of rain and mid-50's later in the week. (Followed by frogs and locusts).

Woke up this morning with two sore, stoved fingers and remembered what had happened and how quickly it did. The snow yesterday was pretty wet and it was clinging to the blower and making it real heavy to lift plus I was losing traction when it started getting caked up. I pushed the snow off of it about 5 to 6 times during the course of clearing out the neighbors driveways and the plow slop from in front of others. (The chute was clean! Just the outside of the blower was getting coated)! My blower spins for a long time once it is disengaged from the PTO and all it took was a seconds contact with the chain and sprocket and bam! I lost a great right-hand Gore-Tex/Thinsulate glove. Two fingers that used to be in those gloves hurt like hell for a bit but they were OK until I got up this morning. They are sore and stiff. (Aleve time.....again)! Watch out for the loose clothing and these open belts and chains! I know better after 33 years in a manufacturing environment with a paranoid safety manager to boot and I still got nailed!

The 18 is running again…tire chains tomorrow…..finally…..

I swear I did see a flock .. or a school....or a herd of emperor penguins. Then again, maybe it was the Slumbering Groundhog lodge members in their tuxedos looking for Punxatuny Phil.

This : My dad & I restored this & when he passed , It just held too many memories . In retrospect , I wish I had never let it go .

Looks great Bob.Robert I have something for you when I see you.Make sure to look me up at Portland if I don't see you before.

You Bores fans are all alike!! TBSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To get back to topic for a minute...I have been cleaning out the neighbor's drive all season. I have good neighbors...Hispanic...I love Mexican food and I have spent a few summer days out there with them. It is a different culture for sure...I have been trying to Americanize them, and they have been trying to Mexicanize me...not sure who is winning here. They were generous enough to buy me a bottle of 100% AGAVE TEQUILA A RESPOSADO...how cool is that?? Not all neighbors are bad...sometimes your efforts are rewarded.

Craig...I am waiting for him to say..."Tecumseh's RULE". I just used my Ariens to blow the snow I just plowed over the bank to make room for tomorrow's 3 to 5". This could be our first wet snow...AAAARRRRGGG!!!

My sister is a wayward Green Bay fan...she would only agree with what you say about Green Bay.

Used to go to Pocono untill they started making us camp about 5 miles from the track. Then the built a bunch of buildings in the infield so you couldn't see the backstretch. Was a big Waltrip fan. Had a big sign on the side of the truck camper driving down rt. 81 saying "Anybody but Allison" What a hoot that was. Fire works in the campground were like a war zone!

Holy Cow guys. I have seen some of the videos on our local news now. Devastating...be careful. Send that water to California...they need it.

Yes! WE NEED AN INDIAN HEAD SMILEY !

Picked up this bad boy for a Franklin . 5 1/2 HP 4 cycle Tecky Drive. Electric start. Runs good. It won't snow anymore this year now so I'll have to wait 10 month's to really try it out!

Tecumseh and Peerless in the same sentence just makes me shudder. Twice.

Check with Vinylguy ( Terry ) to see if he can make you some decals for those bad boys;

i wont be painting this one i will be leaving it out in the rain

Yeah, I'm itchin' to find a new home for this thing.

Send those blades to Steve to paint them. He needs something to do!

I'll go for the milk jugs first because I know it will sound as good at it feels.

HA HA HA! Never thought of it and was in front of me all the time!

Rob, I don't have the same blower as yours, so I can't provide any specific solution. I have attached a V-belt troubleshooting chart. It references the most likely cause of wear as you describe as a damaged pulley. Have you felt the edges of all the pulleys for a ding that might be cutting the edge of the belt? It also makes reference to not having enough tension, and of course belt alignment. Is the tensioner spring installed correctly? If the belt was not tensioned enough, I would imagine that it might be climbing the sides of the pulley causing the wear. Is the belt being used the correct part number? A pulley with a wobble to it could also cause wear to the belt. I typically get years of life out of the belt on my 2 stage, so I can understand how frustrating this is, especially with the cost of these belts. Question, before the belt started wearing, was any work done on the blower? Have you had this blower running previously where you got good belt life or is the blower new to you? Let us know if you find the cause. Rick V-belt_troubleshooting_guide.pdf

N..ice

I always get a bunch of icicles hanging off my house each winter, kinda cool but they are all the same and not picture worthy. But today I went into my portable shed to look around and saw this one. Its small but different so I deemed it picture worthy . Water must be dripping thru the tarp on my portable shed and landing right on the front tire of my C-105. Mike................

Everyone yelling, and pointing... "clown car is coming"

I want that sign...oh...and an Indian head smiley too.

Before I lost my mind and packed the place with many tractors, I had two tractors and it was great! I highly recommend a two tractor plan at minimum.

Wow! Those donuts look awesome, beastly! Now that is a great lookin' Stallion!

ive had a lot of guys on the forum today asking about the plating of hardware and the cost involved. what you see in the pic below cost me $39.90 out the door. this was about 1/3 to 1/2 a 5 gallon bucket full of parts. they told me its a flat rate for up to roughly 3/4 of a 5 gallon bucket. now i don't just unbolt the parts, throw them in a bucket and take them in. they told me that anything that has paint on it will take longer in the acid bath, so much so that the cost would be more. most of their business is local industrial, all new stuff, bare metal, never been plated or painted before. so thats what they like. so to keep them happy and in the end myself too by getting a better looking result, i degrease and glass bead blast everything first. they do clear zinc or yellow and black chromate finish. hope that has answered any questions. right now I'm starting to get another batch ready to get plated. when its all ready to take in i will post another pic to show how i take the parts in.....

I think TT nailed it as usual, it looks to have been a Tecumseh powered 68 or 69 machine.

Got some time in the shop today, had to worky in the morning but got off early. Got the two Arms cut down and welded in there new size. Then I started on the subframe, I removed it from the tractor and installed the cross baron it's correct location. Drilled the holes for for the loader mount plates. Then I put everything back together to weld in the cross bar on the loader arms Coming along good, waiting on the new cylinders and hoses from surplus center, should be here Monday

Nothing of an update really, but the pic below gives a hint of what is coming Yes it's a very muddy lawn But indicative that Bob has raised the stakes and got me thinking again....

'88...first year for the model 520-H. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX4qUILtQ1Y&feature=youtu.be

Proof that the rebuilt transmission is up to the job

Here are a few more photos. It works very good for a 1966. I will keep it as original as I can. Other than small stuff.

Gene Simpson says Mentone is going to be on April 26, 2014 this year!

everyone i touch is overpaid in the end........

Love the Lego Mark.. A great way of working things out