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It depends on what I'm using it for: Overall work and long life Kohler Money no object quality and long life Honda Easy starting and light weight Briggs If I have money and all the time in the world to fix it Onan If I need a good boat anchor ( Because of it's weight not it's quality) Wisconsin If I was giving the piece of equipment to my brother in law Tecky

i get to redeem benefits on my man card by doing housework........

1. Kohler, reliability and parts availability 2. Honda, Reliability and durability 3. Onan, Torque 4. Tecumseh, If Tecumseh still built engines and made a twin it would give you twice the problems. 5. Wisconsin, An 18 horse Wisconsin twin is about the size and weight of a VW beetle.

Looks like the basement to me!!!!

75 C-120 auto, I use at the farm. It snowed about 4 inches. Better than 5 feet!

Benefits? There's supposed to be benefits? Wottavok??

Martin, all I can say is Thank you!! I made the Final cut! Now you know I'm going to have to buy two calendars, one that will be open all year long on the month of May and then one to actually use. They both look awesome, a very Nice job. As always, Terry Dennis and yourself put out Top Notch work!!!

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Don't for get wiping the water glass rings off of the roundhood end tables!

Does look good, but here... I was expecting something more like this.

All my valve stems are to the inside. Why? Who knows? At least I don't have to remove the WH hub caps.

I thought of that, but if i were to reverse the rims they will hit on the fenders.

Sounds like its made itself a nice 35 amp heater from the fried components. (The 40A is probably what goes to the resistor fan control). Glad to hear it stopped burning! I had a similar experience: My first car I had a pretty nice sound system hooked up but I couldn't afford a nice sub woofer amplifier so I bought a Bazooka brand or something like that 700watt mono amp (fuses rated about 80amps). I am a amateur radio operator and my antenna wire ran through the trunk next to where the amp was mounted. Apparently Bazooka does not shield their amps from ANY RF noise because the MOMENT I transmitted on high power there was a LOUD THUMP. Moments later my car began to fill with smoke. I have to pull over on the side of the interstate and I dive in my trunk (i had a Bonneville and the amps were mounted against the back seat, I could have slept in that trunk) and start tearing out this amplifier that now has flames licking out of it. Luckily I always have my tools with me so I was able to toss it on the embankment before my whole car burned to the ground. The amp totally roasted itself in the grass.

I've always heard, and it sounds logical, it was to accommodate wheel weights... Bit of a pain to get to them tho aint it?

When I was selling these new tractors I asked one of the reps why they always put the stems on the inside of the wheels and he told me it was for cosmetic reasons. But I wished they'd forgot looks and just put them on the outside, so much easier to put air in!

Maybe the valve steam is on the inside so you dont have to worry about wheel weights hitting them? Just a guess. Im probably wrong.

One question, is it Harbor Frieght? You'll be taking it back if it is, hope they don't mind the Red paint!! Friend bought one used it for about ten to fifteen minutes went back to it, turned it on and basically was a fishing hook (not big enough to be boat anchor) JUNK

Here are some pics, this one is all original and works. Also has the correct tag on it.

You guys got a secret handshake too?

I'll stick with my pre 1980's

I know where that one is, ya better hurry...

Oh yeah, almost forgot... folding the laundry on the HY-2 702.

cmon Craig, just admit that it was harder than you are letting on. you don't have to hand in your man card or anything........ you had to go and get a camera, walk up to the calendar pinned on the wall. then take a picture. just be honest and admit that it was a lot of effort. we won't think anything less of you. you probably even had a rest along the way, maybe cracked open a cold one , watched a little tv......

Excellent calendars Martin. The pictures from the members that you used are Top shelf. I am humbled that you chose one of mine...Thank you. OK, take a deep breath and get out the lawn chair with your favorite cocktail. You deserve a nice long break. Outstanding Mate. All should know also, the calendars that Squonk will be taking orders for are professionally done...they are like if you bought them in a book store. :)

coming apart......

We are ready for snow in Central Pennsylvania. (Not Buffalo Snow)! I would like to say I won't need to even fire them up this year. I find the older I get, the less I deal with snow and cold weather!

i have both versions of the 2015 calendar done. before i go any further i need to personally thank Terry Dennis for his help today on making both calendars more 'red square' than they were. i have limited editing privileges with the iPhoto calendar program i used to create them and needed some of Terry's expertise to make them look right. I'm having problems uploading them to the files section of the forum, so i uploaded them to google drive and the links to the files are below. you might get a warning that google can't scan these files for viruses because of their size. i didn't put any viruses in the files, but if you have virus software for your own piece of mind you can scan them if you really want to. i need to communicate with a moderator on whether I'm missing something here because the upload feature of the forum isn't letting me upload them to files section and i think its because of the files sizes. they both run about 28 MB. members, i hope you are all ok with my choices for the calendars, i thought long and hard about which pics to use, some pics were perfect except for a tire cut off or not enough background or something else. some of the pics weren't big enough and i asked for higher resolution shots, most of you were good about providing better pics. this task has definitely been an eyeopener for me, i am willing to do it again next year if you guys want me to, but I'm going to need more help from some of you with the quality of pics submitted. here you go...... calendar 1 https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B-Mtecq9EjlkclV6Y1BlUHpzbVU calendar 2 https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B-Mtecq9EjlkQzFUQzB0WXJHVG8

yeah thats for sure. Heres some pics of the 416. It was pretty rough, didn't have a hood even. I wish like hell now I had painted the black on the grille, just looks so much better Terrys decals are AWESOME!

and the last few .....

Ya I will try to find the link so you can print one out.

That was what I thought too!

A lot of good practical comments here. I always thought Onans were good engines although I never owned one.

I know that a lot of folks already have had snow, but I had Dad's B-80 out finishing up the leaves. I just use it here and there but she is really retired from the big chores. other than having a Cyclone system, I have had good luck with the Parker sweeper. I do run the 42 RD deck (416-H) and sweep but the best way is to hit them with some speed and boy those brushes sling the leaves all the way to the back of the sweeper. yes, it fills up quick that way, but I run it up on the road, dump, repeat, repeat and then dismount to rake them just off the road. I started doing it at night. I can then see if a car is coming, safety first.

Nice job Martin. Tell your sidekick Terry the same. Congratulations to all of you who were selected and a big thank you to everyone else that submitted pictures of all that great iron. Sent from my tractor seat.

What good is having a man card without those "benefits"?

Great addition to the stable!

sorry, i read your post then replied quite a bit later! must forgot, thank you

To have one with the tag is very rare. Your radio is worth some good money. I can't figure how that sticker as bendix is an American company.

Based on my engine experience, I'd take the Kohler although I figure most of these will give good performance and long life if properly maintained. I've owned several Techys, a Honda, and several Kohlers (granted not all of these engines were in tractors) and the results were that the Honda ran very well without mechanical issues but it would sometimes get finicky in the cold. The Kohlers like the Honda all ran very well plus I never had an issue in the cold with any of them. The Techys were a real hit or miss affair. A couple were great and a couple were problematic including a brand new one that had no end of problems. I have no experience with Wisconsin or Onan but their reputations are good so I figure if you maintain them well, they'll give good service.

I'm thinking the resistors that control the fan speeds went bad and finallythings got hot enough to start melting away. I have seen tons of melted fan resistor blocks, connector plugs ect for blower fans on all makes and models. lots of amperage there. Usually the connector gets warm, the terminals get weak and lose connection and up goes the amps until POOF!

Isn't nature just wonderful

You know you want one in that fancy new barn.

Just finished getting ready with the 417's. Had to make a new frame for the snow cab and added some new weight to the blower tractor. Need to paint these in the spring.

With that kind of weight she should be unstoppable.

Go for it! Here's yesterday's update! The posty brought gifts this week. A new seat, battery and some led running lights. In between showers managed to get a bit more done... Firstly mounting my new seat, a kab p2 which is the same as the original raider had. The seat holes and spring holes don't match so the base has two new brackets made up. Then some light brackets on the front fenders And with running light fitted View from the new seat Finally new pin for the handbrake turned down and a teeny bit cut out of the fender so the handbrake clears. And not forgetting finally getting some primer on the hood and seat base before a quick stick together pic.

Here is what I was and mostly will be clearing snow with Here is my backup

My 857 does a great job if the snow isn't too deep. BUT,there are times when I need to get out the big gun, my 4016 Case w/ a 48" snowthrower. I find plowing is a lot more fun then blowing.

The 416-8 is definitely a Stallion! A favorite of mine and my grandsons too! Post your progress fixin' your wonderful big red machine! Ready for winter duties! Always! 416-8 on the left, 414-8 right. Both now have 48" blades, chains 'n weights. Best of all, they have my grandsons!

Thanks we were getting low on our Shack Fix. With the Shack just a YouTube memory, I see you are referring to the new one as a Workshop. Glad to see your back and looking forward to progress on the latest creation. Didn't see your Horses, where is the Horse Barn? You know we need pictures!

Good thing you took lots of pictures. That way in a couple of weeks when you start "losing" stuff you can come back here and find it!