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The glorious sun finally broke through here today.

We had just enough to keep the chain and bearings from rusting stuck.

...through with the snow Lord! Yes sir, me and the RJ are ready to put ol' man winter behind us... we're both praying you see fit to bring on some daffodils now.

https://vimeo.com/122808538 Here's what I have, it's been awhile since I've been able to get on here springs almost here and I can't wait to get in the garden Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I took "SALT n PEPPERS" advice and pushed it real good. Yesterdays 5" wet heavy snow was perfect for the plow. Sorry about the green Yammy. but it does have a red WH blade.

Calender material.

Did not use the tractor with the blower but only for about 5 min. mostly just plowed. had a few drifts to relocate. Had some good snows but nothing to say it was a busy winter.

Only had to plow once this winter, but as steep as our driveway is we would have been stranded without my .

That is an advertisement for installing a cab, if I ever saw one!

I used the blower and plow this year. Had 2 horses ready to go. Single stage on the 520h with a C series cab. Cramped but it worked.

I think it's save to say, that Iowa Hawkeyes blew up quite a few brackets!!! They decided to play some basketball, great job Hawkeyes!!! UNI Panthers did a heck of a job also. Steve is still stuck in football!! :happy-jumpeveryone: :laughing-rofl:

Well, I'm back at last. I haven't been doing much tractor-related thins lately. I just finished restoring my 13th table fan.. a 1903 General Electric. Done at last.. Anyway, an older man saw me out plowing on my Ford LGT-145 the other day. He flags me from the road and says he has a "Rusty old tractor" dismantled in a field, last being seen in an old shed about 20 years ago.. he said it was mine if I could find it. Didn't give me a single clue as to what it may be. He says it was boxy, maybe from the mid-60's, and about the size of my Ford. He gave me an approximate range of where it once sat. I set off to search for it.. and judging by the pictures, you may say I found it..! My digital camera was on the fritz, it's -20*f here. But the engine and frame were all there! She turns over, seems complete, and just by spinning the transmission she seems okay. The only reason I found it was because I saw remains of the shed in the snow. I've been excavating it for the last 3 days now. By the small wheels and 8HP Kohler, I'm willing to bet it's a B-80. I gave to clean off the tag to see if it's even readable. Already got bits of it torn down and cleaned. With any kind'a luck.. this may roll out of the shop at nearly the same time as the B-80 I started months ago! I plan on restoring them side by side.. just for kicks.

As you might remember, I purchased an 857 on Wednesday. The 857 was purchased because the owner would not part with his 5.5 cu. ft. bathtub cart unless I took the 857 too. So, only wanting the cart, and not needing another 857, I sold it to one of our members. Now here is the "titled" story. I was getting the 857 ready for pick up this morning. It started and ran fine, but when I got it to my driveway, I noticed that gasoline was pouring out from somewhere. I stopped the engine and began to investigate. My first thought was that it was a loose gas line to the fuel pump. It was missing a clamp. So I put a clamp on, started the engine and leak was still there. So I replaced the gas line from tank to pump, and removed the fuel pump so that I could tighten the screws. Not fixed. I removed it again and replaced the diaphragm thinking that it was not sealing the two halves. Not fixed. Now I noticed that the gas was not coming from the pump, carburetor, or hose, but it was actually now spraying out of the hole in the breather cover. Hmm... I remembered a post on RedSquare about a stuck float that caused serious flooding and gas to come out of the breather. So always having a rebuilt spare carburetor on hand, I replaced the carburetor. With that, the engine started and purred like a kitten, but when I opened the throttle, gas came spraying out of the breather hole again. Now I was perplexed. It's not the pump, not the carburetor, not the fuel line. What could it be? So I pulled the dipstick to see if I had gas in the oil, and low and behold, when I drained it, I had almost 3 quarts of gas/oil mixture in the crankcase. I refilled it with the proper 1-1/2 quarts of 30W oil, started it up, and... ...problem solved. So I went back and found the old diaphragm in the trash and sure enough, there was a hole in it. I suspect that this hole was allowing the gas to be sucked into the crankcase. When the level got too high, the pressure just forced it out the breather. The original owner said that the tractor had no problems when it was retired in the fall. He did a normal oil change, and only started it once this year when we loaded it on my trailer. I suspect that over the winter, the diaphragm became hard from the ethanol laced gasoline left sitting in the pump. When we started it on Wednesday, the gas began to pump into the crankcase. Lessons learned. Don't use ethanol gasoline. Check the oil level frequently. Keep some of buckrancher's replacement diaphragms on hand at all times.

The most fun seat time-wise was using the C-105. I got a flat tire plowing one snowfall so it finished the season with the spare set of 23x10.50-12 turfs on the rear. Too wide for the 42" blade though! I never did put chains on this season. Poncho only got used one time, to try his new decals. Because of the amount of snow we had this year I didn't even get to use the Gravely snow cannons. Either a small amount for Hopalong with a plow, or enough for the snowthrower on Paladin, the Dxi.

PUDDLE PIRATE....you gonna take that abuse John ?

Ditto what the puddle pirate said.

Hey, that's not a Buckeyes uniform. That's my brother, he's a Duke fan. LOL About that pyramid, ya yer gonna need a bucket truck for that little task. Nothing like a good belly laugh to start my day. If that picture starts moving it's every man for himself. If it starts to roll aim it towards Chicago. I owe a guy a picture favor out that way.

it's called hand egg when the ball isn't round

Got me a new set of rear tires for my gt14. Power king 27 8.5 15. I think they will work great.

Sad to see such a decline in member quality. When I first joined no priblems, now there are a few members who consistently just stir up trouble. So what if someone can afford to buy more tractors than you ? Don't be butt hurt. The reason we are all here is to show off all out different toys. I know the mods work hard and to a good job keeping this place ship shape, just wish some of the member would act like they aren't the most important person in the world. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. (Bms)

Deleted I couldn't resist, lol. I cant wait to see this tractor.

Pull off the gas tank and remove 2 clips. Easy. Don't forget the bushings the rock shaft pivots in.

Most likely it's just a dirty carb...any pictures?

Good thing I didn't have one. I don't think the neighbors would have appreciated me blowing snow up onto their roofs!

Did someone say daffodils?

Why? The RJ looks so good with that front blade on it!

​ What abuse? That's my term for endearment.

I used my 520Lxi with single stage blower a little bit at the cottage last weekend. The snow was too deep at about a foot and a half and it was too wet to make any real progress. The depth of the snow was above the blower and the shoot clogged up a few time so I gave up. The weight box on the back made a huge improvement in traction. I paid $45 for the weight box. I was lucky to even find one. When I get a chance I will try my 2 stage on my 520H. If that does not work I will try my D-160 with a plow. If that does not work I will try my C-81 with a loader but wet snow will stick to the bucket. If that does not work I will wait for it to melt assuming we ever get a spring or summer this year. Dry snow blows best. Wet snow like we have during spring not so good.

A little accumulation came down again last night... just some nuisance snow, maybe only two inches total.

I have never had any issues with regulators attempting to short out if no load is put on the output. I have dissected, repaired and tested several "Onan style" regs and never had one react adversely to no load. If you do fear reg issues, just disconnect one of the stator lines into the reg and leave it at that. No stator line connected - no reg powered up.

Well I made it official, she is now at the house. went up and bought her loader it up and made it home. to dark to unload her now.

The plow got lots of use. I didn't use the blower. 5 inches was the most we got at one time with about a foot on the ground at any one time. Very cold here but not a lot of snow.

True, but what fun it would be watching the other cheerleaders hoist him to the top of the pyramid.

Yay Jim!

UPDATE...Good News I just got off the phone with Jim...he says the doctor is very pleased with Jim's progress. He wanted me to convey how he was doing to everyone...and to say Thanks. He can eat real food and he has a good appetite at the moment. He has lost a fair amount of weight the last few weeks, but that is a good thing...approx 20+ lbs. I know that sounds like a lot, but it is OK for now. Another 30 lbs and he will be a walk on for the Cleveland Browns next year...and with those legs...you are looking at the next field goal kicker. Anyway, his doctor is very pleased with how Jim did with the first set of Kemo. This is GREAT NEWS. See...prayers work.

Oh here we go again! Wait didn't they say that when Ohio State went to play Wisconsin for the B1G Conference Championship? Or maybe it came when they were supposed to lose to Alabama. NO, NO I got it. It was when someone mentioned something about Ohio State not being able to keep up with Oregon's spread offence. Yeah that was it. Well I think that what people say goes a LLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG WAY!

I don't usually comment on this type discussion, but I feel that I need to say this; I have never experienced anything other than good things here. So many willing to help, even if it means taking time out of their day to make a phone call or research technical stuff for answers to the (sometime really dumb) questions we ask. I have very limited experience with these red things, but am willing to offer what little help I can to anyone who asks for it. I see good natured, usually constructive humor very often, and to me, that makes it a little more friendly, seems to say we all are close enough, although sometime we are separated by many miles, to jab each other a little. I have not seen anything disrespectful here since I joined you fine folks and I thank you all for what you do.

Thank you from me also Austin. It's not hard to see AJ. I was in the middle of one last night that got the lock down trying to make peace and it's not the first one for me. I said it there and I'll say it here, people come here to relax and have fun enjoying the one thing we all love here, the Horses. My dad always told me "If you don't have anything good to say don't say anything at all." This is a great place, we just all need to learn to check our bad days, attitude, whatever, at the door when we come in here and enjoy what we have in common...

Last week I started getting the Stallions ready for spring time! The herd loves green grass, me too. Took plows, wheel weights, chains off. Ahhhhhhhhh, warm spring sun, green grass, short sleeve shirts and a Rolling Rock Pony on the patio. Today, I set up the newest addition to the herd with his spring implements. Are you ready for June bugs? I think Mr. Gore called it right, did he? The hammock is calling.....ahhhhhhhhhhh.

Not!!!!

Holy cow. At that price i think they just found a few on a shelf. That's way too high of a price for production. (if that is what they used to charge it would have cost more than a new loader attachment...

Great lookin' RJ! Sun, warm, spring? Not goin' to happen. It's all about global freezing! Ask Mr. Gore, I think he said so?

With you guys, I always have one finger on the and the other on the

Good to see you have your THIRD 520H! I wondered why I haven't seen one for sale here in a while. This explains everything! Wasn't it just last year when you didn't want any, and were going to sell the first one? You have the fever! A very bad case, too!

Ah-ha! After some digging about and research of some helpful previous posts on this site I've found that on the Toro.com website you can download PDF parts diagrams and lists by parts reference by entering the chassis number. Looks like I can get parts for the sweeper too, everything coming from the US so the restoration is back on! Doug

Glenn, the truck showed up about an hour later. by that time, he had gone to a neighbors house and plowed out their driveway. they were an elderly couple that had just moved here from Houston and only had a snow shovel, and about 75 ft of driveway. he's a good kid, he's always helping one of the neighbors with something

I had fun, watching him have fun. Bet he wished the plow truck broke down. Glenn

I do have to agree I have seen a couple of crappy remarks made by people when some one does not agree with them. I have just blew it off but I do agree that it should not go on.

Any serial number on the ID plate with the 1-6231 model number? Interested in knowing what it is. At some point they went from battery ignition to magneto ignition on this model. Regardless the points likely need to be cleaned to get spark. Garry