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Thank you Michael Conley!!!! A great video to capture the event again! I think I am almost fully rested from the event. Wow what an event it was.....I tried to plow, I ran a disc, I met some folks all the way from California that were part of a research and development group (ask me about it sometime, you won't believe it!), talked to so many old friends and missed a bunch too! It was cold and chilly, but hey that is what we are know for!!! The machines were awesome, the plowing was excellent, and the friendships were the best part of the day. I am happy to report that we raised $1230 for St. Baldrick's in memory of the late Max Nunn. Thank you to everyone near and far that donated goods and bought a bunch of tickets. Thank you to Paul and Sharon for bringing Max's tractor to the event to help spread awareness about this awful disease. We will continue to push on in memory of Max......there will be a cure! My family thanks all of you for being such great guests and treating the property, and our neighbors, with the utmost respect. You are all a joy to be around. I became sidetracked numerous times and never did get a count of how many machines showed up, but it was a bunch! Thanks for bringing your machines to show.....it wouldn't be a show without all of you! October 2nd 2016 will be our next event.....we are hoping that you will be able to join us!

How about a nine minute video?

Scott, you and your family were great hosts! Thanks for the hot coffee, the food group and the place to come and visit! We had a blast

this is my wall art i have finished and mounted on the wall,i have more picture frames to finish.i think the wife will be ok this

I've got a couple of trailers to pull around so I built a hitch. The tractor isn't modified in any way so I could remove it without leaving a trace. Next thing I need to build is a weight box for the front. Trying to move my flatbed, the front came off the ground before I pulled it out of where it had been setting... One more picture of the underside of the hitch.

Bud's stack may arrive just in time! This 35 year old muffler is is loud. My 1980 C-125 which was given to me by an ol' (91) Alabama boy down the road - you know FREE means it's a money pit and the wife is already starting to cringe...is in mower trim. After rear tubes, battery, trans HiLo and gasket, coil, tank cleaning, fuel pump and carb R&R, clutch and brake adjust, wiring patches and ammeter bypass, 42" rear discharge deck pulleys (rusted through) and belt replacement and PTO belt, the mower lives! I can do more than just wheelie around the yard! The blades are worn as heck but sharpened. I just wanted to get her functional before I strip her down for refinishing and a real going-through. Atlanta has been soggy for almost 2 weeks so awaiting sun for the first mow of dry grass. Love the hum of a big deck. Now, 4 tires and none are a match. eBay fender pan on its way. Seat crumbling. She's a high dollar keeper. Got about $350 into to her at this point and 4 tires and a front wheel will add plenty more to that... The boy's got an older model he uses to cultivate his garden - has a Briggs re-power and electronic ignition. C-120? Maybe next year. Thanks to this list for the beautiful NOS parts and trans advice. Could not have tackled it without y'all! Marc Douglasville GA

loaded up the night before we left.. yeah my house is under construction inside and out a few shots of the show

he shoulda tossed you on the hood to keep the nose down

Here is what happens.. Some guy really wanted it and his PayPal account had the dough in it, probably from small stuff he sold that he really didn't care about so he stepped up. I have no issue with that. Here's the problem, now every clown out there thinks that is what they are now worth. Doubt that, at the end of the day its just a giant paper weight.

I appreciate all the advice. Here's my horse.

Ranting? Maybe. But I think you should get style points for that piece.

Geeze I should be a sports writer.... Anyone bother to look at the AP and Coaches Poll? TCU & Baylor 2 and 3 in AP and a & 4 in Coaches. Iowa is 22 in AP and 23 in Coaches. And look who got a vote on the Coaches - Memphis Tigers is # 25!!!! Don't bother looking at Power Ranking Utah takes that spot. But OSU falls to #4 while TCU & Baylor jump to 2&3!!! I personally think Toledo in the top 25 is a bit much but then again, I KNOW NOTHING ON HOW THIS RANKING SYSTEM STILL WORKS AFTER 30 plus years of watching it. Think I'll go back to auto racing. That is pretty simple, A WIN IS STILL A WIN IN THAT SPORT! Could you imagine telling NASCAR you now have style points that are associated with your win also. So if you just edge someone out that counts as a win, but if you beat the 2nd place by say 1/2 a lap, well then, we'll give you 5 extra points for that. If you are able to lap the entire field and win well that is 20 points extra. I know they have points for passes and laps, but I'm talking about winning style points. If you are able to put someone into the wall while winning, well that get's you 50 points. But the key to that is, you have to make it look like it was a mistake, otherwise NASCAR will fine you! Ranting, yep! RMCIII

Mattrix. Nice work on the hitch. Just be careful moving heavy equipment, especially if you have some hills. The front weight will help, but with 2-400lbs typical. tongue weight on the hitch of such a short wheelbase tractor, they don't have the geometry to be very stable and have a tendency to flip over when you least expect it. Ever since I flipped mine while moving a 3000lb boat, I always leave the trailer dolly wheel locked in the down position to catch the trailer in case the tractor does do a flip. BTW, I was pulling the boat out of the garage on level paved driveway with my 8HP 3 speed when a wheel on the trailer hit a 2x4 block that I didn't see. The additional resistance was enough to flip the tractor before I could get to the clutch.

Although I hate the CFL's (compact fluorescent) in my house, I needed a quick way to boost the lighting in my garage. When I built it back in 1988, I just put in ceramic screw-in type fixtures and standard bulbs. So I went to Homer Depot and picked up four of these. After a few minutes of warm up time, they really light the area. PROS: Lot's of light; reasonably inexpensive ($13.00 ea.); easy and quick to install. CONS: Environmentally hazardous if they break; take a while to get up to full brightness; easily broken because of the way they hang out in the open; but the biggest of all, as usual, Home Depot has discontinued them.

There's a hump in the center of the tranny that will trap oil in front of it. I raise the front of the tractor to get all the oil out.

Here's an old Wheel Horse homemade version

Been a long time since I originally started on this. At the rate I am going it will probably be a year or more to get it finished. Marvin

I had to cage it, it didn't want to leave.

Calling this one... calender shot.

John Burly, in the past, has had them reproduced. He's offered them in two versions, cast iron, and aluminum. Both versions come with, or without handles...and I don't think either of 'em started at $150...just sayin.

Like your picture a lot better, Slammer's looked like the was incarcerated ( in the slammer ).

How do you think... he ended up the way he is?

I'm glad you joined redsquare Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk Heres a pic of the horse i sold Damtrucker i was sad to see it go

YAA...IT IS NOT JUST ME THAT HATES LISTENING AND LISTENING TO JOE BUCK. THAT IS THE ONE PLUS ABOUT DA BEARS PLAYING AN AFC TEAM. THE TOWEL BOY AND TROY GET TO DO THE PACKERS.

Ive had plans to downsize my heard all summer but I keep bring more home.

I bolt electric motor lifting hooks at that location to hook ratchet straps there when hauling on a trailer

Whohoow still in the basement, i'm happy i've put a few cases of beer in the fridge

That sounds like a prediction, the next one will be a Twin!

The only way I go for #10 is if its got a magnum 18 or 20 under the hood

Thank you for the warm welcome. Okay, here are a few more pictures. Rick

Had a Great Time At Scott's Meet -N- Greet Took My Quad Down And Got Some Aerial Footage! Enjoy! 6th Annual North Central Indiana Meet & Greet Aerial VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_tcnp9FB4U 6th Annual North Central Indiana Meet & Greet Aerial PLOWING VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50gR2Q9_7sM ~Duke

If you had a K301, I would say abort. But a K341 is certainly worth a piston and rings. No doubt about it. That is impact damage. Nothing you did.

Drop in the bucket compared to a box store new piece of crap. Wise investment you made keeping a proven performer alive to work another decade or two.

we were talking about what gear to use, I was in high/first and seemed like I had plenty of power and grip on tap, he was catching up quick in second. I popped it up to second too. much better!

Great seeing a 604 plowing. Brings back memories when I was a little kid and my dad plowed a big garden with our 604 front wheels in the air!

@ekennell I'm going to try my best to restore it. It runs pretty good, so I guess it's mainly cosmetic. After that I'm gonna use it! I've got a deck and a plow that I'll try to fix up as well

What a Great job !! - - - Thank you sir

This is a very cool project and youre doing a fine job with it so far. A lot of times as long as you have the extra time figuring out the issues is a big part of the fun! I want to eventually make something similar for myself. Nothing beats an FEL though and im hoping one day I can fit one of those onto a of mine. I currently have my dads Kubota with FEL and I DO NOT want to give it back haha. I made a set of forks for him that attach to the bucket and its amazing how easy and convenient it is to move stuff around. Keep up the good work

Is there was anything you could do to lighten up that ceiling. Reflective light can sure make a big improvement. Spray painting it White would easily double the amount of light you would have in there, paint is a lot less than any kind of ceiling material would be.

I was watching it too. It was listed on Craigslist in Altoona, PA a couple weeks ago for around $90 and didn't last long. That was a pretty good flip!

You are one quick learner Boo. I was 70 172/365 years old when I figured this out. In case you were wondering, that was my age when I bought my cab at the 2014 big show. BTW. It looks red to me. Mrs. K says I only see three colors....Red, Green, and Blue

Nice looking tractor.

On the bottom of the transmission is a drain plug. It is usually flush with the surface. It uses a 1/4" Allen wrench to remove it. The plug is just in front of and to the left of the front tang if the draw bar hitch. Usually covered with grass, dirt, and oil, it is hard to see. 1-1/2 qts. of 90-140 GL-5 gear lube is what's called for, but 80/90 w. gear oil is fine. That is assuming that you have emptied all the old fluid out. The older transmissions don't have a dip stick, so adding the correct amount is not an exact science. Don't use the plug on the side as it will not allow you to add the entire 1-1/2 qts. I fill through the shifter hole. Sent from my MotoG3 using Tapatalk

Van, the drive belt # is 9691, that is a 70" A belt, either a 4L700 or A68. I wouldn't be too worried about a new belt without having a belt guard, the guard is a big part of having the belt stop when declutched. The part numbers of the 552 and 701 belt guards are not the same, but that may just be because they have different decals on them; just have to try it. You can adjust the brake band per the manual and see if that helps. Looking forward to seeing the 701 and you. Thank you for the part numbers Mr. Schmidt. I was talking to Walfish on the phone today and he said the same thing about needing the belt guart to stop the drive belt from turning the transmission pully when the clutch is engaged. So I have learned something new about Roundhoods today. Well I should report on what I did to it today; I changed the engine oil twice. The old oil was full right up to the top line on the dipstick but very dirty. On the first oil change I put a few ounces of Dextron automatic transmission fluid in with the new engine oil to break up some of the carbon and other deposits in the crankcase that had been building up over the years. I let it the engine run and get up to operating temp then drained it again and went back with Lubrication Engineers motor oil. I love that stuff! Then I drained the transmission oil. That oil seriously needed to be drained and replaced with new. It was very milky from years of water mixed with the gear oil. I replaced it with some cheap Wall Mart 90weight but will change it again before Winter and put Lucas in there at that time. I like the Lucas brand because It seems to condition the rear axle seals as well as quiet the sound of rotating straight cut transmisson gears. Then I put some electric motor oil in the oiling port of the starter/generator. That unit seems a l ittle noisy to me. Does anyone have a good trick up their sleeve for lubing the bushings or bearings in the S/G without taking it all apart? Then I found a nice spring out of my general spring collection and fitted it to the the clutch linkage to take the slack out of the combination clutch/brake pedal. Last, I had noticed the ignition coil looked in poor shape, and the connections there were not the best so I replaced that coil and the condenser with a spare set that I had lput back in my stash of Kohler parts. The contact points looked in good shape so I cleaned them up and checked to make sure they were gapped correctly and now I have a nice spark at the business end of the spark plug. During that process I also richened up the idle circuit on the carb just a tad. I have to get whats left of the old gas out of the tank and put in some fresh non-ethanol gasoline. That I will do one night this week. Well, thats where we are with the 701 today. I'm looking forward to trying the 552 belt guard Bert has offered to pass forward to the 701. I'll report back on whether or not it fits properly after I get back from the meet and greet.

Just a little postscript to our cruise aboard the Veendam. The weather held out for the most part until the last two ports of call. We had heavy rain in Halifax docked bow-to-bow with the Queen Mary 2, and cold but tolerable weather in Bar Harbor, ME. The hurricane was too far away to impact us. But it will be a factor on the ship's return to Quebec. Seas were mild at the beginning but we ended the last three days with 10 foot seas. Mrs. Sailor did well! On to Alaska on the Niew Amsterdam in May 2016. Love those 'dam ships!

No probably about it Steve. Anybody who picks a team that beats Notre Dame WILL gain a game on me. I will never ever never ever never ever pick against ND. Certainly some wow games yesterday and I'm betting some more next Saturday. The Death Valley game was one of them but more for the weather. I usually pick the teams on Sunday and wait for you to post them so I get the order right. I've got 7 of the 8 picked but there's one I just may have to flip a coin on ........... I'm gonna go with the home team. OK, all 8 picked.

When the original condition is that nice... how can you not bring them home? Good luck walking away from #10 Bert.

Ive got one with a bullet hole in it--lol

Looks good Brian. Everything the guys above suggest....I also like to remove any dings in the auger. I use an old ax head as a backer anvil and tap with the flat side of a hammer. Two pipe wrenches make a really good bending tool to straighten any badly bent edges. Then grind the edges to remove any burrs.

Tapped the transmission holes, not much to talk about - it was worth it, but I note much really got cleaned off - problem was more from paint and remaining crud on my sandblasted / primed bolts. Also, as I am beginning to look at things really closely, I am noticing a few things that seem strange. One of my wheel hubs is significantly thicker than the other one. I am going to document every serial # I can find. This tracto did go into the shop one time, for new piston rings. I don't know what else they touched. For example, the transmission bolts are supposed to be 3/4 and 7/8 both, and all I have is 3/4.