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Saw this on craiglist today. I copied the pics , i can not say i have ever seen this done. Mounting the loader backwards then fabbing a grapple with snow blades. Heres some of the pics.

Give this a try, I can do it with ease, explanation below. In elementary school I had a great deal of difficulty with reading and spelling, it was determined that I had dyslexia and alternative teaching methods proved successful. As a radarman in the US Navy I was able to use this shortcoming as an advantage. While on watch we were required to write backwards on a clear plexiglass status board so the officers could read updates on our position and any nearby contacts (other ships). Several others had difficulty writing backward, not me, been doing it all my life!

I'm no mechanic, but they look fine to me. Are they ripping me off?

That is quite the logging rig, I don't think I would want to spend too much time in the Hot Seat over the engine; gives a whole new meaning to nut roaster.

Believe it or not I have seen stuff like that more than once. Sometime from the same customer. Take it to Monro, They will replace the entire braking system except for that rotor!

Here is part of my crew from last year. I bought my glass windshield (painted the outside red) from a JD dealer online for less than the amount quoted. In my opinion it stiffens the cab up as well as being nice. The only thing is the vinyl window can be shaken to clear but you need the wiper on the glass windshield. Later in the season last year I found a source for the motorized windshield wiper for less than $100.00 and it will be replacing the manual one this year. I've got a few more goodies to add for this year's version. The Ariens cab came from the same JD dealer for way less than MSRP as well. I got tired of looking like a snowman!

hi men, going thru a wh tractor for a friend. i noticed that the drawbar pin had no snap rings or e-clips holding it in. UH-OH! boy was that pin stuck. penetrating oil and my oxy-acetylene torch would not help free it. in desperation i cut it as close as possible to the unidrive tranny case. using a thin cutoff wheel on an angle grinder i sanded it flush with the case. then i used my ball joint C-press kit with a 5/8 bolt that i cut the head off. it managed to push it out. what a relief! good tools are priceless. i mention this in hopes it helps one of you unstick one of those buggers. used lots of anti-sieze on the new one going back in. best regards to all mike in mass.

Throughout the history world more damage has been done when the mouth is activated before the brain, just look at our leading political figures. But, don't fret, there is a solution!

Nice RJ you have there. This is mine that I bought from Jdogcustoms about four years ago. As far as I know, fenders and tool boxes were optional equipment on the RJ-58's. Yours looks great just at it is sans fenders

Had no problem reading either one of those. probably because as many of you have noticed I cant spell to begin with.................

That's pretty cool Richard. OK, how many of you just tried to write backwards? I've seen those plexiglass boards and never even gave it a thought about writing backwards. I could print but my cursive wasn't very good. Here's another one to try. I'd argue about the great mind thing though. That there ain't not me. Now that I think of it my typing looks like this. Maybe I don't have to keep correcting my typos.

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For $400 I would buy it even if it didn't run...

Here is my recently refurbished 42" blower on my 312-8 with custom chute. Just finished my custom weight rack. Hoping I wont need chains but we will see.

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Alright! Alright! I admit, I'm a fan of 'em.

Found a nice loader project on eBay and wound up high bidder, somehow, last week. It was a bit of a drive for me, but even with gas and tolls (12 hours round trip!!!) I'm into this for under $400. This particular kwikway loader originally came from an early 80's FF series Sears garden tractor. That was the big Sears tractor that went up against the Deere 420. The kwikways were all built the same, they just took a machine specific subframe. This one had the loader, the valve and the rams, no subframe or pump. Diagonal braces came with it and the valve and the hydraulic rams are all in good shape for their age. Thanks to doc724 and some others, I've got all the dimensions I need to build a subframe. A friend of mine is going to take my CAD drawing to a laser cutter vendor to cut out all the subframe components out of 1/4" plate. I'll weld up the front diagonal mounts, the pump bracket and the mid mount frame. Made some cardstock mock ups of the front mounts, and fine tuned them to fit . I've also picked up a control valve service manual and an oring kit to refurb the valve. The valve is all torn down now and all parts are in good shape. As soon as fall leaf cleanup is done, I'll be able to get some front mount patterns and measurements for the pump carrier and then I should be set to get an order in to the laser cutter. This will be a fun project. Hopefully it will be ready for mulch spreading duty come spring.

I would like to share this idea to help take some of the weight which the snowblower/thrower adds to the front, and add it to the rear. While also making the blower easier to lift. I know some of you use the spring to help with lifting, but most of its tension is when the blower is in the down position. I ran the cable directly through the cable tube and not using the rock shaft. Ran it it through a pulley (NOS idler I had) which is connected to the "attach-o-matic" and back to the bottom hole in the lift arm. While the flag is in the upper hole of the lift arm, the weight that is in the rear, is connected to he bottom hole giving the added weight a little better mechanical advantage. So the weight in the back is actually helping to lift the weight in the front.

I told the Dino's they could swim..

Storage space is not an issue. Convincing the wife I need a dozen Wheel Horse tractors is where I may run into a problem!

All of us Jim...all of us ...we have an eye for them! Damn dog!!!

I could read it all as well .... many times I wished we had a spell checker here what worse i am all thumbs on a keyboard, had more interest in girls than typing class in high school.....

Seriously, more like at least another $1K for the 5xi market. Be careful when adjusting the motion control and and make sure it is solid on the wheel stands. That is a lot of weight to come down.

Thatsit I neffer crect mi spelin agin.

I can read it with no problem at all. Not sure I could write backwards though.

So wait. I'm confused. Glenn, are you saying this is a good tractor and he should buy it?

Rotors are slick as glass, almost transparent even.

You need to patronize the Jiffy Lube my wife was going to. When our Mountaineer had about 35K on it they told her it would need brakes soon, pads were down to 20 percent; with 41K they said it had 45 percent left. At that rate we would have new brakes on it by the time we got to 60K. I told her from then on I would take it to a private family owned garage with trustworthy employees. Had the car inspected the other day at 75K and have about 30 percent left.

another good tip that i just used on two of mine that were stuck is a pipe wrench. soak it first of course ,grab a 2 footer, the jaws seem to fit just right and get a nice tight grab on it. best of all didnt waste the pin.

Flasher!!

They probably kept re-setting the wear indicator.

If they come in flavors it might catch on with wives for their husbands...or vice versa...

Mowing lawns is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you're gonna hit...

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@953 nut that is a good site for rubber (baby buggy) bumpers! Lots of options.

Retail from Original Tractor Cab cab 885 glass window 180 electric wiper 199 work lights 79 safety light 99 mirror 44 loaded cab 1471 + shipping

OK. Here's what we learned today. When l started in on the tractor, I started working from the front. Points gap was fine. Pulled off the air filter cover to find it was soaked with fuel, along with the filter. Pulled the carb, drained it, pulled the bowl. While it was upside down to check the float adjustment, I noticed that float was laying on the carb body and needle valve was doing nothing, come to find out the new needle valve is 1/32 shorter then my old one (I keep everything). I took my stock clip off of the new needle valve and used the one provided in the kit. Had to make a minor float adjusment because of the different needle valve clip. Put back together, and runs like a champ. Turns over once and fires right up. I chaulk this up to being in a hurry, thinking the all new parts were apples to apples. So no safety interlocks issues. Coil is good, also it has a internal resister with a resistive value of 3.2 to 3.5. Keeping just below the 9.6v that I was concerned about. I didn't want to burn my points up. Stevasaurus, you were spot on. Thank you all though for your responses and guidance. Ty

Works great, have done it, and they chuck apples real well

Here is what is will look like. I love mine!!

I promised a while back to upload pics... here it is in all it's glory! 1979 B-111 (11 HP Briggs & Stratton engine, 8 speed manual gearbox) I also have a plow for it. Purchased it for about $600, good working condition. Tires are tired, I've put tubes in two of them so far. It had a new fuel pump (some plastic disk with a membrane driven by crankcase pressure). Last spring I evicted some mice from the engine head.

It's always a bad subject to many of us, but things can get away from us so quickly. We all have good intentions, we make a promise to ourselves that on that next project we will allow enough time to clean up while the project is finished or in progress. Then comes the HORDER FACTOR. I hate to throw something away cause I may need it some day. The problem is by the time I need it I can't find it! Good Intentions are just that Good Intentions! After retiring about a year ago I had good intentions of thinning down the herd in order to get things under control and in a more manageable state as the ponies crept out of the stable and in my shop, leaving me NO ROOM to work. After thinning down the herd from 24 down to 9 I was able to clear out my 24 X 50 Garage 1200 sq ft total which is 500 sq ft shop and 700 sq ft for vehicles, and I am happy to say I am down to only having 1 Tractor in it. My 91 520-H Snow Chucker w Tall chute. In my shop is my 55 Senior. The other 7 tractors are in the 12 X 25 300 sq ft stable. So now I have some room to move around the shop and have both my vehicles in the garage which make MJ Happy! And we all know happy wife = happy life! Cleaning the shop and having room is always a MAJOR PAIN if you can't move things around to keep clean. I helped solve this problem by hoisting up the SENIOR on the hydraulic lift table I had (yep decided to keep it) and it worked perfectly so I can move that Ole girl around. A thought came to mind hey why don't I put lockable wheel casters on all my other machines. So on a few machines I built base carts and set the machines on them. 2 sanders, Scroll Saw, Hydraulic Press, File Cabinet (for owners manuals) and welding table. All of these casters are polyurethane and rated at 125 lbs each totaling 500 lbs and nothing is near that heavy. Now I can move this equipment around to sweep clean and whatever I need to do.

Your assist spring could be too tight causing that. I notice you have a large spring for the belt tension too. Could that belt tension spring have too much tension causing the belt to pull it up on that side? Maybe a combination of both is causing the problem.

Well another trip to the garage and here's my take on it. On the right side only the two holes above and below the little welded block for the exhaust U-bolt should be there. On the left side only the hole near the center for the lift sector. There shouldn't be any holes in the hood brackets other than the ends for the bolts. On the front only the 5/8 hole towards the left should be there. I've got a couple of extra small holes in mine but where there isn't one I think it's safe to assume they shouldn't be there.

Congrats, and welcome to the club. Someone will be by later to teach you the secret handshake.

Around here it is Firestone that is the biggest rip off! My brother in law actually works at the local Firestone and has for 30 yrs. He is without a doubt one of the best auto tech's out there.. All of the tech's at this store are actually decent. Its management and their quota's that make a lot of tech's look bad... OVERSELL!

Though I'm an advocate for ags on everything tractor too, I can hear a conversation playing out like: Why did you have to have these tires again? I had to have them because of that one hill and that one time I slipped pushing too much snow and these will make it so that will never happen again. What did your tractor friends on your website say about it? (while many people are saying turfs and chains are better than ags and chains) Not much on this one, there must be a better topic going right now.

Compliments of my eleven year old granddaughter.

Doug, does your cab have a bracket that bolts the cab frame to the steering tower. My 520 cab has this and the 312 doesn't, and I can see a lot more swaying in the 312 cab. You can see the bracket here behind the PTO lever.

I've used my 704 for everything but a grocery getter. Here's my favorite glamour shot!