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Picked up this nice 4 wheel wagon on Saturday. 2nd trip to Wisconsin in a week. Pretty stoked to add this to my collection .

Today while reading through the threads that I'm following to gain knowledge for future use I seen a picture in Lagersolt's snow blower auger bearing replace thread. And since I have been meaning to post this idea I have used since entering the work force I seen it as perfect time to pass it on. This setup makes it easy for me to find tools and also when putting tools back after working on a project a open slot keys me in to a tool I over looked while picking them up. I take wire trough cutting it to the length I need to hold the number of tools I want to organize. I then cut it to heigth needed to clear when closing drawers. Once those 2 steps are done I widen the slots that wires went though to fit the tools I've chosen. I split the trough for use with wrenches and used scrap for boxing in the side cutters and snap ring pliers. Though the years I have learned that once these steps are done it is best to set the tools up and position the whole setup were you plan to mount it. I originally used 2 sided tape this is okay but may need to be repaired if glue drys out. I now drill a hole in each end and pop rivet them from under side so rivets don't interfere with anything below the drawer. Some times the length will dictate the addition of a second or third rivet for stability. I spent majority of my career in industrial settings allowing me access to used wire trough for free so I can't say what it would cost to buy a length of it.

...showing the end of the driveway here, both yesterday & today... ...and a thirty degree difference in wind chill.

Oh, here is my other "wood stove". It is actually powered by remote sources that use coal, uranium and water as power and send that power to me thru a wire. No smoke or ashes, and I don't need to leave my recliner to fire it up.

It is a plastic channel used in industry to contain wiring. the slotted sides allow wires to enter and exit at any location along the length of the "trough. It has a removable snap on cover

Looks like a 61 401. And the hood is the factory replacement hood that would of been added later on.

11-20-1955 Bo Diddley makes his national television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show Born Ellas Otha Bates in McComb, Mississippi, in 1928, the man better known as Bo Diddley introduced himself and his namesake beat to the world on this day in 1955 with his television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Bo Diddley opened his appearance on Ed Sullivan with the eponymously titled song “Bo Diddley,”. This now-famous number set portions of the children’s rhyme “Mockingbird” to what is now known as “the Bo Diddley beat”—a syncopated rhythm in 4/4 time that is the foundation of such rock-and-roll classics as Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away” and the Stangeloves’ “I Want Candy,” among countless others. Five months before Elvis Presley would make his famous Ed Sullivandebut, Diddley’s performance gave many Americans their first exposure to rock and roll, though that term was not yet familiar to mainstream audiences. Neither was the Bo Diddley beat, yet within just a few seconds of the drum-and-maraca opening of “Bo Diddley,” the live Ed Sullivan audience can be heard spontaneously clapping along to the distinctive rhythm in the surviving kinescope recording of the performance. As Diddley would later tell the story, Ed Sullivan had expected him to perform only a cover version of “Tennessee” Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons” and was furious enough with him for opening with “Bo Diddley” that Sullivan banned him from future appearances on his show. Be that as it may, Diddley’s appearance on this day in 1955 introduced a sound that would influence generations of followers. As blues-rock artist George Thorogood—who performed and recorded many Bo Diddley covers during his own career—once told Rolling Stone: “[Chuck Berry's] ‘Maybellene’ is a country song sped up… ‘Johnny B. Goode’ is blues sped up.

DO IT!!!!!!! One challenge will be how to angle it. Another will be making the broom itself. Never thought about making a sweeper from a blower but thought about making a flail mower. This one was made from a walk behind sweeper to fit the tractor. Most of the work is already done so making it adapt was main the challenge. The walk behind sweeper was found on CL for about $200. Close to the same price as a SS blower.

Shocking!!!

One nice lookin' man cave there.

Just wondering if anyone has kicked around the idea of turning a single stage blower into a rotary sweeper ? Reverse the rotation Use the existing shell for a shroud Remove the spirals on the auger & add some sort of heavy duty bristle arrangement . Might be a fun project , seems like the singles are way more plentiful than their 2 stage cousins .

Got me thinking now too! What about making it fit on the rear of the tractor? Blade or blower up front and sweep on the rear. Kill 2 birds since it will serve as weight ballast too. The ultimate snow moving machine Just kinda thinking out loud.

No, but now you got me thinking. I just happen to have a short chute parts blower.

On the bright side, you won't have to spend your Sunday picking up leaves! Mike.....

Some of you wanted to see a short Video of this Muffler here you go. HDV_0002.MP4 HDV_0002.MP4

Just dug this corn sheller out. Goes to show how far things have come. 20161025_184740.mp4

I paid $150 for a running C-160 auto a few years back. I eventually had to replace the Sundstrand Hydro though. Just bought a non-running C-160 8 speed for $100 and had it running in an hour, but it smokes bad. Neither of these had any implements. With any non runner, you have to be concerned that it may have been parked due to a bad hydro. If the two decks are not rusted beyond repair and the spindles are good, they are worth $150-$250 each. Not sure what plows you have, but probably at least $100 each. So $5-600 sounds fair to me. These C-160s are worth saving. The $150 auto after the redo. The $100 8 speed as bought.

No "little red wagon" jokes Really nice project !

If you look in at picture with the pliers in it in the back left of drawer the black handle tool next to all the red handled tools are a pair of craftsman pruning shears. I use those to cut the height and also to widen the slots then its easy to either bend and break at bottom of cut is its a thin cut or use utility knife if it's a wider cut. I also use those to cut it to length. That pair of pruning shears are more than 30 years old bought them just for this use even though have been know to cut a low hanging branch here and there. Snap a couple of pics of them looks like I got tool number. Now as for separating it into 2 pieces like I did for the wrenches I just score a line (couple of passes with utility knife) down middle of bottom and rock it back and forth till it breaks. My kid says I have ADHD and OCD because I can't seem to ever take a day off from working on some project and because I like things to be done or stored in a certain way. Me I like the way I feel when I'm working with my hands and challenging my mind plus I sleep well if I work each day. As for the OCD I don't like wasting time to find a tool I need, also helps when I have someone here helping or needing help to say go to this drawer in the left, right or middle section of tool box get this tool from this area of drawer. I also prefer to do things the proper way the first time that's why I tend to over engineer things I build, and her house and mine both surpassed all the local building codes when I rebuilt them both over the first 6 years of retirement.

RJ-58 with what looks like an original belt guard. GO GET IT QUICK!

Another one kicking around, I just don't feel like starting another thread on it and clutter the airwaves. Glenn

Chilly day here but finally got heat in my garage,so i thought i would spend the day changing fluids and servicing my wheelhorses. Now if i could find a plow for my 875 i'll be all set for snow.

Wish we could get some snow or rain, at least the colder temperatures are making it a bit more tolerable for the fire fighters who are dealing with all the forest fires around us. The high winds we have had the past couple of days are not at all welcome; except for blowing the smoke away. At least they have managed to get ahead of some of the fire spread with fire breaks cut along the mountain ridges. God bless the forest service personnel; they work night and day to protect us.

Yeah, and if you wanted it to... it could be moved over, and made into a nice cozy ottoman.

Got the blower on the 520, and my back up for the C-175 pusher... is another C-165 set up for pushing too. Still may set a Suburban up this year too...for any light duty accumulations.

I would think it may be a 401 with a 704 hood. 701 hood had a solid front.

Sorry Mike, it's a tag on a tractor, supposed to be 60 plus years old, maybe an rj, the owner isn't sure. Probably more fools gold. Lol Glenn

I wasn't sure where to post this but I felt this was the place. My family came over to this country from the Volga river district of Russia in the late 1800's. They were originally from Germany and had been farmer's for generations. They moved to the USA to become Americans and flee the growing persecution and unrest in Russia. They settled first in Kansas but the conditions weren't what they were looking for to dairy farm so they moved to Omro, WI in the very early 1900's. My family has farmed that land ever since. They dairy farms sold the cows in 1992 but the land is still cash cropped by my uncle's. Many of the farm videos that I have taken have been shot on that land! This video is no exception. As a child and teen I remember grinding feed for the cattle every Saturday morning. We would hook up the old Case LA tractor to the hammer mill. Grandpa and his brother Elmer would shovel corn into the hopper, uncle Roger would change the bags, the them, and load them on to the truck. When I was there, I would shovel oats from the upper bin into the hopper. This video is hot off the presses as it was shot today. Neither Roger or I had used this machine since 1992. It was a very nostalgic experience for us. I loved being able to Share It with my beautiful children. Notice Zach at the mid point of the video with the big grin and thumbs up... Well said Zach

My dad quit cutting his own grass in 2007 and parked his Briggs twin 161 in his basement. It sat there until I pulled it out this spring. A tune up, fresh gas, an oil change, and a new battery and it fired right up. I've been using it ever since with no issues so you never know.

Looks like it'll clean up nicely too.

Sweepster makes one ! http://www.sweepsterbrooms.com/

Nice pick up! I never see those around here.

Evening all Wallfish I only spend MOM time on the Ohlsson Rice section, I'm not on there very often as like Chris I got fed up with some of the "comedians" that were posting on there

So you're the evil person who beat me to it. Just kidding! I am glad it is not going to scrap. Also nice to see another Canuck on the forum.

Hmmm, Craig makes a good point. Tins look like replacements. That's a Clinton engine and not normally seen on a 401, BUT some 401s did come from the factory with Clinton B1290 engines so it is possible the engine itself is original. Curious where that serial tag is attached on that tractor? As far as price goes that's up to you. But I can tell you I bought a $100 RJ-58 and by the time all the missing parts were found, I got $600 into it. The belt guard is there, check for original gas tank, all the rims look good. It has a dozer blade foot pedal on there so maybe they still have the blade which would make the deal sweeter.

Great video about Bo Didley. My generation loves the way he gave the finger to Ed Sullivan, and really brought Rock & Roll to TV. Long live Rock & Roll. Jim

What a difference 200 miles makes. We got about 1 3/4 inches of rain from the last storm. My folks live 200 miles north of here and got 18" of snow. It is 25 degrees here and cloudy. My grass sure is green. If this keeps up? I may have to mow again. Gotta go smoke a mole today... Seems like the rain woke him up.

Craig, we had snow here last night to, not as much, it's gone now. I couldn't get over it. Glenn

No problem on the mind slipping - mine does all the time anymore - I'll post this it may help others in the future - picked up this piece of 1/2 " x 3 ft rod for 5 bucks at Lowe's to drift the old bearings out of the auger ......worked perfect .

Temps dropped here a couple days ago, no snow, luckily as I have no snow mover put together yet. Some areas of northern Minnesota got 20+ inches

Not much different here except for temp. Yesterday I swept the front yard and now it's covered with half of the neighbor's leaves, No snow yet. Tractor was broke yesterday and it still is today. Going out now to fire up the heat and rewire the 520.

Fish-eyes really are a bummer. I have had the best luck with Rustoleum and you can also use hardener with that. What you might try is to wet sand the paint down a bit and use JB weld as filler in the little fisheye pits. Hopefully you have some of the fisheye in a small panel that you can try it out on before doing anything on the hood....Here is another way to possibly fix the fish eye problem http://www.hotrod.com/articles/1107rc-quick-fix-for-fisheyes/#1107rc-01-z-quick-fix-for-fisheyes

Drop off at my barn

Hopefully I will be back to working on my tractor very soon and updating this thread. The winter weather is on its way here in ne Ohio. I've been toying with the idea of a separate project involving a good snowmobile track and making one of my tractors into a sort of half track conversion like they used to sell for mid size tractors. Happy thanksgiving to all.

Also this photo of a photo of the Lawn Ranger from a few years back with Bella our dog giving it the once over...

Our guest house has a gas log stove that our old cat was very fond of!

Here is my Franklin stove. Just got cold enough to use it today.

When I mount the cast iron wheel weights I use small pieces of 1/4" thick rubber belting as sort of a stand-off to prevent the two parts from rubbing off the paint and promoting rust . Also helps to allow dirt to be rinsed out when washing it . I use the same method as above mentioned , painting the inside first and touching up with a brush what is necessary - then paint the outside once the tire is mounted . Sarge

Here's the story....I am a career FF, and I do part time landscaping, my own biz. So I'm in this parking lot...and I have my Toro Grandstand (cutting) and my old Wheel Horse 312 Hydro as a mule for my aerations. Both are shoved onto my 12 trailer. Random cable guy in his truck comments on it and asks me if I want another WH, he'd sell it to me cheap. I said, no thanks, I'm good...then he sees my Firefighter plates and asks about that...I told him I do that full-time and do landscaping part time. He then says...How about I give it to you?? WHAT??? Of course I thought it would be in horrible condition...but when I picked it up...I was completely surprised!! He sweetened the deal...he also gave me his Trac-VAC!!!! What??? He just had no more use for it, lives on 7 acres and has big tractors and toys....and wanted to give it to someone who would use it especially a first responder. So to pay it forward...I've been doing all of my neighbor's leaves free of charge. Just wanted to share!!