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As mentioned in another thread I've been doing a refurb on the 54" blade for the 1054. Well I got it finished up today , installed on the tractor and also put on the chains. So it is already for the next snow.

Well, it's not a garage really and it's not ours yet but this is what I'll be flying back to Indiana to look at right after the first of the year. If we get it I will love having some room again

Just west of Lakeville. Per the online listing the building is 30'x40'. My wife says that all I'm thinking about when looking for a home up there is the land and outbuilding(s). I say hogwash. Oh yea, she told me there was a house on the property too.

This is my little work/storage area...gotta get some electricity ran to it, then going into insulate and finish it...would help if I had the whole shed lol our roommate has a GoldWing tore down along one end wall and just had to put the landlords new Craftsman mower in there yesterday for the winter, but it's better than nothing. Sure wish I had a place to build an actual shop for all my projects

Here's the 603 today. Finally have the carb and choke working correctly 😎. Now I can put the hood back on. Cleared the entire drive and parking area. No chain or weights.

What a first class refurb on the blade. The tractor and blade look Great! Glenn

I will be the first on topic... Here's my C-105's stall.

Bob, you do remember how cold the winters are, don't you! However, you will be ten hours closer to the "Big Show" and right in the center of country.

Ok guys, now that we are all stuck indoors for the most part, an i recently sold my house and i am between houses, lets see those garages. This thread is not an i spy contest keep those comments to yourself. I want to see your garage/shop and see how you best "use" your space. I am only doing this for space efficient, cool ideas and how big is your space roughly, again NO POINTING OUT STUFF ON SHELVES!

A very special thank you to @T-Mo for taking the time to put together our 2017 RedSquare Calendar.

Well, I have my 27 x 30 work shop that I built with 2x6 walls and 10' ceilings. Insulated R20 in the walls and R40 in the ceiling with R16 insulated doors. It is heated with a propane furnace. Then there is the old single car 16 x 30 garage with overhead loft that I use for storage. You can see most of it to the left of the shop. Lastly, just last year I put up this 20 x 30 dome style garage with 8' high doors on both ends. Again, this is used for storage of tractors and accessories. Ford tractor is gone and has been replaced by more Wheel Horses. Cleat

I wouldn't mind seeing some different Ideas of shelving , cabinets , workbenches, lighting and maybe even heating devices for the more northern folks. You'd think setting up a garage is no big deal.....but almost every time I walk into someones garage/ shop, I spot a good idea or something cool to do...like mounting a flat screen TV... I'm thinking this is the road Prondzy is trying to lead us down.....by the way, Nice pics Caddy

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If you pull the pedal back with your toe and it engages, your issue is with the belt tension somewhere, the belt itself or both. Most likely that damper, strut or spring. A little investigation will reveal the issue. Pulling the pedal back with your toe may get you by until a nice warm day to work on it.

Saved for later when I'm on at a computer and not my phone to get pictures From the outside (when we first moved): 14 foot ceilings with 12 foot doors. Roughly 2.5 cars deep and a hair over 2 cars wide. Has a gas radiant heat tube thing. Here's my space from above: What the letters are: A. 4x4 CNC plasma table B. Blast cabinet C. Work bench D. Moveable powdercoating oven (roughly 28" square outside) E. Floor cabinets x2 (44"x44"x18") F. Atlas metal lathe (sits in front of window) G. Vertical mill H. Tool chests (two 44" HF boxes and one 18" chest that joins big boxes together) I. 2 post lift What I couldn't get in that drawing is the loft. It hangs over the CNC table, blast cabinet, benches and mill. It's 6 feet deep and the width of the building. Loft has two 60 gallon air tanks/compressors, air dryer for air lines, dust collection equipment and storage of stuff. Mostly tires and car/tractor parts. Shop is a disaster in this photo (we were painting the walls, but shows the space before I got a bunch more tools moved in). Benches (that drill press has since been removed): Tool box before I got the second one and end storage cabinet. Two cabinets (trying to decide where things belonged If you have any questions, let me know.

I sure do remember Richard but it will be great to get back home. I think it is Jim. There's an 8' door next to it that you can't see. And yes, plenty of room for a M&G with 10 acres and room to sink those plows in

You didn't say what year your 414 is. Wheel Horse had three methods. First, it was just a spring. The part #108035 is the spring used for years. The second method was a strut with no spring. The strut was similar to those used on hatchbacks and the like. It pushed the idler arm rather than pulling it. Then they had a damper used in conjunction with the spring #108035. The damper eased the engagement. That's what I had on my 2005. I hated the delay and simply removed the damper. You could do the same and 'convert' the setup to what was used for many years and worked great. If you have a spring on the left side you'll find the damper on the right side. If you don't have a spring they are still available and under $10. Buy one, install it and remove the strut on the right side under the belt guard.

Could be the belt or the idler pulley starting to seize up. There is a Woodruff key in the transmission input shaft and driven pulley. There are Woodruff keys in the end of each axle and wheel hub. If any one of the three fail you end up with a no-drive condition. In other words the shaft is spinning inside the hub. Be careful checking the hubs. The keys can catch and the tractor will take off. Start it up and put into gear and watch the ends of the shafts to see if they are spinning without the hub. You should be able to see the axle between the back of the hub and the axle housing from the rear if the hub is not too close to the case. If it is remove the hub caps or wheel weights so you can see the ends of the axles. Garry

Marvin, that chassis looks great! Well, I'm on my way to the tear down and I'm starting to accumulate more and more bolts and pieces of course. I'm a pretty good mechanic but as we all know when disassembling anything that we don't usually do all of the time, one tends to wonder if he's gonna remember if this goes behind that or in front of this, etc.... when it comes time to reassemble. I'm taking a few pictures as I go to help as far as cable, wire routing and linkages. I hope someone here knows these tractors like the back of their hand when it comes to "where does this go".

Great job on the blade and the tractor looks great I am looking to get a 1054 some day in the near future.

For reference... a set of factory original 6-12 spacers here.

The snow team warming up after an evening's work.

Saaaaweeet Tigs....old man winter ain't gonna have nothing on you!

She's a looker for sure. 👏🏼

Sorry Mike. I certainly didn't intend for that to happen.

LOL ... good topic Mike & don't worry my shelves are so full of crap & disorganized nobody, not even me can figured outs what's on them! Then again maybe pointing out stuff on shelves might be fun, like what the heck is he keeping that junk for or hey there's that tool I lent him last year... what up with those green & yellow parts?!? So guys don't worry about how messy (or anally clean) your "man space" is ....we've probably seen it all! Seriously I think what Prondzy is saying, aside from magic sheds, is how do you guys fit 10 tons of crap in a 12x12 space! Pics this weekend!

There is a clutch hyd. damper that might be hanging up because of cold temps.,frozen snow ice on it or other problem with it. If you have a heated space to put tractor in that might help if that is the problem. All of the above will cause the same problem good luck. I can't find a picture or part # someone might have that info. I believe part # is 108035 very pricey but can be had used.It seems that some had a spring and some had a hyd. damper, mine has the damper, I bought a used one a while back for a spare.

12-23-2009 “Balloon Boy” parents sentenced in Colorado On this day in 2009, the father, who carried out a hoax in which he told authorities his 6-year-old son had floated off in a runaway, saucer-shaped helium balloon, is sentenced to 90 days in jail in Fort Collins, Colorado. His wife received 20 days of jail time for her role in the incident. The so-called “Balloon Boy” saga riveted viewers around the globe two months earlier, on October 15, when it played out on live television. At around 11 a.m. that day a handyman, amateur scientist and father of three boys, called the Federal Aviation Administration to report that a large balloon in his family’s Fort Collins backyard had become untethered, and it was believed his son had crawled aboard the craft before it took flight. Minutes later, he phoned a local TV station, requesting a helicopter to track the balloon. A short time afterward, his wife called 911. The homemade silver craft was soon being tracked by search-and-rescue personnel, as well as reporters, on the ground and in the air. The Colorado National Guard launched two helicopters to follow the balloon, and a runway at Denver International Airport was briefly shut down as the balloon traveled into its flight path. At around 1:35 p.m., the craft touched down in a Colorado field after drifting a distance of some 50 miles from its starting location. Rescue officials soon discovered the balloon was empty, prompting fears that the boy had fallen from the craft during its flight. A massive ground search ensued, and later that afternoon it was announced the boy had been found safe at home, where he reportedly had been hiding. Suspicions that the entire incident had been a hoax intensified that night, after the boy told his parents during a live interview on CNN: “You guys said we did this for the show.” The wife later confessed to police the incident had been staged to help the family get a reality TV show. (The couple had previously appeared on the program “Wife Swap.”) In November 2009, the father pleaded guilty to a felony charge of attempting to influence a public official (“to initiate a search-and-rescue mission which in turn would attract media attention,” according to an affidavit filed by prosecutors), while the wife pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of making a false report. The father later claimed he pleaded guilty only to placate authorities and prevent his wife from being deported to her native Japan. In addition to jail time, they were required to perform community service and were later ordered to pay $36,000 in restitution for the search effort.

Merry Christmas Aldon, if you get the "beast" running do you intend on bring it to the "show".... making it the "Show Beast"

Play time with the 211-5 😎

Not really but here's a couple in the raw...

After seeing and riding bowtieguy's C-175 with the predator. I would like to find a nice 520H with 60" deck that has a bad motor and do the predator 22 swap.

I just bought one for my 8 speed GT14 project. They were running a rare sail on them got 70 off so around 600

Good one @SylvanLakeWH

Hey 608 @608KEB I got a stupid question but what is that round bump out on the left front side of your cab for? Reminds me of a spare tire cover...mine doesn't have that?

Don't have good access right now to tractor mentioned in post but here it is in another one.

Let's see if this helps clarify whether it's an Onan vs Kohler vs Briggs twin cylinder engines in that order...

Making some steady progress on the blade refurbishment. Have the patch tacked into place. Have to finish welding and then make up new wear/cutting edge.

The best antidote I know of for grumpiness is playing with a .

Great videos.You guys are crazy.What are you putting in your tea???

You know it !! The one welder I know is really grumpy most of the time, lol..... Not really

I would wish the Santa could bring good news about my wife's back so she will not have to have another operation.

I am voting with Jeff on the chute guard being better. I bought one for my single stage, took the wire hand guard off. Seemed better. But, from my experience, my chute is smooth, no rust etc, re painted. And I keep it covered, snojet, WD40, spam, wax, etc. BUT, LOW SPEED, HIGH RPMs. Don't forget the single stage needs high revs, works auger and flips snow. High ground speed will overwhelm the snowthrower and clog it everything. SLOW GROUND SPEED, I have had some trial and error seat time, with all kinds of snow. Chain tension good, zerks greased, chain oiled. Hope this helps, best of luck. Glenn

Drill bit, To red square. That machine has the PERFECT PATINA. Stick around and keep us posted. Glenn

Hanging 200 lbs should not a problem at all but it must be secured and braced properly. And even if it is a problem, IMO it's still better to not get stuck or slide around in the snow wasting time while freezing my nuts off. Fix it in warm weather and do it all over again. This tractor pictured carries more weight than others are attaching to theirs. Built in '08, trans swap in '09 because of a snapped axle when running 10.5 dualies but so far so good since then. Not sure of the total weight but guaranteed it's more than 200. Same philosophy applies with this one too. I'd rather dig a trench in 2 hours instead of using a shovel for 12 hours and not worry about a trans which can be swapped in less than 10 hours, if necessary. So if the tractor does it's job, let's say 10 different times, which equals 100 hours of hard labor saved to sacrifice a trans bearing, so be it. No brainer IMO. BUT, I enjoy working on the tractors too so that certainly plays a roll and realize this way of thinking might not fit everyone's situation.

A true classic!