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Well, we got 7 or 8" of snow last night so snow team is raring to go. It is still snowing but should stop soon so I will wait then try plowing first and only blow if I have to. Big tractor and blower are heavy and will sink into the ground as it has only been below freezing for a few days and ground is not frozen yet. Big tractor has loaded tires and 4x4 so it has no issues, 520HC has loaded tires and chains. Cleat

Well the 520HC worked flawlessly. Driveway, turn lanes, path to bird feeders, path to burn barrel, old one car garage, 2 car shop, mailbox etc all done with no complaints. Tractor and blade are now resting in the heated shop (they deserve it). Cleat

Trina and I spent some time this evening putting the snow/dozer blade on the Patriot B80. The first Wheelhorse Implement we've used. I've Never plowed with a tractor and I'm really looking forward to it. We had to find and install all the brackets and levers and located pins and bolts and such around the workshops. Aannddd... I was looking for all the above listed stuff and found a Wheelhorse down pressure bar !!! So of course I had to try it out on the leaves at the edge of the driveway. Here's a few pics.

Had an appointment at the VA Hospital today so my wife and I rode together to her work so we could have lunch together. Coming back from lunch we got to where she turns into her building and there was a car blocking the entrance. Told the wife that I was going to push the car out of the entrance, thinking it was broke down. Another fellow helped so my wife and I and the other fellow pushed the car into the lot. The lady was upset and said that we had to push it onto the street because the company that owned the lot would tow it after two days and she wouldn't get paid until Tuesday. I looked at my wife and said well get you some gas. The other guy offered me money but I said to give it to her. We got her some gas and the wife got her a gift card for BP to get more gas.The lady said that she felt bad getting gas in her car because her children needed food. We told her that with gas she can go to a pantry and get them some food. Turns out that her husband knew of her situation and when she ran out of gas he just drove by and waved. I just don't understand some people. At least the Mother got home to her kids and was able to get her children some food. I guess I needed to vent. It is real hard some days to keep from trying to knock some sense into people.

Fabbed up a brake rod and mounted the wheels. Emory wanted to gas it up and go on a maiden run. Was a balmy 33 degrees outside. The little k91 fires right up. Drives good in all 3 gears, BUT...sounds a little like a coffee grinder😙. Given the wear on the differential gear, I expected that. I’m hoping it will smooth out a little with some use now that the chipped teeth are repaired and everything is lined back up as it should be with new bushings. Emory even went for a cruise in the dark. Couple of pics, hopefully more by early next week.

I have a short length of drive that is in pavers (50'). For years I have cleaned that by hand or with a walk-behind blower to avoid scratch marks. Spent some fairly big bucks late last year to get some rubber chains. and a plastic edge for the blade on an Electro12. Never had a good opportunity to test it. Today I had both plows out about 7 inches of fairly heavy snow with a crusty top. Plowed several hundred feet with the Charger 12 and steel chains. She got the job done. Got out the rubber chain horse and she struggled to clear the paver area. Decided to run a comparison test out in front of the shop packed gravel with some grass.. No comparison. The rubber chains spun out after a few feet and she is only pushing a 42 inch blade. The Steel chained 48" blade went way further i stopped not her. If you have a paved drive and are worried about scratches rubber chains are better than no chains...but if you have gravel then steel chains and narrow tires are the way to go. I couldn't find rubber chains for 6.00x12 i think narrow is often better than wide.

Today was the 1st snow fall for me here in upstate NY. It was also the maiden voyage for my C-161 and the 22hp predator swap. We got about 6" of heavy, wet stuff and the 42" single stage went through it like nothing. Of course this was after I managed to get unstuck and back in a clear spot. I bought some new AG's and weights but it was too late to swap tires, so all I had was turfs and rear weights. This setup proved to be a fail haha. I managed to suffer through and when I was done ran to TSC and picked up a set of chains. WOW...What a difference. Night and day I couldn't believe it. Now I just need to find a set of wheel spacers so I can make a little clearance so I can install the inner set of weights. My mufflers changed color from silver/grey to a nice golden color. The predator runs much much better now to now that it was able to get nice and warm and run for awhile. It did not like to idle without a little choke and now once warmed up will idle nice. I'm sure as it continues to break in it will just get better. Plus i'm sure there was some residual crap gas in the tank that is working its way through the system.

At thirteen years old I snuck into empty houses at night to sleep and out before dawn. In those days I collected pop bottles to sell so I could eat. Never once got in any trouble and was raised by Grandparents the last few years before joining the Army. I remember the kindness of people and have always tried to repay that kindness. Don't seek attention just try to remind folks to be kind to others and help when you can.

Do some burnouts in the garage and then they will fit!

Now that you have the plow all set...time to get some real headlights on it.

Here is a short "Venison Tail" or tale. Understand about 50% of my families diet has been venison, trout, and white perch. While on a business trip to Graz Austria, Mrs. K and I were invited to dinner by our Austrian host. It was clear he was attempting to impress us when he picked us up at our hotel in his Mercedes and took us to a very exclusive castle style restaurant. He of course showed us the German menu, and recommended the venison or the rainbow trout. Not wanting to offend, we accepted his recommendation and ordered both. He never knew his $100 venison and trout dinners were our everyday meals.

Well, it's been a while since I last posted, but we arrived in Zephyrhills, FL on 10/31 after dodging two hurricanes and diverting through Tenessee which was unplanned. Met some really nice folks along the way and stayed in some beautiful locations. Nice to say I'm NOT in PA dealing with the snow. It was 87 here yesterday, but a front went through dropping it to the high 60's, so it's sorta like PA fall. I miss my garage and tractors (in storage). It's a little weird living in an RV because it greatly restricts your buying ability because your first thought is always "I have no place to put that" Hope all is well and I'll try to stay more connected now that we are finally sitting. No free wifi, so I have to watch data on our jetpack Anyway, here are some spots we were at: Rutledge, GA Aiken, SC Murrell's Inlet, SC Zephyrhills, FL (until May)

Happy birthday @C-101plowerpower! Hope your shoes still have soles, your plough keeps a perfect furrow and your fridge never empties!

Hey Guys—time to bring this thread back up again! Tomorrow Dad, Caleb, and I are going to be making a “pilgrimage” to Chi-Town for the annual MuscleCar And Corvette Nationals. Anyone wanting to take the “virtual” trip with us can follow this thread. Please chime in with favorite stories of Muscle Cars that you’ve owned over the years or ones that you wish you could own... @Shynon @Rp.wh @wallfish @19richie66 @WVHillbilly520H @Achto Just to let a few of the gear heads climb into the basement for this thread!😁

Some, you just can't. You and your fellow Good Samaritans did the right thing. Just be at peace with that.

Are you sure the bendix had completely disengaged?

Hey, Eric killed 2 birds with 1 stone. Headlights and reverse lights!

Here’s to the day! I got a 7 and an 8! The 7 walked in to me 26 minutes after Imsat down in my stand this morning at 7:30 on the dot, the 8 point I called in with 3 short grunts and got him at 4:23 pm. Just got it from retrieving the latter one.

So we are hit with a surprise snow storm this morning. Thank goodness we finished leaf pickup yesterday. Well I go out to the garage and get my tire chains that I had on the 416-H last year winter, but they won't fit this year. No matter what I tried they were just too short. So what's going on here? Then my wife comes out and sees the smoke and steam coming out of my ears and asks 'do you even need chains? You just put new tires on before the show this summer!'...duh... new tires, more tread, larger diameter, chains too small. Moral of this story...be sure that your brain is fully engaged before working on your horse.

UPDATE:!!!!! Well I had to press the Power King into duty earlier than I planned on. A foot of concrete snow was a bit much for HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! to handle and I haven't had time to mount the blower on the C160. This blade worked great. pushed and piled like crazy with no bending of the pins. Yes snow got behind the blade but it's in it's early stages.

Every time I have done something kind for someone else like this, I’ve always ended up with a windfall for myself shortly after. Good deeds get rewarded, just like prayers get answered: one way or another.

Reminds me of when I was on Okinawa, and went out to a restaurant and ordered a steak.... from the 11000¥ price, (about 80 bucks when I first got to the island) I figured it would be a good sized steak, not to mention everything else that came with it. I was not at all happy when they brought me a 6oz filet. 6 ounces. I told the waiter that there must’ve been a mistake, that he brought me an appetizer instead of a dinner. Didn’t go over very well.

I wouldn't say you are whipped, I would say you realize what you have , that goes both ways, growing on that, makes things easier , never even a thought to ,spoil what you have, pete

You never know what an act of kindness will develop into. You can be confident that you and the other good fellow have restored her (and my) faith in people. God Bless You.

Famous last words. Todays progress. Rest of tower removed and up onto the operating table. Methinks someone got carried away. Also ideas are forming that shouldn't be.

Good test Paul, and I agree steel Vee Bars offer the best traction on unpaved surfaces. On my steep paved driveway the rubber hold better than the steel. Steel just does not bite on a hard surface. The rubbers did a pretty god job on the gravel this morning pushing the 48" blade through about 6" of our water logged snow.

Okay Ed. I have to be honest here. When I first saw this picture, for a split-second, I didn't understand that it was a tiny toy tractor. Just for a split second. Seriously. No really. Hahahahahahaha

You killed Allllvin …..and I thought it was a 90 lb. badger..

My only issue is that I have a tendency to put things away where I can't find them later.

You better buy some lotto tickets.

I am getting pretty forgetful myself. I solved that chain problem by keeping the 2 stage blower with chains, weight box and cab on my 520 year around👍

WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE MY AGE (89) JOHN I CAN REMOVE THE SNOW FROM YOUR DRIVEWAY FOR $1.00 PER INCH OF SNOW. . BUT I CAN NOT DO IT UNTIL JULY. RUSS

Well that explains all the school closings this morning. Guess it's about time to get a blade on horse.

Here are a few more pics of some more progress. Finished tweeking all of my revisions and adjustments in the brake/clutch idler and linkages. The first pic is the clutch rod pivot lever on the idler arm and shaft assembly. I did manage to get a new bronze flange bearing in the hole for the brake rod, but couldn't easily utilize one in the hole for the little stud that integrates the parking brake lever and the main rod linkage from the pedal. This area required a little ingenuity to make it all work because this whole thing was full of slop and play everywhere. What I ended up doing was, I fabricated a brand new stud (upper right of photo & out of focus) on the lathe & threaded the hole for the main pedal linkage. Note the extra step/shoulder that I put in the pin for the parking brake lever to ride on since this lever was all wallowed out and egg shaped. Then I reamed the hole back to round in the lever which was now oversized, hence the little step/shoulder. The lever now rides on the step area of the pin, and is locked between the pivot arm and the main head of the pin. This operation required one more adjustment to the brake lever, I needed to widen out with a file the little half moon area of the lever that originally swung directly against the brake rod link, now swings into the flange of the bronze flange bearing instead of the brake link. Sorry I forgot to take a photo of the parking brake lever by itself before I assembled it, but I hope you all get the picture. Maybe it will show up a litlle better in the lower completed photos. Pay no attention to one of my painting "holidays" on the linkage assembly! After getting it all put together, It made a HUGE difference in tightening things up in all of these linkages. As of now there is not even the slightest amount of play in this whole assembly, which is not the way it was when I started. Time will tell if these modifications will pan out and hope it stays this tight for some time to come, but I'll just have to wait and see. You all may also notice that I got the brake drum mounted on the transmission. I used my idea of the J-B Weld, applied a VERY thin layer (only needed +/- 0.003") with my finger evenly in the hole of the drum. Then just used very fine sandpaper on a dowel rod to dress it up. Took a long time, and a lot of trial and error to get it to where it was snug, but eventually with light taps with a block of wood, it seemed to snug right up. Right now its nice and tight, absolutely no wiggle or play, and should be easily removable if need be. Again, time will tell if it works its way loose again and I still may consider replacing the drum but for now at least I can try it as is.

Starter gear was engaged and slightly bound up? Turning it back and forth with a socket would release it. This might also explain the "meshing gear noise" but it would stop once the gear is released.

One each......Mrs. K ordered the trout and I ordered the venison. Mrs K was accustomed to eating fileted and skinned 10-12" trout that are baked in butter and lemon. She was clearly unhappy when the waiter presented her with a whole (head to tail) 22" trout.

that horse looks sweet in dark grey, most of the work horses I have seen look like a garbage can, guy up the road has one , always outside , never covered , rust , broken seat , oil smoke , rotted tires, just the opposed of yours. I think I would just enjoy it ,and make it my own by improving anything that might need to be done. your way ahead with what you have , pete

I'll be picking up an 854 with Danco loader in a week

I was slightly fooled for a second too, trying to figure out what a badger looks like again!

My wife does the same thing to me!

Good to hear from you guys. I'm really envious. Stay safe and watch out for alligators.

be thankful Bob... hers was.

Although the warm cab tempted me, I didn't even try to blow this heavy wet snow with the tall chute SS blower. I went with the 48" plow and had no problems. A plow or a dual stage blower is required for this stuff.

Congrats! Only reason I won’t deer hunt is because I don’t care for venison. I’ve hunted small game, but really want to go for ducks. Heres the last thing I bagged 😂

My 80 Toyota 4x4 DLX Bought it new. Started working on it in June after sitting for 23 years. Cleaned the gas tank new tires, belts, hoses, clutch and slave cylinders, brakes and break hoses, grill, paint.

Wow, what can I say Tom? Maybe... "that there is a RV Clark"... I'll miss you and Sue at the shows that's for sure. But what's better than a road trip? I just hope that you fare better than Clark Griswald. Safe journeys and please don't forget about all of us.

That was the best part of the day, spending time with my dad and my son. The cars are cool but the loved ones are the best! The Barn Finds is a growing segment of the Muscle Car community. This Judge was in great condition for being stored in a barn for years... what made it especially unique was that it is equipped with a bench seat. That is unusual in a GTO but really rare in a Judge. one of the other things I enjoy in both Garden Tractors and old cars is the back stories. This 1967 Buick GS 340 was sold brand new by the current owners dad. The current owner was able to buy it from the original owner about 15 years ago and just finished a rotisserie resto on it. It is a connection with his dad and the successful dealership he ran for years. Cool

My wife asked me why I need 3 tractors. I said one for each grandson. Before she thought about the outcome she asked, what about the granddaughters. Now I need 5 more.