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Update on Scottie...he no longer has the NG tube (they removed it this morning), his diet was changed from clear liquids to as tolerated, he started physical therapy, played a game, rested and he had many visitors. Here is a picture of Scottie sitting up in the medi-chair for the first time since the accident. When a person starts therapy they only sit up for a total of 60 minutes. But as many of you know Scottie had to prove the nurses wrong and he sat up today for a total of 80 minutes. Tomorrow he will start sitting up on the edge of the bed and learning how to transfer. Please pray that he continues to have the strength and determination to push through PT/OT. We are looking at Wednesday or Thursday for possible discharge.

Another big shout out to Jim...he sacrificed yet another Saturday to come over and work on my heat system in the shed. The furnace is up and running and about 85% of the ductwork run. It was great to work with him again today and get another step closer to completion. As I sit out in my warm office this morning working on my lesson for my teen group later this morning, I can’t help but be thankful for Jim and his hard work to make this dream a reality. When nearly five months out of your calendar year are below 45 degrees, you need heat in a building if you plan to use it for much! My wife says, “Thank you Jim a million times over!”

Lowell and I would like to say thank you to everyone for their continued thoughts and prayers. We also would like you all to know that we appreciate you all and we are truly blessed to have you in our lives and in our boys life!

Supposed to be Autolite. Stupid auto spell.

That can't possibly be good news for you........

Those are right around the 50# mark.

Because they are cheep. I use mine as a rear lift but it's mounted in a 2" received hitch. It has been handy to recover a dead tractor that quit running in a ditch. You will need a way cut off power to it If it is a Harbor Freight remote control. It draws 10 volts at 5 ma and will kill the battery if parked a couple of weeks. I have a long bolt on the battery ground and just unhook the ground to it.

Typical "Apprentice" Banging out sheet metal with a claw hammer!

That’s what real friends do.👍 Good job guys.

...My eyes...My eyes...I can't feel my eyes...

As y’all can imagine this has not been a very wonderful week for our family. However, with everything that happened on Wednesday morning we do know this...guardian angels exists, God has a plan for this family, and we are blessed to have a strong support system. Yesterday was very eventful for Scottie from the time we started at 330 am to about 900 pm. He woke up in pain which was due to his bowels and not being able to pass gas. They ended up putting in the NG tube to help with the gas issues and draining of the contents of his stomach. In addition to that the ortho team wanted the NG tube placed in before surgery so he can go back to NPO status. The medical team was able to control his nausea and we are happy he don’t feel sick to the stomach. He had his surgery on his elbow in the afternoon and he came back with a plate and 11 screws on the outer side of the elbow. This hardware will stay there unless it gives him issues and then it can be removed. When he come out of surgery yesterday he had visitors here from the Andrews family, Kevin Steinbauer, and his friend Jordan Klecker and his mom. But while he was in surgery his grandparents were here. Scottie’s labs are continually being drawn and the medical team is concerned about his hemoglobin as it is dropping (0.4) but the team is thinking that it is from his lacerated liver and kidney. They are continuing to monitor his levels. We did find out yesterday that he will not need to have surgery on his pelvis area but we are not too sure about his clavicle and collarbone as of yet. So what are we going to do today, today we will be starting therapy, will be moving to the pediatric floor, having visitors, resting when we can, and staying on top of the pain for him. So how is Bryan doing? Bryan started going back to school on Thursday, continues to drive to school each day, does feel guilty about the accident, has talked to people at school, and he comes up to visit Scottie when Travis comes over. Tonight, Travis and his girlfriend Sierra are going to Mankato and they are taking Bryan with them. Lowell and I are staying strong. While I stay at the hospital with Scottie, Lowell travels back and forth so he can rest comfortably in our home and continually be strong for our family. Without Lyn Ransom Andrews and Kevin Steinbauer coming up daily or texting me, this would truly be very overwhelming for Lowell and myself. When it come to those two families God blessed us for sure. So thank you Lyn and Mark for everything and thank you Kevin for just being there for Scottie! I can not begin to express how Lowell and I are all touched by everyone. All we can say is thank you and may God Bless you!

Watched a small story about the downfall of Sears. It's sad when a company as such can fail without the possibility of even getting back on its feet. Seems now no amout of money can help. The real reason for this post is the craftsman tools I'm sure a lot of us may have in a drawer or toolbox across this country. Now lowes is taking over that craftsman name with one hitch, what I'm told is now to get a replacement on a craftsman piece such as say a ratchet you have to have a receipt! Now to those who have had theses tools bought 30 years ago where would we get that!!

Nice to see him working and not on OOoh I forgot its a weekend Sure is nice having great friends

Wow that is really good news Lowell... Cindy, being the medical person she is, thought he might be in the for many more weeks! This is really good news! A few good things coming his way but don't let him in on our surprises... Thanks for keeping us updated but now we will expect you to do so untill he is playing soccer or piloting a tractor again!

IF she will let you stand on the scale weigh yourself holding the weight and then yourself. w/u-u=w

Very very sad to say. But it is a throw away society, most people want the immediate satisfaction and quick results. Putting time and work into somethjng, to in the end have a better quality and more reliable long lasting anything is becoming something of the past.

Yep, we live in a throw away era.

If you attach it the same as the mule drive, I don't think you could damage the attach-a-matic even if you chain it to a tree. Without doing some complicated calculations, considering all components are made from a 60,000 PSI tensile steel, I'm guessing the bolts mounting the attach-a- matic to the tractor frame are the weak link. I will throw out one caution when using these $50 2,500lb. radio controlled HF winches for lifting implements. They have some over run and if the moving part contacts an immovable object, something will break. I learned this with one I used on a 4-wheeler to lift a snow plow that contacted the frame. After snapping off several 3/8" eye bolts, I added a heavy spring to allow the winch to safely overrun.

Also need to add another plus...it has a limited slip differential. Another reason it's so good at pushing.

Don't mean to be a smart a$$, but why put a 2500# winch on a 600# tractor? Unless it was chained to a tree...

Seems like there is a race to the bottom regarding quality in a lot of areas. It's all about price. Make it cheap enough to do the job for a short time and then toss it away when it breaks and buy another one cheaply... HHHMMM...sounds like the garden tractor industry and the demise of a certain brand of red tractors... Let's keep them 's going!!!

I wouldn't consider it sad, it's there own fault why failed. they failed to keep up with a changing market and a new generation of customers. the quality of the merchandise was getting worse and worse over the years. as for craftsman tools they really aren't that to begin with unless you have sets when they were actually made with us steel from the 70s and 60s. their rachets were always garbage and never held up. now if look at lowes the quality of the new craftsman tools is no different than harbor freight kobalt or husky tools it's all mass production Chinese made.

Wood shop/ wheelhorse repair!!

I've owned a GT-14 for about 15 years. Gone thru everything on it and repaired anything that was worn or broken. Have used it for mowing but, as mentioned, it is an "estate tractor"...too big for my size yard. Delegated it to moving dirt, mulch and snow. It can't be beat for this type of work. It is a beast! I have fluid filled tires that add over 200#, plus wheel weights (another 125#) plus another 125# of weight up front and run rubber tire chains on it. If you need a tractor for serious work, it can't be beat by any other Wheel Horse IMO.

Heres betting that thing could win an ugly engine thread too. xxx_Large.mp4

Up next... the ugly cab contest.

Um, buy some Slime for that rear tire...... If we ever start an ugly tire thread, i think I see the winner!

The piston to piston are considered to be a more durable unit than the hydrogear, but lots of us are very pleased with their performance. There is a solid link that connects the lift piston to the rear lift and the cylinder is a double acting unit. I had a York rake on the GT-14 for a while and it would dig in quite well if you didn't have the wheels adjusted properly.

The GT-14 was the top of the line at the time. It uses the Sundstrand transaxle, but it is the hydrogear rather than the later piston to piston. If the trans is in good operating condition you have nothing to fear, they are tough as nails as long as they have been maintained and not excessively abused. Mine has a FEL, wheel weights, liquid filled tires and a home made weight box, it is unstoppable! The hydraulic lift has good down pressure.

I just got done unloading these two rough looking horses. The one is a 1067 by the tag not sure on the other. Ser# 48927. Looks like someone added a few inches to the hood for some reason. They are a little rough but was told the 10 horse tekky does run . And yes the motor is hanging to one side by a bolt!!

Thank you fellas! I was estimating them at close to that. I appreciate your input. It kept me out of the doghouse with the little missus. Cheers and a Merry Christmas to all...! Dave

50 to 52# each...

this is a VERY addictive hobby (as if collecting ‘s isn’t)! You’ve been forewarned! However, there may be some challenges your first few times at it. Don’t be afraid to ask someone at the first plow day you attend to help you if you are struggling a little with your setup. Also, we would love to help you as much as we can here. Don’t be afraid to post pictures of your setup and we can discuss the details. If you are patient though, you will get your tractor setup and when complete, plowing is a super fun GT activity! Glad you found some PD’s close to you...

The FEL mounts onto a sub-frame. If you can obtain or build a sub-frame to mount the loader to then it will fie just fine. The idea behind the sub-frame is to distribute the additional weight directly to the front and rear axles without stressing the frame of the

Ty for having me back. Ty for quick responses

I just looked at that site. I had no idea there were so many close to me. In fact there’s one in the next town over, where they hold it is less than 5 miles from the house, and I’ve never heard of it. Time to start making some calls to see what events they all have. Great website!! Thank you for the contact link!

Mostly... what not to do? Help...help...help.

Another update. The telescopic steering shaft was made from square box section tube, welded to the U/J which in turn plugged into the lower sprocket on the trailer. The inner sliding part was a length of 1/2" square bar filed to a nice sliding fit. This was drilled and threaded then screwed tightly onto the round rod which formed the other half of the shaft. A pin through the square bar and rod made sure nothing moved. A short extra piece was added later to give a bit more bearing surface although probably not needed. A bit of surface rust showing since it's last use. The large threaded hole is a left over from it's last life. The second photo shows it in it's storage position, held in place with the throttle cable. The trailer is disconnected by removing the throttle lever from the steering yoke, one screw, pulling the coupling pin and moving the trailer back which slides the two shaft sections apart. Coupling all together is just as simple. The throttle cable had to be extended to approx twice it's length. Think it was originally fitted to a lawn mower. Couldn't find anything suitable on the internet. The inner was 1mm. Most others found were 1.25 or 1.5mm. I could have opened up the cable slot in the carb piston but decided against this as after a bit of hunting found 1mm inner cable was available from China. A 5 metre length for £1 25 including postage. A 2 metre length of outer sleeve was found in the UK but couldn't find this to match the inner in China. Strange. After careful measurement the inner was cut to length and a short piece of brass tube soldered on one end. The carb top, outer sleeve etc was assembled followed by the lever end nipple being soldered in place. After connecting to the trailer everything was found to operate smoothly and with approx the same amount of movement as the original cable. This photo shows the new inner and brass tube nipple alongside the old.

I am east central Ohio and I would love to find a GT plow days locally. I did find an antique power equipment club that has plow days and they invited me to run with the big dogs. At my own pace mind you. LOL

I have made a few new wiring harnesses. Bought the correct connectors, terminal ends and correct color/gauge wire and heat shrink tubing. Oh, I did splurge and bought the expensive crimp tool for the terminal ends for the Packard 56 connectors. We have just about any wiring diagram in our files that you want or need for reference.

I too was hoping that was Oliver Green and not (gag) John Deer Green.

The GT-14 is somewhat of a "horse of a different color". As most Wheel Horse attachments interchange with other WH tractors, the GT-14 takes some special adaptations. The tillers are different, as well as deck installation....UNLESS you install a newer Attach-a-matic and fabricate a front mule drive. Tires & wheels are larger and only 4 bolt hubs. On my GT-14 I added a 2nd hydraulic cylinder and control valve for the 3 point lift so the snow plow AND grader blade could be attached and used separately. Don't get me wrong, my GT-14 is a beast when it comes to pushing snow!

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Your best bet would be to buy a few spools of wire and some "Delphi Packard GM 56" connectors and follow the wiring diagram from the owner manual to rewire your . The 418-C wiring is similar to other 300 and 400 series tractors, but finding a good harness and adapting it to your unit would be more work than it would be worth in my opinion. It is likely that some of the connectors on a used set of wires will need to be replaced and you don't know for sure that the "GOOD USED HARNESS" is actually in good condition.

No worries! Gives me time to think

He must be an Oliver fan, show him this masquerading as an Oliver.