Leaderboard

Got outa work real early...(came home and got my chores done fast, installed new LED kitchen under-counter lights).... So I fired up my 656, or is it a 556 and headed into the woods. A bit cold at 21 degrees but something about tractor riding just warms ya up! Only 1”-2” of snow, stream crossing was froze up good meaning I didn’t break thru. No critters on this ride, just @Docwheelhorse Tony’s “woods art”.

@ztnoo ...and all others... As requested in another thread I've paraphrased, redefined, added to and minusized from a couple places to come up with a pile o local speaks to help you understand, comprehend, fathom, take in, grasp, figure out, identify with, know, perceive, appreciate, follow, master, conceive, be aware of, recognize, interpret, cognize, see through, learn, find out, ken, see (into), catch, note, and demystify ... The tongues of the nawtheest. Yah cahnt get they-uh frum heeya: Used when one is giving directions. Ayuh: Less like a word and more like a muted grunt, this is an acknowledgment that the speaker agrees with you or just plain heard that ya said something. If used at the end of a sentence, it indicates the speaker agrees with himself. Bah Haba: Bar Harbor, the most populous and most visited town on Mount Desert Island, e.g.: “Ain’t noweahs to evha pahk the cah in Bah Habah.” Beeyah(s): Beer(s). Beetah: A very old truck or cah, likely only drivable on one’s own property, as it is unsafe to drive on town roads... But doesn't stop ya from doin' so. Bummah: That is unfortunate. Buttah: Butter. A condiment that is served by the pint with a lobstah dinnah. Some folks use it on othuh stuff too. Buzz on: If the speaker has a “buzz on” or is “buzzed up,” he or she has had one too many beeyahs. Cah: Car. Chout: Watch out. Chuppta?: What are you up to? Creamuh: Stuff ya put in ya coffee. Cunnin’: A very odd word meaning, “cute.” Deeah: Dear. Next to “wicked,” you’ll likely hear “deeah” the most when in conversation with a Mainer, as in, “How can I help you, deeah?” Dinnah: The last meal of the day. (See also: suppah.) Doe-ah yahd: The front yard. Glay-ass: Glass. Hahd tellin’ not knowin’: I don’t know. Hammah down: To drive really fast or pass someone. “I’m tellin’ you”: An expression preceded by a statement or opinion, e.g.: “It’s wicked cold outside, I’m tellin’ you.” Jeezum crow!: Holy cow!, e.g.: “Jeezum crow that truck was hammerin’ down, I’m tellin’ you!” Jimmies: Sprinkles on ice cream. Lobstah: Lobster. Memba?: Do you remember? Mutha: The woman who gave birth to you. Old lady: Someone’s wife or girlfriend; this phrase has nothing to do with age. Out straight: Extremely busy. Pitchah window: Large piece of glass, usually on the front side of the house. Sea glaahs: Highly sought-after pieces of broken glass that have been smoothed out and rounded by salt water and ocean waves. They make wicked good jewelry. Shooah: Sure. Shoogah: More Stuff ya put in ya coffee. Sneakuhs: Any kind of Footwear you would install to do any kind of sport. Athletic shoe. Steamah: Steamed clams. Suppah: An early dinnah. Statie: State Trooper, e.g.: “Chout for those/them staties on I-95.” Stove up: 1) Exhausted, 2) Badly damaged. T’aint litely: Something that is not likely to happen. Wicked: Very; so; e.g.: “That was wicked awesome!” or “I had a wicked bad day.”

I've not visited the forum in the past few months. Returning is like seeing old friends I've not seen in a while. RS is the best forum I've ever interacted with! Anyhow, I wanted to share my recent experience pushing snow with my B-100. I used to run AGs and chains with no weight. At the suggestion of many members here few years back, I switched to turf tires with chains and I also added weights, front and rear. WOW! What a difference! We've had very mild winters the past few years with minimal snow amounts here NE of Kansas City MO since I switched over, so I've not had a chance to test it out until this year. I was out of town the weekend of Jan 11-13. I returned home to 11" of wet heavy snow that Sunday afternoon. The old pushed it like a hoss! I hardly spun a wheel. If I had known how much difference there was I would have changed 25 years ago! Thanks for the great advice! Next project is to rig up some 2 link chains for it. I've got enough old chains laying around to make a set. Just need time to get 'er done. Since the pic I've added inner rear weights also. Todd

This is my Uncle... he built it from ground up. Ran it everywhere he could including Gator and Summer nationals... ran against Shirlee Muldowney more than once. Then gave up when it became rich mans game. Sold car, trailer and all parts around 1985 and got into big fishing boats. CT dragway closed around then too... neighbors bitched about noise etc... its now a Consumer Reports test track. Ahhhh.... just one more day with screaming Hemis and Big Block anythings.... Tony

And if anyone is interested in the LED lights......

You are correct. A rare "rest night" for me. Worst part is Trina's helping me. Addendum: Ankle-bitah: Small child, toddler. Bitnippy: Not particularly warm outside. Blinkah: Turn signal on a vehicle. Bookitt: Go fast. Dub, Dubbah: A person who is not all that intelligent. Honkin: Big, large. Oletimers: Senior citizens Peaked: Sick Puckahbrush: Any type of shrubbery or vegetation that could scratch up ya legs. Sodon' I: Me too. Thatthemtheyuh: Those. Eg; Thatthemtheyuh Frost heaves up on Route 52 ah sumpin' fierce. Willie-wacks: Mainers don't go out to the country. They go out to the Williewacks. Yahd onnit: To push pull or move something with maximum effort.

Procastinators unite!..... tomorrow

Think I am near the end of this project now, apart from sorting teething problems out. During runs at last years shows, the clutch to gearbox drive chain kept locking up. The original chain tensioner wasn't up to the job. This has now been changed but not yet tested. Fingers crossed. There is still too much free play in some of the steering joints. Still working on how to overcome this. Mark ( meadowfield ) made up the decals. Thanks Mark. Couldn't get good photo's in my garage. Too many reflections etc with or without flash which also shows up dust specs. Need to retake in daylight, as and when. Dummy light and ignition switches were fitted but think the key could be slightly larger. A few more taken at the shows. And the almost finished trailer. Finally, the tractor needed someone to drive it while I just sat and enjoyed the scenery while being dragged behind. Hours of searching for a suitable size person resulted in nothing. As I wasn't allowed to borrow my 15 month old great grandson, ( he would have been cable tied on to stop him falling off ), the next best thing was to make something up. A head was obtained from China. Cheap as usual but a bit pink looking. His face was weathered, well he is a farm boy, using some of my old modelling paints which were well past the sell by date Some people say he is a little too brown, but he doe's get out in the sun a lot. An ice cream tub, wood, foam and tape were used to bring him to life. My great grandson donated some of his clothes. Calvin, that's his name, was knocked up in a hurry just before the shows, and had to make do with rough and ready gloves and hat until something better comes along. Here he is having fun and being followed by a Doc Brown ( from Back to the Future ) look a like. Don't all laugh at once. As said above, I think this just about wraps this project up, apart from a few modifications and better photo's of the decals. What next ? Watch this space. PS. Calvin had to wear sunglasses when looking at his passenger.

"....... has served her family as a loyal and lovemaking homemaker. ........" That is NOT what we gave them to put in the paper..... We have had a good laugh about that for the last few days. 10x as funny due to the fact that she is quiet, modest, and sweet as can be!

I seriously need to vacation in Maine sometime. Very rarely do I get to hear that New England accent! Around here we just speak redneck haha

Me thinks you just might have a little too much time on yer hands EB...

Had to make a trip to NAPA first thing this morning, had a customer needing his pickup done ASAP and didn't have time to wait til noon for their delivery driver. I've drove by these signs coming into town probably thousands of times and today noticed something wrong with them. I'm sure most everyone here knows what an engine BRAKE is, but anyone got a clue what an engine BREAK is Sad part is I'm not sure what's worse, the sign company that made them, or the fact that the city put them up anyway

At least no animals were harmed making that video

I have one like that on my front screen door. I had to turn it so its straight up because the dog figured out how to open it.

back in the day ,I have to say THE OLD RELIABLE / DAVE STRICKLER set up was my favorite, the combo was just in another league . I was at Connecticut drag way early 63 when a NY afx Chevy, ran a 11.97 , it was just stunning . back then ,bob tasca would show up driving his red 427 cobra, and the rest of his factory race team, 63 glass nosed galaxy and fairlanes were awesome. talked to don garlits while setting up his next run, like speaking to yoda, to this day his knowledge and humility was unforgettable, at 86 he is still revered . there was a glass nosed 63 galaxy in new London, CT, built by Holman and moody, that was running 12 flat regularly, he would go to westerly ri, on the airport road , and the gto,s would line up for 100$ , never beaten, by anything, Kelly's hamburgers were 12 cents. I was delivering fuel oil for 12 cents, very glad to have done all of it , pete

A little known history on the Ammon R. Smith "Old Reliable " chevy. Before Dave Strickler married Ammon's daughter Suzie and took over the driving of the car, It was driven weekly at the York US 30 airport dragway by Paul Drawbaugh from Dover, Pa. Paul, Jerry Bittner, and myself operated equipment for James Julian Construction from Wilmington Delaware. We installed the pipelines for new sanitary sewer installations in SC Pa in the 1960s. The three of us single guys traveled and roomed together for several years at different work sites. While working in Red Lion, Pa., Paul drove the Old Reliable weekly on the street, took the car to Smiths every Sat. morning where they prepped the car for the Sat. night drags. Now you know...The Rest of the Story.

Holy #$%^ For that I should start building toothpick models again! https://myoldmachine.com/topic/20-toothpick-art/

might be a Rosetta Stone for learning to speak Down Easter in 30days!

Yap, i did it, but while real old Wheelhorses are not sold that much to Germany- it seems to me so- i tried another option... look at This... ah Gentlemen, please dot get notice of the right side(bad Colors) - sorry that it was in Pict... muaahaha.

Bryce my friend I cannot believe you don't understand what that thing means. Clearly that is a written ordinance declaring that there will be no breaking down in that area. No broken trucks. No broken cars. No broken motorcycles. No 10 speeds with tiny little gas engines breaking. In that area. Never. Under any circumstances. Also, your engine is not allowed to take a coffee break in that area.

Maybe that way Whisk would not have been discontinued in 2017 ...

@PeacemakerJack, That's what the rednecks around here call "Rollin Coal" and the hillbilly in me would say he was "Rollin Sod" but techinally he was "slinging sod" at that speed with a side of "Death Wish" from his "mobile ballast"...OSHA is probably having a coronary watching this or maybe using this video as a PSA...now Josh if you have learned anything from this is you need take your 1572 and go W.O. at the next plow day slinging sod and rollin coal just don't use a mobile ballast device though .

Thanks guys! Sorry it took so long to reply... This cold and snow up here has been keeping me and my faithful C85 with blade rather busy. But it sure is nice to hear from all of you! Hope everyone else is warm!

@TDF5G, we all have our opinions on the tire type and chains and I'm glad you having good luck with your set-up, but I have had the more traditional straight bar AG tires before and needed chains for wintervtraction but I have recently replaced them with OTR LAWN TRAC R1S, these tires have more of an angled bar much like the Carlisle Tru-Powers, of course I have them fluid filled as well as iron weights and let me say without chains I'm having extremely good traction on both my blower and plow 520s.

Out in the snow today

One thing to keep an eye on if it continues to throw the chain is the gear teeth on the gearbox drive sprocket. When the chain is slipping over them, it will wear them down quickly and they take the shape of a shark fin. It's a little hard to notice unless you're looking for it. This happened to mine from the tension block wearing down and the chain got loose. So the gear teeth were basically wedging the chain off of the sprocket. It was something I didn't notice right away as just looking at it from the top it appeared to be normal. Finally took a good look at it and it was apparent there was a problem there.

Back to near 80’s here

None here

It was a great time for drag cars. As a teenager I worked in a local garage. The owners son had two Hemi Super Stock Factory cars. Did a lot of racing, Ran up and down the east cost running the IHRA circuit, and when those were not close, we ran local brackets trying to pick up money. I remember ripping off a few 9.90 runs, Now you can buy a car off the show room floor that will do 10's. The coolest race I remember was the 1/8 mile Nationals in Va. Made it all the way to the finals and raced against a SSU car, Chevy station wagon. Our Car was a SSC car. Had to give him two plus trees head start. Beat him to the finish line but ran a couple hundreds to fast and lost. After the race, I went to the trailer and had the ramps down so Bill could pull the car straight on. The guy in the SSU Stopped and shook our hand and said the best car lost this race. He said when I was headed down the track I kept looking for you, I could hear you coming and when you went past me at the finish line it shook the hell out my car. Pretty good times and days! Oh almost forgot, Spring Nationals were held in Columbus OH. Made the trip every year, love the top fuel cars.

I guess mine started when dad bought a 73 12 AUTO. Me and my brother went from fighting dad about having to mow the yard with the push mower, to fighting over who was going to mow the yard with the tractor. I won becuase he got his driver's license and a girl friend shortly after dad bought the wheel horse. Dad later bought a D200 which we used for the 1 acre garden dad use to put out. Most of the work falling on me to use the tractors with. I put that old 12 horse through h-ll and back. Dad traded the 12 AUTO in on a 417-8 with electric when the old 12 kohler got tired. The shorter story fast forwards to 1996 when I bought my house. My little brother had bought a 416-8 a couple of years earlier, SO I just had to have a wheel horse myself. I didn't think I could afford one, or at least a new one. I bought the Toro rear engine rider. HMR1200. It was a good mower but not a Wheel Horse !!!. I was at a customer's house one day doing a service call on his oil furnace when I saw a poor old wheel horse sitting in the weeds by the wood shed. I asked and he told me the story on it , I then asked if he would be interested in selling it. He stood back and rubbed his chin and asked how about $ 50.00. I didn't even hesitate and said sold. Turned out it was a 74 C120. I brought it home and somehow managed to get it running with the some help. I then found a mower deck and later a snow plow, and a snowblower. The snowblower wasn't for a C series so I adapted it to fit. Well every time I tried to use it, it would break. I would have to lay out in the snow and swap back over to the plow. I kept thinking wouldn't it be nice to have a tractor for each. So I bought a 75 C120, but it had issues ended up blowing a rod. After I finally saved up enough money to commit to rebuilding the motor, my wife came into some money and agreed to buy me a brand new 1999 314-8. But I guess by that time I was hooked cause I kept looking at customer's house for old wheel horse tractors to buy, Here and there I would drag another one home. As I learned more I started to work on them myself. Now I have somewhere north of 30 running tractors and not sure of how many non running tractors. I don't count non running one lol I still have both of dad's tractors, his 417-8 and his D200 which had sat in the barn for 19 years or something like that, till I rescued it I enjoy dragging a dead horse home and putting my skills the the test to see if I can get it running again. I do tend to specialize in onan powered tractors. Ever since I first heard my brother's 416-8 run and it reminded me of a muscle car with cam sitting there idling I was hooked on them there onan's eric j

Easy open even with hands loaded with junk.

Could you imagine if half way down that furrow he would have hooked a 500# boulder or a better yet a 5” diameter tree root!!! Jeff—all I can think of is “most trips to the emergency room begin with the line—Hey Guys, watch this!” My son was laughing hysterically when they disappeared into a cloud of smoke at the opposite end of the field. He’s like, “they vanished out of sight!” Bet they had less mosquitoes though

Steve. Ya got to be nice to Kyle. He did after all state in that same post that he JUST. Learned. English.

I wonder how much their clothes stink after that escapade. Would make a great ad for Whisk

Don't commit a crime ...your finger prints will be all over...

Before watching this video, put down your coffee, soda, or other preferred beverage...I don’t want you to spill it on your favorite electronic device, ruining it in the process! This is an example of how NOT TO PLOW! This is a powerful diesel cub with John Deere 15 Cat O 3pt Plow. He is cutting a clean furrow but that is about the only positive I can take away from this video. I was looking for a turbo diesel Cub video for a close friend today and stumbled across this. I’d like my experienced plow dogs to Chime in with comments—good, bad, ugly, and of course comedic (where’s @squonk) Lots can be learned from this...

From my experience so far not the case for me plus that's the beauty of a hydro just feather in the drive and speed very little spinning even on packed snow/ice frozen ground

I am interested!!! I just installed under cabinet lights yesterday. I picked up 4 Wireless led ones that are dimmable. they are controlled by remote. actually pretty nice lights 22 bucks online.

Thanks Jim. Need to scrub Calvin's face and get him a passport before heading over the wet stuff.

I use that same set up to till also, work great. Running a C145 Hydro. The only thing about the front wheel weights, seems to give the steering an odd fill, but they work good for steering. I also have my front wheels wrapped with #50 chain. good for steering on a slope, tough on the concrete.

Eh up, Eric. Sum o them seyin's cud a cum frae Cumbria, marra.

Ok guys after some research and help from pfrederi here is what I believe to be kit p/n6066 from service bulletin 68. I’m not a machinist and I had to go back 25 years to high school mechanical drawing class so I think I have enough measurements to make shim p/n6826. All this to stop a leak in the cam box area of a Sundstrand transmission I hope it helps. It’s a shame these parts are obsolete these are good machines and should last another 50 years.

Well....how cold? Yesterday - so cold the NWS reporting station at the Rock Falls Airport actually locked up and did not update for several hours. My report of -28*F air temperature is incorrect - the official low-temperature yesterday morning here was -33*F, measured at the Moline Airport facility and we are generally colder here than that being at a higher elevation and more prone to winds. So honestly, I don't know exactly how cold it really was. I did not get up at 03:30 to go outside and look at the thermometer, no thanks. Come to think of it, not sure the thing even goes that low anyway. I know when I got up just before 6 am the furnace had been running continuously for several hours and stayed that way until 9 am. Considering its size and the size of the space it is heating - that's pretty bad. Glad we survived and hope it never happens again. I will say this - now, with this sudden weather change into much warmer temperatures, the predicted rains, and other factors - keep your eyes glued to the pavement when driving. When we have deep frost such as we do now, followed by sudden temperature swings and rains - this leads to pavement blowouts and heaving. Huge holes can come from nowhere, as well as expansion joints that can heave up and either give you a nice ramp or a wall to run into at highway speed, so be aware. Really no different than summer heat waves and heavy rains here - our local area has had some epic expansion heaving and holes crop up to trap unsuspecting drivers, so keep your eyes peeled. Sarge

MAINEack Noun \ˈmā-nē-ˌak\ 1 - A resident of Maine. 2 - A resident of Maine driving in Massachusetts at a VERY high rate of speed. 3 - A resident of Maine driving ANYWHERE in the continental United States at a VERY high rate of speed. How to call someone a MAINEack: "Look at this MAINEack, I'm doin' 90 and this kid passes me like I'm standing still. That's wickid ahhsome kid!" "Wahtch out kid, thah's a MAINEack closing in on us wickid fast." A MAINEack in action:

Supposed to be warming up tomorrow... mid to upper 50's in the next week.

I have spent many years enjoying dover-foxcroft area and I was at a gas station filling up a new gmc 2500 hd when a youngin pulled up for gas and his truck looked like it had been through thru the ringah and it was also a 2005 and I asked him what he got for mileage and he said I run her prity haaaaaaaaad I get bout 9.

During the winter of '65-66 I was stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center ( ET-A School) and we had about a week where we were restricted to our barracks because it stayed below zero and they were afraid we would be frostbitten if we went out. Meals were delivered to us and the instructors moved into the barracks so they wouldn't have to travel. I just read that this storm has broken that record. I was skeptical of the news report, but Steve wore socks! That is all I need to hear to believe it.

Well I adopted one.👍 We welcome to the family a 522xi with mowing deck. Made a deal and went and picked it up today. Going to give it a nice home and plenty of red friends.

A few days ago I got a 48" plow delivered to me thanks to @JimmyJam and my parents. Got it put on the 1267. I had to partially disassemble it to replace the "slightly rotten" lower pivot pin and lube all the pivot points. I'm VERY happy with the way it works. I have oversized tires and the tractor is wider than the 42" plow at an angle. The extra 3" on each side made all the difference. I'm no longer driving on the edge of the windrow of snow coming off the blade.