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Had to cut down a 45+ yr old maple tree in my front yard. Most of the tree and limbs ended up in my driveway. So the 753 came in handy clearing off the driveway so I can get to work in the morning. Can't get over the power that little tractor has.

Tried to think of a puller for my gt14 four hole hub, didn't think of making it combo for a 4 and 5 hole hub but easy with a little thought. Here's what I came up with. Used scrap metal I had laying around, not pretty but it works, didn't need all the bolts on plate, can weld plates, first prototype. Pulled off no heat, did soaked with ATF and acetone for a week or too. Also tried (evaporust) let that soak 2 days, put it in hub set screw holes,and key ways. Did use a short 3/4 ×10× 3 to get things moving, than used 10" threaded rod to get all the way off, Sarge, made a suggestion to upgrade to a acme thread, stronger for pulling , may do that upgrade, also may adapt outer plate to use with a hydraulic Jack.

I’ve had this tire changer for a few years now, but tonight I dragged it out of storage. This might not work well for front wheels, but hopefully it’ll break down and mount a 12 incher!

Neighbor repellant

I worked in the woods felling trees for a sawmill as a young man. Our choice of professional saws was driven by the local saw shop and what brand they sold and serviced. From the time I was 17, the shop sold Huskies until 2005 when their district sales manager took away their franchise. They immediately were picked up by Stihl and never looked back. If I remember correctly, most all of the hardwood sawmill operations around here switched from Husqvarna to Stihl at about that same time. The clincher was the availability of parts for repairs and one of the best, if not THE best saw mechanic I've ever known that worked for this shop. If he couldn't work on Huskies any longer, we all wanted to use the brand he could fix. The Huskies I ran all worked superbly for me. They were super fast, had a good power to weight ratio and they all lasted until I felt I had gotten my money's worth from them, except for the occasional smashed saw from a run-in with a tree, a skidder or a truck. I no longer work in the woods and I'm too old to tote around a Huskie 2100 99cc saw like I used to. My cutting is limited to firewood at camp but I have been equally satisfied with the Stihl saws I have now. My latest has an onboard computer in it and a compression Release system. No external adjustments to anything but the bar oil flow rate. It has only had fifteen tanks of gas through it and it still seems to be breaking in. It just keeps getting better. It light, runs fast, and runs smooth, and it cuts like lightning. My suggestion is to find a good saw shop, ask the oldest most experienced guy which saw he likes working on and get his buy-in on a saw suited for what kind of work you are doing. He will be the one you need to rely on for service, so follow his lead..... Just my humble two cents worth. Cheers! Dave

I’m a huge fan of the Magnum series for motor swaps. My GT1600 (originally a Briggs 16 twin) has a Magnum 10 under the hood and it’s my favorite machine. I had a C-105 with a Magnum 12 that I regret selling a few years ago. So when I saw @Chris T had a machine with a Magnum I casually mentioned that if it was ever up for sale give me a heads up...we’ll he decided to sell and it’s now in my garage! Smooooth and quiet and starts in a pull or two. Motor fits in it real nice and the hood isn’t chopped. It’ll be a perfect cruiser for shows. If you ever have the chance to buy off Chris go for it! Straight shooter, honest and no BS. He even surprised me and delivered it

you guys are a messss !!!!!!!!!!

1st day of pack up!

Jeff I hate to take the title away from you but Ummmmm..

Mike, did you warm your hands before messing with Howard’s rear seal?

If not, I do

I don’t see your pulley It won’t work without one.

Never, gotta be saved

Found a 1964 1054 in tractor salvage yard. She's rough, lots of cobin.

Looks real nice Sparkeye would fit in nice with the rest of my '67s best I just come get it Seems to me a tractor was delivered by you once to a certain show.... comes around goes around I guess!

Yup. And since I had all my ducks in a row, and tractor stuff either loaded or boxed, the pack up is going very quickly. The Driver(crew boss) is actually surprised at how ready we were for them today. They had estimated 4 full days. Looks like 3 will git’r’done.

We got ours from Farm Tek and really like it, it's 20' x 28'. One advantage to the FT ones is that they have a panel in the roof that lets light through. We've had it for 2 years now, and we also have a smaller one from SL. C-85

Going to look at it tonight will let everyone know how it plays out. Thanks for the Welcome!

Flipped frame, and parts, steering link and fan gear must not of had good contact with negative wire so used some safety wire, see if that works. That is about 8 or 9 hrs

Got the old girl running, and can you believe that I got it running without much fuss??? I didn't even have to clean the points!! 20190415_202345.mp4

Man, perhaps he found all new decals at the time then, because there's no evidence of masking or overspray anywhere. If it was, this would have been done 15 years ago, as the son said he never touched it. Considering the rough state of the deck, I'm thinking it might have had a badly bent blade rattling the thing apart. He mentioned the pto just stopped working slowly .. obviously as the bolts loosened up. Regardless, for what I paid for it, I can sort it out with no issue.

Not yet,I am working on the removal of Trees as we speak,I will only cut down the ones I can safely fell alone, after that those big Pines will be left to my neighbor who owns a Tree Service Company. Also, waiting for the Damn rain to stop and let some of the moisture back into the ground.Would really like to build something just not in the budget at this time. Have a Great Day Off to work in Mass today!

I’ll tag in for the adventure. Love to follow the GT14 builds. I’m a glutton for punishment as these are my favored beasts. i think I have enough spare parts to almost do a complete build:-)

It is pretty simple. I have two and the carbs are very difficult to clean and rebuild to get them to idle correctly. I would look on line for an nos zenith carb for it. I did that for both of mine and they both run perfect now. You will want to clean up points and make sure she has good spark. You may just want to replace ignition as well. Once you have them tuned right they pretty much start on first or second pull every time.

For the time being gorilla tape will do but it wont help i can feel the bolts in "my" seat I am very much looking forward to the seats Bob Ellison are making. Hope i can snag a set st the show

My experience up here in the woods of Maine and listening to the loggers over the years will tell you that Stihl is the number one brand. Hands down. No argument. No discussion. That said, I know a good plenty people wouldn't hesitate a single second to use a Husqvarna and I've seen many woodsmen and arborists with a truckload of Huskies and not one single solitary any other brand. Personally, I have an Echo CS 490 and I'm quite happy with it. My sister just recently gave me a very generous gift of a nearly unused Stihl Ms180c. I've only used it just a tiny bit but I'm very impressed so far. As far as a Stihl chainsaw versus a Husqvarna chainsaw I think it really is just a matter of personal preference or what your boss or your dad used to use or which one has failed you less times in the field.

I just what anyone with a D 250 to know there’s hope when it comes to your Distributor ! I was lucky enough to find Advanced Distributors.com Jeff did a awesome job rebuilding my distributor making new bushings and setting it up correctly ! This tractor now runs so smoothly it amazes me !

If people didn’t mind paying for them, we would. They wouldn’t be cheap but would last a looooong time. It wasn’t a direct fit but pretty darn close. A couple slight mods to the lower mount but I think the upper holding strap may work. I made my own mounts. Not as much capacity as stock but still around 4 gallons. But , it doesn’t leak and I don’t have to worry about poking a hole in it. 👍

Hello, all. Been mentioning this '83 GT-1848 a few times in the last few days. Got her home yesterday morning. It's in remarkably good shape. I'd swear it was repainted if I didn't know better, but every graphic is perfect on it. Was a one owner, then the man's son got it. Came with a somewhat shabby, but complete 48"sd, along with a bunch of spare parts for another 42", all the original paperwork, and 3 new tires. The front wheels look wrong to me.. they have big spacers on them. The color reminds of an old Craftsman. Hydro drive seems to work well. Engine makes an awful banging noise when running at low speed. (And when turned by hand. I'll make a post for that later). But all in all it's in good nick. The entire reason it was being sold was the PTO was 'bad' and slipped. Apparently, a dealer quoted $600.00 to repair it. When I got there first thing I checked was the pad .. plenty of life. Adjustment was still at half way too. Spun the deck slow and it turned with no bad noises, so I left it at poor adjustment. So then I got it home.. Tried adjusting the lever some but no good. Popped the bell off, scorched but good enough to run .. then I left it for the time, and had went to pull the plugs due to a misfire .. and the engine came with the wrench. ALL THE BOLTS WERE LOOSE. The engine could be moved about 2" every direction. Tightened it down, and everything works great Funny enough, fender bolts were loose, brackets were loose.. everything was. No idea how it happened, or why. Picture was when it was 'dirty'. Already went over it with compound and some S.C. Johnson's, and it looks awesome.

Are they under round hoods?

Well my chrome pipe arrived and I finally had the opportunity to finish this project up, so as requested I'll share the build on my stack. My louvered pipe is 1 3/4", my chrome pipe is 2 1/2" so I will need to make a transition. To start this I grabbed some hole saws and made some washers from some 14ga sheet metal. First cut, just under 2 1/2" od. Then cut them again to 1 3/4" ID Next the pieces to fit inside the 2 1/2" pipe. First I cut two 2 1/2" pieces of pipe to length, 3" long for the bottom and 1"long for the top. Now you can't slide a 2 1/2" pipe inside of a 2 1/2" pipe and a 2 1/4" pipe is any thing but a tight fit inside of the 2 1/2" pipe. I require a tight fit between the pipes, so this is the best way I know to get there. I cut the pipes length wise so that i could collapse them. I continued trimming this gap until these would slide inside of my stack. Now that it fits inside I can tack weld the seam then remove this piece and finish welding it. This process is repeated for the 3" long piece of pipe. I plan on bolting these pipes together instead of using a clamp so I slide the 3" long piece inside the stack and drilled 3 holes through them. Then I adorned the inside of the baffle pipe with weld nuts. Then I added the washers to these pipes. I welded the upper 1" piece to the baffle. Then I slide the baffle inside the stack and tacked the lower piece on. This method helps keep every thing centered. All welding complete on the baffle. A little paint and a wrap with fiberglass and the baffle is ready for installation into the chrome stack. Here is the finished product. Sorry no picture of it installed on the tractor. That will come later, when the tractor is finished. An important note when installing a new chrome pipe. Make sure that the pipe is completely clean before you start the engine for the first time, unless you want permanent finger prints or or smudges burnt on to your chrome pipe forever.

Further look appears you could still stuff a factory gas tank under that hood... what would be cooler than a with dual tanks? We'll get 'Fish to do the plumbing! You know for those long cruises or in case you wanna take the Missus for a night out on it or a road trip?

TIGman,when you push snow it eventually melts.End of story.Not so with the branchs.Been there done that more times than I want recount.Have fun and be careful

Oh, and that 110 octane fuel drum is long gone empty! I can make sparks, it’ll be alright!

So that’s why @stevebo smokes those things. He’s trying to get rid of the hanger ons. Hahahahh

.... And that's a little one...

That looks like a new Parking Pawl....nice weld-up. The reason this gets 'ground down' is from yanking up the Parking Brake while in motion. Every time someone does a 'panic stop' like that, a bit of the pawl gets chipped off...worn down and...guess where the filings go... floating thru the entire system, scarring and damaging the soft BRASS components like the piston slippers and valve plates. It is kinda like throwing your car into PARK, while moving. Don't get me wrong...I'm not lecturing, just want to get this out there in Red Square land...so all will know. Don't EVER pull up the Parking Brake lever while moving. There is even a decal warning of this.

I spiffed the "mushrooms" up a bit since it was rather nice out today.

I have to say, I saw what Cas guessed and I knew he was right. It was just the way he worded it that threw everyone off. The holder for those dividers would be a tray with a bottom and slots to fit those dividers about every 2"...put them where you need them. Now a days, these are made of plastic and you can find them in like hardware stores, etc. If Ed does not have the tray, I would make the tray out of wood with slots to fit. You guys can Pay-Pal me the prize...Thank You.

I don't know how much trouble you want to go to Kevin but I've been known to take the top hose off of the radiator and leave the thermostat out and run the garden hose right into that to flush the engine That way you're not running all that garbage through your radiator Option 2. Back flush the radiator when you get done.

Replaced the brake shaft seal on HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! today.

Like someone mentioned, I run Husky because “that’s what was given to me.” My first was a Christmas present from my mom and I’ve never had a reason to switch. I‘ve heated with wood primarily for about 9-10 years and because I figured it would be nice to have a spare saw for hangups or pinches, I picked up another. My first was a 450 with an 18” bar and second is a 346XP with a 20”. The 346 runs much faster and is lighter even with the longer bar. As stated in other posts, I’ve done nothing to either but gas and oil, and the occasional bar or chain. I have converted two two members of my wife’s side of the family from Stihl to Husqvarna and they have been impressed with their purchases for sure!

Definitely want to watch this one come together as my youngest son owns one and at some point in the future we will restore his. I too really like these hydro “Big Wheels” and can’t wait to see how yours will look when you get it finished.

It was a bitter sweet past Sunday. I sold the 518H that I had transplanted an 1100 series transaxle in. I hated to see it go down the driveway but the cash gave me a worm fuzzy feeling . I realized then, that I have room for one more !

Had a Stihl...hated it. Was glad someone stole it! Spoke with a tree guy several years later and he said it was a crap model. Been with Husky for over 25 years and have no complaints at all. According to the tree people I have talked to, Husky is as good as Stihl but less expensive.

I have a friend whose son has a logging business in his opinion for most home owners its a matter of personal preference probably based on price between huskie and stihl, for him hands down the stihl is the greater value much less down time per saw.Last year I retired a 50 year old homelite which was my dads, purchased the stihl 180 with easy start and no tools needed for chain adjust. Mine has 16 inch bar but would also take an 18 inch if desired, at the time I purchased it was $ 25.00 dollars more than an almost same size huskie.

I AM 90 NOW AND STILL PLAY WITH MY HORSES. YOU HAVE MANY MORE YEARS LEFT TO WORK ON THAT WHEEL HORSE.

And it adds Bling!!!!

Probably the age of the plastic. Aluminum is the way to go. 👍