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Have a few Horses and just picked up this project today figured I would just say howdy and this a great forum tons of great info

Crop dusting amazes me, how they are so quick to act between power and tree lines. No, not the walking farts in Walmart style either! @Lane Ranger I know you have an amusement for aircraft, maybe someone else will enjoy this too. I was organizing in the back barn and heard this noise. I figured he was close, but didn’t know he was buzzing the house! We had a family friend in my early teenage years die in a crop duster accident, his brother taught my brother and I how to fly in SC on spring break when I was 14 or 15. I’m pretty sure I could watch these planes all day long! The only thing better would be a ride in one

1951 Case VAC She just finished mowing about 5 acres of the 6-8 she takes care of weekly or as needed. Never skipped beat. None of my tractors WH or otherwise are show queens they all have work to do. The tall grass in the background is part of the 18 acres that will be cut soon with either a 75 yr old Farmall M and her 55 year old Bush Hog Mdl 600 or a 1953 Case DC 3 and her sickle bar. Wonder how many Kioti's Montana's etc compact tractors will still be working in 70 years.

Once again Trina and I are headed up to the great North Maine Woods with our amazing friend. No reservation. No set plans. Don't even know for sure what day we're coming back. The first place we are going to head is one of the German p o w camps that was located in Maine during World war II. All three of us are the type of people that could spend hours at a salvage yard just looking around. Our friend has a decent quality metal detector and volumes of knowledge of World war 2 and later military. It's going to be a fascinating area. After that? Maybe move camp and do a little hiking.

Put Vader to work this evening and got to teach the little boys some roofing. The roof on the kids playhouse is about 20 years old and shot and so we decided it was time to replace it. I had enough extra shingles left from a large project and so it was a “labor only” situation! Judge and Zach helped haul the old roofing and throw it in the wagon. Once the roof was clear and the debris cleaned up, we discarded the old shingles and then loaded the trailer with tools and supplies. Once I was confident I had everything that I needed from the big job trailer, it was back out to the playhouse. The three of us took turns driving Vader back and forth because it is just too cool to let any one of us drive it the whole time! Zach handed me up shingles... and Judge got to help with cutting starter course shingles and bringing those to me. One side is done and the other is struck out. The mosquitos were starting to show us who was boss and so we called it a night. Tomorrow we will wrap it up. Fun times with my two little boys and the Super C!

Mowed tonight with my C-105 with a 42”SD. Mowed in opposite directions instead of going in circles....came out nice!

That’s not half of the pictures I took

Hello All, after months of diversions and general dithering about I have finally finished making my transport box and mounting frame (apart from painting it!). The original reason for making it was to carry our rubbish bins down our 400yd. track to the pickup point . Also I am demolishing an old concrete-block shed and have got to move a couple of hundred blocks from a very inaccesable spot, luckily the Wheelhorse can just get to it saving a lot of wheelbarrowing! I've attached some photos* of it during construction in case anybody is interested, I think it's going to be very useful. I managed to buy some paint today that I think is the right colour but haven't had time to try it yet, isn't it tricky matching old paint to new! Regards... Chris * For some odd reason there are two copies of me doing the 190lb. test on it, I can't figure out how to delete one of them!

Gassed up for a trail ride!

Eric, Just in case you don't know, the first eggs will be about ping pong ball sized.Takes a while for them to get bigger.Having chickens as egg layers is very cost effective.Our hens like to use the WH carts as roost bars.I even give them rides.

My 512d not often you see an original diesel 😊

Your better off buying a larger motor. Then redo the 12 hp and keep it for a ready to go spare on the shelf.

It's Alive!! Horse Vid.mp4

Old pic of my son and I. I bet this one was taken 10-12 years ago.

Don't forget to plan a vacation to Arendtsville Pa in June sometime!

I bought back this tractor I sold about a month ago, and installed a nice deck I picked up!! Woot!!

Here’s the 500 special.... NOTE: these aren’t the rims or tires going on this tractor, my rims are still at the sand blaster guy.

No kidding the owners manual suggests you kick the seat back and stand up for a turn or two... which I do it is a nice stretch...

Thanks that’s my other Thanks that my other hobby with the kids the vegetable garden lots of compost and some manure tilled in with the C125

There was a citrus grove across the creek from our property when we lived in Florida. The crop dusters would have their wings tilted up toward the grove while spraying along the creek bank so that nothing went into the water. One of the crop dusters was in his mid-eighty's at the time and said he started crop dusting in the late 1930s. He was a fighter pilot during WWII and laughed about the Navy trainers who were trying to teach him how to fly the military way. Said he would break off from the pack, loop around and be on the tail of the instructor before he knew what had happened. If half of what he would tell us is true (and I'm sure it was) he lived a charmed life.

I don't Hoard anything! However, I do accumulate items that may become useful at some time. Murphy's Law has taught me that if you throw out anything it will be the very item that is needed to save the day tomorrow or next week! It may not be me that needs it and I am very willing to share my JUNK valuable parts inventory with others.

I grew up around airplanes. My dad was sort of a jack of all trades guy. He was a licensed A&E mechanic with a powerplant (engine, canvas and sheet metal certificate. He also was a licensed flight instructor, as wells as a rancher, electronics repair, old farm house carpentry and electrical, you name it to make a living in a small town. In about 1950 my day laid out 2 grass runways on the 360 acre farm and operated a small fixed base airport service. In about 1965 the city leased the longer 4800 ft runway and paved it. In 1990 the city moved the airport to a new city owned location. From time to time we would find black tire marks on the runway where teenagers had used it as a 1/4 mile drag strip in the middle of the night. (of course my brothers and I never did that) In the 1950's through early 1970's a fellow with 3-4 planes came through every year spraying crops. He had open cockpit biplanes with radial engines that had been military trainers converted to sprayers. Each summer my dad leased him a space on the opposite side of the runway from the hanger building for him to keep his chemical tanks and equipment. After he stopped coming, that spot stayed bare for 20+ years from the spilled cotton defoliant. Since the pilots traveled and lived out of hotels and suitcases,, sometimes one would show up with a hangover and my Dad as the Airport Operator won't let him fly. My Dad would fly a couple of hours and spray the fields while the pilot sobered up. My Mom was not found of that . I always say my Dad was the last of the old grass strip barnstormer pilots. The bottom of the planes fuselage and wings would get eaten up from the corrosive chemical spray. My dad would do sheet metal repairs on the planes to keep them airworthy and licensable.. I always wanting a ride in one, but they couldn't carry a passenger since the chemical tank filled where the second seat had been. When I was a young teenage one of the planes clipped a line at the end of a field and crashed. I helped my dad and 2 older brothers pick up the plane, put it on our farm 5th wheel trailer and haul it back to the shop. The guy had some other parts planes and my dad put it back together to fly again. That was one of 3 crashed planes I helped pick up over the years. Lots of airport/airplane memories. The biplanes were: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing-Stearman_Model_75

I don't have a cutting torch, but I saw a youtube video of VinsRJ straightening a bent steering link. He used a MAPP torch to heat the steel rod cherry red, and then clamped the rod in a vice to bend it. I think I could do that. In fact I bought 3 feet of 3/8" steel rod this morning for that purpose. I tried heating it with my propane torch, which wasn't hot enough. So now it's back to Lowe's in search of a MAPP torch. I've considered buying an oxy-acetylene rig, seeing a number of them locally on craigslist. Maybe in another year or two. I really can't justify the cost right now for no more than I would use it. A MAPP torch would be more in line with my needs. And I've got an anvil and a good 8 pound hammer for fine-tuning and "technical adjustments".

Here what you have: 91-11B801 1979 C Series Garden Tractor C-111 8-Speed Briggs 252417-0198-01 11 Wheel Horse 103916 That Briggs is an 11HP. And welcome to a Red Square!

You must have been amused for quite a while judged by the number of photos you got.When I worked at NASA-LRC every spring we got a chance to see the Thunderbirds give their aerial demonstration so that the TAC officer could sign off with his approval.We would get on the shop roof and watch.Those guys were so close that you could see their faces if they didn't have helmets on.Thanks for sharing.

BE CHOICE,??? 1970 CHEVELLE,,,,SS454 LS6 450H.P. GO GO GO

I see it’s all set up to go plowing, with the land side dual and everything, like @prondzy‘s new one he got from @WHX24!

I picked this gem up yesterday and wanted to share. It's almost 100 pounds, 4ft long, 22 in high with bed down and 41 in high with bed up and just a touch under 2ft wide. It has 4.10/3.50- 4 tires on it. The grill is one solid piece of bronze. I am unsure of the exact history on its build. I do have the base story of how the original owner got it and that's it. But I will be doing more research.

I finished it up with a nice tap and 3/8ths headed 1/4-20 flange bolts. Tired of the bolts around the covers stripping and having to slowly increase the thread anyways! Found a nice pair of N.O.S. wheels already just the right shade of Red.Lol

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. I did in fact enjoyed my day. Thanks again. -Jimmy

You do ‘t have a cutting torch, do you? That 3/8” rod could be had I. 3’ sections at most hardware stores, bend to match and drill your holes

To specifically answer the question, I basically hoard anything and everything related to my profession or interests. They range from woodworking tools needed or not, wood scraps which many times become problematic, tractor parts, etc,etc.Now, what may be more interesting, and what will give people an understanding why we do this is I think the important part of it. With the current TV shows on the subject most people look to it as to somewhat of a mental problem, and I agree that it many times it may be, specially when it affects your well being and your family. However I know that is not the case with me nor with many of us that I know. To me it is mainly what was embedded into my personality since a young age. The attitude of not wasting anything and finding usefulness in what many would consider garbage. Along with it is the need of self reliability in making do with what you have without resorting every time to running out to purchase something . There is a common statement here in the neighborhood by many neighbors, that if you need something before you run to Home Depot , stop and see Cas. More often than not they go no further than my house. It is an extremely satisfying feeling to me to improvise from anything that I have, and never ceases to amaze me how many different uses objects that are considered garbage or useless by most have. Many times also stuff comes to me in the most unusual circumstances. Recently an elderly very good friend also a woodworker all of his life had to sell his home due to illness and the inability to live alone. Sure enough the whole family and children descended on his home clearing everything out to sell the house. In his basement and shop he had a lifetime of accumulation as we all can imagine. Screws, hardware, exotic wood scraps,tools and so on. They started throwing stuff out and immediately it became a serious issue where they were basically literally killing him. So unknown to him they asked me if I could help them with some of this stuff. All I can say is that when he saw me there he started ranting on how no one understood how much good stuff was there and how long he had worked and saved all of it. That his son runs to the hardware store for everything and all that he needs is there and then he complains that he has no money. So, even though I have no real need for it, what was I to do? Definitely not convince him to throw it all out . I asked him if I could have it all. The only answer I got was having an 82 year old man hugging me while he cried. For the next two days I made four trips to that basement with my van, as he peacefully watched me with a smile and a sense of serenity about him. Occasionally as I picked up certain items, he would tell me the story behind it and how he came about it. I asked him if I could pay him for the stuff and he merely touched my face and said," you already have".

While the hitch pin hole may be worn, the "seam" between the 2 transmission halves is a somewhat thick piece of metal. There is a gasket between these two halves that "seals" them together. To replace that gasket the transmission has to be split in half. However, have you cleaned the transmission top to bottom, then ran the tractor a while, stopping frequently to double check where the leak is coming from. The hitch pin area is a low point and you want to make sure oil isn't seeping from another area, flowing down the split joint and then dripping off the bottom of the hitch pin like its leaking there.

I actually bought one ..a 416 new. Then inherited a 520. Both onans still run.but are noisy Then I found a Raider10 and I liked it so much better. Then a electro 12 and more when the price was right. When I found out how the parts will Inteerchange I was hooked. Also much more fun with you guys around ☺️

I don't see much of a trail

Thanks for the welcome guys looking forward to digging into the C161 bit of a basket case but it’s all there. It has the B&S twin which is new for me I am familiar with the Kohlers. But the deal was to good to pass up. I am going to get everything cleaned up then see if the engine is ok then get her in working condition wouldn't mind putting a plow on it.

With no safety switchs,rops systems or computers that Case will be around a lot longer than the new stuff. It is a throwback to a time when you needed to have a brain to be safe and productive.

Good Lookin set of birds Eric. They seem to be very happy and content that makes for great eggs and tender meat chickens. I'm considering doing this myself ! I grew up with a big chicken house and my mother sold eggs to local farmers in the area growing up ! Thanks for sharing the video it's awesome !!

Painted the wheel weights that will be going on the 877 this year for plow duties. The wheels will be cleaned up and painted over the weekend. Once I get it all together, I'll make up my mind whether I like them this color or not.

Kevin as with most guys my mind went right to .... ! As a kid I got to see a lot of crop dusting on the farm and it never got old. He used a old Bell 47 helicopter like on the show M.A.S.H. Amazing how fast they can pull up and do a 180° turn missing the trees at the end of the field. I was also lucky enough to have a stunt pilot live nearby and he would practice over the neighbors very large muck/vegetable farm . Many of afternoons watching him climb until it stalled and tumble back to earth, regaining control and pulling out before he’d crash. Oh those were the days.

watch on you tube there are in cockpit videos, there's alot going on with the laptop, dropping seed or fertilizer, and then flying the plane a few feet off the ground. they do alot of reseeding for erosion control with the planes out here.

I have trouble getting rid of left over used parts, pieces of metal especially. i know I'm not as bad as my dad, he would even pull nails, straighten them and put them coffee cans. About 30 years ago, when my son was 4, we went down to dads to use the garage. My son was in to everything, so I found a chunk of timber gave him a hammer and a can of those old rusty nails. That wood looked like a pocupine! Dad came down to the garage and you would have thought i cut off one of his fingers! Oh my we used those golden rusty nails! I am slowly loosing my affection for clutter. Just one of my left over piles.

My 603 I got from @Shynon. All original except for the Kohler transplant, but made it better in my opinion!

Needs a stack sticking out of the hood for the 2 stroke Jimmy.Neat find!

Finally got around to mounting an electric fuel pump on my 2005 Classic. I went with a Mr. Gasket 42S and found a cozy spot for it under the tank. Hopefully this puts an end to the crank...crank...crank after it's been sitting several days.

I don't throw away wood scraps either .I turn them into heat and smoke!