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I replaced the S/G belt, cleaned the carb, changed fluids and what better time to take a ride in the moonlight!

I have been trying to thin out my tractors, and going "bigger". I have a couple of Farmall Cubs and a Farmall B, so I have sold a few garden tractors recently to make more room in the shed for those 3. But, I ran across a 2006 John Deere X720 when I was looking at a 2004 Cub Cadet 5252E. Both were at the same price, but the Cub Cadet had too many bad reviews on that model, i.e. bad transmissions, faulty wiring, ptos going out, etc. This one had only 227 hours, but I was a bit leery of that number. So, I was going to stick to my plan - no more garden tractors. Until the dealer salesman, whose dealership is merging with another one and needed to reduce inventory, knock off $700 off the John Deere since he knew me and knew I was sort of interested. Wife said you will regret it if you don't get it, so I now have a X720 SE sitting in my shed next to the Farmalls. I haven't decided yet if it will get the limited category 1 3 point hitch or not.

Interesting little post card type thingy - all 25 pages. 1917 Ford_Plant_Postcards (1).pdf

It's a 72" plow it started out as a 54" but of course I had to make it great again LOL works good because my driveway is 350 ft and I run full speed with the plow at an angle turn around and come back really keeps the clean path

Grabbed some seat time today and gathered some wood! Ahh! Sure does feel goooood! 6D6E7368-C460-47BC-8736-E7012B985B2F.MOV

I bought a 1985. O6-42ST04 Wheel Horse Snow Blower today from a fellow Red Square 🟥 member in Indiana! This is the nicest. Snowblower I have seen in years. Well stored and taken care of and ready to attach and work!

tower this is 747 wh, request landing! Holy crap....2 driveways at once, I dont think my chevy Tracker would bush that beast! Looks so rad though...........hey outta the way, comin through hahahahahah.

Dang! Another big issue was solved. Because new road safety check was my first issue, i have to fix it up quickly. So i begun today to disassembled the „newbie“ Firstly harvesting ol Parts out as in the old. The Steeringwheel pops easily without any force down the spindle as it should. - nice... because of big storm and several hard rainshowers, it was not too funny work with open door. than i decide to wait a bit whilst looking at Weathersat, a good choice i did. in this time i investigate the old spindle a bit closer. Here you can see the blasted Ballbearing, what gives the clicking ratchetsound and the weak steering. in a Windfree 15 min.later, I reinserted the Spindle and fixed it up. easy to handle if you did it in right way. first mount the Cardan shaft on the lower side, tan insert the whole spindle, fuddeling onto Steeringgear and - tadaa. Tightening the Screws and bolts all on the Spindlemounts and it‘s time for a Coffee ! after that coffe i reinserted the whole switches, knobs and the Transponderantenna and change the Keylock with the old one. i‘d just like to have one Key for the Car. Remount Steeringwheel and - done! after that i reworked the left side Brake ( but here i had no Picts, i‘m in a weather hurry.) after all work is done, i took a one hour Testdrive, even a headed onto Autobahn. The new „reworked“ spindle works very smooth no irritations can be felt, even at 178Km/h it Runs fine like a Gentlemen. the turns make fun and i‘m close to ready for TÜV. what a great day, now Snow can come... 😎🤔😇

Moved the rod of the plow trip springs into the top hole because it was a little too flexy in 2nd from the top. Would love a 1-3" snow event to test her out. And then installed a new head gasket with the bolts torqued to 20ft-lb, and in proper sequence, of course

Peter: I used chain lube on everything I could find. Hooked up the lift assist spring today on the flag. I had the old version and the new version lift flag with the spring. I use the lift assist spring on my tiller and I think it is heavier thatn the snowblower. When putting on the lift assist spring I has to use narrow wall washers to allow the eyebolt to clear the lift flag hole. All set now and she runs pretty powerful with the 14 horse Kohler Magnum as compared to my Lawn Ranger with 32 inch blower and a 6 HP Tecumseh. This will be my first winter using a full sized 42 inch snowblower on a wheel horse tractor. The bog snowblower clears my 314 front hitch also (which I was thinking I might have to remove to fit the blower on).

to ! @19richie66 is doing a Yanmar 2 cyl diesel swap on a GT-14, and he is beefing the frame up to handle the added weight. I'm not sure what his weighs, but I would assume it is lighter than yours. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to beef it up some.. Seems like a lot of weight for 80 ft.lb of torque! If I were going to install something that heavy, it would probably be an aluminum 5.3 LS.. It would have 300+ ft.lb!

Looks like your horse head hood badge is laying down on the job.

Priorities, man! Carb’s cleaned, oil’s fresh, transmission is next!

Terry: A very interesting history lesson on the Ford Motor Company plant as of 1917. A friend of mine in Greencastle has a 1917 Ford and interestingly that year the company quit using brass in its radiators and other parts as the World War I requirements for brass took precedent. 1917 was the first year Ford made a pickup truck also. Here are a couple pictures of my friend's 1917 Ford.

I got a nice Christmas package from Wheelhorseman yesterday. Got it all installed today. Made a trip around the property to see If I got evert thing back together just before it rained.

Do you see what I see. Picked up this Junker last night and to my surprise, an electric lift.

I am thinking about putting a large marine Saab Diesel engine into my wheel horse 314-8. Will the frame be able to handle around 450 pounds of engine? I am asking as I have never seen it done due to the scarcity of the engine.

FYI, Lowe's is also a Craftsman dealer. Just in case you wanted to start them out with the same tools that dear ol' dad uses. To mark the tools to keep them separate, you could either engrave them or run a paint pen over the recessed letters then wipe over the top. This leaves the lettering colored and still looks neat & clean.

I do it like my Dad did, i purchased them the same Brand of Tools , i use myself. They got it piece by piece and trained, to keep an eye on their Tools. a First own Toolbox or if space available, a small Toolcabinet will also be a cool. I use Vigor Ratchet Set from EKQ (here it is Stahlgruber) Gedore wrench Set‘s some cheap Wrench Sets and Makita drills. I let the Vigor Sets laser engraving with the initials of them, because i had the ability, so a „hey thus is my ratchet“ was simply prevented by engraved name. 😎 But a simple Colorpoint in different colors can also do the trick for what is who‘s.. plus, they had their tools still further and had good quality Tools. That was allway‘s Whow Gifts for christmas and Birthday‘s. I just purchased Tools on their need. That was the expensive Way i know, but so they had whenever they using their Toolset good quality in hands plus a memory to Dad. 👍 each year is a birthday or christmas and over the Time, they collect a well usable Toolset. When i purchased the Makita‘s i talked to our salesman where i normally buy and get a real cheap offer. i purchased for me the BHP454 and for the Girls the smaller lightweight edition, because if they need a Drillhammer, i have a bigger Hilti, they can borrow any time they need, because i know they didn‘t rape it.

I was going to suggest HF too for entry level. If yer gonna turn my girls into full fledged grease monkeys tho I would also suggest a cheapy tool chest? Unless you go with a set in the blow molded case. The Home Cheapo thing ain't a bad idea for a stocking stuffer. HC used to have Jimmy Johnson selling Kobalt so they can't be all that bad. For 15 bucks they leave a socket under the hood on the plow field like Dan's wallet, I never do that, nothing lost! I think you need to snuggle up to the Missus and produce a few boys tho! That way they can come spend a summer here and I can teach them proper shop organizational skills!

I guess it‘s allright at this horrible speeds... 😂

Here's my 520 with 54" moving snow just a couple years ago...

Mud is my slang, for drywall (Sheetrock) fill, for mortar, for anything really that I have any input for mixing wet and waiting for it to dry thanks for the compliments Norm! MUD (mortar) bed is in progress! I have 1-1/4 bags for mix left, hopefully it’s just enough!

I'm going with the Subaru rally setup

ME miller tire sells those in the implement section of their Catalog/site. They have several 15” sized AG tires with different widths. We preferred the fatter ones for Clyde and they look and work GREAT in my opinion. As Eric stated they are 7.60-15 no complaints with traction either!!!

I do not know what you paid for it, but i kno if it was a good deal, id b glad to have it, if it was me... And if the motor was shot/rough, id just try to stuff the biggest Kohler single i could, in there, and be happy😊 I swear...someday i will find a Blackhood to bring Home for keeps😉 Whatever you do, goodluck!

I do not know what you mean by neck being broken off. if the nipple is broken off watch this video for the exact parts you need to fix it.

@stevasaurus that’s probably 486k . I remember our auto tech. / shop teacher had us order all the parts to piece together four of them from 2” thick catalogs with math coprocessor to run AutoCad11 and AutoSketch . Seems to remember parts coming from over the Country . They blew our regular computer lab 128’s outfits outta the water . Many of computer nerds were jealous they didn’t take shop . This was 1992.

We bought it from @HorseFixer at Scott’s meet and greet / plow day a while back. I think Duke’s wife was making them? Mrs. Pullstart got a coffee mug and I got that.

I installed the shower pan liner and tested to see if the water sheds in the right direction. Time ran out to mix up mud and pour the top coat, but I managed to complete the light fixture!

My C105 takes exception to above references to one of her cousins as “junker”, “parts tractor” or anything other than another outstanding and exemplary member of the Black Hood family... So cheers from my C 105 to yours!!! Additional such references will be addressed by her other cousin “The WHrat WHrecker”...

Go get it.... do it.... oh and I wouldn't call it a junker there's no such thing as a red junker!!

Finished painting the hood, just the decals to fit when its hardened off.

OK I just got off the phone with @Gordyhogg and we figured out the issue he has a metric bearing. It is about 2 11/16” OD and a slight bit bigger on the ID Please see picture below of the number and measurements of the bearing I’ve been trying to locate the old threads of what the substitution was when they ran out of 1533’s for a short time.

Hard to tell what a lost cause really is like! Parts, patience, elbow grease and persistence can turn a lost cause around!

I have a HD, Lowe’s, Menards and Harbor Freight all within a 2 miles of me...spoiled I guess... Result is a mutt toolbox with whatever tool brand was there when I needed it... Never noted much difference in quality or performance...frankly the cheap stuff from HF performs quite well... Maybe get each their own box and mark them like mentioned above...then you will know where to look for all your tools!!!

with the prices on tools anymore cheap, it seems my 7 year old has a nicer tool collection than me. I heard a rumor that Santa is bringing him a big rolling tool box that was a black Friday special

Jim I’ll keep trying to make a baby boy or two, but I’ve been shootin’ blanks since Rylee was 1 month old! Dan the paint pen is a great idea. Another thing to keep in their boxes too!

Might have to put this off till warmer weather, heating my garage is not cheap. I have the deck stripped down and it is looking good. ALSO I GOT THE NEWS GOING TO PICK UP A 520H TOMORROW!! NEW PROJECT POST TO COME

Wow, that’s impressive no matter what brand loyalty! *cough Chevy!*

I bet you picked that up with one hand.

The basement plan shows no support under the lateral wall ,so it implies that it is not load bearing. It would not be structurally sound to let the floor joists support the load. All of the weight would be on the two columns that reach the ceiling, but if you follow them down to the basement , there is nothing under there to support the columns . When i was in the building business , we used vaulted trusses to create the sloped ceilings in the kitchen and living rooms. To break up the space ,we built a tower between the kitchen and living room . it was not load bearing. The modular houses we sometimes did had kicker walls over the ceilings which supported the roof. They directed the load back toward the center , down the middle where the two half met and then down to the basement where there were lolly columns. Your basement plan has a dotted line across which would imply that is where the two boxes are joined , but i am not seeing where any support could be for the rook. Does the whole house have vaulted ceilings or is it only in the kitchen / living room? I'm thinking they used a scissor or vaulted truss . It is the cheapest fastest strongest way and that is what modular is all about. The only way to know for sure is to cut an opening in the ceiling and look at the frame of the house. Worst case is you'll have to redo the ceiling.

Cant be much simpler to adapt this trailer dolly from HF....

I'm a mentor for the local high school's robotics team. Each year the team designs, and builds a robot to compete in the FIRST robotics worldwide competition series. Similar experiences with the kids - what tools do what, which way to turn bolts, basic lathe, mill, and hand tool operation etc.. We assign the upper class team members to work with the under class team members with teaching/management type tasks to develop leadership skills. I'll bet that rebuilding a Wheel Horse is much less expensive than building and competing in the FIRST robotics series. Good program. Thanks for running it.

I recall this build during summer months, and the skepticism that dual wheels brought then. Yep, get it skinny, heavy and chained/weighted, you’ll be wishing that plow was even wider! Looks great!

If you take a small punch or awl and drive ti between the casting and the bearing remains it will bend inward and slip right out. Lubricate the new bearing well and drive it in gently from the outside.

Here’s what I use and recommend...Carlisle All Trails.

Fitting a primer bulb between tank and pump will get fuel through, without a lot of cranking. Or remove air filter and spray petrol into the carb, while turning the engine. You'll find carb settings in the manuals. Not sure off hand. Maybe 2 turns main and 1-1/4 idle. That skateboard non slip material is ideal for the footboards.