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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!

This was also going to be my suggestion. Now that all of the cheaper brands are Chinese, I see no reason to spend more on a "better" brand. I have a few HF socket sets (Not the 3.99 special in the blue case with clear lid, those are garbage as I'm sure you know) and have beaten the hell out of them. I did break one of the 3/8" drive sockets once; I had it on a 1/2" impact on a motor mount bolt nut. After I split the socket, I realized that that nut was welded in place. Go figure. I have had 2' or longer cheater pipes on their 3/8" ratchets numerous times and have never broken one. They also have a lifetime warranty, if I remember correctly.

This is what I put on my 416-H https://www.tractorseats.com/p-945-km-125-uni-pro-bucket-seat.aspx

You’re going to love that machine. I picked up an X595 (3 cylinder yanmar diesel, 4x4 and hard cab with heat) and it’s a monster with a 54” blower on the front in snow a few years back. Spent close to 5 hours on it last week and it didn’t miss a beat. Plus I wasn’t cold or beat up when it was all done. The cruise control is nice when you’re mowing big open areas to just set your speed and go. Is that a 62c deck?

So she starts, she runs, but I cant get her to idle properly. Keep using the choke to keep her going, but if I lower the throttle too far she dies out. Need to play with carb settings I hope. I have not disturbed the governor so I hope that's ok. Did the decals this afternoon.

Yepp... Gotta have the heavy...

Hmmmm I think I should have made a double or triple...my whisker tastes weak!

There is Air in the tyres, some snow arround and a plowshield aside... Bolt on, fill up, fire up, have Fun... 👍😇

You can kinda see the seat support in this one. I would think you could make a little platform for a RJ/Suburban seat spring tho. Holy crap 200 ?!?!? I think we paid like 40 bucks!

Just remember one thing, if you are using the sink and get distracted for some reason, like someone stealing one of your prized WH's, don't forget to shut the water off, those vessel type sinks have no overflows and you might find yourself installing a floor drain with a trap primer. And if you do , remember, no peeing in the floor drain . Just kidding.

That is a great thing you're doing as well! You don't see many high schools having any shop classes anymore. I'm sure it has something to do with lawsuits and insurance regulations. Sad.I took all the shop classes available back then .

Thank you Oliver, we seem to have lost our sense of community and care for our fellow man, but little by little we are winning it back. My wife and I try to do a little good every day, it is it's own reward. Mick

Greater light output wasn't my goal when I put similar LED's in the 310-8 I gave to my son. His has the weak charging system (3a I think). A reduced electrical load and a longer lifespan (time will tell) was my main goal on his machine. The factory bulbs shine out plenty far for what we do on these tractors, not like we are whizzing down a dark highway at midnight doing 70MPH.