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Been hearing those voices for the last few days. Not for a WH this time but went and looked at some stuff and there was a Roof Palimino there.

Two frames have become one... for now. I’ll cut them back apart near the front and Z a piece in for a 4” rise,

This the best place on the web. I joined after my dad passed and I inherited his tractors in 2012 and have been here ever since. I now have my own small collection. It’s great to keep busy and get your mind off of other things. I have met online and in person some great friends. Darb, I know what the hernia stuff is like as I had two of them in my teen years. Not fun. As Red Green says....” I’m pulling for you.... we’re all in this together”

5 years now...in bare metal. Never any clear coat on it either.

Thank you Vinylguy for the decals for my cornhole boards. They turned out great!

I started a "nontraditional" paint job on a today. The yellow shroud on the trouble light makes it look a little orange but it should have an even better bling factor in the sun light. A close up kinda shows the metallic content in the paint.

You got a good dog, and a Wheel Horse and a roof over both, your doing better than some, hang in there my friend.

This would be #2.

And I still had some daylight left, so I did the thing that really sold me on this trailer. After I looked at the ad a few times I realized that I could swap the fenders side to side and change their angle a little bit and they would look like airplane wings. Once that thought hit me I knew it was a done deal. I've still got to add some more bracing, but I really like the look. After I bought it I actually found that some were installed like this at the factory.

Knowing I wanted to haul my tractor on this I knew it would need an axle upgrade and I knew it was getting 12" wheels and tires. Another factor in upgrading the wheels and tires was that the wheels that came on it are spindle mount and that means flat tires are a pain to deal with. A move to hubs with lugs studs and nuts was in order. I wanted the radius of the tires to measure the same as the radius of the fenders, so the first thing I did was measure it and found that it was nearly identical to a 5.30-12. I ordered the wheels, tires and an axle kit online. My goal today was to get the axle welded up and ready to mount, but that went better than I expected and I ended up getting a lot more done than I planned on. Here it is with the axle, wheels and tires installed. Based on the measurements I had originally taken of the tires that came on it, I was thinking that I may have to mount the axle above the leaf springs instead of below it like the original to keep it from being too tall. I ended up not having to do that. The board holding the tongue up in the pics is pretty close to the height of the hitch on our lowest truck that would ever likely pull this, so you can see in the first post that the trailer really needed to be higher so it would ride level. It's almost perfectly level with the new axle and rolling stock.

Who's gonna win? I predict the team that scores the most points will win

So long as she has her painting socks on...

This place IS Excellent therapy. God bless us all.

And... with bridges...and tractor frames...that weight is dynamic, changing with the distribution, vehicle speed and direction / distribution of the weight load... (And although most of the time wind speed doesn’t impact our ‘s like it does a bridge, you never know with one of @pullstart‘s creations...)

I did an Google search on where to buy Incredible Pink near me and it told me Victoria's Secret. I did not know they carried cleaning products!

Sitting, feeling sorry for myself recuperating from hernia surgery, and living with multiple sclerosis that has drastically changed my life, I thought I would see what was happening on this forum. I do that a few times a day very good therapy, helps me forget about all my troubles for a while. Learn lots about red tractors and about life. 12 Horse my life started much different than yours, I was a very good athlete, arrogant beyond measure, football and baseball. Baseball being my best sport, scholarship out of high school, messed that up, need not go into detail. married my high school sweet heart, best thing I have ever done, thirty five years in july. I would not be here today with out her. I had a good job, worked every second I was a wake, to make or save a buck. To say MS has humbled me would be a understatement, I have been on disability retirement sense june of 2017. I have had a lot of time to think about thing's, good and bad, sometimes I get in my truck and drive around and scream at the top of my lungs, I'm frustrated, I don't feel like a man. Then I get mad at myself for being such a baby. Sometimes the screaming helps,sometimes it don't. I don't know what tomorrow will bring, if I wake up alive I will try to do my best. I will tell my wife that I love her as she leaves for work. I will get a coffee then check out this forum. Good dog and a red tractor, 12Horse with them and this forum,utopia is in your future. God bless!!

Started putting a face lift on the old girl. The factory paint is pretty crappy. Do they all peel or just the ones that I have ?

I got out today to go for a ride around the property and to pick up trash that was thrown out by some foolish..... well.... you know ,anyway the old seat from the 520 I had on it finally broke. I've been trying to save my pristine seat that was on this tractor so I opted out for this one which was off one of my chargers which is grounded right now.

A little over a week ago this little trailer popped up on Facebook Marketplace and after about 5 minutes of debate I decided to pick it up. I figure it will be perfect to haul my 552 around and then pull behind the 552 if I go to a show or something. When I picked it up it had air in the tires and seemed OK. That changed when I got about a mile away from the guy's house and the thing started getting squirrely as the air pressure dropped. I ended up being able to go about 20 mph on flat tires all the way home in 50 mph zones. Fun stuff. At least traffic was light.

This is usually the only reason that I watch/record the Super Bowl. If you record the event, you can "fast forward to the commercials" (Why does that sound weird? ) Any way you can watch the commercials at your leisure.

Cool idea! When does she (oops I mean you) start?

A good running 314-8 is well worth three hundred dollars, don't insult the current owner low balling. Feel him out, saving twenty five dollars not worth missing out on a nice tractor.

Last night after welding, then scraping junk, then letting it cool, I placed it on the floor of the shop. It is quite twisty, but has virtually zero deflection from my weight directly over the welded section bouncing on it. My structural integrity is key and I want it to be able to move a bit, but I know it needs more bracing than a conventional frame. I have some 3/16” thick angle that’ll be triangulated some how to help this monster stay true. Also, corner to corner I’m within 1/16” of square. I bet a factory frame was within that ballpark too!

@Stepney Brought this little engine to me a few months ago. On paper rated at 1.5HP. It's an 8 cubic inch so it likely has more. Thinking of throwing together a military tribute tractor at some point. Mid 60s short frame gear drive. Thoughts, comments, questions?

It would probably have been fine with a tractor, but it may haul heavier things from time to time as well. I wanted to get away from the spindle mount wheels and stamped steel axle anyway, so I was replacing all of that and upgrading didn't cost much more. I put a 2,000 lb axle under it and even though I doubt I will ever haul that much on it, there's no sense not making everything capable of handling that. I really wanted a 1,000 or 1,200 lb axle, but the larger one didn't cost any more.

I've got lots more work to do on this, but it will be a while before I get around to it. I just wanted to share this while it was fresh in my mind. Future plans include getting the wheels powder coated to match my tractor wheels, lengthening the bed about 6"-8" to better fit the tractor, changing out the tongue for a piece of 2x3 steel (it is a cheapo piece of stamped steel and is a little twisted now), upgrading to a 2" ball, converting to a tilt bed, and adding some lights. I am also considering narrowing it several inches. It is currently 59-3/4" wide at the fenders and I've got 60" between the side of my house and the neighbor's fence. I'd like it to fit between there a little more easily. I need to do some more work on the tractor first and get my tow bar built before I finish this, but now I can at least get it across town at a reasonable speed.

Good topic! But I don’t watch football so this will most likely be my only post here

Great pics and write upsThe throttle shaft on Big Oly is as loose as @WHX24's wallet at a tractor show. It's my plow tractor and with winter still here I didn't want to mess with it. but I have another carb I think was originally on Skonk that will be going on the 953 so whilst waiting for the Super Bowl I decided to get it ready in case I needed to do a swap in the middle of a storm. (I did rebuild a Chevy Vega carb outside at night during a lake effect squall in my college days but that's another story) After soaking in Gunk, a session in the ultrasonic was completed and it was time for repair tool of choice the Dremel The hole in this carb isn't bad but enough to fix After dremeling ,another session in the ultra sonic I drive the bushings in with a 1/4" socket I use a dab of grease on the screwdriver and green sleeve and bearing retainer on the screws Ready for work. When I yank the 953 carb off, I'm going to try the vibrating tumbler method on the carb body.

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All I hear 24/7 is bacon frying. 50 years of screaming hydro turbines w/o ear protection = severe Tinnitus.

Get it cleaned up and put back together. The paint department can paint it when it's back together.

I was watching a construction failures video and found this really great quote.

@Stepney was nice enough to stop by and visit with us. We tore into the 8 speed I'll be using in the project. It's the one of the three 8 speeds I have that already has visible badly damaged axle keyways. I'm using axles that were generously offered by @19richie66 from a GT14. The GT14 axles are approximately 6" total wider than the C-series this transmission came out of. The dish of the 15" wheels are an inch or so deeper so... the tractor will be 4" wider than a standard size C-series, give or take... The internals look good. No visible excess wear. I'll double check the wheel bearings, install 4 new seals and clean/reassemble. At the lower left of the pic you can see the C-series axle beside the GT14 axle for a length comparison.

Thanks for all the info. I asked for a few more pictures and no response yet but I did say i would take it. Being sold as is for 150 with a deck. Here is a better picture

Thankyou, for all you said. I dont know about resilient...rightnow, i dont feel thatway...not to be melancholy...but i like to be honest, above all else. Her name's Clara...inherited her with the house. I would be lost here, without her, now... Everybody's 1st words when they meet her are 'She's Beautiful!'...i just answer... 'She know's it, too, thankyou...' And she does.

@ebinmaine I think I got it

Just realized who Andy Reed is... we’re rooting for the same team

Maybe if they figured out a way to put a motor on a football I could get into the sport - not holding my breath though.

The whole thing is stupid. .. well maybe not if the danged Packers were playin... they were I'd be hammered by now! Gotta like the women's halftime show attire. Can't understand a thing they're singing tho.... what the heck would be wrong with having the Highway Men perform at halftime? Oh that's right several are no longer with us! Had it on just for noise out in the shop whilst I de-redded a transmission half. What a pain in the @$$ Dan! Took from game start till halftime just to get the long half done! We just got started on a 702 repaint today. I'll go get some pics Kev just to keep this thread from being totally lame.... Two base coats of silver.... Followed by three coats of a special red....

I bet someone named Bill is involved... I don’t either... but for some reason feel like I should watch this event. And hope the commercials are worth my time! Well said. Well said.

I thought the bills were in it this year?

Could use a boat battery box

so the enforce of the welded section make absolutely sense in each direction i.m.h.o. Great job !

Last time I crossed the Ambassador Bridge from Windsor into Detroit, it had one lane backed up with semi trucks most of the way across waiting to get through customs. Sitting in traffic about mid-span, I was noticing how the oncoming trucks produced a bow wave in the bridge deck. Couldn't help but think that the original designers of the bridge had no way of anticipating that load case! Fortunately, they probably used a large safety factor in their design.

after long day at work today i stayed after and hung basically the whole tractor and engine tins to get painted Monday mourning our paint guy off Mondays but he coming in on his day off to spray it the only thing that not hanging is the trans. there are a hell of a lot of parts compared to my 857 i done it here the same way 10 yrs. ago . also you see the cardboard i like to use the original bolts over they get painted and when i get it assembled i have some fine brushes i will touch up the bolt heads and what not . kinda neat have some red paint on stuff tired of seeing blue here all our semi tractors get painted here when they get tore up and it happens quite a bit

I want you guys to know some things. Things that make you all special to me. ... I was born with mild CP. Bullied in school. Rough life...sure lots i kno had it worse...but this was mine, thatsall. Anyways...ive always been socially awkward, low esteem; depression...you kno. Well...my whole life ive tried to do whats right. Even when i was a practicing drunk (13 yrs sober)...most said i was what youd call a 'good guy'; kind thatd give you the shirt off his back, forsaking his own. Well, not perfectly...but yes, thats me. And when i go all in...well i kno what that means...and my word was...is...the one thing noone could ever say i sold out, or gave away. I never expected much of my life. Finding God more easily than ever when i sobered, i just trusted Him. Didnt have a pot to pee in when i quit the drink in 06, i wasnt farther along in '10. Had already been living here for 10 yrs...with only 1 real friend to my name. Met her, then... Look, we never married...but she is IT for me. She decided recently...i wasnt. Now, there is more to the story...invoving my wrongs...hers too...a mutal friend who passed of cancer in '16 (how ive come to 'live' in this run down house); now just me an my dog Clara (see pic). Boys n girls, im telling you...financially we will be tied for yrs unless i do my usual financial digging out (been in n out of debt 4 times so far in my life, proud to say). Im thankful we are BOTH the kind of people that wouldnt screw some1 over that way (she has a great job; im on a fixed income...harder for me, but i kno she wouldnt let me starve lol). But, thing is...im the guy i spoke of above. Even in this city. Isolated. Kinda socially inept. Rough past....if it werent for God...id just talk to Clara mostly. I have good long term friend 120 miles north... ut that doesnt help, here, with this. My life, shambles as it is. And if it wasnt for forums years ago....but only this one, now...id feel i have noone human to regularly 'hang around' with, or socialize. You all are literally helping me get by. That is why you, this place, is special. In closing...please, dont think im blaming her, or anyone, for my current lot in life. The blame(s) are all mine...she is a wonderful Lady. I just screwed up. Its what i do best, lol. And plz dont think im asking for sympathy. Im not....but writing is therapy, i think, for me. I know some1 will read it...maybe itll help them, even just to see it could be worse, to keep trying. Im still fighting some of my demons. Hopefully i have one more chance left. We will see. But i couldnt say that to any1 but all of you, tonight...im not very brave rightnow; these days. I may be in rough shape...even typing this is hard...but i know enough to say God Bless You All. Thankyou for listening. I hope i did not offend, or upset any1, or say too much. But to close with a paraphrase from John Wayne in 'the Shootist'... 'Im a grown man, alone, scared of the dark'

Had some storm damage with a large cedar tree. I finished pulling the limbs down with the Toyota. Used the Wheel Horse to get the generator and saws out there. Then hauled two trailer loads to the brush pile.