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Been painting today but unfortunately the wrong color. I much prefer regal red but this project had to get done in three more days!! Almost there. The tops are spalted maple. A lot going on in these small little squares!!

8 horse running a 36” tiller, kids running the disc chariot!

It was so hot my youngest daughter and I decided to turn the wheelhorse into an ice-cream van and do a tour of the farm handing out cold drinks and ice-cream to everyone.

Finally getting the 854 I picked up at the 2018 big show set up to do what I wanted it for. I didn't need the triple pulley on the motor since I won't be using the pto so I swapped it out yesterday upsizing from the 2.5" to 3" for just a fuzz more speed. The usual 70" belt was just too snug so I guesstimated a 71" would be just right. Not being in a hurry I ordered one on Ebay yesterday afternoon and it came today! Some minor tweaking on the belt guard to clear and it clutches perfectly. Just took it for a spin around the acreage and it's just what I was looking for. Doing a panel changeout at our daughters tomorrow so Sunday I'll get her warmed, change the oil and replace the hood and I'll be good to go. I'd like to find a short frame blade to leave on it year around. Maybe some ag tires too.

Chip, I put one of Jim’s stacks on this c160. I like it much better then what I had prior. It’s not as high and not as loud. When you get a chance come on over and take a look.

Here are a few. Being able to stop is always the limiting factor.

does another horse count? and the video

I just finished rebuilding my wheelhorse C160 with a freshly rebuilt K341 motor. I'm seeing alot of conflicting discussions on engine speed. Some say 3200 RPM, some say 3400 RPM and others say 3600 RPM for high idle. For low idle, some say 800, some say 1100 and others say 1300 RPM. What is the best and most effective low speed idle and high speed idle for this motor ? I'll be using a mower deck on it as well as the single stage blower. Any help would be appreciated. thanks, Larry

On her morning bike ride, my Mrs Rules captured this gorgeous image from our local Hudson river landing this morning.

Geez OK here you go

We haul 1000 pounds on a regular basis with the Cinnamon Horse. Loads and loads of wood that are anywhere from 400 to 600 pounds. Here it is helping to clear the land for the horse stable last year. Note.... ZERO hesitation even at low idle.

I have a similar experience..... Some 12-14 yrs ago I got interested in metal working having come upon an old South Bend lathe. Trying to teach myself was frustrating, so I found a site for "Home Shop Machinist" on the web and promptly joined up. Within a few days I was reading a post and noticed the poster showed his name and location (similar to the way we do here) which was near me. I promptly went to google and found his address & phone and gave him a call --- Turns out he was a highly skilled machinist by trade and still liked to work in his 'home shop' We quickly became friends and he sort of became my 'mentor' Needless to say my learning curve went up quickly. Most every Sat or Sun I was over at his shop watching him--- fascinating!! As time went by I would have occasion to tell someone about knowing Lane and how he had mentored me and the usual response was "you mean to tell me Lane is doing that??" Seems in his trade he was rather reserved and somewhat ... standoffish. Turns out I was his 2nd 'student' the first one had only known him a few months. As is happening in many trades the computer came to the "hands on" machinist and the last 3-4 years he would get laid off as more and more shops were going to computerized machining. At one point I asked "whatre you doing", he said "sitting on a stool waiting for something to need fixing" That was the last place he worked, he had passed 62yrs and despite not wanting to retire, he decided that "sitting on a stool" wasnt getting it. Again, as so often happens, since he wasnt working he slowly lost interest in -- most everything, and along with that his health started going (he was/is a heavy smoker and it caught up with him) I started encouraging him to get rid of his beautiful machinery and not leave his wife to contend with it - and earlier this year he did that and now sits on his patio having difficulty just walking..... This guy was so skilled it was almost scary, he was an artist in metal. Its really sad these type of highly skilled trades are fading away -- I would wonder if your carpenter is still sought after. Since I turned 80yrs, and my wife of 60yrs is in a nursing home with dementia I find myself having to give me a kick in the butt to stay motivated.

Been awhile since I posted on this forum. My girlfriend got me an 856 for my birthday in April. To surprise her I’ve been restoring it and am going to surprise her with it. Hopefully it will be done soon.

What's in your mirror is kinda hard when you have an enclosed but took a 10 hr round trip jaunt to go see @dclarke to pick up a fine 520 snow beast with Dan @Achto for navigator and my wife Cindy for beauty. Always a pleasure and well worth the trip Denny. He even threw it a nice pile of parts and a fine lawn roller that Dan and I might come to fisticuffs about ownership! Kev @pullstart the hood collection grew abit. Just so you guys know Denny has got a nice little harem of thundering round hoods. SORRY no pics as one has yet to be unveiled. We'll let @Terry M do that. Note the clearance of the cab...we had to take off the becon lite and pull the cores out of all four tires to get it to fit.... so if it fits ... it ships!

Blade for a safety razor.

Serviced the Landlady‘s Mow Cart, Sharpened the Blade and correct Height Settings of Mowerdeck. Than i reworked my Sicklebar after we cut last Day‘s a 42m long hedge arround a Buddy‘s Property. use this to see if there any Weakpoints at the Sicklebar, but just a riped Screw is found. Ok that think is several Years old and has it‘s history, but it works very nicely. Even the Blades are still dang sharp. no cuts or breaks after about 100m hedge Trim at all. so it‘s time for few new Bolts to become spare in stability. While i play with the Machines, Kati looks for her first Harvesting and cleanout her Tomatoes. Mrs. „green thump“ at Work Yummy

I'm not really all that far from you. You could have popped over when the tide was out.

Little horses work also

Okay, I found a hub locally on Craigslist, so here's my setup below. I used 3/8" all-thread which worked great and used back to back nuts on the hub being pulled. I got the 3/4" x 7" hexhead bolt, washers, and nut off the shelf at Home Depot. I have a 1-1/8" axle and I used a piece of 3/4" schedule 40 electrical pvc to sleeve the pulling hub and a shorter piece to place over the end of the bolt to keep it centered where it butts the end of the axle. The pvc was the perfect size for the 1-1/8" axle. I had small set of calipers, so I used it as a feeler gauge to set the hub surfaces parallel with each other. Although I didn't have any problem removing my hub, you could remove both wheel set screws and spray some wd40 in the holes. As for removing the woodruff key on the axle, that turned out to be the hardest part of the whole job. I used an 1-1/4" Dremel 426 cutting wheel and did a plunge cut lengthwise in the key, splitting it in half. Hope this helps for anyone having to replace the axle seal or anything further.

DRY lube. I use a graphite powder in a little tube.

Your only about an hour and a half away, still plenty of beer in the fridge and I can fire up the BBQ 😊

There was a guy at the WH Show in Pa doing just that a couple years ago

one of each please

Points are like wives. replace them when they get pitted and worn down. unlike wives they aren’t expensive. Use Kohler parts. A lot of chinese knock offs are terrible.

Now it's time to get the beer out of the RV fridge and do another run.....

I've posted these before and can't help but to post them again. The 953 and the 46 Ford.

https://www.redoyourhorse.com/300-400-500-series-id-tag-decals/ Use the search box top right of home page. Search id tag Hope this helps Terry

Here’s a tug or two from Jane. The Couch. We were looking for a comfy spot to enjoy the drive by tractor show. The Splitter. It’s a heavy monster and that’s when I realized Jane don’t mess around.

Us too. Here's a couple pics showing the 2 trailers we use. The orange dumping trailer on Cinnamon Horse was/is most likely an Ohio Steel brand from the 80s. I've added a (6'?) piece of 2" square tubing to extend the tongue. Moved the axle back 14". Just recently I welded a winch on the extension and a reinforcement to the front. It also has a swinging gate I made up with 4 latches. I replaced the axle rod with a longer piece of 3/4" rod, drilled the same mounting holes, and added Wheelhorse front wheels with new tires. The green trailer on Trina's 867 Pig Pen was a gift to her from her BFF. Her friend's dad bought it new in 1976 or 77 and used until 2010/2 til his passing. It too is an Ohio Steel brand with the 2 year only production round hitch rod.

Thanks guys for all the comments. Kasey, mechanically the transmission was good (not like these transmissions go out lol). Engine was completely rebuilt my my buddy and me. 20 over with nos kohler piston and rings. New rod. All new gaskets. New points and condenser. Engine ran well before tearing apart, but it did smoke and needed a valve job badly. I’m technically the second owner of it. The guy I got it from dad bought it new in 66, he restored it back in the 90s, and past away last year. His son, the one I bought it from, never did anything with it after he past. So I’m going to call myself the second owner. Also got the deck with it which was in good shape. Still need to paint that. Only other thing mechanically that needs to be done the steering rods need replaced (if anyone has any really good used ones or even nos let me know) and the rh spindle where the tie rod connected is bent fairly well. Also have to replace the front pivot pin for the front axle. Have almost everything painted but the front axle, tie rods, and rh spindle.

Could be, however I am not insulted by it whatsoever. I have been a life student of this craft and will continue to be to the end. Its my job, my hobby, and my passion and I always enjoy every second of it regardless of what one calls it. Heck, my wife always says I am a Carpenter to everyone. She stated once to someone complimenting me on what I knew, " he is a walking encyclopedia of useless information".Got to love her!

If I had to pick a favorite of what I currently have, I would have to say the tiller. But who am I kidding, they are all fun and serve a purpose......more seat time!!!

The subject of handsaws posted by @bcgold in another thread reminded me of something interesting and unusual that I was fascinated by in my younger days.In my early 20s I worked for a little while in house construction. I met there another carpenter who was a specialist. Never really met another one ever . He was up there in age (compared to me)probably in his late 60s. I am thinking he was the last of that type. I was incredibly impressed by his efficiency, and economy of tools at what he did. He came to the job site expressively for that function and when he completed it he left. It was all he would do moving from site to site and was eagerly waited for. They would have a long bench made for him and a set of plans. Watching him, he basically looked at the plans for a few minutes and then put them away never to look at them again and went to work.He came with a long skinny bag around his shoulder containing the few tools he used. I recreated in the photo the tools he had and that was it.They are all very similar to what he had minus the bag. One specifically, I got from being inspired by him which is pretty rare and have only come across probably half a dozen of them in my life, owning one of them.

Good to visit with you guys and your better half, Jim. Glad you made it home safe and glad that 520 went to a good home..... Oh yeah, I’m glad that thing went into the trailer too, even if it was on the rims. Lol

I have always like Johnson Evinrude OMC Outboards and Mercury Sterndrives... the Merc outboards I have no love for from past experience... the new ones below a certain HP range (I don't remember but think its around 40 are simply rebadged Tohatsu's.. I can ***** and scream and cry... in the end I bought not one brand new Evinrude... so its partly my fault. The manufacturer makes little on parts and service on used stuff... I don't remember if it was a Johnson or an Evinrude but @Sparky and I had a ball tearing a POS Evinrude Triumph 3 cylinder off that wouldn't run (ignition was junk) and putting on a 40 Hp Evinrude (I think) twin cylinder that was laying in my woods.... it went on the boat and started right up and we went for a rip that afternoon on Coventry lake after it sat for god knows how long... Tony

My three tractors are stored in the basement temperature range from a low of 64 degrees to about 80 in the summer. Don't have battery maintainers. If i need the trailer I usually rotate tractors. I go for more CCA on my batterys as I've had better luck with them. Buying Battery these day is like most every thing else: The Luck of the Draw. I have had batterys last 9 or 10 years and some that didn't last 6 months. I don't think price, CCA, or who made it has anything to do with how long a battery last.

Thanks! But getting home again could be a problem.

I put 11 giant sunflower plants in next to the chicken coop. Hopefully it’ll shade some of their southern exposure this summer!

Cant wait to try it out ! Looks like something out of Mad Max movie. Steampunk Plow Service.

I just added photos. Just need to strip and paint the rear fender and hood. I ordered a smoke stack exhaust from Jim Kemp. Can't wait to get it. I also ordered a new seat from Northern Tool.

I dislike an automatic in a tractor almost as much as in a musclecar, but youre right- its the only way to fly for cutting grass, especially if going back n forth around a lot of obstacles. Have one in my recent 1277 lawn duty bomber, and when i discovered a weak hydro, it almost got an 8 speed I had sitting here. It now flies with a strong hydro out of a C120. Same for a musclecar- nothing like smashing gears with a 4 speed, but if you want to play and race a lot and not be picking up driveline parts, auto is the way to fly.

No fun allowed is our strict policy here at Pullstart Stables. We have been known to break a rule once in a while...

Mom and Dad are bringing the young to the feeder. The young still do not go inside it. Can't get as close to them while on the feeder now. Mom and Dad are protective...

Sand Sand paper can leave grit which will increase point arcing leading to faster wear. Use a metal points file (or borrow the other halfs metal nail file) or use new $100 bills.

I never take the key out of mine. ii's right there in the switch the next i need it.

Favourite attachment is the Toro key on my key-ring, one key fits them all.