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Listened to that Wisconsin sing! even got to ride it myself once! Yes, you must start it to ride it!

Spent the first night this fall in the cabin last evening. Did not think we would be able to light the stove because of the mild temps but it did cool off some so why not. Used the 418-A and the 4 wheeler to haul out the gear. A few pics included. Sunset through the trees and sunrise over the rooftop. Was nice to get away from the TV and news and go off Grid.

Fine details done.

I would like to thank all of you that reacted to this topic it really does mean a lot to me. There is always a story behind my ambitions to seek something soothing to the mind,body and soul. For roughly 25 years I owned 2 camps 4 hours north of our southern Maine home and for various reasons it was inevitable that eventually they would need to move on to another owner. I was fortunate to find someone who would care for them as I did and because of that Patti and I have permission to use either the lake camp or woods camp with just a phone call. Those camps I hold dear to my heart and tho I miss them I know we have this cabin which eases the pain considerably and only takes a 5 minute walk. In 2014 things changed dramatically health wise and found myself very very close to not being here anymore, and after a long absence from my trade I found myself with yet another project, installing the frost posts with a pick and shovel in my hands along with another friend with a mini- excavator and I had absolutely no business in that trench, stubborn or slightly stupid I guess. I did hire a friend to frame this, but the majority of it was built by myself even the fieldstone veneer behind the woodstove. I have included build pictures but am missing some when we cleared the area to build. I figured you guys may like to see it in various stages. I think very highly of a lot of you on RedSquare even those I have not met mainly because we all have very similar interests. Last but not least PLEASE do not ever be Intimidated when your Doctor recommends the dreaded word Colonoscopy, it really isn't that much of a pain in the A%S, I almost lost my life but I was surrounded by way to many GREAT people including Patti foremost, my Doctors, nurses an many of you that are unaware reading this. Enjoy life.

In the process, made one hell of a mess to clean up too! 👎

Thinking about decals and more paint the wagon is probably going to be red I pulled up a really steep hill with wagon in 2nd low throttle pulling 180 pounds pretty good

Always fun when you receive 'PRESENTS' in the mail! . This is the closest I could find to my original 1978/1979 head light lens. Appears to be NOS...with the back side decal. My original is all molded as a single piece...and if anyone has a really nice one to donate to the restoration...I'm ready for you to contact me. But this one I just picked up sure beats 'cracked into two pieces'. Also the screw holes line up PERFECTLY - so that is nice. Drilled out the rivets for the head light assembly and started cleaning everything up. The original bullet connectors and micarta inserts are still in great shape!

A 702 has an axle like a suburban but used upside down to a suburban so flipping it over, so the arms angle up will drop the front. IMO better than flipping the frame is to bolt the frame to the trans using the original top holes in the frame to bolt into the lower holes in the trans. Cut the piece off which would now hang below the trans and weld it on the top of the frame to bolt into the top 2 holes in the trans. Or make a completely new support for the top rear to bolt to the trans. Dan's @Achto way of doing drop spindles is the best way if you still need or want lower

1. It shall be forthwith acceptable to reply "two" when asked how many wheel horses you own, unless the number of tractors exceeds 100. then the proper reply is 'three", as in triple digits.. 2. It is also acceptable to reply "i don't remember" when your better half asks how many you have. Politicians and criminals have used this answer in court for years 3. When you decide to break it to your wife how many horses you own , it is OK to list the various horsepower counting as one. per horsepower designation. [cuts mine in half] 4. It shall be perfectly acceptable for a Ohio Resident to rustle a horse from [that state to the North] except for the Big Game Day, unless Ohio State loses.

The Senior Fired! That’s one more pull cord tractor At @pullstart Stables!

I was looking for a picture of his spindles while Dan posted this.

Well, this has spark! it’s unbelievable how massive this really is! IF (that’s a BIG IF!) it ends up under a Wheel Horse hood, it’ll have a funny set of stacks with the intake on the right and exhaust mainly on the left!

@pullstart's post earlier today reminded me of my first experience with a Wisconsin magneto. I grew up with small block Chevy's and Briggs. At the lawnmower shop, I was maybe 13-14. Old Vernon came from Jamaica every summer to work in the shop. He was over 6' tall and probably as wide. And he new everything about every motor, machine, everything. Just a brilliant man. He called me - "Speedle Wheedle" - Which he told me meant "Little Rat" in Jamaican. lol One day he says, "Speedle Wheedle, come here mon. Hold this mon...." And he spins the gear on the magneto and the current flies through me and I jump back and yell. All 300lbs of Old Vernon were jiggling while he laughed harder than I ever saw him laugh. At my expense. In only seconds, I learned about Magneto's that day.

What a gorgeous machine! And I don't use that word often. No, not machine, gorgeous. Each time one of you guys posts an old machine, my 310-8 seems more and more meh...

Indian Summer Leaf fall accents Wheel Horse Red Stark in coming snow

Not for pasties... I feel Haikuish... U P pasties best Meat pies in all the Midwest Well worth the long trip

That’s awesome! I was very impressed with that little cabin (or oasis) when you gave John and I the tour

Spraymaster!

I am and have been since a teen into high end audio equipment . For my vintage tube amplifiers I had this device made that allows me to check and set the bias on the output tubes all at the same time. It can be set individually for each tube by switching the others off or check them in pairs for each channel. It has an additional set of special adapter sockets specially wired for 7591 tubes like the Scott uses. It can be left connected while amplifier is in use to monitor bias as tubes get hotter.

Flipped the frame at the tranny, cut out the center section where the engine mounts, and added another right side up frame under the flipped frame.

Ordered a carb kit from Steiners for pumkin farmer's Massey Kev and got some of those cow tail candies too... pretty tasty actually! You sound like a kid on Christmas morning when you got it going. There is something about a 65 year old motor coming to life! Guessing you checked the oil!?!?!

I made different spindles for one of my customs.

You probably oughta buy that one some flowahs.

Sounds like Time fore another Horse....😎

More tedious original equipment restoration work today.

Worked on 2 of the tractors today. 16 Auto Had to swap out the fuel pump because it was leaking gas. Pretty simple job, checked it over, because it won't be long before I hook up the tall chute blower. Raider 12 Time to get lights working. Installed eye ball lights on the front end Then added a set of back up lights and got the taillight working, still need to get a bulb, but it all works nicely

I think he might be me, but not so Jamaican and not quite 300 lbs, and surely not close to 6’ tall!

I agree, magneto's can be a real pain. Take it from me. But the real story here is Old Vernon. I have so many great stories from that old timer. Like the time he hit me in the head with a 3lb sledge.

Yes they are. I spent several years with the 417-8 and Kwik-Way FEL roaming the woods trying to find just the correct size for a small building. Cleaned them , a lot of them were moss covered which did look nice but thought they would be nicer to clean them and lay them in the sun spread out for some time to dry out before starting to lay them. I have done masonry work with brick but this was my first fieldstone job. Being a Plumber by trade it's nice to try something else now and then.

Changed the oil. Was over due I think, looked like a porter.

WHAT???? At least make it go fast enough so your @$$ bites a hole in the seat to help hold you on. My guess is if the spirals are right, that thing should have some pretty good control.

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You're gonna need a bigger frame under that thing.

Gonna start calling it the love shack Plunge!

Well, it’s a small town and there are several vineyards and a winery nearby for tasty treats, haha.

@ebinmaine this is what they look like. Historically awesome!

He has a 1946(?) Grand Haven tractor. It’s pretty dang sweet. Essentially a big boxed frame with an engine out back and a big bar to steer it. I think it is mainly for cultivating?

If you run a small jumper wire from the battery "+" to the coil "+" do you get spark at the plug? With the ignition switch in the START position do you have power to the "I" terminal of the ignition switch? If you do then the only component between it and the coil is the wire.

Man, that's so nice! The perfect little get Maine away! 🦞

The SR-71 Blackbird was started by a pair of Buick 401 Nailheads.

Looks like a great place to get snowed in for a few days.

It’s all in the details Craig!

Just a little fun with the little guy today.

Thanks all for the well wishes. It certainly is a mile stone. We had a nice day, it was in the 70's outside. Ended up cooking on the grill, because of the virus. Did some Rib Eyes and Filets along with some shrimp K-Bobs with onion and green pepper. I am starting to be able to taste some foods again, so the dinner was not waisted. Also, opened a bottle of Champaign and had a piece of French Silk Pie.

We took a trip Thursday to get a pasty fix at Lehto's in St Ignace, Mi. We drove north on M66 to enjoy the fall colors. Stopped at Deadman's Hill overlook near Petoskey: Got a couple of beef pastys. Had to eat them in the car, as the store was a take out only, and it was a little too cold to eat at the picnic tables that were outside: These were beef, potato, onion, and rutabaga wrapped in a pastry shell. As we were eating them, we commented that they were so tasty, another would be good, though we would not be able to eat another. Back into the store to buy two more cold ones to take home with us. Back across the bridge (the Mackinac Bridge) to go home: 440 miles round trip for lunch. The Cherokee came up with 31 and change mpg for the trip.