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Took a second tractor / sleigh ride / nap today. Second gear, likely around 2300 rpms. Wouldn’t you know, my Tough As Nails Wheel Horse “Poppy” the 552 never skipped a beat. I know that plowing snow and fields will test a GT to it’s limits. Pulling a sleigh and a couple kids? Naw, that’s like retirement to this thing! Now, I’ll sip a coffee and wait for the little one to wake. And @Mikey the Monkey I think today’s the day she’ll become a big sister

I really feel sorry for that 552.

Geez someone out getting seat time and here I am sittin here doing a resto! This 701 hood @Achto give me going to the blaster tomorrow so just for the halibut see if I could get the original decal off. With the help of a razor thingy and a little heat. I should see if i can decoupage it to a nice plaque for a wall hanger.

This Super A is sort of row cropish, very stable especially when you adjust the axle width.

The mind is a terrible thing to loose. That was a steel nozzle. Turns out the one in my parts box is the carbide one I bought but hadn't put in yet....

How much for the mane.....been thinkin about a transplant.

@pullstart you are an accident waiting to happen . Hope you have good insurance .

All of the letter series Farmall's (A,B,C,H,M and the Cub) were considered row crop tractors. They had adjustable widths and more ground clearance and were labeled Farmall. The high crop versions of the Farmall's would have the letter V after the first letter. Like this MV for example. During that time the W series (W4,W6,W9,) were considered standard tractors. The W4 had the same engine as the H. The W6 had the same engine as the M. The W9 stood alone and had the largest engine for IH at the time. These were mainly tillage tractors, they did not have adjustable widths and were labeled as McCormick's.

My moto is and has been, skin grows back but gloves cost money. Bob

My horse died...I am thinking about parting it out.

We see ones like this barreling down the road quite frequently and they do have a road gear.

Hand the wife a shovel is the easiest way! Ramp would probably be best as it might be difficult to pull it out of a ditch

Just saw this on FB. Mighty fine!

I try to use the threaded ones on everything I can. I trust them more than the little clippy ones.

Recently got a "new" D200 and among a few of its problems was the gas tank was way gone! Tanks are scarce for the 'D's' and only one I could find was $300 plus shipping - that was a bit much for me. While prowling the bay I ran across an import version of the well known "Jerry Can" for cheap and thought .... Hmmmmm! Surprisingly the rust was mainly on the sides of the tank which left the studs and fuel valve in good shape. Using a hole saw I cut the existing fixtures out, dressed/cleaned them up and brazed them to the new tank. Being the typical 'import' item the metal was quite thin and despite using the low heat for brazing, I still blew 3-4 holes. Doing a 'bench test' putting some fuel in to ck for leaks --- well, took me 3 tries to get them all plugged up! And here we are (despite the fuzzy pic) Turned out pretty well, even looks pretty close to the original tank

I don’t know... Gonna consult the Bumps & Bruises mods on this one... That looks like just a plain ole’ flesh wound... no spurting’, oozin’ or bone showin’... Gotta say it’s not up to your usually high injury standards... Slow day in the mid-Mitten?

Last time plowing with Poppy, it was running pretty iffy... then not at all. I cleaned and checked the gap on the points, degreased the front of the engine and cleaned up the filthy spark plug. We’re chug-a-luggin’ again! It’s a beautiful day for tractor rides before ALL the snow melts!

Got one of these?

Just an update on my experiences with the OTR AGs, I was out this evening starting to repair the lawn and try to push some of the gravel and sod back to where it belongs, so right before putting the back in the barn there's still snow on the hill in the back yard, so with Kevin @pullstart getting hung in the slush I figured I should see how the ole 520 would go up the hill in 2-3" wet/slush like snow on still nearly frozen ground... Fluid filled and around 70# of iron wheel weights, NO chains needed unlike turf tread ,enjoy. 20210303_170015.mp4

I'll take the rear end ....aaahhh second thought there's enough of them here to go around....

Kevin I'm just happy to see this didn't require an emergency room visit

What for? It was a carcass when I got it, used parts I had on hand to make little kids, along with myself, smile many, many times.

Then finally made it to safety. The plentiful amounts of clean snow surrounding helped keep my finger clean and well.

Similar down the road from me:

High Crop tractors were used for cultivation and were primarily used by flatlanders so stability wasn't that big of a concern. As a kid I cultivated corn and potatoes with a 1949 Case SC much like the one pictured below. The taller rear wheels and narrow front made it less stable than a high crop would probably be but we had no problem.

Gives a whole new meaning to "Duallies"

Tried My Hand at Planing......... Oh man, I thought we were gonna see some great fishing videos.

Wish I had a wife... I need someone to do my laundry, too.

WHAT Monkey you got another offspring !?!?! Are congrats in order ?We want pics of the little rascal! Fill me in I promise I won't cuss or order you to have another one! I'm lost but you know I'm slow ... I'm handing it to you then.. I got some of that 50/50 epoxy on the shelf but might be bad by now.... thinking glue in on to a bark edged board and using that .. SWMBO might go for that with her cabin motif. ... Maybe even let me put it in the bedroom.wher i can get something to look at.....

So it melted completely 10 times? Or is only 1/10th of what it was?

Kevin, stick that finger in a shot of Wheel Horse Bourbon. It will only sting for a minute.

Forgot pic

yer replaceable... the tractor I hear tell they don't make them anymore If a guy smashes his thumb getting a hitch pin out that's an honorable would and can not be held against him .... smashing it out of stupidity now,,...

Time to add 4 wheel drive.

I like these projects. And sliding doors are certainly the current trend. I suspect in a few years when this runs its course that all of our homes will appear dated. I don't have better pictures, but I made these sliding doors from Alder for my basement to close off a bedroom. My wife looked at lots of doors and didn't find anything that was to her liking (that we were willing to pay for) so asked if I could make something instead. She wanted them to be heavier looking than the off the shelf models. The vertical boards float in grooves I cut into the stiles and rails. To block vision between adjacent boards, I cut grooves into the edge of each vertical board and put splines in between. The splines are glued into only one of the boards so they don't rattle. Because I didn't know when to say when, there is a little bit of EPDM foam in the grooves of the rails here and there to keep it snug but still let them grow as needed, hopefully without blowing it apart. So far, so good. No massive movement or problems due to humidity swings. I had planned to tenon everything together, but got lazy and used a fancy gizmo that makes floating tenons instead for expediency. No metal fasteners, but it felt like cheating. I don't have pix of the finished doors. They are sort of gray now. The top and bottom panels aren't the same height but the angle of the photo makes it appear so. If I had to do it over, they wouldn't be so thick. I think they ended up around 1-3/4" which means the track at the top needs to stand off the wall further than I wanted. Didn't think that through... Steve PS - in anticipation of the "you sure like expensive tools comment" I'll defend myself by saying I buy all of my stuff used.

I commend you for turning a living room into anything else! At our old house, I built a master bath out of a living room. It was pretty much a total gut and redo. I even cut an 8’ hole in the exterior wall to reframe for a big bay window above the garden tub!

Here’s an update, after day 2. There was a 2x10 underneath the bay window so we had to frame out a little bit bit more. We filled it all with insulation! (It’s a gambrel house) got the closet sorta framed. Tightened up some wiring, I had to add a 2 gang box so it could be exposed!

This could get really ugly. I found another snow blower.

Cordless Impact driver and socket

@pullstart good news. Nothing more exhilarating than the birth of a baby. My wife told me this morning that shes ready for another...

You just wasted some good pics for front end Friday & side shot Saturday & Sunday, the heck with your finger, we don't know where it's been.

Everyone likes solid wood myself included. I probably use more solid wood than most. However there are many jobs or items where solid wood is not advisable and there are better alternatives. I have probably built well over several hundred doors up to now. Probably 75% have all been solid wood using traditional mortise and tenon work with floating panels. Barn doors are not so critical because they are merely attached at the top and do not have to critically fit within a frame where any warping and or twisting will be a problem but as I will describe later they may be a problem also. A regular door however is critically different story and materials have to be carefully selected from specific cuts so as to prevent any warping or twisting. The process of gluing and clamping such a door can already create a problem if done incorrectly. Barn doors can also many times be a problem if they twist badly. A client that I have worked for for years is very fond of barn doors and had in the past two of them built by someone else. They are used to close large openings into other rooms and are around seven feet wide and eight feet tall. They are solid wood built from rough boards. I have probably fixed them at least a dozen times. They constantly warp so badly that they either wedge themselves on the bottom guide not working at all or have actually popped off the top rollers. Every season is an adventure with them. One of the last jobs I did for them was the woodwork for their pool house. Again she wants a large barn door. She was so disappointed with the others that she said no more. I assured her that it can be done without any problems. This is an area totally exposed to all kinds of moisture from the pool having large patio doors always open in the Summers and showers right next to it. So I built the door on the photo. It is a little over 6 feet wide by 8 feet tall. Rather than to use solid boards for the panels I used instead special grade knotty pine plywood having only solid wood for the frame. It is a hybrid construction technique essentially making a sandwich of different materials. Door has now been up for two years and there has not been any warping or twisting on it with all joints being tight. It is perfectly straight horizontally and vertically and with a slight push it will slide by itself all the way to the stop bumper on the other side. The lore and appeal of solid wood is wide spread and sort of a romantic thing. It is however in many cases not the appropriate material to use unless one is willing to deal with and tolerate the consequences. On top of that is also makes some of these projects unnecessarily expensive and troublesome. In our modern homes with air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter, and constantly changing humidity content solid wood goes essentially through shock treatment. Totally solid wood furniture today in these homes would slowly self destruct and be a nuisance with stuck drawers , badly fitting doors and unsightly cracks just to name a few. Is it possible? Yes, however not many know how to build it correctly and few clients have the finances to afford such pieces if correctly built.. Below is a photo of the three tools which precede all of my work, whether it is to purchase material, build it in the shop or to install it in a clients home. Prior to any installation of major work, a circular chart recorder is installed at least one week before and if all conditions are conducive to installation afterwards it will stay recording for about one month. This way there is an actual visual accurate record of what is going on environmentally which always explains what problem may show up.

Awesome !! I'd love to have one

I would LOVE that! I've been a power tool hobbyist for a while but have played with handplanes a bit on larger pieces of wood that were too cumbersome to cram into the machines. It was so gratifying to watch the shavings pile up on the floor as the board flattened and the soreness in my upper body really felt good. I'm not a romantic, but making little pieces of wood out of big pieces of wood with hand tools is as close as it gets for me! Steve

As stated, high crops were generally used on flat land. Just like the row crops with a narrow front end, high crops could be very dangerous when used on the side of a hill. I knew people who were killed when their narrow front tractor tipped over sideways on them when they were using it on the side of a hill. Most high crop tractors were nothing more than a row crop jacked up in the air so they don't really weigh much more than the row crop does. You will seldom see a high crop with a narrow front end as these extremely dangerous. In short, YES you had to be careful with a high crop. Rolling them on their side was always a present danger.

Al Gore and John Kerry are watching... ain’t happy with your carbon footprint... now youz gotta file on youz in DC... big trouble...

My favorite electrical issue. We have "project houses "where I live .These are small homes built in the 50's designed for soldiers looking for there first home. They were designed to last 30 years tops. Well they are still there. Many have had additions put on them. My niece's home is one of them. 3 years ago 2 weeks before Christmas her Step-father, (My B-I-L) calls me. Half of the outlets in the house don't work and they weren't all in the same room. He wanted me to come see if I could figure it out. I get there. There are 2 small boys living there and toys are everywhere. My BIL has almost EVERY OUTLET hanging out of the walls trying to figure out what's going on. No breakers are tripped. I'm trying to trace out how everything is run. Then I remember a sub panel in the garage. I go out there and it's a good 20 minutes of work clearing crap out of the way to get to it. Nothing tripped. I see romex coming out of the panel going off in a wayward direction. I follow it out side to a outdoor outlet. Her husband goes balls-out with Christmas lights I look up at a power strip on the roof and about 25 light sets and triple plug adapters in this power strip. None of these are plugged in fully. And it's warm out that day and the water from the melting snow is bridging the prongs on all these lights. I unplug the main feed from the strip and Wha-la. Outlets in the house all work. And I did not help put all the outlets back in the walls.