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Attended a car, truck, & tractor show at a local farm today. It was a small show but it was their first year having a show. Thought that I would share some pictures with you all. We parked my friend Joel's little SimpleCity in front of this Big Bud for a funny size comparison. The DJ "Hobo" built this customized 1946 Dodge to bring some tunes for all to enjoy Besides the show there were many other activities going on, hay rides, corn maze, petting zoo, plenty of things for kids and adults to do. They also had an air cannon for chucking pumpkins, it would easily launch a pumpkin well over 200yrds.

Been doing some welding practice today. Started with the 2 pieces bolted to the transmission. Made those back in April I think. Welded the other 2 pieces to those.

Stumbled on this. Not sure if it has been posted here before, but I never heard it before.

Finished a valve job on the 418-A. It was hard to start since I bought it and finally decided to rip into it. There was no valve clearance and the valves were pretty worn so I just decided to replace them. She starts strong now. Some high and low RPM adjustment and it's ready to work. Also painted the muffler with some high temp black and did a lot of engine cleaning. Pics are before and after leakdown test results.

When the craving for a new horse hit you you have to use which ever means possible to get that horse home!😂🤣😅. We have been there! This was Iowa-California on top of the van…. We got a lot of looks!!! 😂

Nice pair

The work mule!! Husbands toy! I think he makes stuff up to do just to have an excuse to play on it! 😂 He has gotten the HY-3 redone and it’s back on! Might have to post newer picture! Lol

Just added fluids to transaxle and engine. Carb mounted as well as starter. I’ll call it naked side shot…..

Renewed my Red Square membership for another two years… Best site on the web hands down… Thank you Karl and Mods…

Looks like he's got the incognito horse wrangling covered. That would really be stupid if were something crappy like a MTD but with a Horse it's genius ingenuity to not let one slip outta your hands and dedication.

Stopped by a buddies house while on our last ride of the 2021 season today . Had this sitting on the side of his garage . He says it's a worker but he's having problems with the track-chains. It's powered by a Continental engine . Love the custom fabbed canopy & battery box

Removed the 42SD from the 417A and gave it the PETE treatment. Out in the sun all this week to soak in. Put the clean 48SD on the 417A. The 417 A with the front and rear ball hitch will be used for moving trailers but no mowing till 2022 spring.

But it does make for some good motivation! Wash one or build one, it keeps me going!

Spied a good back ground for a fall picture while I was at a show today.

This is waste restaurant fryer oil being made into soap using the hot process which allows me to separate the glycerine from the actual soap. Apparently the more valuable glycerine maybe further refined by heating then passing it through a centrifuge. Once the glycerine is removed the soap takes on a much better color, the glycerine can be made into soap but has many other uses as well. The most difficult part of this project was finding a metal drum, the large stainless bowel was brought back from my B.C. trip, the old Coleman camp stove was a landfill score which is running on automotive gasoline - unleaded ethanol blend. This batch of soap is being made with sodium hydroxide aka lye, which make a harder bar, next batch I'll try potassium hydroxide recovered from wood ash for a softer bar or perhaps a liquid soap. Wood ash is covered with water, distilled water works best, let it soak overnight then evaporate the filtrate down, when an egg will float you know your concentration is right to proceed to your next step - make soap. Soap can be made using the cold or hot process, cold soap takes longer to cure two to three weeks while soap from the hot process is ready to use within a couple of days of curing..For my soap molds I'm cutting the plastic oil containers lengthwise giving me two halves.

Since I'm down to the last week or two where it's still warm enough to paint without needing heat (which I don't have), I figured I'd better get going on painting my snow blades. I'm only doing the front faces, to help the snow slide. I kind of like the patina on the frames. I just bought the second one last month from a fellow member here who lives only 10 minutes away. I wasn't looking for another snow blade, but I figured I'd see how a 54" one does, compared to my 48". I need to replace the wear bar on the new one - it was worn down so far that two of the bolts were being ground down. After I cut the bolts and took the bar off, I saw that this wasn't the first time it had happened, only the previous time, it had worn down to all of the bolt holes. Someone added a small strip of new metal. I don't know why they didn't just leave it as it was and drill new holes.

Six years ago while on a mini vacation in northern Maine checking out an antique store I stumbled upon an 8'' WH wheel cover in very rough condition among a bunch of antique tools. I picked it up and thought it may make a nice ornament to drill a small hole in the center and screw it in the shop overlooking the tractors. For some reason I talked myself out of it. One year later I wondered if it were still in that store and while visiting the area I went back and sure enough it was in the same place where I left it. This morning I decided to remove a small dent with a body hammer and give it a clean up with some Mothers and aluminum foil. I won't be drilling a hole in it and yes it was worth the $ 9.95 I paid for it to save just a tiny bit of WH history.

I built my father in law a hitch so he can pull a trailer, and I'm gonna set up his leaf vac to work with it too. Just realized I missed a brace on the bottom. Guess I'll add it tomorrow. At least mine catches the slot hitch mount as well.

That looks like a calander shot.

Little progress, governor linkage, choke and throttle about set. Wiring is next. Always handy to have the C161 auto in the background for reference!

That was resourcefulness, on the other hand this is just plane stupid!

You should be able to find what you need at TSC.

from the show today. I'll get more tomorrow. These are just a few of the many Gravely tractors coming up for auction. Turns out this guy lives in the same city as I do. All of his tractors will be on displaly at the fairgrounds for viewing. h Don't make this guy mad. I think he could do some damage with that chainsaw. I thought this was interesting. Don't know why it couldn't be incorporated on any tractor with a little fab work. Adjust your front wheel width as needed. I learned Gravely was bought out by Studebaker in 1960. They are still being made to, as a commercial line I think. If you look long enough at this tractor kind-a looks like a Studebaker Lark, with the azz end cut off. Dual front wheel drive. Rear tires steer. Home made steam engine. Seemed to putter around pretty well. Did I already post these? I don't remember. Oh well worth a 2nd look.

After cooling overnight then this morning I skimmed off the junk then decanted most of the glycerine what was left was milled into the soap which at this point looks like cheese curds after cold milling it now looks like Butterscotch pudding. The pudding was transferred into molds to cure. The crude glycerine to clarify gets heated then passed through a centrifuge producing 3,000g's of mechanically produced gravity, as the centrifuge project unfolds I'll post into this thread.

From the road sign it looks like he’s sneaking another one out of Pa.

I have a '73 I "play on". lol I'll hop on it to go to the mailbox. Yes, I drive rite by the box when I come home from work and it's only 150ft from the house and the garage is almost halfway there. Something about driving that little buggah. Oh it has to have the wagon in tow lol.

This '46 IH has been given a longer set of legs, few more ponies stuffed into the gas engine, and air ride suspension & brakes. Owner says that it will cruise 80mph, rides nice and she'll stop on a dime. He also showed me some pic's of a Diamond Reo that he is working on. It's getting upgraded with a Cat engine along with a long list of other mods.

As if the AMX was not rare enough, this car had factory cross ram dual carbs. The car was purchased brand new by the owners father and the owner spent about 25yrs restoring this AMX.

418-A got a bath today!

The one I have outside the garage

I have been thinking for some time now to remove the 2 stage and cab on the 91 520-H and decided to do that this morning. Two reasons, first for maintenance and second to give the machine a Winter break and get some of the other 3 seasons a shot at it. Would like to put the 48'' SD mower back on it for mowing and mulching the ridiculous amount of leaves we get here. After removing those items gave it a wash and wax, put the wheel covers back on it and went for a short trail ride. Probably will install those 2 accessories on the 418-A and try out the twin Kohler this Winter.

I replaced the raggedy old seat on the Dixie horse 310-8. It’s called a “black talon high back” on amazon. It’s plenty comfortable and has good back support. Direct bolt on too. No modifications. For the price you can’t beat that. It’s made of some kind of synthetic material, so it should be plenty durable.

Has anyone used Por 15 on the underside of decks and spindles? I know it's a little pricey, but it went on great and I didn't use very much of the quart can for 2 coats. Just wondering on the durability from slinging grass.

Another good day fighting rust. I got the lift bar and frame primed and painted. The new shaft, pulleys and bearings are supposed to be here tomorrow but I won't be able to work on it until at least Tuesday. I forgot about the idler pulleys. Even though I could pick them up locally I went ahead and ordered a couple. Here's the bestest news. I've been soaking the bar and tube the beat I could. I decided to turn it again and it was definitely easier. I re-rigged it on the trailer frame so I could twist and pull at the same time. IT WAS SLOWLY COMING OUT! Once I got the end of us inside the pipe I handed my wife a steel rod and hammer and told her to just start hitting it. That helped and before I knew it I was holding it in my hand. I don't have the main pully off yet but I don't think it's going to fight me much more. I'm not going to do much to the wobble box and bar. I'll pull the knives off and clean them up and check the drive pin for wear. Normally when I attack a project I horribly under estimate the issues and headaches I'll run in to. I think I over estimated this one.

Thanks! Certainly could be prettier but I'm lookin for function.

Not to mention the cylinders are above the guard unlike an opposed twin.

The multi piece crankshaft is how many of the old British single cylinder motorbike engines were built. Usually having tapers on the crank pin and flywheels, roller bearing ‘Big end’ and one piece Conrod. A big end repair kit would include a new crank pin. After tightening the crank pin nuts the assembly was ‘trued up’ by setting up between “centres”, checking with dial gauges, remove from centres, ‘gentle’ whack on a flywheel with a hammer, then ‘rinse and repeat’ until no run out measured!

Pull start. When I have to work in the garage in the winter I use a 2 burner mounts on a tank. If it is real cold I use a 3 burner mounted on 40lb tank to heat up for about 20 minutes then go back to the 20lb with a 2 burner. These work well with a little ventilation. there better than the torpedo type no fumes. Just quite clean heat. I think better using a electric heater. Big $$ there. H.D. and Lowes has them. Good luck with you work area.

A Hurst Scrambler and an AMX. Probably my favorite AMC products.

Actually Gravely was purchased by Ariens in 1982 and is currently manufactured in Brillion Wisconsin.

Because that engine has a powered ignition I would go for an electric pump. Wire it to the positive terminal on the coil so it will shut off with the engine if one of the safeties is activated.

I doubt it. Ran that type of hydro on a FEL pushing and digging. They are tough. Those disconnects endure a lot of vibration. A new mounting bolt and some lock tight could be your friend. I would also check all the associated bushings and shafts for wear. Also, when the back of the belt gets worn it can cause a lot of jumping in that linkage.

Awesome Lane ... gotta love that dealer sticker on the back of the tool box!

Just pulled the deck today.

I have to share my joy and surprise..we had our last points pull yesterday. The track was a mud pit. After a couple hours of working the track the end result was a “ usable” track. My son ended up getting a first place on his go fast tractor. He had a blast slinging mud!! Lol today we clean.

Pretty cool thing you got there Jeff. I too hate commercials and blabber. Can’t stand talk radio. I have all my music in my home computer, an ipod, two spare hard drive, some on my cell phone and a good amount on a dvd. All different ways to jam. Finished this guy today and worked on another

Two words men, two words. Double. Doors.

Sounds like some folks need a diet! I have the same issue with a 33" door. Pop a couple of 6-12 wheels tires on the backs with a couple of lugs and roll them through.

Finished this little guy today…. Threw it on the giveaway.