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Scrolling through Facebook market palace I came across this ad which seemed to be spam but in hindsight it wasn’t . It was an Rj58 covered in dust in an old building . Naturally I sent a few messages stating I was interested. With about a day going by I figured that it had sold . I receive a phone call in which it was the lady who had owned it and said it was still available. So I had a buddy Of mine run up to Fall River Massachusetts to grab it for me in which it turned out to be a moving company who had closed their doors. My assumption is that it got bought in a clean out or it never got picked up /delivered to the customer it was being moved for . Here our some pictures in order .since I’ve gotten it running which it’s a great runner and it definitely shows signs of low hour machine . I am fortunate @stevebo helped me out with the schnacke recoil . I am leaving the dirt and grease on the machine as seen . 😊

Rylee and I jumped in Norman for a haul. We hit the road at 3:58 this morning, hoping to land around 1:30 this afternoon. A little brake fast at the ‘King and we’re back on the road!

We went to PA and turned right

And this just in… @Pullstart now wanted in 13 States for rustling… approach with caution. Known to put victims to sleep in cornfields…

Well with that big truck and the way Kevin can load tractors I’m going to guess he’s getting…umm… 7 machines!

Me, Trina and her mom have been out reorganizing the tractor outdoor storage area all afternoon. Moved about 3 million years worth of leaves. Realigned all 5 future project tractors and some parts under a paracord where we'll hang a large tarp for the winter. At the Meet n Greet we'll line up every other tractor near these for a photo opportunity. Also convenient because the forest trails start here. @Raposo @JCM

OMG, the rustlers in PeeAaaa. Lock the barn Mama.

Came across this on FB last night and shot him a message. Never seen one of these before. Almost looks like a big fiberglass body. At first, I thought it was a rear-engine. But now that I look at it, it almost looks like a front-engine, front-wheel-drive set-up. Doesn't look like there is a deck to it, but I like the little floor-boards rather than being open like the small, 60's Wheel Horses have. Any help or ID would be much appreciated.

Here is the only picture I have currently after unloading it yesterday evening. My JD 400 TLB was sizing it up and felt a lil inferior next to the Wheel Horse!

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/11/04/once-owned-by-smokey-yunick-this-chevrolet-small-block-intake-manifold-may-be-the-last-remnant-of-a-canceled-high-performance-camaro

These items appeared on Nextdoor today! I call it Red Friday >>wife out of town for weekend!

He don't Plunger he be bringing that back for me...gonna build a 520-8 plow mule.... I had a vision from the above... 26-12 ags.. lift the fender pan... 18" Vs on the front ... add hydraulics ala FEL style..... clevis hitch ...weights ... he just don't know that yet.....

Had a productive day. Made my own wheel weights from a $40 weight set at walmart. 50lbs plus probably 5lbs for the hardware per wheel. Also fixed my headliggts and replaced the bulbs with LEDs. And got my mowing done afterwards.

Went to check out the combine’s progress on the north end of the field… then my tractor riding buddy fell asleep!

@cafoose Best. Song. Ever. I've seen parts or the whole o that movie at least 30 times. Gets better. Every. Time.

Don’t worry PA people the only thing we took here was a leak and theses pictures.

I was in Va many years ago. I saw tumbleweed and thought it was your hair!

Yep, that looks just about right. The real question of course is, how in the world does one get one's daughter up and out the door before 4:00 in the morning? My wife tries it once in a blue moon, I don't even bother any more.

Eric: Great article - Smokey was a great race car builder who fractured almost EVERY rule in the rulebook. He discovered that the Hudson Hornet motor developed more torque IF you ran it backwards. He had a custom camshaft ground with a mirrored profile - even had the "Testicular Fortitude" to have the FACTORY part number on it. Made a fan with reverse pitch, rewound the starter to run backwards. Perhaps his greatest achievement was his 1967 15/16th scale Chevelle to compete in the NASCAR Sportsman Series - every panel on the car was massaged to be a wee bit smaller. Because of him NASCAR went to the Roofline profile inspection plates. My alltime favorite was once (then the rule was added) he had a car in qualifying that had no rear wheel cutouts on the body. He figured it would be more aerodynamic and it was. The other Teams laughed when they saw it - how is that fool going to change rear tires during the race they said. Once they qualified up near the front, the crew cut out the wheel openings. There was a protest filed by other teams - Smokey replied " NASCAR allows us to cut our own desired wheel opening shape - they just did not say when!!"

Chasing towards the sun!

Just got a tiny bit acquainted with a handful of new rides today…

Normally I use the ramps, but the approach was quite steep.

Only 4 tractors.

Chop shop baby! 👍

Just noticed… going kinda slow there @Pullstart…

Quite a load! Looks like Norman is tractor heavy.

Hey!!! I’m worth about $400!!!!! I gotta tell my wife!!! meh… maybe not…

TMI… but thank you for not including your usual abundance of pictures…

@Jacob S One other thought... You might be tempted to try some of the products called "belt dressing" to get the belt to have better grip. NOT a good idea. Those products are for belts that are under constant tension, not for ones used for clutch engagement as the ones on WHs are. Good quality, Kevlar fabric-wrapped belts are the way to go for our tractors.

And Smokey got fined for another violation - to add fuel capacity beyond the mandatory 22 gallon fuel tank, he ran a QUARTER MILE of fuel line coiled up inside the car. Another new rule change ....

Very cool! I loved the 67 model year. The Nova SS was awesome. A friend had a 67 Camaro (maybe a 68?) that he 'bumped into' a tree with the front end. He found the same year Firebird at a local scrap yard that was wrecked in the rear. Turns out that everything bolted right up! He did have to 'massage' the fenders to line the door seams up. When it was all finished it was a Firebird comin' at ya, and a Camaro goin' away. Too bad it was a 6 cylinder car...

If you take a close look, they are basically a walk behind tractor that they added a rear section of frame and a steer axle to. I believe that all of the walk behind attachments will fit on right on to the front of the tractor.

Really?? That low??

Sorry we are not GREEN fans here. Go Red.

I'll be along for the ride too. Safe travels my friends!!

I stretch in the mornings and I sometimes I get light headed.

All joking aside- when is the last time you woke up and stretched like you did when you were a kid? That was some serious snoozing! I wake up nowadays feeling like someone beat me with a bat.

Be afraid… be very afraid… Horror movie sequel: @Pullstart of the Corn

Got the ags and plow on the raider 10. People liked it on holloween.

A... little... The song I have had on my mind is... 9 to 5... via D. Parton... Don

I've tried both one thicker spring and one stock, one added.

If you have 2 bearings for the input shaft, I drive one from the outside and the other from the inside. The inside one is flush, the outside one is in enough to make the seal flush. The cap bearings , I drive in from the outside...flush with the outside. The brake shaft side, I drive in from the outside...in far enough to have the seal be flush. Outer axle bearings from the outside...in far enough to have the seals be flush. Look at the bearings, one end is rounded, the other is squared. Round end goes in first, squared end is for the arbor or punch if you go that route.

The grader was acquired for a Benjamin.. Not sure what do about the cultivators I already own a set. 30 min Road trip after work !

As long as the flip flop kid doesn't make it to the WH desert in Va. we should be fine.

Black Hood heavy??? That’s just crazy talk @WHX??… Musta got into the cheese curds again last night… All’s forgiven on your confused state of mind… a lack of Black Hoods in the stable causes that… I’m thinking over options on this here Black Hood… gotta decide if I’m gonna just keep her as is or pretty her up for SL&WHN RR duties. She’s gonna be my go to tug for the train, so I’m probably going to get her looking right proper including the headlight bezel… but… I’m also thinking she needs another playmate so… could be more news… or, I may go “missing” if Mrs. Sylvia says … In any event, it’s pretty cool driving this thing around quietly… very unique…

I did my first Black Hood in semi and second in satin… preferred the satin…

Scored some barbell weights at an auction. Adding some more weight to my main plow tractor. She is getting a 54" blade this year so a I figured more weight would be appropriate. 127 lbs of weights and 65 on each wheel 257 lbs... Next going to reconfigure her front weight mount (currently 45 lbs) to add some more and have an aligning pin for the pow frame. going after EB in Maine

Hhaha, Renault, the cars that fall apart over every speedbump. No serieus, they often have pieces falling apart. The summer before covid, we were enjoying our dinner on a terrace at a local restaurant. Before the door was this speedbump, a Renault drives by and his entire exaustsystem falls off . The sound diffrence was hilarious. Race-mode engaged!