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For every society, for every industry, for every hobby, for every little niche of everything in the world, there are the normal things, the slightly above average, and then there's this truck and this driver... I shared this short video with my own Ole Man this morning because him and I both like trucks and he likes purple in particular. We got to gabbing back and forth about it and it made me a lot more curious so I did some searching and I found the article that's linked below. https://www.tenfourmagazine.com/2014/08/cover-features/still-going-strong/ The man. 80 plus. The machine. 1950 vintage with somewhere around TEN MILLION MILES. It's had many drivers and many engines and many parts replaced with at least a couple fairly heavy restorations. I'm sure most of you are well aware of the extreme feet of durability that is even with all the changes over the years.

Hi all, I thought I would introduce my collection. Wheelhorse 520H 50th anniversary Wheelhorse lawnranger mk2 Wheelhorse no name 8 Wheelhorse commando 800 European spec Wheelhorse 518he Many thanks Haddow

Better than what I have….. it just stares at me.

Took a short cruise into the forest .. turned around at the stream. It’s not super deep but can be soft and muddy on the bottom, trying to keep the AG’s clean

https://www.facebook.com/amazingnatureofficial/photos/a.2361455453917443/5940382169358069/ Eric @ebinmaine, did you help with this?

1978 C-161 Automatic with 42" single stage blower & electric chute control. 1977 C-160 Automatic with 48" plow.

WOW!!! To run that smoothly the 🚂 🛠️mechanics must be following @peter lena’s ‘Lucas’ lube doctrines, no “Hot Boxes” in evidence here!

Got a delivery of a commando 8, 1045 today . The 1045 hands down has to be one of the best restorations I’ve yet to see .

Pulled this one out in some work space today. It amazed me and started and ran good. Even took some seat time on it. Got it back in the shop and would barely idle. Putting a Novar ignition on it see if that helps. Wanted this gal to be on on show circuit this year but may go down the road if she don't start seeing things my way... Clinton B1290 and all original.

Thanks He's home on the mend. He slept well last night. He's moving a little slowly but he's done all of his bodily functions today.

I built a tire changer that mounts in the hitch receiver on my truck, changed a tire, and put it on my C-160. I know that Harbor Freight has a nice mini changer for around $30 or so but our dog had to have emergency surgery yesterday to the tune of over $1200. I had the metal already and time to make it.

Been tearing apart the donor tractor so been a little slow as far as showing progress. ready to start cleaning up parts and start putting it back together Also spent some time sanding and priming a mid mount grader blade I scored on here last week

Yeah…it’s me again. Posting up the same old tractors doing the same old thing in the same old spot like I alway do . Headlight reflection is kinda cool

Nothing exciting but I started putting the side panels back on to make sure everything is going to fit. Mounted the dash so I can figure out where the steering valve will go.

Thanks Kevin; now I'm going to have to have to take a Dramamine!

Story of my life, running ‘round in circles! Put it that way, it’s not so satisfying!

It's going to go back together with a repower eventually. What stalled this here was I had swapped to a trans I had rebuilt and I missed something, it is stuck between hi and low. I'm sure it will be an easy fix, but instead I just rolled it into the back of the shop so I don;t have to look at it for a while. The magnum went onto a blackhood "ol' Roy" that is taking a COLOSSUS amount of time to go together too.

Back in the 50's, Lionel made a dealer display layout to demonstrate the increase in traction their 'Magne-Traction' feature gave. Magne-Traction was a system that magnetized some or all of the driving wheels on the locomotive, sticking them to the steel track. The layout was an oval with a tunnel on one of the straight sides. The train was longer than the tunnel, yet whole train entered the tunnel before the locomotive emerged from the other side. This was done by putting a loop of track on a second deck under the main deck of the layout to accommodate the whole train while it was 'in the tunnel'. The grades to get down to, and up from the lower deck were steep enough that a locomotive without Magne-Traction could not climb back up to the upper deck and out of the tunnel.

I wish he would have added more cars so that the last one just clears as the engine passes the end of the train.

Interesting how the train on the inner loops is passing itself on the outer loops.

The 6 Hydro Plants I worked at all originally used 500, 750 or 1000 MCM, leaded jacketed power cable in underground duct banks from the generator to substation transformer. 1938 to 1952 vintage. Some of the lead cables had an oil fill which of course had PCB in it. It was a bear to pull out to replace. The lead jacket takes a set in the bends. Some of the CT wiring was also lead jacketed. Most of the control wire was true rubber jacket with asbestos wrap around the copper. When I became a Project Manager that asbestos shot my 1st projects budget to hell. Amazing I didn’t get fired, but no one else knew about the asbestos either. Over my 40 year career we spent millions abating Asbestos, Lead Paint and PCB’s. Even had to abate mercury filled level switches and fly ball governor over speed switches.

We ain't greasing the space shuttle here. Use a good quality grease. sit back and have a beer!

He is a half @$$Ed cook Tony. Don't let him cajole you into pushing a broom in his shop tho... unless you need 10mm sockets...

Sally... ags were made to be caked with mud. You would surely win the pink hitch pin with that kinda remark at plow day but none of that other stuff. Tell ya what Sparky head up stream... they'll clean themselves.

Nice seat!😉😜

We have a mini steam train club a few miles from me. Their open house is always the day of the Wheel Horse show.

All frozen and snow here. Best I can do for a side shot right now. I mean it's the side of the weights so that's gotta be a thing right?

This is about 3 miles west of the house. The guy and his son put this all together. I believe he built all of the train cars himself. If memory serves me correct he has 8 cars total. It's to bad is so cold. Would have made a better pic is he had the train out. If you look to the right you can see the trestle.

Maybe @joebob can help here Kevin. This is his "Ice Racer". It's a rocket.

Well we have a runner. Needs a lot of attention but we have heard her make noise so we can move forward from here. Had to swap out the coil and install a new set of points to get her to run. Fuel pump I'm sure is no good, and the carb needs some serious work. Bad oil leak coming from behind the fuel pump as well. Was hoping to do a full will it start video, filmed a bunch of it but when I went to put it all together the noise in the background was unbearable...gotta love 45 mph Oklahoma winds. But I did salvage this clip 1067

Now that's a Railway Roundhouse. Can you imagine sitting at the crossing waiting on that one .

Me too. I have lots of train parts from my childhood set, not sure if I have enough good track to set anything up.

I've thought MANY times about having one around the upper wall of my great room. That's a LOT of track. 120, 130 feet or so.

That's very mesmerizing. I....must....buy.....a.....train....set.... Wait.! What.?.......

Jim - yes we both can have a beer or two. I switched over to the green grease about 6 years ago - @peter lena was absolutely correct - all the ball bearings ran quieter with less heat. Even the gears on the 854 RM-366 were quieter, less heat and the grease stayed put. I even use this on the power feed gears on the milling machine, was using the Red & Tacky, but had to regrease weekly. Cleaned them up, regreased with the green stuff, can go about a month and there is no slung off grease on the inside of the gear guard anymore..... Time for that beer Bill

@Jeff-C175 I started stripping the wire with a drill powered stripper with the help of my son. When I tried to again alone I couldn't hold the wire and run the drill so I had to come up with something. I had built this bead roller a couple years ago so it was a simple mod to have a wire stripper.

Keith, attaching the plow frame to the drawbar is not the best. There is risk of breaking the transmission case. I would like the frame attached to the axle housings as normal. Maybe others will offer opinions. I'm afraid the chains would also probably rub the pin.

I was gonna go that route Sqounky but now you get 40 lashes with the grease gun hose. I'll go another route... what makes this polyican'tspell it grease special to warrant it's use not to mention the price or worse going with green and yello? Can I still have the 🍺??

E-141 and C-105...

My C-145 automatic patiently waiting for something

All: We are all well aware the our beloved Lucas X-tra Heavy Duty Green Polyurea Grease is no longer readily available unless you are willing to pay a scalping premium for it. I conferred with our local Grease Guru, @peter lena, aka Slippery Pete on what I found as a possible short term substitute, although it it is not the exact formulation. He agrees it is NOT the same - not surprized as both are manufactured by separate companies to the specification given them by the seller. OK - here goes - don't kill me, Im just the messenger...... Seems the John Deere sells their version of a green Polyurea premium grease that is readily available and "reasonably" priced. The larger quantity ordered, the better the price. I took pictures of both the products and the labeling for comparison. By its makeup, polyurea grease does not play well with lithium based greases - the spec sheets for both say so. They do play well with each other though since they share the same base. They do both carry the highest Lubrication and Grease Institute rating - both are premium greases. The difference is in the working temperature ranges - the Dropping Point for the Lucas is 580 degrees F, the John Deere TY6341 is 380 degrees F. Both would be fine, in my opinion, for low speed applications like front axle pivot and slindles, along with lower steering components. My only area of concern is the high RPM bearings on cutting deck spindles and snowblower augers. I recall the slindles being warm after use in July, but not to the point of sizzle and fizzle when washed down. I actually called John Deere's Tech Support 800 number to ask if there were any Technical Service Bulletins issued specifying where their Polyurea grease should not be used. (Got nowhere on that - got shuffled over to a Customer Service Rep - explained my request - she offered no direct answers but two choices. I could ask the large regional JD service dealer for their opinion, or get this - fill out an email request on the main website for Tech Support and they would contact me AFTER I gave a credit card number - they charge for their Tech Support. No - I did not persue that. Yes, I know there those amongst us that would rather undure the thrill of either gargling double edged razor blades or being the recipient of a crushed glass enema before they consider using a JD product on their Wheel Horses. Your options are few: 1. Pay the scalper price for Lucas 2. Park your Ponies until Chemtool rebuilds after the fire and gets back into production.(IF they do continue to produce this product) 3. Do nothing - no more grease, just run them. 4, Dis-assemble all the greased components, flush them, switch over to a Lithium based grease. 5. Try a tube to grease your Mother-in-law's tractor. All jokes aside - if anyone can offer another worthy substitute, please add it to this post. Bill Pictures...

BTW Prof. Deestones tris in 4- 8 which are a bit more affordable would work great in the front. They seem to running beefy these days and fit the bill. Less $$ Hy Runs for the back I'll have no qualms with either and anybody does we're going to fisticuffs. I've got some great comments on the plow field with these.

@Pullstart neat stuff , remember back in the day , there were a lot of " hobby stores " in NYC , one near us , had his store half , LIONEL TRAINS THE OTHER HALF AMERICAN FLYER , full wall displays and center store train yard . christmas time was the opportunity to add to your stash . pete

@ebinmaine and @ri702bill , How close are youse guys to Lebanon ?

Wow, beautiful.

Dad and I worked on the raider today a little bit after picking up a roller 1077. (Couldn’t pass on it for $50). We split the frame and rear end. Also got the tiller off