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Nice trailet... When I saw the title and who it was from I figured it'd be one of these:

Hey Steve been asked by @PeacemakerJack to share some pics. Does this look familiar? Says the elder Reverend Stertz put his 875 on it just for posterity. Is that a thing of beauty or what? Misspelled the title... 953nuts fat fingers...

Fixed it for ya

My 5 Horses.

@stevasaurus " Heavy Hauling "

Knowing @stevasaurusthat may be an option

I. Cut. Grass. It was thick and tall. Had to blow the whole yard. The yard looks a whole lot better. I’m beat.

You think you got enough clamps ?

No I think that was this one Richard. I first saw him lighting the fire on it thought WT ... then realized the deck was heavy metal. Camp says fires must be elevated. That is a beast of a heavy trailer. The other one he brought to plow day and sold it cheap to Jack. I think he was afraid it wouldn't make it back home... pretty rough shape but they did a nice job on it.

They really don't make them. I built the bike and @Vinylguymade the head badge. But shhhhh... its our secert.

I have used this on my drive. To tear out the grass that grows in it I can pick it up by hand but It's almost impossible to release with that weight on it.

Two main reasons why the undercoating business (can you spell Ziebart?) is pretty much gone. First, fewer and fewer recent cars are being made in ways that are vulnerable to rust & corrosion (notice the rust-through warranties are now at 6 to 8 years?). Second, wrongly applied undercoat can cause serious damage by blocking drain holes and trapping water, by impeding the operation of critical sensors, and even causing vehicle fires. Keeping your vehicle clean top and underside is the best protection for these newer vehicles.

Best thing for the final grading and leveling is a mid mount blade. Good excuse for another tractor perhaps?

Had an old rusty David Bradley hood that I didn't know what to do with. Today I decided that I would try it out as a lamp shade. Don't look too bad, might find a shorter light for it though.

All loaded up headed to the haddam neck fair tomorrow!

I leave it on. I find it is convenient and helps remind tailgaters that if they rear end me it will open the front end of their car up like a can of sardines...

Got the carb set in place... 3 times. Between needing to set the linkage in place for the choke, Then needing to swap choke shafts from the old to new carb, I got plenty of practice in carb installation. Then when I went to mount the air cleaner the holes didn't line up. Well ok fine then. I tapped the holes pictured below in red. Got everything else all in place and started up. Runs good. Drives good. So I used it to move some stone on the erosion control project.

The trailer that Jack bought wasn't that bad, but it did need some love. Looks like it got a lot of Love...excellent. I think I would put a good gym floor finish on the wood. I still have the other trailer. That's a keeper!! I can pull a horse and then the horse can pull the trailer. Jack's trailer was built to haul 2 snow mobiles...that bed tilts.

I was the body shop manager for a Chrysler / Dodge / Plymouth dealer for 15 years starting in the early 90's .We used to get a kick out of all the vehicles with " Rusty Jones " decals in the windows or door jambs. The decal was usually the only thing holding them together.....

Carved wood ornament I made to match the one I made for my 73 12-8

I helped a neighbor with a K181 on a tiller earlier this spring - PO told him he installed a new carb last year ran fine - this year won't start . One of his mistakes was not putting a fuel filter on the fuel line the other was ethanol - in one years time the ethanol broke the rubber fuel line down and all the particulates clogged the carb - even after a 24 hour bath in dip it was still ruined . I've seen this on a lot on lawn and garden equipment over the years .

Call Lincoln at A-Z tractor or put an ad in our wanted section. You may get lucky and find one close by.

About equally distributing the gravel, I've seen some setups that use a double V setup. One V with the point of the V pointing forward and the other point of the other V pointing backwards if that makes sense. For my girlfriends paddock I made somekind of cultivator/rake/leveler all in one. Same problems arose as what you're describing, despite a different surface, still tinkering away at it.

only goose for me is grey goose, tall glass, water and a slice of lime!

Not exactly a side shot but I guess it is close enough! The 418-C poised and ready to mow, but the 416-H wants in on the action. I ended up with using the 416 with the vacuum because it needed to be bagged.

My box blade is one of my best toys. I made it years ago from a 42 inch dozer blade, and have used it alot. The trouble is, it's not good for light grading. It's great for filling holes and such, but lightly smoothing just don't work. So- I'm making an adjustable wheel set to ride behind it to hold the cutting depth, and it will use the factory holes for adjustment. I'm also removing my solid lift links from the three point to allow proper float. I'm gonna just use a pair of chains. Hope to do some testing tomorrow. I just want to barely scrape the top of the gravel in my driveway. More to come...

Hello all! Been busy this year but I'm still around. Like a dummy, I picked up a cheap 312 that hasn't ran in 3 years due to electrical problems. The plus side is I bought it with the books, bill of sale and from the original owner that put it in the corner of his shed saving it from being outside.The choke cable is stuck and throttle cable is so loose that it falls on it's own. After draining old fuel, changing oil, cleaning All the grounds, and putting safety switches in the correct places, I got it to wake up. So, a bath was next then a rub down with fluid film. Might as well see if it works. I mowed for 3 hours and no problem. However, how do I get the deck to raise higher? The rear gauge wheels drag the ground. It seems no point to even raise or lower it anyway. Tractor is way too small to fit me and told the other half that it's being sold since I do not want a roller skate. She informed me that she is little and she is going to keep it. Didn't know my tractor was her idea..... Fine! Since SHE is the proud owner that means only one thing, I can sell the other tractors I don't like and find a 520!

Well as we say ... keep a tight one... that's as in fishing lines get yer mind out the gutter...

I'll go the other way on this Sylvia... ever have one brown weld on? A real to get off they do. Plus with five trailers and a camper I am changing hitches constantly. I prefer to have them rattle around. Keeps them loose. Looks like you got at your garage mess Dan. Going to bring over them parts from @Wild Bill 633 tomorrow.

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We've been working slowly and surely on the project. After reading this thread (thank you all for the ideas) and talking to several other folks.. barn builder, excavator, town highway, folks at my work.. we decided to add a layer of 1.5" stone to a large area on the right side of the barn. Included in that will be a ditch or dry creek bed along the right side the building. That'll be 25"-30" wide and a foot or so deep at the middle. The ditch will be lined in the base with a tarp, filled in with stone and the roof drip line reinforced with flat-ish rocks layed out. The line of stones by these poles will be removed and reinstalled atop the creek bed. Today I used the Wally Digger Backhoe to start moving some stone around. I layed out the rocks behind the landscape cloth pictured here to raise the edge of wall. Then covered that with about 10 FEL scoops of stone.

I'm thrilled they fixed it up the way they did. My Dad is smiling down from above seeing that trailer.

This is true from a fit perspective, but know that there are two flavors of drawbar: - one for tractors with 12” wheels where the end with the hole offsets upward, like this one (shown here paired with a slot hitch) - and one for tractors with 15” wheels where the end with the hole offsets downward The intent is that each leaves the end of the drawbar at the same height above the ground given the differing wheel sizes. Remember that drawbars are terrific for pulling a hefty load but are not ideal for heavy tongue weights.

Tractor I saved from the scrap yard is going to be a challenge. The motor does turn over if I stick a screwdriver across the posts on the solenoid but no spark. I also think it has a low oil indicator that will not let it turn over if it is working properly and I see the wires are snipped to it. The tractor is a 1990 toro wheel horse classic with a magnum 12 in it. Any suggestions why I would have no spark if I got it to turn over using a screw driver. Thanks in advance

I'm still waiting for a picture of a tractor with dual rears that has a DECENT homegrown set of rear fenders to cover them. Not washtubs cut apart...

And just like that she has a heart again. Ended up getting the bearing from lil red barn along with the gaskets and I have to say they are very nice quality! Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the new bearing but definitely a nice alternative to the expensive oem! We will see how it lasts though. Mowed lawn with it this afternoon and so far so good.

Absolutely correct Richard! One if the most forgotten things on a horse is to check those set screws. Especially if the hubs were off then antisiezed and don't brown weld. Leaky axle seals can be a problem too. These were OK but got a extra set screws for insurance.

yup - very grateful for your help with the C165 - that was terrific back yard rescue we did -- would be big guess how many years that tractor was outdoors with the weeds growing up around it - amazing the Kohler survived - some tlc got it running - I bought an original WH tiller in 1989 when I bought my 312-8 -- Reese has asked for it to go to him so we're thinking tiller may be connected to C165 although he may want tiller to go on the 520HC he got 2 yrs ago? He's doing some cosmetic work on the C165 -- cleaning some tins and painting -- but soccer season has started so not sure the tractor rehab schedule? We appreciate you helping with saving the blackhoods -- including my two C175s -- especially recalling us trying to drag the one C175 with flat tire up to trailer !!! UGH !!!! Next time i'll bring another wheel to install so moving is easier. Take care - hope you are well Daryl..... attached is another couple photos for the blackhoods - Bill

New homemade trailer hitch quieter downer... parts on hand... u bolt and a bit of w section sign post... tight and quiet.

My appt. with Billy Bob was delayed a day due to medical issues. Billy was still off of his feed today but he managed to get the C-160 welded back together. He used a heavy washer as a plate. More surface area to weld on and he explained the roundness will be harder to break than just another flat piece of metal. Just got to metal finish it and it will be ready for primer and paint.

@Ed Kennell at least you recyclers are in the field. These guys love our yards every time we water the grass. I guess earth worms or bugs come to the surface with the watering. They are raising on the lakes here and not migrating. I have to hose down the dock and sidewalk every weekend before the grandkids come. No hunting allowed on the lakes so there’s just more and more of them. My dog even got tired of chasing them off.

Wanted to work on this over the weekend, but it didn't happen. Hopefully I'll have more time this week to finish it up. As with most of my projects, this one is many years old. Not unusual at all for me to get them to a usable point and not 100% finished until much later. Anyway I got the chains and clevises set up so she truly floats now. Removed the solid links that provide down pressure (highly overated on a 500lb machine), and they will be used as needed. Hopefully will get to some testing this week.

Not today but yesterday I got in some “wind therapy” with my dad. He’s not ready to give up his two wheeler just yet at 81 years old. So we get out together a few times in the summer and fall for a ride. 120 miles today. We stopped up in Massachusetts and I whipped out my phone and he his folded paper map so we could plan out our route home . I gotta admit, it was easier to chose a route back towards home with his paper map. His is technically a scooter (no gears and a step thru design, just twist and go). But it’s an in-line twin cylinder fuel injected 650cc and it’s claimed that it will do 110 MPH !! So not your average scooter! I buzzed it up to 90 probably 6 years ago and I could tell it had plenty more MPH’s to go. Both machines are Suzukis… mine is also a 650cc. 2011 Suzuki VStrom 650 2008 Suzuki Bergman 650