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Happy Birthday @ebinmaine!!! Have a Colossal day!!!

Your catching up to me BRO, that's not good. Save some air otherwise you won't be able to blow out the candles, classic right there.

Not my fault this 20yo has to live in an 80 yo body.

I’ve heard people say “never give a smart phone to a dumba$$”. Guess there is truth in there somewhere…

You speeled that wrong Sylvia ain't that right @19richie66 ...

Happy Happy EB! I thought I had that pic for future roasting Plunge ... now I do! Filed under dudes giving tractors mouth to mouth ...

Used the 310-8 to spread a 1/4 T of lime.

Those are known as snow donuts.

Dad and grandpa said... do not get old.. Both Air force. Thank you all for your service.. I told them I will NOT EVER be an old man.. Too late That said, there is ALWAYS a way. Your youth may betray you briefly, patience will prevail. Onward and upward always. This is the way

I think what I have to add is relevant to a topic of aging: Pam and I have matured to not needing store bought cards. Hanging inside of our our camper is a piece of paper with a dollar bill taped to it. On the paper my son, who was probably in 2nd or 3rd grade wrote "Happy birthday dad, I know this isn't much but that doesn't mean your a bad dad." A few days ago for my birthday, Pam taped a dollar to a piece of paper and wrote "Happy birthday Phil, I know this isn't much but that doesn't mean you are a bad husband! The other day while shopping I told Pam to come to the card section. I said "IF I was going to buy you a card, this is the one I would get." Showing her a 6 or 7 dollar card. We seem to enjoy trying to outwit the other with our cornball cards. Pam starts cooking Thanksgiving meal way earlier than I plan to get up. She came back an got in bed. Kind of snuggled up to me and I said "Wow! You smell good!" "I do?" she asked. "Yeah, you smell like kitchen!" I guess she took that a complement because I heard her telling some of her girlfriends of my comments. Some parts of getting older are pretty sweet.

Absolute BEST club to be in right there!!

Proper tractor resuscitation right there!!

I am not old! …I am just well seasoned.

Puts me in mind of the little grey haired granny who drugged and kidnapped a young man. Hooded and cuffed he came to his senses in the foreboding silence of a dank cellar. Suddenly he heard a door open and light filtered weakly through the hood. He listened intently and in fear as light footsteps made their way down a creaking wooden staircase, before slowly moving towards him; purposely, menacingly... Then a female voice, soft yet somehow terrifying in its tone.... "Now what did I come down here for.....?"

We now know why @c-series don back hurts if he ever complains!

More plowing with the 308 and got my snowmobile out to ride around for a while with my nephew. He also helped me with putting everything back after getting the snowmobile out. By the way he’s 8. My snowmobile.

May be the reason I still have a flip phone, I have managed to brake a few of the flip phones. A couple of them were El Cheap O's put together in some back room with cheap parts. I did drop a good Motoral and back over it with the pickup. The phone I have now is a Kyocera, feel like haveing !/2 a brick in your pocket. I try to keep the front screen back aganst me to protect it.

I agree that two is adequate when using iron weights. The concrete-filled plastic weights, however, have less internal structural integrity so I’d use all 4 with thick washers under the nuts to distribute the loading--and do NOT over tighten these lest you bend the plastic and crack the concrete inside. Also, with either type of weight, consider trimming and rounding the ends of the bolts so that they just barely protrude from the nylock nuts and don’t imitate the antagonist’s chariot in “Ben Hur” with your legs or shed door frame as targets!

Talk about wishing him a Looooonnnnng Birthday. wishing you some rocky seat time!

It's an antique primer tool for shotgun shells

Air guide frame ready to install. Air guide frame installed.

Now... where did I put that list?!?!???

You can save a small fortune by doing it yourself as well as having the satisfaction of a job well done. A dozen years ago we designed and built our final home, we were both 66 at the time. We subcontracted the foundation, framing, roofing, siding, and drywall but did our own plumbing, electrical, painting, flooring, trim, and cabinets. We came in a little more than $ 80,000 under the turn-key bids and have some great memories as a result. The tongue and groove ceiling in our great room is one thing my wife continues to marvel at. She will sit in a chair looking up and comment about the number of trips up and down the scaffold were made installing it. You can't buy memories like that, you have to make them. Thanks for sharing your progress and keep up the good work.

Still used on cross country and down hill ski areas everywhere, minus the horses...

In the late 80’s early 90’s I used to plow a local gas station where the owner was an old gentleman from Canada. He told me about snow rolling in his small town and how in the spring it was difficult to get through the melting slush, so they would drive wagons along side of the rolled snow. I remember him telling me that the packed snow could be seen as late as May! He was quite the character and enjoyed his afternoon/evening cocktails. I also remember going there a few times when he had apparently over-served himself and I ended up staying there and pumping gas so he could stay inside. Then I would bring him home after a little argument about his ability to drive. He would give in and I would take him home, as I had to go past his house to get to mine. He had the last gas station that would check your oil and wash your windshield. Now that I think about it, I miss those days.

here is photo of what i use for rear axle bracket - work well - - commonly available most hardware stores

It’s a 1993

$255 a year, I've got double that in one transmission that was rebuilt. That's not even mentioning the rest of the tractor.

Likely you and I are similar in the fact that MY “higher mileage” was earned!

No, that had to be done with a long punch from the other end of the shell. This tool would be used to push in the new cap.

Hey Eric , wishing you a happy b-day !

Voltage regulator ready to install. This machine originally did not have a voltage regulator. I decided to mount it on the guard bracket. Regulator bolts bolted up tight in bracket. I need the space under the regulator because there is a protruding screw head on the bottom of the regulator. Regulator bolted on.

I know, but I read dozen.

Doin’ my part to bring up that average!

I hate iPhones. I never typed “dozen”, but it doesn’t just check spelling, it injects grammar where it believes it is needed. …And people want AI. Bunch of bleeping idiots.

Shot shell capper.

Ignition coil ready to install. Ignition coil installed spaced out as far as possible from flywheel. Plug wires routed as per manual. Ignition stop wire ready to assemble. I used blue because the wire diagram shows it as blue. Coil end push on connector soldered on. Heat shrink complete. Wire cut to length and ring terminal installed. Ignition stop wire installed onto coil with a little dielectric grease used to stop corrosion. Other end routed up and bolted to connection block.

Think your on to something Mike... I had thought a die handle but then the round thing looks like a shotgun shell and the way the handle flips over. Weren't shells made of brass at one time?

Nut and tooth washer ready to install onto starter. Starter cable ready to install. Starter cable installed. Solenoid to starter cable installed with cable clip.

Happy birthday Eric. My first time plowing this year. Hope you get to play with a tractor too.

When on a worker for working - Heat, hammer, drill new holes, use new wear bar to even it out, paint it and go... to a degree the top doesn't matter... it pushes snow, not diamonds...

Excuse me, sir, but you left your tractor on the workbench - just in case you were looking for it.

Hi Dave, I have a lift table that I bought from Harbor freight. It’s a motorcycle lift that I made the top wider to accommodate my tractors. I doubled up 3/4” oak plywood and banded it with poplar. I waited until it went on sale and I think I paid around 500 bucks for it. My only regret is not buying it sooner! Since I have a bad back this is really a game changer. Now I stand up and work on them without having to stop because my back hurts. Unless I’m doing something simple it’s going on the table! You want pictures? I got em!

A link always works. https://mwvvibe.com/white-mountain-snow-rollers/