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And then, find an appropriate place to park it...

I took a gamble. I’m not normally one for cheap tools. So far, I have a feeling this’ll be worth having around the shop! Huge time saver and energy sipper. Especially, when I noticed my oxygen tank on my torch set is empty…

About 30-35 years ago, a customer walked into our dealership and asked my dad if he'd be interested in buying a Wheel Horse tractor. Dad says lets go take a look. He goes outside and all he sees is a Dodge Caravan in the driveway. The guy opens up the liftgate and proceeds to unload this little guy. Dad asks how much ? He thinks he paid maybe $50.00 bucks for it. Needed a new transmission pulley , a recoil , and all the guards were missing. Pushed it off to the side , and eventually shoved off to a corner of the shed. Last summer I told dad to get it out and get it running. He did , installed the new recoil , new axle seals, rebuilt the carb, new points. And then I took over; the hood needed major surgery ( all the spot welds holding the 2 pieces together were busted, tank straps were cobbled on , bottom hood mount was gone ), we located a NOS belt guard, NOS muffler, NOS deck assembly, NOS air cleaner, new cables, etc...I had to paint the hood and some of the other replacement pieces, so I blended the paint into some of the surrounding areas in an attempt to keep as much of the rest of it original. Just like the Kohler powered equipment of that era , the engine is now a completely different color than the rest of it due to different paint processes.

Picked up a tractor tonight for @WHX?? What? You don't see it in my mirror? It's there, and in my back seat.

Installed #50 roller chain on front wheels. Chain is 50.75” long center to center not including connecting link. Hopefully this will help with steering on ice.

I have 2 plows I’m getting ready to redo. I’m interested to see if any of you guys have info on them. I numbered the pictures since they look similar, but yet are different. Thanks

Got another couple hours in on the barn today. Getting pretty good at getting beams in myself. And man it lifted it all up quite a bit even lifted one of the beams out of the notch on the sidewall beam. I am not yet done with the whole splice thing there are some spax 1/4" 8" long lags in there with the strapping too. I will add a couple boards across the whole splice to sandwich it all together You can see by how much the bolts are sticking up how much the beams came up. This is the beam that lifted out of the notch. All this floor decking lifted up too. Floor is looking a lot more level, there will be some shimming to do I am sure.

No special torque specified use these

Yah ... and you throw away the paper and eat the ... never mind ...

National Peppermint Patty Day is celebrated annually every February 11, and it is another moment for us to relish the awesomeness and sweetness of this candy bar. Did you know that one of the health benefits of peppermint patties is that they have fewer calories and less fat, compared to other candy bars? Well, if you are just finding this out, why not grab a bar of candy and make your day sweet and yummy? In 1840 the first known commercial production of peppermint patty began with the Quiggin family in the Isle of Man. Four sons of the Quiggin family create Kendal Mint company to cater to the commercial production of peppermint patties. The invention of the York peppermint patties took place during 1940 in York, Pennsylvania. The 1988 acquisition of York Peppermint Patty by The Hershey Company stabilized the company’s financial future.

Interesting thoughts I have come across two styles of needle bearings in WHs I assume the full complement (left) are better but The spaced ones were used by WH at some points. I use the full complement ones when i replace them.

Since The original; question involved a FEL I have to say i do not think you can avoid using some sort of weight box. There is no way you can come up with sufficient weight in filled tires, inner and outer wheel weights. My D200 has big filled tires, outside weights and a counter weight of two large Cement block filled with cement. She could use more counter weight as she can get a bit tippy when i pick up something really heavy.

See anything interesting there?

The "best" choice to add weight - does not affect the axle bearings - just like running filled tires..... My C81 has filled tires, chains with extra cross links - weigh about 75 pounds each. A 75 pound cast iron outer weight with a 20 pounder inside it - another 95 pounds each. Total added weight is over 340 pounds - all in or on the tires.....

A 3 point on a small tractor is nice, but you can very easily exceed what the tractor can do with a CAT-0 implement. Don't get me wrong, a Wheel Horse is a stout machine. My grandpa would describe it as "willing mind, but not enough behind" situation. You can design in some help with your lift to raise the back of any implement higher so you clear the ground. I just made my top link roll forward as the implement is lifted for that reason. Of course any hitch add involves alot of fabrication. Mine basically adapts a D series hitch to my Bronco. It works well, but it's alot of modification.

Today, My father and I got the spare M12 I got from @ebinmaine to fire and run for a minute. I’m going to see what I can do about it running longer tomorrow after work. Then I got asked to help provide coverage at work for a few hours. Now I’m just relaxing and planning what to do this week, I do have some parts coming Wednesday though…maybe. My extra M12.

I'm thinking more like years

His USSR jokes were a hoot. Here’s one that’s almost kinda on topic:

The years that it took for those beams to sag, don't expect them to lay back down over night. Kinda like how it works with rust.

You can hang suitcase weights on the edge of the weight box. No pics but I used to do that with my Power King

I miss Ronnie...............

I'll add that it helps to keep the foot of the recreating saw firmly held to the work. Ah, @Ed Kennell is a fellow lefty. We're in our right minds, you know.

It has been very cold since New year and the snow doesn't go away so most of what I plow is now packed snow/ice for a base. Adding some weight to the front helps the roller chain work better. The bigger plow wants to push the front end around. Weights and chains are your friend.

Makes my head hurt... My ... Weakest link in any system breaks first... in the ~8 years Ive been a member here I can recall very few if any posts regarding wheel bearings failing, other than due to rust / lack of lubrication... maybe (probably ) I'm missing something, but we aren't flying rockets in space. 30-50 year old machines are still doing what they were designed to do... seems adequate to me...

The RJ is now with the rest of the herd, I think Lil Red (704) has taken a bit of a shine to her.

https://www.backthenhistory.com/articles/the-history-of-york-peppermint-patties I remember buying these "seconds" at the South Pine St. factory in York, Pa. They were sold unwrapped in a brown paper bag for $0.50 / lb.

Musta had pictures ... 'sides they were written in Chinese...

I had to use a roller chain puller tool after totally de-airing the tire to install the connecting link. Tire is now aired back up to 12 PSI and the chain has the center pulled in enough to hopefully hold it on but still should ride on the chain for grip.

I miss Sears. Stupid K-Mart.

Snowmobile or ATV trail in this neck of the woods. 2500 sounds a little high for a "processing fee". Sounds like someone at the courthouse is just too lazy to look it up. Does your county have a GIS website/map? That will tell you who has been paying taxes on it and who holds the deed. It should also give a fair market.

The RJ-35's never had the Clinton B-1290. They had a Clinton 1200 (3.6 hp) or a Kohler K-90 (3.6 hp). Early RJ-58's used the Clinton 1200 or Kohler K-90 as well. Most RJ-58/59's had the Clinton B-1290 (4.0 hp) or Kohler K-91 (4.0 hp). The exceedingly rare RJ-25 had a Briggs Model 8 motor (2.5 hp).

@Pullstart loading are we?!?!? Parts is parts ... Thanks again Andy & @Redav72 Bonus I just spied a plow handle in there! @Achto

Probably just legal mumbo-jumbo that comes down to if you get hurt; don't blame us.

Trying to take advantage of that while I still can.

#1 is for a pond walk away 2 wheel tractor. The long tongue is for the second hole on the frame of tractor. Being a 8 inch plow it dates it to 1954-56. Before that it would have been a 7 inch plow.

Absolutely. I got a couple weeks at least before a floor will start going in. So it will have time to settle in to the new position.

I have thought about this, but I'll have to reinforce the box. The metal is pretty light gauge.

I'm all mixed up. Partially ambidextrous.

I'll vote for the angle grinder with a 0.060" cut off disc. I cut everything from 14 gauge to 1" steel. But I am a left handed odd ball.

Thanks Don. pretty much confirms the previous discussion on this.

All of the above and ... well clamped shaft to prevent vibration or movement and a solid stance and hold on the tool by the user.

Something to keep in mind is the geometry. The front tire patch is the fulcrum. The load in an FEL which has a long reach forward of the front axle (e.g. lifting on forks in front of the bucket) will have more leverage to lift the tractor. Likewise the farther aft the counterweight, the more effective it is. A narrow front wheel track also limits stability during high lifts. Moving the fulcrum to help in both directions was, I’m sure, on the engineers' minds when they introduced the swept axle to move the front tires forward and outward. At the tipping point, the fulcrum is supporting the full weight of the tractor plus the load in the FEL bucket. Going to the heavier axle, front bearings, and front tires helped with the heavier loads. Hmmm. Not my usual territory, but a worthy research project!

I think we did this a few years back. I sorta remember due to the slow speed and low loads, the bearing life wasn't affected by increasing the load from 500 to 700 lbs. Maybe @Handy Don will do the math.

Here's my free weight box... 225 lbs on a 2" hitch, trash picked weight machine weights, Harbor freight winch plate, former milk crate...

Cole What Cleat said. Pay attention to any connections long the way that can get hot and burn out. More than one fuse block been melted out that way. On a 516 but same difference.

I have this one Sparky and I like it. Bet you couldn't go wrong with the others. I use the little batts in it and lasts forever. Can't beat them for hot nights in the camper.

My baby girl has grown up a bit in the last couple years, but she had a fun time at Uncle Jim’s trail riding with us, wrenching on tractors, then running the quad and discing up the fire roads and garden. Her work entitled Uncle Jim to a trade that I lost a 701 engine, and she gained the 401 sans rear tires.

Well first pic is of Wednesdays haul from @Handy Don. Second and third pic is of the haul Saturday morning! Projects to soon attend to!