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Here’s a few. I’m in the process of jockeying around tractors getting ready for plow day. I have maintenance lists to complete on the house machines. I’m getting the Senior out this year instead of Jackie the lever steer for now. Jackie has a new plow, if I manage to have the time for set up. It’s big, maybe too big.

Put the 417-A snowblower tractor away, because I’m pretty sure I won’t be needing it until next year. I fully serviced it in the early winter, but never got to use it. The most snow we got was around four inches so I handled it with the 418-C. Had to shuffle some tractors around so I figured “Hey it’s Side Shot Saturday!” I did a little sweeping with the C-141, I live on a dirt road so I swept the dirt off the driveway aprons.

I boycotted winter weeks ago already to get summer tractors out. Then we got snow! It that a rat rod plow lift lever on the B hood Don???

@WHX?? That’s the lever that came with it, I got it as NOS from @stevebo back in the fall. I must say that ergonomically it’s very nice, but I’m not sure if I like the look of it? All you old farts 😂😂 would probably love it🤣 Actually I’m not too far behind some of you. I’ll be double nickels on the Friday of the Big Show. So feel free to bring a cake, sing Happy Birthday or just plain ole presents 🎁🤣🤣🤣

Ready and willing and able!

My daughter made three vinyl transfers for me at Christmas. This is the logo I wanted to surprize my FIL with on his Shop Truck, back in the 1980's - it never happened. So, I now have one on the Ranger (with his old low number license plate on it) and one on the 854.... Long overdue, reminds me of good times.... My son has the thrid one.

If this is "The Price is Right Rules", I'll guess 151.

The 312 is done for now, never mind the mountain of stuff behind it and the 308.😁 My side shot contribution for this week.

So it is that time of the year when the weather breaks and spring has sprung. We are all getting ready for the 2025 big show. We will use this thread so post our buy/sell/trade items only please. Try your best to keep it to this topic. I know Squonk will get off topic but that is ok… lol At the moment I don’t really have anything looking to buy sell or trade but if anyone has an original senior or a rj25 let me know😂

I stripped some weight from this massive plow. It’s still super heavy, I’m sure it’ll wear me out before it gets tired.

Massive plow alert! This came from a friend of @Blasterdad’s. I know it’s green, but I can’t bring myself to paint over it right now.

my new D projects

Well added a D200 to the stable today.. not like I did have my hands filled getting the 180 going but the 200 came with the 3-point and rear PTO needs work but runs on fluid .. fun stuff,, new wiring, mufflers, grill and lower grill support and a seat that I know of but a beast that will be my dirt machine... pics will be added in a bit

You whippersnappers, I'll soon have Grandsons that old.

I just had to make something red... started with the fuel tank. Hopefully more red tomorrow. And some new clear coat to try out.

Raining & snowing today so I turned my attention away from the tree mess in my yard and moved back to my tractor. Ran into a snag when I was putting the PTO parts together. When I originally grabbed the parts for it, the linkage that attaches the peddle to pulley arm was pinned on with every thing else. This linkage had an offset to it. I scratched my head several times and tried to fit it several way but it just was not going to work. Getting frustrated, I decide to take a look at my 854 to see what it had for linkage. The 854 had a strait linkage. Well the 854 didn't need the linkage for now so I removed it, cleaned it up and used it for this project. A pic of the 2 linkages. Any one know what model used the off set linkage?? Kept at it and made some pretty good progress today. Decals are ordered and I will need them to continue any further. Starting to look like a tractor again though. Will be no work on this baby next weekend, as I will be going to @Pullstart's to roll some dirt.

National Chip and Dip Day, celebrated annually on March 23, celebrates an all-American crowd-pleaser! Who doesn’t love a tasty chip-and-dip combo? It would be tough to find that person in the U.S. since 284.37 million Americans consumed potato chips in 2020. Innovative flavors and a focus on unique cultural varieties have elevated the popularity of this snack. Today, chips and dip fit parties of all styles and occasions. Read on for some fun ways to celebrate today and a few interesting chip-and-dip facts to share at your next soiree! We all know how much the British love their potatoes and we have them to thank for pioneering the ‘crisp’ or what Americans call the potato chip. While the history of the crisp started in the early 1800s, legend has it the American potato chip began in 1853 in Saratoga Springs, New York by chef George Crum. Even if Crum’s chips weren’t really the first in the US (although no one has stepped up to claim their fame), his recipe resulted in Saratoga Chips, a brand that still exists today. The popularity of chips grew in the U.S. in the early 1900s when Mikesell’s Potato Chip Company began mass production of the snack. Today, Americans eat 1.2 billion pounds of potato chips every year! But, really, isn’t a chip naked without a dip? Dips have been around for centuries — hummus, tzatziki, and guacamole, to name a few. As with their partner, you will find a variety of dips now being mass-produced — salsa, cheese dips, French onion. Chips and dip have come to be synonymous with the Super Bowl. The second-largest food day in America (behind Thanksgiving), the Super Bowl sparks a mad rush to the chip and dip aisle. Chip and dip sales increase during the week leading up to the Super Bowl by 16%–36%!

I see a lot of discussion about the handle index wire length but very little about the lower wire to the angle lock pin. I am currently doing a refreshing of a 42" blade and thought I would share these dimensions... Handle index 27 1/2" long 1/2" hook and 5/8" hook > part #104341 Lower index 18 3/4" long 5/8" hook and 1 3/8" " L" end > part # 3771 Sticky maybe?

Looks like a Farm-ette / Lambert to me. Yes I had a Lambert 655. My favorite little tractor ever. I forgotten the differences that makes one a Lambert and another a Farmette. All I know is that are hard to come buy and one of the coolest garden tractors ever. Before and after pics of mine. It was the best learning experience bringing it back to life. I was a fool for ever selling it. Good luck with yours and I hope you keep us updated on its progress. I'm sure you can dig up my old posts of me stumbling through mine. I had never done anything like it before or since ! I was proud of how it came out. Your rear fenders don't look original. Not sure what the front bumper thing is but it's a great find.

It is sometimes necessary to hire a professional- no doubt about it. My neighbor came over the other day after the professional hired by his next door neighbor hired a professional with a bucket truck to remove three large trees on a high sloped yard! We were watching as the cutting was pretty high up and a limb at a time job. One of the larger pieces did hit my friends fence but that was the least of the problems. Later in the day we’re were watching and saw was looked like smoke spread out from the top of the bucket! Turned out it was hydraulic fluid being spewed over the area from a broken hose or connector as the hydraulic pump pushed out the fluid. The guy in the bucket stayed up there about three and a half hours. Two five gallon buckets of fluid were added but still no worky and no movement. He eventually shimmed down a rope they provided. Bucket was up the next morning in same spot but they eventually repaired and moved in a shorter bucket truck and shredder!

You just ran out of fingers to count on. Glad everything went well and all are safe.

I was checking that lever out too, looks like it would make for a bit less bending of the old back.

I've tried that too. Never again! We stay absolutely snow ready ALL YEAR now.

Practicing up for Pullstarts lawn... Can't believed the way he dodged that power line. He was well worth it not to have it disconnected. Had the mother of all saws too. Base measured 6 ft diameter. missed the shot of Dan taking a digger...

Todays adventures, the big maple tree that Jim was talking about in the post above. Had this tree been in an open space I would have cut it down my self. It happened to be situated so that it need to be cut from the top down. Other wise there would be damage to my house, the neighbors house, my garage or all 3. For this reason I hired a professional to put it on the ground. Well worth the price when the tree was down and there was 0 property damage. Well strike that no property damage comment. Jim being the plow man that he is, just had to lay a furrow in my lawn. Not with a plow though, he used the front stand on his wood splitter when he was dragging it around with his tractor. A big THANK YOU to the small crew who worked diligently at it all day but only managed to get about 1/3 of it cut up, split, & the mess cleaned up. Lot of work left to do and needless to say, I'm beat. Sure @WHX?? has a few pics to share as well.

Finished hauling the last of the wood today. 308-8 did it’s part as usual, but I also broke out the 857 from its long winter nap.

Don't let Uncle Jim @WHX?? drop that in your yard, might loose a RJ in that trench.

Bout time you started this. I was gettin worried!!!

Got to meet ebinmaine and BBT today along with a tour of their palatial estate! It was great to meet you guys and look around 😀 I had a nice ride through western Maine. Soon to be my new home in that area-ish

This is how we moved the logs to the saw mill when our house site was being cleared. Five truck loads in all. The oak was used to build our laundry room cabinets and the pine and poplar went to the saw mill operator in exchange for his service. And a few little projects at my church. this had been a dark hallway but we backlit some abandoned stained glass windows.

I'll take 1 more than the last guess...

Spoken like a true old fart ...

This engine is from a power washer I was gifted last year. Runs great, but is a handfull to start when cold. Like a generator, there is no clutch device to remove the drag when you pull the rope. Found this complete conversion kit, seperate battery and holder on the jungle site. Had to holesaw the opening for the Bendix drive (the correct diameter is there in the casting, just not thru). Had to tap four existing holes for the charging coil, wire guide, and switch box. Works great, looks like it grew there. And, the original rope start is retained & functional...

I guess it is time to start one. I am on it!

Great to meet you as well!! You and yours are welcome here anytime!

Looks good Jay!

Picked up a couple rear weights. They'll go on the 520 to help balance out the weight of the Ber Vac dually. Might have to hire a gorilla to help with the installation.

Great use and yes those are beautiful! Well done!

The guys that service those bucket setups make good money. Probably why he climbed down a rope instead. I looked into a position with a company that services the boom-lift setups, and it looked like after the first year base salary was about $150K plus bonuses, OT, etc. The deal killer for me was 8 weeks of training out in Michigan, then a year in the shop in Fredrick MD, which is an hour each way from me. With two smaller kids, and two young dogs the time away was a deal killer.

A 6 foot diameter tree in a cold northern climate? Definitely older.

Follow your PT's advice (as I'm sure you already have) and you'll get back there... and better. That wall was why I doubled down and set to the intermittent fasting. I was doing the standard accepted calorie reduction. It was..... slow .....and stopped. Intermittent Fasting is an absolute game changer. STOP 🛑 ALL added sugars and any snacking. ALL of it. Eat real food twice per day. It takes a few weeks for most of us to get to a 16 to 19 hour daily period of no caloric intake. Don't rush that process. It isn't as simple as "just skip breakfast" for most people. I had to relearn my eating (grazing) patterns. FYI: Breakfast is NOT "the most important meal of the day". That's absolute hogwash. Literally an advertisement. Nothing more. Fasting is perfectly safe - and in fact highly advisable - for nearly everyone. Especially Type 2 diabetics and Pre diabetics. It can actually help reverse and eliminate those. Fasting also helps eliminate the loose skin of lost weight by autophagy. There are many more benefits....

We were all too pooped to count ...

None of my tractors will ever make a profit. Not for me at least. Maybe my wife and kids will get some free money for them. But the restoration (or just getting them servicable) is part of the enjoyment for me. Almost every tractor I have was a non-running rust bucket when I got them.

That would be the Sundstrand Hydrogear model 90-2046 in the Charger 12. These are NOT difficult to rebuild and I'd thinkk---after 50+ years--- an overhaul would be in order. There are gasket and O-ring kits available here on RS. This is my manual for overhaul... it applies to model 90-2024 and 90-2062 as well as earlier model 3100077. SUNDSTRAND HYDROGEAR refurb.pdf

Yup We had a guy drop quite a few around the house that were ruined from a big ice storm years back. There's a big difference between the pro that does it every single day and the "handyman, jack of all trades" that's cheaper in price. Like Dan, I can chainsaw on some stuff but dropping the hairy stuff is best left to the professional. What a tool bag! LOL

I am with you all the way. Working from knees is no longer possible. Seems that standing position is mostly survivable. Sitting is better yet as long as knees are not bent past 90 degrees. But, we press on. Marv

I got the bed on the frame so I could see what I need to build for support. The bed is rusted so bad I will probably only use the sides.

Bought this cultivator at last years big show. It wasn't in really bad shape to start with. Just a wire brush on drill to clean it up then prime & paint. Some new bolts/hardware also.