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Been awhile since I’ve been on here. My newest project. Raider 12 with a loader. Just got it running today with the hopes of bringing it to zagray.

I pick this up today. Needs some help but I have the parts. I have had many of this model 4 speed and 8. I have always enjoyed these eight speeds for sure grunt of power and pulling..This is my winter tractor for plowing. Needs some love. It has an over the big pond carb on it now. Runs ok but I have something for that. Hope you enjoy the picks.

Had to do some re-organizing to fit all the tractors in my storage building so a good opportunity for a photo shot was had. Herd safely tucked away.

Completed some edging or landscaping around part of the new shed. Wasn’t happy with the stones working their way out into the yard.

Custom Wheel Horse 1277. 16 hp Kohler. Homemade belly blade.

Here is some of what we went through to pull that quarter panel out. The bondo in one area was 3/4” thick! It mostly popped off that initial bare spot by itself. I sent Jada to work with a hammer and a puddy knife to pop the rest of the big stuff off. Then, we cleaned up some with a roloc disc, then wet sanded 220 grit. This is not the final product, just clean enough for the weekend date night.

Been super busy around the house the last few days as usual. We've been talking about cutting the sides down on the trailer. They are now 26 inches tall on the inside. Trina took the opportunity to try out her new spray gun. Definitely a learning curve but she's adapting to it quickly. Since this picture was taken she has repainted some of the black areas and we've replaced the lights and wiring harness. All new Grote brand LED setup. NOS from ebay. This tree is something we've been talking about snapping off for a couple years now. Sits right beside the house. Yesterday she sliced It Off a few feet above the ground and then built a platform feeder for it. She also reset one of our house guards in place.

Non running at the moment.

While Betty Crocker might have put them in her cook book, our Moravian and Czech heritage is rightfully credited with the Pig-in-a-Blanket. Czech immigrants called it Klobasnek or Klobasnikiky. They, as I am, are shocked and disappointed when I bite into this special desert and find it filled with a commercial hot dog. Much better when made with sausage that has everything but the pig grunt in it. The Czech variety also used a slightly sweet dough. I suspect those Wisconsin boys @Achto and @WHX?? would agree. So much for my rant @953 nut

This weekend is Prom and Jada is driving her date We did a quick spray bomb last night. It’s better than it was. It’s nowhere near perfect!

Just move the cradle with it. Should bolt right in. You may want to consider replacing the rubber mounts with solid ones. Likely because if they haven't failed completely, they will eventually.

If the phrase “pigs in a blanket” conjures up images of darling newborn piglets swaddled in warm fluffy blankets you are definitely not a foodie. National Pigs in a Blanket Day on April 24 is a holiday celebrating one of our favorite comfort foods — pork sausage (or hotdogs) baked in pastry. And whom shall we thank for all this? Start with Betty Crocker, whose cookbooks decorated every post-war kitchen — exposing young impressionable minds to this culinary delight. In 1957 she published Betty Crocker’s Cooking for Kids, with the first simple recipe for the taste treat, and the rest is history! From a child’s first flour-smudged attempts at cooking to chic cocktail party fare, and from fancy pastry crust to pre-made biscuits in a tube, pigs in a blanket are the ubiquitous snack for every occasion. Whether it’s a plain hotdog or a fancy sausage wrapped in your favorite dough, gather your friends and share memories of the first time you were introduced to pigs in a blanket.

I was going to save this for Dino Part 6 but wanted more opinions before I paint the Dino sheet metal. My first time on a HVLP spray gun. I used a mix of 12oz of gloss white, 4oz of gloss almond and 3oz of mineral spirits. I set the pressure at 60psi. Even at the max sprayer setting I felt that I should have had more paint flow but it was doable. I did the backside first for practice. I had a few spots pop up almost like there was a tiny drip of water. I did get a couple runs but it was the backside. The front was going better until I had a sprayer malfunction. The upper pin on the trigger fell out. A quick fix then the sprayer clogged up. I totally forgot to use a strainer so that was probably why. I'm thinking I definitely need to put a water strainer and a regulator at the gun end of the hose. I had 75' of air hose on it so it would be easier to control the actual gun pressure. The water separator is probably a no brainer. The front side of the wheels turned out pretty good and the backsides are acceptable. I'll show some constraint and not mess with removing the tire protection until the paint drys. I usually do that too soon and end up touching the wet paint. Any dos or don'ts guys?

This my plowing tractor. Fit up the mower deck to make sure it ran good.

Yes indeed sir... We always wrapped a sausage in a pancake.

The FEL looks like a Johnson Workhorse loader that has had some modification and a larger bucket. Here is a picture of Johnson - - - - loader that is.

Unless you have the good fortune to own the only Suburban that doesn't have a rusted up roll pin be prepared to administer lots of penetrating oil.

Look out moles, John is armed and dangerous.

What??? That Dewalt isn't a trencher???

I saw stones..... Then I saw a chainsaw. ...... I wasn't sure if I felt I should keep scrolling ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

All the stuff that's not fit to eat.

More like a member of PETA.

Forget what model. It is a yellow/white version of a 782 and has power steering. Found it…1864. 18hp Briggs Twin.

1974 Elec-Trak E14.

No tube steaks or dough in my Pigs in a Blanket. Pigs in the Blanket Aka Stuffed Cabbage Recipe - Food.com

I have a pressure regulator and a filter connected directly to my gun. Keeps water out & allows me to control the pressure with out walking back to wall. I'm guessing you have a gravity feed gun, the tip pressure does not need to be as high as one would think for good atomization, 30 to 40psi at the gun inlet on my gun, might be higher on yours. Best just to experiment on a scrap piece. As far as reduction, you really should not have to change the reduction from a standard siphon feed to HVLP. https://www.harborfreight.com/oilwater-separator-68246.html https://www.harborfreight.com/125-psi-air-flow-regulator-with-gauge-62695.html

To quote Dan Aykroyd in the The Great Outdoors movie " You know what they make those things of Chet? Huh? Lips & @--holes"

In 1976 I worked on the night cleanup crew at a Commercial Turkey Processing plant as a part time college job. Wore a yellow rain slicker and rubber boots for 4 hours each night to how waster pressure wash everything in the place, then coated it with iodine water. After they cut the main parts of meat off, the carcass was ground and pressed through a 0.005 ths screen (holes the size of a blond hair) The liquid tomato soup looking meat that oozed out was used to make every kind of lunchmeat you can name. Nowhere on the label did the Canadian Bacon or other products say it was made with turkey! Just injected a flavor to make it taste like what the label said it was. Yes them even made hot dogs out of the turkey tomato soup.

Scientists are still evaluating what is actually in one of these...

Or get a couple spacers and mount the engine direct to the frame... You may have to drill a new hole.. I didn't on this one.

I encourage you to have the new piston in the machinist hands before they do the final size honing. Even Kohler pistons are now made overseas and are in my experience are not to exact 0.010 over measurements

Got the beams leveled at all the support points so there are just some low spots to fill in on some of the beams I think I might even start laying down new floor on Saturday. Its definitely a incredible difference from what the floor was I probably had 6 inch variances in the floor to I believe I got it around 1/2"

1965 John Deere 110.

Roper…..? Conglomeration of left over parts and a mobility scooter lift.

Today, on this nice day, I got the cobwebs out of both tractors. I did some spring clean out in front of my house, swept out my basement/workshop as it had a bunch of mud in it. And took the chains off the 308. I’m thinking about putting AG’s or a wider tire for the chains, so I only need one set for both tractors.

Call Lincoln at A-Z https://www.a-ztractor.com/

Amigo. Unknown year. Early 60s.

While I agree with the theory for raising the axle, I have never done it nor had an axle pivot or spindle fail just by greasing them as they sit on the ground. Greasing regularly is far more important than the method used to do it.

Try @76c12091520h Brian. Or @Jake Kuhn Or CALL Lincoln at A to Z Tractor in PA

Early 60s Executive 8E.

Use roll pin punches... https://www.amazon.com/SEDY-6-Pieces-Starter-Punch-Install/dp/B08725T7KM/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=60VEYXJGBZZJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3xDH_n9cyyNkWPhvAsY3v7OF-lqmAXLUoxu2nNdyUGGJx5i6-rKnpDJAGhbYJlKo6jAcmPzNZDZ4raDLA_FLkWeSeHepkvlFtFROzPi0xtW6dIq3JHTPps9JjWDFHBxjtqKBoItgLi5oB5B1t5dCLbx6M_gGuO5IW4a8goL04l8kXRk3UxTzJSB0HUpt8kBJwvjtSTJBlitkMQDh0t7bvCaje0Fjv4Gp7kIawUfRfsJ0cLjCsBL6O3jJmTlYKsmWMT2-IxoxFOmRVjG7Ipu4wzPY_jD3SHkU_cfxbwr8DA0.LjOJVlArcZx-J-0r2NLfD4FnBiJ2eBdXesu5USLdl6A&dib_tag=se&keywords=roll+pin+punch+set&qid=1745506152&sprefix=roll+oin+%2Caps%2C189&sr=8-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

Possibly tins but no flywheel Squonky. The fly wheel had a crack in the keyway and is now a door stop. I'll look for it when I can get in the parts shed. I know the double engine pulley is there. I shelved it when I got a 701 motor from Pullstart. Yep tins fer sure... That's a good PN on the fly wheel. I got lucky and found one off a JD on fleabay. You can have the whole motor Squonk if Dan or KP doesn't want it. I have too ... yes off shore stuff but ok. I have their rings in several motors.

They can all be used and run well. In reality I only use 3 of them. One for mowing, one for snow plowing, and one for moving trailers around. One is set up for the two stage snow blower but I haven't used it in several years since getting the big tractor. 7 of them are fully restored, the 312-8 is in nice original condition and the 416 is in good shape but will likely be torn down and cleaned up within the next year or so.

Yes, that is a Woodmax 8" hydraulic infeed wood chipper. Really gives my 30HP tractor a workout sometimes but can quickly chip up a big pile of brush and small trees. Herd is well behaved.

The Suburban is on the road! It’s been fun having Jada help me in the shop, while she drives her regular cab Silverado around…

A few things to consider to possibly extend the life of both would be to make sure that you have a good water-tight seal on the points cover. That small gromet that the ground wire goes through is often maintained poorly which allows moisture into that space which corrodes the points prematurely. Those gromets are readily available and cheap. Also to clean your points, never file or sand the contacts. Instead, run a dollar bill through the gap to remove any corrosion. The other easy thing to do is position your condenser with the wire end pointed downward to keep water from gathering on top of it. Water sitting on it is no bueno.