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Another product of the Elgin road trip I made a while back when I picked up the 78 Dino C-121. This trailer is well built and has excellent balance for dumping. It's a natural behind the 854 which is where it likely will be most of the time. My addiction to red paint forced me to freshen it up a bit. Wire wheeled, sanded, primed and Regal red. I used a roller with some help from a brush. Back on it's wheels I prepped the inside this morning and got the first coat of bedliner rolled on. There will be at least one more coat applied, probably two. I likes!

This is all his fault. @Tonytoro416 just HAD to put pics of his Raider up, and it just derailed my tiny mind! My 701 engine is at the machine shop, and it'll be a couple weeks before I get it back so... I've actually been tinkering on this machine off and on for a long time. After building all those reciever hitches for my primary workers, I realized that not one machine I have has a working clevis hitch and/ or a rear tiller hookup. With this one, I'm gonna fix that. This is gonna be a worker. And no, it's not gonna be a trike. I just didn't have time to put the front axle on it. Of course this is just mock up to make sure I have all I need to start. This will not be a restore, but I'm definitely gonna have to clean it up and paint it a little.

Worked on my $5 auction bench. Made a couple new slats and paint.

Fired up the Magnum 14 in my plow rig that hasn’t been started in a couple months and IS NOT on a battery tender..this battery amazes me!

I picked up this Roof Ranger from a buddy last winter, took it apart, because I can’t leave well enough alone and replaced the belts, tires, seat & a few other things. Cleaned it up and put it back together. 5 HP Briggs with a 24” cut, I believe this is from the 60s or early 70s. This engine is pretty tired, it’ll sometimes fog for mosquitoes while I mow. I mowed the yard with it today, this thing drives with a rubber wheel running on a flat pulley. The deck is welded to the frame and pushing down on the handle raises the front of the deck, it has a cutting height from 1”- 3”. Holding the handle down as I mow is pretty awkward. 2 speeds forward and one reverse.This thing just might be the reason OSHA came into existence.

After almost 4mo of complications & bout 88days in hospital after quad bypass my dad passed last Thursday morning at home while sleeping. Finally took some "me time " alone in the garage to install stack on RJ. Thanks again to Chad Burris. This is 3rd stack i bought from him. 20250429_102146.mp4

WOW!!!!! My Dad would be tickeled to ___th!! Me too !! Beautiul Bob.

Several years ago Trina's brother-in-law made the Momma a nice wooden bench. They'd painted red white and blue but over the years that had faded as expected. Yesterday Trina and her Momma repainted that bench.

Just think of them as "grille decor"...

I have several of those, because I remove them. Good for holding grass clippings, dirt, chipmunk nests, and mice beds. Wonderful place to start rust without you knowing it.

I know he was having some health issues and I've tried sending him a PM but didn't get a reply. Kind of curious how he's doing and if he's coming to this year's big show. He hasn't posted anything in a while which concerns me as he's a fairly active member

Got a surprise today, and it's a thing of beauty...

Sorry to hear about your dad's passing. Cherish the memories.

A few years back I bought a 42” RD deck, but found out it has noisy spindles. Today, I finally got a round to removing the spindles so I can replace the bearings. Special thank you to @Rob R for helping me get the blade nut off 2 of them!

I have a Wheelhorse 502 that I restored many years ago. The engine is tagged HT55B-3088P. I’ve read that the correct engine should have been a HT55C-3088P so to start with I don’t know the difference between the HT55B & C? Also there is a second tag on the engine SBH 54D 5215 5213. After doing a little more research it sounds like some of these engines might been repaired or rebuilt at some point with a new short block housing installed. I’m assuming that my engine had the lower part of the engine replaced with a short block part number SBH 54D. It looks similar to an H60 short block. It is aluminum but has a 1” output shaft like the original HT55B though. I will attach some photos, and would appreciate any information on this possible past repair with that short block assembly SBH 54D 5215 5213. It is a mystery to me at this point. Thanks, Doug

National Zipper Day is on April 29 and we are full of zip for this day! We take many things in life for granted and the humble zipper is one of them. Have you ever paused to reflect on how zippers play a huge role in our daily lives? Zippers come in apparel, purses, boots, etc. and are incredibly useful. A Swedish-American electrical engineer employed at Universal Fastener, Gideon Sundback, is credited with designing the modern zipper. He got the first patent for a “Hookless Fastener” on April 29, 1913, which was later developed into the “Separable Fastener”. It took a while to become popular as it was mostly a shoe fastener in the beginning after which the military started using the device during World War 1 for flying suits. Some manufacturers even used the device on tobacco pouches. Nevertheless, it was precisely a decade after this device received its first patent, that it would actually be called the ‘zipper’. The term was coined by B.F. Goodrich in 1923 because of the sound it made.

In case you don't know there is a group over on Facebook that deals the roof stuff. That thing might be worth something?? I looked for one of those Palomino Jeep style mowers for a while, ended up building my own on a 520xi frame. Either they wanted way to much or there was none around.

This blade came with it. Maybe this will be my snow machine next winter. 😂

Which raider are you referring to? Lol Im sorry not sorry I derailed you

Fired up the e-tank again. I'm gonna fit a 312 fender pan on an 16hp Electro 12 Frankentiller . I can almost submerge the whole thing but not quite. That will add a day or three to the process.

Original diagram Run the wire from the "S " terminal to small solenoid terminal. Make sure solenoid is grounded well. One wire from battery to one large solenoid terminal. Another wire from the other large solenoid terminal to the "A" on the Genny

Same. I've been wondering too..... 🤔

There are 2 O-rings. (#52 and 55) You will probably need a 12pt 1/4" socket for the screws holding the plate on (Some use a socket head you wil; have to look) O ring Dash # 116 and 026 ( I Use 026S) I have them... PM your address will send them to you

Put new stainless tie rods on Ol' Rusty this morning. I hate to paint them, but they're so "out of character"!

Thanks Steve. I made a couple changes and felt a bit of guilt doing it. Basically taller tires to get the height up and converted to a 2" ball coupler. My other stuff is 2" and that's what the tractors have. It's definitely going to get some use around the Parks Ponderosa I can't today but lets try to Skype tomorrow midday.

I can vouch! Bought a carb for my B-80 last year and it’s been great! Just mowed the yard yesterday with it…zero issues.

Make a 90deg elbow bend in a flat screwdriver. Wiggle that bend behind the bearing inner race, then use a long drift pin from the outside axle tube and tap on the screwdriver bend...gently ,,,moving around the circumference of the inner race. It will move little by little. Been there ---dun that.

That is just a shield...to keep dirt and debris from falling into the steering apparatus. It just bolts to the frame.

I have a 312-8 the tractor must have been apart before I got it that part was missing. The good thing about it is all the dirt and grass falls out and that stays cleaner.

We buy flags from a store in Springfield, MO. I think it's family owned and they have good quality flags. Before mom entered assisted living, She would use her sewing machine and sewed extra rows at the edge. This helped with the fraying. Sometimes, she would fold the edge over and sew several rows thus giving it a bigger hem. It wasn't noticeable as it didn't affect the length enough that a person could tell by looking at it but it sure extended the life of a flag. Our fiberglass flag pole is starting to show it's age. The black granite below the flag is in memory of our son who died almost 18 years ago. He loved Ole Glory and had a flag pole at nearly every house he live in while in college. Now that we have entered the discussion of GPS and maps, I'm a paper map fellow myself. I'll even google the destination on computer and then draw my own map with the details on paper with landmarks and notes to direct me where we are headed.

Bring your project! It’ll give us something to do

We'll have a whole table full of em'

Yesterday, despite losing the governor spring for my Troy-Bilt rototiller, I managed to till Donna's new garden. Being an area that we sprayed with 30% vinegar to kill the long established grass, I had to do about 10 passes gradually increasing depth until I was about 5 in deep. My shoulders and back are complaining a bit. Tomorrow I will pick up all of the grass that I raked out of it and on Wednesday, 3 yards of garden soil is being delivered. Then I will begin cutting the 4x6s to size in order to frame both the old half of the garden and the new garden. She is in Denver right now, I hope to have this finished by the time she gets home. Oh, I got and replaced the governor's spring today. It's much nicer not having to try to till at low RPM, constantly having to stop to allow it to regain revs. I would have much preferred to use the wheel horse tiller, but I'll have it ready for any other tilling very soon!

Today I washed 39 years of grease of my new 36" tiller in preparation for replacing the tine shaft oil seal (pn 103118) on one side. I have been applying penetrating oil now, and I'll try to remove the tines tomorrow. Then, I'll look for a source for the seal. EDIT: It looks like Lowell is the man for the seals. I'm also looking for (2) deck pulleys, pn 109967, if anyone has some used.

Well it’s been a while. But over the past couple days did a few things, Got the PTO all fully hooked up. But what’s not pictured is I got the air filter box and assembly all back togehter too.

Cookin' nice and slow like a pork butt in a smoker. (that's a NC thang)

This is the deck that came with the 416 I bought last fall and just brought home. Previous owner decided that ATV tires were the way to go so the deck has unfortunately been notched for clearance. Teardown just started. This pulley was seized to shaft. Heating the center of the pulley red hot freed it up. The other two just slid off. Deck shell. Other than the notched cut out it looks to be in great shape. Deck baffle is not as good. Deck parts

I don't get to OCD about it but I'm organized because few things irritate me more than not being able to find something, especially when I'm in a rush or getting tired I do like my Klein t-wrenches and having some of my Dewalt tools and batteries readily accessible. Combination wrenches are just grouped by size range. No revelations or unique strategies that I can offer for any takeaways...

I attempted to contact him in February but no reply. I know Cas was spending a great deal of time in Portugal caring for his father.

I don’t weld but a friend of mine does. Bought this 42” RD deck last fall and didn’t look at it as closely as I should have (that’s on me). Baffles were rotted and flopping around under the deck. New material is a low grade stainless. The two 2” holes are for cleaning out that triangle space that just catches and holds onto grass/leaves and promotes rot. Next up is paint and reassembly

Me too. Sent him a PM and a Skype...nothing.

I sent him a PM back in March with no reply. He was always active, even when he was in Portugal.

That will help warm the hydro in cold weather!

I am no betting man, unless it’s loading a trailer or something easy, but I think this will sound great! It’s just tacked up. I want to get some rear hangers, square it up and level it, then final weld it.

First thing to do is clean and tighten ALL electrical connections including grounds. Test the voltage regulator by using a multimeter set on DC 20 volt setting and you should have 12+ volts on the "B+" terminal of the regulator with the engine not running but the key switch ON. If you don't have 12+ volts then go to the R terminal of the ignition switch to see if you have voltage there. If there is voltage at the voltage regulator "B+" terminal then start the engine and see if there has been any change in the voltage. Next place to check would be the two AC terminals on the voltage regulator. With the engine running at about half throttle and your multimeter on the AC Volts scale you should read about 35 AC voltage between the two AC terminals.

Seems you may have a bad deck spindle or mule drive bearing.

I have used a small wonderbar doing the same as Dave suggested, works well.

First full yard mow of the season..’77 B-80/8 speed with a 36” RD

First mowing of the fence lines. Then blowing the woods trails.

I've been working on the tools again. The pliers were too thin at the web and fractured. So I had to start again. Bit of a pain but we learn by our mistakes. The adjustable wrench was a bit more involved, with shaping and milling to create the tee slot for the sliding jaw. The full size spanner on the left is an original Landrover one as supplied with the series 1 model. My version is just about the same, I'm quite happy with the way it looks.