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Added another tractor to the picture.

Great day hanging with @Docwheelhorse @wallfish @Retired Wrencher @Handy Don plus plenty of other WH guys (not all members here).

I'm thinking it's got something to do with metric. That's why I get the seat I want and utilize a specialized universal seat base bolt pattern adaptor to make it fit.

A little more done on the original HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! engine.

The style seat that I have on my Reborn B-80 has long been my favorite. I guess it just fits my scrawny butt good. TSC carries them and often has them in stock. Some 13-14 years ago I put another seat on my 2005 Classic. It was another TSC product and I thought I wanted arm rests and a seat adjuster. I quickly found out I didn't want either and it ended up like this. It's comfortable and has proven its durability but I needed a new seat for the Dino C-121 so I picked up another one of my favorites at the Lafayette TSC yesterday. On the drive back I decided to put it on the 2005 since I'm on that by far the most and that will likely be the case in the foreseeable future. Now you certainly would think with all these options I could match something up. Right? Nope. So out comes the drill and I make my own options. Why drive to Lafayette to get it? First I verified they had one in stock. Second, I was headed to Crawfordville to meet up with one of the members here. @stvski80085 Steve drove over from Missouri and is now the owner of the Wheel Horse tub cart. We had a great conversation and could have gone on and on but a long drive back awaited us. Over 4 hours for him. It was great meeting you Steve.

My neighbor stopped to tell me his Mrs. had some tomato plants ready for me. I noticed this on Barney, the 1800 lb Belgian. He must be the deluxe model, comes with a tool kit. Please remember....this is a family show.

Sometimes there just isn't a better way than what's been done for decades. I had to split a nut that had been tacked in place on a weld-repaired bracket. Time to break out the hammer and chisel like I learned to do 50 years ago

Finally got my spring plow day! A little wet, but had no issues with traction.

Found these weights a a yard sale this morning four of them 50 lbs each I'd like to put them on my GT-14 FEL. How can I attach them? It has inside weights already. They were asking 20 each. I got all four for 50

Since it's a parts tractor that's rusty, cut the rock shaft out of the tower. Get it in a vise and heat / quench it. Might take a couple tries. I watched Taryl's video and have done it a few times and am amazed on how well it works.

We had a good show of Wheel Horses, but this show has become an all day auction and garden tractor pulling event. The pullers Auction

Always good to hang out with you guys for the day! There was a really good amount of WH tractors there today too. Think everyone found at least one score. I got the dump truck frame thingy for a fair price.

Uh-oh - Donna is getting upset with me. Good rims & tires (although they are Kendas) and reflectors which I need right off the bat. No engine or hood, but the hydro trans is supposedly good. I'll strip it and scrap what I don't want or can't sell.

So... how'd it handle that massive load? Track ok at speed? Wheel bearings hold up? "First haul on the new trailer " I would have expected 15-20 's... with associated parts etc...

First “haul” on the new trailer! @Pullhosen’s Pony Express strikes again for Uncle Jim!

Was great meeting you. Now you have helped me at the start of this addiction. Love the trailer. Worth the trip for sure. steve

Since that is a mare rather than a stallion my first thought wouldn't work.

About twenty years ago the manager of a local thrift store was convinced the store was haunted. She contacted the "MY GHOST STORT" TV program and was interviewed in preparation for her thirty seconds of fame. She told about things being moved about during the night and things appearing that hadn't been there the day before. A film crew set up cameras throughout the store in hops of capturing a ghost in action. What they captured on film was a homeless woman who had a key for the back door of the store and had been spending evenings there for some time. So much for the store manager becoming a TV star.

Women come and go. Tractors are forever.

I used threaded rod from McMaster-Carr that matched the thread of the hubs to mount my inside weights. Then used truck lug nuts to hold the wheel to the hub You can get any length you need to extend the lugs to mount the weights outside of the wheel.

For years WH used a standard 7 x 7.5 " pattern then in the later 3/4/500eries they came up with something that doesn't seem to fit anything.

The dogs usually take care of them for me. Unfortunately, that comes with it's own set of problems...

Just booked lodging for big show. Stayed same place last year. When traveling now we pretty much stay at an Airbnb. Usually cheaper or at least the same $$ as a hotel. Definitely a lot nicer. It also helps ease the pain of my girlfriend having to look at tractors for 3 days! Lol!! Now I need to get moving on getting some trailer maint done as well as getting tractors ready. Im hoping to bring 4 tractors.

And the last slice.

What an amazing transformation.

Had another think of the steering - not happy with the small homemade 7 tooth steering sprocket.... Works very well and smooth! I think it will outperform the original in terms of lifetime

Never removed one so I never paid attention to what they were made of. Just a warning about heating cast parts

I mounted center hole barbell weights this way, but I drilled a flat plate to match the hub bolts. Then welded a large nut centered on the plate. Screwed in the correct length all thread and fastened with an acorn nut.

@Racinbob My 87 308 has the Country Line 18” high back TSC seat. When I mounted it I went off the 7 x7.5 bolt pattern info I got here. I didn’t drill any new holes. It fit fine on the stock springs. It was one of their universal seats so it had 10 different bolt patterns. I specifically bought it because the 7 x 7.5 pattern was one of the bolt patterns. No issues as of yet. In fact I’m thinking about getting another one for my 312 as it’s extremely comfortable.

Waiting on a new idler pulley, slide bar bushings and spring and blade spindle nuts but all done! And it’s going to rain for the next couple days so all covered up. Going to let the paint finish curing, it’s still very soft so I I don’t want to scrape it all away.

You mean the gas money?

I had a similar experience a few years ago. 38 zillion holes. 2 would line up here. 2 would line up there. 4 would line up nowhere.

I think that traffic can use the 35 foot (17.5 foot from the center) and the pavement lines at the edges mean nothing. Depending on the highway the 35 foot can vary but most PA rural roads are 35.

I think the point is that your driveway apron, as well as the “dirt” roadside, may be on state/county/town property--mine is! All is well until there is a problem that has a cost. I’d consider a visit to the engineer’s office to get a close look at the plot mapping so you’ll know what’s where (if you got a good survey map when you bought, that might, or might not, have enough detail). Where I grew up our family and six neighbors co-owned the access road from the county road (the property was a large, subdivided farm). A lawyer advised the group to carefully survey/plot out the access road and then try to get the town to take it as a gift to avoid having to jointly purchase liability insurance. They did. The town later upgraded the paving and started plowing it in winter!

Timber oil is down. I think I will give it extra time to dry and work on the garden tomorrow. Next week is the stairwell.

All loaded up!

Correct piston came today. Needed to be cleaned up a little (light oxidation because it had been out of the plastic), and it looks great. Matches the bore perfectly. Little by little!

World Tuna Day is observed on May 2 throughout the coastal zone of the planet. This date was an achievement of fishing communities, scientists, and environmentalists who came together to protect tuna schools around the world and help create a sustainable fishing model. Why is there a World Tuna Day? Well, because tuna is one of the most vigorous and important fish in the seas. It is certainly among the most fascinating when it comes to size, strength, agility, and speed. In addition, it is one of the most important animals for the human economy and nutrition. Tuna species represent 20% of the value of all marine fisheries and more than 8% of all seafood traded globally. Tunas are magnificent wild animals and have been known to mankind for thousands of years. One of the oldest records of the species was made by Aristotle in his work on the classification of animals. These fish can reach up to eight feet in length and weigh over 500 pounds, but don’t think we’re talking about a slow animal. This fish’s powerful body allows it to reach a speed of up to 43 miles per hour!

Don, I’ve used these steel pipe flanges on the front wheels in the past (hard to see in the grainy pic) double stacked. I’ve also hung those same pipe flanges under the frame up front.

Thanks they were on the Raider 10 I grew up on. Looks like homemade 1" thick plate steel cut with a torch, or plasma cutter. We didn't do that, it came with the tractor when my parents bought it. They are stacked double on both sides.

C-121 with the 36” RD deck