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My lunchtime walk pays off again....

A modified hydro control to make it easer is always better. I did the same with my 89 520. Longer hand lever and straighten the pattern with just a half notch for natural.

So I have been working on this chicken tractor coop I thought I would share with you guys. The coop is from vevor not sure I can fully recommend it as it's not that great, but it is cheap I paid about $180 for it. However I also bought the 4x4's which were about $70. And couple bushings, bolts, and screws The coop I had to add some additional bracing with some old galvanized water line piping I had pulled out of the house and barn. Cut those to fit and used self tappers to attach those. All the metal I used, I already had laying around, the wheels too. I have not yet attached the "hitch" to the front of the coop yet. The other part goes to the sleeve hitch on the Wheelhorse so that will lift the front. It's all getting painted regal red! I am thinking about enclosing the coop more but have not yet decided if I will used this for the egg laying hens or if I need to build a actual coop and possibly use this for broilers. I had been thinking of building a coop into the bottom of my barn but reconsidering that now, due to dust from the chickens and I have a concrete pad they would be pooping all over.

Good grief they are throwing C160s away up north!

Not that it looks like the issue with the 314H has been resolved I'm a little more motivated to tweak a few things on it. My wife will be pretty much the sole operator so I need to address things with that in mind. I prefer a foot control but she is fine with the hand thingy. Totally unacceptable was that you had to push the lever down and then back to reverse it. It was awkward. This bracket was the culprit. It served two purposes. To block the motion lever forcing you to push down to back up and to hold the neutral safety switch. If I was the only operator the bracket and switch would disappear. But remembering that she drove a hydro through a fence gate and managed to clean out the hinges I figured I should leave it on. I pulled it off and made the modification and this is the result. Depressing the brake centers the rod on the switch arm. The result is a much smoother and easier forward/reverse motion. If I do put a foot control on it I would need this modification anyways. Another thing I'd like to replace is the 'fat' steering wheel. She said she likes the feel. I'm here typing this so obviously I refrained from comment.

I never received any shipping or order updates, but there’s a pile of tires at my back door!

4 tires just delivered!

Let's start one what with all the old coots here ...

Dragging this old thread up because I messed up and used my 701 air cleaner on this little guy, and I don't have another short air cleaner. A full width can will fit but it's really tight and would rub the hood alot. So knowing this machine will never see mowing duty, it's air filtration is easier to modify. I bought a motocross air cleaner for about $8 and modded it to fit onto the Kohler carb. Turned a little adapter out on the lathe and it bolts right up. Clears the hood by 1/2 inch with no issues. Still gotta make the footrests...

No problems at all. I'd say a super kick butt deal.

You guys are all nuts... except for Brian ... $100 non roller all day up here. Brian for saving.

Someone say someone needs some loading help?

Just to the right as you come in. It's not much but there will be plenty of guys around more than willing to help get a tractor on or off.

Well . . . . I do that too but there is no commemorative day for that as far as I know.

I do this every day Here I thought he was gonna talk about getting up every night to pee...

Hug this one! LOL Actually he's really docile and laid back but just looks mean. Yes he's big, and bigger than our dogs are.

I call this one, Sunrise over crane. This is my beast for the day.

Don't tell me you used that bus!

Of course I am a fan of Vanguards up to 23hp. But the majority of your list all look good to me. Maybe not the predator as a first choice (just my personal opinion), but they do at least have a large aftermarket mod supply...

Very cool!!! Maybe you and @Pullstart can race them...

Just got this one. 1965 L-155. Needs some tlc, I cleaned the carb and got it running. It has an external coil conversion, which I like, makes replacement a lot easier. The 4th photo is not mine, is just for reference as I am looking for the air filter that fits in that housing. The parts manual doesnt show an air cleaner, at least the manual I downloaded doesnt.

Today I brought home my new toy! It's a Mahindra 3015 4x4 tractor, with a 3 cylinder 30 HP 1.5L diesel with 1300 hrs. The 3 speed hydrostatic transmission is simple & effective. The 3 pt hitch allows me to use numerous attachments, like a backhoe, tiller, post hole digger, etc. It's got mid and rear PTOs rated at 25 HP for powering implements. It needs a $15 water pump / alternator belt (got it), a coolant flush / change, and grease everywhere. It lifts 1300 pounds which is just a TINY bit more than the Ark500 on my 1973 1-0440. 😉 The first task will be to remove a fallen ash tree once the lawn dries a bit Oh, despite being about 1000 pounds over it's capacity, the Ridgeline handled it with guts to spare! I'm glad it was only 36 miles over flat roads, however.

I have 5 K341s and another coming soon. A 12 HP, a Magnum 16. ALL will have the gears removed as I go through them in the next few years. I can certainly understand someone installing new shafts, bearings and gears. But I don't mind the change in vibration.

Hope that they put the 23x9.50-12’s at the same price

I got the balance gears ⚙️ outta the rebuilt K341 I picked up from @Bill D a few months ago. I had to clean out the holes 🕳 with a wire brush and drill bit. Then I used a 1/2" x 4" Grade 8 bolt as a driver. Worked SLICK. Gotta remember that.....

Proof of concept.

You can also scrap that bracket completely and add an 8 speed style clutch switch. There is a cutout on the left side of the hoodstand for it. Splice in some longer wires and your all set. This forces you to press the brake to start the engine.

My tracking shows delivery: Tomorrow, May 31 between 2:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.

How many hours a year do you put on the C-195...How old are you? Change the oil stay off steep slopes for extended periods and you can get another 1000 hours out of a KT.

For quite some time I've been wanting a way to monitor my BP and pulse on both a daily basis and in particular, while exercising. Such as hiking. Trina bought the same blood pressure monitor that her traveling nurse uses. Wrist-mounted detector with velcro strap. Obviously medical grade. Yesterday afternoon after I was moving around quite a bit I took my blood pressure and it was 124/80. Likely would have been a fair amount lower if I had been resting as I should before taking a BP. That's a good strong 20 points or more lower than I've seen it in the past before I lost weight!

Denali awaits all cats for their morning "hug"... says they all taste like chicken...

Those are easy to find. K&B always has em

I asked my model engineering group about the stone and they advise its definitely a window sill. This is a similar piece from a demolished house. You can see the sloped surface to let rain run off. This is a photo of the original building the was on our garden site. You can see it had bay windows on either end and this is a sill from one of them. Most every building in the area was built from natural stone back then, quarried locally. Brick was for factories and low grade housing. The carved holes in the top of our stone are for staples to join the blocks together. But the one near the broken end may be a Lewis hole, a slot cut to lift the block without having to grip it externally or sling it. Fascinating to see how engineers from Roman times came up with an idea that is still in use today and has never been bettered. By the way, your ten pin bowling balls are picked up in a similar way. Friction between the holes and your fingers is enough to lift the odd shaped object. "What have the Romans ever done for us? Apart from the roads, sanitation, public order, water, vineculture, ..."

Because it's the best excuse to put tri-ribs and ag tires on them

Alex would win! Mine gets stuck easy!

International Hug Your Cat Day, which is observed on May 30, is an opportunity to lavish your cat with hugs and pamper it as it deserves. Of course, you should already be doing this, but International Hug Your Cat Day is the one day dedicated specifically to doing so. The ‘domestic cat’ is a species in the Felidae family that is often distinguished from the wild members of the larger cat family. Cats are classified as either house cats, farm cats, or feral cats, which roam freely and avoid human contact. Domestic cats are of great importance and value to humans for companionship and their ability to kill rodents. Cats can hear sounds that are too faint or occur at high frequencies beyond human‌ hearing, such as those made by mice and other such small mammals.

Aren't those little bitty shafts cute?

Holy cow! For sure, but if it was me and I was building a worker I would chuck em’

That K-341 by its self is $300 no questions asked. The only reason I get these for cheap or free is either they don’t know what it is or, I’ve got a friend who’s got 40-50 and he’s getting out of it. The only ones down here that go for insane prices are D series. You could get one for $2000, and that’s the cheap ones!

Please DO NOT try to use the K341 with the 312 wiring harness and the switch and vice-versa until you understand what the folks here are show you. Assuming one works with the other, well you know what the say about assuming, is not good. If you don't do it correct, you could screwup the the K and the wiring harness on the 312 then you've got two problems.

Also just received confirmation that a package from MTD is scheduled for delivery tomorrow.👍

I also have a 30lb package due tomorrow from Mansfield Ohio..

Kinda hard to argue with that.

I agree with both above. Easiest: keep watch for a direct replacement Kohler 19 HP. Literal bolt in with no mods. Next in line to me would be either Briggs Vanguard or a flat twin as mentioned. "Out of the running" IMHO: predator. Yeah they're cheap and available and easily modded.... We give enough money to that market already. I have - and will again - spend twice the money rebuilding an old Kohler before I'll buy a new cheap copy. Most interesting? Definitely something unusual like the Wisconsin V4.... Lots of Cool Factor there. But the PTO situation could be a deal breaker.

Gotta be a corded hand drill....

@Mickwhitt I was playing with rocks today, too. Our house in Missouri was built in 1914 by the owner of the local brick yard. It is a brick veneer building that has limestone lintels over the doors and windows. Most of the longer lintels were broken, allowing the bricks to settle. When we rebuilt the front porch, we ended up removing a large amount of bricks and replacing the lintels when it all went back together. The result is that I have a pile of cut limestone old lintel pieces. Today's job was to load some of it onto the utility trailer for transport to our woods in Kentucky where they will probably get used in building projects there. I got four pieces 4" thick, 8" wide varying between 3 and 4 feet in length. Oh, yeah - I don't have any neat lifting machinery. They went onto the trailer using the ancient technology of inclined planes, pulleys, and leverage. There was room on the trailer for more, both volume and weight, but my back informed me that the trailer was as full as it was going to get. I'm guessing that there is about 1000 pounds of rock on the trailer.

Work has been picking up and we've been busy around home too. Add in PT and it's been go go go go... All for good reasons! I FINALLY got some shop time this evening to remove the junk tires from the wheels for some guy in NY... I used the HF Manual Tire Changer to break the beads. Then set up the 3/4" threaded rod in the bench vise to hold the wheel & tire. I cut the tire mostly off with a sawzall and used a pair of side cutters to snap the metal beads.

Umm, you have a tool in your shop that spins things and allows you to cut them to make cylindrical parts any size you want. Just sayin'

After yesterday’s work out, I slept in a bit today and took the day off. Perfect timing, I found a big fat possum walking out of the coop with egg on its face. The .22 might not have gotten the eggs back, but it prevented losses in the future!

Took inventory