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Needed a win after my tire issue and haven’t decided what I am doing yet so I shifted gears and assembled the grille shell. Looks pretty nice I think decal kit is on the way

I call this the rat 1056 because noting is standard on it.If had a part I made it work. I picked this engine up from Stevbo and I gotta say I’m very happy the way this turned out. I had my doubts in the beginning, but they seem to be gone now. After much tinkering, I finally got this engine to run pretty good as you can see by the video. Turning this into my snow plow tractor I’m thinking of taking it to Zagray in October. Hope you enjoy the video. IMG_0759.mov

Fabbed up a fan guard for my 875

Bring Your Manners to Work Day is celebrated on the first Friday in September. This year it will be celebrated on September 5. With nine to five routines, we probably spend more time with our work family than our real family. And much like at home, good manners need to be followed at the workplace. This includes not having messy workstations, conversing politely, and not using your cellphone when you’re in the company of others. They say good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. It is important to have healthy relationships with bosses, colleagues, and clients, to have a good work environment that won’t burn you out. In today’s modern times, manners are no longer limited to gestures like holding the door open for someone or making polite conversation. The way we present ourselves, using meeting hours for browsing on our phones, and many other things make up office etiquette.

Pretty interesting watching them string the wires. A helicopter would drop a guy off on the pole, dip down to the ground, pick up the wire on a pulley, bring it up to the guy on the pole who would attach it. Pick the guy up and move to the next pole. Bet he makes big bucks!

Cyclo-vac makes a hitch for Wheel Horses

Watching despicable me 3 Gru I'm pretty sure is mowing grass with a wheel horse

The ‘copter sure saves a lot of climbing. I’d love to hear him describe his job! “Same old same old. Up the pole, rig the cable attachment, attach the cable, next pole.” 😁

Thanks to @WHX?? I got a steering shaft that will work with just cutting 1/4" off and drilling a new hole. And the PTO bracket is so much better!!!

I live on a power line right of way. A couple years ago they put up some new steel poles. When that 36" drill hit bedrock, it shook my house!

Today was wash and touch up day for the M &G. All three tractor got a wash, Armor All and the 308 and 312 were touched up with touch up paint. I also sanded down the C-141 hood smoother as I was on the fence about doing it and wasn’t thrilled with how it turned out last time. I figured I’d try again.

Our cat rises early and goes right to the big glass slider doors every morning religiously to look for the sunrise, if it's there. Cloudy day or no visibility, he doesn't stay there very long and then goes about his daily cat life day. We easily noticed how he will stay there and watch so MUCH longer on the beautiful sunrise days. He loves a beautiful sunrise but could give 2 cat craps about any sunsets.

I made one from some scrap. I also added a 2" receiver. Probably should have extended out a few more inches for clearance, but it works great.

Make sure you clean off the cheese curd jits...

"Manners... maketh... man". Kingsman. Excellent movie.

My neighbor has a 60" Cub Cadet zero turn mower. Quite a fast machine. I was helping him mow a mutual neighbor's yard with Morgan, the 14-8 a while back. After a couple of loops around the yard, I gave up and started working on another, smaller section of yard with trees - I was just in his way in the large open yard. A couple years ago, the neighbors was looking for a vacuum system for his zero turn. He contacted Cyclone several times for information on a vac unit. Never did receive a reply. He ended up getting a used MTD unit. It kept clogging the hose. He gave up on that after 2 seasons. Would have been ahead to keep pursuing a Cyclone product. In preparation for this year's onslaught of leaves from our 45 or so oak trees, I treated myself to a new 52" Agra Fab tow behind sweeper.

Very similar to Haban ! Not sure who supplied Gilson or Simplicity but the tube frame to front was used by multiple Haban sickle mowers. Haban was a step up in quality from the Wheel Horse side sickles. https://www.gardentractortalk.com/threads/found-two-sickle-bars-this-week.67462/#lg=thread-67462&slide=4 ok Garden Talk shows this one as Gilson made by Haban!

The pit is 4 miles away. It’s nice to have the resources all around!

I really enjoy having the wildlife, rabbit, fox, skunk, raccoon, deer, eagles, heron, coyote, bear and songbirds, so close to the house. But after a strong thunderstorm this afternoon, I made my rounds checking for damage and when I leaned over the wood stove to check for water around the flue pipe I just felt I was being watched. I looked down and saw this guy about a foot from my leg. An Eastern rat (black) snake. He was around 4' long. You can see the bulk of his body across the back of the stove and a good foot was down the back side. Not sure why he moved in as the field mice don't come in till October. Well I like mouse eaters, but I knew he needed to be relocated before Mrs. K saw him. I'm not ready to move to the city. I snatched him behind the head and he coiled up around my arm and held on for the trip to the barn where there are some chipmunks to feast on.

my wheel horse is ready after the restoration. now only restore and overhaul the cutting deck. The results are impressive! what do you think?

Likely you could leave it alone. Just have the steering wheel 1/4" higher.

I have well over 24 cubic feet of drawers neatly organized and packed solid with that sort of stuff and still can't stay away from hardware stores.

I started sorting and reorganizing shelves, drawers and bins. I also had 3 11 x 14 x 2 pans full of hardware, parts, nuts, bolts, and washers. Now I need to sort by sizes and put in hardware drawers.Then put away or discard the oddball stuff in the large pan.

Mackissic chipper shredder

I am looking for one good used Goodyear tire like the one in photos. I would like to save this one but it has a lot of cracks after 67 years of use! First pick is of the one i saved from ghe pair! Miller tire paint can only do so much with an old tire! Let me know if you have one to sell with or wothout wheel! !

GIL is likely Gilson. I have a tiller made by them for the first model Simplicity offered for their two wheel tractors in 1954. Gilson, Simplicity and AC had a relationship.

Reminds me a bit of the 1056 I had, that had the early S/G engine and a 300 series muffler. It was a good worker!

I have tool boxes, drawer cabinets, wall cabinets, shelves and pegboard for storing tools. I started with a tool box and an assortment of wooden cabinets. Over the years I have slowly replaced all the wooden cabinets with metal storage except one. I'm still looking for that replacement. I am in the process of reorganizing and found a hole shooter, hole hog, and a jigsaw I thought I had given to my son. (when I can't find something I think I gave it to James). My drawers are not as organized as some of yours.

Haban made a variety of sickle bar mowers for garden tractors. Looks like that would have been used on one with the crankshaft running front to rear like a IHCC.

Good morning red square I just scored an older commercial cyclone vac for free in real good shape. barely used tecumseh 6 started right up. I was wondering if there was something avaiable to connect the dual point hitch thats on the vac to my 414, or do i have to make something to connect to the transmisson brackets? any advice, thoughts or ideas appreciated. If this is posted in the wrong section i apologize.

There’s nothing wrong with peg boards. At least you can see what you’re looking for. I on the other hand have pictures postcards, and lots of memories on the walls of the garage so pegboards won’t work. Enjoy your day, bud.

Just wanna add a little something, Eric. Don’t be like Gary who has 15 toolboxes in his the garage. Yes, I counted them all. I guess I’d do it this way because we park our cars in the garage so I have to spread everything out to fit. It’s OK. It keeps my mind fit by saying OK where did I put that tool?

They used to be a vendor on Ebay selling new reproduction WWII Jeep cable, but members have reported the cable locking knobs he now has are junk. So search for WWII Jeep locking cable and do some verification that they are a quality product. You might contact these people. ARMY JEEP PARTS INC. 6500 Beaver Dam Road Unit B Levittown, PA 19057, USA (215) 269-5016, Fax E-Mail: sales@armyjeepparts.com Hours : 9am-5pm (EST) M-F

We covered up the trailer full o' tractors so they'll be happy and dry. Patiently waiting for @JCM and @Raven 's Meet n Greet in N Berwick next weekend. Other fun was drag push pulling shoving the non running 520H from beside the workshop to the interior of it. First we removed the mowing deck. Looks solid. Once in the shop I popped the rear wheel weights off. These were originally marketed by JD and were painted their yellow 🟡 over the original white ⚪️ base color. They're around 50 lbs each and stackable! I have two sets thanks to @Stepney so mebbe I'll do just that.....

I have things somewhat organized

In the last few weeks we keep having what looks like different flocks of Turkeys grazing through the yard. Group sizes 7 to 20. We've been enjoying all the wildlife at our new home in Maine. We've had deer, Bald and Golden Eagles, Herons, and even what looked like an Egret.

Today I missed a spot on my painted C-141 hood yesterday so after work I tried to touch it up. That ended up needing to be peeled off to the previous layer with a lot of elbow grease, time, and thinner. I’ll try again tomorrow. Apparently spray paint and paint gun paint are different. It’s all a learning experience.

I see you still haven't added that throttle bracket I made for it. Let me know if you need help with it or bring it to Zags and we can get it hooked up

That's odd. I've always gotten replies within a day.

Here too but higher up. The barn interior has walls over 12 feet high. Plenty of room. The new workshop space has 8' on one side and about 11' 6" on the tall side. There will be a 39 foot shelf on the short wall for "stuff". The top couple feet of the tall wall (above pegboard) will be for hanging things as display only.

I will try to make it. Thanks for the update.

Correct

So it was love at first sight hike.

Nah, I think Pete sneaked in there with his Oyster Bamboo Fly Rod to catch a couple bluegills for his lunch.

Got back fine with the above mentioned 520H. That's not running. I'll start a separate thread for that. While unstrapping there was a Jaxon sighting here...

Just holders. Lots of them in the jungle. https://www.amazon.com/GIPFTYAG-Battery-Holder-Dewalt-Mounts/dp/B0CW2K7BQ4/ref=sr_1_4_sspa?crid=2B28GRDAVIKJ3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tgj8dUcK11uouX44voyVXoXKh5ur5TYNoTo9NCftLjJXPx_-Af5ByYb672AKCTe6qZf1PZ-LFVEI3S514gV2jjkueqbGTkmzJmTTN3StlArQwmf9Fjm8mpRoitjNS0_JnN-nIAgVK7skHIn-GQrNRgwUQ13hIyxO4DX5SGmAdtERy2dnWpw5cjVIP2TdYwKLFTfnewFbcuv-O_vFgrG30lF4Pnk2tlkciP0AV6VBfCGGeGsoHttno8xIezQ2ZNpuXRXK7zaXmvF6Uwe-3J3AyqbNIpwzuii1AmC4Z_fSmvk.m299lulrlZr5Y-3zuZGpEeJ6m7HcfveRHix9MIVfqww&dib_tag=se&keywords=dewalt+battery+holder+wall+mount&qid=1746057514&sprefix=dewalt+battery+holder%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-4-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1 Here is a link for tool holders and battery holders. I have to maximize the little space I have so this was a no-brainer for me. https://www.amazon.com/SKCMOX-Holders-Battery-holders-battery/dp/B09XVLJXYY/ref=pd_sim_hxwPM1_sspa_dk_detail_d_sccl_1_2/136-2126895-4371520?pd_rd_w=pTCDq&content-id=amzn1.sym.3a852a98-d65f-4301-9bd0-9b589b14d1ef&pf_rd_p=3a852a98-d65f-4301-9bd0-9b589b14d1ef&pf_rd_r=0H5SV42T1P4FPMRQH2A8&pd_rd_wg=gQ5KD&pd_rd_r=ac1751d5-38aa-4b64-98c6-fdd748cbdb22&pd_rd_i=B09XVLJXYY&psc=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM=

I tried (toolbox widget?) organizers. Nice concept, but they move when you open & close the drawers. I actually prefer my 40-year-old generic wrench racks. They're plastic, and they tape to the bottom of the drawer. No magnets, no moving around. Sorry, too lazy to get up and take photos!

I keep my Dewalt's in the power drawer, except the 1/2 inch. It goes in the socket drawer because it doesn't fit anywhere else. But I guess gluing them to the cabinet is good too. In all seriousness, are those charging banks the batteries are in? I need to find one because I have recently gone from 2 batteries to 5, but I can't stomach Dewalt's price for the OE one.

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...

Mine was close but it finally pissed me off for the last time lol