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National Eat A Hoagie Day takes place on September 14 every year and we’ve got the best tips to help you celebrate. A hoagie is a type of submarine sandwich or a long bread roll filled with meat, cheese, and veggies. Whether you call them submarine sandwiches, subs, torpedoes, po’boys, grinders, heroes, bombers, or submarines, these heavyweight sandwiches will always be a crowd favorite.

Got a few in the new workshop space.

Couple of full line side shots from the Meet n Greet in N Berwick yesterday.

You can find them in the electrical section for conduit clamps

Yep. Only trip we made so far with this big girl is to the big show. Planning on a 4 nighter to visit Brennanbo this fall in Newport RI at college.

Awesome Bryce! Glad to hear from you, hope all is well! We are planning to upgrade to a different camper soon. Flights are booked to hopefully get it next week! It’s only 2100 miles away, what could possibly go wrong? Instead of pulling the 5th wheel toy hauler, we plan to get an enclosed trailer to haul our toys. 8.3 Cummins and 6 speed Allison, new tires are on order in Reno as well.

This is the @roadapples legacy tractor that I gave to my brother in law. The cylinder bore is glazed and worn, and the rod is seized right tight. I picked up this rope @Pullstart 12 hp Kohler a couple months ago, and have wondered if it’ll fire. One thing’s for sure… it needs a muffler! It’s been far too long since I tinkered on a tractor. Momma’s in the big city with her girls, I’m playing in the shop.

After unloading the suv and big trailer this morning and swapping tires on Cinnamon Horse, I finally got the chance to let that beast work a little. I hooked up the recently rebuilt pole trailer. Headed out to the forest. Loaded up with several hundred pounds of hardwood. Here we have a BBT in its natural environment. And here we have a momma in camouflage.... In other news.... Yesterday I picked up this pair of steel weights from @Sparky Today I wire brushed them and got some primer and painting done. Cottage white.

Working on the woods today!

A couple few years ago I put some 6/12 AG tires on the front of my 1974 C160-8 Cinnamon Horse so I could get more front height for the Mackissic chipper shredder that's semi permanently mounted. Those are around 22" diameter. They've been fine but getting on n off the machine gets interesting because of the accidental "Carolina squat" it has. Recently I bought a set of OTR Lawn Trac 18 x 8.5 x 8 for a different tractor. Didn't like the looks... So I'd set them aside for an occasion of the future... which turned out to be today. I swapped the tall thin tires for the slightly taller than stock tires. Still have an increase in front height, just not as big. The extra width seems to make a good difference. The whole machine feels more stable. The rear outer width is 40.5" The front is 41" This pic is a little misleading because of the angle.

The 520 was $125 and the 656 was $45 so it was a given that I bought them

I was messing around with the English wheel today and decided to run a panel on it to try it out. Just a little time made a big difference. After the DR releases me I think I will be able to get it pretty straight.

Today’s progress after work. The hood is hand tight bolted, the rear fenders are sitting on the gas tank bracket, the front spindles and tires are held in by gravity. But the rear end is bolted in along with the rear tires and fender/gas tank bracket. Progress!

Finally got around to applying penetrol to the B100

First question, what model Wheel Horse will the 48" mower be mounted on? You would want 12 HP or more if it has a manual transmission or 14 or more for a Hydro.

Clamp

Fixed that for ya'

If you're just get'n the itch to ride something once in a while, take'er for a spin at the shows! That'll cure ya. LOL

When it's ready for field trials have Coleen stand by to tow it out of the mud...!!!

Pull the 9 pin connector on the 520 apart to look for signs of overheating damage...

Yeah buddy! This one cost way more than the first one though, I had to give 50 dollars for it!

Took the "show seat " off of HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! and installed a work seat for fall and winter duty

Put dozer blade/snowplow on Workhorse today. Did some leveling behind garage in preparation for the new shed. Then did a degrease & pressure wash of tractor. Making a "to do" list now for maintenance needs. So far its not too long. 🤞

From dowsing the location, digging the well and making the pump, very interesting video.

After work I did some assembly and mocking up.

Applied penetrol to the B100 planning on trying to take it to a show, so threw the deck that I had from the other tractor. However the belt is too long from the difference of the frame length being 2" shorter on the B100 Does anyone know the belt length for the B100 for a 42" SD deck

EMT tubing has odd diameters. 1/2" is .706" OD and 3/4" is .922" OD and the clamps fit accordingly. I'll guess the one you want is for 3/4" round bar. The 1/2" clamp should work. Commonly called a one hole strap.

I looked up my c-160 parts diagram on Jacks. Of course they don't show the clamp.

ACE or any hardware store has them. Used to hold cable, wire, tubing in place. You could probably get what you need off any telephone pole. With all of the granite in Maine, they may be in your back yard on any pole.

Went back out to the shop after coffee this morning and hooked up a battery. Everything on the 12V side works except for one light, which I assume just needs a bulb as the one right next to it works fine. Plugged in with an adapter to the electric at the shop and the ac blows cold, microwave works and inverter charges the battery. Still have to go to the farm and get a propane tank to try all that out. Getting ready to call the city and rent a space in the rv park for the day so we can plug in to a full 30A service and have a/c while we finish deep cleaning. now for the bad, filled up the fresh water tank and kicked the pump in, heard water running in the bathroom. Figured it was just the sink left on but nope, fitting on the back of the toilet is cracked, wasn’t planning on using the toilet for this trip anyway so will go to the hardware store tomorrow and get a valve to shut off water to the toilet, then should be good to go water wise. Also by hooking up at the rv park for the day will allow us to see if the refrigerator is going to cool.

There was a place on Route 12 in Norwich that had the best! The only place I know of where they called them grinders was in CT.

If I do go see it, kick tires and all, it wouldn’t be till next weekend. Still on the fence about getting one at all.. most of my friends have sold their bikes (except one I think) and without my dad to ride with I wondering if I’ll actually use it or will it sit and sit

You ask for a “Grinder” around here if ya want a long tubular sammich

I finished sorting the hardware (nothing was discarded) and reorganized the drawers and started labeling them. I have more sorting and labeling to do but had to take a break from it and give the English Wheel a little TLC. The wheel was rusted so I put in in the lathe and made it smooth. The bearing was loose on the shaft so I resized the bore and made a new sleeve. Also started polishing the wheel and the anvils.

Nice rig Kevin, we wouldn’t know what to do with something that big, or where to put it I still haven’t figured out the exact combination of JunkTetris I’m playing to be able to fit ours in the shop when we’re not using it, and still be able to use the shop for other projects. Not sure if I need a bigger shop, or less junk Spent most of the day today working on getting things ready to go next weekend. Courtney made a pretty good sized dent in getting everything cleaned out and deep cleaning the trailer, while I spent the afternoon replacing tires and all new bearings in all 4 hubs. Had one that was questionable, and since it’s a 60 mile round trip to the nearest parts store I just went ahead and replaced them all while I was there. Still have to figure out why I didn’t have any trailer brakes on the trip home Friday night, not sure if it’s a problem with the trailer or the brake controller in my truck, so plan on figuring that out tomorrow, as well as installing new batteries and propane tanks and hooking up to utilities to test everything. Also need to get the weight distribution hitch that came with it set up, then we should be ready to drag it to the show grounds and get it set up to be our home for a week while we are setting up for the show. If it pulls anything like our stock trailer I might need to take a couple gas cans along to feed the thirsty 6.0

The early 312-8 came with K series engines battery ignition my 1985 has a 3 amp charging system may be the same for the 1986. The 1987 312-8 changed to a Kohler Magnum with electronic ignition a 15 amp charging system through 1997 . So wiring can be different. I run 8" wheels on 6" spindles, doesn't raise the front that much..

Just trying to keep up with the Bo’ses! @stevebo

Those are pretty rare engines so it must be destiny that the guy named pullstart ends up with TWO of them

Rear fender was bent by the PO to fit oversize tires. Fender straightened to the best of my ability (I am no body man).

Front wheels have first coat of silver paint applied. After paint dries for a while I will loosely mount the tires and complete the painting.

Cleaning is done. Only other issue I found besides the busted toilet and peeling floor was a bit of seepage coming out of the water heater. Tank looks pretty rusty. Will have to replace that too, luckily where we are taking it next week we don’t need the water hooked up. Have full shower and bathroom facilities right around the corner from where we will be parked at. Fixing the toilet and water heater will be a good project this winter when I get a spot cleaned out in the shop for it.

Good job Mike.

And neighboring RI too...

Since I got some new Cadillacs I don't need to wear glasses anymore. Now in the shop everyone should wear safety glasses. Well yesterday while wire wheeling the gasket surfaces on tranny halves a bristle came off and headed strait for my face. Missed the eye by an inch and wasn't wearing any protection. No pics or this would have been in bumps and bruises. What's worse is @Achto gave me a real nice set he gets from work. He works in a very industrial environment. Says they got safety machines there that dispense them and gloves and such. He is allowed one a week and just has to swipe his ID to get them. Best part is they have cheaters built right in in different strengths. So SWMBO marches me right out to the truck where she left them and makes me wear them. She says just because protection is no longer needed on the night stand ... and something about Red Ryder and yer gonna poke an eye out. Now I imagine you can get them cheap in the jungle but I like Dan's price ... clean the machine out Dan I'll have them laying every where!!!

Check for spark and clean the carbs. Every tractor I have ever bought was an impulse buy

I decided the sheetmetal was gonna need to be stripped and repainted. But I haven't been able to make time for several weeks. Just for giggles, I decided to try Rustoleum mixed with hardener and a HLVP gun. I was surprised by how well it looked. The hood is gonna take some more work, but the fender turned out better. Time will tell, but so far so good.

You get those fingernail blood blisters from shaking hands with @Pullstart.

I got these cut proof gloves from a friend that works in the utility. I wear them with using the wheel saved me a couple times.as you can see form the skid marks. Like $9 a pair but real tough stuff.

Funny you should post this @ClassicTractorProfessor ! My wife and I just bought a 27’ Forest River too! We got it in August and have used it three times already. Here’s our first trip to the ocean on Eastern Long Island. It’s a short trip from home,20-30 minutes but felt like a real getaway! Have to air down to 15psi in the truck and trailer or you will get stuck in the soft sand.