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I recently had blood work, MRI, and a colonoscopy. Test results all came back good. No cancer. Next blood scan will be the end of December.

Bluebird of Happiness Day is observed each year on September 24. Bluebirds have long been associated with joy, happiness, and luck. They can be spotted on wedding cards and nursery walls, and have been the subjects of many paintings and songs. The phrase ‘bluebird days’ is used to describe a sunny day following a storm. If you are into skiing and snowboarding, you probably know that ‘bluebird days’ is also used to refer to days with sunshine, good visibility, and fresh snow! Bluebirds are cherished for their beauty, devotion to their family, and delightful singing. These tiny creatures remind us of the small joys that we get to experience every day.

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We’ll never have the perfect camper. There is none. We get that, but we are planning ahead in a way. The truth is, we do tractor shows twice, maybe three times per year. We camp much more. The toy hauler would be great if we bring a golf cart, or the motorcycle with us, but even then the room it requires to have the toys inside is a great deal. 13’ of 40’ is nearly 1/3, eh? We can be further ahead bringing a toy trailer when needed. Also, I love driving Norman. That feeling of jamming gears never gets old. But I know that Norman won’t last forever either and is only rated to pull so much. We thought about a smaller 5th wheel camper and pull a trailer behind that, but PA doesn’t allow doubles. This will allow us to camp when we want, and pull toys when we need. Eventually. This idea anyway.

Dear Mr. Richard, I am sure that you know by now, that marriage is a give and take dance. There are days, when I can have my ideals. Then there are days when we have our ideals. I’m sure you understand. Signed, Pullstart

Started rebuild of fuel pump on the 857. Had crank case full of oil . I ordered another kit from then and now auto because I cant find the kit I already had on hand lol….

More fun memories. Guys get and stay in shape. Dad told me not to get old... Done Long story I wont bore ya with. I had 4 surgeries in 2023. After I woke up I was doing push ups in my hospital room. Cute nurse told me "ya cant do that". Uh well I am. Said I was super lucky I was in such great shape. NO luck about it. I work really hard, work out really hard and eat very healthy! After a while I was given permission to exercise. Bad idea, they don't know how I exercise. I Herniated my belly port. Just walking after that. With weights Two more laparoscopic biz and the final fix was the hernia in December 2023. Super duper fit since. Mind your diet and exercise my friends. Well I guess I made that longer than I wanted. Mostly flat stomach could be flatter. Maybe its the sud's. some cool scars (chicks dig scars right) .

I like the stainless button heads.

Wow, that was a great read. Thank you sir! Birth house had a shallow sand point in sugar sand in Nebraska. Dad and buds pounded it around 12 feet. Town of 500 that had a earthen viaduct around the entire town. It was sandwiched between two shallow rivers that routinely misbehaved. When it rained hard the river water was kept out by the earthen dam. It also filled the bathtub so to say, So, folks house would still flood just not wash away. After exterior flooding subsided the backflows situated periodically on the dam would open and bathtub would drain. Wild. My current house. Retired diesel mechanic next door say well is 40 ft deep. Water at 20 feet. Knows because he replaced the pump himself. Entire neighborhood each person has an mostly flat acre, their own respective well, and best part, NO H.O.A. holes Long post . Sorry. this post dredged up some dusty memories

Just a friendly FYI. In a URL, everything beginning with the “?” and continuing to the end of the string is stuff tacked on to identify and track you. Consider this link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/111797583847?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=111797583847&targetid=2299003535955&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9021715&poi=&campaignid=22879976798&mkgroupid=192130607908&rlsatarget=pla-2299003535955&abcId=10409101&merchantid=6426064&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22879976798&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh9NFg13l6AFfBE-TvfpLXMgL&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrcqAqavvjwMVsXN_AB11CAPUEAQYBSABEgKAUPD_BwE Only this https://www.ebay.com/itm/111797583847 is needed to get directly to the page on eBay. The rest is to let eBay track a BUNCH of information about the original search itself, as well as the result. Once someone uses the complete link, eBay can, in its database, link the original “searcher” to the new person clicking. “Aha! Bill is connected to Charlie! That may give me more insight into both of them and it may make it valuable to sell to a data broker the knowledge that the two have a relationship." I make it a practice to: - right click on the questionable links and choose “Copy Link" - open a new browser window and paste the copied link into the search box - DO NOT HIT RETURN - drag select all the tracking stuff in the link and delete it - hit Return to have the browser go to the edited link Another way to thwart tracking is to select some text from the desired webpage that clearly identifies it and paste that into the post. This lets others select that text, right click (or long press on a phone) and choose “search with ...” (... being the search engine their device uses) Note: I originally put the gist of this post in a different thread and @WHX?? rightly suggested it should be the start of its own. Done 😄

Need to be sure that the beverages remain cold, that’s all. More of a necessity I think.

Hate to say I told you so bro but I told you so. Couple of years ago a buddy ... Dammit Dale ... bought a motor home for shows. It was older ... not quite vintage but was in really good shape & well taken care of. He got a deal at 14K for it. We all took short hair tours and he did get a bargain other than the Ford gasser . The idea is to pull a trailer to shows so only one trip. Easier loading tractors ...lots of other pros with the whole idea. Cons as well. Since my camper is a POS & most others I decided to start looking into them. Just 'cause a guy ain't hungry don't mean he can't look at the menu. Then Dan's nieces' husband got it in his craw to go the coach route. Ther was a couple of big ones set up next to us at Burnett show One was a 500K jobby! We looked but it seemed the all owners talked about was what they got into it in the way of maintenance. Batteries to replace, chassis work , slide outs, TIRES & little stuff going bad. Still I got on MP & CL and looked. Many at decent prices but most listings had all the work done on it. Least sellers were being honest. I also lurked on the forums to learn about them. In the end I decided not to go that coach route. Maybe if I was younger??? Or a smaller class B or C like Special Ed's. Couple things I did learn ... yes a diesel pusher with a Cummings. Freight liner chassis are the best. Allison six speed minimum. Good service history with a paper trail. We all like staying in your hauler and remember what Achto says ... never went camping and wished I woulda spent more time in the camper. The bright side Kev you'll have a good memory of the trip home and stories to tell yer grandkids.

Two words all happily still married husbands know and understand deeply: Yes Dear.

Hi Wheelhorse Gurus, I'm hoping I to ask some expert advice and avoid wasting too much time & money attaching a deck to what I think is a 702 with a magnum 8 motor. I'm located in Western Australia, and have what I think is a 702. No one knows how it got here, best guess is a private collector, but I've been lucky enough to be its current custodian. Fair warning, everything I've written up below is my best guess based on internet sleuthing. Freely admit I've no idea what I'm talking about here. Quick Details on the tractor: Serial No: 62-24420, 3 Speed gearbox with reverse, Will attach some pictures. At some point it had its motor swapped for a Kohler Magnum 8, M8S model, spec No 301502. The deck it came with is a later 75-36XR model. My motor has the 60's one piece main pulley. It would have used a mid mount idler pulley/belt slip style clutch (4239?) to drive a gear driven early 60's deck with a vertical input pulley. My deck has a horizontal pulley. I'd love to get an early 60's gear driven deck but cant find them for sale online and the shipping cost would be heart stopping. No luck sourcing other options locally for mower decks with a vertical input pulley. My plan now is to source parts from the US, but unless I get incredibly lucky on ebay and find a seller that can supply everything I need in a single shipment, this tends to double to triple the cost of parts due to shipping. To try and make this problem manageable I've broken it into two. How to a) mount the 36" deck to the 702, and b) send power to it. A) Mounting a 75-36XR deck to a 702 I think I just need to replace some missing linkages from the deck/grind off some modifications that were made to it, and source a mid mount hitch. Parts I think will sort this are below: Deck leveller bar, 102958 Deck Front Shaft Bar, 102570 Rod Level Adjust, 101828 Trunnion Lift, 6739 Mid Tach-O-Matic Hitch, 8-5211 The bar that connects the wheelhorse's lift lever to the deck, will just drill some holes in steel bar. All up about $500 in parts. Pricey but manageable. Drive a 75-36XR deck with a Kohler Magnum 8 mounted to a 702. This is where I come unstuck. However I work it the prices blow out, or it requires extensive fabrication. I feel like there has to be a better way than the ones I've been able to find. Options I've identified Front Mount mule drive, the standard approach. Problems: path of belts is likely to conflict with the headlight arms. Sheer cost. I believe something like a c series PTO can be swapped in and out but the cost of parts add up at an outrageous rate; PTO clutch assembly (8/3112) $207, Main Pulley (101857) $175, Front Hitch Adapter (8-5541) $350, Front Mule Drive (6-6212) $210 etc etc. and that's with me having to fabricate a control arm, source a belt, deal with used part issues, missing bolts etc. I easily pushing past a grand to run a belt to the deck. Am I just missing something obvious? Mid mount mule drive from a charger/raider type setup. Need to swap out main pulley for PTO clutch again, and find a way of mounting the second pulley from the mule drive that would normally be attached to the arm of the deck on a raider. Given fabrication will be needed anyway, this may warrant going for a idler pulley/belt slip type clutch arrangement, and eliminate both cost of a clutched PTO conversion and front mule drive. Problem is a lot of variables for belt paths, pulley angles, tensions etc. I'm happy to fabricate, but reverse engineering a full solution with no schematics/measurements etc. is a long tedious path of worn belts and slipping off the pulleys etc. and that's not much fun. Or I Completely customise and detach the power supply. Electric motor mounted directly to the deck and running off a power bank, or trying to convert the deck to a slasher, and mounting it out the back. Quite obviously not original or period correct. And that's where I'm at with it. Three options identified, all not great. Super grateful for any suggestions on how to hook this deck up in a better way.

I was wondering whatever happened to this project. Thought you got it done but were too embarrassed to say anything ... I don't just send my cranks out to anyone ya know... You and EB get along anyway ...

I'd leave it and sign your pups name. Gonna remember that fuzzy ball of forgiving love forever or until old-timers anyway

True, but a guy sure has to watch what tone of voice he says it with

Kevin, it occurs to me that the pendulum has swung about as far as possible in a few short months. When you bought the gooseneck trailer you were going to mount a pop-up camper body on the upper deck and rough it. Now you have gone to a mansion on wheels.

🐦 Interesting that when I type bird into my phone keyboard This is the first picture that showed up.

The canvas on my Coleman pop up did not leak, but when the windows were closed in cold weather, moisture from sleeping people would collect inside overnight. I learned to always keep a window open near the sleepers.

4 of part number 1214 - Round head 8-32 x 3/8"

All I can say is that you would never get me in a pit that deep in that soft soil without cribbing to keep it from collapsing. Whew!

There are numerous options for keeping your batteries charged up. Many designs for roof mounts ad well as portable setups. Personal preference but I would opt for a mounted system that charges while your driving as well as at campgrounds... I would also have a small generator as well...

The 42in RD is finished, thanks everybody for your help along the way. I would've preferred the original paint but it was too much already lost to rust. I'm hoping I can cut some grass with it in the next few days

Take it to a shop

They are a press fit in the block. They can be extracted with a threaded puller and new ones pressed in... BUT they need to be reamed to the recommended size for proper valve stem clearance. That is NOT a job for a cordless hand drill and a chucking reamer. Proper fixturing is required to get the finished guide hole perpendicular to the top of the block. If not, the valve will be tipped and NOT seal all the way around on the seat..... perhaps a job for a qualified machine shop..

Trouble is we're not sure which one of the three dogs did it. And none of them are confessing! They're all pointing at the rabbit!

RV Fridges (unless advancements have been made ) are horrible on 12V. You get the unit cold on 120v or LP then maintain the temp with 12V when traveling. I made quite a few $$$ and ate well also about 30 years ago. My wife worked at a large State park and she would call me with "Camper issues" 90% of the calls were for the fridge. One guy had this 35ft. Airstream trailer done in Mahogany with tuffed leather. It was the 4th of July and hot. Place was full and everyone was running the AC units. Campgrounds are notorious for crappy electrical service. His fridge was stocked and it wasn't holding temp. I told him to switch to gas. He says "What??" He had this thing for years and didn't even know it would run on propane. I showed him how to do it and he drags this giant roast out of the fridge and he tosses it on the grill to heat it up. Had all the fixin's too. He says sit and eat! About an hour later we check the fridge and it's back to normal. He hands me a Franklin and gives me a Grant for the wife. Saved quite a few more food supplies and stopped a fire from starting on one unit by getting the electrical load down.

Kohler # 235376 Std. Brg # 6308J

Terry's decals are freaking awesome...

For the price and the weight I would just consider a WEN 3600w inverter gen. The dual fuel unit is less expensive that the single fuel unit. I would go for the dual fuel & run it on gasoline. power output is de-rated when run on LP. This would run everything in the camper. Start it when needed, run off a large frame deep cycle battery the rest of the time. WEN is also a US company. https://www.homedepot.com/pep/WEN-Quiet-and-Lightweight-3600-Watt-Dual-Fuel-RV-Ready-Portable-Inverter-Generator-with-Fuel-Shut-Off-and-CO-Watchdog-DF360iX/330761409

The interior volume of your home is many times the interior volume of a small camper trailer. Many industrial buildings use propane powered forklifts, right? The key is having enough volume or air exchange to lessen the CO concentration. Research paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37816660/

He's gotta keep up with the high rollers!

Unfortunately routine... sad to say, but still hear about deaths / injuries every year from cave ins... it is so, so, so avoidable...

I bet with a good cleanup those tires will look much better. Your tractor may steer just fine but I notice your tie rods are on an angle due to being on the wrong side of the lower steering shaft. If you put them in from the front like this they will be straight. Great job on the tractor, it looks better than new.

On my camper I have both solar and a 5500 generator, both built in. For solar, remember that solar is simply to replenish the batteries, so when sizing the system, battery capacity is key to what you will be looking to do. If you plan to utilize 120v system, then batteries and an inverter are the critical parts, and the solar then gets sized to charge the batteries based on how much they become depleated. My solar is simply to keep the batteries topped off when we are not plugged in, the setup is a simple 200w panel with 2 agm batteries and it works for what I need. The built in 5500 Onan generator can basically power the camper when needed, including the 3 roof top air conditioners.

I have a 100w solar panel for our pop up camper. It has no issue keeping up with our usage. Lights, water pump, fans for the gas furnace, & a bunk fan. The bunk fan has a switch to turn it off, even though my wife has never found it. We have 1 large frame deep cycle battery from WalMart, have spent several days with out AC power, even in cool weather. I noticed that the only heat source on your new camper is the AC fire place. If you are cold weather camping, you may want a genny to run the heater.

They told me that after my hernia surgery too, told them that was good news because I hadn't been able to lift 100 pounds for years.

The only thing you don't buy online site unseen over a RV is a house!

So, let’s get to some of the good parts! The biggest part of our journey was planning the road trip! Interstate 80 runs from Reno Nevada all the way to Southern Michigan. It was quite easy to plan our route. We never really made an exact goal, but we wanted to be home in three days. 2100 miles, three days, 700 miles per day was our estimated goal. That is not including any travel on Friday. If you can recall, I recently did a trip down to Southern Kentucky and home in one day. That was 915 miles. I set myself a goal to drive 800 miles Saturday, 800 miles Sunday and have an easy drive on Monday. I think I ended up around 900 miles on Saturday. We stayed just outside of Sparks Nevada on Friday and dropped $550 at Walmart on RV, fluids, food, and fluids for us. I wanted to make sure that I had enough oil, coolant, and transmission fluid for any surprise! We drove Sparks Nevada to Laramie, Wyoming on Saturday. We made it from Laramie all the way to the Iowa 80 truckstop on Sunday. That place is huge! Monday we made it home for 2 PM and was able to pick up Rylee from school with the big turd. We saw all kinds of cool sites along the way. We saw deer, antelope, wild horses, roadkill coyotes, it was all great! The views in the mountains never get old. I feel like every single mountain. I see I can take a picture of. I love it just as much as the one before and just as much as the one after. The colors that come out of the ground, the shapes and sizes, the objects that defy gravity, it’s also so beautiful! I also realize that when it gets dark out, there is a very predominant star to the east that I can see from home. Most likely anywhere you are if you look to the east, you’ll see what I’m talking about. I followed that star from Nevada all the way home. We set up a time, lapse camera, had fun, stopping when we wanted to, enjoy a little break at Bonneville salt flats, and all kinds of other cool places along the way whenever we road trip, I try my best to get up early and get a couple hours of drive time in before the world wakes up. we’re also battling time zones. Nevada is three hours behind Michigan and it seemed like we crossed a time zone every day. So, getting up at 4 AM kind of meant that we actually only got up at 5 AM. We lost an hour every day. now, we are home. We don’t exactly know what we will end up doing with this bus. There is enough water damage, body damage, and exterior needs, that we know a big project is going to cost even more money. I also don’t want to lose all the money we’ve “invested“ into this! for not now, I plan to replace the bushings in the track bar that are so sloppy. Then, we will take a breather from it. I did walk the roof today and was kind of impressed. It’s nice to know that it’s one solid panel, not a applied barrier of vinyl or other soft material. It’s hard, solid, and serviceable.

First day of fall. Dropped a couple decks and prepped for winter storage.

I don't think he saw you Joe.

My funny solar battery charger story: Working at Napa and a guy comes in and wants to buy a solar charger. Our assistant manager orders him a "Solar " brand wheeled charger. The following Saturday comes and this guy comes in to pick up his new charger. So Rich proudly wheels the assembled wheel charger out. The guy says "No! I wanted a solar charger like with the sun. Not a" Solar " brand charger! Good thing the guy wasn't in a hurry for it and had a sense of humor!

Since this is going to be a plow mule, I needed a original belt as that's what's needed to work properly in my experience. Not cheap, but I'm sure the amount of them floating around is always decreasing.

Hmm, Must be. I must have the pagan brand. None of mine are holy.

i have not moved forward with getting a 1800 yet -- i am busy with a grandson's project we are doing right now on a 314-8 clean up -- plus re-assembling my original 312 - - i am always on lookout for a 1800 -- but don't have one yet to "paint" so no urgency to identify the "gray paint" - i suppose i just just rely on C Series Don - - since he has the most beautiful 1800 restoration i have ever seen - the other info provided in the thread was also helpful for me to proceed with any future 1800 - thanks for checking up with me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I realize you still need 12 volt for fans, control for heat items but way less load than needed if all electric. Inverter or battery runs 12volt items such as pump, lights, awning and seperate 120 volt system for outlets, a/c. Best to determine anticipated "LOAD" and base solar and battery based on that plus fudge factor.

Try Bob Johnson of B and M Seating at 260-242-8695.

As always, that's very nice work and done right. Check out the third steering wheel down. They are the same correct steering wheel except the bore is a taper spline. ( Or at least the last cub wheel I saw did) I think you might have the tools and the skills to drill it out to 3/4". Price isn't too bad a brand new one. $60 Let me know if they wont ship it to you and I will buy it and ship it https://www.ccspecialties.org/steering_seats.html