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For the little town of Knox local we have already exceeded half the normal snowfall for the season. Several springs ago I picked up this tall chute from a member in PA. The only use it's had was just when I wanted to play with it. That is until this year. A recent snowfall of 10+" of very heavy wet stuff won the battle with the Reborn B-80 blade tractor. I fired up the 05 with the blower and it did the trick. But I was on and off the seat multiple times to adjust the chute deflector. I just eliminated that problem this morning. I didn't want anything 'permanent' on the tractor. The 6" stroke proved to be perfect mounted like this. I did a little video but I can't get it to transfer to YouTube.

Here in Maryland, when I was growing up, because I was the biggest kid on the bus, I was the designated shovel wrangler. School busses ran until there was at least 3" of the white stuff on the roads. If the bus got stuck, the bus driver and I shoveled her out. None of this pansy-a$$ crap that is going on today.

Happy birthday! Thank you for all you guys contribute

. First run after complete K181 engine overhaul. Always a fingers crossed time hoping no loud banging noises. Don't know what happened to the sound Try again

You two love birds have a great day. Keep those WH's primed up !!

Thank you all. HUGE amounts. I really appreciate it. For 🍽 suppah I have BBT made chicken wings 🐔 🪽 and a lovely baked potato 🥔 with delicious sour cream. Excellent healthy food.

I looked a little bit for the work your horse thread but failed ... my penance is reading all upmteen pages of this one ... As long as we're wrenching on sno machines. This one in the shop for oil & filter. Is it just me or does a motor just seem to run better with fresh oil? Should have cleaned the carb ... surging abit and seafoam aint workin. Need it tho so after today's cleanup. Grass screen was rusty ... I think they look cool in red ... Do I have a problem?

I always seem to have my eyes open for good tires/rims for my tractors. It can be a bit of a pain measuring accurately. Most rims have a deeper offset that Wheel Horse has (at least on the models I have). I carry this little board in my truck for whenever the need arises. Measured from the correct spot or not at lease I knew if they'd fit.

Heres a set painted in the summer

Got the transaxle case back together on my C-120, after changing out the differential assy. Of course, that's when I realized that the only oil I have on hand is all 30W Anybody need a good diff with trashed axles? Or, does anyone have any good "repurposing" ideas? I suppose I could get a forge and make a few swords.

Seeing there's been some chatter about this topic, let's actually have one. So if you've done some ordinary or extra ordinary things with your tractor this can be the place to talk or post about it. Of course pictures are required for proof it happened.

Nobel Prize Day is celebrated each year on December first. Celebrating excellence in diverse fields, the Nobel Prize recognizes individuals for their outstanding contributions to humanity's progress. One of the highest honors that can be earned in various forms of science and other admirable work, the Nobel Prize is awarded annually on Nobel Prize Day. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded on December 10, 1901, which was the fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel. Nobel was a Swedish scientist, inventor and businessman who was also passionate about writing drama and poetry. He is particularly notable as the inventor of dynamite and other high explosives, and held more than 350 patents in his lifetime. When Alfred Nobel wrote his will in 1895, it established that prizes would be awarded each year to commemorate and honor those who made significant achievements in the areas of science, medicine, literature and peace. Most of his fortune was left to this cause and, although no official reason was given for the motivation behind the prizes, many have guessed it was his guilt over being the person who invented such destructive weapons that made him want to start the endeavor. Now, for more than a century, Nobel Prizes have been awarded each year on Nobel Prize Day in Stockholm, Sweden, where Alfred Nobel was born and where he spent a large portion of his adult life.

Scratch built cake too!!

Put custom decal from @Vinylguy on this morning. I wanted a decal that matched the seat latch decal and think he done a great job.

I am trying for the Nobel in Poetry... A Haiku... Alfred Nobel's Day Blowing things up is one way To be very rich A Limerick... There once was a man named Nobel Who invented many things that were swell He liked to make things that go boom And now that he's in his tomb They blow all his money to hell

Weights are copies of the weights shipped here, a friend of ours Shaun made moulds for all the weights and then had a ton of them cast from the old brake discs and drums he's stockpiled for years. They do look really good!

Had a few inches last week. Schools canceled because of the timing. Grand kids showed up and rode sleds for hours! Plus a snowman and ate like linebackers. I like it! The view from the WH shed down the double diamond.

Every one makes mistakes. Good people own up to them and do all that they can to correct the mistake. Great people try to help correct a mistake that was not even their fault.

Is that called an F plate because one might look under the tractor and say “The F in plate is cracked?”

Added a lift assist spring for snowblower on the 702. Made it definitely easier to raise up. With my lower back issues I need any help I can.

Our roads are still covered with a dusting(of brine, not snow) from last weeks forecast of a possible dusting of snow. Can't wait till spring when the 12 million gallon of Pa brine gets washed down the river to the Chesapeake Bay. The increased salinity should bring the rock fish and crabs up to my end of the Bay. Maybe I can sell enough crabs to replace a couple rusted up vehicles.

Happy Birthday Bear....

So my lift cable broke on my tractor and I tried using a 1/8 cable with a cable stop the crimp on that did not hold at all and after reading what some others have said it will never hold unless you get the specialized hydraulic press. Well I did some searching into brake cable and came up with this. It's a intermediate brake cable for a 2005 Chevy Silverado 2500 it's for the crew cab with the 78" bed I was looking for the long cable I could find to be able to get two cables out of it and it's the perfect length for that. Comparison to 1/8" cable and it has the cable stops at both ends and the coating Stripped back the coating where I clamped it and then cut it to about a inch behind the clamp and taped it up.

The key is having the control accessible and usable with heavy gloves on.... looks like you got it covered.

I looked at mine, and swore at it for a bit because the side panel wont go back on. Then went back inside.

Agreed 100%

Look what I found in mail today. New decal for HY2 lift lever on 1257. Cant wait to see what it looks like on tractor. How lucky are we to have a member like @Vinylguy as a member here?????

Back when I moved in to this house we had a particularly big winter. I signed on the house during a snow event... Four days later.. moved in. It snowed all 4 days. My parents came up to help move stuff. That was just before March 1st. All of that month it snowed... A LOT. A few weeks later my parents wanted to come up for a visit. My mom. Lovely woman.... and a standard issue bull headed Yankee. I told her to call me from the nearest village because there was no phone coverage within 6 or 7 miles of here. I'd go out and wait by the road so they could find me.... She got... a little irritated... "I was just there a few weeks ago... you dont think I can find your house??" I said "Mom, we got SNOW here." When the parents showed up she admitted there was a VERY limited chance they'd have found the house. Things had changed. Our roadside snowbanks were well over 8 feet tall. Taller than the minivan they were in! That year from the last week of February to the second week of April we got over 7 feet of snow. I had nothing but a shovel. A good shovel. And I was VERY familiar with that shovel.....

I now live in south Missouri. I was raised in north Missouri. In the 1960's when my brothers and I were kids, we had snow drifts that enabled us to walk cross the tops of fence rows. We had wooden fencing around some of the barns on the farm and we could dig tunnels into the snow drifts. (Now I would worry if my grandkids the opportunity to tunnel for fear that the tunnel might collapse on them--no concerns sixty years ago.) I've seen pictures of snow drifts several deep feet high and only one lane roads in the area. We didn't have hi-tech clothes like my grand kids have and just weathered the cold--and often times we poured melted snow out of our rubber boots when we finally froze out and headed to the house. Dad never had a four wheel drive vehicle until way after I was grown and had my own family. My kids never saw snow like we experienced. Here is south Missouri, we get some snow but its rare to get 5 or six inches on the ground. Ice is our nuisance. It won't be long and I'll fill all of the gas cans full of gas as well as the older cars in the event ice takes down the power lines and I need fuel for the generator--which fortunately seldom happens.

My Mod. This engine was originally on a C-81 with obviously bendix starter and under seat tank. Coil was mounted up top. I converted her to a S/G setup. Some S/G engines the coil was mounted on a bracket bolted to the bottom front of the engine. I didn't have the bracket but looking at a K181 I picked up for parts it had the cross mount so I went with that as no bracket was needed.

There's that four letter word again ... The dynamic duo... One set up for pavement One set up for off-road w%r#

I used mine yesterday as a place to put the shed pad lock while I got a couple ears of corn for the squirrel feeder.

Hydraulic hose grommet ready to be installed. Hydraulic hose grommet installed. Hydraulic supply line temporary plug removed, ready for valve installation. Hydraulic valve assembly ready to be installed. Hydraulic valve assembly installed. Hydraulic hoses ready to connect to cylinder. Hydraulic hoses connected to cylinder. Hydraulic return line ready to be installed. Hydraulic return line installed. Hydraulic lines and fittings tightened at valve. Hydraulic lines and fittings tightened at filter adapter. Hydraulic supply line tightened at pump. Overview as of today.

5-6" here. Wet snow. 4:45 am cleared three drives before work... used the Dewalt blower so's not to wake up the old ladies... quiet as a mouse and, since it's not red, done under the cover of darkness with no pictures... Besides - I had to get it done so I could get inside and wish @ebinmaine a happy birthday...

We have more snow this year then then last couple of years put together and winter just started. Another 5 inches last nite. Girls are gonna get another workout today.

Many happy returns old boy, best of British to you. Mick

Happy Birthday Eric !!

Happy Birthday! Take the day off and chop some wood!

Terry did these custom decals for Marvin years ago.

Aside from my time in the Army, I've lived my whole life in NC. When I was younger, you learned how to drive in the snow and just did it. It didn't matter if your vehicle was rear wheel drive only. You just used your hat holder the way it was intended. Maybe after a day or two a plow truck (or your local farmers) would clear the roads. But we did well regardless. Years later, the brine trucks started running. Melted all the snow, which re-froze at night and created a two lane ice sheet. Wrecks everywhere. Someone will have to help me understand why such things are better...

Yeah, There's that too. I was thinking of the words that come out as your shoveling. Don't eat the yellow snow...

I've only ever seen it in two colors.

Today, I looked at them does that count?

Changed out the TU pulley on Frankie. I has a few of these plastic ones. JD uses them and my son has a 324 that has them on the hydro pulley. I know he has to be pushing 500 hours with no issues. I put one on the hydro and I must say they are smooth. Very smooth. Now I know why they are used by JD.

Happy Birthday @WNYPCRepair, we are glad you were born.

I also agree. My tractors would look naked without Terry's great decals.

Happy Birthday to my favorite mountain man. I hope you have a great day!

Happy birthday!

When they start to swear back then it's definitely time to go back inside.

To answer the original question Emphatically YES you need that bolt. Note that manufacturers do not like spending money unnecessarily. If that bolt wasn’t needed, it simply wouldn’t be there in the first place!