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Grabbed a few items on a pick yesterday. I was called out to plow, and it turned into a free score! The house was being sold on Friday. If I saw something I wanted, take it. Two loads hauled in the pickup, and one in the trailer. Jada and Mrs. P went picking in the house too. Cool stuff!

Wheel Horse Snow Removal Progression OPERATER AGE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT 15-35 round hood w/ plow 35-55 312-8 w/ short chute blower 55-65 520H w/ tall chute blower 65-75 520H w/ cab and tall chute blower and foot control 75-85 520H w/ heated cab and foot control and two stage blower 85- ? Give the above rig to your neighbor boy for clearing your driveway It has become clear that several members of the Wheel Horse Family do not agree with this well researched survey. Rest assured none of the following guidelines were followed. Guidelines: The ESOMAR/WAPOR Guide to Opinion Polls provides guidance on conducting opinion polls in a professional and ethical way, including the responsibilities of researchers and the information that must be made available to the public. 1 These standards help ensure that research polling is conducted in a manner that is both ethical and effective, providing valuable insights into public opinion and behavior. 4 Sources

Nothing wrong with gettin' an early start. Then again Maybe you better use a shovel until a couple weeks from now next year ?? Just to be safe.

I guess I'm in violation because I turn 14 in a couple of weeks but I use an 864 and a 1962 plow.

Nah, your OK Don. You just matured fasted than normal.

Well looks like I’m going to have to sell my cab and two stage blower and get a single stage tall chute! I was not aware I was in violation?!

I pondered and pondered as I looked at the rules list and just came to the conclusion that I'm simply a misfit. The closest I came is the round hood and plow. About 10 years on one of those but by the time I was 15 I had done graduated to a square hood and that's not even part of the proper progression. I did go from a shorty to a tall chute but I've never had a 520. Then I realized that I should just go and hide somewhere. I'm just not really a hydro fan. I tried with this one but it will be moving on to a new owner this spring.

February 11, 1949 "Lovesick Blues" single is released by Hank Williams (Cashbox "Best Hillbilly Record of the Year," Billboard Song of the Year 1949)

February 10, 1943, Duct tape is born when Vesta Stoudt, a factory worker packing WWII munitions, writes FDR outlining—with drawings—her idea to replace weak paper packing tape with a tougher waterproof cloth version. Impressed, FDR pushed her idea into production.

Down at the brothers cleaning up some left over snow using a 310-8. Wow what a difference between arm strong manual and hydro! With the shifting and manual lift, being a contortionist on the hill holding the brake and using the clutch, wears a man out. This one will be up for sale in the spring, well maintained, nice mower deck

February 7, 1974 Mel Brooks' western spoof film "Blazing Saddles," starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, premieres at the Pickwick Drive-In in Burbank, California; patrons watch from horseback rather than cars.

If it moves and shouldn't Duct tape...if it doesn't move and it should WD-40

Paraphrased from Lou Gossett Jr. in An Officer and a Gentleman: "...Gears and steers, and I ain't got no horns..."

Cut your chute rod. Obtain a length of new rod needed and connect the ends with these:

My wife's favorite part of restoration season is when I bring my painted parts in the house to cure for a week or maybe two. This year it was soon enough to say that I decorated for Valentine's Day. Just look at all the pretty red & white knickknack's that we have on display.

Got warm enough to get some primer on the transmission, looks like enough warm weather next week to get some red sprayed.

@WHX?? @Buckeyes Hate that yall know how it feels, thanks for everyone's prayers and thoughts. I debated on posting anything about this, but strange as it seems it has brought me some comfort and thanks again to everyone.

For about 30 years I plowed the barn for my local Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Several times during bad snowstorms I would follow or even go ahead of the ambulance to help get them to the call. Plowing a driveway while the ambulance is waiting to get in the driveway can be a little stressful! During the worst storms I would just stay at the ambulance barn and plow the parking lot every 2” Once during one of those storms a call came in, one of the volunteers asked if I could go there ahead of them and gave me the address. It was one of my accounts!! It’s an old estate two miles from there and has a driveway 1/3 of a mile long. I got it open and just enough room to turn the ambulance around. It always felt good being able to be there to help make a difference. @953 nut I’m glad to hear that you’re doing better Richard 👍🏻

Round two of 953 nut’s medical mishaps is almost over. When I was discharged from the hospital a week and a half ago a new medication, Eliquis, was prescribed. We filled the prescription and headed home in anticipation of the impending snow storm. Having just undergone two surgeries I did not go to the shop and bring the 418-C with snow plow up to the house as I normally would have, we would just have to allow the snow to melt. Eliquis is a blood thinner and the entail dosage instructions from the doctor were double the normal dosage for the first five days. On the second day I began to feel a bit weak but didn’t give it much thought. At about 2:00 AM I felt very weak and threw up some BLACK stuff (that is a sign of internal bleeding) but being a MAN I shrugged it off and returned to bed. About 6:00 AM I had my wife call 911. Our steep, unplowed driveway was impassable and the EMTs and paramedics came up on foot lugging all of their equipment. One of the EMTs knew a fellow about a mile away who has a Kubota side-by-side 4 WD with locking differentials who responded to this early morning plea. The Kubota got me down to the ambulance and the took me directly to a medivac helicopter. Twenty minutes later I was at the trauma center and receiving transfusions. The Eliquis had triggered a previously undiagnosed ulcer in my small intestine to bleed. Less than an hour from my arrival at the trauma center I weas on the operating table, the ulcer was being clamped off as even more transfusions were being administered. Further testing revealed the blood vessel to the ulcer was also bleeding and a second procedure stopped that. After an additional week in the hospital I am now in a rehab center to regain some strength and glad to be alive.

That reminds me, the older you get the more important it is to not act your age!!

It's definitely a dandy. I purchased it about a year ago with I believe 100 hours and still some tags hanging on it. It was only used to push snow on a short driveway and never even had a belt on the pto until I put a deck on it last summer.

For all we know, she could have a couple of V8s being rebuilt in there and TOLD Dan he could have that little spot in the corner to play with his tractor stuff! LOL

Apparently she (semi) stood her ground and kept some of her knickknacks there too because I see more parts that didn't make it to the drying table!

So I says Dan we gonna paint on Saturday? ( I forgot it was V day) He says yep I had her move everything to Friday. WTF is he talking about? Oh he had her move her V day festivities to Friday so is he can paint! I say what festivities?? He obviously has not been married long enough.

It doesn't need to lift very high to transport it. Mine lifts about 2-3" off the ground. The adjustment for a 44" 2 stage is the metal plate with multiple location holes in it. The slot is at the bottom. The slot allows the blower to float with the terrain as it's moving so keep in mind he higher you make it lift, the less float down action it will have. Randy was referring to a single stage blower lift bar for washers. The 2 stage lift rod is much different.

February 9, 1964 First appearance of the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show", live from New York; broadcast draws 73.7 million television viewers.

February 6, 1969, In a colossal TV flop, Tim Conway's edgy sketch comedy show "Turn-On" bombs so badly that one Ohio station pulls it after 10 minutes, preferring a blank screen to its rapid-fire, risqué humor. A second episode never aired.

Clearly the family friendly version... That is a very nice machine. I might have jumped on it had it been closer. A clean 314-H is alot of tractor.

There's a place about 5 miles from here called Baileys Discount Center. It's like a Big Lots on steroids and ya never know what you will find. Sometimes a great deal, sometimes a so-so deal and sometimes you wonder where the heck did they find that brand. Once in a while it's fun just to walk the isles to see what's there. I did just that this morning and wasn't really looking for anything. It was kinda ironic that, after this thread, they had these stacked on pallets. 4800, 7500 and 10000 watts at a very fair price. I had been thinking about one but never pulled the trigger but then they go and shove them in my face. I opted for the 7500w. I'll go ahead and hardwire it into the panel. The 3 milkhouse heaters were getting the job done but it was a pain making sure they were sitting in a safe spot (and on separate circuits). Gotta get right on it because the boss has me doing a pretty major facelift to the front entry/deck as soon as the weather breaks.

I'll second that. Finally got them to quit doing birthdays. Now it's a tractor bro's birthday he gets to pick a place and we just all go out to eat.

What's in the barn stays in the barn...

I just need to bring one back from the plow day haha easier to hide another one among the herd

Now I know you know 'tis better to ask forgiveness ...

Soooo much easier if ya just stop the "holidaze" altogether like we did. Boy does THAT sound like words we'd hear up in these parts...

Get a scanner Kev and if there is a call and snow head out. Give the EMTs and head honcho fire guy yer phone #. Yeah lotta times it might be an old coot like Richard who can't get out to plow even days after big snow. Post a note down to the senior center if someone's got problems... and unlike Richard stay away from the hot blue hairs ...

There fixed that ... Be real careful with that eli crap Richard. I was on it for a bit and told the doc I want off it. I'd go out in the shop and one little micro owie and would bleed like a stuck pig. Unreal .. I ran clean out of shop rags & black tape bandages. Doc says quit wrenching ... told him where to go. He didn't quite get it when I joked about getting the wrong red on a tractor. Good to hear your home again those gals down to the senior center were startin to complain...

IDK, that dragon looks pretty confident!

That might explain this little guy.

Mine is the same. I have a 44” two stage on a 417-A. I’ve never really had the need to lift it higher, as long as it’s up a few inches for transport or backing up it has worked fine for me.

Honestly after all the 'dust settled' and the funeral was done, I found myself really needing to do something with my hands. I had just sold off a lot of my collection that previous fall, and I found I really needed to get back into restoring tractors and rebuilding engines. I really found it therapeutic to just get my mind into something else. I also knew my boy was looking over my shoulder the whole time, and still is! That's just something that worked for me.. All the best to you and your family!

We're kind of a big extended family here. Many of us share our good times as well as our bad.

https://www.grainger.com/product/ADVANTUS-ID-Badge-Clip-Adapters-362C45 been using these for years on my throttle lever arm , fits exactly in place snug , never loose it , just clip it on with a braid cord to your keys , having lost my keys at one time or another , during usage , having it gripping the lever arm like it was made for it , is the answer , always had ID badges from work , just an idea , pete

Looks good. A tip for spraying - Run a chain through the hitch pin hole, & hang it up. This allows you access to the whole thing when painting.

Why does duct tape stick to everything except duct work ????

February 8, 1986, Spud Webb, who at 5’ 7” was one of the shortest players in the history of professional basketball, wins the NBA slam dunk contest, beating his Atlanta Hawks teammate and 1985 dunk champ, the 6’8” Dominique Wilkins. Throughout his life, Webb had to prove himself as a basketball player due to his relatively small stature. As a high school player, he averaged 26 points per game and was one of 10 students out of 5,000 selected to the All-State team; however, his size prevented him from being recruited for Division 1-A colleges. Instead, he attended Midland Junior College in Texas, where he led his team to victory in the 1982 junior college championship. He then caught the attention of the coaches at North Carolina State University, where he went on to play for two years.

They also have something in common with owning a cat: once you have one, others show up that you never saw before... Of course I've never chased away a stray Wheel Horse. That would be cruel and inhumane.

Put some parts on the RJ and ING coil and flywheel on motor tonight

Good to see the correct clamp position. Never saddle a dead horse

It's a physical thing, like driving an old floor shift pick-um-up truck... with no power brakes or power steering - and no heater.