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Decided to make a mount a pressure washer for my gt14 works pretty good. Way better than pulling a cart around the house.

I tried this contraption a few years ago, worked pretty good.

February 27, 1960, Two decades before the famed "Miracle on Ice," another underdog U.S. Olympic hockey team defeats the Soviet Union team in the semifinals at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California. The next day, the U.S. beats Czechoslovakia to win its first-ever Olympic gold medal in hockey. Update: they did it again sixty-six years later.

When I got my first horse, iSaveTractors' parts and some of their videos accelerated my success. I just saw this post on FB and thought it was worth sharing here.

Another option is this brake cable from napa around $20 and you can get 2 cables out of it, by cutting it in half. It's handled everything I have thrown at it. Or since this is for around a 2004 Chevy crew cab brake cable you can get it for free by cutting it out of @Pullstart's truck

So I seem to have left y'all hangin' here. I found some time tonight to letter the hood & engine fan shroud. I wish that I had more to show but I've been dealing with O.P.S ( Other People's Sh..tuff). Got a Scrub Cadet that I'm painting this weekend and I also have a Simple-city paint job to get off my plate before I will get back to my own project. TTFN.

If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy!

Maybe I tend make'm a bit stronger! then LOL

He can do a better job sloshed than I can do stone cold sober ...

Two different setups. The “winch” here is the tractor’s rock shaft, anchored to the tractor at its pivot and pulling when rotated. 1. Winch doing the pulling is anchored, sn_tch block attached to load being moved, cable end anchored (along with winch) Load is spread across the two legs of cable between the winch and the sn_tch block. Each cable carries half the load; winch pulling on one cable against its half of the load winds two inches of cable to move the load one inch. 2. Winch doing the pulling is attached to the sn_tch block, one cable end attached to load being moved, one cable end anchored. Load is spread across the two legs of the cable: sn_tch block to load and sn_tch block to anchor. Each cable carries half the load. Winch pulling on sn_tch block carries the full load of both cables and moves one inch to move the load two inches (since moving the block can only move the load-attached cable, not the one anchored). Note: complete spelling of sn_tch in this context is a prohibited word in the website software’s dictionary

If he finished that glass before getting it done. LOL

They find me handsy. Is that close enough?

Well maybe not quite free but dang cheap. No offense Lowell but they can get somewhat pricey when one has more than one tractor. No idea if this will work but won't be for lack of tryin. Hardware store cable with a blob of braze on the end.

Happy Birthday Mike @squonk, we are all glad you were born.

I've used Detroit Axle two times. Once in my 2014 Subaru Outback, and once on my 2014 Toyota Tacoma. In both cases the rotors and pads were superior to OEM. My only complaint was that the enclosed chrome lug nuts rusted. No warranty on them.

Stocked another 1200 trout today. No railroad along these streams. We float from bridge to bridge...all work.

You may find this interesting Don. I used the 800 special with the Eaton 5 hydro to build my sideXside. It had the same odd frame but did work well for a two seat show rider/pickup..

No totally different animal. I suppose a guy could fab the F plate to match alignment but might be easier swapping to a F plate frame. Linkage is altogether different too.

Thanks! I general contracted just the house 29 years ago. Then we had the room/porch and 3 bay added on 10 or 12 years later. We came from a 3 level condo before the house and both the wife and I were sick of stairs. I still have a basement in this house and the washer/dryer are down there, but for the most part it’s one level living.

I'm lost Truck ... I would think it would greatly decrease the force required? Kinda like a $natch block for a winch. No matter Joe that's using the old noggin for other than a hat rack. What I'm afraid of Richard. Oh well it's a experiment.

The first home-made lift cable with a big glob of braze I made up didn't last very long, broke right near the braze. I cut "V" notches in a couple pieces of scrap steel to make a die. They were a PITA to align but got the job done.

When we were going through our 6 speed tranny, we were able to find the seals on Rock Auto for cheaper than the jungle site or Napa, and they come with a magnet from there.

Kev that is and old saying that still works today.

Been a while since I've used mine but I think that's how it's supposed to be.

Just enough to steady the hands.

There fixed that for ya. Yep thought of that and had one in my grubby mitts but I couldn't get enough crimp on it. I'm sure that's what Lowell uses and if a guy could make a die for his HF press. Does that come with the plastic coating on it? I like that ...smooth operation greasy Pete approved. What did you use for the crimp?

Not sure if either are plows. I do see a few differences from Jim's plow to mine. Jim's mold board is bolted to the frog, my mold board is welded to the frog. Jim's land slide is held on with square head plow bolts, mine uses round head plow bolts.

Make sure you drive it across your "yard " at high speed in transport mode.

It’ll be up to the cable strength where the heat of the braze might have affected its temper and how well the braze penetrated into the braid for adhesion. Frankly, I’m glad someone is giving this a try! Good luck 🤞 👍 😀

recently installed these on my car , for a chronic issue , https://www.detroitaxle.com/part/2016-volvo-xc60/brake_rotors-drums/front-drilled-and-slotted-brake-rotors-pair/s-800304x2/?submodel_name=Momentum R . the braking difference is amazing , liked that they have 3 stages of rotors , basic , improved , best , most effective . very good prices too ! 2 day delivery ! the triple air in / out set up is the deal , thats just what I wanted. their prices are also very good . just apply your car info , for a look see , pete

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE !! HAVE A GREAT DAY MATE !!

Happy birthday Squonk ! Hope you had as good a birthday as I did!

Thank you all for the birthday wishes!! Finally coming into nicer weather!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Love your house. Definitely the type of setup I need when I get older. Did you buy it or build it?

HAPPY SQUONK DAY !!!!!

Successful, I never calculated the total advantage, but the load was manageable. I used components that fit. the whole idea was born from an extra heavy box scraper. thinking with the manual lift It was less work to raise the heavy load. I later went to a hydro and the issue was null. I suppose the concept would work, say a given load like a tiller, could be lifted with a lot less effort using the sheave, while reducing the stress on the connection, just from an mechanical advantage??

Not as “hands on” as other members here, but the plow setups I’ve seen all incorporate some “flexibility” in lateral movement at the hitch. Three-point and sleeve (a.k.a. Brinley) hitches have mechanical means for adjusting the limits. The slot, being a simpler design, has only the width of the tongue.

Mike - Happy Birthday...

Happy Birthday Mike !!

HAPPPPY BIRTHDAY

Gawd dang that thing is real purdy!

Do they come with the exclusive "Tail light Warranty"?? It excludes everything!!

One thing that might affect it ... temper temper ... but flowed in the braid like water. As they say nothing ventured nothing gained.

Yesterday I got a call from one of my old snowplowing customers saying that there was a tree across the driveway and the new plow guy couldn’t get in. So I borrowed a payloader and pushed it out of the way and plowed the driveway. Then went past a friends farm and he was out with his snowblower, the thing is so bad ass that I had to pull in and tell him that!! Since I was already in the loader I drove over to my mother’s house and plowed her driveway. 50 years ago I plowed this entire driveway with Tonka payloader and Tonka T-9 bulldozer. Somewhere my mother has pictures. Recently I posted a picture of me on my Work Horse plowing in this exact spot when I was 14. My mother who is 87 years old and one of the funniest people you can meet, told me “Go stand in front of that thing so I can take a picture and send it to my friends!” After that I went to work clearing snow off of a job site with a D-5 dozer. So I thought I’d share some snow removal pictures and videos! IMG_1468.mov IMG_1469.mov IMG_1470.mov

Well the water and ice cleared up since last Fridays stocking but Sundays heave wet snow brought many trees down across the tracks. It took more time to clear the 3 mile of tracks than it did to stock another 700 trout.

More photos here:

The other thing that might suggest it's a one is the slot hitch? I don't know of any other brands that used one. Maybe Brinly made that just for WH??? On a 401 ... note the tires... run what ya brung ...

Reminds me of a quote: Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it. This applies even at @Pullstart's after one to many curds and some unsupervised wrenching by them Wisconsin Boys...