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Shall we get a " Poll" started? Chicken or Egg? Bed or Colossus?

Personally I would opt for a manufactured aluminum or steel flatbed. Just bolt it on and go after it gets back from having the rear axle done. This way you can start using it, as opposed to having it still outa commission for weeks/months/years etc. This is just an example, plenty of less expensive steel ones for sale.

We'll be there if it's the same place as last year. We slept in the truck in the parking lot and all you guys were crashed out already and it was only midnight. Party just gettin started when we get there. Dan kept hitting his head on the dash 'cause I parked down hill.

This is from the experience I went through the last couple days. It pertains to a B 100 that I picked up a few weeks ago. It’s been quite the experience with the wiring on this tractor. I was trying to fix someone else’s mistakes. Yesterday was I guess you called a head banger or scratcher. Be cause everything I did did not work. So today I guess you could call it a premonition early in the morning. I decided to use a jumper wire form the solenoid to the wire on the starter from the Solenoid.. Bingo it worked. So Squonk AKA Mike was interested how this came about. So I told him. He said the wire was bad. I thought how a 6ga wire could be bad with no bare spots and the contacts were clean and shiny. So as I changed the wire witch is a 4ga brand new. Bingo I have contact. I have had a few of this model in the past. So I guess you could say don’t assume everything is good just by looks. I am not good with electrical never took the time to learn it.. if you read this and liked it say something or give me a thumbs up. Enjoy all your projects. This is something apparently I didn’t follow when I was doing it.

Well this hood has been primer coated about 5 times, each after finding another ding to tap out and fix. Actually got another coat today. But it looks pretty good right now. I'll go over it tomorrow with 800 grit and scope it over once more. And I've made up my mind on the fuel pump. Now I have to figure out where to put the thing. Not alot of room on a 701 to hide an electric pump...

The Challanger made an overnight stop in Sedalia, Mo. We were living there at the time. We started east of town and watched it roll by, beat it back to town and watched it pull into the siding in town. The Big Boy went through Sedalia maybe 20 years ago. Was working. I saw the smoke, but not the locomotive. Those big articulated locomotives are impressive machines. There is one in the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit on static display. Always enjoy seeing it when I visit there - also the Ford GT 40 that Dan Gurney drove at Le Mans. We had a Finish exchange student for a year. The Henry Ford Museum was one of the places we visited. When we came upon that car, he asked what it was. I told him it was a Ferrari killer. An effective taunt, as he was a Ferrari fan and didn't hold Fords in high regard.

This will be the trail cam pic at @ebinmaine's place shortly after Colossus makes its first run...

You make sure @WHX?? comes in. I'll send him gas money if I have to!

I used to work with a quirky Process Engineer that was a Statistics Nut. He could tell you where every SuperBowl was played, who the Teams were, & the final score.... by memory. I just referred to him as "The StoreHouse of Worthless Knowledge". He was also narcoleptic - could, and did, fall asleep at the drop of a hat. Meetings, Lunch, it did not matter. In those moments, I referred to him as "Professor Haim Gonnanodoff"!! We left him at the Lunch table after eating many times...

I'm almost at the age where I need to transition to two gallon buckets, the fives just get too heavy and the ten gallon totes, foregit about it.

Poor uncle Jim gets no respect.

Then don't I'll send you a orginal. Signed The Purist.

A rubdown with Penetrol. It was thirsty and will get another...

Are any of you guys going to be able to go see this as it comes through the East for the 1st time?? I've seen it a couple times when it came through Geneva and West Chicago, Ill a couple years ago. It is worth it if you get the chance !! This is worth seeing ...there is only 1. Go on You Tube and check out it going through the Feather River in the Rockies. Out standing for sure!! A schedule...

Dan's a good driver but a terrible navigator. Little hard on the throttle but a good driver. I can only sleep in a moving vehicle if I am at the wheel...

Yup good kid for sure and becoming a man before my eyes!

One more strawberry/rhubarb pie. The strawberries are just starting to ripen.

Not a pet but, she is cute.

Uncle Jim tells Dan where to go and sleeps in the passenger seat the whole way. He’s wound up like an 8 day clock after a hard day of riding in his passenger princess seat!

Here is a bed I built some years ago. The sides would come off by loosening 2 bolts. In had a pin at the top with 2 clamps at the bottom and was as solid as a stock box. Solid enough I used the stock hardware to make a functioning tailgate. I cut the end of a box off that had the catches and straps to hold the tailgate. I used strap hinges so I could remove the tailgate and put a solid rod into to lock in the ramps. I put metal over the tires to keep the height lower and were removable so I could put in a flat piece if needed. But I do not think I ever needed to. This was built the size of a bed liner so it was smaller.

The biggest improvement I made as far as steering goes on a FEL was going to six ply tires and running them at 40 PSI. the thrust washers made no noticeable difference with a bucket full of soil or rocks.

I gotta start writing down what I do with crap.

Internal corrosion

Got her out, she's tiny, got her out and put her in the wood line. She keeps following me, started the tractor up she tried to climb on for a ride. I put her back in wood line and ran. Have not seen her since. That was different,

Sometimes an unlikely solution presents itself…we pulled JackRabbit out of long storage, checked oil, plugs, filters, and put in fresh fuel…it started and ran really well. We mounted a 48” SD deck and have cut the lawn a couple of times with no issues🙃😅😎 other than the engine isn’t charging. I remembered that after I got it running. There is no AC power to the regulator so I’m guessing either the stator is failing or the wires coming off it are. So, I find myself saying to Caleb, hang on to this one too OR… as of right now @Edward Teach (our youngest) wants to buy it from Caleb and restore it…I say “Why not?” Very nice cutting machine and I love the faster ground speed…

@squonk and @SylvanLakeWH Imagine if I ever got BOTH done.

Lemme know you need help. Did I mention I hoard them... I got one or three of them but none with the offset cam lever. I bet the bodies interchange. I gotta get off my @$$ and do that pump tutorial one of these days.

1999 Mars orbiter. $125 million satellite. Orbital data handed over by one team without units specified. Control team assumed different units and loaded accordingly. Crash. Apollo mission near catastrophe due to oxygen tank stirrer spec’d for lower voltage than actually used. Arcing. Bang. In engineering school, any answer presented without units was an automatic fail. Learned that lesson super quickly.

June 8, 1966, the rival National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) announce that they will merge. The first “Super Bowl” between the two leagues took place at the end of the 1966 season, though it took until the 1970 season for the leagues to unite their operations and integrate their regular-season schedules.

I’ll be there, flying solo this year. Hoping to see my friends and Uncle Jim too!

Y'all... ain't... right... I mean, yeah about that marriage thing but...

If that what you’re doing, no problem, I’ll donate it to cause. No charge.

@parsonsponyz has dibs on but if he doesn't want it's fair game. $180.00

Working on my shopping list for this year and more than a few things I wouldn't mind clearing out of the shop. I'll be at the show on Friday, but live close enough to make other arrangements if need be. Shoot me a message if anyone is interested, glad to take pics if needed. Want list Spare mule drive decent trip edge springs for my snow plow new 48" plow edge right side anti-scalp wheel bracket for the front of an old 48" deck I'm rehabbing decent seat for a RJ58 5xi plow frame Sell or trade bait RM 3261 mower deck that was on my RJ. Its complete, but rusted solid. Make an offer or willing to trade for anything useful to me A box of double D spindles/parts for 48" decks (a few aluminum housings, set of good cast iron housings with the offset grease zerks, handful of DD pulleys 6756,6757) Willing to separate or sell as a lot NOS set of (3) 6758 48" DD blades, 100202 is the set part number $75 (I have decided to part with them in favor of new 8Ten spindles/pulleys and don't have the heart to drill out the DD to a 3/4 hole on new blades) 79366 44" 2-stage snow thrower for a 5xi series that came off a tractor with only 230hrs on it $500 (or less if you come pic it up in 17584) little rust and paint faded, but complete and works well. My property is set up better for plowing That's all I can think of right now.....

You guys gain an hour!

And 10 months later the population doubled. Fixed it for you. The next day the majority of Connecticut residents became criminals.

ask K & B -- they are vendor here on RSq - i have purchased spindle parts from them

What kind is the orginal? Vacuum? The style with the off set lever? I hoard them i can look see what I have.

I would stick with original if I could get a rebuild kit. My luck must be bad and I got tired of waiting.

And Collosus takes a trip to the back burner - again! Truck frame looks excellent for its age....

I pulled decks from two this weekend. I've never had anything other than 48" until the 42" I recently got on a c-161. The 42" is SO MUCH more manageable

FIFY

312-8 with the small tire changer. Good weekend of work but time to put them to bed and get ready for work tomorrow...

Anyone got the inside scoop and know what it is this year?? Let’s hope it’s not a rear engine rider with a 30” deck

Got a couple BIG loads of firewood brought up from down back of the barn. I've never tried to stack as much wood in the trailer as I did today. The first load is taller but has shorter length pieces. The second load felt heavier. I figured for sure that tractor tire traction would be the limiting factor. Nope. The ole beast Cinnamon Horse C160-8 just kept on ah-chuggin'... I was very pleasantly surprised at how well that went. Second load:

Quality Inn 1465 Doran Dr. Scotland Pa ( Keep the car wash vacuums open for impatient truck drivers! )

Great nephew got to come home with me after church of course it was tractor riding time when we got home. Started with the C160 then the 520H and also the 312-8 but forgot pics of him on the 312. He is really a good operator already pays attention well and has a good understanding of what it takes to run the tractor just still to small to reach everything.

It also appears like it's rubbing the PTO hoop. I think a 1/2" belt will slip on the PTO pulleys because they are designed for a wider 5/8 belt and not variable like many aftermarket pulleys are designed. Maybe that's why it's so tight but IDK. If the pump pulley will handle a wider belt then go with a wider belt. The suction hose doesn't have any pressure on it. But use a stiff hose because stronger suction pressure could collapse a flimsy hose. The reason for asking about the color is to see if it's ATF or motor oil. It possible it could've been changed to hydraulic fluid too.