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September 28,1850, United States Congress votes to ban flogging on both naval and merchant vessels. Until then, misbehaving sailors were often punished by stripping them to the waist and lashing their bare backs with whips known as cat o’ nine tails.

Flat on flat is better IMHO. Rather the weld break then the plate shatter from bowing around the nut.

Two idiots go on a fishing trip They rent all the equipment - the reels, the rods, the wading suits, the rowboat, the car, and even a cabin in the woods. They spend a fortune. The first day they go fishing, but they don't catch anything. The same thing happens on the second day, and on the third day. It goes on like this until finally, on the last day of their holiday, one of the men catches a fish. As they're driving home, they're really depressed. One guy turns to the other and says "Do you realize that this one lousy fish we caught cost us $1,500!" The other guy says "Wow! It's a good thing we didn't catch any more!"

It that weld lets go that guy needs to stop welding!

Uh oh... Mods gonna ban this emoji?

I made a calculator, same as I did for the other 3 4x4 built, each one tuned for the wheel size and axle design.

A few months ago I gave my buddy a round hood. He recently picked up a zero turn WH and plans to do some surgeries to them. Anyway, he didn’t need this 60” deck. Front mount upgrade?

Took advantage of the nice weather today. Put the show tractors away for the year along with the patio furniture & grill. I know its still kinda early but finding time to get things done is getting harder. Work is busy, home to-do projects that have become must-do, & helping mom at her place now that dad is gone.

I can agree to that Eric. Ever since I started using non-ethanol fuel things have changed for the better. Quicker starts nice smooth running engines. I give it an A+.

The Charger 9, as are all Charger models, is long frame.

Mystery Solved: Asked seller.. Seller said he made The eyebrows and thinks the lights are 1940s Oliver tractor lights sent me these pictures today

More progress on the hydrolift retrofit. The valve block and lines are now attached to the ram. It is semi permanent as it’s a PITA to put in. I made a mounting plate out of aluminum, that the valve block bolts to then bolted to the frame. It’s relatively close to where the original was. So as of tonight everything but the hard lines and the handle are in, that will be tomorrow’s project.

New axle and brake seal on the C-125. The hub puller I bought from a member here worked like a charm!!! Thanks @Blue Chips!!! Ordering axle seal for the B-80. Had to remove chains from the C-125 plow mule... they were rubbing in a few spots... Ran them all around the hood to give them some exercise...then they posed for a quick pic...

Patched up a couple seats. Used some liquid repair type stuff and some vinyl with sticky on back, both came from the jungle site and seems to work great. IDK how long or tough it will be but at least I aint leaving a trail of foam everywhere they go.

Mowed a couple rounds with the 48"SD on the 312H and on the next round I noticed the right blade was not cutting. Thinking the spindle belt tensioner was jammed with grass, I pulled under the hoist and lifted her up to check it out. The blade was missing. A quick search and I found the blade but not the bolt and washer. I dumped a deck parts bucket and grabbed a new bolt and washer and sharpened the blade while it was off. Put the blade back on but the bolt would not start in the hole. The bolt didn't vibrate out, it broke off. So the deck came off and went on the repair/storage rack. It also needs a hole patched then cleaned and oil soaked. I put the plow on this tractor every fall just a little earlier than usual this year. Got out the 310-8 to finish mowing. The grass was due to be vacuumed up any way. I use the Trac Vac every 3-4 mowings.

That's exactly why.

Another case where political power rules over science. Pa. has some stiff penalties for feeding any wildlife. The exception being in defined urban areas where it is permitted by hunters only to reduce deer numbers. Another example is the conflicting rules for harvesting spawned female crabs in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. Delaware permits taking spawned females as science has proven they can only spawn one time. Maryland forbids keeping any female crab. BTW, it is very easy to ID a spawned female crab....even a cave man can do it.

Exactly. It’s not your standard 520H 60” deck, so I don’t know what’s different to hang it. But, I may just go more to a custom route because of that.

Getting permission to hunt or recover animals on private properties is probably one of the biggest obstacles in solving the overpopulation of deer in urban areas. If they eventually become a hazard to humans through disease and parasites transfer, maybe official steps will be taken.

Got the rebuilt steering box back in the Ariens S16H, finally. Now to button it back up and then on to the 551. Watching videos on Wheel Horse Transmissions now. Going to spray PB blast on the axel flanges and let it sit for a while. Looking more doable all the time. Dave

It should work. A lot of the tractors from that body style fell into the "short frame" category, while a 312 is longer. The biggest issue there would be alignment of the lift point on the plow to the attachment point on the rocker shaft. But given the gear-drive starter and the battery in the original location this unit likely has the longer wheel base.

What's weird about rooting for my country in a sports event?

So here we go lol, just understand my first attempt failed so I decided to build this and it works great, hope you guys like it.

Get down low and look up under the dash panel for an ID plate

That's a wittle one. I have broken both ankles the same way. My ankles were always weak. Never could ice skate. Now they are so loose I can usually turn one and it barely hurts. Last week I stepped in a hole and it hurt a bit. and it's still bothering me but other stuff hurts more so I don't think about it.

New bucket cylinders on Elvis.

Upload pics in PNG or JPEG formats. iPhone HEIC won’t work. Also saves space to downsample to 10” wide at 72 dpi, if you are able.

HL-5 was a kit that was offered with an attachment bracket. HL-6 was its Cyclops brother.

I've concluded over the last decade that a total cleaning and replacement of the entire fuel system is a necessity on a tractor (or any machine) that's new to us.

First I screwed the pieces together on the tractor. Then I used superglue to attach 2 small broken off pieces, then deep pour epoxy to rebuild it one section at a time. Used aluminum duct tape to form each section I poured the epoxy into. Then grinding the back side to get a good fit and glazing / sanding the front. Painted it with Ace International Red. Overall, I’d give it a 8 out of 10, but way better than how it was or no bumper at all.

They don't look like any original Wheelhorse headlamp. PO add on from some point in the past.

2 ton heat pump house inside complete with air handler that has backup electric heat coils (hopefully they never need to be used). 2 ton heat pump house outside unit nearly complete. It just needs the line sets to be full wrapped for appearance and to be sealed where they pass into the house.

Interesting design. I’d probably use it with the center nut on the side toward the hub and not rely entirely on the weld to hold it. But then, I rarely walk on the wild side!

Early doe chili for dinner!!!

Really hated to hear about the c-160 but that's a nice looking 314-8

Swapped the 48” deck from my coaster C160 onto the the 314-8 with a little help from my oldest son. Had to remove the 42” off the 314 first. This was my first time removing the decks off of any WH. Really nice and well thought out. On a side note I did find a nice chunk of motor block from the K341. Found it on top of the 48” deck, still kind of heart broken.

I made some progress on the hydro deck lift retrofit tonight. The shaft is in and the ram is on. The shaft isn’t attached to the bar that lifts the deck as I wanted to go look at how it’s attached before I drill any holes etc…It still might need to be adjusted but I wanted to get things together then figure out where the sticking point is. More progress tomorrow…maybe

New tires and wide rims for the 314H. Waiting on the weather to cooperate so I can paint the rims. Plan on using the 314H as my plow tractor this year.

VID_20260924_102901382~2.mp4 No luck trolling for stripers. We ran 20 crab traps for two hours and had our 72 crab limit so we packed it in and headed home. VID_20260924_092253848~2.mp4

What I really love about that clip above, and I wasn't there that time, but the infamous Fender #1 broke a string and he didn't miss a beat. Just called for the next in the stable and kept on workin'. Love it!

Amazon Chinese carburetor has been working fine for last 3yrs since I installed it. $14 & needed no adjustment 👍🏻

Did some mid-season maint, grease, etc on 654 & mower deck. Know theres plenty haters on Teckys but mine is reliable & burns no oil. Even degreased tractor & washed it too. Its not pretty but I can count on it winter or summer.

Friday. I got the Input shaft, brake shaft and right axles seal gently pried out without to much trouble. I sanded and honed the shafts smooth and taped the keyways to protect the seals as I slid them on. I used the input pulley and rear hub as a slide hammer on those shafts to tap the new seals in. Used some 3/4 pvc to tap in the brake shaft seal. The input pulley has some heavy rust that turned into holes when I wire wheeled it clean. Thankfully I have a spare. I also wire wheeled cleaned the clutch idler and engine pulley. Got distracted and sanded the shifter balls to remove the oxidation. Then buffed them on a cloth polish when on my grinder with white roughe compound. At least something is shiny. Back to the steering wheel. I drilled the roll pin out with carbide masonry drill bits. Then I used a 3 jaw puller to pull the hub off the steering shaft. The heat broke it loose and it came off semi easy. I used a snap gage and micrometer to measure the cylinder bore top and bottom 4 places. I got 3.281 to 3.282 While my measurements aren’t perfect they tell me this cylinder was bored 0.030 thousands oversize. The top of the piston is not stamped oversize, but it seems some of the aftermarket ones are not stamped oversize

Added a hood scoop today to cover up the air filter to keep the weather out, still may add a screen to the front to help out as well. I'll clean up the excess seam sealer once it's dry.

.Finished the muffler today sounds great still has that sweet Onan sound to it, tomorrow I'll work on adding extra weight to the back and continue finishing up some little things. Anyone know where I can buy atv tires this size for the rears, cheaper than the $249 each that I found lol, thanks.