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Or build a "Sulky Train"!

I love this local show…but it also means the end of the season . Saturdays weather looks absolutely fantastic! Should find me hanging with the usual suspects @Retired Wrencher @Docwheelhorse @wallfish

Somehow, I've become the owner of a second Toro Sulky. And they say your phones don't spy on you!

Best place to source an assortment of colors is your local trailer dealer. They have a seven wire cable used on trailers with good quality wire and the price is reasonable.

Yesterday was just a soggy story about the one that got away. The same three deer that I saw in the morning, came out in the evening. But I sat most all day, hoping a break in the rain would grant movement during other times of the day. The big doe and yearling that I watched over my shoulder at 55-125 yards away in the beans were moving, but not before the 3” Spike I saw for a split second moved within 100 yards to my right and never really got close. Just as the big doe was about to walk into a spot I could draw on at 30 yards, the spike or something in his direction made the doe turn and prance off away from me. This was about an hour and a half from dark. I hoped they would come back, but I never saw another deer. Today, the weather looks quite promising to hunt, but I’m busy all day. The weekend is packed as well. 🙄

I have 8 sided sockets for set screws. Much easier. They came in a set of tools my mom bought for me when I was in my late teens or early 20s.

Yep, Richard has an idea, because I asked him some questions about Franklin NC. In general we're looking at the Smoky Mountains area, something with a quaint small downtown in walkable or quick drive distance. We're tired of being isolated out here. So, Franklin is pretty high on the list, possibly #1. We're actually watching the home listings on Zillow pretty closely and have seen at least one we'd buy right now if we had a buyer for our place. But next spring is the target. Yeah Bill D, I would be happy if I could get that 416-H into your hands - you helped me out with some parts a while back. I'll be repainting that one hood pretty soon.

So after a bit of a hiatus, I got the hydraulics from @ebinmaine for the C-141. After getting the belcrank out of the 520 center section, I cleaned it up, and installed it in the C-141. I then cleaned up the valve block, and after building a plate to mount it I semi temporarily installed it. It was a bit of a PITA to put in. While I was working on the valve bock and bell crank. I painted the hydraulic ram and installed it after the paint dried. The only thing left is to install the hard lines if possible, with some adapters. Or and the more likely route, some rubber lines to be able to snake the connections around the C-141’s slightly different mounting locations. And that’s where I am now.

Between today, and yesterday this mowing machine mowed, The fire station, my parent’s lawn, and my lawn. I did have to change decks from the 42” to the 37” due to the belt somehow jumping off and losing rigidity on the 42” RD. My lawn and the fire station are smaller sized manageable lawns. but my parents takes a solid 2 hrs. But, I got significant seat time so that’s a plus.

yup I have a 1/2" brain... meant 3/8"... thx for the catch... (corrected original post...) @Handy Don feel free to continue using 1/2"...

@roadapples came up with an idea I have used for years. Put the 3/8" square drive end of a 3/8" allen socket on the head of the set screw, place a 1/2" drive 3/8" socket on the allen wrench and use your 1/2" torque wrench to properly torque the set screw. Thanks Jay @roadapples, we miss you.

October 2, 1965, during a football game between the University of Florida Gators and the Louisiana State University Tigers, UF players test a newly concocted sports drink to help them regain the essential chemicals their bodies lose from profuse sweating. Developed in their own school's science labs, the drink is designed to fight dehydration, rebalance their bodies' electrolytes and restore blood sugar, potassium and body salts so they can continue to perform at a high level through their games. The Gators go on to win the match, after the heavily favored Tigers wilt in Florida's muggy, 102-degree heat.

Pa archery opens tomorrow but I'll be at the Steam-O-Rama show till Saturday, then leave Sunday morning for a week of Fishing and crabbing in Delaware. So I'll miss the first week. Anyway, it's too warm to butcher.

Great to hear from you Don! It's been crazy here but we are beginning to settle into the new normal. I hope to be able to tinker in the next couple months so you'll have to come by once we get a little more construction done.

Guy goes to the doctor "Doc, you gotta help me! For days, I can't get this song out of my head!" "I see, and what song is it that you can't get out of your head?" "What's New Pussycat! It's driving me crazy!" "Aaah, it sounds to me like you have a severe case of TJS." "TJS? What is TJS?" "Tom Jones Syndrome" "I've never heard of Tom Jones Syndrome. Is it rare?" "It's Not Unusual"

I found the 3/8" set screw wrench in my father in laws toolbox. Sorry didn't a 1/2", but I did find something that would work. Montgomery Wards Lakeside pipe wrench

With all that is going with the house I just haven't had any seat time for a couple months. But today we are swapping campers out and I wanted to grade and level the gravel driveway where the new one will get parked. So I got two machines out and got to work. Makes me feel almost human again, and the horses did what they always do- made hard work easy without complaint. I do love these little tractors! Of course the dogs were not impressed...

Excellent point. No wonder the ½” wrench doesn’t work that well!!

And here I’ve been making do with a plain old ½” open-end wrench!

Heck I got a neat birthday present. Decide to share it with my Lawn Range L-107 that Father bought in May of 1967. @stevasaurus She has been sitting for a week or so and the terrible Techy started on the first pull

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...

Last trip to the local trailer shop they had some that had been pulled out of an equipment trailer they had redone, most of it was good and the price was my favorite four letter word, FREE. Most of the wires are 14 gauge with a couple of 12 and one 10, all copper stranded.

I'm thinkin' you need a bigger BOAT shop.

It has been years and still nobody knows why Notre Dame caught fire.... ...but Quasimodo has a hunch

These are what I use for square head bolts. I work on a lot of wore out I mean antique farm equipment and back in the day they used a lot of square (four point) head bolts. BTW neat little tractor and in my experience those little 8hp's punch way above their weight class. Williams JHWWSBD-7RC SuperTorque 7-Piece 3/8-Inch Drive 8 Point Socket Set Lobular Openings Chamfered Ends High Polish Chrome Finish - Amazon.com

Good to know thank you

no deck just the tractor

Would there happen to be any carbs in that pile?

Bring me back some goodies

Stator. Used for charging the battery

Thanks 953. Just like learning about different local tractors.

Ive made a few bumpers without the grill guard, mainly for looks but do come in handy when hauling them to tie them down. The tractors with the flip up hoods require something detachable for engine access and kinda more trouble than they are worth in my opinion. The 857 doubled as a weight bracket also but had to make it lower for the hood to flip open. I have since removed it and painted red but haven't put it back on. The 701 was just a winter time project to pass the time but I thought it suited the little tractor.

looks like I'm about 6/6.5 hrs out, might be road trip time. sending a PM.

I get by with this slide hammer and bushing driver set. If I had a bigger shop I would prefer to have a press but that isn't happening.

Looking forward to it. It'll be a mad scramble tomorrow evening to try and get my $^!T together as we've been doing extra long work days all week and tomorrow too.

Ok, I am apparently a sucker. The dogs cornered a kitten in the wood pile Sunday morning: We now apparently have a cat:

The 416H has become a favorite of mine. I wish I was closer. I'd either help you fix it or take it off your hands. Where are you planning to move to and why, if you don't mind sharing?

A farmer was driving his tractor along the road with a trailer load of fertilizer. A little boy of eight was playing in his yard when he saw the farmer and asked, 'What've you got in your trailer?' 'Manure,' Farmer replied. 'What are you going to do with it?' asked the boy. 'Put it on my strawberries,' answered the farmer. The boy replied, 'You ought to come and eat with us, we put ice-cream on our strawberries.'

American ingenuity at its finest

More put away summer stuff. Today, it winterized the plumbing system in the travel trailer. It sure goes quicker since I added a 'T' and a couple valves to the intake side of the pump - shut the valve for the normal water intake, open the valve to a intake hose placed in a bottle of antifreeze and turn on the faucet until it runs pink. Takes about 2 gallons.

in theory they would be the same, but I would be very surprised if the ol Kohler wouldn't out work and out last the Predator.

If I'm not mistaken all my hub set screws are 3/8" with a 3/8" square head. Never seen a 3/8" set screw with a 1/2" square head, they could make them I guess. I do know they make 3/8" socket sets in metric. I did try the 1/2"socket wrench into a 15 mm 12 point socket it fit. All my 3/8" drive sockets are 6 point, none fit.

Couple things I used to make life easier. I'm sure many of you already know/ do these, but they are tricks that make life easier so I'm passing them on... 1. I use a 1" ID piece of pvc pipe about 6" long to press in the oil seal. Works for bearings too. Gentle taps with small hammer and they seat just right. 2. I use a 15mm socket backwards on a 1/2" socket wrench/ torque to tighten / loosen the axle set screws with the funky square head. The set screw head fits perfectly on the 3/8" side and the 1/2" socket wrench holds perfectly on the 15 mm side.