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Well things finally caught up with me and I got a call from a County Sheriffs Deputy yesterday (fake) All thought they missed the big items, (Ha), and just said the judge fined me and sent warrants since I didn't report to Federal Jury Duty Tuesday. (fake) Had a real official mannerism. Had my name, address, garbled a Drivers License number (wouldn't repeat it) He did a bunch of official sounding jaw jacking and fake sheriff radio background noises. Claimed to be Sheriffs Deputy, said he could put me in touch with a bond company over the phone to get an immediate bond, pay with credit card loan, so I don't get picked up and hauled in tonight. Too many little things seemed fake so I hung up. I texted the local Sheriffs office, yep scam they are well aware of but calls are not trace able. I got the same call twice today. (interesting the call came in as "Maybe (wife's name) each time So I started having fun wasting his time. Asked him if he knew my cousin in County Jail there or, my brother Bill from another mother! (he didn't catch that one) I told him I could trade him some good tractor parts, but that they probable would never bond me since I hung around online with the Tractor Mafia (I should get a Mafia T shirt for that one) and on and on. I finally asked him what $ cut he got for "arranging" the bond and he hung up. O the crafty crap that is out there these days.

Finally got a chance to take the camper out. Sure seems like I stay awful busy to be retired. Went to a local state park that has a stocked stream of trout. The first couple of days I really caught trout-- well, in comparison to my normal number of them. I probably caught 15 in 1 1/2 days. Last week the stream was flooded--mainly from water backing up from the flooded small river it dumps into. I would say that where the stream dumps into the river, the water level was 8 to 10 above normal. I'm not into fishing deep enough that I have a vest and all of the equipment some of the fishermen use. I'm not good at fly fishing ( all though I enjoy watching someone who has mastered that pole) and only fly fish when I'm "playing." I cut my trip short by a night's stay. Weather radio was calling for possible up to base ball size hail, strong winds and possible tornado. When the park staff went around handing out flyers telling of storm watches and where tornado shelters were, I ( and some of my camping neighbors) decided time to go home. I live about 45 minutes drive from the campground and we had thunderstorms but nothing severe and I likely could have weathered the storm in the camper just fine. Better safe than sorry I suppose. Below is my fishing rig. Really handy because I can ride right up to where I'm fishing. I carry a little cutting board so I can dress fish steam side. I used a moped for several years but it was restricted from bike trails and quite a bit heavier. I roll the bike in backwards into my pickup with the camper shell (handle bars fold down) so it's out of the weather and more secure at night.

Here i repaired the mid mount pivot point

Yup. Got a call from a Fraud Detection Center about my bank account. Sounded fake so I hung up. Couple days later my card stops working. Went into the bank and checked why. Somebody somehow got my bankcard # last week. They tried to spend 4 grand at a bicycle place. The bank saw it and shut the account down. I'm glad all it took was getting a new card.

Trina's mom has been retired and on SS for a couple decades. She's below the income level that's required to pay taxes. A couple years ago she got a call saying that "the cops" were on the way over. Cops? Really? We couldn't find a more official descriptor?

The pic above of the analog voltmeter is deceptive. It's too deep front to back to fully seat in the dash plate by about 3/8". It hits the steering shaft support collar so I had to swap it temporarily until I find another one that is shorter front to back. It's temporary, so I don't want any lip from you fellas. But I thought it was funny to put on an old tractor just for now.

Room for two or three tractors in there!

@pfrederi made a jig for part #47, then made my own. Put brass bushing in

You are the Man!!!

Broke out my C-85 tonight for its first mow of the season.

He wants FL guy to see your post and come get it. We really really don't like the scrap word.

Did some mowing trying to beat the rain yesterday. Triple teamed it with both my boys, youngest on the zero turn, oldest on the Kubota, dear old dad gets mowers choice on the C160.

I challenge myself to see how long I can keep them on the line. Use my 110 yo voice Fake poor hearing to get them to repeat everything Let them know you appreciate thier call and remind them to call thier mother every day Then when it's time for my lunch, tell them I can't remember my bank account and routing numbers but if he gives me his address I will have my Grandson meet him at his door. My grandson is a 250 lb 6' 5" ex marine that is now a state policeman.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/forecast/in-Arendtsville,PA?loc=eyJsIjoiQXJlbmR0c3ZpbGxlIiwiciI6IlBBIiwicjIiOiJBZGFtcyBDb3VudHkiLCJjIjoiVW5pdGVkIFN0YXRlcyIsImkiOiJVUyIsInQiOjEwMiwiZyI6ImVuLXVzIiwieCI6Ii03Ny4yOTk0IiwieSI6IjM5LjkyNDcifQ%3D%3D&weadegreetype=F&ocid=ansmsnweather June is always warmer than January.

Hello all, Years ago bought a well patinaed 701 along with a well used RMR 3661 mower deck and an unused ST 307 snowblower. The engine has a terrible knock and needed a replacement crank and new rod- runs great now. The mower took some work, but runs pretty well now. My interest is now focused on the snowblower. It looks as if it might have been mounted on the tractor, but never used. I appear to be missing various bits and pieces, for sure the lift bar and the crank to rotate the chute around, but I'm not sure what else. Would anyone on the forum here have drawings for these, or have pictures of a blower installed on a 701? It's spring now, but snow will be here soon enough! Regards, Mike Compston

Maybe Blaine. Check the buckets.

As the throttle lever end moves downward from the pull of the cable, it rotates the speed control disc in a CCW direction. The drive pin is supposed to be there to assure the disc moves that way too.

I have a gov set up loose in a bag. I can look

I have a 2362 36” RD gear drive mower that i’d like to put on my 1969 Raider 12. The 2362 manual says it’s for a short frame, which used a side PTO. I found the manual for a RL366 mower that used the PT-6 PTO. It looks like i can swap the smaller drive pulley to the larger 6908 and with the rest of the parts circled, i should be able to make it work, or am i missing something? i would be interested if someone has these items circled in regal red.

We had to vacate a campsite with extreme haste near the Huzzah one time. Scary. you’ve got the big trout waters south of you in Taneycomo. I’ve never taken the opportunity to go there but it’s on the list. Happy camping!

I suppose most are actually trained and went to school for metrology but should we assume mostly there isn't much human scientific weather analysis actually done....but likely most forecasting is done by computers?

I used play to a 3 handicap 30 years ago, but a compressed disc in the back keeps me from playing now. Love watching it still.

Course that don't mean much these days. That's my thought exactly, the points, coil and condenser were all in the same "kit" and now I don't trust any of it. I've got a rotary brand condenser, and a set of kolher brand points inbound now, I need to find a decent quality coil now.

More yard clean up today. Last weekend, I was scooping leaves out of the lake onto the shore. Today, Morgan, the 14-8, got some cart duty hauling the soggy leaves off of the shoreline. Next, I finished up cutting up the tree that fell out of the woods and into the neighbor's yard - not the whole tree, just the crown. I was using our recently acquired Milwaukee Hatchet pruning saw. Was using an 8 amp hour battery. Over 5 evenings of working on this for an hour or hour and a half, I finished the job with 1/2 of the battery charger remaining. Pictures:

Simplicity's aren't very simple Got the transmission pulled out of the parts tractor and it was not simple. I almost thought I was going to have to completely disassemble the tractor until I realized I can rotate and twist the transmission and hub through the hole on the left plate. I can definitely appreciate how easy the Wheelhorse's are to work on. 6 bolts and remove the belt and parking brake linkage and the wheelhorse hydros come right out. And you don't even have to remove the wheels.

Engine. I'll use the member map to see if anybody's remotely close that would want it.

No, I dun told you, WH polo.

I can't help you out but we can work on getting you manuals if you should need. IPL might help you figure out what's missing. Got any pictures? A 701 is a favorite around here. Click on the picture.

Frankly, I hear your pain. I’ve about had it with machines that wear out hard to replace parts after a measly 60 years or so! What is this world coming too? I”m actually looking at the same issue and at last year’s Big Show I bought an extra mid hitch for the 854 with a less worn idler pivot/arm.

TSC has sleeve adapters for 3 point systems ranging from CAT 0-3, in thin and thick wall sizes. Also, you can search Amazon for 3/4 ID steel bushings, but both options require cut and re- welding to repair. Just a thought. I use those steel bushings all the time and have had good luck with both sources.

Got everything loaded ... I am sure @Pullstart could have figured out how to load the 875 roller project. I am finding as I get older hydro units, 3 spd trannies and decks are getting too heavy....

My WeatherBug forecast says 30% chance. That means 70% chance of no rain.

Nor birthday suit like the Straight From the Horse’s Mouth “private club” photo

And you won't be wearing a dress, right!

It's not about checking stock ... its about guys like Squonky throwing 5/16 nuts in the 1/4 bin.

Well I said that I had plans to enjoy the mowing break, but the back pasture is still green and kicking. So I ran over it today (cooler temps this week) and then let the 314-8 have a proud moment. Still my number one "go to" machine. My first and hardest worker.

Well, it's late and I smell like gasoline and thread sealer, but she's alive and kicking with no smoke. Fired within 3 seconds of adding gas. Scared the crap out of me because it was so quick! I know some will not like the voltmeter, but I prefer them to ammeters. And mine is outputting just over 13V on a 100% fully charged battery. One more thing checked off the list. Almost there. Funny side note: my wife bought this machine for me 20 years ago. Even though you think they have no interest in it, she was the first to remind me that it only took me over 20 years to get it running...

Well I did not get her running today. Some dummy wired something wrong last week and it took a while to figure it out. But she is now mechanically ready, and I have 12V at the coil and it has strong spark. All that is left is to run the fuel line. Maybe tomorrow.

Looks great, what color and type of paint are you using? Apologize if it has already been mentioned but I didn't see it anywhere.

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!

Well that sucks but you taught him to grow up so that's what he's doing. Count me in for the parking lot pre-show party! But not too much partying for me this year

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!

Gate don't open 'till 9 so we just stay up and party 'till 4. Show rules no drinking between 7 and 8 AM anyway. Leaves us a hour to sober up and git to the show. Didn't we crack one waiting in line for the gate to open @Pullstart?

12 is late when we left up at 4am to get to the grounds 😆 .

Now I’m going to have to find my own fun? Dang I was looking forward to some poop shovel Mac! It’s all the craze these days you know.

BOB's BRAKE LININGS As usual, I am bringing a sizeable amount of brake linings with me. I ran out last year. This year's price is $20 each or two for $35. Larger quantity prices can be negotiated at the show.