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My property has oodles of weeds. Personally, so long as it's all the same color when cut the same length, it's good enough for me.

More pictures of the diesel all painted my 74 year old dad did an awesome job using spray paint

April 14, 1865, Ulysses S. Grant and his wife turn down an invitation to join President and Mrs. Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre to see the comedic play "Our American Cousin." In doing so, he deprives assassin John Wilkes Booth of a second target.

I treated mine with weed and feed every spring for many years. Then my well water started to grow some slimy snot.. After about three years of shock treating that only worked for about 3 months, I contacted Penn State and was informed the weed and feed was probably leaching into the well and causing the growth. I stopped the weed and feed and the well has tested good for several years. I have weeds and bare spots, but the water is good.

Just buried an old friend today. Your post and todays service reminded me that we need to enjoy fellowship with those who we have grown-up and grown-old with.

Sorry for your loss bud. Seems everything in this world can stop except time. Enjoy it with those around you.

I've kept a handful of those stamped bearings just for "get back to the shed" emergencies, but that is all they are good for. If, and only IF your spindles are in good shape then you can use Stens heavy duty bearings (see the pic below) and grease caps. Some folks prefer sealed bearings, I do not. A shot of grease every few months makes a mess but it will make a bearing last for decades. If I have to use sealed bearings, I remove the inner seals and make use of the grease fittings.

Kinda kept this project quiet over the winter. Purchased it from @Buckeyes last year. Although I have original 4hp Kohler (w/matching patina) I decided to go with a more unique powerplant. 3hp diesel. Some modification needed to make it all work. Air cleaner wouldn't fit under hood so I had to improvise & use aftermarket. Slight modification to original belt guard mounting to get it to fit. Got original throttle lever to work w/diesel throttle control. Tried to make it look as original/subtle as I could. Usually starts on the 1st pull thanks to decompression lever. Think it will be my cruiser for when I attend shows..... 20260210_130010.mp4

And if there is an old friend that you keep saying you are going to go visit some day, don't wait because you may lose the chance. That has happened both ways for me in the last couple of years. I have had a good visit just before I lost a friend and I have missed the chance and lost a friend just before I went to visit.

AHS: That looks like a great worker for you. Keep checking things until you feel you have all the bugs out. Enjoy the ride.

Yea is also been suggested just run em like ya stole em & replace every so often. It's not like it's a major job to replace them.

I like to use the sealed bearings. Usually get a couple hundred hours out of them. https://www.amazon.com/Pack-PGN-Flanged-Ball-Bearing/dp/B08HR2JNGJ/ref=sr_1_2_sspa

If you fertilize it, it grows faster...I do not seed the snow clouds why would I want to make the grass grow faster... ???

Treated the lawn today with Scott’s Max Weed and Feed. Never used Max before but Weed and Weed in the past did pretty well! Used my 1962 Wheel Horse 702 and my Stryker spreader! Took about one hour. 51% chance of rain this evening and 100% in Wednesday! So i took a chsnce by spreading today!

Just back from enjoying a visit with some old friends in Ocean City, Md.

The older I get, the more I realize that every day is a gift!

Much like a garden, friendships need nurturing, attention, and some quality time to thrive. I am at the stage of life where many of my friends have gone home to be with the Lord so the remaining friends are cherished that much more.

Happy Happy Easton

Agreed. Do what it takes to make yourself happy and content as long as it's not at the expense of others.

Same here. We don't try to grow a lawn. In the rough area around the garden it seems like about 3 years after its creation there was more grass than weeds. Rough. But green when cut. Good enough. Out front of the house we'll eventually need to replace the sand/rocks/dirt with prettier dirt. Or stones. Or maybe even let it go wild for a bit so it too grows green stuff.

Now drain the transmission and see if its still full of gear oil, oil and water, or pure rusty water. if it had a lot of gear oil oil or at least oily water soup you might align the forks and put the shifter back in to verify how the transmission works. Then decide if you do a diesel flush or a full rebuild. If it's all water and rust, rebuild it. PS put a new rubber boot on the shifter whenever you permanently reinstall it. That's where they get water in these transmissions

I live in a town of about 11,000 people. We have five maybe six businesses that sell lawn mowers. I am amazed at how many mowers are sold in this town EACH year. I suspect that many more mowers are brought in from Springfield, some 30 miles away, where we have several big box stores selling mowing machines. I had a 1986 Snapper LT12 lawn tractor that we inherited when my wife's father died. I never really cared for it because of the hokey drive wheel and I sold it when I got the 520H. I fully see the 520H still running when I'm sitting in a nursing home slobbering in my oatmeal. We do use the TORO zero turn that mom gave us when she went to the assisted living and I likewise expect it to be the last mower we purchase. My wife's arthritis in her hands makes driving (the easy to steer) 520H hard for her so her go-to is the zero turn. I'm still baffled to see two or more mowers sitting outside, uncovered at many a house here. The narrator of the video was right. I'd rather purchase a used well-made machine than a plastic new one. I appreciate the video. It speaks not only to Wheelhorse but a host of other things that arn't the original manufacturers quality.

The sensor is usually a resistor-based item with the resistance varying by temp. I’d look there first and in the wiring. A short might look like HOT as a safer indication than having it look like FINE.

i use the ones in the link Achto posted above. I like the sealed because it keeps the grease off of them newly painted wheels .

I moved the tractor out of the neighbor's driveway this afternoon. I worked on a rather compacted spoils pile that has collected next to the front walk from the front porch cconstruction to make friends with the FEL and build some muscle memory with the directional pedals and brake pedal. The bucket didn't break into the pile very well. Next session, I'll loosen things up with the back hoe before doing more bucket work. I'll also move the mini van out of the driveway to make more room to spread what I am removing out front in the alley behind the garage - did good today, didn't hit my 72 Chevy pickup or the neighbor's fence with the back hoe or snag the mini van with the bucket when turning into and out of the alley. Got to talk with the previous owner as well - the temp gage said it was running hot, but it didn't act like it was hot. Didn't feel overheated when I opened the hood when I parked it, either. Edit: I checked it when it had cooled down - the temp gage still said it was hot. I suspect a bad gage - which appears to be built into the printed circuit board that runs the rest of the dashboard.

Your 5053 transaxle will be very similar to the one in this thread. Before you dive into it I would suggest you drain whatever is in it now and add a couple quarts of diesel to clean up the gunk.

The pressed steel bearings are not as durable

So, this winter was a little brutal as far as work on my Wheel Horse collection, but I did stay busy working on my oiler collection. Between my brother-in-law, my wife, and me, we covered a lot of antique shops in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Florida. It wasn't just for my oilers, but my wife collects old restaurant creamers. So here are some updated pictures of my oilers There are no two exactly alike Mrs. M collects creamers. Here is her collection. Just like my collection, no two are alike.

Ya, the weights and chains were thrown in with it!

I found some pictures of my 753 set up with the SGM-603. Note the swivel joints where the reel mowers connect to the arms and rear hitch. Wild Bill in Richmond VA

I like to run all of my Wheel Horses at least once a month just to cycle the battery. One of the preventative maintenance routines we used at the power plants I worked at was monthly loading and recharging of our back-up battery systems. The batteries were very large lead acid units and the batteries would be discharged to 8 volts prior to recharging. Much like @squonk, I use the Wally-World batteries and get good service from them.

Brand doesn't matter much, I use batteries made by East Penn which are sold under various brand names. If you care at all about battery life they must be kept fully charged using a quality small charger. I use Battery Tender brand chargers and charge 2 or 3 days per month and get about 6 to 8 years from each battery. You didn't read the heading in this topic, it is for battery powered tractors.

NAG, NAG, NAG! Just for that, you only get the quick & dirty picture. The deal officially closes at the end of the month. I get the MF, the trailer in the foreground, and everything on it except the tiller.

congrats! I love my gc2400. Bought it new in 2010. So useful for so many things. In addition to the loader and hoe, I’ve got the front mounted 52” snow blower, 3 pt chipper, box blade, York rake, and clamp on forks for the loader. Never any major issues with it, and it’s never needed to go back to the dealer. Which is good, because the dealer I bought it from closed up and now the closest is over an hour away. I buy all my parts online from an AGCO dealer in PA. Just coming up on the 300 hr service. Not a lot of hours for owning it so long. But those hours were spent working. Lots of logs moved and brush chipped when all the ash trees died off. some handy accessories were the side step and the hydro fan/filter guard made by RetailREMS.

Nice, I looking forward to the pictures. There are so many brands now in the sub-compact market, most are pretty good, though I have been hearing some noise on the TYMs. But, I would trust the MF name and Iseki, who made these for MF.

Bought a new faucet for a utility sink today. Why would I need electrical tape?

Man, I hope so cuzz I sure ain't!

Just one question: She still gonna have time to do all your work???

The BBT has been ridiculous busy as usual. She started doing a second position for the hospital. Accounts Payable. This afternoon we moved the main backyard gate from "open out" to "open in". This makes it easier for us to move snow and also keeps the dog from the possibilities of pushing through the gate. Trina's also been busy for several days replacing the floor in her momma's kitchen. They didn't like the way the other (plastic fiber fake wood) things were laying down. She and her momma put down a 1 x 10 pine floor. Leftovers from the barn build. Polyurethane will be applied soon.

Got this mostly finished and on display: Click the pic... The Peterbilt is mostly a kit. Testor's metal 1/28 scale. The cab guard and frame plates are added. Other things moved around. Sleeper removed. Black trailer also a kit from the same series. Wheels moved back. Landing gear moved forward. Otherwise box stock. The two Hess trucks are from the 1970s. Collector pieces.

Busy busy weekend this week. Last night was girls' night at the school. It used to be the father/daughter dance, but they changed it because some girls don't have dads. This morning was hunting/dog run, followed by car work, then date day/shopping with the girls. Took my daughter ice skating for the first time, I like wheels better.

So back in early November a deer was kind enough to kill my beloved Escape, without having the decency to die itself, forcing me into using our Explorer, which was not bought to be a daily vehicle, as my daily driver. I sold what was left of the Escape for parts about a month ago, and then had to use the money as a slush fund for some other projects, which are now complete. But not being of a mind, or financial position, to lose another vehicle to something as dumb as a deer hit this year, and also still regularly needing to use the detour that had me over in deer country until September, I got on eBay.. It's actually pretty well built. Sticks out a little farther than I'd like for appearance reasons, but not farther than the mirrors. Would have been nice if it came with instructions though.

I'm thankful the Amish have deep pockets i my area. Ed, that was actually a quote from @Beap52, not me, but I agree with him.

I'm thankful the Amish have deep pockets i my area.

Pretty busy indoor work day around here. I got some more work done on my new scale model building setup. Trina bought herself a new computer desk for her home office. It's functional but could be bigger and the keyboard holder didn't fit between the table legs. We made this larger top out of plywood. She painted it to match and got it all set up. The BBT aka Paint Department has been itching to get the one dark wall of the kitchen redone. She's never been fond of that color. Today she got some darker gray and combined that with white we had here to make a medium gray.

I've already got a list of about half a dozen things it will do nicely before I've started to deal on it.

The 1700 series from MF are good little tractors, falling into the sub-compact scope of things. If I was in the market for a sub-compact, it would be up there with Deere's 1-series and Kubota's offerings.

That has the Iseki engine, which I hear are very good. While your 8n has weight and torque, the power steering, FEL and backhoe sure are handy developing a new property.