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My two 701’s and my 702 out for some Fall air today! One day before Halloween! 🎃 The DePauw University McKim Observatory on the circle in front of my house has an Open House tonight! DePauw post: Saturn and the Andromeda Galaxy at McKim Observatory tonight! Friday, 30 October 2026 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm. If the sky stays clear enough, we will be looking at Saturn and the Andromeda Galaxy at this dark moonless Open House. For your visit, please note the historic building is not ADA compliant. The access to the building is a set of stairs up from street level, then three more steps up into the building. Inside, the access to the second floor is by a wooden spiral staircase with a conventional steepness. Also note that while McKim is an excellent example of a historic observatory, it lacks the modern convenience of a restroom. Parking is in the residential neighborhood. During your visit to our historic observatory, please refrain from touching the antique instruments. McKim Observatory Open Houses are Free!

Something got caught in the gear teeth. Open it up because you can't break it any more than all ready broke. Interested to know what let go.

Sometimes you just gotta keep your mouth shut and hand 'em the money!

While you have the transmission out, check the mounting plate for cracks.

314H is officially ready for snow duty. Weights painted and installed.

Gotta open her up just to entertain us, we all need a little tractor porn to start the day. We want to see Mike up to his elbows in gear oil and parts and pieces.

A couple pictures of this week's work in our Ky woods. The camper after we dropped it down the hill and got it back up the hill to the Mrs 8n approved level spot: A shot of the storage shed and the new camp bath house. The original position of the camper was just out of the left side of the picture. Oh, yea - the camper's toung jack caster wheel has been replaced with a foot. That, and the four stabilizing jacks on the trailer will go a long way to prevent the 'runaway trailer' syndrome we had the other day.

Actually, it was just a matter of flipping the tongue around to the other end. The spring latch had been assembled wrong and wouldn't allow the latch to hold. Straightening out the back end will be a challenge.

We've begun the construction of the building. Yesterday we moved all 7 of the heavy boxes across the yard with Cinnamon Horse and the black trailer. We opened and reinspected all materials. All fasteners, framing, and brackets were separated and laid out. Today we began by making the whole roof. Added the first vertical section of the legs and all the cross braces possible. There's a slight lean away from the picture taking position here so we got some paracord and tent cords and tied the frame to the ground at 3 places. Tomorrow we'll continue with adding more screws and then the lower section of the side legs. We've decided to order good quality properly fitting metal roofing instead of using the supplied small thinner multiple pieces. For a few hundred dollars investment we'll have a much stronger build and far less possibilities for roof leaks with the better fasteners and no horizontal seams.

Cinnamon Horse has been happily helping do some yahd projects.

We had an accident ! A great Halloween to everyone! 🎃 👻

At the end of their post, they should have put “While you are here, make sure to stop by and check out our neighbors really nice Wheel Horse collection!”

I got the wiring to my '72 C10's ignition switch wire harness reassembled today. I located the Packard 56 terminals at the local NAPA store and ended up ordering a roll over crimping tool from Summit Racing. They are selling it under the Painless brand. Works well. The crimp looks just like the factory crimp. It passed the smoke test when I hooked up the battery.

Today I finished my high voltage battery certification class. I got a 100% on the test, so I officially know all the various ways to vaporize myself working on e-lectric cars.

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leaf cleanup begins 2026 it had been a couple years since we last ran Comanche ( @Coulter Caleb’s 854) and so we got it out, dumped the fuel, cleaned the fuel bowl, fresh fuel and then fun! Zach loved driving the little tractor and I was reminded that is seemed like yesterday his older brother was helping with the same work and he was riding in the trailer they grow up quickly this guy looks right at home on the 62 year old tractor then big brother stopped by unannounced (I love it when he does that)! Zach asked Caleb if he would drive him across the backyard for “old times sake” (I’m not crying…it’s just the dust from the leaves🥲)

Well - ok. After planting over 50 trees carrying 5 gallon buckets around 2 acres to water was getting a bit old. Here is my makeshift 'Wheel Horse Watering Station' with parts I had lying around (no laughing). Please note the rubber liner in the dump trailer so everyone can be assured that no vintage Wheel Horse parts were harmed during the contruction or operation of this device. Works great. Another excuse to keep the B-111 rolling this fall!

I wouldn't worry about it.... just make it right and run it as a worker.

Haha! Good eye Bill. Actually was just running it on jackstands to see what the transmission would do and how it sounded (both were bad). Was hoping to find a sheared key on the drive pulley. It’s “plowless” now while it awaits surgery.

Don as i was moving them back in the garage yesterday a guy in a BMW SUV. Drove around the Observatory stopped , rolled down the passenger side window and took some pictures. He shouted out to me, “ Just had to stop and take some pictures of the Wheel Horses !”

My money is on the differential - as in one or more of the pinions decided enough is enough. You did not drop the plow first before all this? Very optomistic of you!

A 4 pinion transmission is VERY different from the heavy duty 8 pinion version.

Hope they make you stop at Yankee Candle in Deerfield too. Endless isles of ridiculous trinkets and candles! You'll love it LOL

Sorry, the plan is to head up this Sunday. I always go alone on my e-free fuel runs, but…wife wants to hit some deli up in Vermont and my mom is now coming. It’s gonna be a loooong drive

It is assembled backwards and upside down! No wonder the latch / release lever does not fit! Still worth $15.

I don't know if the intention for this thread was to post random funny signs or just for the "stay away from my tractor" signs, but I think I'll post some other funny signs here.

I know the WH isn’t a bulldozer (no I don’t) Just driving around looking at flowers (no I wasn’t) So there I was pushing railroad ties with my GT-1600 when it made a weird noise, moved forward another foot and then she went into “infinite neutral mode” . Towed her into the ER and the hubs are good, the trans drive pulley and keyway are good and of course the fluid is clean/full. Jack up and it makes some weird and horrible noises when it’s spun. And one time it actually locked up. Have a few (4 spares) transmissions here so it’ll get a new trans. Busted one is the original 1” axle unit with 4 pinions. I’ll install a trans with a 1-1/8” axles and 8 pinions.

Gear oil smell wafting into the house! WHO'S WITH ME!!!!

The Spacex stock will be placed in "Trump Accounts" which are IRAs. Rolling it into a Roth would be a taxable event if the owner had enough income to warrant it . Presuming a child's income is below the standard deduction rolling it into a Roth would not be taxed and allow the value of the stock to grow tax exempt for ever (or until the government figures out a way to tax them). Had to throw that in there for your cynical side.

Niiiiice! One of my favorite phrases. Use what ya have!

This sounds a bit risky to the casting and maybe beyond my skill/tool sets. I may just throw it back together without the return spring and operate it as before by manually returning to neutral.

Got my first deer with crossbow yesterday. 15 yards. Bolt went clean through. It was warm so straight to processor after gutting. Lost that bolt in the leaves.

Lane now that is really cool to have that right next door. Also nice tractors. Cant not forget that. Enjoy your tractors and the observatory.

i just watched a couple videos of this tool -- plan to order if i am not successful one more day of penetrant and map gas heat -- and using wedge technigue to pry them off from underneath - - if not i plan to buy the heater tool -- just hoping it doesn't deform the collar on the top of pulley and make the pulley unusable????? thanks for info

Had new tires put on the JGC today.

I think I might have been asking to much of it. I have owned this one for at least 15 years and it’s been worked hard! Never was used for easy leisurely mowing. Always towing and plowing snow dirt and stone (and today it was railroad ties). It does have the weaker of the 8 speeds so it’ll be getting an upgrade with the new trans.

Couple side shots from from today…right before the transmission went ka-pow!

Over the last couple weeks Trina's been adding a few small loads of rocks and stones to the edges and approaches of the bridge as she goes by doing other things. Yesterday I loaded some rock from the front yard into the black trailer. This morning I finished up the approach ramps with the load from the front. The bridge and first couple feet of path are now done. This morning I was able to take the first cruise all the way around the entire house & barn circle since the most recent excavation was done. Long way to go with rebuilding some old pathways and making new ones... but it's fully drivable with only moderate roughness in comparison to the past.

Nope. I just need to know they're heavier than before

I've added these on 4 tractors and they work very well. One Facet and 3 Carboyle. Just keep the psi very low (5 psi or less, lower is better) and they work great. I prefer to keep them closer to the carb myself but these tractors aren't big enough to mount outside the limit for the pump. Pretty much wherever you want is fine. Pick up a few 3/8 brass fittings and you have plenty of options. Just be sure to install the included filter to preserve the pump itself.

Kickstand must have been an option on that model!

One red fox this AM Five doe this evening. Lots of tree rats.

How exactly does one list that on the harvest report?

Six doe this morning. Short sit ...taking Mrs. K to knee therapy at 10.

Same tractor with all 4 wheels freshened up.

Turning the dirt!

This morning

Have you considered that your spouse is jealous? Perhaps she needs a horse of her own (and it would keep yours company as well)!