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There is a Toro dealer about twenty miles from me. On Monday I was going to be within ten miles of it and made the side trip there. Asked if they had any clunkers out back they wanted to get rid of. I didn’t need a runner, didn’t care about engines or hydros. The two owners just stared at me for a few seconds, then said follow us. Showed me a Toro Time Cutter 4235. No engine. Said they had just unloaded it 5 minutes before I got there. $20 and ten minutes later it was in the back of my truck. Took it home and stripped it. Talked to the owner of the local mower repair shop. He took the hydros, wiring harness, rear bumper and rear shield, and the two struts. Wouldn’t take anything for it since he takes care of me with parts and mowers. Went through my steel and came up with enough to fab a rear axle and tongue. Got done and gave it a test drive just before the rain came. Clean up and paint next. Then decide if it will be a flat bed/hay rack or put sides on it and make a wagon. Thing is I don’t need any of those. Just wanted to make something.

Great grandson was here for a couple hours. 28 months old. We went for a ride with great grandmother sitting with him. Drove the custom Cub Cadet 1864. He is still leery when you fire up but loved the ride around town. Waved at everybody. Went to the drive up at the bank and got a dum dum sucker. Then went to the drive up at the village office and got another one. After that we stopped at a local resale shop where the elderly lady who owns it made over him and he left with a chocolate bar. After we got back home he was wanting to go again. He wouldn’t pose for a picture.

I went looking for a decent reversible scoop, and saw this:

Leaving for Delaware for a week of crabbing and fishing. Looks like rain all day today then clear but cold for a few days. Then a warm up the last few days. I'm afraid all the fresh water from last weeks Nor easterner may have pushed the crabs out of the rivers where I crab. We shall see. There's always the hot tub.

Found a LTD24 to add to my collection, UW645, LTD244 & my homemade tilt trailer. Just can’t have a Tractor collection without these Gems.

Trina's family has had an annual apple pickin day for decades. Yesterday we met at Ricker Hill Farm in Turner Maine. All the best tourist trap stuff you can find there. The apple cider donuts were still warm.

Here is my new seat. Some 2X4 to make it level. It was free from stuff i saved and will work for now. The old seat was shot and I think it held about 50 gallons of water in it.

In October of 2025 we bought ourselves a new camper. Smallest least expensive model we could get and yet still more than we needed in features. We had it tarp covered last winter and always intended to build a hard sided structure. Both Trina and I are firm believers that campers (and many other things) should be protected from the sun and precipitation as often as possible. After waiting patiently for about 10 months to get an excavator here for site prep, we're finally ready to get our part of the building process going. The camper living space box is approximately 13' long by 8' wide. Add the hitch and we need a 16' minimum storage length. After a fair bit of reading and searching we decided on this metal framed unit for the beginning of the structure. At 14' x 20' this will be more than large enough for the camper trailer and several extras. Other pieces of equipment and tools will also be stored here. Once the above pictured structure is built we'll add the rest of the metal to fully enclose it. There will be large doors both front and rear. Here's a few pics showing the proposed location of the new camper cover building. This would allow us to drive a tractor out the back side of the building because it's about 8' from the drop off by the trees. It would also allow us to drive a tractor along the right side of the building and be able to use the ramp our excavator operator left for us. That ramp is to the right of the 3 trees at pic center, and curls around to the left and behind them. This pic shows proximity to the house. Better zoom. The openings of the ends are 14.3' according to the online pics. 20 foot front to rear. 14.8' to top middle peak. The blue flags are for the Code Enforcement Officer to see so he knows we actually measured. Not guessed. 75 feet is the minimum amount of setback. We'll have about 79' to the angled support leg closest to the road. Today I ordered a set of 16 mobile home anchors. These are USA 🇺🇸 MADE. 30" depth with a 4" round fan width. By the chart I found we should use 12 of them for a 130 MPH wind resistance. If we get a realistic half that it'll be fine. One big thing to figure out will be how to open the front for the full 14' wide and 13 ish foot tall door.

#41 off the assembly line

Hello Horse fans. We've all had a chance to get something cheap enough for no reason so, why not. And people say $50 don't buy much. However, it does buy a C120 sitting for 15 years. New battery and fuel line was all it took. Will get a bath and better pictures tomorrow!

Several years ago I was contacted by a company in Plymouth New Hampshire called Small Engine Barn to help with some needed Wheelhorse parts. A few weeks ago they had a fella named Chris walk in looking for help on a mid 80s Kohler Magnum 8 fuel cap. The industry standard caps are almost always 1.5 I.D. or 2 inch plus. There are some variants of the M8 with a 1.7 or 1.75 I.D. AND a shallow 1/2" depth. Chris was referred to me by the local shop and we texted back n forth a bit while both of us did some internet searches. I did find a thread here that shows Kohler numbers that are expensive and tough to get. Chris came up with an Ariens part number of 03181900. This cap has a built in guage. Trina's Sparky tractor has that engine. I got curious to know if it would fit so I could leave the info here. Yes. Now Trina has a working fuel guage. I believe I'll order another one and try to modify it for use on the metal tank in my 1974 C160-8 Cinnamon Horse. The bottom would need trimming so "E" wouldn't read right but the rest would be correct. Some pics. Old cap. New cap with guage. Side view.

Now this is definitely a “side shot”!! I posted this elsewhere on the forum but just realized how perfect it is for this topic

In the past when members have parted tractors ,we’ve asked to put prices on the bigger items such as engines, transmissions, wheels , sheet metal parts ..etc. then people can inquire about the smaller items… 😎

Heading in to the house for a bit, I bumped her and she went back down. I’ll let her expire and go find her.

A guy in my town posted this for sale, $100 Not really practical for my yard (not to mention lack of storage) but I thought is was pretty cool!

A guy heard What's New Pussycat song by Tom Jones on the radio one day. It went earworm and stuck in his head for several days. Out of desperation, the guy goes to his doctor for some relief. The doctor says, 'oh, you are suffering from Tom Jones fixation syndrome'. The guy says, 'wow. Never heard of that. Is it rare?' Dock replies: 'It's Not Unusual'.

Got pics? I'm a "not small" person. My seats are all set back 2 inches from the OE stock furthest rear point.

I did put the original rear tires back on and ran a rag of WD40 across it and now I want a set of ag tires. LoL. Going to look into adding hydraulic lift since it's doing so well! Might even go for sending off the motion lever and PTO lever in for chrome. 😁. Got a few pics and a cold start, no choke. VID_20261004_125013.mp4

First Farmer: My cow fell down a hole and I had to shoot it. Second Farmer: Did you shoot it in the hole? First Farmer: No, in the head.

Steve and his buddies were hanging out and planning an upcoming fishing trip. Unfortunately, he had to tell them that he couldn't go this time because his wife wouldn't let him. After a lot of teasing and name calling, Steve headed home frustrated. The following week when Steve's buddies arrived at the lake to set up camp, they were shocked to see Steve. He was already sitting at the campground with a cold beer, swag rolled out, fishing rod in hand, and a camp fire glowing. "How did you talk your missus into letting you go Steve?" "I didn't have to," Steve replied. "Yesterday, when I left work, I went home and slumped down in my chair with a beer to drown my sorrows because I couldn't go fishing. Then the ol' lady Snuck up behind me and covered my eyes and said, 'Surprise'. When I peeled her hands back, she was standing there in a beautiful see through negligee and she said, 'Carry me into the bedroom, tie me to the bed and you can do whatever you want,' So, Here I am!"

October 4, 1975 Pink Floyd's concept album "Wish You Were Here" reaches No. 1 in the US and goes on to sell 13 million copies.

You telling me to building something that uses them Joe?!?!? Usually pretty good but yes call ahead and tell the Squonky working there to go lay hands on on them before I turn the key for nothing ... even then..

So, do I get extra credit for finishing early? LMAO 🤣. Had the service truck so I used the torch to heat nuts, pipe expander to save downpipe and muffler.....

Wife just told me "It hurts to sit" I immediately asked if she had tried a laxative. I am now getting the death stare.

This is what we have done so far. I’m currently trying to build a weight system for the entire tractor.

On one side it'll be fine. There's several feet of new fill on the left/downhill side. On the upward/right side.... we shall see.

And to add more icing to an already delicious cake, I seen the deck from my C195 looking lonely since thrower is on so.... Why not? I like bigger deck, tractor looks beefy or better😁. Plus, I found a NOS mule drive to top off the whipped cream and sprinkles. The girlfriend asked what I did all weekend after I clocked out yesterday at 1 and pointed at the Horse. I got a cold stare of unimpressed. However, I did get a purple LED lit tree for Halloween set up in the living room and lights on the wall. I'm safe, for the next few days 😜. Have a great evening everyone!! I'll keep you all posted

I spent my afternoon relocating the router to get a better signal in the garage. This meant rerunning and rerouting all my ethernet cables too. I basically gained nothing. I went from losing signal at the door to losing signal two steps in the door. I do have a wi-fi repeater around here somwhere, that's probably worth a try now.

Even the dashboard fuel gage in my 520-8 isn’t accurate. It’s really just a float still so shouldn’t expect any better accuracy from it.

Perfect for this topic!

Again, posted this elsewhere on the site, but it really is perfect for Front End Friday!

At a later date it's possible. Not in the initial build. There is plenty of drainage for water runoff and melting snow in the current base of rocks/sand/gravel. It would be great to have the stability of a concrete area once the new aggregate is settled.

E. All of the above.

Shoddy Wiring But 14HP, Hydro, Good Seat, Front Carriage Where is the picture of it in your garage Horse do like company, haven't you built that bunk in the garage yet Who am I to talk, there's a Black Hood on MP for the last few days 2-3 miles from me. My wife actually spotted it on MP before I did. In one sentence, she asked if I was going to look at it and wasn't I going to sell some of the ones I had

Hope you brought it home.

Thank you, I used pallet boards and routered out the letters and emblem. It is set up that all 4 sides come off & the bed rotates so it can dump to either side.

WH powered Tribuchet? (that fires bowling balls or pumpkins)

If I were going I would take a garden tractor and a trailer. The grounds are huge and the flea market takes up about half of it. Here are a couple pictures of the trailer I took there a few years ago.

The last few years there has been this round hood WH “sliced in two” sitting in a huge shed. It has finally been displayed the way it should be!

Early morning with the Hotsy. Big believer in Citri Blast and Cascade. I did get everything cleaned and I think it's a good candidate for a repaint. No dents or holes. Surface rust isn't bad but, I do like the wet look. LoL 🤣. Also, I did get the original rear tires with it and do hold air, no cracking. I can see myself adding more C series to the collection. Show more pictures later! Enjoy your morning Horse fans! 🌞 Apologies for the hazy photos but I had my washer set at 280°. Can't stand greasy build up!

Nice score... how's the Automatic? You bought a mule drive & got a free tractor & deck!

Here's a passel o' pics from Trina. Good straight on view of the new camper house spot. Several angles of same. This is the ramp off the back side. This is a good straight view of the flat spot behind the barn. Here's where the new vehicle usable path will eventually continue down the hill, to the left of the hemlock tree, and bend right, towards the garden. We will likely need a culvert just past the tree. There are other pics showing the V shaped water course. The rest are various views of the project from different viewpoints.