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Saw this Cub Cadet on my travels today…

As I’ve always got so much time free and so many projects, the ideas as usual keep going round in my head. I’ve plans for quite a few designs and here is the next one that’s in design…. The little 400 is waiting for a hood and a paint job, in the meantime it might be getting an upgrade. hot on the heels of Ewan’s 704, I’ve a simpler idea to add 4 wheel drive to yet another Wheel Horse 😂 out comes the parts bucket, and the scrap pile is set to with an angle grinder, a welder and lathe! first stop a peerless transaxle diff with a sprocket added Then making a bearing carrier Shiny axle case Hub bearing and the start of the steering knuckle A finished swivel and UJ carrier, need to crack on with the other side!

Couple pics of the 1973 8 HP 4 speed we've been working on with its owner @Natejc_98 Should be ready for a test drive!

Been some years since this has been built . I want to say 13-14 years ago @VinsRJ started this build . Every-time I walk past it in my garage it always amazes me the details on this machine .

My 867 after a lengthy restoration.

Hmm... some serious lip snycing going on there. Dodge even used "The Little Old Lady from Pasadina" in their promotional ads. Good harmony there... And who can for get the string of "Beach Blanket" B movies? Eric von Zipper as the head of the motorcycle gang "The Ratz"....

If Cecil Pond saw that he would say the same thing he said when he saw my C-121 that I restored. “That tractor wasn’t that nice when it left the factory!” He said that with a smile which in turn made me smile for approximately two weeks straight 😁

July 20, 1963, Jan and Dean’s song “Surf City,” reaches the top of the U.S. pop charts. Its immortal opening lyric “Two girls for every boy!” was a claim that wasn’t actually supported by the facts, but it helped create a popular image of California as a paradise of sun and sand and endless summers. To anyone with just a passing familiarity with 1960s pop music, “Surf City” might easily be mistaken for a Beach Boys record, though in fact, the Beach Boys had yet to have a #1 of their own when Jan and Dean scored theirs on this day in 1963. Still, “Surf City” owes its existence directly to the Beach Boys and their resident genius Brian Wilson. High-school classmates Jan Berry and Dean Torrence earned a pair of minor hits while still in their teens, including one — “Baby Talk” (#10 1959)— that Beach Boy Mike Love would later credit as an inspiration for his group’s 1961 debut single, “Surfin’.” But by 1962, the direction of influence between the two groups had shifted. Jan and Dean’s doo-*** flavored sound was passing out of fashion, and when the duo met the Beach Boys while appearing on the same bill at a Los Angeles record hop, they heard the sound that would reinvigorate their career. They became good friends with the Beach Boys and with Brian Wilson in particular, and when they asked Wilson if they could record one of his songs, he declined to give Jan and Dean their first choice, the then-unrecorded “Surfin’ Safari,” but he did give them the instrumental track and opening line to “Surf City.” In a year that also saw the debut of the Annette Funicello-Frankie Avalon Beach Party movie franchise, “Surf City” became the first chart-topping surf song ever. Jan and Dean would go on to have four more significant surf hits in their career:: “Honolulu Lulu” (#11, 1963); “Drag City” (#10, 1963); “Dead Man’s Curve” (#8, 1964); and “The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)” (#3, 1964).

He is giving it to his Grand Daughter. @Achto said he would be the guy’s granddaughter for that!

...but, Took a little road trip today. Left south Missouri to go to the farm in north Missouri to transport a piece of equipment back home. 73 year old me in a 34 year old GMC K2500 with 237,000 miles on it pulling a tandem axle trailer. 368 miles and some six hours of driving. While at the farm I got to ride around and see the goings on. If you all remember, there's a power line crossing the farm from a gas turbine generator being built a couple of farms behind ours. 350 ci (5.7) TBI engine oil pressure held a 35 psi, the engine coolant ran ~195 degrees and the 4l80 automatic transmission was between 180 to 195 degrees. Pretty good considering it was sunny and 95 degrees with heat index of 105. Air conditioner blowing cold and Boots Randolph and Flatt and Scruggs bluegrass playing on the original factory cassette payer. Life can't get much better! The picture below is some of the power line poles being installed. Cement foundations are about 6 feet in diameter and 33 feet deep. My brother said that on the bolts poured into the cement had to be withing 2 degrees of being in alignment. The pullies that they feed the 2" transmission wire through are a good 3 feet in diameter. Observations: 1)smallish SUV's pulling camping trailers 2)Stopped for gas ($3.56 per gallon) and watched a family in two vehicles park at the pumps (in the shade of course). They got out of their cars and head into the convenience store before getting fuel. It's a good thing I was leaving because it was going to be the only available pump.

Ran when parked... stopped so fast guy flew out of his shoe...

You may want to install one of these. You know, safety first.

This time im going to bondo it and @Vinylguy is helping me out with getting me a new one. Can’t thank you enough terry your a great guy.

We got enough done on it in order to take it for a test drive. We've been pecking away at it any time we could. My nephew Paul has been helping me with this one and apparently a little underwhelmed when it took off. The right rear tire is skidding when braking so we'll need to take a look in there and make some adjustments before full throttle in 3rd gear. And that Teccy engine has got to go.

Rubber ones. Sorry couldn't help myself

That sensor works like a Manitowoc Ice Machine water level sensor. As long as water is touching both probes the board it's connected to senses water conductivity and knows there's enough water. When the level drops the conductivity stops and the board trips a relay that turns on the water supply. Probably 24 volts

Box just be pretty heavy! Nose looks sunk in to the ground!

still counts indoors…😁

I had to gussy up the 401 with a long overdue bath for today’s side shot Sunday.

My buddy Aaron hooked me up with a nice big battery and an inverter to run light duty shore power. It’ll go up in the nose, and maybe even have room for a winch to hook up. I’d love to be able to pull dead stuff in, rather than push it!

Somehow, pool & toilet do not play well in the same sentence.....

Not yet. He seems to enjoy it so far and he's learning

There I fixed it for us ‘Fish!

It’s got 30,000 original miles. 307 small block. The lady he bought it from moved from greater Chicago where she lived on public transportation out to the country and purchased it before she had a license to drive it

I ran a dedicated 12v wire from the junction box under the nose to the battery. The ground strap from the inverter to the trailer frame completed the circuit and now I have on board power supply! The group 31 deep cycle battery shouldn’t ever lose charge with such a simple load. The tow vehicle will recharge the system while driving. The battery also has its own singular e-track tabs to tie down to as well.

I've been hanging my grease gun in a spot that's low on the wall and keep an old rag under it. Best compromise I guess. I’m having a good chuckle here at the inherent contradiction of wanting grease to penetrate once applied to a bearing or joint but NOT to seep out of the grease gun! Same applies to trying to constrain penetrant decanted into tiny bottles with needle nozzles or with threaded caps 😁

I took an hour drive to the south last Friday and picked up a new back blade for the driveway. The seller had lots of cool toys. Elvis Chompers loves working, but he is more thirsty than a Kohler!

Hopefully that has a minimal amount of wiring! All it needs is some bullet proof glass!

Sean! I’m a proud girl dad also, and it hasn’t ever slowed us down!

This new trailer has the rear spoiler. It covers the rear door by quite a few inches, and @Achto turned me on to the advantage of shedding water vs allowing it to run past the seal.

GT-1600 hauling wood out of the woods.

These little 420LSE models sure always have a way to find me.

Well, that's basically the same plan here except for the hills. My death grip is fairly solid

As opposed to these I suppose

I just removed the engine and drilled new holes 3/4 inch front. Little bit of a pain but I believe it's the best way to go.

Cents it's a Tecky, better wrap it in bubble wrap so it doesn't blow up just sitting unused!

Toss some cheese in it!

@squonk so you’re saying I need more Wisconsin in my water?

Good to see a proper crowning going on! 4º is the “standard” for gravel roadways with up to 8º for swales in moderate rainfall areas. I say this having noted that in Costa Rica I observed swales (i.e. roadside ditches) up to 3’ deep and with sides pitched 45º! Going of the road there is a “towing” event.

That’s about like the Snowmotractor. The way it screams with that 440 under the hood, 30 mph is boring. Sweet project, and good to hear Paul is still wrenching! We didn’t scare him away at the show!

YES HE IS.

That is his trailer camper… toy hauler style.

Thank you. I did not know that’s what they were made for. If it doesn’t survive that’s where the next one will go.

Later determined to be excessive hot air emanating from the the occupants therein...

job done

There, fixed it for you!

Yes sir, he’s learning to mow on this one. He absolutely loves it!