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My home caught fire this afternoon. No one was injured (one cat had some smoke inhalation) but the house is not habitable. Shockingly, my garage area and tractors was the only part that recieved no damage. The fire was in the attic, and only two rooms were badly burned. Unfortunately the rest of the damage came from putting it out. Ceilings were pulled down and tonight when I left, whatever wasn't torn down was falling from all the water required to put it out. Not sure what comes next but I ask that those of you who believe will keep my family in your prayers. It's gonna be tough for a while on us just having somewhere to call home. And thank God for first responders. They were on site 2 minutes after I called 911. Amazing individuals! And thanks ahead of time for the prayers. The fact that my family is safe is a blessing in itself!

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Its always nice to have whacky memories from every show. This year was the wrong restaurant, getting detoured then turning the wrong way ( Thinking of you Waldo.) Then getting grease on my favorite shirt. Had to utilize @stevebo's on site 24 Hr laundry service. Dawn Power Wash and a run through his 5th wheel speed queen made it look brand new! Only took 1 pic today ( Thursday) but hope to get more tomorrow. Can you guess who the Masked Man is?

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This is a new one on me! I have never seen a homemade big saw attachment made like this before! This is being sold with a Wheel Horse 8 hp tractor in southern Indiana. The person who made this saw a need that could be fulfilled with his Wheel Horse! The big saw blade frame looks substantial and appears to have a pulley setup similar to the tiller setup! I had to post this as this is probably second to the chicken feather plucker attachment as the most innovative thing I’ve ever seen on a Wheel Horse!

Thoughts with you stay strong it will be a long haul but you will be alright.

Thanks Steve. I'm supposed to hear from an adjuster later today. Hopefully they can help me navigate our next move. Helpless doesn't cover the feeling right now. When we left at midnight water was still dripping everywhere. The insurance lady I spoke with was talking tarps and plywood and just didn't understand until I told her that you can see stars in every room. A tarp isn't gonna work for this. Once we get some answers things will be better. Thanks again for the prayers!

@stevasaurus? Everyone at the show, please be sure to sign the banners, for RedSquare’s 20th anniversary!

@squonk had a great idea, why not include a 20th anniversary RedSquare banner in the Big Show Raffle! One lucky person going home with a #3 of 3 20th anniversary RedSquare banner, will that be you?

The church had a garage sale Stihl trimmer that my wife was helping set up the display. She took pictures so i told her to take a chance on it. She offered $25.00 on it and it was accepted. Then it came home and I put gas innit and she fired and ran very nicely. I am too tall for it . It also came with a 3 lblade head with plastic blades only three inches long. It turns out that it came that way from the factory. Very little use as far as indicated wear suggested. I googled the label info and Stihl wants 219.00 for it new. It cranks high Rpm and is nice and smooth but a bit difficult to control around hard surfaces, What it is really good at is cutting really high grass and tall non woody weeds. It simply cuts under the tall stuff andit falls out of the way without getting tangled as it would in a normal string trimmer.. Out here on the farm around the barns we do not manicure this stuff so a really good choice for neglected trimming. areas. That little.038 cc engine is by far the easiest starting and smoothest running trimmer engine i have ever had.. I am thinking i need to put some more money in the pot than what we bought it for.... I bought a nineteen inch green two cycle lawn boy for the same price at a community garage sale because i just want a trim mower that starts every time. No blade clutch. No tough to get at carburetor to clean. Run it out of fuel and she will always start next year.Built like a tank.

June 26, 1974 The Universal Product Code (UPC) is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.

Thanks, Bob!

So sorry to hear this. I can’t even imagine how devastating something like this can be. Let’s hope the insurance handles everything fairly and as quickly as possible. Try your best to keep your head up, not just for you but for the family as well. Best wishes for you all.

It is a blessing everyone got out of there alright, including the animals. Hope the feline is doing better. Thoughts and prayers will be going your way. My father went through similar event last year and had to help him through the renovation. You are progressing in the right direction having the adjuster already involved. They will get things moving quickly.

Thankfully no one was hurt, prayers for you and your family getting things back to normal.

Prayers for you and your family... Thank God no one was hurt...

So sorry to hear this. I went through the same thing about 7-8 years ago. Get insurance company involved right away as they have companies that can come help mitigate the damage and dry things out. In the end you will have all new and back to normal. Prayers your way buddy.

So sorry to hear this, prayers for you and your family.

And, how many deals were struck while waiting for the show to open?

Gave my D 160 a shroud seal to help it cool better.

Plenty of good and/or fair deals. Bought an 867 from @WHX?? that’s turn key…and also stumbled across this nice C-81(a model I have been after for a couple years) that’s also turn-key.

Breakfast with Dino.

I saw this joke post on FB… ”I recently read that the average person owns 2 vehicles. I am 4 people” I have 3 1/2 tractors so by that logic, and that most people have 1 for mowing. I’m 3 1/2 people?😁 I think….

Finished and mounted receiver hitch today. Worked out great. Will flip hitch over and it will be just about perfect height for my trailers. . I had mentioned having angle iron turned differently then the one @76c12091520h Brian Badman sells but pretty sure either way will work with the hydro filter on the Eaton 1100 rear.

I am missing you guys !! Thanks Bob !!

I have worked with a lot of saws over the past 70 odd years and I don’t think I would touch this one.

@Lane Ranger think as long as the related , blade rotational set up is smooth free and easy , it would definitely work , most of the stuff I see , is brutal neglect , COLLECTIVE DRAG , thats the killer , that led me quickly to related " lubrication failure / breakdown ". the commonality of lube failure is like glue , pretty simple fix , you want a lubricant that exceeds, original , PENNY PINCING , set ups . every one of my removable wide bearing side shields , is easily removed , small flat pocket screwdriver / smallest flat putty knife , wipe out , carb clean flush , lucas x tra hd , green chassis grease , 550 deg flash /drop point , polyurea ? anti sling , assures staying with it , every spindle and related pto , mule drive set up , also VERIFIED FUNCTIONAL DETAILING , try/ test / try . issues ? adjust / verify . my pto lever set up is effortless in movement / no belt scream or clutch wear . repetitive problem , shows you the way to change, use this mind set on one eliminated issue , it becomes home base . pete

Glad no one was hurt. You'll be in hour-by-hour then day-by-day mode foe awhile. Does anyone here on Red Square know how to create a Go Fund Me Page?

Above half throttle to help keep the engine cool enough from over heating?

I am at the show and looking for these “arms” and cross member where it attaches to the tractor. Please let me know if you have these. The ball joint I will call it is lose in the cross member. This is for a square style 1045 deck.

Idle thoughts on this subject: This probably depends on where the weld is on the frame. Welds are stress concentration features. They create hard spots, notches, and divots. If the weld is located in a low stress area of the frame, probably no problems. Truck frames are subjected to unpridictable, varying, and cyclic loads - the sort of loading condition that fatigue cracks can grow in. If the weld is located in a high stress area on the frame, it could provide a spot for a fatigue crack to start. Grinding the weld smooth and/or shot peening it will reduce the chances of a crack initiation site. I've never done any analysis work on frames, so I don't know where the high stress areas are. I'll guess that they are at the attachment points for the suspension and maybe at the attachment points for the cross members. A lot of long box pickup frames have been cut down into short box frames. Maybe something to learn from this process?

K&B had the points plunger i needed, and thanks to @squonk and @702854boy, i now have everything to make sparks and find out if i have a good motor, maybe tomorrow. Still looking for the 6908 drive pulley for a gear drive deck to make everything play nicely together. From what I’m gathering, WH added the 6908 pulley which has the larger outer drive pulley, to a standard 5-2362 gear drive mower so it could be used with the PT-6 pto, and called it a RL-366 mower. The one in the manual appears solid, while the one i spotted at the show today is spoked. 5” or 6” outer pulley with two smaller pulleys behind it. If anyone happens to spot one, please give me a shout and i’ll stop by Saturday morning.

K & B section of the vendors classifieds, about the 10th item down on the first page

@sqrlgtr Probably got the pictures already but I wasn't going through all those pages to find out so here's what I just took

For the reasons stated. It has been done by pullers and mud runners--special situations.

Niiiiice! Gravity feed is fine even without the tank being elevated. You just have to keep it FULL of fuel. You should be anyway because that prevents most condensation. Are you gonna remove the electric pump? Test it? Diagnose the actual issue?

Made a trailer hitch for my 520H. I did get it painted but will have to wait on paint to dry b4 getting it mounted to tractor . I made this out of stuff I had laying around but if I would have had to buy all my metal new I would just order one from wheelhorsepartsandmore, I don’t believe you could build one much cheaper if you had to purchase the metal.

Jim dropped off his trailer at my house so I could finish loading. Gotta throw a few things in the truck yet and I'm ready to go.

There you go, off to the races again. Let's slow down, unload the parts cannon, and take this one step at a time. An air leak around the threads of the carb inlet won't cause it to not run. Liquid fuel pools in the bowl, then air moving over the jet in the throat pulls vapors up. This is called "venturi vacuum", when air moving over an opening at 90 degrees pulls something else along through the hole. In-line spark testers are OK, but I don't like them for real diagnostics. My preferred method is to remove the spark plug from the head, plug it back into the wire, and hold the L-shaped end against the engine while cranking. This lets you get a good look at how the whole system is working together as a unit. Wear heavy linemans gloves, or leather welding gloves while doing that. If you use your bare hands during this step it can be.... "stimulating". A slightly safer, but less complete version of this test is to use a screwdriver in the end of the plug wire held about 1/4 inch from the block. I would not bother replacing the condenser unless you determine there is an ignition issue. If it's not the problem it won't help anything. Shooting fuel right into the carb throat will not allow you to drive off. The fuel only lasts a short time, enough to see if the engine can run, and show you that there is a fuel delivery issue, but most of the time 5ml will be gone before you get in the seat and get in gear, much more will flood it and then it won't run.

You don't strike me as the type who is super mechanically inclined. That's OK, not everyone is, but I believe that most people can learn to be. My advice would be to slow down a bit and take the time to learn. Time to learn to how things work, and time to learn to work on what you have before just throwing parts at it. You jump all over the place like an ADHD squirrel. Engine swaps are usually more trouble and work than just diagnosing the issue with the existing system. You say it cranks, and has spark, but no combustion. That is a sign of no fuel, have you tried to bottle feed it and see if it runs? Get a small medicine syringe, draw it full of gas, 5ml usually does the trick, and shoot it right into the throat of the carb while the engine is cranking. If fuel delivery is the issue it will start, but won't stay running. How is the spark? Is it snappy and blue, or is it orange and weak? If the condenser is bad disconnecting it will make it run, but is not a good long-term solution.

As they say, "Ya gets what ya pays for". I would consider one, but would disassemble it before use to flush out the Chinesium garbage grease in the bearings and repack them with Lucas green X-Tra Duty grease. @peter lena would approve!!

What size is that roll pin because mine keep falling out and it’s probably because they’re too small

WHHAATTTTT !!????!! AAHHH!!!!!!! CAN'T TRUST THOSE TYPES !!!!!