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  1. 22 points
    I just received the WHCC yearly news letter that included this article on Howard. For those that may not receive the news letter, I felt it should be made available.
  2. 19 points
    Put the new horse to work. The 310-8 ran great but the 42" SD did leave a small streak. May need a new set of blades. I had a little trouble using the clutch and brake pedals. I'm a hydro guy used to pushing one pedal to go forward and releasing the pedal to go backwards. But I didn't run over anyone or thing. Then used the 312H to till the bean patch and put up a rabbit fence.
  3. 18 points
    Was happy to pick up a full set of new tires yesterday off Craigslist for $100. They’ll go on the 312-8 I picked up a couple of months ago.
  4. 18 points
    It has been about used up,think this one will have to be a parts machine. But lookee what was on it !!!
  5. 17 points
    Made progress but not much to show in pictures. Kohler #30 carb rebuilt and installed. Wiring and fuel plumbing took up most of my day today. Took a little extra time to find a place to mount the fuel pump and rectifier / regulator. Ended up tucking the fuel pump inside the dash tower and mounting the rec/reg to the frame rail just behind the battery.. Dash looks nice & clean. In the home stretch now. Work & holiday will shut down any progress next weekend. Hope to hear it run soon though.
  6. 17 points
    I think you have the wrong band. Hole should be on the left. A double hole band is needed, or try drilling another hole.
  7. 16 points
    The Threshing Bee Wheat and oat plants have a head of edible grain at the top of a long stem. After the grain is cut and dried, the seed heads must be removed from the stems. This is called threshing. Threshing on farms with small amounts of grain was done using a tool called a flail. A flail has a long handle connected to a short heavy club with a flexible joint. It is used to break the seed heads apart. Bundles of grain are laid on a tarp or a tight fitted floor and the heads are beaten with the flail. A man with a flail could thresh about 7 bushels (420 pounds) of wheat a day. When the threshing was completed, the straw was raked away and used as bedding. As farmers put more land into production and the size of wheat fields grew, cutting, binding, and threshing grains by hand was too slow. Between 1850 and 1900, harvesting equipment and methods changed and became more efficient. The grain cradle was replaced with the mechanical reaper–a horse-drawn machine that could harvest 10-12 acres a day! The threshing machine didn’t seem to take off after one core design breakthrough. There isn’t a single individual who is always called out as “the inventor of the threshing machine,” nor a single date, Instead it was a series of inventions across decades: Andrew Meikle built the first successful machine in Scotland in 1786, but Joseph Pope invented a popular one in the US in 1820. Joseph Pope contracted with an engine maker to be his manufacturer. From May through October 1823, the Philadelphia National Gazette ran advertisements stating that “Messrs. S. V. Merrick & Co. Engine Manufacturers, Philadelphia,” had been invested with the privilege of making and selling his machine; prospective customers were encouraged to “apply” to them to obtain one. The days of the standalone thrasher were short-lived. Larger thrashing machines incorporating fanning mills were soon gaining popularity. By 1900, threshing machines had increased in size and were powered by steam engines instead of horses. Neighbors often went together to buy a thrasher and held trashing Bees where everyone helped out or they would hire engine crews and threshing machines to share costs. Because of these changes, the labor required to harvest of grain dropped from 23 hours per acre in 1850 to 8 hours in 1900. Modern combines thrash grains in minutes.
  8. 16 points
  9. 15 points
    I haven’t been here often and only for very short visits and some of you asked if everything is ok. Thank you very much for your concerns. I am feeling fine physically, just exhausted with all the testing and concerns this has cause specifically to my family. I went last week to the Hackensack Cancer Center where they are the so called authority on Multiple Myeloma, at least in this area. They pretty much confirmed what the other doctors had already confirmed only with much more detail and information. Or perhaps it’s just that now that I know more about it I am asking more questions. They state that I am at the “smoldering “ stage, meaning that it is pre cancer. Although they say that it is inevitable that I will eventually have it, it could take many years for it to happen. However since there is always a rather substantial increase in the adverse readings of the blood tests, I will have to continue to be tested every three months. In addition to all the tests I have been doing they also now want me to do a bone marrow MRI which is only available in two facilities in the state , luckily they being one of them. It’s not warranted nor recommended at this point to start any treatment or and medication, only when tests reach a certain threshold. So essentially summarizing this ordeal I am a ticking time bomb that inevitably will blow up. I don’t know if it’s better than actually having it now and dealing with it, since it is now a constant burden on everyone’s minds always worrying and watching me for any signs of distress. Essentially peace of mind is now for the family a thing of the past. I am not a worrying person but I don’t like to see the other’s constantly concerned over me specially my wife who totally depends on me. One of tests done was a PET scan which detects any thing abnormal going on in your body. Well, that was also the opening of Pandora’s box. Some things found I already knew but ignored, and others I didn’t know. So now on top of everything else I also am going to see a Vascular Surgeon to deal with all the bad veins on my leg, and do other tests to see why I am now anemic which they ruled out being related to the Myeloma at this stage. So as you all can see this is been the bulk of my activities. I think I know glow in the dark and will gave a permanent faucet attached to my left arm to withdraw blood.
  10. 15 points
    nothing eats a rj front axle weight with added bonus of being nos .
  11. 15 points
    Brought home a real nice 48” plow a couple weekends back for cheap $$… brought it in and lubed up all the pivot and moving points. Ready for next season!
  12. 15 points
    Pacific H6 Garden Tractor There is very little information on the internet concerning the Pacific H6 but it is so unique that I want to share what little I could find. The Pacific H6 was built by THE PACIFIC IRON AND MACHINE CO. of San Diego, California. It was an unusual riding Garden Tractor with the drive wheels located at the front and an articulated rear tool bar which could be raised or lowered by a manually powered hydraulic lift system. Steering was accomplished using a steering wheel connected to a spur gear and sector unit on the articulated section of the chassis. Turning brakes on each drive wheel could be used for tighter rotation of the tractor. The steering sector gear can be seen in this photo. Power for the tractor came from a Wisconsin AEH, 5.4 horse power, engine which sat atop the transmission. The engine and transmission were coupled via a wet multiple disc clutch to a gear reduction driven three speed transmission from an early Ford automobile. The clutch was hand operated with an “over center” locking mechanism similar to the PTO lever on a Wheel Horse. The final drive to the wheels was via chains and sprockets. Each drive wheel was equipped with a manually operated brake which was also a Ford automobile. The engine is said to be crank started which could be a bit of a contortionist’s nightmare since the flywheel end of the engine faces the operator and is between the two 7.50-16 drive wheels and fenders. Perhaps as many as 100 Pacific H6s may have been manufactured but no records are known to exist. An optional flat belt pulley could be added and they offered a few basic attachments including a Dozer Blade, Single 14 inch turning plow, and a front Sickle Mower.
  13. 14 points
    Why Georga went nuts? For several generations cotton had been king in the south. In 1915, the boll weevil reached Georga. Many cotton crops were destroyed, and the local farmers struggled financially. The whole area fell into a slump. H.M. Sessions, an Enterprise, GA businessman, decided something needed to be done about the boll weevil problem. He felt that peanuts would fare well in the region. Enterprise farmer, C.W. Baston, planted peanuts for one year at the request of Mr. Sessions. Mr. Sessions offered Mr. Baston the peanuts to plant, someone to harvest them, and $1 per bushel. Mr. Baston, whose cotton had been severely damaged by the boll weevil, took him up on his offer. Mr. Baston's crop of peanuts did well in its first year. He was able to pay off his debts and still have some money in the bank. He produced 8,000 bushels of peanuts in his first year. His great success caused many other struggling farmers to become interested in peanuts. Mr. Baston's harvest was used as seed for other local farmers who were eager to get into the peanut business. Many farmers grew nothing except peanuts. The great success of the peanuts proved beneficial to the state. Many farmers diversified even further and planted other crops. Cotton was still planted, but was not the sole focus of Georga’s farming efforts. According to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the U.S. peanut crop in 2022 was estimated at 5.57 billion pounds. Georga accounting for more than 50 percent of all U.S. peanut production. Once viewed primarily as a cotton state, Georgia now consistently ranks first in the nation’s production of poultry and eggs and is also a top producer of peanuts, pecans, tobacco, blueberries, and peaches. Overall, the state accounts for 2 percent of total U.S. agricultural sales.
  14. 14 points
    Now, I’ve been laying out, organizing, prioritizing tools, etc. I have a top/bench top tool box that I’m contemplating using. Many of the drawers in my current tool boxes are broken or bent. I’m emptying my boxes, hoping to downsize those and maybe I’ll part a box out to repair the damaged ones. This. Feels. Great!
  15. 14 points
    This round nose showed up on my door step around 9:30 last night. According to the belt guard it may be an 854, not sure though. The engine that is in it is a K161, not a K181. The realest in me says "Part it out". The dreamer in me says "You don't have an 854" A P.O. smashed the crap out of the carb & air cleaner. Fuel pump and the hood are missing. Either way, I think that the HY pump was worth the price of admission & the rear tires are not in bad shape either.
  16. 13 points
    (It feels like) I’m moving. Moving in… finally… after 7 years being here! I have felt like I haven’t used the potential of the walls, due to the previous owner being family, and them never really moving out it feels. I have finally decided if it isn’t needed by now, it’s as good as useless to them. So, I’ve got a good pile in the scrap hopper, I’ve been filling my dumpster, and I’m making it count. I’ve been decorating. There’s lots of signage that I’ve had to hang up, just in piles. Tonka toys, race memorabilia, deer heads, tractors, etc. probably more to come there. I’ve hung a good handful of lights, and now believe I could use even more in certain areas. I have finally replaced every standard shop bulb with LED. Now, I’m getting into tool organization. Since being here, I have not had a shop vice. Can you believe that? I had this bench buried out back, and decided it needed to get into the shop. The racking I’ve stuffed stuff on for 3-4 years was emptied and moved out. Yesterday, the bench moved in. Not without issue, of course! I tried to skid it with the snowmobile sled (an old S10 hood), but it sunk a caster wheel into the drive and dumped over. Standing it back up on the concrete, I felt like I ripped my right peck a little. We happened to go bowling last night. It’s feeling ok today.
  17. 13 points
    Still looks like a bomb went off...
  18. 13 points
    After tossing some Regal Red at the blades and allowing them to tack up a bit, I mounted them and then the light fixture. Other than smoking a brisket, two pork loins and a turkey leg for a birthday party shindig tomorrow, my day’s goals are accomplished!
  19. 12 points
    Frame and transmission from a 312-H, sheetmetal and center console from a 518-H. Front axle and all 4 wheels from a 520-H, Vanguard 23 v-twin. ATV tires, and custom decals. And a foot pedal on the hydro from a Kubota.
  20. 12 points
    Not hardly. Told my wife to strap me to a tractor and send me off into the woods. 😬
  21. 11 points
    Vaughn Flex-Tred Elbert Vaughan was an enterprising young man who from 1901 until about 1908 experimented with drag saw equipment, gradually working out several improvements. He then began building his own steam powered drag saws with his first machines being built in job shops. Patent no. 1,165,298: Portable drag saw machine. Patent granted to Elbert Vaughan, Portland, Ore., Dec. 21, 1915. In 1913 he opened his own shop as Vaughan Motor Works, producing ice machines, drag saws of his own design and manufacturing parts as needed for other companies, he employed three to four people in the beginning. In 1922 the business expanded moving to a larger facility and additional equipment was installed, including an electric steel furnace for casting steel parts, now employing from 60 to 80 men. Besides drag saws, Vaughan Motor Works made gasoline engines which were incorporated into their drag saws as well as general jobbing, including gear and sprocket cutting. Vaughan Motor Works, Inc. became the “largest manufacturer of light-weight drag saws in the world.” As the sales drag saws declined Mr. Vaughan designed a small garden tractor under the trade-mark FLEX-TRED powered by his own engine in 1921. The Model “K” utilized a 5 hp, water-cooled Vaughan engine with an open flywheel and a hand crank starter. It had a simple forward and reverse transmission and manual tool lift. Front drive wheel extensions were advisable as the tractor seemed a bit top-heavy. The company began producing air-cooled models in 1932, with the letter designation “S.” The basic tractor was unchanged except for the Vaughn air cooled engine replacing the water-cooled engine. The WS went into production in 1936 having two clutch levers. Each track had its own forward and reverse clutch allowing the tractor to be maneuvered with little effort. In addition to forward and reverse the Model WS can drive one track forward and the other in reverse for tight turns. That should only be done at slow speed and on smooth ground to prevent tip over or operator injury, watch out for those handlebars! The Vaughn Flex-Track served as an inspiration for several manufacturers of very similar track driven garden tractors.
  22. 11 points
    Attwell Chain-Trac, La-Trac Junior, and Windolph Chain-Tred A few days ago, we looked at the cute little Mity Midget tracked tractor which utilized WW2 surplus tracks and trucks. In today’s post we will a look at three very similar walking tractors that were purpose built tracked garden tractors. The Attwell Chain-Tred, La-Trac Junior Tractor, and the Windolph Chain-Tred all followed in the tracks (pun intended) of the Vaugn Flex-Tread which we will look at in another thread tomorrow. James Attwell filed a patent application for a dual chain-tread tractor in 1947 and received his patent (2,535,254) on December 26, 1950 which was assigned to the Windolph Tractor Company in Portland, Oregon. The patent lists this as a co-partnership between Attwell and Windolph. The prototype Attwell was built by the G & L Machine Works of Seattle. The words “Chain-Tred” and “Seattle” are cast into each of the 4 drive wheels as well as a name plate. A. Harry Greenberg, co-owner of G & L, created an almost identical version of the Attwell when Greenberg incorporated the La-Trac Junior Tractor Company in 1949. The La-Trac Junior appeared and disappeared in a short period of time so there may have been a nasty little patent infringement issue there. There were few if any differences between the Attwell, La-Trac and Windolph tractors, though Windolph did offer a deluxe model with a two-speed transmission. The all used Wisconsen AKN engines and had forward and reverse accomplished by pulling back on an arm to raise the engine and tighten the drive belt or push forward to lower the engine to allow a friction drive wheel to move the tractor backwards. You can view these three videos and decide if there are any differences.
  23. 11 points
    Tillex Pasadena California is known for the “Tournament of Roses” parade the takes place on New Years Day. The marching bands and gorgeous floats covered in flowers and other natural materials is something we look forward to each year. Also, there is a sporting event called the “Rose Bowl. Pasadena’s other claim to fame is being home to the Tillex garden tiller. Henry Marshall Bray headed up the Bay Corporation of Pasadena which made the Tillex rototiller following World War Two. During the war Bray had been treasurer and sales manager of Vard Mechanical Inc. which made precision drafting equipment and precision instruments for the SoCal aircraft industry. The company’s wartime campus grew to include a number of buildings in Pasadena. The firm listed the following products made: drafting machines and scales, navigational plotters, aircraft hydraulic units, optical instruments, and consulting engineers. At the end of World War Two the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was put in charge of converting America’s military-industrial complex into peacetime uses. Bray obtained the former Vard Mechanical site and began work on lawn and garden equipment as well as other things. The first newspaper appearance for the Tillex was a dealer ad published in September 20, 1946 edition of the Chula Vista Star by a firm also selling Gard’n Mast’r, Airens, and Speedex tractors. An ad in the Modesto Bee (November 11, 1946) has the lone image of a Tillex with swooping dual handles and the aircraft-grade aluminum components, made by Vard, Inc. The Model ‘31’ appears in a number of publications, including the June 1947 issue of Popular Science magazine. The Tillex 31 was powered by a four horsepower Wisconsin AK engine with a disc clutch and chain drive to the driven axle. 15.5” x 4.5” lug type driving wheels, eight precision forged plow-steel blades rotate on a precision-cast chrome molybdenum steel sleeve hubs. Power to blades is transmitted from gears, sprockets and chain to blade shaft, encased in cast aluminum transmission case. Weight: 340 pounds. I couldn’t find any information about the company’s founding or termination.
  24. 11 points
    Saw this on the marketplace.
  25. 11 points
    not today but yesterday day I was working on my 32R lawn ranger, I got the head all cleaned up and am waiting for the head gasket, I got the flywheel and points off and got points and condincer ordered. now today I am going to take the carb apart and clean it good cause it had not ban rran in close to 20 years. I got the bowl off and it looks nasty. I need to get running and work on a tiller that I am working on for a guy. so that is what I have been doing and what I am doing I will put a picture of my lawn ranger
  26. 11 points
    I hadn't posted much on this tractor for a couple years after it was finished. I was actually pretty afraid of the engine build I had done (it started life as a vertical engine, and I bought all the parts to make it horizontal), and I wanted the foot control to be better. So the last few days I finally decided to "knuckle up", and she's now a runner. A darn nice runner if I say so myself! So today, she drove around for the first time. New hour meter recorded 0.4 hours. Foot control works great but is too tight. Easy fix. Engine oil pressure is hard to see, but makes 43 PSI at 3000 RPM. Still a few tiny tweaks to make, but she's all set for work!
  27. 11 points
    I worked on this friend’s Jeep this week, taking care of faulty brakes, finding her some better tires in the u-pick yard, and hanging out with my niece. She was so excited to help, and knew that we were taking the air out of the system! I EVEN FOUND A 10MM SOCKET AT THE SALVAGE YARD!
  28. 11 points
    @Bens vintage tractors Maybe Ben could make a deal for the entire lot or a large part depending upon what's there. Appears your grandfather might have held on to some just a bit too long and didn't store them very well. but there's some value, probably more than scrap in the parts to keep our older machines going. Even at scrap cost, it's better to recycle them back into the WH hobby to be used again rather than end up as chinese junk trinkets.
  29. 10 points
    The picture says it all! But theirs a story. So my wife is a Family Nurse Practicer and recently semi-retired from Texas Tech University teaching Family Nurse Practitioners. She had always enjoyed counseling and decided to get her Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Degree/License. She had completed her course work and had to do 500 hours of Intern work. It’s a challenge to find clinics that will work with Interns. We took our RV to Wichita Falls Tx where she will she will work for 10 days at a clinic The lower storage of the RV is packed with several projects I’ve brought along. We also brought along my sons Electric Bikes for me to have some transportation since my wife will have the car. Goya love a working girl, but no pay for intern hours. We arrived in Wichita Falls at 6:20 last night just as the radio issued a weather bulletin warning of heavy rain, hail and a tornado threat. Before I could hook the RV up rain and small hail began. We watched slow circulation in the very dark cloud and identified the nearby cinder block RV Park Community Center as our safe place if needed. Thankfully the lite hail only lasted 5 minutes. But the rain continued. I funky hooked up the RV this morning. We’ve been working on a major addition at my oldest sons house. Thankfully he had contractors doing 50% and we are doing 50% It’s now ready to move the existing electric,water, sewer and natural gas to new connections. Since his house will be without utility services for a few days, his family moved to our house while we’re gone. Follow along for the next 10 days as I do some projects out on that big orange cable spool workbench and do some exploring on the electric bike.
  30. 10 points
    I’m restoring a black hood to bring to the Big Show this year. It’s nice to see that the C-175 is being featured this year. Hopefully lots of other black hoods show up this year. I picked up this one in February and tore it down to the bare frame. I’m sandblasting all the parts and putting automotive paint back on them. The tractor runs great and now it will look great too.
  31. 10 points
    Thanks for the help! The snowblower and the dozer blade are in the pool house so tucked away but took the best picture I could.
  32. 10 points
  33. 10 points
    Bringing in the sheaves The practice of binding and tying cut grasses or grain stalks into sheaves is a step in the harvesting process. In earlier times, farmers cut grass and grain by hand using or scythes. Once cut, the stalks were bundled and bound into sheaves; the sheaves were bundled together upright to dry. These larger bundles, made up of sheaves, were called "shocks." When dry, the sheaves could be threshed. The seed was collected for food and the remaining straw was used as bedding for livestock. Once the grain had been cut, sheaved, and stacked for drying a crew of men with pitchforks would pitch the sheaves onto a wagon for transportation to be thrashed. After the bundles were dry, they were stored in a barn or a carefully built stack, and capped with prairie grass to shed rain until threshing time. Once the threshing machine was invented the sheaves needed to be arranged with all the grain heads oriented in the same direction to allow the thrasher to remove the grain from the stems. Prior to the trashing machine it was yet another labor-intensive operation to remove the grain from the stem. This is also incorporated into the modern combine.
  34. 9 points
    I was happy to read that this morning as well. Howard has angels all over the place, and I hope this will be ok with him for me to share. Last year on the way to the big show, he was in a hurry to get to the Wednesday night Italian Dinner event, but never showed. I called at some point of our night to check in on his arrival time. He told me something came up, and he would fill me in later. He had stopped in Gettysburg at a small cafe, just short of his destination, and the restaurant hostess had noticed his struggles in his vehicle. With help, she was able to understand that he hadn’t stopped for a snack all day to get to dinner on time. They physically brought him into their restaurant, fed him and gave him a coke to bring his sugars back up, and wouldn’t allow him to pay for the meal!
  35. 9 points
  36. 9 points
  37. 9 points
    Well I guess the debate on which is the best tractor will soon be buried…🤣
  38. 9 points
    The BBT and her momma got a bit of firewood in.
  39. 9 points
    As Monty Python would say: "Just a flesh wound..." Some curds, wee bit o' bourbon, parts from @WHX??'s shed... good to go.
  40. 9 points
    And I see Mr. McMullet, wearing his Safety-approved Flippity-Flops in the video.....
  41. 8 points
    Ready set mow! I wish my place was flat like that, hopping from side to side and hanging on while cutting here is like a Jane Fonda workout! I did test run the gear-drive that I have up for sale and I am going to say on this hilly terrain the hydro is much better.
  42. 8 points
    Fitted a new engine in my commando 7 race mower.
  43. 8 points
    I don't want any more tractors. I already have more than I have room for. ...but would happily pay $200 for a running C160.
  44. 8 points
    Couple a shed dwellers waiting for the spring shows to start up! Almost time to bring out the batteries and get em fired up!
  45. 8 points
    Yup! Back in the 60's one of my friends had a basket ball hoop on a tree at the edge of a hill. Halfway down the hill was a sewer discharge. If the ball went down the hill .....well you know! We had a rule. The last person who touched the ball had to retrieve and clean the ball " You did it, You get it!"
  46. 8 points
    we found an abandoned c165 in the weeds, non running, and with some tlc and a few dollars ( and help of a mechanical friend ) got it running -- i suppose we never really know until we try the rescue?????????
  47. 8 points
    Oh balls... and you bought it right?
  48. 8 points
    Like the brake Dr. said :
  49. 8 points
    That is a keeper, not too many 854s have the highly desirable swivel seat option.
  50. 8 points
    here is my tribute, this is my 1962 R32 lawn ranger with the back wheels off, that is the first day I got it
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