Funny Business at the WH Show.

[adsm08 3,090]

So I left this morning with one horse, and one wagon, and a shopping list of small parts. I went down to the show, brought the wife along to keep me from buying another tractor.

 

Came home looking like @Pullstart packed me for an overnight trip or something:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Found most of the parts I was after, I think the rest of what I tried to round up is not as needed as I originally thought. But I had been looking for a second unit that would work with the attachments I already have, and the wife wanted a bigger yard cart.

 

I found the big one that standing on end in the trailer right behind where I parked my tractor to walk around, and got a smoking deal on it. Then the boy found a Commando 8, running, driving, mowing, with a deck, for a decent price and the wife, who was supposed to keep me from buying tractors, OK'd the purchase. 

 

 

I had a good time though. I got to see some nice tractors, talked to @Pullstart about farms, talked to @Ed Kennellabout dogs, talked to @76c12091520h Brian about houses, and talked to almost nobody about tractors.

[ebinmaine 72,145]

Awesome! 

[oliver2-44 10,627]

3 hours ago, adsm08 said:

the wife, who was supposed to keep me from buying tractors, OK'd the purchase. 

Just think, if you had went without the wife and came home loaded like that. 

[Sparky-(Admin) 23,019]

And ya got a new hat!! Don’t forget about the hat..LOL! 
  

[HyperPete 846]

4 hours ago, adsm08 said:

I had a good time though. I got to see some nice tractors, talked to @Pullstart about farms, talked to @Ed Kennellabout dogs, talked to @76c12091520h Brian about houses, and talked to almost nobody about tractors.

 

Good to see you today.  I didn't buy any new tractors, but I did get everything I hoped to buy.

 

Instead of $50 plus for each of those pulleys, I got both for $10!  Good deals on the rest, too.

 

Thanks, @stevebo for hauling that plow down for me, @danjmah for the bracket & weights, @Ed Kennell for the crankcase breather tube, & @Pullstart for getting that danged rear & wheels out of my shop! 😉

 

I know there were other folks from Red Square I bumped into, including the brothers in the white Chevy shirts and the 2 guys in last year's show shirts who stayed at the Comfort Inn, but we didn't talk.

 

I'm disappointed I didn't get to meet and talk with members last evening, but c'est la vis!

Edited June 21 by HyperPete

[adsm08 3,090]

22 minutes ago, Sparky said:

And ya got a new hat!! Don’t forget about the hat..LOL! 
  

 

That's right. I got a fancy new hat. Still breaking it in.

[adsm08 3,090]

40 minutes ago, oliver2-44 said:

Just think, if you had went without the wife and came home loaded like that. 

 

I'm pretty sure if I'd gone without her, and bought the things I did that bigger wagon would have fallen out of the trailer on the way home. She's the one who engineered the straps to keep it in place.

 

Of course I could have always gone and asked Kevin to help me get loaded. He seems to be pretty good at that.

[adsm08 3,090]

7 minutes ago, HyperPete said:

Good to see you today.

 

It was good to see you too. I'm hoping that as I get more time and get my tractors in better order the show becomes less of a scavenger hunt and more of a social event.

[JoeM 8,238]

Yeap "I'm coming home light this year!"........................that plan failed.

Lets just say I got 13 mpg on the way out and 12 on the way home. 

[ebinmaine 72,145]

1 minute ago, JoeM said:

Yeap "I'm coming home light this year!"........................that plan failed.

Lets just say I got 13 mpg on the way out and 12 on the way home. 

 

13 is higher than 12. 

That could indicate a lighter load. 

 

Or...

You claim bad wind direction.  

 

I say you still won.  

 

 

[JoeM 8,238]

2 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

You claim bad wind direction. 

Does East to West matter? 

Yep, that was my problem. 

[Wheelhorse#1 1,817]

Nice Commando !

Got to love the Gen starts .That one looks to be in great condition and mostly original shape 

 

Edited June 21 by Wheelhorse#1

[adsm08 3,090]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

13 is higher than 12. 

That could indicate a lighter load. 

 

Or...

You claim bad wind direction. 

 

Or the return trip was uphill.

[adsm08 3,090]

3 hours ago, Wheelhorse#1 said:

Nice Commando !

Got to love the Gen starts .That one looks to be in great condition and mostly original shape 

 

 

Thanks. My biggest gripe with the S/G tractors is that parts for the generator unit are getting very hard to find.

 

This one is in pretty good shape. The deck is very loud, even for a gear-drive, so that will need looked at, but it starts, runs, and mows just fine. The 855 started acting up again while we were at the show, and I took the deck off before we went anyway, so I just mowed with the Commando. I figured the best way to find something wrong is to work it anyway, right? I did the job, did it well, and the cut is nice.

 

I need to adjust the clutch some. The pedal is almost all the way out before it starts grabbing, then in engages hard. And of course the brake is worn out. Other than that, it seems to be 100%.

 

 

I'm thinking this one might get the 8-speed swap I was putting together for the 855. I always was a little concerned the HY unit on the 855 was going to interfere with the hi-lo shifter. This one won't have that issue.

Edited June 21 by adsm08