Magic Smoke - The RedSquare Give Away Tractor

[Pullstart 70,422]

 

[Blaine 127]

This is where i wanna hang out next year. Good stuff. 

[ACman 7,733]

This is why Red Square is the best forum on the net .  Thanks for everyone who made this happen even the two big boss supervisors . 

[Handy Don 16,907]

Having supervisors is important. Gives them a job where they are less likely to touch stuff and break it! 

[SylvanLakeWH 31,665]

[stevasaurus 23,736]

Pretty cool what you guys are doing here !!  Great video also !!  Steve Bo fits the director's chair just fine.  

[squonk 47,244]

Gas cans, smoking, jumper wires. We drive excitement! 

[953 nut 67,194]

@Jrblanke was the safety supervisor, things were going very well until he left the tent.              Once he left it was inevitable that you      would get in trouble.                    Great seeing all of you.

[wallfish 20,147]

We had a really good time this year with lots of joking around and bust'n balls the whole way! It was worth everything when he chose that tractor and took off full throttle in 3rd and kept going until we couldn't see him anymore. Jay yells to his father "I guess you'll see him at home" LOL

 

We did work on it for quite a while on Friday to get all the small things in order

 

SO MANY different people helped out and made this possible but it all started a while ago with @ebinmaine Eric donating 2 tractors when the discussion of building a tractor and giving it away to a youngster started right here on RS.

When people got wind of a donated tractor happening lots of people helped out and many of the vendors stepped up too and donated some of the things we needed. Thinking we could try and do this every year so the WHCC can have a 17 year old and under raffle every year. Who's got a roller?

 

AND, they let me wire the next one too! A 603 my father bought. We took off the briggs engine and transplanted a S/G Kohler 8 hp on to it. 

Edited yesterday at 12:53 AM by wallfish

[squonk 47,244]

If I was there when the smoke was let out, I would have been on the ground laughing so hard they would have had to call an ambulance to take me to a hospital!  

[Pullstart 70,422]

13 hours ago, wallfish said:

Who's got a roller?

I have a 16 Auto I believe with a locked up engine.  I haven’t figured out yet why it won’t roll over.  It’s been outside and needs some love, but it’s there.  It was @jay bee who saved it from a scrap yard I believe, and gave it to @Blasterdad, who gave it to me.  I pulled the spark plug and poured something into the cylinder a while back.  Can’t remember what 

[Handy Don 16,907]

1 hour ago, Pullstart said:

Can’t remember what 

Maybe some ‘shine?!

[Pullstart 70,422]

32 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Maybe some ‘shine?!

No, I wouldn’t waste that!  Especially if it came from Van!

[squonk 47,244]

3 hours ago, Pullstart said:

No, I wouldn’t waste that!  Especially if it came from Van!

Just don't mix up the cup with the one with the gasoline in it! 

[Pullstart 70,422]

2 hours ago, squonk said:

Just don't mix up the cup with the one with the gasoline in it! 

 

I’ve got some shine I thought about trying to run in a tractor.  It’s no fun to sip… 

[wallfish 20,147]

12 hours ago, squonk said:

If I was there when the smoke was let out, I would have been on the ground laughing so hard they would have had to call an ambulance to take me to a hospital!  

If I was there to see your face and watch the reaction when the "Experiencing Tech difficulties" screen came on, I would've been laughing so hard a Hearst would've been needed to take me home! 

I knew you were waiting for that moment to bust on me! 

 

[wallfish 20,147]

11 hours ago, Pullstart said:

I have a 16 Auto I believe with a locked up engine.  I haven’t figured out yet why it won’t roll over.  It’s been outside and needs some love, but it’s there.  It was @jay bee who saved it from a scrap yard I believe, and gave it to @Blasterdad, who gave it to me.  I pulled the spark plug and poured something into the cylinder a while back.  Can’t remember what 

Thinking I can supply an engine for it. 12 or a 14.  Bring the roller minus the boat anchor. 

BUT, and I've told this story before, Charlie Pitcher showed us a beat up rusted cylinder Clinton engine at the show. Inside the cylinder wall was rusted and it was a locked up engine. He replaced the rings with a set of chrome rings and put it all back together right there at the show. Then got it fired up! Huge smoke show and there wasn't a 'skeeter within 200 yards from us. He left it running just sitting there on the ground and the next day he sold a non smoking, running Clinton B1290 for an RJ or Suburban. Let's try it with that engine if'n you're up for it!

 

I'm now hell bent on blowing up an engine as a display! We tried to get my father to let us blow up his engine we put on the 603 but he declined. We should've kept that Briggs engine we gave to @Docwheelhorse and blew that up.  10 - 15 guys were hanging around that have never seen an engine lock up so thinking it would be a learning experience. I have a 16 hp Teccy engine that runs but has ticking, knocking and head gasket issues so that's certainly a good candidate for blow up engine. Then give away the good parts like carb and coil to someone that needs them. Or maybe that engine you have turns out to be the one! Late Thursday after the crowd is gone and right in the middle of the field.