What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[Ed Kennell 45,450]

10 minutes ago, Indyandy said:

The snow is over in Indiana, Redbuds and dogwoods are blooming. Going through the mower deck, sanding and painting, replacing the belt, new zerks, stainless fasteners, its really looking good. 

Good work Andy.   to the   

 

                       

[Ed Kennell 45,450]

Washed the mud off then remover the tiller from the 312H.

 

 

Then installed the 48" SD.   The electric hoist really makes it easy to pick a deck from the storage skid and roll it in position under the raised tractor.

 

 

 

 

 

[sqrlgtr 2,371]

Cleaned Eaton 1100 fan on 520H. Its amazing what a little dish soap will do. Know I Gotta go clean sink out before warden gets home. All the chrome came off air cleaner lid so painted black and put American flag sticker on for the 250th anniversary of America. I did put everything but the hood back on and drove around the barn a couple times but forgot to take pictures. I know I know no pics didn’t happen rule applies. I believe I may get rid of foot control and go back to the column control, just cant get used to the foot control.

[Handy Don 16,077]

The Onan 16’s & 18’s that I’ve seen had black air cleaner covers. Heck, it’s under the hood so who’s gonna see it?!

[ebinmaine 77,929]

9 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

I Gotta go clean sink out before warden gets home

 

Why??       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sqrlgtr 2,371]

27 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

The Onan 16’s & 18’s that I’ve seen had black air cleaner covers. Heck, it’s under the hood so who’s gonna see it?!

I did order this decal from @Vinylguy today to go on it also.

 

I Gotta go clean sink out before warden gets home

22 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Why??       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Really you have to ask. I actually got an atta boy for cleaning sink and throwing dish rag in laundry.

Edited 19 hours ago by sqrlgtr

[Chris689 154]

Decided to take on a little yard work today and bust out both machines. Taking my yard back one gaffucci garden at a time. Then decided to finally make a front hitch using an  idea I saw on here of using an old mule drive. What a world of difference.

[ebinmaine 77,929]

5 minutes ago, Chris689 said:

Then decided to finally make a front hitch using an  idea I saw on here of using an old mule drive. What a world of difference.

 

 

Niiiiice work!

[Lane Ranger 11,889]

6 hours ago, Indyandy said:

The snow is over in Indiana, Redbuds and dogwoods are blooming. Going through the mower deck, sanding and painting, replacing the belt, new zerks, stainless fasteners, its really looking good. 

 

I hope so but tonight may get to 32, 31 degrees again!   

 

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Lane Ranger

[kpinnc 17,560]

4 hours ago, sqrlgtr said:

Gotta go clean sink out before warden gets home.

 

[Dan 312-8 486]

On 2/28/2026 at 6:38 PM, Dan 312-8 said:

Rescued an orphaned snowplow today, guy threw in a set of tire chains (white bucket) as well. Was his father’s before he passed, his mom sold the tractor years ago, believed to be a 312-8, and the plow just collected dust.

 

Today was the first time I drove since January 19th, day of my rotator cuff surgery, felt good to be back in the saddle. 

Finally unloaded this from my truck on Saturday with the help of a neighbor, then removed my plow from my 312-8 and with the help of another neighbor we got the mower deck on and I commenced the 2026 lawn mowing season. Afterwards, I relaxed looking over my efforts while listening to good music and enjoying one of two very refreshing gin and tonics!

[ebinmaine 77,929]

9 hours ago, Lane Ranger said:

 

I hope so but tonight may get to 32, 31 degrees again!   

 

 

 

Amateurs....

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ML3 2,192]

13 hours ago, sqrlgtr said:

I Gotta go clean sink out before warden gets home

Haha! Reminds me of when I was still living at home right around 21yrs old. My grandpa owned 2 Cadillac dealerships so of course thats what we typically all drove. I was cleaning my Coupe deVille on a weekend & spending too much time trying to clean the wire wheel hubcaps. Got creative, removed them & put them in dishwasher! Mom was suspicious cause I was running dishwasher & her suspicion was right. Let's just say she wasn't really happy & what made things worse was when my dad found out he thought it was a great idea too! 

[squonk 45,848]

24 minutes ago, ML3 said:

Haha! Reminds me of when I was still living at home right around 21yrs old. My grandpa owned 2 Cadillac dealerships so of course thats what we typically all drove. I was cleaning my Coupe deVille on a weekend & spending too much time trying to clean the wire wheel hubcaps. Got creative, removed them & put them in dishwasher! Mom was suspicious cause I was running dishwasher & her suspicion was right. Let's just say she wasn't really happy & what made things worse was when my dad found out he thought it was a great idea too! 

When I worked 2nd shift at the hospital we were given the task of cleaning all the ceiling vents in one office. The guy with me says how we gonna do all these in one night? I told him get them all down and wait until the kitchen staff leaves. A commercial conveyor dishwashing machine works wonders! 

[Ed Kennell 45,450]

16 hours ago, Lane Ranger said:

 

I hope so but tonight may get to 32, 31 degrees again!   

 

 

  25* for us tonight.     The pear and plum blossoms are open.     The apples may be OK, 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Ed Kennell

[cleat 8,855]

Not quite over snowing here yet.

[sqrlgtr 2,371]

3 hours ago, ML3 said:

Haha! Reminds me of when I was still living at home right around 21yrs old. My grandpa owned 2 Cadillac dealerships so of course thats what we typically all drove. I was cleaning my Coupe deVille on a weekend & spending too much time trying to clean the wire wheel hubcaps. Got creative, removed them & put them in dishwasher! Mom was suspicious cause I was running dishwasher & her suspicion was right. Let's just say she wasn't really happy & what made things worse was when my dad found out he thought it was a great idea too! 

 

2 hours ago, squonk said:

When I worked 2nd shift at the hospital we were given the task of cleaning all the ceiling vents in one office. The guy with me says how we gonna do all these in one night? I told him get them all down and wait until the kitchen staff leaves. A commercial conveyor dishwashing machine works wonders! 

 

I see we belong to the same club, the Work smarter not Harder club....

[953 nut 64,746]

2 hours ago, squonk said:

A commercial conveyor dishwashing machine works wonders! 

We had a new children's director join the staff at our church. The previous director always hand washed all of he small toys after the children left for the day, the new director ran them through the kitchen dish washer for the first and last time. Some of the plastic toys looked rather frightening after being sanitized at about 190 degrees and the ones that retained their shape had a good deal of water in them.       

[Ed Kennell 45,450]

16 hours ago, sqrlgtr said:

I Gotta go clean sink out before warden gets home

I failed to clean the tub before the warden saw it.   Cost me $15K for a new bathroom.  Don't ever use the wardens tub to tan a bear hide.

[ebinmaine 77,929]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

We had a new children's director join the staff at our church. The previous director always hand washed all of he small toys after the children left for the day, the new director ran them through the kitchen dish washer for the first and last time. Some of the plastic toys looked rather frightening after being sanitized at about 190 degrees and the ones that retained their shape had a good deal of water in them.       

 

 

Might have been somewhat deformed but I'll bet they were definitely sanitized. I call that technically correct.

[SylvanLakeWH 30,867]

1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

I failed to clean the tub before the warden saw it.   Cost me $15K for a new bathroom.  Don't ever use the wardens tub to tan a bear hide.

You know the rules... 

 

Gonna need pics... or at least a photo of the $15,000 mount.

[Ed Kennell 45,450]

17 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

You know the rules... 

 

Gonna need pics... or at least a photo of the $15,000 mount.

Here ya go.

 

 

[Lane Ranger 11,889]

18 hours ago, sqrlgtr said:

 

 

I Gotta go clean sink out before warden gets home

 

This moniker and quote made me think of an old cement truck drive who drive Rambler station wagons and sold crates eggs as a side income back in the 1960’s in Indiana !  Eggs came from his place and were always fresh and he lived 70 miles away from us.   The “warden “ comment though sparked my memory!

 

He use to be quite a talker and he would always talk about his wife (who we finally met after five or six years) .   He called her

“  the battle axe” !    Which I have not heard anyone else use since! 

 

 

[Handy Don 16,077]

2 minutes ago, Lane Ranger said:

He called her

“  the battle axe” !    Which I have not heard anyone else use since! 

I know this expression and was never quite sure whether it implied respect, fear, or resignation. Perhaps all three.  

[cafoose 3,672]

41 minutes ago, Lane Ranger said:

He called her

“  the battle axe” !

That's what dad always called mom