What did you do with your tractor today?

[jabelman]

The best clothes dryers are exercise equipment, bikes, elliptical, treadmill...

 

[Propane1]

Mom always hug clothes out to dry. They had a little dryer to thou, years later. Clothes froze solid in the winter. Hehe. Clothes always smelled great when hung outdoors, till they spread manure in the field behind the house.

Noel

 

[CRF6179]

The fish crate, I know you’s will comment about that, is my cover for the engine.


Noel

I assumed you were standing in it and being pulled around.

 

[Propane1]

I assumed you were standing in it and being pulled around.

Be a good ride. But I doubt it would move, with me in there Rick. Hehe.

Noel

 

[MFDAC]

Fish crate is a new one on me, Noel! Out here, we throw our Trout and walleye in a cooler. Some hardcore rednecks will throw them in the cooler with their beer---LOL!

Looks like a functional cover!

DAC

 

[MFDAC]

@jableman I've thought about doing that a lot of times with some of my insulators but never got around to it. Cross arms with pegs are getting hard to find now. Looks like a nice variety on your paint line---LOL!

DAC

 

[chieffan]

Dual exhaust on a single cylinder engine

 

[Propane1]

Gotta have fun while you can. Hehe.

Noel

 

[chieffan]

Warm both hands at the same time.

 

[chieffan]

Was planing on burning the rest of the weeds off the garden before I plowed it today. Wind to strong out of the East to chance it. All dry CRP grass to the North and West. Going some odd jobs in the house this morning.

 

[Propane1]

Changed the oil in the Case 446. 26.8 hours on the clock since I fixed the hour meter last year, when we got the tractor. So it only threw a little snow last winter, hauled a few loads of wood, pull a few trees and stuff, but mostly out on display in the front yard lookin pretty. Hehe. Any way, engine tag says every 25 hours to change the oil. Same as most small engines, I think. I put her up on blocks, let it warm up for awhile, and put 10w-30 oil in. LGT 165 Ford has an hour meter. So it gets done every 25 hours or so. I’ll do the Case 224 when I cut the grass next and final time for this year. It had a lot of water in the oil when I got it three months or so ago. So I’d like to change it again to flush out any remaining water and dirt.

Noel

 

[MFDAC]

Changed the oil in the Case 446. 26.8 hours on the clock since I fixed the hour meter last year, when we got the tractor. So it only threw a little snow last winter, hauled a few loads of wood, pull a few trees and stuff, but mostly out on display in the front yard lookin pretty. Hehe. Any way, engine tag says every 25 hours to change the oil. Same as most small engines, I think. I put her up on blocks, let it warm up for awhile, and put 10w-30 oil in. LGT 165 Ford has an hour meter. So it gets done every 25 hours or so. I’ll do the Case 224 when I cut the grass next and final time for this year. It had a lot of water in the oil when I got it three months or so ago. So I’d like to change it again to flush out any remaining water and dirt.

Noel

You keep good records, Noel! Even if I had an hour meter on any of the tractors, if I remembered to record the hours, I would forget where I put those notes to keep track! That 446 is a very pretty tractor!

DAC

 

[chieffan]

Moved the battery from the 1512 mowing tractor to the Bolens G 12 plow tractor. I fired right up with no problem. Has been parked since last fall. Only work it does is plow the garden each fall. Has loaded AG tires and traction nut is tightened up so works out good. I loosen that tractrion nut when it is parked though. Have had them stick. Not fun.

 

[Propane1]

A little more branch cutting today. MF 12 loader tractor helped out. It’s just a great thing the loader, to hold branches the up where you can cut them with out bending down and hurting your back. And all the little bit of wood went right into the stove.

Noel

There’s whats left of that branch I cut off today.

 

[Propane1]

More branches done. Lots more to do.

Noel

 

[Sawdust]

Took a few out for a ride today to keep them happy. I took the Bolens G11XL that hasn’t been started for a month. I enjoy this tractor it’s been repowered with a 16hp Van Guard V Twin. Runs smooth and rides nice too. I wanted to put headlights and taillights on it this year but didn’t get the time.

 

[Lance Skene]

I have one of those horizontal shaft vanguard twins in a generator that puts out 220v/8000w.. can run the farm off it if needed but I usually only use it to do portable welding... been tempted on several occasions to swap it into my Columbia

 

[Sawdust]

I have one of those horizontal shaft vanguard twins in a generator that puts out 220v/8000w.. can run the farm off it if needed but I usually only use it to do portable welding... been tempted on several occasions to swap it into my Columbia

Would that be the one you pull with. That would be nice. I actually bought this for just the engine for my Bolens H16 that has a seized 16hp Tecumseh. It ran so good and enjoy the tractor so much I decided to leave it as is. I also rebuilt its deck last year.

 

[Lance Skene]

ya BUT... if I swap the motor I would have to run in a modified class... as is, just because of the atv tires, I can still run in altered stock

 

[chieffan]

They really hacked the frame to make room for the oil filter when there is a relocation kit available for about $30. I have on new in the box if got when I was putting a B&S twin in my IH 1650 but didn't need it. I had one that had the old L head that smoked terrible. Gave it away a few months ago.