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do you have a 917.XXXXXX number you could give me? Thanks

It look like a good time all around. Is that a Briggs twin in the Roper? I thought they were Onan's

So far I have been lucky as well, only one knick, but I put a nearly new Samsung Galaxy S6 64GB with three cases, two chargers and more for a buy it now price of 325.00 or a 200.00 starting bid. This donkey wrote me in a message and said he would offer 160.00 if I would pay for shipping. I was steamed and insulted. I blocked him and his ability to bid. One hour later a bidder makes a bid of 200.00 which knocks out the buy it now price. Funny thing the bidder had created his account just that day, maybe the same jerk and I banned the new bidder from making another bid as well and then made an addendum to my ad disallowing those with less than 2 eBay transactions from bidding and those with less than 10 eBay transactions need to send me verification of personal credit history. All items will be sent with tracking numbers and insured for the full value of the sale.

ha, ha, a "gradely", I bet it does a superb job. I would like to give you a grade on grading a grade with a gradely.

Great pictures of the show and the Cub

Good article to read. I see were they suggest that sellers "absorb" bad transactions like they are made of money. As an Ebay seller I posted that if something was not paid for by a person intent on defrauding me that I enjoyed long road trips with my baseball bat and some time in county lockup. Have had no problems. http://andrewminalto.com/buyers-scammers-on-ebay/#comment-400812

I don't think bearings are supposed to look like this and in my manual I could not find grass on the parts diagram

I wasn't aware that Wheel Horse ( a D series owner only) tractors offered a vari-drive, or are you making one adapted for them? either way GREAT job!!!

The middle spindle bearing were shot (an understatement), the others are probably worn badly as well. I got thee center spindle out and apart ready to install the new bearings. This is my fourth deck, the Bolens 1256 1476, and Wheel Horse D160 decks are done, I'll be making one good Allis deck out of the other two parts decks I have as well. That should give me ten running tractors with decks. and I have two more coming up in the queue to get decks under them, The Homelite T16H is running and has a good deck under her, I just need to finish the rear lift rod. The CASE 224 needs reassembled and the deck is already completely restored

Finished the driveway weed removal and gravel redistribution. Wow, that's a long driveway. Most of the weed removal was accomplished by hand and hoe, glad to finally get some seat time on the D160

I got the newly restored 42" mower deck under the Bolens 1256. Not to others, install the stub shaft on the deck before you put it under the tractor, you will save time and skin. I rebent the rear lift rod so it could hook to the front attachment pin for the front blade and snowblower lift. By doing so the rear lift goes up when the mower deck goes down, I don't know if it works that way on the other pin to the mower deck, man she mows smooth

That show, like most American reality shows, is a huge farce. The producers stage 90 percent of the dealings on that show by negotiations prior to the taping. I break the ice as well as anyone, in 5 years I have found this man old Bolens tractors he wanted, an OH160 engine for his wife's tilling tractor, and mountains of technical manuals he had lost or were destroyed from his days as a dealer. Some people are self centered where they actually believe the world revolves around them, he is one. This guy has four 100 foot barns full of stuff, ten 53" foot semi trailer cargo units full, and still refuses to budge on anything. I don't have a problem with that, but he constantly asks people to do things for him by promising to let them in on some deals they want, but he never comes through. I keep telling people it wont happen, but many still bow and curtsy to him for the hope of a tiller or tractor. One day he will pass and there will be an auction, most stuff will bring scrap pricing. I won't be there, he has nothing I need or want anymore, I went out and found it elsewhere. It is what it is, and you reap what you sow. I don't feel bad for helping this man, I would do it again for another, but not him, not again. There are quite a few guys (couple from GTT) that I have either given stuff to or priced very, very low, because I believe it's the right thing to do, but these things must be a two way street.

My Wheel Horse D-160 was enlisted to clean up edges and redistribute gravel from the crown to the ruts. Using the blade on an angle took care of the grass and edges. Starting with a path down the middle to pull down the crown it allowed gravel to fall into the ruts. I paid 330.00 for the box blade, 100.00 for the front blade, and 400 for the tractor. The front wheels are 3.75-10 steel wheels with a 4 ply 5.30-10 tire with tubes on a 4 on 4 cast iron trailer axle. The rears are 7.5-15 inch 5 bolt Wheel Horse rims with a 27x9.50-15 Duro Frontier tire. I could load the box blade clear to the top and still maintain half speed.

Beautifully quaint and elegant all at once.

There is a man I know that used to be a Bolens dealer in the 70's and 80's and he has two Quonset huts full of Bolens tractors and parts. He says he will sell things, but when you come with a truck or trailer, he is not ready to part with anything. It's been 5 years, and still have never got him to let go of anything.

buying him ale, scotch, tickets to the game works, lol

yep they started using orange in 1969, the 1968 Serf model 515 was red, but they showed the 515 in the ad I posted with the lady driving. It appears in the photo as if the 1969 Serf 525 is red, but all photos I have found, including yours are orange. This is very common with Bolens they have even used a older single cylinder tractor photo on a new twin engine ad brochure.

Thanks, I found the post, are those weights, and your wheels the same size as the 12" bolt on wheels on the GTs, or are these weights smaller? I want a red Bolens dump cart BAD!

They were red, sort of, Simplicity used a red up until the early 1970s, then went to a orange red, similar to, if not the Allis orange, red in 1972 with the 3400 series, the 3300 series might have had this same paint in 1971, not sure. I would say it is a safe bet to say all Simplicity tractors were red (and later some white accents) prior to 1970 and that all Allis tractors were mustard yellow, after 1971-1972 Allis moved to a white and orange scheme for the transition time when they were building their own tractors in Lexington South Carolina, but at this time the Simplicity was transitioning into a white and orange tractor with the 3330-3400 series. When the forced government split between Allis and Simplicity was repaired the Simplicity's were white bonnet, wheels, and fender stripes and orange frame and fender base, while Allis tractors were Allis Orange. The Allis Orange used on post 1974 garden tractors however is not like the early Allis orange used on farm tractors, in fact it may be the third color of Allis orange that was used on Allis brands. Sorry you asked Nigel?, lol. Here are two pictures of the new 1969 Simplicity tractors, the entry level Serf (translation-your a poor bloke) ridden my the lady, and a step above, Yeomen (translation- your a poor bloke with a bad back) ridden by the man, they are the second color of Simplicity red, a little brighter red than the Simplicity used on the older Wonder Boy and Model 700 and walk behind tractor models

The manual can also be a help for identifying missing or non OEM parts as well. They are a great source of information on how the machine was put together and how it works and is nice to have when you do need parts and find yourself without a manual. I wasn't implying it was broken or somehow defective. They are geat little machines for a small lot, I've had quite a few 7-8 hp machines that cut better than anything made today, your 5 hp is a quality made machine.

No need for a circus bear reference anymore, lol

Here is the parts manual for the tractor and the owners manual for the engine 5hp briggs owners manual.pdf Simplicity 525 parts manual.pdf

Please post some pictures of the wheel weights. Thanks, Alain

oops, lol

I haven't seen them personally, but I did a google image search, and found a few pictures I could post. Like this one of two lovely ladies enjoying the beach, sans sand, but I wish I was a stone under a sandal. I thought you could swim Chris?