HeadExam

I think I have a fetish for rubber, that's the only way I can explain it. I wait for the UPS or FEDEX guy for hours when I know I'm getting new tires. It's a co-morbidity attribute of the tractor collecting hobby sickness. I'm sure its in the DSM-V.

All the exterior walls are concrete block with a brick facade, 14 inches of masonry in all. The builder of the home was the Corps of Engineers director that built the large lake a few miles away, from the look of the Corps offices and the house, I believe he purloined most of the materials and probably the labor as well. I've been here almost 20 years on a 25 year lease at 500 per month, next year I'm purchasing the 20 acres and house with the owner carrying the note and giving me a large credit on the years I've leased as a down payment, total loan should be around 150,000.

It keeps me in shape and calm to work. I brushed all the oil primer on the under hangs and fascia, then caulked the cracks and repaired some peeling wood. Two coats of satin exterior and wrought iron paint on the post in front. All this took me 10 hours total on three consecutive days. I've been painting for over 30 years, I don't practice anymore, lol

I said garden, but meant yard, i think a yard is a garden over in England, in Oklahoma and Texas a yard is where you park your boat , truck, camper, 4 wheelers and grill

Beautiful job on the Pincor, I don't know how you guys find these old engines. Happy to see someone saving them though. BTW, strange question, what is the ground cover you have growing there in the garden?

Thanks for posting the pictures, really nice. I like the old Roper as well as the Wheel Horse Herd!

She was a beauty http://gizmodo.com/the-last-of-the-vulcans-retires-after-55-years-of-servi-1715162689

WOW, Guinness is served in small bottles over there, lol

I cant help myself, I go for new tires every time, I even pay to have them mounted. This may seem unbelievable (it was to me), but most major tires stores will NOT mount a used tire of ANY kind, on a mower, car, or trailer wheel. In fact Walmart will not mount 2 new tires on the rear of a car without mounting two new ones on the front, They say its the law. I pay 27.00 for a 4.00-8 or a 16x6.50-8 so it doesn't pay to mess with used tires, especially if you have to pay to mount them. Around here tubes cost 10.00 with tax and most come from China and will pop quicker than a dime store balloon. One thing about buying new is at my age they will last a lifetime.

Too bad both 1962 Bolens RAMs are missing the pulley covers, at least on one side, there almost irreplaceable.

Super pics, I like the decals, Pumpkin Pub and John Deere were good ones

maybe fish and chips or bangers for the Horse driver, and might as well add some ale as well

Thanks Andrew. The soil is good, lots of manure and compost from leaves, grass, etc. The climate here is very adverse, we have a small window that may be warm enough in early spring to plant, but may not be either. In late spring, May and June, we can get up to 20-30 inches of rain, or almost none at all. After June through September the heat usually averages in the low 90s F many times closer to 100. I am going to try and plant in mid to late August since we never get a freeze before late in November, and the weather starts to cool down.. I love using these bigger machines, the taller wheels and tires really help when working in loose soil.

As soldiers we are an extension of our nation, and in such we lose certain rights, the rights to pick our fights for one. I was in the Infantry from 1975-1982 and Americas foreign policy in Central America was horrible, I served there for some time as one of supposedly only 150 American military advisers. What a joke there were thousands of US military down there training US supported dictators in various Central American countries. The American military was supposed to train their Army to fight their own people. I couldn't say much and truthfully it took a little while for me to understand what was really going on, some things I wish I never found out. Most wars are like this, but never blame the soldier, he has but one duty; to his Country. The Allies lost over 5 million men in World War 1, about 3 million in World War 2, the loss of life is staggering, the loss to the world is unimaginable.

very nice trailer with pivoting front. I must say though, your going a little cheap on air in the right front, lol

The rain washed out my garden, but I have plenty of time for another so I plowed and disked, in a couple of days I'll till

very nice haul!!!

If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field that is for ever England. There shall be in that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by the suns of home. And think, this heart, all evil shed away, A pulse in the eternal mind, no less Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given; Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day; And laughter, learnt of friends, and gentleness, In hearts at peace, under an English heaven. A sonnet written by Rupert Brooke after enlisting in the military during the Great War that seems to say what every soldier feels fighting on foreign soil, that if one must fall in that soil, away from home, it becomes sovereign soil paid for in blood.

Glad you had a good day, a man should always celebrate the day the earth was gifted with his presence, lol

These Bolens tube frames are a fairly easy restoration. The simplicity of design lends well to the novice or the experienced Bolens owner. Before restoration pictures of every angle and conceivable part must be taken and more as dis-assembly progresses. By numbering the pictures in sequence you can reassemble by going backwards. If you strip and sand the paint off, great care will be required to remove sanding scratches. Lots of fine paper or extra coats of sanding primer will do this, but realize that when the paint is applied you attention to detail will show. I don't go real crazy about it, because my tractors are intended for use, and I will not spend 90 percent of the restoration on 10 percent of the work. The hood and fender pan is about the only critical area, frame and other parts are usually made of a material that is not nearly as smooth anyway.

The color in my last picture is a true representation, but the other pictures in the late afternoon light made the color very beige, almost ivory. That is why you cannot use pictures for color samples as there are to many variances in the camera, light, and age of the picture. I'm happy with the picture with the wheels on as that really looks like the Bolens off white of the day, more than that I know its the right color because I had it matched from inside the frame rail cover.

Well the price seems high, BUT it depends on what it includes, many 85-100 dollar kits don't include the red strip, or the decal for starting on the dash tower, or the lift gauge decal. I'm not sure if Sam makes his decals or gets them from Click it-and-Stick it. I got my last set from Maple Hunter and was very pleased, but they do not have the small FMC logo on the bottom left side of the dash decal like the original decal and I think and Sams and Click it do. The logo is less than 2 centimeters across, so not a real big deal. If you buy a 85 dollar kit from another outfit then add the decals they don't include or you have to buy elsewhere, you go past 200 pretty quick.

Yes Sam's does have the decal kit, and I understand it is very complete and of good quality, however it is almost 200.00 US with shipping

Thanks to all. I have the engine decals, now I have to order the tractor decals, I'm really hoping to find a complete kit, also need both sets of belts and rebuilt kit for the PTO, everything that needs fixed, repaired or replaced is going to be attended too.

Thanks Andrew, it seems a mess to me, hopefully one day I will get it where I want it. I ended up putting three coats on the 1556, evening light makes it look more beige than it really is.