Works for me

Buddy recently inherited his dads 9n, he is ok with oil changes and stuff but not much more. He called me saying that it sat for quite a while and now it won’t start and things look different to him. I tried to explain to him but he didn’t feel comfortable. I went over to take a look. He went into the house to grab some beverages. In the mean time I found the contacts stuck ran some sand paper in between and fired it up. His face when he came back out! I told him I knew some magic!

 

Repurposing a snowblower engine


food for thought

 

Bit the bullet and went to TSC for some new front shoes (to the tune of $89/pc ) gave it a quick wash and took it for a spin around the yard. Runs good and no issues with the transmission or clutch/brake. The only thing that needs to be addressed at this point is the throttle keeps creeping back slowly while running. Other than that I’d say it’s a fine machine, especially at the price point. I’m going to pick up the mower deck for it tomorrow as I couldn’t fit it in my truck with the tractor in there too.

 

Excellent!

I love screwing with people like that...find some simple thing wrong, fix it quick without being seen/getting caught, then when it starts right up say "I dunno, seems fine now!"...its most effective when someone has spent a lot of time on something and is very frustrated

 

Why don't you come over and screw with me...My barn is full of crap you can fix quick!!

 

Nice try!

 

Picked up the mower deck earlier this afternoon and got it mounted just now. I really like how there are no tools required to mount/remove it, just a couple of spring loaded mounting pins and a belt tensioner on the front. Great design IMO As a bonus my coworker gave me a lawn dethatcher too.

 

Always considered that an aerator rather than a dethatcher.. but I'm certainly no lawn professional.





Had a similar item that also was a "caster" for seed or fertilizer.

Everything rusted up eventually, as it sat outside.

 

Right you are, aerator. Heck, I probably won’t use it for several years, until after I regrade my backyard and replant actual grass (my backyard is mostly weeds and crabgrass )

 

Heh.. maybe if I'd used mine more, it wouldn't have rusted solid, and the yard might be greener.

 

I came across this 48” plow on Craigslist today for $55 and just had to get it. Took a 45 minute drive with my kid tonight to pick it up. It’s old, rusty from being outside but it’s heavy duty I’ll fabricate some mounting brackets, clean it up a bit and prime/paint it to match the tractor. I think this’ll be much better than running the snowblower, especially when it’s windy out.

 

I have alot of equipment that I feel is very nice , but I didn't start out with much. I started with a Speed-X garden tractor, a fifty dollar trailer and a beat up Craftsman chainsaw. Firewood cutting has evolved into a hobby not just a necessity. I will be 66 next month and hydraulics are my friend.

 

I am fond of the old speed x tractors. I was actually looking at one when I bought my little case 646 loader. Good thing I'm out of room or I'd have a few of them. Did I mention I'm looking into a new building....lol.

 

Here’s an internet picture of an older tractor with the factory plow setup:


Here are the beginnings of what I’m coming up with to mount my unknown brand plow to the front of mine. So far just a couple 3/4” thick aluminum brackets bolted to the frame, a couple bushings and a 3/4” steel rod. I’ll still have to make an adapter from the plow to the pivot rod, and add an actuating rod from the lever for the mower deck to raise/lower the plow. Luckily time is on my side since it’s only June

 

and firewood! Dont have to mow that luckily.

 

Big step forward today. I still need spacer bushings in between the plow mount plates, and to add a linkage between the deck lever and the plow to raise it up, but so far so good.

 

Wow, now that's a bracket!
Why the blade so far out in front though? The further away from the tractor you get the more "leverage" the blade has over the tractors front tires...you quickly lose the ability to go straight when the blade is angled pushing heavy snow. We have a 4x4 Steiner tractor at work for plowing sidewalks and it is unusable with the 5' blade if its angled pushing any kind of real snow at all, it just pushes the tractor sideways...even with the 4' blade you have to move the weights that are normally on the back to the front to have half a chance at plowing heavy snow off to the side.

 

From the centerline of the front wheels to the blade is about 3’. I really wasn’t sure how far out it should be, so I did some Google searches of several setups on different machines. To the best of my guesstimating, they averaged between 2-3 feet out. I went with 3’ because I thought it would be helpful pushing snow into the yard an extra couple feet without leaving the pavement. We’ll see how it works out. Now that I’m getting set up for easier snow removal, I wouldn’t doubt we never see a single flake again.

 

Some nice fabrication!

 

Thanks Brad. I may not be much of a builder with dimensional lumber, but when it comes to building with metal I do alright