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by DavidBarkey
Fri Feb 14, 2025 5:58 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The weather
Replies: 1005
Views: 1304369
Canada

Re: The weather

Yesterday morning I started clearing snow at 7 am . Other than a couple of :coffee: breaks was non stop until 2:30 pm . Had to blow a track out to the highway so :wife: could get to work . She :wife: :whip: was already an hour late and the highways were plowed . :51: and I shovelled off the porch , ...
by DavidBarkey
Fri Feb 14, 2025 5:33 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The weather
Replies: 1005
Views: 1304369
Canada

Re: The weather

Necessity is the mother of invention . Trying new ideas is the mother of adaptation. Gerry , nice to see you got to play in the snow .
by DavidBarkey
Thu Feb 13, 2025 6:54 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The weather
Replies: 1005
Views: 1304369
Canada

Re: The weather

We got another 6-8" of snow over night . :headbash: . other got worse . Correction , just come back in from plugging in the tractor . 12 - 14" snow . All buses in the county are cancelled . Police are say stay off roads to let plows clear them .
by DavidBarkey
Mon Feb 10, 2025 6:05 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Picked up the Kwik-Way loader.
Replies: 38
Views: 14785
Canada

Re: Picked up the Kwik-Way loader.

Looking good Noel . You will love having it ,so handy .
by DavidBarkey
Mon Feb 10, 2025 6:02 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: New project ! Not a Case. Sorry.
Replies: 6
Views: 2681
Canada

Re: New project ! Not a Case. Sorry.

Noel is that a lgt 125 ? If so it is suppose to have a k301 12hp . Do you know the bore and stroke as the fan shroud could have been changed . The k241 are a stout little engine , but you may have more engine than realise .
by DavidBarkey
Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:58 pm
Forum: Shop Talk
Topic: Ah nuts i am short a few
Replies: 5
Views: 1722
Canada

Ah nuts i am short a few

When working on machinery as old as your grandfather and your a grandfather ! :O Most the nuts and bolt were hand made . In sizes we don't see today , you need to make your own when there not all there . 20250209_130839.jpg 20250209_141129.jpg 3/8"unc nuts but take 11/16" wench . Missing o...
by DavidBarkey
Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:47 pm
Forum: Shop Talk
Topic: Budget tool holder
Replies: 2
Views: 1401
Canada

Re: Budget tool holder

Harry wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 11:00 am Great project David. I just love making things to improve the shop. :thumbsup: :peace: Harry
And best of all it all was out of the "too good to throw away yet " pile.
by DavidBarkey
Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:45 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Long drive home
Replies: 10
Views: 1749
Canada

Re: Long drive home

Welcome back Harry , Look at all the seat time you missed while you were lounging down south . I hope the time away more than made up for the drive there and back . :cheers:
by DavidBarkey
Sun Feb 09, 2025 6:04 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Pictures: this moment
Replies: 1259
Views: 993135
Canada

Re: Pictures: this moment

I am looking forward to some digging in the Spring, so thank you Jeff for wetting my appetite! Now here's something a little different. Many households raise a pig in the rural areas here. We slaughtered a 370 lbs saw in December, and these items were kept for 6 weeks rubbed with salt. The other da...
by DavidBarkey
Sun Feb 09, 2025 6:00 am
Forum: Engines
Topic: Hit and Miss engine
Replies: 24
Views: 6627
Canada

Re: Hit and Miss engine

Wow! Will you try and preserve it? Is it visible at all with the mag in place? You don't see but a corner of it with Mag in place. I will take a couple of more pics , but no . The more I clean it the more comes off . I have new 3 link decals , but this is 4 link . So far I have only ever seen one p...