Archive through June 17, 2010

[mgwin]

Charlie,
I'm betting they came from one of those cute "buttons" at the top of the page!

 

[aschumacher]

Lonny, you don't think he would really try to put them on the front wheels.....Do you! ? ?

 

[hydroharry]

Ya know, Jeff mentioned he sees a valve stem hole. That got me thinking. I bet ole Charlie may be making a Flotation Cub. If they really are wheels (and I ain't sure at this point) then I think he's gonna put big ole tubes on'm, probably mount'm on a light weight 71 or 72, and use it for fishing. I figure he'll be puttin some nice "dice head or maybe chrome" caps on the valve stems and when he's idling the reflection will be attraching the fish. All he'll have to do is scoop'm up with a net. If that is really what's he's doing then he needs to get PAINT on them now!

Hydro Harry
Old Cubs Never Die (but they do go on an occassional fish'n trip).

 

[jbaker]

we only see not even half-way into one of them,

could they have a center hub welded in with out leaving a mark on the tire side?

 

[kweaver]

I see 3 stem holes. I've got a set of 4 12x12 4 lug wheels and those look wider... but then again if you look at the two stacked ones the bottom one isn't as tall as the other ones are in diameter.

I say 10 wide 12 diameter with spinner knock offs and he's building a Low Rider 60 rider with deuce and a half Rockwells

 

[kweaver]

Now for the serious side

Charlie and all other north central readers ...

Did everyone survive the tornadoes and storms ?

 

[digger]

Those are 10.50" bead to bead 12" wheels that came in today. Aaron and I have some big new things in very very near future that we think are going to be pretty cool!
Those wheels are pretty impressive up close though.

Kentuck,
The one BIG tornado that passed through was 36 miles south and pretty much destroyed the western side of Wadena.
We had heavy rain and high winds and some small hail, but nothin real serious.

 

[digger]

Hydro Harry,
Think Powder Coating!

There's supposed to be a guy that has access to some that is supposed to match IH901 to a T, as well as Cub Cadet yellow.

 

[kweaver]

I seen on The Weather Channel that Wadena got hit hard.
Might be a good time (although late) to start thinking about digging a hole ...

 

[lbuttke]

Allen,
I dont see why not, they would add a lot of floatation to the front, and that would come in handy on soft ground.

Oh thats right Digger lives up in the frozen tundra of northern Min. thare aint no soft ground up that way

 

[hydroharry]

Geez, I had forgotten Charlie was up in the frozen tundra area - actually quite nice up that way. Why had I recalled when I was at the northern Iowa Lake country this time last year I'd got on top of one of those wind turbines and give'n a call out to ole Charlie. Geez, I actually went thru Worthington, just a few steps away if'n I was Paul Bunyan. Sorry I missed ya up there Charlie.

Hydro Harry
Old Cubs Never Die (but they do spread tall tales)

 

[stanner]

ZZZZzzzzzz

 

[rwilke]

Lonny B.,
If those wheels were going the front of a Cub, they sure would enlarge it's turning radius.
It might take a 50-ft radius to circle back with those wide wheels!

Ryan Wilke

 

[kweaver]

Ryan - Width would not have any effect on turning radius. Diameter would ...

 

[rwilke]

KENtuckyKEN,
True. Another determining factor would be where the center hub was welded in.
If the hub was centered on the rim, I suspect it would be ugly trying to turn even if you used v-belts for tires!

Ryan Wilke

 

[kweaver]

Ryan - I thought about editing and saying with a 50/50 offset the width wouldn't change turning radius.

V-belt tires ?? That's what these idiots are putting on their expen$ive wheels. No shock absorbing sidewall what so ever ... hope they like buying pricey wheels.

 

[kmcconaughey]

KENtucky, thankfully there was not much of a storm last night in my location. The storm cells split and went north and south of me. Even so, the sky was very interesting looking. I took over 50 photos but it was hard to capture the color of the sky. When I first noticed the color it was more of a green color but by the time I quit looking and thought to grab my camera it had turned more orangeish. Stormy sky photos

 

[dtanner]

Kraig McConaughey "Keeper of the Photos"

WoW , nice pictures of a mean looking sky. I`am some glade I live here because our weather is stable. We don`t have much bad winds and storms like you have down there.Off to the shop to get my new car back

.There is way to many deer around here. Have a great day

 

[jmacdonald]

Well I bought my first torque wrench, and replaced my first head gasket. It's great having the tools yourself. No biggy for most of you, but something for me. The biggest part for me was reattaching the the shrowd and the hardware that wraps around the cylinder what a pain getting all the mounting holes to line up. I had to looosen all the shrowd hardware as I had dropped a washer from the head down behind the flywheel.

Haven't started it up as company arrived just as I was finishing. Took a look in the Kolher manual to see when to re-torque the head and was surprised it's only 15 minutes. So I guess I will get to wrassel with the shrowd and other parts all over again whoopee!!
Maybe I will be able to tip the gas tank backwards and remove the metal cover and re-torque.

 

[fcurrier]

The feeling of having your own tools: Priceless!
Jim: Mark a date on that torque wrench (and subsequent tools) and 40 years from now ...
When I was in the Guard we went to New York. On the way back we stopped for a "nature call" and my Motor Sargent looked down and picked up a 7/8" combination wrench with blue paint on it. He handed it to me and I still use it. Maybe I'm just a sentimental old fool, but tools are special, you can't have enough of 'em, and damn the guy that will either borrow one and not bring it back or STEAL IT!