Made some progress on a couple of projects.
 

It's been crazy busy in the shop the past few months but I somehow managed to make a little progress on a couple of projects that I've been messing around with.

I cabbaged the loaded 10.5 turfs with chains for another project last week from my 149 main mower. So I grabbed another pair of 10.5's off the rack to put back on it.

I broke them down checked the wheels and the inside of the tires put some tubes in them so I can load them later.

I had made up a pair of "weight holders" some time ago and thought this was as good a time as any to put them on.

I had to grind a little weld off of the two axle shafts in the 149, then prime and paint.

The pictures should pretty-much explain what happened after that.

I'll try to get some pictures tomorrow and tell you what I used the loaded tires on.

Looking good Mark. Neat idea on doing the weights that way. Good grief you were up late though!

Good job, Mark!

Look good! I've stayed until that late working on Cubs before. I rebuilt a carb at 1am once! Heck 10pm-2am is usually the only time I have to work on my stuff anymore.

Mark,
Your are amazing!

Well that right there is SLICK:beerchug:
Good job Mark.

I dunno Mike, ever since I got those two little puncture wounds in my neck, I find it difficult to sleep at night.

Thanks for the kind words guys but I don't think this is anything new, I just did it a little differently than I've seen it done before. I do enjoy the heck out of making something useful out of something that would have otherwise laid in the junk pile for the rest of eternity.

I bought this 149 a couple of years ago for cheap, I thought it was going to be a parts tractor.

I got it home and did the usual things to make it run, the engine ran well and everything worked but it smoked a little more than I'm comfortable with. I found a couple of vertical scratches in the cylinder wall so I decided that I'd rebuild the engine and decide what to do with it later.

In my spare time during the winter of 2014/15 I rebuilt the engine, since I absolutely did not need another 149 it all sat until early this spring.

In the back of my mind I kinda had a plan for it but nothing was carved in stone yet.

That's pretty cool Mark!