Recent content by linrick1

Is anyone aware of a source for clutches and planetaries for a 5665 project that I am about to begin? I have found them new but they are prohibitively expensive, any alternatives or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Rick

Hi all. We've got a Steiner 430 with a cab and a 27 horse air cooled Kohler. The cab is a huge improvement over blowing snow without one, but has no heat. I've looked for a reverse rotation fan, and have considered shrouding the grill, then ducting the warmed air back to the cab but recently...

Anyone here following this years Iditarod? I was living in Nome in '98 and '99 and watched the finish of the race.......huge party, incredible dogs, gnarly weather, just a great time. Ceremonial start was yesterday in Anchorage where conditions are poor, restart tomorrow in Fairbanks where the...

Could not be happier with the Steiner 440 we picked up this fall. With the ridiculous amount of snow we have received so far this winter I have been running this thing hard, in some seriously cold weather, for a lot of hours now and it quite simply kicks ***. The cab, even without heat, is a...

Across and up the road a bit from our house is a camp that in the ten years we have lived here has remained unused and virtually unmaintained. It is an eyesore and does nothing but diminish the value and enjoyment of our own property. They have always had two, yes two, streetlights on their...

Finally. After many, many years exposed to the elements I have a machine with a cab. Finally.......

A couple of weeks ago my man Bruce and I took a ride out to North Adams, Mass. and came home with a Steiner 430 Max, a cab, a 60" deck, and a snow blower. The machine itself is reported to have around 1K municipal hours on it and has a brand new 27 horse Kohler, new tires and rims, new...

Hi all, A friend of mine has a 763 F series Bobcat with 4000+ hours on it and it sounds to me like the pumps are about shot. It has started to make an awful howling/knock sound with loss of power at the drive and lift, which gets worse as it warms up. My assumption is the pumps are in need of...

After the ceremonial start in Anchorage yesterday 66 teams will be departing Willow this morning for Yentna Station and Skwentna - looks like plenty of snow this year and they are going to be running the Happy River Steps this year too which should be plenty interesting....gotta be rooting for...

Hi all, The 8 horse Tecumseh finally puked on the old Simplicity 870 that I got last winter - the blower itself is mint so I'm going to replace the engine. Thanks to the clowns running the show here in the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts I find myself currently out of work, which gives me all...

Hi all, thought I'd post a few pics of the machinery shed my neighbor Ray and I have been working on. The entire structure to this point is built from resawn old timbers and beams that Ray had left from building his barn 10 yrs ago. Almost finished with the strapping for the metal roof, which is...

Hey all, just picked up our new to us Meteor snowblower. The P.O. used it once, set it out in a field and forgot about it. Other than the paint and the chute rotator it is in excellent shape. The PTO shaft was damaged by the P.O. so the dealer I bought it from (Frost Farm in Greenville N.H.) has...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi all, a few years ago I was fortunate enough to be given a Howard Rotavator by my wifes father. It had been used in their greenhouses to till for tomatoes for many years and when they switched over to growing...

Hey all, Went and picked up this old LI with a sulky and the 30" brush hog last weekend for $100.00. Got her home, started tearing into it and found a few problems that needed to be addressed before I ran it. Did some welding on the fan shround/handlebar/tank mount area, rebuilt the carb...

Hello all. I am in the midst of purchasing a 64" Puma 3 pt. snowblower and already am determing how to convert it to a hydraulic drive Q.T. FEL mount. The plan is to build a 3 pt engine/pump/tank arrangement, hose run down the loader arms, hydraulic motor and Q.T. mods to the blower. I want to...