Archive through July 09, 2005

[wheinsohn]

Matt and Tom,
I hope to be there also. I may bring my brother-in-law along again and maybe the better half. She says it depends on the weather. She has a hard time taking hot temperatures.

 

[wheinsohn]

What is the address of the fairgrounds? I forget which road I have to turn onto off of Hwy 75.

 

[mgonitzke]

Hmm, I don't know.

I do know how to get there but I don't know the names of the roads. I also know the fairgrounds are south of town.

 

[digger]

Freeport info,
http://www.thefreeportshow.com/show%20info.htm

Stephenson County Fairgrounds, 1 mi S of South St on Walnut Rd, or 1/2 mi E of US 26 on Fairgrounds Rd.

 

[ccarney]

On pedestals, I've seen three variations:
a) earliest, without curved slot or "tooling" hole in lower center facing operator;
b) with tooling hole, but no curved slot; and
c) curved slot and tooling hole

No official breaks in serial numbers for these that I can see. Wish I had the old “scrolls” (engineering drawings) because then we could see the revision history. Kraig, didn’t somebody have a few of those once?

 

[bmcmeen]

Wouldja believe...

...click on "search for locations" at mapquest.com, type in FAIRGROUNDS, FREEPORT, IL and VIOLA (sic)

 

[kmcconaughey]

I goofed! My post yesterday on S/Gs was not correct. There are two versions of the S/G that are used on Cub Cadets. They are a bushing & oil cup version and the sealed bearing version with no oil cups. Other than this they are the same S/G but can have different size pulleys. Sorry if I mislead anyone.

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[kmcconaughey]

Craig C., thanks for the info on the pedistals I knew I could count on ya. )

 

[tcbusch]

Has Dennis helped you guys in Illinois? I would hate to think you the growing season ended last month. I suppose if you cant use your cub to mow your lawn you could always drive it down the driveway to get the mail.

 

[sblunier]

Hmmmmm, strange wet substance falling from the sky this AM in Central IL........can't quite place it.....it's been so long.........this might just be RAIN.......


Let's hope it doesn't stop anytime soon!!!!!

 

[bmcmeen]

Terry B. -

I use mine to mow the weeds - they're the only things growing!

SB -

Good ol' Tommy Skilling forecast a potential 5". WC said 1". Hmmm...

Thus far, it's just spitting a few drops here and there. Nothing worth writing home about.

 

[sblunier]

Bryan,

So far we're not talking gulley washers down here either, maybe 1/4"....but that's 1/4" more than we've had in the last 1-1/2 months!!!!!

At this point I'll take whatever I can get my hands on!!!!!

782 has been sitting idle for almost a month, put new front rubber on it and didn't even take time to relevel the deck......plenty of time for that before the grass needs to be mowed

 

[digger]

Well you guys can have that crap!
I'm sick of mowin every 3 days around here!

 

[rdehli]

Charlie ...You could always get a goat or a house cow ....Or maybe get a d$$^& and mow everyday.

 

[ccarney]

Speaking of s/g's, can the old oilcup version be updated with sealed bearings?

 

[bmcmeen]

Craig -

The S/G rebuilder that I use always replaces the bushing-style end cap with the bearing-style end cap to "uncheapen" it.

I've replaced the oil cup bearings with sealed bearings in a B&S/Delco S/G on my Simplicity 700...

 

[egoonyep]

Would some one please post an assembly drawing and parts number list for the chain drive sprocket, shaft, bearings, & etc. for a QA36. My QA36 manual does not have a parts listing. Ed G.

 

[dfrisk]

I was down to the Quad-Cities over the 4th Weekend.... grass down there was ALL brown. Why the corn & Beans were green was a mystery. Spotty scattered showers at most for the last two months. Dad said something like 6 inches short of a normal year's rainfall so far.
Just a light sprinkle here around Milwaukee today, to keep the pavement wet.

 

[kmcconaughey]

 

[ccarney]

Thanks, Bryan!