B-16_IC Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 This may get windy, be forewarned!:D Kinda excited about this one, so bear with me. Last night after work I stopped at my parents house to help Dad pick up a freebie mower he had found. After getting that home for him, we loaded up Mom's old table saw for me to bring home. Mom is a pretty good woodworker and has done a lot of fine work with this old relic, now it has been handed down.:D On Tuesday they had went to an auction, and Mom bought me this fine old Planet Jr. garden planter. The current hitch is for a Bolens walk-behind, that of course will change!}:) With these treasures loaded in Dad's truck I headed home over the swollen Mississippi.sm00 Today after unloading and raking hay for the neighbor I headed out to pick up the deal I made last Friday, yes Friday the 13th! I usually look forward to those, usually good luck for me, that's how backward I really am!:Q I had spotted this in early spring resting under the remains of an inflatable pool. Told myself if it's still not moving after green grass, I'm stopping! Took in a bit of copper and aluminum to the scrap yard in the same town for tractor money and saw it was still there, hadn't moved.:drl Saw a fella out in the yard so I stopped and talked for quite a while. He turned out to be quite a character, nice guy, fun to talk to! He didn't act too thrilled about selling at first but told me to look at it, he peaked my interest when he mentioned a certain option it had.;) Anywho, here it is! Another B-112, with a nice solid deck, new front tires, rears are goners, wheel weights, also a blade and chains that I have to retrieve from another location. So what do you folks think? I will have to get used to using this short little lift handle, think my arm will like it?:o) I really need to cut a few from the herd, getting a little crowded around here! I am hoping to set up a time soon to go look at a 616, so wish me luck!
jkmustang1 Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Nice to see the hand downs and the finds from parents Mine are both gone so you are lucky Sweet solid looking B112 and I like your 13th luck with the lift
B-16_IC Posted June 22, 2008 Author Posted June 22, 2008 Thanks guys! Forgot to tell why it was parked, PO said it threw sparks out near the S/G when last used. Can't find any bad wires, will have to fire it up and see what happens!:D Oh, and BTW, the price was $200. Can't beat that with a stick!;)
MPH Posted June 22, 2008 Posted June 22, 2008 Sweet score on the B-112, imo one of the nicest looking AC's. Neat hand-me-downs.
B-16_IC Posted June 25, 2008 Author Posted June 25, 2008 Well, last night I hooked up jumper cables to it, and not much happened. The PO's thing about sparks near the S/G was probably right, it barely turned!. I replaced it with one off my B-12, and fired it up. Run like a champ.:D Tonight, I replaced the junk rears with the 23-10.50's I got last year and took it for a test spin, drives great. There are some "issues" I will have to address, more on that in another forum.;)
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