Ariens S 16 HP with a powerful Kohler cast iron 16hp gas engine. Hydrostatic drive, no gears to shift, it has a mid, front and rear pto with a class zero 3 point hitch. The rear PTO is shaft, gear driven. It weighs about 900 pounds. It comes with wheel weights, turf tires on front and rear, a 48 inch shaft drive mower deck, 3 foot 3 point hitch rototiller, snow/dirt blade and chains. The snow blade and chains were never used. I have the original packing slip and shipping sticker. This machine is a rare find. It was stored in a barn for over 15 years. Other then old gas in the tank, it started right -up. There is zero no smoke, I think the engine has under 500 hrs on it. This machine is no Lowes special, just the rototiller alone would cost over $2,000 from JD, and Ariens was the in leader in rototiller technology. This tractor will out live you. I re-painted the rototller, but the rest of the tractor just has some minor surface rust. I replaced the battery and ALL the belts, new hydro filter and oil. I repacked all the grease for the gear boxes on shaft drives for the rototiller and mower deck. Lights are also new, back light are original. This nice part about the tractor is it was never worked on, all the wires and nuts and bolts are original. The hydraulic control lever has Lift, Down, Hold and Float! Not even my new JD has that!!!!! I have ALL the manuals including the repair and parts list.
I started it when it was 20 degrees, turned over like a dream, first try. cold start
The crews of space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station wrapped up a busy day on 3rd June 2008, completing a six-hour, 48-minute spacewalk and expanding the Japanese segment of the orbital outpost.
Mission specialists Mike Fossum and Ron Garan completed STS-124′s first spacewalk at 7:10 p.m. EDT. During the excursion, the pair retrieved a shuttle inspection tool, serviced and inspected components of a solar alpha rotary joint and prepared the largest component of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory for installation on the International Space Station.
The spacewalkers first transferred the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) from the station’s truss to space shuttle Discovery. The OBSS, which attaches to the shuttle’s robotic arm for detailed inspection of the shuttle’s heat shield, was left at the station during the previous shuttle mission to provide room for the giant Kibo module in Discovery’s payload bay.
Next, the spacewalkers prepared Kibo’s Japanese Pressurized Module (JPM) for installation. After inspecting the common berthing mechanism on the Harmony Node’s left side and opening a window cover, Fossum and Garan worked together in the shuttle’s cargo bay to remove contamination covers from the JPM’s docking surfaces. Fossum also disconnected heater cables and removed locking bolts from the shutters of the JPM’s forward window.
For their final tasks, Garan and Fossum moved to the station’s starboard solar alpha rotary joint, which has been operating in a degraded mode due to debris contamination. Garan installed a replacement of one of the joint’s 12 trundle bearing assemblies. Meanwhile, Fossum inspected a depression on the joint’s race ring and tried out several techniques for cleaning the debris.
Mission specialists Karen Nyberg and Akihiko Hoshide used the station’s robotic arm to remove the JPM from the shuttle’s payload bay and install it on Harmony, completing the task at 7:01 p.m.
On the following day, the crew powered up the newly installed JPM and opened the hatches to begin outfitting the lab.
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