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Thank you to all the Veterans who have served our Country...

Dragged my 1971 Rupp Roadster out of my fathers rotted and falling down shed. Last ridden summer of 1987, got caught riding it and it was permanently taken away... had it under a tarp but the moisture got to it. Plan to clean it up and combine it with a parts one I bought to make it as nice as I can. Im 54 and boy... had alot of good times on it driving all over the back roads of my country town. Used to grow alot of tobacco in town and the fields / service dirt roads made for awesome riding Never knew that RUPP Industries was this gentleman. Boy I bet Cecil and Mickey could've had a good conversation as each looked over the others product. Thanks Mickey Rupp for some very cool rides. Yes he was an Indy driver

As I age and inevitably more things are found wrong or wearing out, I think lot about what is in the future for me. Watching my wife fighting the rapid deteriorating effects of Parkinson’s specially when coupled with effects of Arthritis is a sobering daily affair. If similar conditions will happen to me , what will I do and how will I cope with it. Particularly if I loose the ability to use my hands. I will lose essentially what keeps me grounded and probably with some normal degree of sanity. I will lose what is my shield against the undesirable effects of life. I am a firm believer in science but I also believe in the existence of certain energies, good and bad , some of them having had great benefits in my life. A simple bracelet is not going to harm anyone. It is also a craft obviously enjoyed by its creator, tastefully done making one at least taking a look at it and appreciating the craftsmanship and that went into it. Something I can definitely appreciate. So that along with my worries about what the future may be holding for me , looks like I may be getting a bracelet when available.

I know this is not Wheel Horse related but there are many veteran members here, so it is kinda Wheel Horse related. Happy Veterans Day to all the veterans out there!

Show us scientific study that it doesn't. My grandmothers wore them... they lived well into their 90s and didn't die of arthritis. I think they are cool Mark.

I make these at home good for arthritis.

All gave some, some gave all. Veterans Day, observed annually on November 11, is a tribute to military veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Not to be confused with Memorial Day, which honors those who died while in service, Veterans Day honors all military veterans, including those still with us. Veterans Day, originally celebrated as Armistice Day, was first issued on November 11, 1919, by President Woodrow Wilson a year after the end of World War I. The purpose of Armistice Day was to honor the fallen soldiers of the Great War for their sacrifice and bravery. Seven years later, in 1926, Congress adopted a resolution requesting that President Calvin Coolidge issue annual proclamations on November 11, making Armistice Day a legal holiday. In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans rather than just the ones who died in World War I. He led a delegation to General Dwight Eisenhower, who was all for the idea. Weeks then organized the first Veterans Day celebration in 1945 in Alabama and every year since, until he died in 1985. In 1982, he was honored by President Reagan with the Presidential Citizenship Medal. Weeks was also named the ‘Father of Veterans Day’ by Elizabeth Dole. In 1954, Ed Rees, the U.S. Representative from Emporia, Kansas, presented a bill to establish the holiday to Congress. Eisenhower, who was then the president and also from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954, eight and a half years after Raymond Weeks held the first Veterans Day. After having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress — at the urge of the veterans’ service organizations — amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word ‘Armistice’ and inserting the word ‘Veterans.’ With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, November 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars. The National Veterans Award was also created in 1954, first received by Congressman Rees for his support in making Veterans Day a federal holiday. Though the holiday is currently and was originally celebrated on November 11, the day was moved to the fourth Monday of October in 1971 due to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. Finally, on September 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed a law that returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of November 11, beginning in 1978. Remembrance Day is observed in Canada (and other Commonwealth nations, which include 53 member states, nearly all of them former territories of the British Empire) on November 11. It carries much of the same meaning as America’s Veterans Day. Celebrated since the end of WWI, Remembrance Day marks Armistice Day — the day on which the hostilities between the Allies and Germany ceased on the Western Front.

@SylvanLakeWH Same. I recently thanked my father for to two and four Wheel contraptions he made for us older kids.Looking back, super duper unsafe. But hey I'm still here Had a go cart with no brakes once. Sister and I drove it together. Meaning we were really young. You just slowed down and an adult would grab the back bumper

I guess there are a lot of things that have no scientific basis but that show positive effects in people. Whether thats a placebo effect or something we dont fully understand yet I'm not sure. I do yoga and aside from the physical benefits of stretching there is also a lot of "spiritual" or emotional benefit that can't be explained. The old yoga texts talk about energy pathways and chakras which can't be found by modern medicine. But you can feel the effects alright. So if copper wire worn next to the skin can make your joints feel better then give it a go, who are we to say its nonsense. Im cold water swimming and it definitely gives me benefits contrary to what everyone thinks. Mick

I got this one Sunday in Corcoran mn 250. I know i can make it sweet 😋

Rupp was for the cool rich kids... we had a cobbled together Wards mini bike that was at the welder's every other week... cheap frame and cheaper techy... but man was it fun... My brothers and I were on a first name basis with most of the Ann Arbor cops growing up... back then they'd just make sure you weren't on the main roads... Now, they'd impound it and send you to reform school...

Either way I enjoy making them. I will be making some more Soon.

Are you ready for snow? For the most part, just have to switch tractors around in the barn so the snow equipment is in the front of the others. All we've got is a dusting right now. Temps back in the 40's for the rest of the week with some rain. Mowed the lawn for the last time, Saturday. Never think too much about snow until January. At least that's the way it's been for many, many years.

No, but some mornings it makes me wish I was dead!

The temps dropped here rapidly yesterday evening. Wind chills in the teens. I let my dog out last night, and I wish I'd made a video. He slid to a stop and ran back inside and dove under the bed. I can't say I blame him!

Put modified push/pull rod and modified main pivot pin back on 1257 snow plow. Also angle lever was on plow bass ackwards . I always thought there was sumin different about this plow and just assumed lever was harder to reach because it was a long frame plow!!!!! What a dummy, so much easier to reach now. Last pic is way it was before and I forgot to take a pic after I turned it around

If I remember right we have wheel weights that are painted red or black or off-white or military green. IHC or JD yellow is a no-go and requires recoloration.

My first mini bike was a Rupp Scrambler, red with the mag rims. I put a ton of miles on that thing. Wish I still had it.

Ah yes, Rupp minibikes. One of the premier makers, for sure. I was in my 30’s when I bought one at a tag sale. The owner, a recent college grad, had “outgrown it” he said. Ha! Too urban to use in my area, so I kept it at the camp now owned by my daughter and son. Like @Docwheelhorse, we had a blast cruising the logging roads and fields. The torque converter giving great torque at low speeds but then “upshifting” to really boogie was a revelation! We even got my mom to take a spin and the grin on her face was priceless! Chatting with a local fellow some years later we discovered our shared enjoyment of the Rupps. He’d moved up to motorcycles years before and sorely regretted selling his Rupp. Since mine wasn’t really getting much use, I “let” him pay an excessive amount for it! He went on to restore it, use it for a number of years, and pass it on to his grandchildren. Enjoy it Doc!

@WHX?? Ya had to bring this back up, didn’t you? Now I’m ’bout to come unglued on @sqrlgtr for posting that picture of the shirt. 🤣🤣🤣 I was finally starting to calm down about that whole situation around two weeks ago and y’all had to rekindle my anger! 😂😂

Added bonus. You can use it to jump start solenoids!

On Sunday, I was looking at a broken creeper and realized the headrest piece looked a lot like the wooden back for the round hood back rests so, I took it off and put it in my brother's lawn Ranger it looks like it was meant to be

Made my twice yearly trip to New Hampshire for ethanol-free fuel. Beautiful morning for a drive…just chugging along at 3MPH over the limit watching the wanna be race car drivers rip past me. Few flurries of snow started coming down when I got close to the Vermont state line.

As far as i am concerned if the are painted red they are Wheel horse weights ...... weights are weights....

Actually quite a few restoring those and other vintage minis. Id take one you was to give it to me.

28F and 15mph winds this morning. Good day to stay close to the wood stove.

u forgot warden

I have 4 C160s in the "future projects" section. You stop up. I'll make cowboy coffee and you pick out one or three.

Yep. Mine still works and I'm not changing it until it quits.

Just doubled up on my blood pressure medication because of you guys🤣

I actually have 3 sets of weights

Thankfully, Don was later able to recover his Work Horse that had been “tractorjacked.” Initial identification of the culprit using security camera images of a crazy with a beard, hat, and glasses was later proven to be misleading.

Test it for fire first. If it's still working it has value. In fact if it's still working, I wouldn't remove it.

Wow talk about salt in the wound ... gas in the fire ...

Don. that wasn't a very flattering likeness of you was it?

Anneal it i mean . Softens the copper up.

Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for others. Thank you Veterans.

Not much happened today. Quarry came and dropped ~40 ton of gravel. About 25 will be used for the garage and related stuff. The rest is going towards a few other projects and a spot that needs re-graveled behind the old garage. We figured gravel is cheap compared to the delivery charges, so get two full trucks since we already needed more than one.

2020 tshirt

Of course you can drive them, that is after you pass the written exam and then the mowing/driving test 🤣🤣🤣

Yes

There's folks on YT that'll claim that's terrible for any engine. I don't recall why... But "real" gas burns better....? We have one. DEFINITELY recommend it.

I've run em that way on purpose to make Bear reach Freedom of movement. I do have looonng ape arms though.

Meanwhile... here in Maine... Yesterday we had mid 40s and rain. This morning however, 30⁰ and everything is frozen solid. 😬

Wheel Horse Big Show feature tractors 1999 No Feature Tractor 2000 RJ-35 2001 701 2002 Lawn Ranger 2003 Class of 1963 2004 1974 to 1977 Letter Series 2005 875 and 1075 2006 Walk Behinds 2007 1267 2008 500 Special 2009 GT-14 2010 312 2011 C-195 2012 1968 Commando 8 2013 Class of 1961 2014 Class of 1973 2015 Bronco 14 2016 Custom Tractors 2017 520 2018 Anniversary Models were the feature, the shirt had the above listed information 2019 Snowmobiles 2020 there was no show due to coved 2021 D Series 2022 Seniors 2023 RJs 2024 C-175 2025 Workhorse 2026 Class of 1965, 1045, 1055, 1075