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Once again the hard working members of the Wheel Horse Collectors Club did an outstanding job by providing us with a great gathering place and entertainment (Wild Bill).

This had to be one of my favorite shows just from the craziest happenings. No Friday detours until an SOS call came thru to the Good Ship Ridgeline. The Wisconsin boys needed ice and the Church ladies we out and weren't getting any more. Co a right turn to town. What's sitting on the store parking lot but the ice truck! Just got done loading up the store freezers so I loaded up 5 bags to the 2 I already had and the "soft drinks" in Jim and Dan's coolers got chilled. Later in the day I was watching @wallfish drain gas into a drinking cup. Oh no not again!!! But I should have stayed for the "light show " which followed. Thank heavens @Pullstart recorded it for everyone to enjoy. Got to drive " My Tractor ( @stevasaurus old 702 Thanks Kevin!!!) Pie with @Jrblanke topped it off. Cruise was a fun one. Nice to be able to say goodbye to the guys who leave that night or get up with the chickens on Sat. Hoodlums and vandals struck Wed. night and "molested" my 953! " Who wants a drink? I'm pouring!" James looking for the fire extinguisher! Julie managing to walk a straight line whilst looking at her phone. Richard waiting for the parade to start. Somehow I see @Pullstart driving this! Sea of flags

Mother Nature fought the Wheel Horse Show ...... BUT we won! We had a few rain showers late at night and some drizzle Friday morning, but folks still kept coming into the show on Saturday morning! The amount of patriotism by everyone was outstanding! I could not believe all the Wheel Horses and tent displays with flags and red, white and blue! It was a super family event with people of all ages and people noticed nobody was on their cell phones unless taking a picture. One of the funniest things that happened was during the parade was when I asked that small child riding with his father a question he started singing the ABC song and when he finished everyone clapped and cheered for the kid!

Friday morning ... now you know why Thursday is the best day ... How about unloading. Looky heah what i get to ride around the ranch fer a couple daze 😁

So I texted Mrs. P and said come get this moron he tried to pee with the big dogs and keep up with Dan. I was in bed at 1030 but got woken up every hour 'till 130 to the sound of ice being rattled and someone saying just one more! Saturday night she texts me this saying thanks a lot now I gotta babysit ... I said tag your it!

Here's my Johnson City tx tractor show today all my wheel horse line up ready for the show

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So Thursday, while getting ready for the show we found some holes in the boy's mower deck. This afternoon I had him strip it down to repair the shell. I will probably also replace the double belts and re-bearing the whole thing while it is apart. Meanwhile I was futzing with the 1076 I bought from @Ed Kennell at the show. I wanted to get the deck on and try it out as a mowing machine, but first I had to straighten the forks a bit: In the end I got the deck on, but there were other issues, and I ended up using the 855 to mow for the first time this year. The Commando has been dominating lawn care duty so far this year.

A few more pictures.

@Pullstart had reservations at the Hotel Norman.

I’m home now, rolled in about 8:30 last night and was greeted with a bag of sea food boil and chocolate cake! Happy to be off the road for a bit.

That 401 runs and drives absolutely perfect @Achto !!!!!

I would have scoured the campers for something mushy like mashed potatoes. Then filled those boots!

Please no... Sunday morning... Really...?!?!?

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I had to load up Friday so I could head home Saturday. Weather wouldn't have mattered but I did need to get home for personal reasons. Ran in the rain several places along the way on I-81 but GOD blessed me with safe travels.

Its no fun loading in the rain so we bugged out very early Saturday. Packed ip camp in rrcord time but still didn't beat the rain. We also have a 14 hour drive and Dan has to pull on Sunday. Next year he is gonna take vacation on Monday so we can stick around longer.

Hey @WHX??, a photo of me pulling the trailer did end up getting taken so now you can believe it that I actually did it

The license plates were already there when I got it. Ed even joked it's the only WH licensed to drive on the turn pike. I'm on the fence about trying to repair that deck. The area around the spindles seems pretty solid, there is a lot of metal that needs replaced everywhere else. It may be better to just look for a different deck. He much prefers working with his hands over doing computer things. He plays video games, and watches TV, and spends most of the evening most nights talking/texting his girlfriend, but he only has so much patience for a screen, or for sitting still, in a day. @lynnmor As for eye protection, we are well supplied with safety glasses, and use them when needed. Most of this job was done with hand tools, because we were working with carriage bolts, and impact guns strip the holes on carriage bolts. In regards to the picture that I'm sure prompted that comment, he wasn't running the gun, just looking under to line up on the bolt that he couldn't break loose by hand. The deck shell was plenty of protection in this case.

What did I score at the Big Show? A great time seeing old friends and enjoying myself.

I will be posting both Friday and Saturday's group photos (both numbered and un-numbered) by mid-week so that we can put names with faces. I will be offering the option to add real names and city where you live for those who wish to share.

Arrived home about 7:00 pm Saturday hearing thunder off to the west. Managed to unload the trailer and unhook before the torential downpour hit.

Success. IMG_1989.mov

Here is the Saturday group.

In these I included a pic of a broken Hampton sign, I witnessed a bus back right into it while checking out my truck in the morning.

Sorry Bob, I also bailed out Friday night. It's a real hassle trying to cover and uncover the buckets in wet weather. If I can find some young volunteers to help, maybe next year I'll unload in a barn. I did have two great days having some good conversations with many old members of my WH family. Also got to meet a few new members. I do have one suggestion for all us young members. Please wear your name tag like I do cause many of the more experienced members have filled thier data storage center and do not have room to store anymore names or faces. Anyway, safe travels to all. I just finished unloading the buckets till the next show. Oh Bob, I did find one more PTO brake bracket while unloading.

Thanks to all who were a part of the 2026 Red Square group photos. Special thanks go to @Wild Bill in VA for handling the announcements and Executive Director / Cinematographer / Cat Herder, @Handy Don . We couldn’t have done it without you. Now comes the fun part, putting names with faces. Each day’s photo has a number assigned to the participants, some of you I know and some I don’t. Please respond to this thread (indicating your number on each photo) with your Red Square name and at your option add your name and the city you are from. Thanks for being a part of the photos and hope you enjoyed the show as much as I did. FRIDAY GROUP PHOTO The Saturday Group Photo is below the Friday list. Number Red Square Name Your Name Location. 1 @Ed Kennell - Ed Kennell - Felton, PA 2 @WHX?? - Jim Parsons - Montello, WI 3 @Achto - Dan Achterberg - Redgranite, WI 4 @Darrenw85 - Darren Westland - Freedom, PA 5 6 7 @adsm08 - Eric - Dillsburg, PA 8 9 10 11 12 13 @Pullstart - Kevin Alberts - Middleville, MI 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 @Mike’sHorseBarn - Mike Hower - Miffintown, PA 24 25 26 27 @953 nut - Dick Schmidt - Franklin, NC 28 @squonk - Michael Chasse - Waterloo, NY 29 @Horsin'around - Mark Makowiecki - Christina, PA 30 @Sparky - Mike Nelson - Andover, CT 31 Honorary Member - Brad Nelson - Ellington, CT 32 33 @joebob - Bob Nelson - Cedar, MN 34 @pfrederi - Paul Frederick - Kingsley, PA 35 Honorary Member - Mason Zirbel - New Windsor, MD 36 37 @fast88pu - Kyle - Pine Bush, NY 38 @Thegearhead0324 - Jesse Loomis - Herkimer, NY 39 @stevebo - Steve Bo - New Milford, CT 40 @bobbyw - Bobby Westland - Freedom, PA 41 @Jrblanke - James - Raleigh, NC 42 @Handy Don Don - Cortlandt, NY 43 Elbow on right @Wild Bill in VA - Bill Pearson - Richmond, VA Saturday Photo 1 @nylyon - Karl Lyon - Brewster, NY 2 @wallfish - John Dicken - Leicester, MA 3 @Pullstart - Kevin Alberts - Middleville, MI 4 5 6 7 @Handy Don Don - Cortlandt, NY 8 Honorary Member - Randy Kirkpatrick - PA 9 10 @Blaine - Blaine - Dover, PA 11 @squonk - Michael Chasse - Waterloo, NY 12 13 14 @rmaynard - Bob Maynard - New Windsor, MD 15 @jimt1971 - Jim Thackeray - Trevose, PA 16 @kthack657 - Karen Thackeray - Trevose, PA 17 18 @Wild Bill in VA - Bill Pearson - Richmond, VA 19 Honorary Member - Mason Zirbel - New Windsor, MD 20 @Rob R - Rob Rottkamp - Brewster, NY 21 22 @Mike’sHorseBarn - Mike Hower - Miffintown, PA Thanks for your help

Welcome, fellow Mainer. All of the above comments are worth considering. Post a picture or two if you can. Make sure the photos show how you're routing the belts. This thread is reminding me that our front lawn is getting deep enough to hide a large groundhog and needs some attention from my mowing deck.

No, I"m WAY to short to be able to stand in the back row! LOL

I had a small shopping list for this years show. Already had an 867 coming from Jim, so didn’t have to shop the show for a short frame start/gen machine, but was also on the lookout for a C-81. Not a super desirable model but I really wanted one. Last year there were no C-81’s for sale. Found this one on Thursday morning. It’s a 1978 and its in real nice shape! The story is that it was a Phil Bowling (I hope I got his name right!) tractor and after he passed it ended up in someone else’s hands. And this year it went up for sale to reduce someone’s collection. Grabbed a show shirt, 8 speed drive belt and a pair of rear wheels/tires…and that’s it.

New C-81 purchase came with 22x7.50’s, would have been 23x8.50’s when new. Amazing how much height diff there is!

Sorry Richard, got a bit

Excellent . Cleaned up those chrome mower wheels this morning. I have a nice 1991 48'' SD mower deck that came with my 91 520-H when I bought it. Just received recently 3 complete spindles from K & B . Those are the next projects in line. Would like to use this 420 around the property here and there. @Bill D

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#2 Friday Jim Parsons Montello, WI I like to go thru and see how many faces & names I know and recognize. I could pick & name 25 out of a police lineup ...

13 and 3. Kevin Alberts, Middleville, MICH. And apparently those couple raffle tickets I was holding on Saturday did the trick for that Lawn Ranger

I didn’t make it out this year, but I have been to eight or 10 shows and after the first couple and seeing most all WH machines, the show turns more into parts and swap meet rather than showing tractors. That seems to be the emphasis. My plan usually is to have one of the grandsons with me and spending time with them at the show and going different places around the local community is a really nice change. Saturday is a good day for a Gettysburg stop. Load up Friday afternoon and. I’ll leave my trailer at the show and then pick it up on the way back through. That’s usually how I do Saturday. I really wanted to bring my articulating XI to the show, but of course I didn’t make it so have to wait till next year maybe. I like building something different every year, working on a 520 framed power steering machine now. I enjoy the custom machines and I know it’s not for the purist at heart the guys that have to have the number matching red machines, yada yada yada is nice but I prefer coloring outside the lines. that’s my thoughts of the show and relative to Saturday and how I look at things name tags and real names, yes there should be somewhere a person should list their real name. (unless they are hiding from something)

Right!?!? It is getting better tho. I know who @702 timmy is now. Hopefully the group picture came out good and we can put names to faces there. Back to bailing early I remember my rookie year when the place cleared out on Saturday like cockroaches scurrying for darkness. I said wait where's everyone going were'e just starting to have fun and the weather is beut. I stayed 'till Sunday and then they had to kick me out. I guess it's just sad seeing a great party come to an end.

Really Appreciate all their efforts THANK YOU !!!

You sure did Eric. Almost didn't let you have your tractor. I thought I sold it to Adam.

I understand Ed, and I do agree on the name tags. I have trouble putting names to faces on a daily basis much less yearly.

Yeah but I disagreed with the Fire Inspectors theory. The insurance company's report is all that matters, and they think as I do at this point. I told the fire marshals they had been in too much smoke over the years based on what they came up with. But I know they have no choice but to work from "process of elimination", and they have to make a report. I'm not knocking anyone in the fire department. Those guys were incredible. That being said, I know what burning electric smells like, which was the first thing I noticed. I walked 20 feet inside looking for the source of the smell, and within seconds the smoke alarms all went off together. 5 minutes later the fire department was spraying the flames. That was the most frightening 5 minutes I've ever known. I was a military pilot and have been afraid before, but this was so fast and overwhelming that I'll probably be the guy holding the 20lb fire extinguisher at my son's 12th birthday cake! Again the firefighters were incredible. 4 of them came back today to help me tarp off the section of roof that wasn't burned, but where they had to cut a vent during the fire over my garage (which is the only place that still has a ceiling). They didn't have to, but helped when I asked if it was safe to even support the weight of a person standing up there. My garage is all that is undamaged, and where I've been moving anything that could be salvaged as well as where my Wheel Horses are kept. Until the adjuster comes on Monday, I don't know what I have to do so far as storage, so the garage is the short term safe spot.

Its always nice to have whacky memories from every show. This year was the wrong restaurant, getting detoured then turning the wrong way ( Thinking of you Waldo.) Then getting grease on my favorite shirt. Had to utilize @stevebo's on site 24 Hr laundry service. Dawn Power Wash and a run through his 5th wheel speed queen made it look brand new! Only took 1 pic today ( Thursday) but hope to get more tomorrow. Can you guess who the Masked Man is?

Once you go numb the pain stops.

I was too busy having fun to take a bunch of photos but I had a blast as usual. Special thanks to everyone who volunteers and all who travel in to make this show so great!👍This community of people is unparalleled. VID_20260626_114003401.mp4 VID_20260626_204748710~2.mp4

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