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Twenty years ago, the forum we have come to know as Red Square launched. Karl and Mike will be along to fill in the details. Thanks to you the photos in this YouTube video help tell the story, with few exceptions all of the photos were posted on Red Square since November 2025. So, in essence you made this video, I just posted it for your enjoyment. There is no narration, just some lighthearted YouTube generic soundtrack music, Enjoy.

HAPPPPY BIRTHDAY!!! A HUGE thanks to @nylyon and @Sparky and all the other Redsquare staff for keeping this going. And of course all the members and Supporters!!

November 14, 1956 The Great Bell of Big Ben first chimes at the foot of the still-unfinished clock tower outside the Palace of Westminster.

Thank you Dick, for everything you do for Red Square. Thank you for your daily posts on historic events, that must be a lot to keep up on every single day. Your many other contributions here do not go unnoticed, it’s people like you that make this forum great. We are all happy that you and your wife have made it through some difficult health issues. God bless you ❤️

OMG, this is beautiful. At the moment, I am at a loss for words so for now Thank You

Once the virtual versions of all my Tractors are done. Next is the implements😁 @ri702bill even better virtual gas it’s free and the mileage is great. That would be cool though to have virtual vinyl decals. @squonk we’ll see once I make a plow/snowblower or repurpose one from another similar mod as it does snow in the game in winter. @Bar Nuthin that’s the next step I have another lawn tractor mod I’m getting the “Kohler” out of. It looks like a dead ringer for a K with some modification I can make it a Magnum. I even found a “Command” for the C-85. @953 nut it’s the only Wheel Horse I could fit my entire stable in my pocket…I’ve got 50gb of iCloud storage. My entire mod folder for the game is 17gb I think I’m good…for now😁

I told my wife I wasn’t going to buy any more WH’s until I got the 420 LSE finished. It wasn’t 30 minutes later that I saw this 520 on MP. Floated the guy an offer. Next he’s asking when can he deliver it… Now to figure out if the Onan is any good. It’s not locked up. He said he bought it for the muffler and a hydraulic hose. The previous owner said it had a wiring issue and just stopped.

The Holy Grail Site to all things Wheel Horse. A site that the Folks are good people that will respect each other’s questions with respect no matter how simple it is. A place that no matter what you do to your WH, no one is going to put you down for it but be inspired by what you did. I grew up with a 1978 C141-8 mowing many acres and tilling gardens, had that tractor until 2004 (knowing it was a tried and true quality tractor) when I traded and bought new a 2004 315-8. This in turn with the advent of eBay and internet led me to discover the many versions of WH throughout the years, 1964 (birth year) models became my big search (now have all the styles from 64) and many others just fell into my barn along the way. Been a member here since July 2012, with a collection of 70 tractors, 52 being WH, this site has been a great resource. I have submitted many serial numbers and manuals to Qwest to add and am grateful for the work he does to keep those updates. I recently retired and now these tractors are my full time new job rebuilding the ones that need it and attending many more tractor shows and festivals. I just seen the 20th Anniversary YouTube video and was pleasantly surprised to see one of my Memorial Day pictures of some of my WH’s that I recruit neighbors to drive for me. Thank You for a Great Site and for keeping the Wheel Horse Name Alive.

Happy 20th RedSquare! Tractor people are awesome, this place is amazing!

This guy, my back yard 1 hr ago, says he's looking for you...

Here in my area of MA, and many others, the road intersections are named. The names are from fallen soldiers from that lived in that area. Many areas of the city of Worcester are actually known by that "square" of the names and referred to that way, such as Webster Sq, Tatnuck Sq etc. etc. etc.

Love the 520-H. Beast of a tractor and the most comfortable of all my WH's. Good luck Don. My better half having Winter fun back around 2009 with a big smile and NO CAB. She's a tough one. Tom Boy

Instead of creating a separate post, I will add to this one since Richard did such an amazing job with the video, thank you! Many of you know how this place came about: Chris, high school project, @Sparky babbling it up, and me looking for a snow plow, so I am not going to rehash the origins of the forum. When RedSquare started to grow, we picked the right team to help us build this place how we would like to see a forum run. We really tried to stop the hate posts and the sarcastic answers, to give the members a good place to ask their questions, and to allow a safe place for the younger members to be. In the beginning, it was a little challenging, and some of the initial members left to form their own forums with their own view of how they would like their site to run. Which was fine with us! After a few years, RedSquare became basically self-moderating. There is just the vibe of “it’s how we do things here” that ALL of you follow every day that keeps the forum running smoothly. When things go awry, our moderators quickly jump in to get things back on track. It amazes me just how few members (spammers excluded) we have had to ban permanently. I couldn’t be prouder of how RedSquare turned out; it far exceeded any expectation that I ever had. It really is hard to fathom that it has been 20 years, but that’s what the numbers say. I have always felt that RedSquare had a definite and positive influence on the Wheel Horse community. @gwest_ca was running the Wheel Horse Manuals group on Yahoo groups, and I forget who approached who, but with the Yahoo Groups shutting down, he offered to build the manuals section for us here. If you were not aware, Garry is 100% in charge of the manuals section—he kicked me out and told me to keep my hands off his baby. (Ok, not really, but close 😉) I can’t think of any other site, Toro included, that has a more comprehensive or better organized area for Wheel Horse manuals. Garry, I can’t thank you enough! So many members throughout the years have stepped up to build this place to where it is today, from volunteering to organize the forum better, to creating regular fun posts, making calendars, promoting the forum, and of course sharing your knowledge. For me, it’s never been about the tractors; it’s always been about the people, and we have the best. Congratulations on 20 incredible years of building something that truly matters to people. It's an amazing milestone!

I totally know what you mean Mike!! This is a standard old bulb eater that I got sick of swapping bulbs in (including the “rough service” ones). Bought this screw in LED head, simply remove the old bulb cage and screw it in. Still has a hook

Well done!! Appreciate all you do for the forum Richard

The wind is like a calm stillish breeze. It’s a beautiful morning!

Yesterday Trina got the upper vertical studs finished up. It's extremely impressive to see how much the metal frame structure stiffened up by adding the back wall wooden frame. Several months ago we had a customer who is well known for not checking his paperwork make a mistake and ordered a metal roofing package with wavy panels instead of flat ones. It's been sitting for 10 months. It landed on my trailer Thursday. To start with, this will be the roof for the new camper shed. After that, who knows. Many things. Also in the trailer is my order of corrugated metal sheets for the long side walls.

Nine pin connecter

Soda: It is better that hers is in there. I can fit both vehicle in the garage by putting them forward and then putting the snowblower sideways on her side and the tractor on my side with the plow. That way I blow first and scrape with the plow down to the pavement. She likes a clean driveway. I think because she had both knees done. That’s the way it’s gotta be and I kind of agree with her.

Yeah, that’s her one rule. Her car has to be in the garage.😬

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I have had good success using one for a mid 1960's 6 cylinder Chevrolet. Wire is the right length.

That is not the correct ignition condenser for a K-321. The Kohler 230722 Condenser fits all battery ignition single cylinder and twin cylinder from the K-90 to the K-582. It has a battery ignition system and uses a 200 to 500 nF condenser. Any automotive condenser from an engine with points will do. The unit of measure for a condenser is the Farad, and our small engines use a condenser that is in the nanofarad range (ten to the minus ninth power Farads) which is based on the voltage range they work in. A battery ignition system uses a 200 to 500 nF condenser. The lower end of the spectrum is preferable as too high a rating will allow more flow resulting in coil overheating. Do not use a condenser intended for a magneto ignition because its rating is too low and will result in burned ignition point contacts. Most automotive points condensers will be fine. I have used the 1960s Ford condenser ( 250 to 280 nF) because I had a few on the shelf. If you look up automotive condensers on line you should be able to find the capacitance rating. Armed with this information you can walk into your auto parts store and get a very confused look on the face of the person on the other side of the counter. The capacitance is not listed on the package and probably not in their store computer for have they have for condensers they stock.

Before you buy parts, have you taken the block and crank to a show that machines small engines. Buying a used rank in good usable condition is probable a challenge. A shop may be able to grind you crank for less that buying one.

Awesome thank you for your help. I started wondering if it was wrong when I started searching for the part. This is what was on it when I bought the tractor. There are some other things that don't match up on it. I'm thinking it's been modified. Thanks again. Hoping this will get it running again!

Y’all know the 9 point was recovered. Here’s the film…

And so it goes... As long as you don't have to say "Hon, your car is going to have to park in the drive, I need the garage space for a while..."

Hey guys. I have a wheel horse workhorse 700 and the shifter is loose can almost pull it out It’s not shifting into gears. Does anyone know what I have to do to replace it or repair it?

Thanks guys !! I’ll let yall know how it goes !

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If virtual Wheel Horses are anything like actual Wheel Horses, you might want to go ahead and purchase more storage.

Now that Don and Steve have your shifter problem solved please tell us a bit about your and yourself. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/forum/47-introductions/

Thanks! Will do. I am in North Georgia and can pickup anywhere. Retired and a road trip is always good!

When done getting the shifter back in order, be sure to have a good shifter boot back in place. Essential for keeping the innards free of junk and water.

There is a set screw you can see in the 3rd picture. It has a locknut (7/16) on an Allen Head dog point set screw. Need a 1/8" set screw wrench to tighten. If you loosen the set crew, you can pull out the shifter and check it to see if it is OK. We have a thread around here some where that shows how it all works. I'll try to find it for you. Here ya go.

As long as decks work as they should and still give a nice cut, a good, experienced welder can take care of any holes.

Pete, that is for removing fiber packings like the ones found on steam pumps, valves and other industrial rotating shafts.

They wanted to add to the difficulty of installing that heavy monster by keeping the mule drive attached. Other than that, I believe it was simply belt clearance, there isn't much space to work with.

Half the job is easy and half is hard, right? Hard half: installing a new belt. Easy half: hacksaw to cut and remove old belt.

No consulting fees? $200 an hour plus peridium! Paul and cafoose?

Is it just the one spindle or both? Only thing I could think of would be chuck it up in a lathe, would probably have to use a longer boring bore to reach the spindle face. Might be able to use a face plate to clamp spindle to then cut it? Just thinking aloud here. I would be tempted to use as is just to see how bad it is before I spent too much time on it or try to source another one. .

The bolts in my set up pictured above were GR8 5/8" Most all thread is Gr 2