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Yep, tall chute on a 417-8. Electric lift Cast iron wheel weights New tires 2 link chains steering knob west coast mirrors that flip up front noon caps Custom camo seat 42" RD 36" SD

Next model finished (except decals - need to order smaller ones for the hood)... As always, no cost - all from bits and pieces... (except @Vinylguy's outstanding decals)... and one original part incorporated into the design...

Looks like a 60s Simplicity

I got me one of them there newfangled driverless trucks. You just push the speaker button and tell it where you want to go.

Having and not needing is always better than needing and not having....

October 22, 2012, Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of the seven Tour de France titles he won from 1999 to 2005 and banned for life from competitive cycling after being charged with systematically using illicit performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions as well as demanding that some of his Tour teammates dope in order to help him win races. It was a dramatic fall from grace for the onetime global cycling icon, who inspired millions of people after surviving cancer then going on to become one of the most dominant riders in the history of the grueling French race, which attracts the planet’s top cyclists.

No offense to Kevin's "Harvest Selfies" but this is our harvest photo tradition:

I actually met him in Atlanta in1996 at Olympics. My son got his autograph. Groups of cyclists doing training/practice rides and we were in area. I saw Eddie Merckx a little ways off but he would not come over to mingle with us commoners. Was a big Lance fan until the scandal

Giving away tractor to your children. 👍 I could be adopted! 😁😁

Looks like a receiver from a 10,000 lb. equalizer hitch welded to the draw bar. There is also an unusable slot hitch behind it. Notice the factory wheel weights with the centers filled with concrete. This is a worker with some farmer modifications, I noticed it on an online auction site. The blower and two decks looked good on the pictures so I placed a low bid assuming the tractor was a parts machine. I went to pick it up assuming I would have to winch it on the trailer, but bumped the key and it started up first turn and runs and sounds like a strong KT17. This one will probably go to son Mark. My other son Mike has a 417H with a Trac Vac

Looks like my old MoCraft. A rebadged Simplicity.

Well, The long frame C series, 300 & 400 series plows are very common... why not start with one of those?

IH 66 series. It's a really close fit and has more headroom than the aftermarket cozy cabs do.

I had the day off, so we got out there early. We were moving spots because I had to go look for a landmark that starts a trail to one of our stands, about 5, when we walked up on one bedded. Shot fired about 5:30. Deer located, but alive 6:15. 7:00: 8:30 (we had to get dinner) My dad is showing him how to skin it. We do know what we are doing, but the boy wants to get this hide tanned, and we don't usually leave them in any condition worth keeping. 10:00

That's a 312-8 with 14 HP replacement engine and tall chute blower. The front chain guard is missing from the blower and the wings are on backwards too. Other than a messed up seat it don't look too bad! Guessing it's an 89 Ha, I can't see $%!t just like you guys can't either! Where'd you pic that thing up Ed? London? You're sitting on the wrong side! LOL

I think the same guy was in my neighborhood...

Break it down into bucket math... how many buckets went empty, how many came back full, how many fell off the trailer, how many got sold on the way home and finally, how many were put in the garage for the next show? Then tell us about the tractor(s)...

I am in the process of selling/trading an RJ and four wheel wheel horse wagon to Ken McKendree in southern Indiana. You Red Square/Wheel Horse Collector’s guys will remember Ken as the guy that sold many sets of wide rear wheels for Wheel Horses that he brought to several Big Gettysburg Shows when he lived in Evansville, Indiana. Anyhow in prepping the RJ for trade i encountered a problem! My RJ front steering fell apart! yes the roll pin came out of the steering block snd i could not turn the front wheels! Well i have replaced steering rods, blacks etc several times before but that was several years ago and I have slept a few times since. I was under the RJ looking and trying to figure out how i was going to be able to get that 3/16. X 1 3/4 roll or tension pin in that block with only about two inches clearance between the RJ angle iron frame and yhe pin started in the block! Well under the tractor which i lifted about 15 inches in front with a jack. I thought about using channel locks and squeezing it into the block. No go on that one. My next move was to attempt to use a punch to move the pin in the block. But no clearance due to position of the left tire and wheel. Then it hit me, I finally recalled how the tension pin could be installed fairly quickly and easily ( and must have been installed by Wheel Horses) ! You have to remove the left front tire ( left as sitting behind the steering wheel) ! You then move the front axle to far left ( sitting behind wheel) with your hands or with steering wheel if you were able to get the tension pin started in the steering block ( and you do have to align steering block hole with holes on the steering rod/column. THIS WORKS WELL: With this alignment in front you have adequate space to place a punch ( several different kinds should work- I used a round end that was about 3/8 or more. I had enough contact with the pin to hammer three tomes with a ball peen hammer. My pics attached show some of the work.

Depends on your intended jobs for it. I you must have a heavy duty garden tractor (which I doubt) then here it is. If you want something to putter with then keep looking.

That is correct. One caution. Don’t leave power to the coil for an extended time when it’s no being cranked, you can burn it out

Nice find! Could be the angle, but the stance makes me wonder if those are 6” wheel spindles with 8” wheels?

With Halloween fast approaching, @MZirbel Mason got the Techy running on the Raider 10, and Mr. Bone came up from the crypt (pole building) to greet the public once again. VID_20261020_153018745.mp4

So close, so far. Poor judgement... No Wheaties box picture for you Lance.

All fine and dandy until a stick ... which you should have picked up before ... jumps up and opens the valve and decides to oil the deck A short nipple with a cap or a plug in the valve body will prevent that, swap the cap/plug for a hose barb to drain it......but now you've got to keep up with the hose barb, so you can have a choice lose the valve handle, or the hose barb

A blade for the 5xi models can be easily modified by moving the rear cross bar ahead 5" to fit the long frame tractors.

They are readily available and inexpensive...

Agreed - not a WH.

I couldn't find the existing MIRROR thread. Not much to go on, but how good are you?

This is the "517-H" (520-H with Kohler KT17 Series II). New pair of rear tires, Tach-a-matic brackets, all tins and headlight bezels will be included. Swept front axle and (I'm pretty sure) it has the steering reduction.

A half-measure might be to pick up a tailpipe tip (as on many autos to make the end of the exhaust look nice) that has a slight curve to redirect the exhaust more sideways?

Next one finished (except decals - need to order smaller ones for the hood)... As always, no cost - all from bits and pieces in the bin... (except @Vinylguy's outstanding decals)... and has one original part incorporated into the design... Next one is under design/build...

That is how "Captain Kangaroo's" buddy MISTER GREENGEANS got his stage name, went out to mow wearing white pants.

Next month...I think.

Absolutely agreed. My Uncle Ron does as well.

I've replaced your obvious silliness with more appropriate information.

Oooooooooo. YES! I've invented new "sentence enhancers" after doing just that.

Marketing is king! On no.....

The two of you are a pair of strange people!

Put six of them to bed for the winter. 312H, 520-8, 416H, 520H (X2), 312-8 Siphoned out most of gas then ran till empty. Pulled battery. These were barely ran all summer so I didn't bother doing oil changes etc. Got the 520HC with the plow moved up and I will get it all checked out and ready for winter duty. The 520 with the mower deck is still in service to grind up leaves for the next few weeks.

Say what?

This is my next door neighbor Dave's display. He tries to pose these guys differently every year Last year he had one hanging from the street light! I'm partially responsible for this one. I told him he needed to have one where a skeleton was getting eaten by a snow blower. He had to buy a new mower this year so he kept the old one just for this.

If your back is aching and you cannot dismount as Erick did, a lower seat back and an auto trans with a hydraulic lift will enable you to swing a leg over the steering wheel. I have done it both ways. With a manual lift be careful as it is pretty easy to bruise your leg on the handle

The 520's come with 8" fronts and heavier tie rods from factory. The factory tie rods are as heavy as most Big tractor tie rods, would be hard to improve on those.

Another way to say that it is a 45 to 50 year old orphan. Unless you already have 2 identical parts machines. A true rugged beast in its day. IMHO - not prime to be a solid investment now. Others may say to the contrary... Again, IMHO.

I just screwed a 3/8 NPT ball valve into the drain outlet and come oil change time you can screw a hose with a fitting into the other end and no mess. Valves are about five bucks and you use the same hose for all of them.

The value of the item exceeds monetary considerations.