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August 23, 1947, the first Little League World Series championship game—the culmination of a three-day tournament in Williamsport, Pennsylvania—features teams from Pennsylvania. Before roughly 2,500 fans, Maynard, a team from Williamsport, defeats Lock Haven, 16-7, to win the title at Original Field. Although it is called the "World Series," 11 of the 12 teams in the tournament are from Pennsylvania; the outlier is a team from Atlantic City, N.J.

Fellow approached me at the Steam Pageant. Said he has a B-80 sitting in a barn that needs a home. Hadn't used it in years Well it's crusty, dusty and poopy. Shot tires but I have spares in the parts dept. Can't believe the seat is nice! Gonna get that off and hit the tractor with Dawn Power Wash and let it get rained on. Got to de- mouse the engine before going inside. Center spindle on deck needs work but the shell looks solid!

Taking 4 flights tomorrow to get to the other side of the world. The longest trip I’ve ever taken, one flight is 16 hours in the air. And this came in the mail today, great timing! Some good reading material! Wish it had a WH on the cover but that’s fine.

Still got the little baby buggy bumpers on the hood and seat hinges. Seat clean up

I’d start hitting that seat with some vinyl conditioner massaging it in with latex gloves on. I did that with the barn find C-101 I bought last year and it worked well.

I was in college then and in my dynamics class we tried to figure out the ONE speed at which that harmonic would work. We also wondered how many tries it took the engineers, with the truck bouncing around wildely, to get that video!

I was never a fan of the 8hp tractors, until I bought one in a package deal with a bucket. Definitely fuel sipping and gets the job done. Combined with the 8 speed transmission they are impressive.

My '70s c-series battery boxes never hold batteries well and I've had it on my list to go by a truck repair place for some mud flaps to rip down for filler strips. Wood blocks just annoy me for some reason. I saw a comment recently by @ebinmaine that got me to thinking. I think it was about felt pads so I went to the garage and knew I had these expansion joints for concrete. I'm going to rip some down and think they'll work well. Anyone else have a good solution?

Nice find! My 1977 B-80/8 speed is one of my favorite tractors

My first truck didn’t have power steering, so yes I too learned that you must be rolling to steer. Especially when you have a snowplow hanging off the front! Also learned not to keep your thumbs in the wheel when trying to go over a curb diagonally. That’s when the steering wheel spokes turn into a fan spraining your thumbs very quickly!! Years ago I used to oil and stone, or some folks call it chipseal or tar and chip driveways and roads. You definitely cannot stop and turn the wheel on the stone or it will pick up the hot oil and then you have a big mess on your hands. Just about every rookie driver I worked with did this. @Handy Don I also cringe when I see people stop and turn the wheel. Sometimes if you’re in a tight spot I get it, you almost have to. But I especially cringe when I see them do it on brand new blacktop 🤦‍♂️

The Z06 wheels fit! 1. I am NOT actually a fan of wheel spacers. 2. This instance, it actually corrects the scrub angle and wheel center. 3. There will never be a wild load like 4 Wheel Horses in the bed. It take a special skill with a small tool to open the tailgate and I won’t even show my kid how to do that. She may figure it out, but it still won’t have big weight in it. 4. This is a fair weather vehicle, and won’t go too far from home.

I have this one set aside. I believe it's a 1976. I bought this from @Retired Wrencher Gary. Overall decent shape but the engine was incorrectly rebuilt. Not sure if I will have my favorite local small engine shop fix this one, or just swap another one in. Definitely looking forward to having this machine as a part of my working Herd.

You just turn the phone upside down, with screen rotation off, and then when it gets back here it will be right.

But wouldn't it be backward or upside down or somethin' like that being on the other side of the world? ? ?

Learning to drive before power steering on a very heavy vehicle, an early lesson was to be rolling before trying to turn! I still have that habit and I cringe (silently, of course) when my spouse cranks the wheel while standing still!

Back in June, I had my C-141 Automatic out for sale in our yard sell. I had all of them setting out to attract more attention. A man and his son were looking at my tractors and the son (looked to be about 8-10 years old) started going nuts over them and begged his dad to get him one. They asked me which one would be best suited, and I recommended the C-141. Solid running with no issues. I let them drive it around the yard and they agreed to buy it. Yesterday, when I grabbed our mail, there was one envelope with nothing but "Mr. Doug" handwritten on the front. Below is the letter that was inside. We just finished loading the snow thrower in their pickup. I let him have it for $50 and gave him some tips on how to attach and detach it, along with a printed operator's manual and parts listing. Pretty cool to see a kid so enthused about his Wheel Horse.

Saw this on marketplace.. thoughts on it.. practicality, useful for work? Price? Both engines make it have double the horsepower.. to lift it off the ground and shoot flames?

Still need to sort out new carb so it will idle but it’s working good otherwise. Thank 953nut for preventing magic smokes and all who pitched in to support my adventure.

Film splicing 101, not engineering classes. You are wasting your time if you are looking for an honest commercial.

Needed to get the york rake hooked up to work on the stump removal project. It is the only implement I have not permanently attached to a tractor. Had to move a lot to get it out and hooked up to the GT-14... Part of me says I need another 3pt tractor

My first WH was a 12 year old 1974 B-80 I bought 40 years ago it came with a 36RD deck, cut my grass, pulled my cart and moved my old Boston Whaler around for 11 years. I found a nice C-120 and bought it and sold the B for 100.00 less than I paid for it. Over the last 30 years I've bought and sold 30+ WH's, my two favorites are the '74 B80 and the '76 B80. The '76 would run my 36" tiler down hear with no problem. In the last year I've sold all my horses except 3 of my round hood, if I ever decided to buy another WH it will be a B80.

Got the stiffner on this weekend, next up trailing wheel. That'll have to wait till after Pioneer Power Show in Lesueur.

I get two mowings with fuel left over on my one-gallon tank! K181s rock.

I always wondered the same, how many takes did it take to not get those metal pipes to not touch the wires while bouncing around. But commercials back then were actually creative.

8 HP = "Turbo Thrift"

This is a twin I beam front end (2wd), no control arms, if it ever needed an alignment someday I’d have to take her to a heavy duty truck place to have them heat and bend the beams. It is funny tho because I have seen the old commercials for 70s Ford trucks and they do a suspension test with the whole front end bouncing around but the frame and body stay smooth and straight.

You guys would get a huge kick out of the vehicle my father learned to drive as a semi back in the mid 60s. It was a late 50s or early 60s Mack B model truck. I don't know what transmission it had but likely was a twin stick back then. >> No power steering. << 24 inch diameter steering wheel that went six or seven turns lock to lock. By comparison, most vehicles nowadays go about half that. Needless to say, when he was learning how to back a trailer he was shown how to pick a line, and stick to it, and trust his mirrors.

Yep, I have 6 machines here with Kohler 8’s and they all “sip fuel”. And yes, they sometimes mow at full throttle for an hour or so.

I've definitely considered that but I want the fuel sipping of the little 8 HP.

Looks like you already starting browsing thru it in the potty!

You should take your picture of you and that magazine on the other side of the world and send it to them 👍🏻

Today after a surprisingly short shift at work, I volunteered to mow my parent's lawn as after talking to my mother we thought it needed a trim. My father has been working with my brothers and was short on time. My youngest brother has also been short on time as it's also the busy season for him at work. I mowed where i could reach with the tractor and did some weed wacking for him as he's one of the first people to assist me with something if needed. The 312 and the new PTO belt got a good workout today.

Anything I get is tarped on the trailer and a bug bomb set off under it before going into my shop. Don't want critters coming in.

I have not said a word to my wife in over a year. I figure it would be rude to interrupt.

@Natejc_98 came by and picked up his 1973 8 HP 4 speed. He and Trina and I have been through the systems on it. Changed a bunch of stuff. Cleaned some stuff. Replaced some stuff. Today we tried to start it and immediately figured out it was getting no fuel. The original fuel pump was gunkified. Swapped for another pump but that was reeeaaally weak. OK... back to the original and clean it up. I modified a 10 to 16 HP pump rebuild kit by using a leather hole punch to change the position of the holes in the diaphragm. Reused the original internal spring. The 8 HP engine fired up and went well. We then noticed a scraping noise when the tractor was in gear. Popped the belt off and verified it against a known correct Wheelhorse 7473 belt. It was a little bit too long. Likely I has mistakenly installed a 7478 from an Automatic tractor which is an inch or whatever longer. Left the 7473 on. Nate got the chance to drive his "new" toy around here a bit and we loaded it up on his truck. Off to it's new home!

@Retired Wrencher You going to share with these guys the motor you picked up this weekend?

Before I retired I had a lot of long flights. I spent a lot of time in the rear of the planes doing jumping jacks and squat thrusts. Some of the flight attendants would join in. My carry on was an aluminum case containing my equipment to install strain guages. It contained exacto knives, bottles of acetone and MEK, epoxy adhesives, and electronic equipment. Wonder if I would be allowed on board today? I measured torque, thrust, and strain on large hydro turbine equipment that was showing signs of failure.

If you have some thin needle nose pliers you can gently pull that ring off. A squirt of lube will help it come off. Hit the area and ring with brake cleaner and compressed air the reassemble with the new key. Make sure the writing saying flywheel side is showing before you put the flywheel on. You won't get spark if it's on backwards.

The Garden State Parkway wasn’t built until the 50’s and the Turnpike is on the other side of the state!

I started buying these red anodized aluminum battery hold down bars. They work for the larger Automotive style batteries as seen below and also for the standard garden tractor battery. You will have to drill a hole in the battery tray for the J Bolt on either side.

Hmm, I like that idea!

I’m using an engine tach. The blue one on the top let side of the dash. It’s a little slow at times but it also counts the hours as well. I have not use a lazer tach at work yet to see the pulley speed or anything like that.

@Handy Don Yes I agree, after driving manual steering you can feel how it can wear steering components when at a stand still. I do the same thing as a habit with all vehicles, I always like to start at a roll before turning the wheel. I cringe inside when I see the kids or warden just cranking that steering wheel at a stop.

Did you consider moisture retention if that material gets wet that can cause rust & rot? Add in a tad of battery acid and the bad things can happen fast...

What is a horse's favorite sport? Stable tennis!

First clean up. Waiting for the rain for the 2nd go round.

Not to give Pullstart any ideas but ...

Nice and clean workhorse tractor. That’s something to be proud of.

For some reason I only have a few facing from the rear. All good.