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Picked up this 308-8 for my girlfriend's son's first tractor today. I have an extra under the fender tank off a 310-8 that I'd like to put on it to use instead of the little 1 gallon on the engine. Has anyone done this and any advice? Thanks!

Personal opinion, I wouldn't change it. The 1 gallon tank is sufficient for the Magnum 8. Under the fender tanks are certainly larger, but you'll likely begin to see problems with longer crank times. This equates to shorter battery and starter life. Fuel tends to drain back down the longer line over just a few days and requires a few seconds to pull fuel all the way back to the carb during starting. You can add a fuel bulb primer if you go this route.

As long as you will be in Illinois, stop over at AJ’s Garden Tractor Jamboree, Oregon, Illinois.

Pressure washed a bunch of stuff after work. Love-hate relationship there for me. 16 Auto, FEL sub-frame, a bunch of parts and these front weights that took two years to pry out of my brother's hand's They'll be Regal red soon.

In other words Tree be a cold day in hell before any horse in 500 miles of us gets scrapped ...

Might make that happen, been a few years since I've been there.

Hills - the great equalizer of splash lubed engines. The hill always wins when the rod cap dipper goes dry....

I can see the logic there. Trina's tractors all sip fuel in comparison to my larger engines. That engine mounted tank will still give you a strong couple hours run time. If changing that to five plus is a bonus then go for it. But I'd be cautious there. The larger tank could be more prone to allowing moisture to condense. Be sure to use non ethanol fuel. Personally, if I did this changeover, a primer bulb would be a minimum requirement... but I'd go to an electric fuel pump. @Fivehorsetown .... does this mean you gotta change your username?

I'm not a fan of anything with an Onan, but the P216 is much better than the P220 statistically. The 16 doesn't tend to have all the issues associated with the 20hp. When parts were available (if you could afford them), the Performer series Onan engines were exceptional. Nowadays they can be more difficult to keep up. But the series 1 Kohler twins have some very serious limitations. The "spray" lubrication system is definitely a weak point. That being said, if it is still going it is probably a good one. I'm not good at these decisions. I have way more tractors than I need. When it comes time to downsize, I'll likely be a nervous wreck trying to decide which ones to let go of...

Thank you. But, sorry. This is a wheeled machine. It does have a dis-engagement lever though. It looks like it will be an ok machine. I think .....

Okey Doke for non believers. I could have done a better job cleaning up the straggler grass by mowing on the return trip, but didn't want to throw cut grass on the roadway. Makes the motorcyclists wary of grass slick surface. The skid marks on the road arn't from me going through the gears on the 520. They from last fall when I had a camper trailer brake locking up. That prompted new shackle bolts, repairing trailer brakes and repacking wheel bearings. Now, if I just had time to go camping. Retired for three years and spend less time camping than when I was working. Guess I should go back to work?

I have arrangements to pick that one up on Saturday morning. Plans are to pass it on to my BIL as a thank you for several things that he helps me out with. Not sure why the status on that has not been changed.

This afternoon I swapped a center spindle out as the idler swap didn’t change the noise from the deck. It is better but I’ll have to mow with it to see if anything changed. At least now I know the center spindle, and idler are greased and both seem to be good. The only other rotating parts are the two outer spindles which they’ll be the next thing to be swapped. I’m at least going to check them out and give them a good clean out if not swap them. I’m just curious though how much noise should these 3 blade 42”deck make? If it’s a hum I’d be good with that. Before I started swapping parts I couldn’t hear the engine at all over the deck.

The wife wanted one of the daycare play scapes relocated in the yard now that we’re down to two of them from three.

I'm at work. Trina's home having fun.

These were really cheap ones too. Two for like $80. I was plowing a furrow for planting more asparagus roots for this one. Second pic is a Wild Game camera at the end of the field.

You want some real pop Squirrel paint the grass screen red ... ask me how I know ... It was a terrible day for wrenching here. took four hours to install some solids. The holes would just not line up and that's what she said. Got it in the end but what a fight considering the last one only took an hour. Not only that @Achto busted a brand new piston ring and invented some brand new french. I'll let him explain.

Today was 1st show of year in my area. Not a huge turnout due to overnight rain. It was a neighboring county antique engine club- I'm a member. Only took the Suburban diesel. Ran it around for a couple hours with no issues thankfully. It was extremely wet & muddy though. Few times I thought I was gonna get stuck! Spent rest of afternoon cleaning truck, trailer, tractor, jeans, boots, etc🙄

Today was our local clean up day and they take tires so I took up all of our tires that we nolonger needed. The trailer is a 6 by 12 to give scale to how many tires we had

Wasn’t really sure what I would end up with on this 125.00 314H and 48” Blade. First was a good scrubbing after installing a temporary spindle and front tires. Then some fresh gas and battery. With fingers crossed and a few shots of carb cleaner it came to life. Motor sounds good and the hydro seems strong. Next up will be new filters, fluids, belt, spark plug. Still need to find the correct right front spindle. I’m a happy camper with this one.

Added a little bling to the fan shroud on the 520H. Wheel Horse head insert looks more at home than the Toro one.

Not to double post, but I did do other tractor stuff. Today was finishing up the mowing deck from yesterday. I put everything back together and put the flap back on. It is better but still roars significantly. I did some more mowing at my house, my brothers and my parents. It works fine but could use tweaking. I also put on a little padding to get rid of some rattles. I’m working the next few days. but once I get a minute I’ll see if anything changed. It’s a working tractor so I’m not looking for perfection. Better than it was is good too.

We hosted one of our granddaughters for a week and, of course, asked if there were any special activities she’d enjoy. One was learning to drive the tractor with the clutch (854). She was quite taken with the nimble short frame vs. the much bigger 312-H and 518-H++ at home and at the camp.

Ok, trailer is ready. Practically I used 90% old or stashed material, except a few steel pieces or paint. I have regular 4x8 trailer,but I had to add more character to my tractor. Smaller dump trailer add some flavor to it 😁and I'm sure it could handle ~ 800-900 pounds easy. I look forward to it, however trailer tires are weak spot for that weight

Got home from work and the kids wanted to play outside. After a bit my youngest decided to go to the barn because he wanted a tractor ride. He picked out the C120 and we did a few laps. Then my oldest decided she wanted to try and drive it. So I let her try but seat set up was too tall for her to fully reach the clutch and brake pedals so I grabbed the 10-8 since it’s just the one pedal and seat straight on the fender and she fit it pretty good. While she drove around I grabbed the gorilla cart and put the two youngest in that attached to the 120. Great way to end a long work day.

Today, I worked on pulling parts off an old mowing deck I got from @ebinmaine I also pulled the mowing deck off the 312 as it was making enough noise to drown out the tractor. The idler was bad on that deck so as luck would have it, the idler I took off the other deck was a direct match. Now to put everything back on and try it out.

Not much “horsein” around time today but did get the front wheels running straight with steering wheel on the 520H, kind a pet pev of mine, I like um straight!

Yep a Fairbanks ... I had one that just gave me fits too. Yours even has the original handle. Yep been feeding her the barn cat food the cats won't eat. Goes to show how much corn is in it.

Set a camera up on the cat food what to see was eating it and got this ... Well the nice thing about trail cameras is this horse pic ... Moved the trail cam to the asparagus patch to see if deer were eating that ... It was what they call a bluebird day.

Lots of progress over the last couple days. Got the replacement motor installed in the C175. Runs like a top. Replaced the leaking axle seal on the GT1800 and finally installed its new shoes that I’ve had settling for 2 years.

I had to go back through this thread for reference. Wow you have done alot of fabrication to get the Suburban to this point! And the work is spectacular! Well done! I hope you find a hood. Keep an eye on Ebay as well. Pricey I am sure, but you may get lucky.

A bit further, it’s been good weather for painting! still looking for a hood, anyone up for chopping one in half and mailing me…. The UK Wheelhorse show is first week in June!