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Found this on the net and close buy. A little ruff. Also has a mowing deck and a snow blower attachment. The deck and blower I am selling. I have two walk behinds. In the end most likely will end up as a plow tractor for the winter months. It is real dirty from the mowing. But i have time to make it right. Here is a few picks.

Hey guys, You might not recognize this profile (mostly because as of writing this it was started 5 min ago) but you have definitely seen me all over the @PeacemakerJack page. Not only is Peacemaker my dad but @Coulter Caleb is my oldest brother. I’ve been watching the Forum through my dad’s phone for many years. I am very excited for all this forum has to offer, and to watch what all my buddy’s are posting. Recognizing a few of my friends… @Pullstart @Achto @WHX?? @19richie66 Thank you guys for giving me great advice and help at all the plow days. I hope you guys have a great day.

Sometimes STUPID can be good. I bought a marketplace 310-8 for $175. It was advertised as not running and a locked transmission. I saw what appeared to be a like new 42" SD deck, so I bought it un seen for the deck and parts. The PO said the clutch is locked up and it will not start. He had called a nearby lawn and garden tractor sales and service shop that would pick it up for $150 but it probably needs a new $600 transmission and some engine work. He advertised it for cheap to make room for the new tractor he bought from the same dealer. The only problem was a worn drive belt that had allowed the clutch damper plate to fall below the damper piston. The piston then popped out and locked the clutch un the up position. Of course net being able to depress the clutch and close the clutch safety switch prevented it from starting. About an hour and a new TSC drive belt and it was mowing my yard. BTW, he had installed a new deck that was used one season before the tractor died. STUPID was good to me..

Wheelhorse all done restored

Cleaning up around the yard today, cut some dead trees and cutting vines, when i heard some squeaking and out she came, started following me, then she saw the wheel horse and climbed under, she wouldn't leave me alone. She lad back down , hope mom found here, she moved on.

Last night I installed the hitch I ordered from wheelhorsepartsandmore. Bolted up nice on my 1257 and seems like very good quality, I look forward to using it. Thank you @wheelhorseman .

If you have something I need-- Part it out If not, sell as whole LOL

"Edward Teach" otherwise known as Blackbeard the pirate. Killed by Lt. Robert Maynard of the Royal British Navy. Just some interesting, but otherwise useless trivia. Welcome to forum!

Friday a friend and I went to Mennonite green house to purchase some plants, On way home I noticed a spray along side my pickup and it quickly became apparent it was from radiator. Pulled off the road at an intersection and discovered the petcock was missing! The petcock was plastic. Called two auto stores. One didn't have on in stock and the other assured me they did. Called my wife and she picked up the petcock and 4 gallons of water. When she arrived the petcock was the old style brass--the auto parts guy must have been a new hire or something. Called a friend and he thought he might have one but didn't. I ended up using my handkerchief, and stuffing it in the hole and used vice grips to help hold it in place. It wasn't a perfect seal as there were steady dripping. Left radiator cap off and made it ten miles to home-with a couple of stops to add water. The petcock just flat out broke--34 years old but surely caught me by surprise. Certainly glad I wasn't pulling the camping trailer. I caught the leak before engine got hot and had a wide pull-off close by. Never leave the house without pocket knife, (multiple uses) finger nail clippers (even good to cut small wires) and handkerchief (excellent for wiping grandson snot and now plugging radiator.) We had five folks stop and offer help. Two of them women, one person didn't have a full set of teeth and another knew my truck from the previous owner. Good folks. Told my wife later If I had know it earlier, maybe sitting along side of road with hood open was good way to pick up chicks! She doesn't seem to be too worried as her reply "You wouldn't know what to do with a chick."

Started clearing out some brush and growth for a new shed location today. Used my nastiest bent up ground-down 42” plow.

Zach cutting big brother @Coulter Caleb’s lawn with “Hidalgo” (Caleb’s 520HC)—man I feel old!😅 in the most blessed way possible🙌🏻

Although I have pictures of Zach in and on this wagon they are from about 6 years ago and he has no recollection of it. We were doing some massive garage cleaning/organizing tonight and he was super excited about the wagon…so I let him hook up Blackbeard and haul burnables to the fire pit! He was in his element!

Replaced seal behind brake drum(I just noticed when I posted pics I put brake drum on backwards ), and changed oil in rear of the 312-8 I been working. Also got to try out my new headlight, and before anyone ask, no thats not a professional model in last pic just me.

The 312-H at my son’s place got it’s share of TLC this weekend. Saturday: take off the snow blade & wheel weights, sharpen and lube recycler deck and install Today: swapped in LED headlights, and a new battery (O’Reilly’s), rewired the power for the seat-back utility light, and installed a rear rock shaft (made by @JoeM & bought at the BS last year), lift cable, and sleeve hitch. Found a couple of item’s we’ll have to get to soon. Maintenance is never ending!

But our Kohler powered Wheel Horses will still be around. The Tecky powered ones, maybe not...

I take Bella for a walk at one of the many state parks within a few miles from home every morning when I'm not working. Yesterday was Dean's Cove on Cayuga lake and today Seneca Lake St.Park.

I was gifted the HF 2.5L at Christmas. I’ve cleaned three carbs and a few other things and I’m pleased. It came with some cleaning powder that is caustic to aluminum so I’ve been using Simple Green Pro (the purple stuff) on anything aluminum. One “oops” was forgetting I had a K181 carb “in the soup.” The machine turned itself off just fine, but I remembered it was there only three days later. The carb was clean as I’d hoped, but the “soup” had darkened the entire surface of the carb to resemble aged bronze! I plate sanded the faces of the flanges and the regular aluminum color came right back. The aluminum bowl, however was its normal color--clearly different alloys reacting differently. Moral: Don’t forget to take stuff out and rinse it!

I love seeing the younger generation getting into this great hobby. Big brother at the 2018 Big Show checking out my new acquisition as he awaits the arrival of his.

Welcome to the “young pirate”🏴‍☠️ among us! It’s fun to have my youngest child enjoy this hobby even more than his older brother…if that were possible… I know that you will benefit from this forum like I have through the years and you in turn will add something special to it🙌🏻😎 Welcome aboard matey!!!!

Spent the day doing some more yard projects. Other half and I decided to sell the pool this year and buy a park pass and travel different state parks this summer. We also decided to turn the old pool location into a new flower garden. So spent the day digging out the sand and digging down the under layer of soil and ordered 6 yards of garden soil. They said it was going to be delivered by the end of the weekend. Awesome! Now I have the time to dig all that sand out. We'll I dug all the sand out and wouldnt you know I looked up and tue dumptruck was dumping my garden soil. So no rest for the wicked right to filling wheelbarrows and the new garden spot. Also built a walk way from my pad though the garden to the lawn. Turned out pretty nice.

May 20, 1927 At 7:40 AM, Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris aboard the Spirit of St. Louis in the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight.

Here’s what I did WITH my WH today. Put down some lawn stripes! “ 414-8 with a 42” RD “

Replaced muffler from parts 310-8 to 312-8 Ive been converting to Electric fuel pimp on. Got everything back together and fired right up, well after I let the epump fill lines and bowl up on carb. Works great this is one of the smoothest running 12hp kohlers Ive ever had powerfull and not a hint of smoke . Notice the tie rod in pic both look like that so thats next on list. Forgot pic of mower deck but its in great shape also. I dont belive this mochine was used alot it has a little over 500hrs showing on meter. This is the mochine I had to buy to het the 520H and really didn’t want it but glad I pulled the trigger on them .

Glad you got it under control Ed. (But I'm still going to bust your nuts at the BS!)

If it needs a part that’s worth as much as the tractor I’d part it out. If it’s rusted to the extent it’s worth more in parts than whole I’d part it out. If it’s a running driving tractor in savable or overall good to decent condition I wouldn’t.

I finally got to have some plowing time

Should have called, this could have gotten much worse in a hurry. Glad you got it out but as a former volunteer fireman I can tell you they would have been glad to roll up on an extinguished fire and would help you clear out the shed to be sure there were no hot spots.

Started putting Epump on 312-8 today. Got bracket made to mount pump behind motor. Found break in sheetmetal that holds seat gas tank bracket so got that straightened out, then pressure washed machine. Put new bushing and fuel cut off in tank and got new fuel line run. Got hungry and had to quit for the day. Also had to get home b4 warden got in. Had a visitor while working today and he/she exemplified the ol saying meaner than a black snake, it would run dog then dog would run it funny as he77.

Lol ... You younguns stick to tractors and let us old coot worry about the chicks ... we got nothing to lose...

May 24, 1883 Brooklyn Bridge is opened by President Chester A. Arthur and NY Governor Grover Cleveland.

Went to a garage sale and came home with a 1988 wheel horse 520 H. Included a 42 inch snow blade that has been widen out to 57 1/2 inches, a new set of four link chains and tensioners. 48 inch mower deck, and IH weights on the rear. Previous owner was experiencing intermittent problems with starting and running. Got it home and discovered that a plug wire was shorting out. The Hydro lever was converted to foot control. Also included a replacement dash.

@953 nut @ineedanother @ICONN @squonk @Bill D @peter lena @sqrlgtr@midpack @Handy Don @oldlineman Thanks for the help guys. Now I know how the tensioner is supposed to work. It was too tight so the spring wasn’t engaged and it couldn’t slide to tension up the belt. I went back to re tighten and check the tensioner to make sure it worked. I also redid the routing and the belt tightened right up. It seems to mow great now just like it did before. Now, with an eighth of the noise. The forum came through again!

May 23, 1785, Benjamin Franklin reveals his design for what would later be called bifocal glasses. The Pennsylvania inventor, printer, author, diplomat and American Founding Father had grown tired of alternating between two different pairs of glasses to help his near or far vision. So, he came up with an idea to, quite literally, split the difference. Franklin is widely credited as the inventor of bifocals.

I'm getting very close to being in trouble, but I managed to sneak another one home. Pretty sure it is a 701. Hard to see in the photo but the sticker under the "K" in Kohler still faintly reads 7hp. Not entirely sure where the seat came from... There is a funky back rest, not sure if this was ever an option or accessory?

Put some black tape over the holes in the instrument panel and forget it. Never understood why I need a light to tell me I have my foot on the brake or stood up. That is why I only have one modern horse and much prefer old simple designs.

I have been behind a few days just due to the yard work around here. The (I really need to pick a model name/ number for this machine) best worker got some mowing in. The Vanguard and the modified 48SD really work well together.

Swapped decks on the Commando... the old one is pretty beat and as luck would have it, I had the same exact deck in stock that I had purchased last year just because. Mounted up in a few minutes, replaced the broken PTO spring and went mowing. Mows like a dream. In case any one is interested, this is a 36" deck, model 5-2362, and the wheels are 5.5" in diameter on both decks. Not sure if ether set is original, but it works great.

Might want to convert an old WH? (did you think you got away?)

Am I the only one who sees a ghost in that first picture?

After a relaxing day yesterday, I worked on the 42” RD deck today. I figured since it was 90% apart I’d paint the pulleys, springs and the parts you could see. It was in the 80’s and 90’s today so perfect painting weather. With the exception of a small rainstorm which then the painted parts went under cover, the weather was great. I’ll let it dry and put it together later or tomorrow once it dries. The plan is to get it working good, and put it back under the 308 for now. The goal is for my parents to use the 308 for now as my parents Cub Cadet lawn mower went to the great lawn in the sky over the weekend.

That is a beautiful EXPERIANCED work of art. It took a long time to develop that much character. Show it a bit of respect.

Great time! Good seeing the WH gang! IMG_1728.mov

A little patch work on hieght adjustment on the 42” deck off of 312-8 I been working on. Its on discharge side of deck all the other decks I have seen where on the other side?

i always thought my 37 SD on my 312-8 was terrific cut - - maybe the 2 blade design, or the lift attachment on the one blade -- but it sure leaves nice cut - and the 12 Kohler always enough power

Gotta record this here for the future! Our garage has been a mess too long and so today was the day to do spring cleaning! Zach got home from work and jumped right in to help. He had been “dying” to check out/us the WH wagon. I have had it standing up next to the wall for the last 5 years or so. Zach has no memory of riding in the wagon even though he has on a couple of occasions. now he is begging me to restore it. I told him that he has several other projects to finish and then he can do this one. He told me that when he has his own place someday he wanted to buy this from me. I told him that it’s not for sale—and I could tell he was disappointed (I generally don’t sell stuff to my kids). I said, “if you want it that much, it’s yours when you have your own place with a garage or shed to keep it inside…”😎🙌🏻 after all—he is the only one of my four kids that has owned a Wheel Horse since he was three years old and restored it when he was nine💪🏻 He even used the custom @Achto hitch pin to pull it around…thanks again @19richie66 for the sweet Blackbeard decal—looks really cool on there! Another chapter in the Zach/blackbeard story📖

I burned some trash in the burn barrel yesterday same as I've been doing for 60 years. I came in, ate dinner and looked out about an hour later and saw smoke coming from around the shed door. I ran out and cracked the door to see black smoke and intense heat. Closed the door and ran to the other barn to turn on the hose. Lucky I had the hose nearby to water the garden. I cracked the door and the flames erupted in the front corner. It took about 30 minutes to get things cooled down enough that I could go inside and concentrate the water on the hot spots. This is a 30 yo T-111 shed that I covered with metal several years ago. So I had heat between the metal and wood that I was finally able to get the water on. Sure could have used you Don O. Mrs. K wanted to call the local Fire Co. but, I assured her I Got This. I'm guessing a spark from the burn barrel found it's way under the metal and lit it up. I had some vinyl siding stored overhead that all melted and covered everything. Shelves full of plant bedding trays, rope, buckets, everything plastic melted. Three square foot holes were burnt thru the floor and the corner wall where the fire started. Repaired the holes today. The lawn sweeper is really all that was lost. It was right over the floor hole. The log splitter and crab pots and traps were in the rear corner and were not damaged. Some of the plastic duct on the Trac Vac melted and the paint on the 310 was damaged. It may buff out with a buffing compound. This can of starter fluid was sitting here on the Trac Vac Briggs. Note the melted cap. Me thinks I was seconds away from a total burn down. The burn barrel has been relocated.

May 21, 1980 The Empire Strikes Back premiered in the USA with a special showing at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. on May 17, 1980, followed by its wide theatrical release across the United States on May 21, 1980, becoming the highest-grossing film of that year.

Not a hospital, but this 150 ton York chiller was used to keep the 150,000 gallon of water in my hydro turbine test stands at a constant 70*. It was not happy quite often.