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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

Get the 26x12’s and the widened wheels mounted on the 520H today.

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

I installed strip of old conveyor belt on the edge of dozer blade. Belt is 3/8 thick. Front stabilizer for snowplow is ready too. When I install the plow I will drill a few holes in stabilizer rod for different levels. Next move -- tire chains probably.

October 20, 1962, the quirky and spooky song “Monster Mash” hits No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, just in time for Halloween. The self-described “graveyard smash” becomes a literal smash hit, spending the last two weeks of October at the top of the charts—and remaining a beloved Halloween classic decades later. The song was a toss-off idea by Bobby “Boris” Pickett, a lifelong fan of legendary horror film actor Boris Karloff, who started doing Karloff impersonations at talent competitions. After deciding to pursue an acting career in California, he teamed up with a friend, singer Leonard Capizzi, to make a novelty song featuring Pickett’s Karloff voice. In less than an hour, Pickett and Capizzi recorded “Monster Mash” with a band they called The Crypt-Kickers.

I pieced together a RM-366 deck from a few donor decks. Doubt the 754 will get used much for mowing, but I figured "why not?" The blades had previously been installed with the left and right reversed. It wasn't cutting squat - and I figured that since there were separate part numbers for left and right that might me the issue. Went ahead and touched up the cutting edges while I had them off. Mowed some strips in the vacant park lot behind my property. I had a different shell that matched the patina better, but along with the patina were a few rust holes.

It's that time of year again - the semi annual migration of the house plants. We had our first frost threat last night so all t. he plants came back into the house. Since window space is limited in this old house, we end up grouping several in prime spots. Long story short , I built a plant stand. It's dry fitted for now, still needs a bit more work before it's ready to be put into service.

Slowly cleaning up and prepping this C-145 for winter snow chores. Wheels and tires are done! Rears are Carlisle All Trails in 23x8.0x12 Fronts are Carlisle in 18x6.50x8

C-145Auto with new rear rubbber (23x8.00) and new/used front rubber (18x6.50)

Hung the new winter/plow tires on the rear of the C-145 Auto today. Can’t push snow without weights, really going to bother me to scuff up the new wheel paint but that’s life

Turning the dirt!

So somebody else who shall not be named Sylvia decided 12 psi was not enough in a tire and figured these where 8 bolt rims that needed 80. And promptly blew out a tire that was dry rotted for from sitting flat for 20 years. Ok fine no big deal a set of new shoes in order right? Well to hell with that lets just put some slime in ... along with a can of tune up in a can with rings that are smoking in a electric motor. Alrighty then... wonder if the poor sob that wanted to do things right had to deal with that? Good thing you took a real day job Kev and didn't have time to deal with this crap. The rim was a real pain to get off even with a special hub puller... then deal with the slime. I've had tires & rims a lot older than this better to deal with! So all said and done right ready to work as the Good Lord intended. New shoes/blasted and painted rims. Did I mention fronts don't hold air either? Blasted and painted them too. Bead sealer works wonders. Still have to deal with the battery acid that was sloshed down around the pan and started corroding things. You boys don't wanna see a pic of that mess. She likes hauling saw gear out to the wood lot tho.

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

Think I'm ready for winter....... Girlfriend questioned if my snow removal equipment was excessive? Do I really need that many tractors to clear snow? Told her either I keep them all or she gets a shovel! 🤣 She had nothing more to say...... Aside from a couple cosmetic things on 416, especially a new seat, I'm prepared. Honestly, she knows they are mostly just for me to go out & play in the snow

Same tractor with all 4 wheels freshened up.

Just fluid fill them. Same amount of weight without scratching the paint.

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.

Hey Guys I was DarrellF before, Been awhile but im back. Real life was beating me up some, but ya can't keep a Wheel horse guy down. From Pennsylvania with my blessings 🙌 thanks Darrell Francisco.

Got the 72" snow blower mounted on my big tractor today. Hopefully it will not be used any time soon but it is ready. I only used this setup once last winter when the snow was too deep for my 520HC and plow to deal with. That reminds me, the 520HC and plow are also ready to go. It just needs a wash to get the dust off that accumulated from sitting in the storage building all summer.

Here is my C-175 Automatic with a Series 1 after I restored it, a little eye candy for you boys 😜

I removed some of the stump bumps from the 42" RD. Before after The 36"SD looks OK. Still has some red paint left. Any one see why the RD didn't cut. May be the reason the 417 was put on the auction block.

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

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.

Love seeing a man in a dark suit cultivating the garden.

I don't think he has that problem, every time he mows his lawn, it seems like it's always a different

Sounds like someone needs to add another Wheel Horse to their stable.

Picked up a load of leaves chopped them into teeny tiny pieces, Then my neighbor tilled them into the garden.

One question: Will it run a 60" mower deck without bogging down?

I used a nice old ammo box on my lever steer. Over center clasp, nice heavy gasket.

This is a good thing providing more lift for the blower. This will be a dedicated snow machine. Just keeps getting better...It's a Series II. Modified wheel weights.

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

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...

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

This reminds me of the neighbor lady who borrowed my Tecky powered push mower years ago. She mowed part of her yard in the morning. After lunch she comes over and says it won't start, I go over and the carb is laying on the deck. I reinstall it and she mows some more. Next day she's back and ir won't start again. I go over and the carb is on. I pull the cord and the whole engine spins around! 3 bolts had fallen out.

I used to have a job at a calendar factory, but I got fired because I took a couple of days off.

My main mowing tractor is a first gen 520H with the 23x9.5-12 rear tires and they are liquid filled. The added weight does not cause damage to the sod but it actually prevents tire spin which could damage sod and also I have some hills and ditches to mow and the added traction helps there.

I made a bit more progress on rebuilding the engine for my Dodge M37. I'm making up an improved set of connecting rods, doing much of the work myself, which includes spotfacing the rod caps to accept ARP bolts and nuts, balancing small and big ends, and selecting rods of the correct length (there are minor variations) to produce about .022" piston protrusion height above the deck. The piston protrusion should produce about .040" of 'quench' zone between the top of the piston and the flat part of the combustion chamber. Most of the rods I'm prepping are NOS, but there are a couple of factory re-mans as well. I had to ream the bolt holes in two of the NOS rods to a slight oversize (.377") and order some ARP bolts for those holes that have a slightly oversized knurled area that will produce a good interference fit where the knurling bridges the parting line between the rod beam and cap. Here, I'm spotfacing the rod caps to remove the counterbore for washers, since the ARP nuts are flanged and don't use washers. The slight radius at the edge of the spotfaced area is to avoid creating a stress riser. Here's the set of rods and bolts so far, including an extra rod, ready to take to the machine shop to have the big ends re-sized. I'll do the final balancing after I get them back from the machine shop. I balanced the small ends by evenly sanding off a bit of metal around the circumference, so as not to produce any thin spots or abrupt changes in thickness that could create a stress riser. We're gradually getting things ready for winter here. The next big task is to pull the dock out of the water, which I'm hoping to do this coming weekend. Even though we're on a tidal shoreline, the salt water doesn't get this far up the river, so the river freezes over, and all docks have to be pulled out.

Well th pacemaker is in and all is good. Anticipating discharge in a couple hours..The area representative for Medtronic was in this morning to check out the pacemaker and said as long as the only tine I am within two feet oh the welder itself for longer than a couple minutes there is no problem battered and bruised my wife is on the way to pick up the car at the Dodge dealership where she had her fall. the valve job will be done at some time in the future.

I have four blades staring at me. I can mount two onto a 520, and a C141. Also onto a Cub Cadet and an Elec-Trak. Thinking if I mount all four it won’t snow this winter.🥶 If I do push snow the 520 with a 48” blade is my first choice.

The fronts on the C-145 are severely cracked and leak down…in stock here I had a pair of 18x6.50x8’s on WH correct wheels that look great! And the extra inch of height over the stock 16x6.5’s will work well to get the plow up a bit more.

After a week and a half of parts gathering, and tons of research I got the last piece to the hydro lift. It was the 36” 3/8 JIC hoses for the main supply hoses. I had a small leak in the system and after two weeks+ of sitting I had to boost the battery to prime the tractor to test the system. I think I still need to do some tweaking and build some small parts. It was a promising first test as the ram moves.

The horse trading yesterday in Boonville, Indiana went well! Ken McKrendee and i both had a great visit! I got a new to me 701 that Ken bought several years ago from Larry Greener and i traded an RJ and 4 wheel Wheel Horse wagon!

And steel toed wingtips...

Thanks Chuck, Paul, and Garry. She's starting with one pull and running with open choke. So the two loose carb bolts was the problem. Amazing it ran at all with a dangling carb. The qov. linkage wasn't much of a problem but I had a bit of a problem with the throttle linkage. Found this pic in the OM that showed the how the U shaped part connected the throttle to the qov. My linkage pic. Throttle Governor

I think I've seen his Grandaddy.

October 19, 1985, the first Blockbuster video-rental store opens, in Dallas, Texas. At a time when most video stores were small-scale operations featuring a limited selection of titles, Blockbuster opened with some 8,000 tapes displayed on shelves around the store and a computerized check-out process. The first store was a success and Blockbuster expanded rapidly, eventually becoming one of the world’s largest providers of in-home movies and game entertainment, before eventually filing for bankruptcy in 2010.

I'd be happier with a much more explosive result. Like the porch pirate popping boxes filled with dye or paint.