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Some work on new steel box for WH trailer (dump trailer). Undercarriage needed some work,but that is the base for new "dump box" , aside original platform for hauling wood (2 in 1). Materials: old 2 wheel wheelbarrow, old bed frame, scrap metal and some new metal pieces. Fit for wooden pallet 120x80 cm. My original modified patform for hauling wood, hay, grass,branches etc

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.

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.

Just took my seat on the plane..how come nobody wants to ask about my shirt OR talk tractors .

I already have a wife

May 9, 1964, the great Louis Armstrong, age 63, broke the Beatles’ stranglehold on the U.S. pop charts with the #1 hit “Hello Dolly.” Following the ascension of “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to #1 in early February, the Beatles held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for three and a half solid months—longer than any popular artist before or since. But just when it seemed that no homegrown act would ever stand up to the British invaders, one of the least likely American stars imaginable proved himself equal to the task: jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong.

gotta luv the Blackhoods

Not mine but a customer's. Sharpen blades & change oil & check over kind of thing. Repair a busted coil bracket. Real nice '82 C-105 all original. So nice his one may not leave the ranch. The mafia may have to make an offer he can't refuse... First step was a bath.

It's alive!! 20260510_105802.mp4

More pictures of the wheelhorse

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

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.

This afternoon I decided mow along the side of our county road~about 1/8 mile long. One side is maintained by the land owner, the other not so much. The grass is getting knee high-and much of it taller. Our county roads are chip and seal which is nice and the side I was mowing basically has no ditch. It seems the county only mows once a season. The problem with overgrown grass is the road way appears to be smaller and bi-passing drivers hesitate to pull into the edge of the road. I used the 520H and it completed the task quite well. I don't think our zero turn would have handled the job at hand as efficiently and comfortably. Having the weight on the front end and a steering wheel was an asset. For the past several years, I have also sprayed weed killer around the stop sign because the Johnson grass will block the view of traffic until the nose of the vehicle is nearly on the state highway.

Made another blackberry / rhubarb pie. Much better than the strawberry / rhubarb.

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

All loaded up for a trip to western Massachusetts tomorrow. Two tractors for the Big Show via @wallfish. Couple mowing decks and some other variousitems for another Redsquare Supporter. Swap trade drive blab & stare out the Pilot windows for a couple days.

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.

That statement is a strong contender for the "DUH" of the year competition.

May 10, 1869 The Golden Spike is driven, completing the first US Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, connecting the Central Pacific Railroad with the Union Pacific.

I must say I don't even have any play in my steering wheel. I'm very happy with this. But just like the 400 series I had. I'm back on the hook for wheel horses. My wife is like hmm savings account hasn't gotten any bigger. And I'm over here thinking welp it's not any smaller. We doing good baby

Wasn't looking for a snowblower, but happened to catch a good deal on a really clean tall chute nearby our office in Plymouth, MI. Should be a nice upgrade from my crusty old short chute. Just need to take it the @peter lena school of lubrication before I store it for the summer.

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

Memo to myself; I am attempting to downsize but @Ed Kennell isn't making it easy.

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.

@76c12091520h has these pulleys and they are BETTER THAN FACTORY!!!!! ( clutch disc is better too!!!)

I use small bolts ,lock washers, and nuts....cause I have tons ofem.

Couple of names surfaced immediately for being flamboyant related to Wheel Horse, @Wild Bill in VA and @Pullstart.

@WHX?? tell your C-105 his Michigan cousin says "Cheers"... You know you need a Black Hood in the stable...

Those guys are full of it ... best way to put them on is order two sets. Take the first set and crumble them up and toss them. Take the second set and give them to @Achto and pay him to be your friend and he'll put them on ...

Almost done just got to finish the wiring and put new diesel oil in it and finish putting back together

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.

Get one! You could cruise me around at the shows while I bark out backseat driver commands at ya! LOL

The proper type of puller is a harmonic balancer puller. Cheap enough and if you're cheaper you can rent them at some auto parts stores. Clean out the bolt holes with a tap first!

That’s the rule here. Gotta be able to stop if you wanna go (and there is a driving test you must pass). To that end, though, I’ve put seat sliders on two of our tractors, each with ~5” of travel, which lets the “small” and the “tall” both be comfy and safe!

Well, that answers that.

May 6, 1991, 51-year-old race car driver Harry Gant racks up his 12th National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Winston Cup career victory in the Winston 500 in Talladega, Alabama. In doing so, Gant bettered his own record as the oldest man ever to win a NASCAR event. A native of Taylorsville, North Carolina, Gant quit the family carpentry business in 1978 and raced his first full Winston Cup season in 1979, at the relatively advanced age of 39. He was a candidate for Rookie of the Year, but lost to Dale Earnhardt. In 1981, Gant joined the Mach I/Skoal Bandit Racing Team and competed in the team’s No. 33 Pontiac, owned by the movie producer Hal Needham and actor Burt Reynolds.

Picked up a new (to me) WH hauler today! They sure are proud that it is made in MI!

If you repeat a lie often enough it morphs into some sort of truth/fact (I won't go there ) I was born and raised within a stones throw of where Wheel Horses were invented and built. I was addicted to them well before it became a craze that continues today. I guess you can say ♫ I was Horsing....when Horsing wasn't cool ♫ ♪ (admit it, you put it to the tune ) I followed the dealings with Toro closely in the 80's and wasn't a happy camper. There was plenty of misleading 'facts' and many downright lies. I don't know the ins and outs of big corporate business but I did see a few things in the video that made sense. I also thing they painted Toro as a villain. One only needs to read the book 'Making Grass Greener on Your Side' by the CEO at the time, Ken Melrose. He had a great deal of respect for Wheel Horse as a product and corporation. I also saw multiple inaccuracies that I'm sure many of you noticed. Times and the market were rapidly changing. In my opinion, not for the better but it was unstoppable. We are fortunate that Toro kept the design of the garden tractor (not the lawn tractor referenced multiple times in the video) for many years before the last gasp. I've had contact with the curator at the Studebaker Museum. I will be offering my assistance to update their small display of Wheel Horses this summer. I saw many inaccuracies in what they have displayed that need correcting and maybe I can expand it as well. If they were to get ahold of this video and think it was gospel the display would be doomed. Thanks for posting it @ACman. As time goes by I hear more and more 'facts' that shouldn't be repeated and it will only get worse with time. Videos such as this could really seal the fate of some of those 'facts' as being the truth.

My daughter has very little interest in my tractors. She like to drive them once in a while, but that's it. That being said, she really likes my black hood project. She talks about it every time she walks through the garage.

Restoring a tractor? Painting an engine? Watch this video on why you need to have clean metal (no paint) for your grounds and how it effects engine cranking,

And shortly thereafter, did the Tire Tube Manufacturers go crying to the Feds for subsidies?? With the mass implementation of turbochargers (and prior use of Catalytic Converters) in domestic vehicles back in the late 1980's, the OEM's saw thw need to change the vehicle exhaust components from mild steel to stainless due to the increased heat. That did not sit well with the three big chains of Muffler Shops, as an exhaust system could now outlast the vehicle. So they petitioned the Gov. for a handout to stay in business. Uncle Sam told them to go punt. Basically it was "So, your Business is centered on under the vehicle parts replacement, right?? Learn how to do brakes & struts instead..."

Only known photograph of the May 9th actual connection date... Bob, Hank, Gus and the Other Bob are seen discussing how to inform management... The formal event was postponed a day to allow the Four Stooges pictured to rectify the situation. They are still fighting over the contract change order...

Checked the S/G this evening and it's pretty clean with smooth tight bearings. Brushes are decent. Wiped it out, put her back together and bench tested. Tomorrow is electrical day...

Sometimes you luck out. I got this one from @RJ Hamner I think there was a tree growing in there too. Put a sip of gas in it and a new battery and fired right up and sounded great. The 8 speed needed taken apart and cleaned up but it turned out good. Turned out good but a ton of work.

That has sat outside for a while. Unless you have to have it I'd spend the Franklin on a nice steak instead!

Moved some stuff out of the garage and took a sneak peak picture of a soon to be completed project:

Did considerable "light reading" Thanks to @tunahead72 I finally figured out that the Carb in question has the wrong High speed needle. (at least I think so) but fortunately in my spare parts pile (i never throw anything away...not that I can find it later) I found the right one. Now as soon as i replace the freeze plug I can try it out. n I am having a refreshing malted beverage as this has worked my old brain too hard...

Start posting your travel itinerary ... we'll make sure someone from here is on the same plane.

It appears that you are boxed in, is that to keep you away from normal folks?