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Got the herd out to graze and to rearrange for summer use. Yes, they all started and ran to drive into the lineup.

Had some great quality SEAT TIME this evening. One of several reasons we're clearing the forest from beside the house 🏠 is to get the tractors over there to harvest firewood. I figured I'd start the experimentation with pathways today. It... Is... ROUGH !!... over there. Wow. Rocks 🪨. Sticks. Holes 🕳. Pits. Highs. Lows. Tree stumps galore. I started out by dropping the Boss splitter off the back off my 1974 C160-8 Cinnamon Horse and backing the splitter in the barn. Then had to move this 5 x 8 utility trailer full of cull/junk vinyl boards outta the path. This is the leftovers of a large pile we bought years ago to redo the trim on the house. Project done. These will go to the Transfer Station when I get time. I took a trailerless solo cruise over to scope out the area. Keep in mind this was a thick stand of hemlock and beech just weeks ago! Next I hitched up to the black dump trailer to fetch out some 14" hemlock I'd cut for the outdoor fire pit and/or indoor kindling. Brought that up out to the splitting pile. Then went and got the pole trailer I rebuilt last year. Put that to great use today! Note here how the angle of the trailer is in comparison to the tractor. 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬 This is a pile of hemlock 5" - 8" diameter by 6 - 10 ft length that Trina wanted saved for garden border logs. The trailer is approximately 6 feet between the poles. In this picture my destination is directly over the top of the trailer way out in the clearing. Ain't no short path there yet. I had to go up a wicked hill out to the front of the house, across the front of the barn, down around beside the barn... and follow the path around to the garden. Probably a 400 or 500 foot drive to get here. Give or take.... Got everything unloaded and put away and the machines are settin a spell resting up. Great workout! Lots accomplished in a short time.

I couldn't help myself. 9 hours round trip and haven't gotten it off the trailer yet but it's a really solid c-161

Found this original Wheel Horse shop coat at the Le Sueur swap meet today.

At the end of summer last year my D-160 started weeping fuel like a SR-22 Black Bird sitting on the tarmac waiting for take off. Today I decided to pull the tank & see what was going on. After a good wire brushing things did not look good. Figured that I would try silver soldering the holes & low spots up. Took some time, don't look real pretty but at this point I believed that I had it sealed up. Here is a trick to check your work if you do some thing like this. Make a paste out of water & baking soda. Brush it over your work and allow it to dry. Once it is dry put some gas in the tank and allow it to sit. If you have a leak the past will show exactly where it is. It will turn yellowish where ever the gas seeps through.. My paste stayed nice & white except for 2 little spots that were stained by left over flux. These spots did not grow when I put gas in the tank so it should be ready to install again. Just wanted to share this leak detecting trick with you all.

Busy day Wheel Horsing around: Picked up this non running 1054 this morning about 1 hour away from my house. PO said it's been sitting in his garage for 25 years. He has a bunch of Cub Cadets and a couple Cub High Boys that belonged to his father and working to slowly sell. Engine was free, shifted into all gears so I decided to give it a go. Cleaned and flushed the fuel system, had no spark so cleaned the points, added my special tractor fuel and it fired right up. Managed to get the engine oil and trans oil changed before calling it a night. Oh, and bonus, it has a K301 swap. So 2 more HP for future plowing. Doesn't have a seat back, front grill, and start/gen belt cover. More to come on this. IMG_8754.mp4 When I got back from picking up the 1054, the weather was nice and it hasn't rained in almost 1 week so time to start prepping the garden. I may have planted a little too much cover crop in the fall, but it sure did plow nice. Although not enough to have an official plow day like the WI @WHX??and MI @Pullstart ones. IMG_9441.mp4

I was just minding my own business and I get a message request on Messenger. Older gentleman asks me if I would be interested in this 1964 704, his grandpa had bought it new. We chatted and he found me from my many responses on Facebook groups and figured I would be the one that would be able to save it. He told me make an offer. So because I already have too many and a non original 704 already. I made a offer and He said come and get it.. needs carb/fuel pump cleaned up but has spark. Should have it running before Memorial Day Parade. A little cleaning up and Patina will be in great shape. Always garaged and only ever mowed during its life.

Bud put a gear drive deck I sold him onto a C-120. Looks like something WH should have offered from the factory!

Picked up this C-81 today in Big Indian NY (Catskills). Bit rougher that I was looking for but the price was right! Haven’t run in probably 3 years, so will need a lotta going over. The steering wheel has left the chat . The soup can was removed on the Burger King parking lot near the Newburgh bridge when we stopped for lunch Saw an eagle on the way, very cool! Haven’t ran the numbers but I think it’s a 79.

Old Horse still gettin her done today, weekly workout. Photo on trailer 2014 the day I brought home. Old Kohler still sounds sweet under a load. Somewhere in life it picked up a 16hp motor. IMG_9609.mov IMG_9609.mov

Following a good rain, I took advantage of the soften ground and dragged the driveway. About once a year I stir the gravel. Looks like time to get a load of gravel delivered got a few areas of clay poking through. .

Put an idler pulley on my 953 sickle to tighten the belt. It's a tensioner off a parts GT-14. Works great Tried it out in a field no issues

Got this pair of 7s out of winter quarters and a bath & some up keep. Gotta like them hubcaps on the 701 eh @Lane Ranger? I got a pair of Lowell's but just can't see to take those off. I get such a laugh when the "best used by" date rolls around! They are tops off creamer bottles he was passing out at the BS.

Thursday afternoon/evening I got our garden spot plowed. This was the first time I have used the C160 for this (I usually use my Speedex 1631). It did quite well! Since I acquired this C160 in 2018 (I think), I have only used it for tilling and cultivating.

Well... maybe. Your mileage may vary. I tried for several days to figure out how to hold the wheels and rotate them so I could cut them straight. I started to build a jig to hold them, but then realized that was against hillbilly rule #7: Use what you have on hand. So I put a tractor on jack stands and removed a Wheel. Then mounted the bare rim and used a sharpie to mark the cut line all the way around. Sat on a 5 gallon bucket and lightly cut into the wheel on the lines until it cut all the way. It gets a little sketchy when the cutting wheel first breaks through. You have to turn the grinder to rotate the same direction as the wheel is turning so it doesn't grab. Ask me how I know... Holding the two halves together to get the welding started was interesting. Grinding deep "V" shapes in the backside to fill didn't help. Angle iron around inside or out didn't work. I used a couple big magnets to tack the first joint, and welding clamps two inches at a time until all the way around. But it turned out great. Rim is 9 inches wide bead to bead and the bonus is that the extra parts make up a nice set of 6 inch wheels, so nothing is wasted. Wheel has no wobble after everything was finished. Plenty good enough for a slow garden tractor. Took all evening to do one wheel. Learned a few tricks so the second one should go much faster.

Got the 1076 and the tiller running and tilled the garden. Works fine but it is quite different pulling a tiller vs pushing my front mounted tiller. Now I need to install them both on the same tractor.

Used my 314-8 and Wheel Horse Tiller attachment at our county museum today. Two garden plot areas where tilled for the planting of prairie grasses and wildflower. I learned the split rail fence around the plots is called West Virginia Split Rail!

Raffle tractor is coming along! The motor is coming along, its getting refreshed with all new and rebuilt ignition and fuel system parts. Tickets will be for sale soon. Stay tuned!

Thanks @wallfish for the help today... much appreciated!! Also... while at the tractor show yesterday @Sparky mentioned that our little site here is slowing down. Im guilty as well of not visiting / participating enough. So folks lets start spending more of our screen time off FB and on the REAL Redsquare!!! Cant wait to see you guys at the big show! Tony

Unexpectedly won this horse at auction a couple weeks age just got her home. It was in the non running section but I saw the hydro lift and figured parts for that alone would be worth something but figured someone else would see that also. They didn't and I won. $60. Hydro gear plus lift I figured it was hacked up Charger Electro. Turn out it is a short frame1965-77 Wheelamatic. But I don't believe hydro lift was even an option for those. Then there is the deck. I have never seen one like this before. It is I believe a complete and in good shape RM425 a 42 inch deck for short frames. The mechanism looks rube goldberg but based on a picture I saw seems to be complete. When I thought it was a long frame, I had a K301 I would put in it and if the hydro worked sell it. But she really needs a small base big block S/G which I don't have.

I figured there is no need to plague Eloise with the dark cloud of the Reno Turd.   Time for a new thread! This is our new to us diesel pusher. I’m putting a video together, and will update the thread as we go along. It’s been in the extended family since new, and always well kept. It needs some loving, but is way more capable as a usable camper than the last pusher we brought home! The trip to Colorado was quick, but great. More details to come.

I bought a 418-A years ago and never used and no plans to so will sell now. Bought from 85 year old guy who bought it new. Has 70 hours on it and the guy got upset that I questioned it. Said he had multiple health issues, divorce, house moves etc and hardly used it. It is far from mint but its super nice and cant of course be positive thats the original hours. Had to steal the deck off to put on mine to mow with so thats gone. Seeing as its kinda unique, I dont know how to value it to sell. Never been to the big show so was thinking maybe will bring there. Do they have a For Sale area there or a Auction that weekend? Thought if so it`ll get what the fair price is...... Thanks for any info....... Jim

Jim, I think the idea was to build membership, Not to frighten them off.

It's here. Definitely looks a little better in the photos. It's definitely restorable!

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Those that have followed me at the plow days know (and smell it in the air)....it's100LL (low lead) octane aviation fuel. Similar to racing fuel and these old engines love it!!! No ethanol.

Looking for any info on a 1979 Old Town Canoe Fiberglass . I bought this back in 1993 from a good friend because of the unique hull pattern and flooring on this model. I have used it twice because in 1994 I bought a brand new Old Town Katahdln and couldn't pass on the 1979. This has always been garaged since purchase. I spoke with the original selling dealer before he passed and this is what he told me. It was built for The Boy Scouts but after or during production OT found out another Company had the rights to the Birch Bark design and was forced to stop production. Anyone associated with the Boy Scouts maybe could shed light on this @Ed Kennell OTHERS. I believe the floor is made from Balsa wood and has a unique pattern like a parkay type floor. Have decided to put this up for sale and other '' toys '' that I don;t really need anymore. I have also contacted Old Town 3 times since purchase and no one could give me ANY info other than the year built which I knew from the ID tag. It is not even in their 1979 brochures on Canoes.Enjoy the pictures Guy's.

Got some fence lines mowed before the rain starts. Checked out tomorrows auction. An interesting boat. And a Commando 800

We can all do our part to make a first time poster want to come back. Using the "welcome" emoji is as easy as it comes, but it is just a start. Asking a question about how they came to own their Wheel Horse invites them back. Giving an open invitation to ask further questions will help too. Many times a first time poster is responding to an already existing post and can get lost in the shuffle, asking them to do an "Introduction" and providing a link https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/forum/47-introductions/ to that topic could make them want to participate more. When a newbie comes along asking for information rather than just directing them to the manuals section if we can take a moment to provide them with a link like @gwest_ca does it will it will be very impressive to the new poster. We don't all have the time to do these things every time but doing them when you can will be helpful.

One other tip for you. Run the two nuts towards the front of the plow & lock them together. Make sure that you can spin the handle freely. This allows you to adjust the plow without tools. You may ask "Won't it get out of adjustment while plowing ?'" Answer is "No", look at how worn down the share is on the upper plow in the pic below. I have never had it move on me in all the time that I have used this plow.

Sweetened the garden and fruit trees with it's annual treatment of @roadapples. Miss ya Jay. Rest easy my friend.

Of course, accompanied with the obligatory registration fees... And, the first 27 people in line at the DMV are still waiting for their tags...

315-8 saw a little mowing duty tonight. Kicked up quite a bit on dust, had to hose her down when I was done.

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Great job Kevin !! I had some waste when I built mine. Spun the rims on my C-145 lathe. My finished width was 11.5"

I use these better grip than nylock They have a grade 9 version which is what i used in my D200 also had to get Gr9 bolts

Naw, the toy hauler dream died with our 5th wheel. We have decided that we can sell that, get an enclosed trailer I can load and pull with the RV or a truck, and have a good RV to just camp as well, when we want to just camp.

Hhhmmm... Hey hey hey... I represent that... Im thinkin' this is what would happen...

We can put Slyvia in a speedo and send him on a membership drive...

Washed the dirt off the plow mule and the salt off the snow machine... @Pullstart's plow day dirt is reacting with my dirt... maybe it will grow 10 mm sockets and a Money tree...!

I blame it all some people's peer pressure about needing another plow tractor!

I really like to hear guys taking care of the often frowned on verticals. Yes it's not a vintage C-160 but still. Well maybe not frowned on but often neglected and used as throwaways. Keep at it buddy.

Been working on something fun: A custom built RC truck with a 3d printed body, inspired by a 70s suburban. Vanquish VS4-10 chassis, well tested motor that's the same as the one in my brother's TRX4, going to be running a set of Falken Wildpeak tires on it, on 1.7" rims to get the clearance right. Going to get a leaf spring kit for the rear axle and keep the front axle coil spring. Still a lot of work but it's going to be super cool when it's done.

#happycampers I slept about 4 hours if I’m lucky, but all them tail lights on the highway are calling my name. It’s time to get Eloise rolling

I've got my herd down to just what I need for the things I have to do around here. A tractor for each implement, and still have one just to cruise around on.

Well, that 1076 is nearly complete. It's missing the belt guard and throttle cable. It does start, run and drive. The Sundstrand feels strong. It has the axle bracket and snow plow, The slot hitch that can lift the tiller. And the 42" deck with all the side swing arm hardware.

You're downsizing. Just getting smaller stuff instead of complete tractors...

I have a set in storage in case I ever get around to painting one of my C tractors. Didn't want to take a chance of him retiring before I got around to it.