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I pretty much got it finished up this week. A seat from Matt Castagno, I added seat springs so made a new steering wheel shaft and raised the steering wheel. New decals from Terry and a new headlight lens. A nice original paint tractor with a few added touches. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.

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

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 picked up a well worn 867 several months ago. Took it apart to determine what I had to work with and started a list of parts I’d need to bring it back to life. I Found the matches under the fender pan.

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.

Made some non slip pads tonight for the foot boards on the 418. Got the rubber from work and custom made with some gorilla spray adhesive. Not bad for first time with a utility knife. Lol!!

Not “to” my WH but “for” it. In the fall, I made a small cart to hold my 36” RD Gear mower deck for easier storage and movement during its off season. An unanticipated benefit was easy access for sharpening and cleaning and for re-greasing one of the gearboxes. Now that I’ve got the mower back on the tractor, I decided to upgrade the cart so that it’ll hold the blade. Here it is with the mower and now with the blade.

A few months ago I got the tranny apart, found some nice gears to replace bad ones and had to get a new pulley for the 5/8” input shaft. The hub on front of the pulley needed turned down to allow belt alignment so I had that done and then added a couple more set screws to help hold it in place. I also added a second drain plug to the tranny case.

This tractor needed a lot of repair or replacement parts so I met up with a buddy who supplied me with most all the parts needed to put a nice tractor together.

I ran into all kinds of problems with the engine, the block was cracked, the replacement needed bored and all the other usual stuff. I finally found what I needed, had the machine work done and got it back together a few weeks ago.

I thought I might play in the snow with this tractor so I picked up some weights and a very nice blade.

Nothing like a hot cup of coffee on a dreary day

Got the tri-ribs swapped over, replaced the front tie rods, and topped off the trans oil. Then gave my youngest a ride around the yard. It’s nice having this back up and running fully again.

Last fall I found a decent set of 5.50 front tires, I got all 4 rims cleaned up, new tubes and a coat of Miller’s tire paint and got those ready to go. I was also able to make any repairs to the tins and frame before winter set in, the lower steering shaft was replaced and I had new bushings installed in a couple lower supports and added a zerk to the bottom bushing on the support I used on this project. I got the motor generator refreshed, while it was apart I drilled & tapped new regulator mounting holes to move the regulator terminals a bit farther away from the gas tank then filled the original holes with epoxy.

Zach cuttin’ lawn for the first time this season on BlackBeard!

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.

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.

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

One hour round road trip this morning. I really didn’t need another, but for the price I couldn’t pass it up. 314H and 48” blade for $125. Going to give it a good scrubbing first to see what I have to work It was missing a front tire. I took one off the 420 to make it easier to load.

Slowly getting the tractors outta storage in back shed. Wanna go thru them one at a time getting them ready for summer. Hasn't been easy cause we've had so much rain. Yard is like a swamp & don't wanna have a mess moving them from shed to garage. Got the rat rod all ready & added a simple belt guard. Have been fortunate so far not to get my jeans jammed up in pulleys/belt. Try to keep moving on to next ones....

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.

Assembly went pretty easy, all new wiring, new switches & lighter.

With the warmer weather I was about ready to start reassembly. I bought a tranny kit from Lowell, had to find good pinion plates for the differential, mine were cracked. Got the tranny together and bolted to the frame. I decided to try the thrust bearings on the spindles so I had the front axle machined for that.

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

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!

Taking cruise down ICW from North Carolina to Florida... Brought some reading material to flip thru... Wheres my cocktail ? Lol 20260502_175447.mp4

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

More pictures of the diesel it almost done and looks good to me that All it matters 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁

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

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.

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!

Took the 418-8 out today with 50” mid-mount grader blade to fix my neighbors driveway. It was really just an excuse to get a little seat time and make them happy at the same time. Forgot to take pictures during the job so I snapped a few when I got back home.

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.

Sorry no picture yet but the first humming bird of the year. Wife has had the feeder out for a couple days,. usually means the first Baltimore Oriole will be here in few days Will set out the orange slice and the grape jelly tomorrow SPRING!!!

Replaced a melted fuse block on the 520 FEL. Not a fun job but doable. The usual 30 amp fuse was the culprit. This one had the fuse cover on it. The cover did protect dirt from getting in but high current thru the fuse eventually created a runaway situation. The lesson here is @sqrlgtr even with a cover it pays to inspect it. This is the same circuit that can take out the nine pin. More fun ... started parting out this one. More on another thread why it was a parts tractor and it wasn't the mouse house or Squonkies favorite oil filter.

I finally decide to take the time to pay attention to this 704 that I bought last fall. First off - pull the rope & see if it runs. Yep that's right, I brought it home, and stuffed it in the shed. Never even tried to see if it ran. Good news, after a bunch of pulls and some coaxing I have it starting easy and running good with no smoke. Here are a couple pics of when I brought it home. There are a few discrepancies but most of the correct parts came with it. The correct gas tank and rear wheels where included in the purchase. Did a little shopping in my parts collection and also in Jim's collection to find the rest of the parts needed. Top tin for the engine, gas cap, a different set of front wheel covers, clutch spring, and a hood that is in better shape. Ready to show and enjoy now. This tractor is how ever on my resto list. Pictures after a light make over.

Mounted some Vredstien V61’s, added some liquid ballast and got um back on 520H.

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.

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.

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.

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

Just a little inspirational mock up to get an idea of where this is going. Front will narrow by over an inch, rear will widen by two inches. But the basic idea is there...

It was in the 60’s so the group came out for a triple side shot. The 308 got salt cleaned out, the 312 did a test mow as the front yard needed it. I also took a ride on the C-141 too. I got some seat time on them all.