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Back in June, I had my C-141 Automatic out for sale in our yard sell. I had all of them setting out to attract more attention. A man and his son were looking at my tractors and the son (looked to be about 8-10 years old) started going nuts over them and begged his dad to get him one. They asked me which one would be best suited, and I recommended the C-141. Solid running with no issues. I let them drive it around the yard and they agreed to buy it. Yesterday, when I grabbed our mail, there was one envelope with nothing but "Mr. Doug" handwritten on the front. Below is the letter that was inside. We just finished loading the snow thrower in their pickup. I let him have it for $50 and gave him some tips on how to attach and detach it, along with a printed operator's manual and parts listing. Pretty cool to see a kid so enthused about his Wheel Horse.

Fellow approached me at the Steam Pageant. Said he has a B-80 sitting in a barn that needs a home. Hadn't used it in years Well it's crusty, dusty and poopy. Shot tires but I have spares in the parts dept. Can't believe the seat is nice! Gonna get that off and hit the tractor with Dawn Power Wash and let it get rained on. Got to de- mouse the engine before going inside. Center spindle on deck needs work but the shell looks solid!

I've always wanted to show a before and after comparison with Penetrol. So I gave Dusty the B-80 the business. Before: After:

Can't say enough about then ICON magnetic mat from my favorite haunt Horror Fright! Super handy when tearing down a tractor. Bolts, parts, tools stick to it so things don't go bye bye and won't harm the paint on @WHX?? and @Achto's trailer queens! Not cheap at 25 clams but worth it in my book! https://www.harborfreight.com/large-magnetic-tool-pad-attaches-to-toolboxes-fenders-and-doors-11-in-x-9-in-mat-holds-ratchets-wrenches-and-sockets-70077.html

Hello everyone. I have not falling off the face of the earth just yet and have been working on the old C120 that I got from my Grandfather years ago. I didn't really use it much as the old K301 was leaking and very worn out. So, I just let it sit in the barn for a long time. Well I got to thinking lately and I was like it time to get it going again. So I took it to work and stuck it in my work bay to get me working on it. To start we need to do something with the engine. Well, one of my co workers had a good shape K321 from a Cub Cadet. So, they was the first thing to do. (The first two photos of of it mocked up.) Once it was secured, I had to redo the whole wiring harness from scratch. The old one melt at some point and I figured it wouldn't hurt to wire it up correctly. I even used different color wires!!! ( I know right! HAHA) Next was the old 48in mower deck. Yes this deck is used to cut my neighbor's 3 acre horse pasture. So the deck will not need to cut pretty, just handle large tall growth compared to a normal yard. So I welded a rebar for the bottom front to help keep it from loosing its shape. I also replaced the old worn out original blades with some gator G6 blades. (They were a huge bear to drill out the hold from 5/8 to 3/4. That metal is super tough.) I also had some wheels hanging around that I have been wanting to use for a project, so I made them fit for this one. They look and seem to work so much better than the factor rear wheels. After that came the front bumper. I got this sub compact tractor bumper for free 5 years ago that i wanted to mount on the wheel horse. Well it finally happened and now it looks great! It will protect the front of the tractor from the brush and other whatnot in the field I will be mowing, plus it looks cool. What I did was use some scrap metal, welded the bumper to it and then bolts this to the front of a mule drive. The mule drive still works as it should and the hood even opens enough for me to refuel the the mid gas tank and check the oil. Final thing I wanted to do was add a secondary fuel tank to the tractor as the center tank only last about one hour or so in heavy mowing. The field is a 5 min tractor ride from my house and i do not want to keep stopping and walking back over or riding over. I found a scrap fuel tank and welded up a bracket, bolted it under the seat back feet. Then plumbed up some hoses to a valve that is mounted on the dash. Turn it left and it turns on the center tank and turn it right it turns on the rear tank. I think it works pretty well and I was surprised it all fit behind the center tank under the dash. I fixed the oil leak at the PTO input shaft on the transmission with a new seal. I also notice the right wheel hub has a wobble to it. So I got the hub off, and use some JB weld with a key trick in the key hole. The hole was a little worn and the key wasn't sitting in perfectly. Now its all snug as a bug. What's left is the drive pulley to get here and then I can put on the PTO clutch. Then the side cover plate and right foot rest for a test drive. All should be good. Oh, and the drive pulley will be the hydro one sleaved down to 1in so I can still have faster 2nd gear. Overall I'm very please with how this project came out and I hope it will do as I want. Mow the field in heavy growth conditions. Thank you everyone for the inspiration and I hope you all have a great day!

I finished a 32" wide by 40" tall cabinet. I was asked to make for an 81 year old former professor at our local university. He keeps detailed records (in some cases for way too many years). The cabinet will be to hold his folders for taxes and expenses. The problem is that with his and his wife's health, I doubt that they will be using the cabinet for many months ( before they will need the services of assisted living) but if he finds satisfaction in his new cabinet at his age-more power to them. I purchased 1/2" AC plywood from local lumber yard to find out it's from South America. Some kind of tropical wood no doubt but that stuff stains awful and isn't smooth surfaced. As I mentioned before, since retirement, I don't charge labor for projects I take on. I tell folks to donate whatever the labor was worth to charities. Dt. Bob has insisted on taking me out for breakfast one morning next week--I'll take him up on that. The material for this small project cost over $160! I do have some scraps left over but I'm sure glad I'm not building a new house. I faced the raw plywood edge with wood I was given by a small sawmill. The sawyer called the wood "Tree of Heaven". It has an oakish/ashish looking grain and seems to work pretty good. Missouri Conservation Department considers the tree invasive. I've been using the water based varnish. I used oil based polyurethane for years which could be a little slow to dry and prone to catch dust and seemed to yellow over the years. The water base dries quickly and easy to work with especially when applied in thin coats. In another posting deck stain was discussed and I liked the old oil based stain. The new "safer" stain just doesn't seem to adhere as well.

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You kind of need to look at production numbers a little bit. Oliver production numbers were low. Most numbers were not that low. Now if you are talking about a that there was only 200 made of - like the 420LSE the price tag goes up a fair amount. Supply & demand ya know. Some people get upset when a gets mutilated or scrapped out. Which I have to agree, I get a little saddened when it happens. The other way to look at it is - Every horse that dies, makes the survivors more valuable. I collect because I enjoy the hobby and even more so, the people associated with it. If I was in it to make any money at all, I would not have restored any of my tractors.

Decided to exercise my Elec-Trak this morning. Needed to remove the deck from its storage cart, and used the Roper with the front mount boom. After installing the deck I mowed about half the back yard. The grass was still wet with dew but I had a narrow window of opportunity. The wife has a doctors appointment this morning. Which is where I am going now. Not bad for 53 years old.

Taking 4 flights tomorrow to get to the other side of the world. The longest trip I’ve ever taken, one flight is 16 hours in the air. And this came in the mail today, great timing! Some good reading material! Wish it had a WH on the cover but that’s fine.

I'm sure you all remember () when I restored this 72 Commando 800 for my grandson. I purchased the tractor back in the early 80's because it fit my pipsqueak Mom just right. She used it many years until she physically couldn't anymore. I hauled it to Florida and went to work on it. According to the picture dates it was in 2014 but I thought it was earlier than that. Here's a few pics before I brought it back to Indiana. I know our daughter and grandkids well and somehow the desire to take care of things skipped a generation. I knew what was in store for the little Commando and they didn't let me down. Our granddaughter drove it around in their yard a bit before I loaded it up to bring to my place. As she turned I noticed the front tires were hitting the mower deck. Guess what caused that. That's at least 3 or 4 times I found the deck on wrong. Each time I explained how to do it. The last time I told then just don't touch the deck. Call me. Apparently they all have hearing issues. Getting it to my garage I opened the hood. Pressured washed it a couple times. Then I removed the deck. This is after I had already hit it with the pressure a bit before I remembered to take a pic. I had a new boot for it. This is why I never use the long dog points that Wheel Horse used to sell. That boot could have still been serviceable if it had the 3/4" dog point I now use. I think the long one is the #1 cause of destroyed boots. I suppose you don't have to pull the boot over the screw but I like to. Drained the transmission, flushed and refilled. No issues but the right axle seal was leaking bad. Left wasn't leaking and the hub fought me. I had damaged the drive bolt on a previous tranny and I finished it off on this one. Got a new bolt and with some Cre Oil soaking I got it off. Transmission done. This is 100% unacceptable. The engine oil didn't even touch the dip stick. This is what I drained out next to a the amount that it's supposed to have. That's just colored water in the reference jar. My wife always tells me to not say anything about it to the kids. They WILL hear about this. Cleaned the deck, sharpened the blades and the spindle belt was shot. Replaced the points, condenser, plug, fuel line and filter, greased, serviced the controls (choke wasn't working) and whatever else I could think of. Just need to get things wrapped up now and get it back to them for mowing duties. I'll bring the deck back once mowing season is over. It's going to need new bearings. I noticed that I can find the 103119 bearings much cheaper buying them separately rather than a lot of 3. I was impressed how well this thing cleaned up and how well the paint is hanging in there. This tractor had been stored in a half falling down barn and battered but it still looks good. Rusty rattle can is pretty decent stuff.

Spray spray spray remove the set screw and spray into that hole. The pulleys are cast so they will break if you just start off with a puller and crank. This may seem counterintuitive but knock it in towards the block. The idea is to get it to move which breaks that rust bond. Then try a puller BUT you need to get it to move back and forth a little bit at a time before pulling it all the way off the shaft. Yes tedious, but knock in, pull out, knock in, pull out and repeat. It should move more distance on the shaft each time and get more oil in there each time. Try to spin it if you can as that will get more oil in there too. Clean the shaft off of any rust before beginning which will make it easier once it moves far enough out. That's my

I’d start hitting that seat with some vinyl conditioner massaging it in with latex gloves on. I did that with the barn find C-101 I bought last year and it worked well.

I have not said a word to my wife in over a year. I figure it would be rude to interrupt.

Can't believe no one mentioned a harmonic balancer puller! You're fortunate to get it off without damaging it.

I’ve got one of those here as well…but he (Bill) is a house cat/couch potato

Reminds me of a personal add: Looking for attractive, single woman who likes tractors, dogs, pick up trucks and hunting. Send pictures of tractors, dog(s), truck and rifles.

Day early but if I don't post it now I will forget to tomorrow. Added a Brinly hitch to Vince the 1257 and. Put the turning plow on.

August 25, 1962, a diminutive, 17-year-old singer named Eva Narcissus Boyd scored her first and only #1 pop hit with “The Loco-Motion.” Her success certainly came from her abundant talent and a great capacity for hard work, but it was helped along by being in the right place at the right time. Eva Boyd was newly arrived in New York City from her native North Carolina and looking for work when a neighbor in Brooklyn pointed her toward the job that would end up changing her life: working as a nanny for a young, professional Manhattan couple. It just so happened that the couple looking for a new babysitter were Gerry Goffin and Carole King, future members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 2, a diminutive, 17-year-old singer named Eva Narcissus Boyd, Little Eva, scored her first and only #1 pop hit with “The Loco-Motion.” Her success certainly came from her abundant talent and a great capacity for hard work, but it was helped along by being in the right place at the right time. Eva Boyd was newly arrived in New York City from her native North Carolina and looking for work when a neighbor in Brooklyn pointed her toward the job that would end up changing her life: working as a nanny for a young, professional Manhattan couple. It just so happened that the couple looking for a new babysitter were Gerry Goffin and Carole King, future members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Had a team taking down three large Norway Maple trees (a fast-growing invasive) from a place on the property inaccessible to their truck. Many loads from the worksite to their truck with the 854 and trailer to saved them using a hand truck (and saved me some $$ in hourly rate!)

August 24, 1975, The band Queen enters a recording studio in Wales to begin the sessions that will produce “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Because the finished song runs nearly six minutes, record execs fear radio stations will never play it.

I'm happy to report that the Meeha Mirror is doing exceptionally well. She's healing faster and better than the E/R doc expected. Trina's been experimenting with taking two of the three meds away. There was some on n off there because of obvious pain & discomfort but the dog 🐕 is now off meds except prednisone. That'll be a few more weeks in the downgrading process. She's still severely restricted in allowable movement. No jumping. No running. Indoors she's kept quiet and in limited space so she can't run. Outdoors she's always leashed. This routine keeps up until the end of September at minimum.

The 90 minute flight and the 5 hour flight are over. About to board for the 15 hour and 56 minute flight now in San Francisco. After that I have one more 4 hours flight..then I can really sleep!

Had a couple of my favorites out of the shop so I could cut some lumber. Looked too good to not snap a shot. You can see that the weather hasn't been kind to my grass this year.

Things were going too well! Time for some setbacks! Was cranking it over and saw fuel dripping by the carb. Fuel line is shot and not in my stock. So off I go to one of the 2 parts stores open. No customers there and 2 guys working. They have all of the sizes except 1/4" So I go to the other store open. There are 4 employees outside looking under the hood of a Ford Ranger. There are 2 more inside. How many people do they need on a Sunday? Anyway they had just enough hose. Went to change the line and the fuel tank grommet crumbled apart. None on the shelf. So I went and got out my engine stand tank and put it on as a temp. Used the tank time to get the critter trash out of the tower. Looked at the funky wiring. Tested the switch which was correct but the ignition part was not working. Hence the push button switch. I had a used switch in stock. Tested that and the start part doesn't work! So that went into the trash. Got some fuel flowing and hit the key and SHE'S A RUNNER!!! Nice and quiet. That muffler must be one of the good ones. Got to get a seat back on and change 1 more rear tire. Got a switch, shifter boot, and tank grommets on the order sheet for now.

August 23, 1947, the first Little League World Series championship game—the culmination of a three-day tournament in Williamsport, Pennsylvania—features teams from Pennsylvania. Before roughly 2,500 fans, Maynard, a team from Williamsport, defeats Lock Haven, 16-7, to win the title at Original Field. Although it is called the "World Series," 11 of the 12 teams in the tournament are from Pennsylvania; the outlier is a team from Atlantic City, N.J.

Had 12 stumps ground today and I was using my C-120-8 with mid-mount blade to start leveling things off. It was a bit rough and one time the blade kicked up so hard it pushed the lift lever beyond the stop. Then engine died and there was nothing when I tried to restart. Took a few to figure out I blew the 15 amp fuse . Could not see any damaged wires. new fuse back to work few minutes later another rough spot blade kicked up engine died blown fuse. Turns out when the blade kicked up and pushed the lift arm past the stop the lift bar contacted one terminal of the amp meter.

Well that certainly is encouraging! And nice to see! Especially since it’s hand written and not in the form of an email or text!

Learned how you use my new TV and internet & phone today. Bundled & switched everything over to a different provider. Hope I didn't put all my eggs in one basket. Went from barely 5 mps to a blazing 60 mps. The 5 mps was akin to sending smoke signals compared to this. Thank you Sylvia @SylvanLakeWH for helping me test out the new phone connection ... Just testing some upload speed here. Wow not giga speed but much better

August 20, 1920, seven men, including legendary all-around athlete and football star Jim Thorpe, meet to organize a professional football league at the Jordan and Hupmobile Auto Showroom in Canton, Ohio. The meeting led to the creation of the American Professional Football Conference (APFC), the forerunner to the hugely successful National Football League.

When my brother passed away he had a dozen or more canes, unfortunately they were all fixed length and he was about six inches shorter than me. Our church has a medical equipment loan ministry and we collect all kinds of usable equipment and loan it to anyone in the community that needs it. They are under no obligation to return it as long as they need it and there is no charge. Every item is sterilized and wrapped when returned, we have a dishwasher type appliance that will hold a wheel chair. Hospital beds and power wheel chairs have to be cleaned by hand. We have fostered loan ministries in other communities and give them any excess equipment we have accumulated.

My favorite Bible verse - I think I learned it from @Achto... He who is without oil shall throw the first rod. Lubrications 3:16

Got my temp storage building delivered and set up today. I had planned to go with a metal building but the floor and footing etc. delay was something I couldn't wait on. It will get moved again to it's permanent placement after the house is finished, but for now it is over by the barn. I'll add a lean to shed on the side then. For now it's just 12x24 dry storage.

Ended up buying the 520xi I looked at a few weeks ago after doing a little more research on hydrostat whine. Ordered filters and will do fluid and greasing before anything. The charging light and mowing in reverse lights stay on so I will need to resolve those also. Best thing, no buyers remorse.

Finally let loose.

A day late but anyway 2. 520H’s and the C160-8.

More photos. (The field photos are what I have completed so far using this deck before the updates along with my C160 hydro. This grass is about 2-3 feet tall and really worked the tractor. Now, yes a real bush hog would be better however, I do not have one I figured I can use what I got and once its cut down, it will be way easier to maintain. This is after him letting it go for about 3 years due to his house burning down and his health going poor for a while.)

It's a 5 minute walk from my house to the bar, but a 45 minute walk from the bar to my house. The difference is staggering.

What does a man have that; is somewhat ridged, somewhat flexible, has the following letters in its spelling, S I N E P ? ? ? ? SPINE What did you think I was spelling?

Installed a set of 2” wheel spacers on the other 520h today. I dont know what these rims/tires came off of but they had a lot more back space than Wheel Horse rims. Had to cut a counter bore on lathe to fit the WH hub but turned out pretty good. The way it was set up before the rear end was a lot narrower than the front and looked plumb goofy. It actually was rubbing on the right hand side. The tires or BKT’s and they are a tall 10.50 and I think I like them.

Saw this on marketplace.. thoughts on it.. practicality, useful for work? Price? Both engines make it have double the horsepower.. to lift it off the ground and shoot flames?

Had the 1988 312 out today with a newly acquired dump cart (LTD-244). Found the cart at a local (mostly used) tool store.

Not entirely useless. You'd get lots of looks at a tractor show. @Pullstart could use it to tow his new motorhome from the middle of the field!

Today after a surprisingly short shift at work, I volunteered to mow my parent's lawn as after talking to my mother we thought it needed a trim. My father has been working with my brothers and was short on time. My youngest brother has also been short on time as it's also the busy season for him at work. I mowed where i could reach with the tractor and did some weed wacking for him as he's one of the first people to assist me with something if needed. The 312 and the new PTO belt got a good workout today.

First clean up. Waiting for the rain for the 2nd go round.

I kept the three on the tree for nostalgia, I actually learned on my dad’s old 79, basically the same, except he had power steering. Mine is manual steering, so I make sure the king pins and all grease points are all greased up, gearbox lubed, and I replaced all bushings and the shifter collar on the column so it shifts nice, doesn’t hang up as I remember my dads used to do. But it’s definitely fun to drive. I’m 38 now, I was around 12-13 years old when I was driving and shifting dad’s old truck.

Medical Equipment is always for sale at the local auction for cheap. Most of it is bought thru Medicare and when the patient no longer needs it, it is sold at the auction for a few $s. I have bought wheel chairs, knee scooters, walkers, canes, crutches, shower seats, toilet risers, electric lift recliner chairs, etc. Mrs K has used most of it for back and foot fusion surgery and her knees are now on the schedule this fall. When needed, family and friends know where they can get it. The Knee scooter is loaned out quite a bit.

I chose a front-mounted winch. Personal preference of mine and pretty simple construction with a section of an old frame. Weight in the rear can be an issue but this attaches just about as quickly and doesn't stress the frame at the uni-drive bracket.

Had an 88 S-10 like this only dark blue. Bought it at the dealer I worked at when I got married. Picked it up after our honeymoon. 4.3 TBI with the 700R4 and 3:53 gears. Snapped your neck leaving the stop light. Towed our travel trailer to Pocono Raceway with the bed full of firewood. Got over 20MPG with the AC on!