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Alright everyone thank you for the advice in this search. Dad went today and picked up his new to him truck. I am very happy that he can finally have a nice full size truck to enjoy. This is his first. This he said tonight with a smile is the new primary horse puller.

The muffler took an unexpected turn for the worse yesterday after I used Daddy Don's C-111 for some tilling projects around the house. This C-111 is powered by a 14HP Kohler that dad swapped in a few years back. The old muffler was beyond any repair so I decided to give him an upgrade that he and I could appreciate. I picked up an IH-1 muffler, some pipe fittings a cap and then went to work removing what was left of the old exhaust. I did not think the pipe nipple was going to break loose from the block but finally the heat and PB Blaster did its job without me scraping my knuckles across God knows what when things break loose... I then used a 45 angle out of the block, a 5 inch pipe, then an elbow. I used the old nipple from the block and coated everything nicely in anti-seize. The new muffler tightened nicely into place, I did have to reuse the clamp after some cleaning. I toped it off with a flip top cap to keep any unwanted critters from nesting in this work of art. Tomorrow I will open up the garage and see how well this combo sounds to the neighborhood...Hope you like it Dad.

If all goes well there should be 3 pics of some of my toys.the 502 got me started it was my grandfathers and i got it when he past away. the rj was my uncles and saved it when he moved to fl. the other one i picked up from a guy down the road for 75 bucks i couldnt go wrong. they all run and operate. the 502 also has the front reel mower on it. the pic of all of them together was getting ready for the fair with a couple of my walk behides as well.

I've found it easier for me to just get a tractor for each attachment especially since attachments seem to get heavier as I age.

Supposed to get some serious snow here in the coming days.....Hope it hits us hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Theres always a reason to get another tractor.....just ask anyone on here. They're like Lays potato chips...betcha cant have just 1....

If they were, we'll keep our fingers crossed for you. :handgestures-fingerscrossed:

Whatever the excuse we all understand the validity. There is always a good reason for more than one Wheel Horse. The 8 speeds have tons of power regardless of HP. Just watch what you want to do. Hydros have their advantages but also need more power to operate. Forest Road sumed it up best especially with the dial height knob and the manual lift.

One yr. newer than the Qd-16. Nice score.

Jason, looks like a John Deere 60 in the back ground??

I would second that! :flags-canada:

I didn't build mine, but It's what I have. 52 1/2' x 90'. 45' x 52 1/2' concrete pad, 45'x521/2' dirt floor. The concrete area is my summer shop, split up into 4 sections, 3 -15'x17' bay's laid out for my different hobbies and 35'x45' for automotive tinkering. My storage area is the dirt floor area! This shop is to big to heat so my winter workshop is here! Not much storage space here but good for tinkering! http://www.wheelhors...shop-pic-heavy/

Gary I got to meet your Dad several years ago. We used to have a Wheel Horse dealership we ran out of are farm in Northwest Indiana. While I was young on summer vacation from school I got recruited to help assemble new tractors from the crates. One day I was busy assembling and in walked Cecil with sales rep. Guess Cecil was making the rounds to some of the dealers that day. My Granddad introduce them to me and said that he recruited me for some extra help because sales were up. Cecil then spoke up and said " Good work for the young man, helps the family out and keeps him busy in the summer." Boy did my Granddad jump on that and the next few summers and school breaks I was working at are dealership along with farm work.

OK I'm gonna go the other way! If you dont have the inside and outside mics to check your numbers then I would definately use it, Don. My opinion is that the guy assembling the motor has the responsibility to check the clearances as he puts it together. I use mics to get my numbers but I have used plastigauge in the past, and I probably will use it on occasions in the future. The packet has a scale on it that you compare to the squished up "string" and will give you your clearance to 1/2 a thousandths or so. It comes in 3 different sizes for measuring .001-.003", .002-.006" and .004-.009. I dont remember the color of the packages but I'd buy a pack each of the 2 smaller sizes for checking your con-rod clearance. I measure everything when I am putting an engine together, no matter who did the machining. I've had bad days when I've screwed something up or read a mic wrong, and I know some very very good machinists that have missed the mark on a piece every now and again. And I guess I like to know what my numbers are, and also where I am taking an (educated) gamble! The following is not aimed at you in any way Don, but while we are talking about putting engines together, there is something I would like to throw out there... If you look at the "Engines" section here, and look at all the "I just rebuilt my engine, and something is not right, and it must be crappy parts" threads you will notice that in 99% of these cases people didnt check things. The manuals spell it out for you, they tell you what to check and how to check it. They give you the numbers you should see, and they tell you how to put it all back together. It seems that there are a large number of people that think that all you need to do is get a big pile of pieces and bolt them together and then you can call it a rebuilt motor. One guy in the last year had his engine get tight when he was torquing up his con rod bolts so he decided to just loosen them off until the crank was free again. Others talk about their fully rebuilt engines and then ask how to check their valve clearances. People putting engines together and not setting up (or even checking) the endfloat on the crank, or the gaps on the rings, or the side clearance of the rings in the piston, the widths of their valve seats or any other of the critical clearances. Sorry about the rant here, I am just dont understand why people dont bother to read the manual or do what it says, and then have the nerve to come to a public place (on the internet) and complain about "cheap aftermarket parts" or "bad machinists" or "badly designed engines". It's not that hard to put one of these little engines together, but there are a ton of things that can wrong as well. Maybe that mechanic down the road isnt as stupid as he looks after all. End of rant... :hide: