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So a few weeks back I picked up this old craftsman air compressor at a local auction. I knew it ran and for $15 I just couldn't pass it up. Everything on it worked it was just filthy and had been painted a few times in its life. Looked like a fun clean up and restore project. I did a little research online to try and find some info. There are some photos but none of them were the same so I just decided to paint it the way I thought it would have looked. Below is a before picture and then a few I took after I put it all back together yesterday From the bost of my knowledge I would say its from the 50s and from what I could tell it was part of a paint spraying kit. It has a single stage pump and then an expansion chamber with a release valve that pops at 50 PSI. pretty cool little compressor. I have a bottom feed touch up gun that I may give this a try with. After

these are last year pics, still waiting for the snow here in the UK!

Finally got some snow worth getting the 314-H out for. Here are my photos from this morning. Thad (Ohio)

I doubt it.....back then folks were smart enough to keep their fingers out of the way. Unlike today where there are warning signs for everything in this lawsuit-happy world. Mike.........

Don't know if you can push more than this ....but I was pretty impressed plowing my mother's sidewalk. Thad (Ohio)

my goal this year is to get as many of my tractors running & opperating as well as can be. my short term goal is to get all 4 of the tecky powered machines working. i'm half way there! the 1969 raider 9 i bought at Pittsburgh-Parts-Arama in 1994 & was in regular use untill 2002 when somthing went wrong with the trany. KPfrom NC.noticed the hub was moving but not the axle,so i replaced the hub & woodruff key flushed it out & installed new axle seals, shift boot &fresh 85-140 gear lube. i also fixed the battery box and put a new throttle cable, gas lines & fuel filter on it. I soaked the carb overnight & blew it out. it runs super! great at pushing leaves into the pile. the other one is a 1971 workhorse 800 that i bought last year from a RS. member he was restoring it when he had a mc. wreck & lost his leg. well the poor workhorse sat right where it was for several years till i steped in & saved it.this one needed a new carb from the late WHEELHORSEJUNKY. new throtle & choke cables, the trany flushed & new seals & boot & gearlube & 1 valve stem on 1 rear tire. then i welded the seat pan & installed a better seat. boy does it run well! now i only have to install the S.G. on the nos. hh120 on the 1967 1077 & put a tube & do a carb clean on the 1967 lawn ranger & all my tecumpseh powered machines will be work ready! so fellow members what are your WH. goals for 2013 ? HAPPY NEW YEAR JAY IN NC

Nice one copperhead, that gets my vote for the December, 2014 calendar.

Here is a couple more photos from plowing snow today. The tire and chain combo is the best I have ever used. I have tried just about as many different things out there from turf tires, ag tires, chains, no chains, wheel weights, no wheel weights...and this tire "Carlisle HD Field Trax" with 2-link chains and 50lbs weights seems to be the best. I have about a 300 foot driveway on a very steep incline. This setup seems to just plug right along whether we have a wet snow, fine snow, ice, slush....it just works in everything. Thad (Ohio)

Meet Widestride. Modified C120 for logging work over rough terrain. Agri tyres to go on and independant rear brakes. Holds its course on steep banks and steers good. Very stable tractor, pulls a 4x5 4 wheel trailer and soon to be log skidder. Deciding whether to put rubber fenders on all round or leave it as it is. When all mods have been made i will tear it down for paint. Can anyone recommend a reliable 12volt winch for the front.

Just got in from plowing..right in the middle of the storm here on the CT coast. I picked up a 75 C-100 this fall and got to break it in tonight.. Wet and heavy snow coming down a a good clip the whole time. Looks like about 8 inches as of about 8 pm and probably almost half of that fell while I was plowing. Whatever else falls will have to wait till tomorrow. Nobody else to take pictures so this is all ya get.. Didn't look too bad out of the gate.. Now it looks bad... Running out of room already.. Had to dismount for this picture... Let it snow, let it snow, let it....OK enough already...

The Carlisle tire is called "All Trail" part # is 511505 and it is a 23x10.50-12. They are mounted on factory Wheel Horse rims, but they were from a 520H. Here is a photo of the tires without the chains....I really like them....the right balance between turf and ag tires. Easy on the lawn too. Thad (Ohio)

From this afternoon with skimask on. The wind was bitter!

Well the Charger WINS! Have had the GT14 and the PK and now the Charger 12 all out with a blad this year. This is first outing with the Charger. Did you know chains on small tires can jerk your innards out? Was gonna let a little air out and got blue liquid, so must be loaded? Left them then. Did you know you can go TOO fast with hydros for snow plowing, ha! Manual lift is hard on old guys with bad shoulders, specially when having trouble with locking UP! These things can really push and I was hitting the old banks and even pushing Them back with little effort, all while bairly running fast engine speed. Smaller, turns quicker, I like it best of all of these. NOW.....if it just had a Foot control.....hmmm!

Got eight more inches of snow over night here in western PA! Had fun two days in a row!

We got about 5" of snow overnight. I plowed my dad's, daughters, and my drive along with a few here and there as I worked from 1 end of town to the other...Oh, I spent about an hour cleaning the sidewalks and some of the street at our church. I don't have any current pictures, but here is a couple from 2 years ago....same tractor & plow with the same "ole me!

Me on my 867 plowing about 6" of snow 12-26-12

These are from last year but the snow fall is the same. Lots of it. I know this smile is not as big as Pork Chops but I'm not as young as he is. I hope when he's my age he'll still have that smile when he's on his tractor.

Grandson was very dissapointed, only 1" of white stuff. By morning was mostly gone. He was hoping for a driving lesson. Oh, yeah! Snowblower isn't mounted but, if needed would be my pleasure to put it on the '68 Raider 12. The Harleys are spit shined, heels too (like duh!) and ready for any action (work or play). '85 416-8 has the 48" blade, ready. '88 414-8 42" blade, all set to go. Both gassed up, new headlamps. Chains ready but, not mounted. Picking up 23 x 10.5 x 12's mounted tomorrow, filled, approx. weight = 90 lbs. each. Makes my recent lug nut "upgrade" necessary! Wouldn't want to play with 90 lb. tires! That and chains should do the trick for any "winter event." P.S.: Woolrich goose down for the driver. **Note** I like to keep the blades out of the drips; sitting on 2 x 4 blocks (as shown in image below). I often back up on 2 x's front to rear when the chains are on; chains out of the dribbles too!

About two years ago I bought a rough Bantam 8000 with a very rare belly mower. I've stripped it down to every last nut and bolt and have been slowly going through it. The body has been totally blasted, repaired and blocked numerous times. The fenders were all hand dollied to straighten them out too. I had the body parts professionslly painted by a friend of mine and finally got all the orange parts back from him this week. He still has to clear the hood and finish the black items (seat, rear rims and all engine tins). It's 1968 Chevy hugger orange and urethane clear. The rear fender stripes were re-stenciled, sprayed and cleared in as well. The plan is to get it back together for spring.

Sorry for the delayed posting of this pic, but I have a new smart phone that is obviously a bit smarter than me. Anyway I have finally figured out how to transfer pics around on it to get to my computer and now to you all. This is my Son-In-Law. His name is PD, and he is proudly standing next to his first Wheel Horse Tractor. This is the one I gave him for Christmas. He is already looking for bling stuff on the internet, and has contacted someone to Jet Hot Coat the muffler. His nephew is going to have the wheels powdercoated. PD tells me he by Spring I will have to play catch-up because his 312 is going to be looking better than new. I am very excited for him. Here is a pic;

I picked up a 655, well I didn't pick it up, the guy delivered it to me, I seen him at the local scrap yard a few weeks back, he was looking for parts for a WH, the guys told him he was in luck, as the WH guy was there that day, he showed me a few pics on his phone and said it had no spark, I told him a few things to try, and said if you need parts get with me, then I handed him a business card, (they are well worth the money $40 for a 1000 cards) well he called me yesterday and said he just wants it gone, he was done messing with it, I told him I was busy and would be a few days before I could go look at it, so he shot a price and said I'll deliver it, if you can pay me today, I said I can do that, so a hour later I had this setting in my yard, I'll mess with it some, but it looks like a good parts tractor, deck is in pretty good shape, just ugly, I haven't picked up a tractor in a while I've passed on a few, but this one was cheap and I didn't have to go get it, and came with plow, axle bracket, deck and tire chains, and up close it is very ruff, so no I'm not going to fix it up.

"which Wheel Horse can snow blow the highest snow pile and which Wheel Horse can snowplow the highest snow pile? lol" Blow highest pile? A 520H with a two stage blower. Plow highest pile? A D series with plow. JMHO I have both and still don't use them for snow removal, go figure. Maybe some day just for the fun of it. Great pictures. Looks like everyone is having a good time besides. The Wheel Horse.Gods are smiling on you.

Not sure which one looks tougher, PD or the WH.

That is a great Christmas present. Bet hes a happy camper. I bet he takes good care of it. It is a beauty!

Wow! It already looks great. Nice Christmas gift!

or maybe I wasnt as good as I thought I was.But He came through. Picked up a C-160 in Oh. today. Its got some issues but it will make a nice project for the Winter and Spring and Summer. Lol. Has a running 341 on it like it should and the hubs have not drifted so the axles shoud be good unlike the 416 parts tractor I was given. A few missing parts as one would expect for the price I payed. Deck is junk. Im sure I will be asking for advice and looking for some parts down the road. Numbers 71-16K802 13779 7084 Jack

When he landed on his head, the seismographs on the moon picked it up! :ychain:

I too am amazed at the amount of snow my Wheel Horse will push. I need some weight and/or roller chains on the front tires. The front end wants to slide sideways when I have the plow angled.

It's hell to get old aint it!! Mike I think when Steve fell out the tree last year and bucked up his arm a Twig poked him in da eYe that wasnt the bad part....... He keeps pouring Rock -N- Rye in hopes to make it feel better. ~Duke :)

Ok today had more snow and it was wet and heavy so I decided to use the 1958 Wheel Horse RJ and the 42 inch snowplow/dozer blade again-instead of my 1967 Lawn Ranger with the St-324 snowthrower. Here are some photos of the RJ and plow setup: Here is a video with only a few seconds of snow moving but you will get the idea. I was pleased to see how the curved blade on the SPR-42 inch Wheel Horse snowplow/dozer blade used on these RJ's moves the snow and curls it up when you are moving a lot of it. I apply SNOW JET on the blade to give it some added resistence to snow and ice sticking on the blade as you work.

I frequently wind up having to remove the bolt in the pivot arm (to the right of the fuel line in your picture) to twist things around enough to move the spring

I prefer keeping my machines as close to factory as I can but you do not need to use an ONAN vacuum fuel pump. There are less expensive vacuum pumps that will work. I have a non ONAN vacuum pump mounted on the side of the hood stand on my 1989 520HC. The vacuum line was extended to reach the pump. Here is some reading on fuel pumps. Scroll down to about the middle of the article. As to electric pumps, he says : 'One nice thing about electric fuel pumps besides they're very reliable, is that they're self-priming. Meaning when an engine runs out of gas, the engine won't have to be cranked a lot (making yourself tired from a rope starter, or risk burning up an electric starter from excessive cranking) waiting for a vacuum or mechanical pump to put gas to the carburetor. As soon as the ignition is turned on (if the electric pump is wired in with the ignition circuit), the electric pump instantly puts gas to the carburetor." http://gardentractor...om/carbfuel.htm

You have some real nice tractors there.

For guys that need a center PTO bearing Toro Consumer 102915 Bearing-Ball it is a F..A..G 6009 available to order at Tractor Supply for $10.88 + 6.00 shipping.

Here are a few of my 1963 WH's Model # 603 Special's. One of my favorite Models, they are all usually different from each other one way or another!

Here is my late production 1959 WH Model # RJ59. It has the 1960 seat on it, that is why I think it is late in the 1959 Model year of production. I got this from a guy who had it as a lawn ornament! He kept the gaurds and mower deck in the barn though, good idea.

Here is my early production RJ35. Made probably in the 2nd batch of 1955 tractors, not in the first 100 produced. Has the cast iron steering wheel, gas tank stand and some other early production parts. I added the non original Kohler engine but it should be a Clinton engine.

Not possible - that type of rear axle hitch wasn't around in '64. The correct hitch for your blade frame style bolts to the front of the axle housings: The brackets/locks are on the outside of the frame instead of inside like the newer blades/hitches. I did measure the angle rod on mine and it is also 32" long.

Happy Birthday Mike! How old is that in dog years?

Hi, John's mum here, just wanted to say a big thank you for your help so far, John has been so excited to get replies, and we are relieved as we didn't have much of a clue where to look. We think it has a Kolher engine in it. I will try and upload the photos, if it fails I will take the kind gentleman up on his offer of help (thanks for that). All three of us would be grateful for any help or pointers you can give us to help with this. He is hoping to take it to local steam rallies in the summer. http:// [url="http://"]http://

I'm voting Pork Chop #1 for this winters' Snow Removal Champion. :woohoo:

Used the wife's Toro Powershovel last night for the first time, was actually...a pretty impressive performer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY0Nc6IRfHg&list=UUd_ptV1TUpPlW1VhCjxez_Q&index=1

Got about 7" here. the 18 auto will be going to work in about an hour or so. Hopefully my lil guy can get a video of it workin on his iPad for me to upload later, but heres a couple pics from the weekend when I got her ready....

Just a short video from last night. Battery died on phone before I could get more.

There is no box for me to check either.... I'd sell it! Let some one who wants to leave it "perfect" pay me the big bucks for it....so I can buy a good tractor! If its in my barn, its getting used!

Doesn't matter if its a Senior, RJ, 420 lse etc. I am putting fuel in it and driving it ...no trailer queens here. The older ones (Senior,RJ) would probably just be show/parade tractors and the newer ones would be put to work as they were intended. I get more enjoyment out of using them than I do just sitting back and looking at them.

I personally would get tired of pushing an NOS tractor on and off my trailer bringing it to shows just so I can say its never been started. I wouldn't work it but I ain't gonna push it around either. I get more enjoyment out of riding them than I do looking at them so fire in the hole.

No brainer there...fire in the hole. :text-woo:

I like plowing snow.

K + S - Axle seals should be covered in the manual. The correct seal for your C-100 and B-100 is part number 100443. When replacing seal with the transmission still installed on the tractor, you must remove the wheel hubs. Then the seals can be removed from the outside and reinstalled. There are several threads on this forum that deal specifically with the removal and replacement of seals. The hardest part for most people is getting the rusted hubs off the axles. I will try to locate a thread for you to read, but right about now, Grandpa Santa is a little busy. Try this one for a start: