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Well I'm Jake, and I'm 13 years old. I am still in school, the 7th grade, and spend just about all of my spare time messing with the horses. I got caught into horses in november of 09 when a buddy came by and dropped off a 61 401 and It all just rocketed away from there! My parents own a blueberry farm and a body shop so I have a lot to keep me busy in the summer. We got our farm in 2004. Our farm has about 20 acres of berries and about 40 acres of woods. When harvest season comes we work about 5-11 every night for about a month. Its very hard work but when its all over, it definitely helps me fund the horses! There is alot of grass to cut in the summer so I spend alot of hrs running our mower to keep the farm looking nice. ~Jake

ive been holding out on this thread and just sitting back and having a read....... but, i guess now its my turn to spill the beans...... im martin, 44 years old, (feel older), been married since '99 to my wonderful wife, jeanine, have 5 kids, (2 stepdaughters 24 and 22, 2 stepsons 21 and 18 and kent, our son together who is 12 and if he starts behaving himself might make it to 13....). only the 18 year old and kent at home now, the rest have flown the coop. im a paint coordinator for a surface finishing company, we do blasting, vibratory, ultrasonic cleaning and powder coating amongst other things. been with them since early 2000..... i moved to this country in '99 from australia, having lived there all my life. i was a carpenter back home, did that for roughly 15 years, working mostly heavy construction and multistory buildings. just couldnt handle the winters here to work out side so i migrated inside to a sweatbox with heat to die for in the summer months......still, the heat i can handle, just cant bear the cold..... my main interest back home was restoring cars, also did a bit of car flipping to fund my hobby. i met jeanine online, back when chat rooms were virtually unheard of, we communicated for a couple of months, she came over to visit, then i came over here to visit and ended up staying here. we married soon after..... i havent been back since, miss the family back home something terrible at times, but im making the most of what i have here and am very happy with my family life.... i dabbled with the cars a little since moving here, but just couldnt get into the restoration again with the commitments of a family with 5 kids growing up. i parted 81-87 full size gm trucks for a few years but it started to get harder to make a $ and started looking for 'smaller' interests. the tractors came along after a bit of interest in small outdoor power equipment, snowblowers, tillers, any small engine stuff. by now we were getting a little more comfortable with finances and kids were starting to move out. so i had a little more $ for an interest and the tractors started to take off. my first was the 1054 and as they say the rest is history. most, if not all of my experiences with these great little tractors is documented on here in one way or another.......... and i have a bad habit of writing in lower case.......

I have nothing against saving fuel and money, but when anyone starts telling me this crap about global warming and saving the planet, I find it hard to believe any thing he says. They say the ice is melting in the Northern hemisphere, I have also heard it is build up in the Southern. Changes yes, but don't sound like global warming. When some one starts talking about global warming my first though is the take a tight grip on my billfold as some one want my money.

This is my new to me 702 I bought from Indy w h. It has the original HY2 which I have been looking for and Indy lives only about 15 miles from me so I didnt need to travel far to buy it. Thanks for the DEAL Marshal......

Shes gone now, wheelhorse yard ornaments look better than flower gardens anytime.

Hi from the flatlands of Missouri...I'm Frank (member #7) and a 1942 model!...been retired for 8 years...spent 30 years in the mfg industry ....have one daughter and triplet grandsons....spend alot of time on the family farm "tinkerin'" with some faded red stuff when I have time. Got to attend the big show in PA...not once but twice and got to meet alot of you guys...was lucky enough to meet and shake hands with Mr Pond at BOTH shows....will probably cherish the late nite "WH Cruze" at the PA show the most, thanks to Eldon for loaning me a WH to ride!!! When I run out of stuff to do, I tinker with street rods, (38' Ford bowtie powered), fly RC planes, stained glass, family tree stuff, fish (bign's). follow the triplets in baseball, farm a bit, (did I forget "tinker" w/WH's?)..spend money on wine and women and waste the rest....it's been a fun ride and I'm still enjoying it....stop by the old Horse Barn some time and say "HI"

Congratulations Jake on Earning this coveted award with your outstanding 401 Here's your award!

My name is Mike, I will be 35 in April. Been married for 12 years with two sons ages 4 & 7. Started working on a farm when in high school. My real interest was semi trucks. Started working in a garage for a trucking company my junior year. Went to diesel college & then decided that I wanted to drive them. Got my CDL & hit the road for 5 years. Then went back to working on them & moved up. I still work on them, but do service & parts most of the time. Of course I like using & working on my 's . I was in 4H for 11 years & now I have been volunteering for 4H for 12 years. It is a really good program for kids. In the summer I attend alot of county fairs along with truck & tractor pulls. Not into sports, just a gear head.

I'm Jerry, 67 yrs. old. Spent 2 yrs. in army 65 to 67. Retired in 2002 after 35 yrs. as machinist ( mostly hydraulic press ). Have been married for 45 yrs. have one daughter 44 and one grand daughter 19 in college. I like Bass fishing when i'm not fooling around with WH tractors. I have a neighbor that is retired also and we are always working on some project. I have degenerative disc disease in my lower back so i have to limit my activities. Still learning to use this computer, my grand daughter try's her best to teach me but it just doesn't come easy for me. I really like being a Red Square member and I have received a lot of help from other members with projects. Thanks for all the help guys.

Chas, Chuck or Charlie here, I answer to all of them. I'm 54 & married for 7 years with 4 dogs. I'm from south central, PA... 6-7 miles from the BIG SHOW, strange I've never attended, seems that bad things pop up around that time of year for me or my wife & couldn't make it. Have been a diesel mechanic 20 + years & now a truck maintenance manager for a recycling company here in town, I wonder if all that diesel smoke might explain my twisted sense of humor Have been a member here for a few years just never transferred my info from the old site. I stumbled on my Raider 10 by accident when I was looking for a tractor with a FEL, my neighbor told me of a JD with one , only thing was,it turned out to be the Raider with a snow blower on it & it was love at 1st sight In my free time, big time bass fisherman, I do know & play golf along with hunting, all tho my knees don't like carrying my fat azz around. And lastly.... a RAVENS FAN Chas :flags-usa:

I'm rather fond of the maroon stripers. #4 is currentl being reassembled, and #5 is in pieces awaiting rebuild! ~Duff :USA:

Jim Cantore from the weather channel just said we could get 57 to 70 inches of freakin snow here in Maine. Doubt it, but it would be fun for the first 3 days of snow removal :)

I'm sorta partial to the round hoods.

Well TT, this is Mama Puddlejumper....once again, Mitch has made me read something else on this dadgum forum....but for once, it was worth the read.....Congrats on the 10K mark, but I'm sure with my husband....you will reach that 20K in no time....thanks a lot , I mean really, do you really have to answer all of his questions????? Maybe if you didn't, I wouldn't have a dadgum wheelhorse graveyard in my garden lot!!! :no:

Well, I'm Mike. I'm a 48 year old Kiwi that somehow ended up living in NE Ohio. Been married for 13 years now, and I have an 8 year old daughter. I started out as an automotive mechanic and jumped around the various specialties for a few years. I decided I wanted to travel the world and work on racing cars, did a couple of years in Europe before coming to the US for a year or two. I ended up meeting my wife and I'm still here. Lots of years working on opened wheeled racing cars, competed (in the pits) at the Indianpolis 500 5 times. Eventually I got tired of suitcases, airports and hotel rooms and am quite happy living the quiet life now. Currently I work for a company that restores Rolls Royce Silver Ghosts (anything up to about 1928). Everything from general service work to chassis up restoration, from weekend drivers to Pebble Beach concourse cars. My 8 year old keeps me busy, I dont play with my tractors as much as I would like, and I try to keep my 170 year old farmhouse from falling down around me.

I AM ONE OF THE OLDEST ON HERE. (84) MARRIED FOR 62 YEARS, TWO DAUGHTERS, 7 GRAND CHILDREN. SPENT FROM 1951 TO 1953 IN U.S.ARMY. SOLD WHEEL HORSES BACK IN THE 50 AND 60'S IN GREENWICN, CT. AND HAVE HAD MANY SINCE THEN. I NOW HAVE 5. I GO TO MANY SHOWS. I WAS IN CHARGE OF TOOL ROOMS FOR MANY YEARS. I BECAME A TOOL AND DIE MAKER IN 1953. I ALSO WAS A CAPT. ON BOATS FROM 35 FT. TO 72 FEET. I LIVED ON AN ISLAND AND WENT TO SCHOOL BY BOAT. I AM A HAM RADIO OPERATOR. (W1RGW) I HAVE BEEN RETIRED SINCE 1994.

Ok, I'll go. I am Karl, 49 years old with 3 kids 15, 13, and 11 (soon to be 12). I am a computer scientist by trade, but enjoy the simpler things in life far more. I enjoy everything automotive and mechanical. Aside from the horses, I have an eclectic collection of Lionel trains most of which are very rare. I enjoy camping, well technically RV'ing in our 35' 5th wheel. I do enjoy getting outdoors but in the warmer weather and swimming, clearing the brush from my 2.5 acres and playing with the kids and dog. I consider myself extremely handy and have no issues tackling anything from soldering SMD's on a circuit board, repairing the household appliances, to getting deep and dirty into my 6.0l Diesel. A considerable amount of spare time is keeping RedSquare up and running, testing new versions of software, keeping things cleaned up so it runs smooth. For me the community aspect of this forum over shadows the technical aspects and I really enjoy everyone's company. I am always grateful for the generousity and friendship of people that I may never shake hands with, it constantly amazes me.

I'll jump in! I'm Mike, 46 years old, live in Connecticut, married just over twenty years with two kids, one dog and one cat. My son is 17 and has been to every WH show I've been to (approx 7) and a 14 year old daughter who would never go to a tractor show . I was a licensed electrician for 24 years here in Ct. Did a career swap 2-1/2 years ago and I'm now working for a Navy Defence contractor ( Submarines not surface ships) as a project manager and travel all over the country for my job. Besides the WH problem I cant shake, I also like to fish (any state except Vermont...long story ), picked up a small bass boat last year. My family camps alot and we now leave our camper permanently on a campsite in Connecticut on a 528 acre lake. I love sitting by the fire on summer nights knockin a couple cold ones back! I ride my motorcycle when I can, nice to just get out and cruise with no real destination! I also seem to collect flashlights for some reason, have about 30 or so. A few older ones but mostly newer oddball stuff. Definitly cheaper and easier to store than tractors! A buddy of mine (whchris) started the Redsquare Wheel Horse Site back in 2006 when he was still in High School (thats right! High School!) and he e-mailed me and asked me to join up so he wouldn't be alone and maybe we could generate some interest in his fledgling site. Thats how I became member #2. My buddy of course is member #1 but we dont see him here anymore unfortunately . Mike......

Not a Bad Idea.. I'm Mike 43yrs old 3 kids 16 year old daughter and 2 boys 13 and 9..Got out of the U.S Marines in 1993 was Welder and Heavy equipment operator..Been in Contruction and a Certified welder since..My hobbies are my tractors and rebuilding the 2-piece 4 and 8 speed trannys. I also collect NHRA and Sprint-Latemodel race car diecast...I also like fishing and hunting and in the summer a good campfire good friends and a couple of cold ones...Love to attend the many swap meets and shows in the area. And me and my Boys try to attend as many dirt track races as possible.. :handgestures-thumbupright:

Well, someone was bound to start this thread, might as well be me. Here's the before picture: After to come after the storm!

I HATE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so FREAKIN jealous right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really don't hate you guys though :ychain:

I don't envy you guys in the Northeast one bit. If you get 70 inches of snow you're going to need more that a Wheel Horse unless it has a loader on it. I know it's fun when there is 4 to 6 inches of snow but when it starts drifting to a foot or two, it's time for the skid loader with a 60" bucket. :thumbs:

There's just something about these tractors that grows on you as you work with them, work on them, stand back and look at them, and perhaps most fulfilling - when someone stops by and starts asking questions about them. Even if I wanted to - and I don't - I couldn't sell my tractors for anything near what I have invested in them after rebuilding, but that's not important to me. Some guys play golf, some go fishing (well..I'm known to do that once in a while, too) - everyone has hobbies. Mine is my tractors, and I'm just darned grateful to be able to share them with this group. Duff :thumbs:

I don't think he would let me put a blade on it Steve. Cole wasn't too happy when he saw me pullin a cart with a light load in it! Lol!

It's all fixed. The shifter is still in great shape but somehow it fell out of the 1st gear and reverse forks. Once I took out the shifter I was able to realign the forks in the neutral position and reinstall the shifter. I even changed the gear oil while I had the seat off. Thanks again for all the help!

As soon as I got home I sat down turned on the weather channel and got on the forum! I knew there would be a thread already started! I'm sure you New England guys are pumped! The weather service predicts at a max 4"-8" here in southeastern PA so I'll be happy to really get some real seat time I'm sure we will have much fun posting pics of our horses in action!

How indeed. Trade: I take care of that plantar wart for a 8 speed rebuild! anesthesia? Steve's Rock and Rye! :rolleyes:

Do you have any idea what is causing this? :ROTF:

It's always better when that happens. When installing the shifter, I hold the set screw until the jam nut is tightened - or it ends up turning with the nut and getting too tight. There is very little room to work through the hole in that style of hoodstand, so I shortened a hex key - instead of mutilating the hole in the hoodstand like some I have seen. I usually remove the seat & spring too.

The very first thing I would do is loosen the set screw & remove the shifter. More than likely, you will need to make a custom hex key ("Allen wrench") by cutting the short end even shorter. Inspect the shifter pivot ball for a broken roll pin and make sure the ball at the end of the shifter is still intact. Once the shifter is removed, you can use a screwdriver or similar tool to move the shift fork back to neutral. (centered) If the shifter is fine but the fork won't move, you'll need to split & diagnose.

Ok, here is the answer to me mine are "PRICELESS". In fact I will have a Wheel Horse hood ornament on my casket. At least thats what a friend of mine told me.

Hey guys, Took a couple tractors out in the snow today. Thought you guys might enjoy seeing the pictures. ~Jake

Jake they look cold, give me a call and I will move them to my warm building for you..... Looking great out there, hope you got a little more seat time moving some snow!

Steve,I'm going to start calling you the Horse Whiperer! I slipped the bushings over the tubes last night and they fit surprisingly well......but,I still want to smooth the grooves worn into the tube just the same.

Scooby, i think you are talking about the HY-2 unit. That's not another generator beneath the steering wheel, that's the hydraulic pump. It was a kit you could add to these machines to get hydraulic lift instead of manual lift. Pretty cool option!

The CHARGE CIRCUIT looks good too. The question I had was regarding the reg's BATTERY terminal being connected to the ignition switch R terminal. On second thought, the B and R terminals on the ignition switch are connected together in the RUN position of the switch - so electrically the B reg terminal is connected to the battery. If an ammeter is present on a SG based tractor, the reg B terminal is usually connected to the ammeter and therefore to the battery all the time. I don't see the ignition switch in the OFF position (disconnecting the reg B terminal from the battery) as a concern. If any performance issues do pop up, you could always try to move the reg B terminal directly to the stud on the starter solenoid which is connected to the battery (+) terminal. I can not see foresee this as being an issue.

Been working on a "new" plow for my GT-14. Information says it will handle a 54" front plow. I had a couple of fair looking 42" plows, so I took the best parts from both plows and made a nice 54" plow by adding 6" of plow to each side of the best 42". Now I am working on the plow cutting/wear edge. I wanted the 3/8" square holes for the 3/8" carrage bolts, but wasn't sure where I could get this done. At my work place they have a "mega-buck" iron worker that will do all kinds of stuff, but they don't have a 3/8" square die...Next best thing is a square broach. I have attached some pictures of the broach, plow wear edge, and the press I used to cut the 3/8" round hles to 3/8" square holes! This broach is round on the starting end, and is tapered to the opposite end, and is square. Up use a press to "push" it through the steel.

Your starter circuit is good. The "L" terminal on the regulator can either be left blank or you can connect the lights /heavy amp circuits to the terminal. Any accessory connected to "L" does not pass thru the circuitry of the regulator and does not cause the regulator to react to an intermittent high draw of current. The reg still watches the battery for a drop in voltage caused by the large amp draw and still reacts to lowered battery voltage. I'll check the charge circuit you have drawn later today. There was a minor question I had that has slipped my mind for right now. Someone else may pick it out in the meantime. I'll check in later. Great effort on the drawing too. One tip on the drawings. Store them in either GIF or PNG format. If you store them in a high compression JPG format, the blending characteristics of JPG creates a colored "haze" around contrasting adjacent colors. This coloration "haze" will not be present in GIF and PNG files.

Are the characters completely worn off your keyboard TT? 10K amazing. :party:

I don't do 953/1054/GT-14 or D series tractors. 1961 to 1964 round hoods are the most abundant here and are obviously my preferred design. I can hold my own with the rest. ;)

This is a great discussion and actually I like everybody's comment. Sentimental attachment or trading prospect, is a big factor. Something you've "nurtured" through the years often demands more "dollar respect" than you can ever get usually, but those prospect buy/sell units, post #2 said it first what's someone is willing to pay. Some of you guys have machines that are so fabulous lookin' and the time spent on what you did, it's just almost priceless but the right $ could come along and give new home to Daddy's Baby. No disrespect meant there. My heart pumps faster every time I see the masterpieces of restored history of American ingenuity. Mine is no looker but every one who asked during the neglected yrs was told the same thing 'Oh, it's not for sale", and glory be my WH rides again. Ok on another what's it worth NOS parts, good googly oogly, recently I sold a bunch here at what I considered fair prices, another site thinks they are gold. Kelly sold me some parts at a very good price. All in we must all have a very very valuable functioning parts collection. I'm still searching #2 to the stall.

Mike, to me a used (but in great shape) Wheel Horse has more value than any brand new box store POS. As far as monitary worth is concerned, I'm sure we will never get rich selling off our collections because it seems (at least here where I live) like most guys could not care less about working on their own property. They had rather pay a landscaper to make things look nice, and then contract with a mowing company to cut the grass, weedeat, and blow everything clean with a backpack blower. The guys that do mow their own lawn either have a zero turn or a box store pos. These same guys don't care anything about having a tiller or blade or plow or anything else connected to their lawn mower. If there is a good side to this, it is that Wheel Horses and the other big name classic LAGTs will always be financially within reach for us. I'll take that and feel good about it, and at the same time feel sorry for the guys who would rather spend their productive time on facebook while someone else is taking care of their property.

:wicked: They have always reminded me of my pap's Swiss Aqua & Wimbledon White '72 Ford F-250. The feller that normally sets up near me at the local show has a bunch, but mostly newer. He also has a few customs:

It depends on the model and condition, one persons fixed up nice is still a beater to another, but something say round hood not a hard to find model, in good shape sell for $600-800 a really nice one a bit more, up to about $1000 newer user tractors say 90's up bring more but are bought to be used not toys, I have a few good usable C series tractors here I can't get $300 out of, slowly parting them out because they are worth more in parts, because no one wants to pay for anything.

Heres some up dated pictures I do have the stock rear wheels and tires just looks better this way.

Dave here. Turning 58 in April. Retiring this Friday after 25 years with my last employer. Have spent my last 40 years working for municipal parks and recreation agencies. Main responsibilities involved parks, grounds and building maintenance. I have lots of hobbies besides my Wheel Horse's. RV camping, UTV off roading, fishing, landscape and gardening, helping my wife with her hobbies. We've been married for 35 years, two boys, 34 and 27. 27 year old is married. no grandchildren yet. One springer spaniel. This is one great group of guys and gals and I've enjoyed meeting and corresponding with many of you. I appreciate everyones help over the years and hope to meet more of you. Next?

Hello friends.....My name is Ken and I am 58 (almost) years old. I have been collecting WH's for about 4-5 years now. I really enjoy the posts, questions & answers I read on Red Square. I have 8 WH tractors (7 are operational) and several front push plows and a couple of other wonderful WH implements, including an ARK 550 FEL. I married a great gal 18 years ago and we have really have a blast. She is the one that made the reservations for the "Big Show" in June for my Christmas present! I have a daughter (33 yrs old), and a son (29 yrs old) and a step-daughter (27 yrs old). My son & step-daughter share the same birth-date, and NO it was not a good thing sharing birthday parties as they were growing up. I retired from our local Volunteer Fire Department after 31 years. I have several Master Fire Fighter credentials as well as being a medical 1st Responder. From 1973 to 1990 I was the municipal utilities superintendant for a small community of 700 people. I had municipal water & waste water licenses, but after I left the job they expired. In 1996 I started working for an automobile drive-train remanufacture as a waste water treatment operator, so I had to study and pass a state exam for industrial waste water licenses. I have been exposed to many things over the years, and I know a little about a lot of things....some just enough to be dangerous!

Don't forget, you can also go to RedSquare Member Pictures to put a face to a name. http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/forum/35-redsquare-member-pictures/

My name is Stephen J & I'm a....uh wait. I'm 44, have an 18 year old stepson, an awesome wife, great inlaws & 5 dogs. I've worked for a local construction company now since 95. Most of those years on an asphalt crew as a "roller" operator...but now I've switched to Horizontal Directional Drilling. Winter they shut down & I get caught up with friends, shop projects & browsin the interwebs. Besides my Wheel Horse's I enjoy firearms (responsibly), ATV's, old trucks, vintage tractors.