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Last August the front of my property looked like this. It had these kind of pines and undergrowth. My house is directly behind me. The township came a long last August and asked if they could take out the dead and weak scrub pines that were near the street. My wife said yes. You can see a sample below of the stumps I had. I had 38 of them. They ranged in size from 1 inch to about 8 inches. I rented a stump grinder and my son and I ground down all 38 stumps. I used this tool here below on the back of my C-175 and turned over the soil twice in criss crossing directions. The moldboard plow yanked out all of the undergrowths root system. Next came my mid mount grader shown below. This implement has earned it's keep many times over. This section of ground was very uneven. One side was a foot higher than the other side. I had the grader on my C-85 with manual lift. I could adjust the depth of the grader with the lift and feel of the lever. I could go deep or just feather some debris off the top. I developed a good feel of the grader. Then came the trenching machine for the sprinkler system. I'm convinced you can't have a nice lawn without underground irrigation. I installed 15 stainless Hunter heads on 3 zones. After all the trenching and piping was done I came back over the trenches with the grader to fill it all in. If you keep your feet on the grader you can really move that blade left and right with ease. I then used a wooden pallet with a board attached that had dozens of nails driven through that I drug around to make seed beds.So around the middle of September I was ready for seed, lime, iron, straw and fertilizer. This is how it looks below in mid May. There is some annual blue grass in there which is in the process of dying and there is some straw growing from the seed that was in the straw. Straw is not supposed to have seed. I was hoping the winter would kill the straw but it didn't. It looks to be dying now. Straw is an annual and should die. I don't have 100 % coverage but it is pretty good. It is filling in and I bought a 25 pound sack of Kentucky Bluegrass Supreme. $120 for 25 lbs. There is 3 different kinds of premium bluegrass seed in this mixture. I'll over seed in the fall and do my other section of lawns with it. Those raised flower beds? Well they were made with my grade blade. I just kept shaping them by driving in circles and pushing dirt up on to them. This spring I aerated with my new Brinly core aerator. Works great. I'll aerate again in the fall. The only tools used to make this lawn was my C-85, C-175, Mid-mount grader, moldboard plow, trenching machine, stump grinder and trencher. No rakes. No shovels. The only hard labor was the stump grinder which I shared the duty with my son and the trencher which was done by my other son. The shovel and rakes weren't used until the shrubs and mulch was done.

heres my 314 the wheels are gloss almond

I decided I should make better use of my cargo trailer after being inspired by buckrancher and jimt1971's setup's. I figured I'll give it a trial run at the June show.

The Price of Groceries!!! Last night on my way home from Jay-in-NC's house I stopped at the local food store. Got to the first isle, looked at the price of bread and thought "THIS IS B.S. !!!" I was so angry I bought the wrong 1/2 & 1/2 (stupid fat free) and could not find the other thing I was looking for. This was of course after paying $3.65 per gallon for gas to go visit Jay.............. This Country economically is in bad shape

I hope you feel better soon Neil. I'm pretty damn proud of you, you are a mans man.

Here's my solution! note brush screen sans grass clippings. plus no PTO engaged so the Onan is all you hear!

Here is an idea you don't see talked about much, and im wondering it could be a factor in the selling difficulties that the OP is seeing.. I think in this hobby, there are a lot of people who want to get into the hobby so that they can restore tractors themselves.. which means for those people, the "rougher condition", less expensive tractors are the ones they want! I am in that category.. I bought a 854, a "rough runner"..I paid about $250 for it.. The same model, in better condition for $500 or $600, I would not be interested in! because I wouldn't want to pay that much, and I want to restore the tractor myself.. I am also looking for a Cub Cadet "original".. I am only looking for "rough" originals in the $250 or less range..For two reasons: 1. I cant afford much more than that right now. 2. I want to restore it myself! so I dont want a machine that doesnt need restoring.. I have a seen a bunch of very nice cubs, in better condition than I can afford, selling for $500 or more.. sure, they are probably worth it! but I dont want to spend that much..I am simply not in the market for those machines.. So that is one category of buyers..they simply dont want "good condition antique tractors"..its not what they are into.. Buyer Category 2: Someone who is just looking for "a cheap used tractor or riding mower".. They dont know, or care, about brands and the quality differences between brands, they dont care about antique..they just want something cheap that runs.. For those people, why would they buy a 40 year old Wheel Horse for $500 when they can buy a 10 year old Craftsman for $100? They are clueless about quality differences between brands, and they aren't interested in learning.. That leaves only Category 3: The people who *do* know about brand quality, want to collect good condition antique tractors, and have the money to spend on them! Do those people exist? yes, of course they do..but are they very common? probably not..We see a lot of them here on RS, but this a "specialty forum".. the amount of these "Category 3" people on this forum is *way* out of proportion to the "real world".. For any given tractor being sold on Craigslist, there might be one of those people in a 200 mile radius, while there are probably dozens, even hundreds of Category 1 or 2 buyers..who simply are not in the market for a "Category 3" tractor.. IMO, the tractor prices (in the original post in this thread) are fine! the prices seem perfectly reasonable.. the problem, IMO, might be finding that elusive "Category 3" buyer.. I think there are a lot less of them than we think there are..being on a forum like this makes us think they are more common than they are. On this forum, they are all gathered in on place, from all over the world.. in the real world, they are few and far between.. We see it all the time here: "I would love to buy that tractor! if only it wasn't so far away.." just something that came to mind..I might not be right! but its a theory anyway.. thanks, Scot

Well i had to put up som pict of my "girl" ill think almost all of you know the story of this 551 it is an amazing story i still cant say thank you enugh to the guys that make this "dream" come true for me.. Thanks Lars

Just got the new classic to my house Saturday and had a chance to spit shine it up before putting it to work! http://s737.photobucket.com/user/LenHaduck/media/image-35.jpg.html

Hi guys, just picked up a 520H tractor with snow blade.. This I gonna be a dedicated snow machine. I want to repaint it and get it all nice nice for winter. I know there are paint numbers listed ect but my question is has anyone ever used the white/cream paint on the wheels for the newer tractors.. I love the look if older tractors. If some one has could you please post a photo? Thanks

Pick it up tomorrow, 2013 Ford Escape Titanium...

Looks like its going to be a fun project, but it runs so its all down hill from there.

Now thats a real project....good luck

Must have been a really LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG road trip.

ill get piks on here as soon as i can guys. and im In Burlington about an away from the qc

Yup Raw? I have eaten them raw, but I prefer them cooked. If we have some at the show, maybe we can try a few simple recipes. YUMMY Deep fried and dipped in chocolate.

Do you have a favorite recipe Bob???

Yup

I refer to them as "Land Shrimp", and I have lots of recipes for them. Unfortunately (or fortunately as the case may be) they have not invaded my property yet.

Randy Newman - Losing You:

I bought some fishing lures 17 years ago that look like that. I've been waiting all this time to use them again. Match the hatch.

No - I believe there is 1" of hook on each end. I have never seen one except here http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/files/file/1361-snowthrower-lift-spring-assist-kit-8-4311-om-ipl-803954pdf/ Same spring as for the snowthrower lift assist. Garry

Another thing is a lot of people spend beyond their means. I needed another vehicle this spring. I easily could have gone down to the local Chevy dealer and bought a $40,000 truck. I could even make the payments. Thing is I didn't want to. I was cringing at the thought of $15000 for a nice used one. I sold my motorcycle that I didn't ride enough and sold my old truck and only had to come up with $1000 for the vehicle I have now that is a dream to drive. I didn't have to "dip" into my hobby money at all and no payments..

The Price of Groceries!!! Last night on my way home from Jay-in-NC's house I stopped at the local food store. Got to the first isle, looked at the price of bread and thought "THIS IS B.S. !!!" I was so angry I bought the wrong 1/2 & 1/2 (stupid fat free) and could not find the other thing I was looking for. This was of course after paying $3.65 per gallon for gas to go visit Jay.............. This Country economically is in bad shape On top of that...it's hard to pick up new horses when you're using Govt cheese. They don't like the taste of it.

Hi, I too have WHA, and Rehab is for Quitters, and I am not a quitter!

I personally would push them back in the dark barn before I would exchange Horse for money with a Cat 3 person.I prefer good homes over cash.Same reason I can't part out a complete tractor I guess <3 of the species! Did you mean Cat 2 person?? based on what I wrote, I would consider the Cat 2 buyer the "bad" buyer..the person likely to leave it outside or otherwise junk it up.. nothing wrong at all with the Cat 3 buyer IMO.. Scot Cat 2,thanks for the clarification!lol

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It has surprised me just how many hours have had to go into the fender part of this project but I can finally see what the finished tractor is going to come out like. The modified fender pan was quite rusty in amongst the faded red paint and there were some obsolete holes to weld over but it came back to bright metal ok. I did leave a couple of obsolete holes for 'authenticity' as you seem to always get one or two of these for some appendage that wasn't fitted to your model. I'd remembered the seat from the 210-4 as being in generally good condition when it was put on the D-200 but it's amazing just how much rust can lurk beneath the paint used on these which was a kind of plasticote I guess and holds firm whilst the rust travels along underneath it. I've taken to using a 'Paint & Rust Remover' wheel by Oakey which is a strange composite but way more effective than wire wheel / abrasive flap wheel etc. and which digs out pitting well. Not quite as good as shot blasting but closer than anything else I've tried. Foretunately the rust was confined to the under seat area so the back can remain original for now. The weather has not been good for painting this year - first it was so cold the paint needed more thinners than was wise. It warmed up while I was doing all the metalwork on the fender then went cool again. Cool is good for hand painting enamel but the stuff I use hates high humidity in that it dries and hardens off very slowly so although the parts reached touch dry in a couple of days it was a relief when the sun came out again and they could harden off properly ready for assembly. So finally the point of reassembly was reached and a good idea of what the finished tractor is going to look like. I've deliberately not photographed it along side a 'C' yet - will save that for the next update! Still lots to do before Ardingly - fuel system, finish wiring and a charging system, source suitable sized battery for the tray etc, etc.but getting there slowly. Hoping the OEM mufler coming from Canada does indeed fit this engine. Interuptions this weekend have included a very pleasant run down to Dorset to pick up a genuine WH roller in pretty good condition from Simon (Landsurveyor), oh, and today picking up a new addition to my WH rescue centre from Winchester! More on these another time. Andy

Here is a poor scanned shot of my two.