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As many of you know I certainly have a LOT to be thankful for this year. Aside from just being able to wake up in the morning, I am thankful for my family, neighbors and friends and for the support that they have shown me and my family this year as I continue to recover. I am also thankful for our military, and for those who will not be spending time with their families while I spend time with mine. A woman who I love dearly has put together a program to make it easy to send thanks to these service men and women, all it takes is a point, click, print envelope and stamp! 10 minutes of your time, and costs under a dollar to show those who will not be spending time with their families so you can spend time with yours, it's simple to do, just click here. Our military is not the only ones who are sacrifice during these times. We have an on-going commitment to help raise funds for Childhood Cancer Research through St. Baldricks. It's sad to think that a child will spend Thanksgiving in a hospital bed with IV's, monitors and feeling sick on Thanksgiving. What do they have to be thankful for? Their families are concerned with their kids making it through the night, and don't have time to help raise funds to combat their child's cancer. While it may seem that they have little to be thankful for, they are, they're thankful for those who are helping raise funds for them so they can concentrate on their kids. RedSquare is actively raising funds for these kids, please think of them with a donation. For years, I hear and read what others are thankful for and in almost ALL cases, the words, "family" & "friends" come up. With just a little extra effort and a little money, YOU can help strangers be thankful for the kind hearted and grateful people that make our countries great! Happy Thanksgiving to you all, and thank you for your support of me, my family, our military and the children stricken with Cancer! Karl Lyon

I bought a nice 753 Wheel horse today thats been sitting for about 20 years and everything looks nice and free. This is my first 753 Wheel Horse i believe is 1963. The second one i bought is a little rough 1958 RJ58 I believe its a 1958 the price was to good to pass up on it. I don't think the exhaust guard is original. The last 4 photos i didn't buy this tractor he wanted a little to much for i think is a 1956 RJ-35 with the cast iron steering wheel and the guards. The bad part its not the correct motor its a 6 horse kohler not the 3.5hp that suppose to be in there. Otherwise its a cool tractor its just have to work him down on the price. Also did anybody ever see a national mower i think its form the 60s he's selling that to is there any value to them? i figure i can buy it and resell for a profit to buy more wheel horse tractors and parts.

I ordered a turkey too and my grandson delivered. And we do have a lot to be thankful for.I try to do something for less fortunate folks,but if things are going bad for you try to find something that warms your heart and puts a smile on your face.Sometimes if we are really feeling down and we do something for someone else it picks up our own spirits.Think of that person who may be alone at this time.It's a good time to patch things up with family members we have wronged or been wronged by. I'm rambling on,just be nice to one another

Don't cross the streams...

I installed my Alaska two door stove in 1966 as a back up for my oil burner, and I have been burning wood ever since. The Tecky powered C-120 never fails to blow a path to the wood pile and haul in the fuel. Then I sit back and relive my days afield.

Might as well show this one too since this one is a worker. Not as an entry but just to put it in a thread that's about customs. Here's my homebuilt backhoe which has done plenty of work for a little machine. Spent 2 summers of spare time outside on the ground cutting, drilling and welding to get it together. By the end, I was sick of cutting, drilling and welding! Spent the winters researching the net for hydraulic info as this was my first time ever attempting to use them and building something this big from scratch. Built using the plans from PF Engineering.com

I really enjoy following your project progress. Those kids are lucky to have someone like you that really cares about their "education" in different areas other than their normal classes. Sort of reminds me of the wood shop class I had a million years ago. Heck us followers will probably learn something too! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

First off you need to make sure you have 12volts to the Plus side of the coil. If you do have 12 volts then make sure the points are cleaned and gapped properly. If they are pitted you can clean them up with fine sand paper. To adjust loosen the screw on the side of the points, not the 2 mounting screws and adjust accordingly. If you have a multimeter you can make sure the point arent grounded out. Ign off set to ohms. One lead on ground and one on wire terminal. Rotate motor to open points and meter should show open, points closed meter should show continueity

Thanks for the comments guys. That cart was a Radio brand cart to start with. Thankfully this tractor, and the cart for that matter, made it through the Tornado without a scratch. At least I think it did. I haven't had a chance to pull off the tarp and blanket over it, but I didn't see any sign of debris getting into my shed that far. It should be fine where it is all winter as we get the house repaired. Dave

Here are a few more swampthing. And a few gobblers

This little rig was built from spare parts to cruise around at the tractor/engine shows. Powered by a Kohler M8. Lots of fun to drive. Technically not a "worker" but it worked to ride me around instead of walking

Burning wood you say? I have a lot. I'm jealous I wish I had a wood stove. We would have to add a new chimney as our current one only has one flume which is occupied by the furnace and water heater.

Since the winter is getting closer i had to put some tractors in storage. I have a storage room in the same building as the garage / workshop. which should be slightly warmed up just so it's degrees above zero not sure yet if i have time to do it before it's get to cold.. made a shelf in there this summer to have the suburban 551, so I can get a tractor under it well she's on the way up.. whit out any problem's thanks to this winch im going to mount it on the wall later because that will be much better.. and here she is on her storage place And she got company of 3 other horses in there to and if i do some more cleaning i can can get 1 more horse in there... Lars

Addiction...World's Record..."It's not what you need...it's what you WANT"...all of the above !! I've listed a bunch of my old wheel horse decks on e-bay during the past few weeks. Most of them were "buy-it-now" for $35.00. A few days ago someone took the old rusted, crippled deck for an A 800 Ranger. Probably not to popular a model ????? The happy buyer just left my home in NW Ohio...he left Baltimore . Maryland at 6 AM this morning, arrived here 12 hours later and after visiting a few minutes said he had to get started back home !!!! When I asked if this was his longest trip he said no...it was the one to Texas..... 1325 miles round trip for a $35.00 deck that hundreds of other guys looked at but decided the price was wrong ??????? If anybody knows "CRAIG" (not a red square member) from Baltimore, tell him he WINS THE PRIZE !!!

$450 for the 56 RJ I think is to high. I got the 58 RJ for $100

Ya know me n my boy will take off on road trip like that just to get away and see what we find along the way "never that far" but I can see why one would. The drive sometimes is worth more then the destination.

Glad you've joined... now I can honestly say... I know dewdew.

Not in the vendor section, though he is a member here. http://www.normstoys.com/ You can still get RJ heat shields here, good price too. The RJ belt guards are reproduced by Joe Papke email him at horsedr2004@yahoo.com

Great find .........

Did you get the belt guard with your RJ?

Awesome haul right there... lots of to be thankful for.

That heat shield is correct for the RJ, just looks like the exhaust pipe itself is not on correctly. It has the original type Schnake recoil and an uncut hood too! NICE SCORE!

That 753 is sweet!! I've been gettin the itch to add a round-hood to the herd lately. Your post just made me want one even more! Mike............

Jimmy - I see you are picking with your heart.... Not really RMC, just thinking it's the week of upsets that are long overdue. Hope I'm right or I'll be keeping BK company, and sharing that bucket.

Look in the end locker. Should be a bucket in there!

SUCCESS! I raised the front all the way I could with a good garage jack, drained all the fluid out (had replaced a week ago but was almost as gloppy as the first dump). I then blew it out with air (set the pressure a 40lbs NO HIGHER) this blew at least another 1/2 qt of crap out of the transmission. I then lowered the tractor added 1 1/2 quarts of kerosene and drove the tractor up and down my hilly property for 10-15 mins., brought it back into the garage, jacked it up again, drained the kero and blew it out with 20lbs of air. I then added new clean 80 weight oil lowered the tractor and drove it all over the place brought it back the oil remained crystal clear and it is purring like a kitten and the trans oil looks like trans oil .....ready to take the stress of plowing this winter........ Thanks to all

No shooting air in the trans. I would say that you need to drop the trans and split it and clean this one out the right way. I think it is OK to flush transmissions that you know and have been using and maybe got some water in, but you say this is a barn find. Know way of knowing how long it has been sitting and no way of knowing the history. If you have a lot of rust in there, you may just be loosening it and it can and probably will get trapped in the bearings...especially the #1533 ball bearing carrying the differential. If you are going to just keep flushing it...put the horse on blocks (rather then driving it around). Why you ask??? Because, if it starts making bad noises, you can just shut it off, and it will not be stuck in the middle of the yard. Also, if the seals start leaking (and they might) with the thinner oil, you will not have the trail of oil in your grass.

I am trying out a pellet stove but I don't like it as much as I liked my woodstove I could heat my shop to 75 degrees in about half an hour with the woodstove but it took hours with the corn furnace and it's a 75,000 btu whole home heating model not the small single room type, it stands 4 feet tall by 3 feet deep, holds over 200 lbs of corn/pellets and has it's own furnace type blower fan. Auger feed rate is from 2lbs per hours up to 9lbs and it can be fine tuned to do even more if needed. I am running a mix of pellets and corn now to see if it will heat up quicker. I am thinking it's time to warm up the chainsaws and get the splitter prepped for some work.

Nice job Lars. I would only need a shoe box or two, ha, well maybe three.

Denny, you know you can't go wrong with a horse from Lane. His stuff is always top notch...That does look real nice.

Love the fat guys sittin on the cars to hold them down!

I'd vote for the patina look as well. Another member here coats his with a little motor oil...(salad dressing...you know who you are.. ). Gives it a rich deep dark tone, and helps future rusting out. Here's a quick video of my 551 plowing. I had it all apart, but couldn't help myself...(so I know that feeling) It has been since restored. Below is a video of my 854 plowing 13inches of snow. This is the same tranny as my 551. Don't think I'd worry about the tranny with the 401. Good luck with it and thanks for the updates.

Denny, That is a great little load you acquired! I am sure your grandson will love having his own machine to cruise along with you. The Lawn Rangers are a great machine for the little ones. We have 3 in our fleet right now and they seem to get the most use.

Another great line. They list the price and say "Won't Last Long"

I've considered power coating but some of the powder coat jobs I've seen on tractors look like they have an egg shell finish. I wouldn't know where to go in my area, the only guy I'd trust to do a killer job is Martin!

As of last week I have a perfectly smooth road in front of my house to play on. Now all I have to do is find a forward swept blade extension for my snow blade as my 417-8 has a forward swept front axle in it. If I don't get a blade on the 417 it will be either my newly purchased 657 (with Kohher 6hp) or the 854 with a blade on it. I'm in no hurry for snow, I take care of clearing the walkways and the loading docks at work when it snows. I took over the job because the 4 no speaks that were doing it were destroying the equipment and I was getting tired of fixing it due to neglect. They wouldn't listen to instruction even with an interpreter so I took it over. I don't mind, it gets me out of the building. I also take pride that I can get it done faster and do a much better job than what four guys were doing.

Well we all know who I'm taking in the first pick and of course that happens to be the Hawkeyes, I am then going with the following Illinois, Michigan State, Nebraska, Wisconsin and I'm going to finish up with Ohio State. Thats it in a nut shell, read and weep. As always, Go Hawkeyes!!!

Many thanks for all the replies and solid advice. Again a confirmation as to why this is the best forum I belong to. (Timely, honest answers for other good guys). It really is appreciated, Jesse

I hate taking hubs off axles - it seems either way I cant win. If the hub is tight it will be a ***** to get off - but the upside is that the axle is probably not worn, the bore in the hub is probably not wallowed out, and the keyways are probably good. The downside is that the hub will be a ***** to get off. If the hub is loose it'll come off easy. - but the downside is that there is a good possibility that the bore in the hub is wallowed out, the end of the axle is worn, or maybe the keyways are worn. The only time I seem to win is when the hub is still a good fit on the axle, but the axle seal has been leaking for long enough to weep some oil into the joint - the hub comes off relatively easily and the bits aren't all worn out!

I suppose if I was retired and had gobs of money and all that free time it might be a fun way to see the country and pick up some wheelhorse stuff along the way. Probably would be more fun in a motorhome . But right now I work full time, have very little "fun money" so no big road trips for me. Mike............

Heat the house with wood. Furnace never comes on. Woodstock Keystone in the living room: Englander 30 NCH in the basement - but no pics - yet...

This I s my 867 worker with home made wrecker

None of my stuff is as nice as the worst on here, and whoa on an attempt to upgrade from some one else's hard work is LOW. Honesty is still the best way to sell, deceit makes something good turn bad, and those deceivers are never forgotten.

Not his photo, not his tractor... what's wrong with that? You know you want it.

I love it. Can't borrow a phone or camera from somebody. Go thru the bother with an ad and can't display a pic of exactly the item your selling. probably looks like this:

I used New Holland red its a bit brighter but it looks good

Here,s a pic of my 1277

Here are some more pics in the sunlight. If I can find some more material to use I will gladly make some of these depending on how much intrest and expense it would take. I'll research into this further and update you. If it's to expensive or not feasible I'll just write up a tutorial on how to make these.