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here's my RJ58 custom stainless Brian

I don't know... I'm thinkin' his Techy shirt and pink skirt just might be the winning combination.

You mean...lucky for us.

No...I did not know, but now I can see who I am up against. Lucky for Mike it is not a wet T-shirt contest.

Thanks guys...itsi a god thig I cna touhc tyep 4 teh lsat 4 weacks.,,,eye showd be abel to sea god aganai on Firdya...tanks

well I also have this little ditty my 701 with stainless frame I started with this and after 5 months Brian

Here's your uniform right here!! Take your pick! Or just stay with your traditional one!

Boy! I really look good!!!

And for our next contestants...here is a pic of Don standing with Zeek at the 2013 Big Show... Looks like Don is holding my coffee mug and sharing some of Vans Peach Shine with Zeek.

Here's a few pics of the tractor, color combo courtesy of PO. (inner weights are bolens, outer weights are Jacobson) I had a 753 hanging around the house with a snowthrower I redid for about two years now. It motor started to smoke up a bit, but otherwise a decent tractor. A friend came over,drooled over it, and said "I gotta have it." (A friend who ended up with the bug for a roundhood obviously). He called me the next day and wanted to trade heads up for this tractor. The only issue with it was a starting issue, but once you get it going, runs fine. I thought about it, and said...what the heck. It'll spark up interest in me again for a new project. (I've been all camaro as of late). Turns out the battery was way underrated, and a new battery was all it really needed. I swapped to newly purchased rubber chains, as I have a stamped concrete apron just outside my garage door I don't want to mess up. Put weights on the outside and inside rims, got all the tune-up parts ready to install, changed the oil in the motor and crankcase, seals seem pretty good, and lights work. Will just clean up the wiring a bit. Snowthrower engages fine, will just lube and wax up for the season. Tires are decent, and the fronts are new. New reg/rect. Came out of the garage last night around 11pm, feeling pretty darn good. (beer may have helped), but was nice to work on a tractor again. The only snaphoo I ran into was a messed up woodruff key in back right axle. The axle is fine, but the hub took a little beating on the key slot. It should get me thru the winter, and figure I'd address it in the springtime. I got a new set of keys coming, and will swap sides to put the wear on the other end of the hub.

I'm very familiar with tailpipe flamethrowers....lol....I just didn't expect it on my tractor....especially when it took it upon itself to do it without consulting me....I can also be somewhat of a smarta$$....my years in the military and law enforcement helped nuture that.... ....I did just happen to come inside to get the key after looking to see if the plug wires were loose....but both appear to be snug and making contact at both ends....so I'm not sure what would have caused the one plug not to fire and load up the cylinder with fuel....so any ideas would be greatly appreciated....if for nothing else it will keep my other half from ragging on me about buying a twentyfive year old tractor.... ....I'm new to small engines and the components particular to them....it ran great after the initial tuneup/service i did after I got it home from the PO's place....I really need to get a factory service manual.... ....thanks again, Paul

Ken- The motor is ready to come out. I am planning on doing it this morning. Rudy is gonna help me. When I took the seat out of the truck to get ready to recover it I found the side cover for the tranny which has the shift forks on it. I believe the tranny may be locked up. Either way I will know today. I had to pull the radiator, radiator support and front grill to be able to pull it out. Once I pull the motor, I think it will go under the deck where I have pavers so I can continue to work on it over the winter and not be in the mud. Since you asked... Here is my new horse hauler that I picked up last weekend. I have been looking for a 2001 or 2002 Silverado HD (gas or diesel) with low miles. Well I found it !! This bad boy has been babied !! 27K on this 2002 HD with the real deal Duramax !! Ain't no worries this year going to the show hauling a trailer -lol ! I LOVE this truck. Has all the features and runs perfect. I will be selling my Dually and Blazer and reducing to just the one vehicle.

This is some funny S**t for sure! Did you know you were eligible for this contest BEFORE the eye surgery?

God save us from the people who want to make the world a better place.

Grass is greener is the saying, I think you would have to look very hard to find anything greener elsewhere. I'm an Englishman...and proud of it.

Hi Glen this is mine there great tractors. I will some day like Bob and Steve restore it. when I retire. Gary B....

Success...I now have two crystal clear...about 20/20 baby blues. I can read street signs from a 1/4 mile away (this was driving me crazy)...and I need readers for newspapers (only like 150's) , but that is because they put in far-sighted lenses. It is truly amazing what they can do now...I feel very fortunate and Thankful. I really feel young again.

I think I have fully adjusted to being retired... I actually can't believe I had time to work. I keep looking at my 857 to see if I want to do anything to it. It has original paint and was pin stripped by my Dad. I think I just want to do a major cleaning on it and maybe a little polish and wax. I just love this horse.

So I was missing the headlight contacts for my C-160 and bought some that were "sight un-seen" that turned out to be overpriced for being used and being junk. Bummer. So....., after seeing what they are supposed to look like I decided I would just machine the parts and make some new ones myself, for FREE. Lol. Now, I definately didn't "re-invent" the wheel here, but do feel I did recreate a "better built wheel" in my opinion. The stock parts didn't seem to have held up too well, so I used some better than stock materials to fab up my own. I used brass for the contacts and nylon for the insulator, both being turned from rod stock on the lathe. The brass contact is hollow and soldered to the wire and the insulator is essentially an odd sized nylon washer but none the less still had to be custom made. Anyway, thought you guys/gals might like to see what I came up with.

A friend of mine gave me this last summer. I will most likely will build a light box and put this In it on display. My friend has sold his dealership and has many tractors and decks, plows, snow blowers for sale. PM or Contact me for details. click on pictures or Link below to see his stuff.

ZOMG!!! LMAO!!!

Backhoe - NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!! Nice machine...

Dang...the Big Show is a GREAT TIME!!! I will actually get to walk around and look at tractors this year. I look forward to seeing all you guys and a few others at the show. You never know what jersey I will be wearing...maybe Bret Farve as a Viking???

I have one that I have not had a chance to use yet. Before I get to play I have to fix a little fuel pump issue, drop the deck and mount the plow and chains. Really looking forward to playing in the snow with this one. Sorry, no pics yet either.

I love my 855 , it's the same tractor just 2 years older. It's a little worker, I got it from my brother and he was not shy to work this one. I watched him push off a dirt pile as big as a 15 passenger van to fill in a spot in his yard. Chains on the tires pushing off little at a time. She doesn't work that hard anymore and looks a whole lot better. This is the machine that started me on this CRAZE!

Busted!

Here Ya Go! P.S. I Wouldn't mind the look of some flames shooting out the stack of my Snow Chucker at Night! http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/files/category/12-engine-manuals/?sort_order=ASC&sort_key=file_name&num=10&filter_key=all&st=50 Or Here http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/files/category/12-engine-manuals/?sort_order=ASC&sort_key=file_name&num=10&filter_key=all&st=60

cograds stevasaurus, glad to hear all went well chasm

That's just not fair.

Bob...is this where you got the Senior???

I usually plow in 3rd gear full out taking 3/4 plow width. My driveways are blacktop and fairly steep. About a 1/4 mile all toll. Mine and 3 others. Now that is for normal snows 4 -8 inches. The deeper snows that are not that common here I take 1/2 cut and back to 2nd gear. Calling for 2-4 here tonight. We'll see.

Monday morning on my Sisters farm in SW Pa. In the blind by 6AM At 10AM this fat little 8 pt filled mytag

Thanks to everyone who voted! This could be one that I do again since there may be enough spare parts around. It did get lots of attention at the shows and apparently people like the style of it. It's just getting tougher and tougher to come up with new ideas for something that hasn't already been done.

where is he located?

Looks great!

Looking very very nice matt!

It all depends on how deep the snow is. If it is deep when I plow the street it takes five passes each way. I start on the very outside edges of the road, blade angled as far as it will go. This gives me a definite edge to guide me. Up one side and then the other. Next pass is farther in and moves the snow into the path cleared by the first pass. Third pass clears the snow off to the side again. Repeat as necessary until the road is clear. If the snow is deep and powdery I take about a half blade cut or it builds up in front of the blade and just pushes down the road. Wet snow curls off the blade really well so I can plow a wider path. The faster you can go the better the snow clears the blade. Just my $0.02

Van...I'll hold at 2... unless I stumble on a killer deal of course.

And meantime the neighbors are wondering why that crazy foreigner is doing burn-outs on his driveway with yet another damn lawn-mower.

Unscathed then Norm, that's good. Suspect you could have done with a few trees felling in the wind?. Now lets see Steve- Move to the Windy City/State and miss the storms.....Ok! Loads a Red Horses.....Yep!. Loads a good shows.....Yo! Food and plenty of Members Yeah! What's keeping me here?.........Can't afford for my Pension to be taxed by 2 Countries , Have to sell my workshop and Tractors!!!!!!!, otherwise, I'd be over there already . ................Nothing to stop me paying a visit sometime though . Don't let 'em get you down Neil, they're no worse than the last lot of 'Wasters', Damage is done and a long repair job needed, just hang on until it either gets better or unbearable, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Last one to leave can then turn the light off.

Ok, let's leave the Hawkeyes alone. Never mind, I wasn't going to do this but here goes. Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling team has just moved in the ranking from #4 to #1 after defeating ISU. Go figure!!!!

Looks like that would be great exercise for the dogs, and a lot of fun for the driver.

Love the tractors! Very nice 502. I love it. :)

Yeah see there...you need all three eyes working good Steve.

1956....Everett, Pa.... Like a few said safety was not an issue it seemed, Walk to the movies on the other side of the river then afterwards go down and watch the teenagers run their cars round the circuit....then walk back across the bridge at night scaring ourselves with zombie stories. For a dime get a big bag of candy at Sonny's and candy was behind glass....just told the guy what you wanted....all penny candy (or 2 for a penny). There was a sawmill down the street and we would walk right in while the men were working....belts all over the place running different types of saws...they just said "Hi fellers" and kept working. Ride bikes for miles to swim in a pond or ice skate. I would have to eat a soft boiled egg in a bowl with bread pieces and then out we would go....ate lunch at the house we were playing at....the mother would have something for us....then best be home for supper or mom would find me and paddle my butt back home. The best thing was how the community kind of kept an eye on all the kids....they all knew who we were by name....and if we had a bike wreck or other accident would care for you and get you back home....The shows like "Leave it to Beaver" and "Andy Griffith Show" were not too far from the real thing....great time to be a kid it was!!!

As a younge girl my mum used to work in the city of Stoke on Trent in staffordshire ,the city is world famous for its ceramic pottery of Royal Dalton & Wedgewood pottery, Her job as an artist was to paint the designs on quality plates , cups & figurines . During the early 1950s my dad lived in North London & was trained as a Bricklayer & spent alot of his younger years rebuilding houses around London that were Bomb damaged during the blitz from WW2. Then went on to work in Fords Motor Company building Fordson tractors & that is where he stayed for over 20 years. In our kitchen we only had a small larder cupboard that we would have our food in , which wasnt much really . I remember as a treat we used to have bananna sandwiches or sugar sandwiches . but we allways had a proper Roast dinner cooked on Sundays , which still happens to this day . We had a newspaper shop at the top of our street called Toddy`s that sold candy ,cigarettes , knitting wool & small hardware stuff & pink parrafin for the oil heaters . My dad used to send me to Toddy`s to buy him a packet of 10 cigarettes & a newspaper & if Toddy`s was shut, which was half day on thursdays & all day on Sundays we had to buy the cigarettes from the machine outside the shop , I was about the age of 6 when i had to do this chore .

The spool or rod pulls one side as it lets out the other. Attach one end of the cable to the chute but leave an extra couple of inches for final adjustment. Rotate the chute by hand all the way towards the opposite side of which ever side you just attached the cable to. Route the cable to the spool or rod and wrap it one time around the spool and feed the cable through the hole. Keep in mind that you want the handle to turn the same direction as the chute needs to move. While keeping tension on the loose cable, rotate the spool or rod until the chute travels the full distance to the other side. Wrap the cable one more time around and route the cable to the other attaching point on the chute and lock it down. Test the rotation of the chute to make sure it can travel the full distance. Tighten up the cable tension if necessary. Cut off extra cable at attaching points after everything is working correctly. It can be a pain to keep enough tension on the cables while spooling them. It's unnecessary to wrap the spool or rod one extra time with the cable but it leaves enough spare cable to make adjustments in the future if needed. A little grease on the cable and the friction points on the chute helps smooth it all out.

ping pong balls vs....

Born in 1931 in New York. Its been a ball all along the way! "Naturally, I can only cover these things from memory. If I've left anything out, why, just ask me specific questions and I'll be glad to answer them one by one." -Captain Queeg in "The Caine Mutiny"

Buckrancher's stainless is to die for...that is the TOP SHELF!!! I do not know how you would top that...maybe gold leaf and Candy Apple Red...would love to see that next to each other. Brian's stainless and WH Red is the excellent combination of 2 colors that raises the bar. The fact that he added a deck to that horse, this last year, made it a match made in Heaven...Absolutely Outstanding!!! In my opinion...it is "Best of Show" no matter where he shows it.