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As most of you regular forum members know, we have been in a transition period preparing for retirement. At this point we have completed the move from our store to home with all our equipment. We will be finishing up a rather large sign order soon and will be able to attend more shows and focus on our website. 2014 will be a welcome and exciting change in our lives. First part of our plan for the website is to add a clothing category to the webs store. embroidered and silk screened items of all kinds will become available in the coming weeks and months. Also there will be a new promotion for SUPPORT MEMBERS for 2014 (More info on this after Christmas). We have added free shipping anywhere in the Continental US and will continue to do so for the entire year of 2014 Thank You all for you support and patience over the past 6 years. We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the BIG SHOW again this June. Feel free to post any ideas for the clothing category.

I'm sure a few of you have been watching my project C4 thread. Today was a big day, finishing the last pieces and the test drive... I'm grinning from ear to ear - so can tell you it has gone well I'd done a lot of calculations on gearing and working out the correct ratios. So was pretty confident it would just work. Just how do you test a 4WD tractor? mud? pulling? ploughing? Well after a quick run to check nothing was falling off here are a few pics. I'm thinking of a new sport - extreme tractor rock crawling, because I want to drive over things - is that wrong? missus seems to think so... Here's a few pics, my son did some video too, will try pull something together asap. The answer to the question was driving up walls and stairs! and some of the aftermath her indoors won't be happy! mark

Will go well with this one I already have.

Thanks for the comments so far guys! Here's a vid, apologies for the quality.... It was filmed on a decent SLR at 50Mbps by my son. Unfortunately I do not have PC hardware or software powerful enough to work on the 2GB of footage filmed over 10 mins... I had no choice but to re encode to 1Mbps windows style! :/ Enjoy

As promised. The pictures aren't the best and I didn't get pictures of everything. But I bet most of you see stuff that I don't even know what it is.

2 sets - skinny for the winter, fat for the summer. Turf tires + chains + weight on 8.5 rims and 4.00 -8 tri-ribs for winter grip. Ag's on 10.5" rims for summer posing. Plus 4.00 -8 tri-ribs, because tractors are supposed to have skinny tri-ribs year round.

I got ALOT painted today. Camera isn't working good right now but I've got two pics of my frame. I got a sag as you can see. Of course it would be on the outside so EVERYONE can see. The rest of it looks really great. As you can see on the front of the frame in the other picture I got very little or no orange peel in most places.

My first half century mark today, so...thanks for the well wishes guys, Don(verosd)is right...I had the graveyard shift plowing at the Academy last night(happy birthday, huh?)...started the shift in an 8 ton Chevy dump truck, which is outfitted with sander and plow. The plow's pump decided to seize up half way through the snowfall portion of the storm...of course maintenance doesn't have a replacement pump on hand. So, I had to swap for another truck...by the time I got back on the road, the storm had turned over to a sleet, and freezing rain event on top of our initial six inches of snow. Always fun(NOT!), running double time, tryin' to play catch up on your route, in and unfamiliar truck. Then, the fun really begins when your shift ends, and you come home to a driveway full of the same...yep, there's the big SIGH! Not this time though...Mrs Rules surprised me with all the outdoor Christmas lights on, as I'm coming down our street, I see she's out blowing snow out of the drive, with her new Toro electric power shovel I got her...such the heavenly sight to behold. You know...there's just something about coming home to a clean driveway after you've been out plowing all night...trust me, that alone is a wonderful birthday present in itself. Makes me want to bust out in my happy dance, just thinkin' about it.

Happy Birthday Craig another year closer to 100 Have a great day

I use this one.

Just thought I'd give a quick update. I painted the grill to the OE semi-flat black finish, and installed the headlights as well as the front Case decal. I'm hoping to start on the mower deck tomorrow. HERE IS A VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Innr_zXg-ZU&feature=youtu.be Matt

here's my RJ58 custom stainless Brian

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

All of mine are workers, and most have a few "non-correct" parts to make them custom. But the Ranger is the most custom: Its my usual "go-to" tractor for just about anything except mowing, the pull start Kohler never has a flat battery, its easy to get on and off, you can pick up sticks etc without leaving the seat, and it does everything I ever ask of it!

Post 'em if you got 'em... some picts of you and your pets celebrating the holidays here.

This month IMO is gonna be the best one yet- custom tractors! Post them up...

Carlisle All-Trails. I also believe that old rubber gets hard and lessens traction. Mike.............

Well I can't really say I found it ( like the detective work needed back in the "early days" ).....popped up on eBay late last night. Have wanted one for awhile but just couldn't justify the price for the condition of the ones that were being offered for sale. Couldn't pass up on this one....Christmas present to myself. Yep Terry....just not as far north....just moved to Fairbanks from Barrow just before Thanksgiving.

Is this the format you wanted Steve? Do you want it in a PM? Pittsburgh Northern Illinois Maryland Minnesota BYU Notre Dame North Carolina Louisville Michigan Navy Ga. Tech Oregon Arizona State Boston College UCLA Rice Texas A&M North Texas Georgia South Carolina LSU Michigan State Baylor Alabama Ohio State Oklahoma State Houston Arkansas State Auburn

yes, and every time she made them, I had to enjoy the waffles and her snide "loving" remarks!!

Hope you have a great day HAPPY BIRTHDAY Craig Brian

The only reason I use a sediment bowl is to keep my 701 all original. I found that the Briggs & Stratton bowl is a dead-on replacement for the original one from Wheel Horse. Having said that, I also put a mini filter inline between the bowl and the fuel pump.

Both shift forks need to be lined up properly before inserting the shifter back into the hole. Check this post.

Wow, looks like you've started a whole new Wheel Horse collection category for yourself. Both are in excellent condition and are nice additions to your collection. Congrats! Oh,and "Roll Horses".

Thank you all once again for lifting me up and helping me remember all that is good in my life.

I think I would work a little OT and get both, then go through the 40x60 and pick out some stuff to sell (that more than likely I would have forgotten about anyway) in order to make room for the new toys. Sounds like you can't go wrong with either one. If you HAD to choose, I would say to go with the lower hour, newer tractor simply. I would be sad to walk away from the older tractor just because of all the accessories. I am a BIG fan of buying groups of stuff at a good price so I can sell some of the items to off set the cost. James

Jim- I'm reading through this post for the first time, and I had no idea you were going through all of this. I must say how relieved I was to read about you have come through very well. I'm sending belated prayers anyways my friend. -BK

I assembled it tonight on the carpet but didn't get time to take a photo and upload - will do that soon Griff. Meanwhile, being NOS it did come with a user manual which includes how to fit so I've scanned it and uploaded here On the matter of snow - who knows if it will or it won't (certainly forecasters don't seem to agree on that) but it's a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't when it comes to making a tractor ready (or not as the case may be). Andy

I dabble in some photography every once in a while too.

Yes...it is a thin piece of flat metal acting like a fork sliding the gear...doesn't really take to much to bend or break after time. Remember...these trannys are usually around 30 to 40 years old...parts do get some wear. I know some of my gears started to show signs of wear when I was around 30...a little more wear at 40...I am 60+ now...and with the right lubrication, I just keep going. I also stop first before I change gears...very important.

Unless you get it just right, it can damage the 1/2/3 gears in the trans. The one I worry about the most is 3rd as it is the one that is most easily damaged and leads to the jumping out of third problem. On the Hi/low shifter, shifting on the fly is VERY BAD. The fork isn't that strong to start with, and the change in speed/torque from Hi to Low is huge. I NEVER shift Hi/Low while moving, and very very seldom shift the other gears while moving.

Hello Santa. Nice to see you again. Not much needed here myself. Mrs. Bob says I have too much already. So here is a partial list of some things I'd like. Send a little thank you to everyone who helped raise money for Childhood Cancer; Help our Admin Karl keep the database from crashing in 2014; Help Zane get the paint problems solved on his 753; See if you can do anything to help Charlie get back in the good graces of eBay; Chasm needs a modified clutch/brake for his horse so he can get back in the saddle again; Help the Cleveland Browns...uh, never mind; Craig needs a Techy carb? I don't know about this one, but to each his own; I know there are many more things that I can't think of at this time, but I will add them as I remember. Most of all, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

I would not get too over excited about a two stage. I have both a single high chute and a 2 stage. The 2 stage works great if you got a lot of power and snow up to your waste. The bad side is they are heavy, and pain in the butt to store and move around. Taking them on and off the tractor is not near as easy as a single stage. Plus way more moving parts which equals more maintains and chance for break down and cost. Most of the parts have to come from Toro and who knows how long that will last. The single stage parts can come from outside sources. Now I know there are some on here that will disagree with me. Then there is O'l Duke he and his chucker are in a total classification all to there own and too hard to describe without seeing it in action so I won't even attempt it. I have only used my 2 stage for about 30min in the last 4 years. I mainly use my blade because the snows here come off the lake and are wet and heavy. Unless you are constantly buried by 3 to 4 ft of snow I would think that single will do just fine.

Not a w-horse but from your side of the pond!,looks fun!.

That there is one beautiful dog. As a kid my first dog was a female Collie. She was the nicest dog with all of us kids but let me tell you what, she HATED the garbage man and the next door neighbors poodle, and you had better not trespass on her property. When I was 10 she died, that was the first time I ever saw tears run down my Dads cheek. Sure do miss her...

Wheel horse Snow Team 2013

Thanks guys ! Sorry for being scarce, but life has been getting in the way lol. Anyhow, figured I'd post this one up also. Any guesses what this one morphs into? It has big fluid filled tires... ,,,and double hydraulics like a C-195, and a foot operated DCL (from Doc) Electric PTO clutch on a Kohler K341 16hp. If you guessed that it's a C-160 HD, you are correct. Complete 520 chassis with gear reduction steering and a complete mid-1970's C-160 body.

this is ludo, our 160lb great dane with my wife from a couple of years ago.

Hey Meadowfield that thing is just !!!!!!! Would love if you could haul that across the big pond and bring it to the show.

Here's my 4x4 C-101

I painted red today! FINALLY! everything turned out real nice except for the steering shaft because it DROPPED while I was painting it. Here are some pics.

Up for consideration is my 1977 C160 auto. When I came to me it did not run and had a broken piston. Sat outside at previous owners house because of the engine problem. Now it is my main worker. Runs like a champ. I use it for snow removal, generator, home made mid blade, loader, tilling, plowing, and just plain lugging power. If it needs a hole drilled I thoughtfully do it. If it takes duals it gets them. JD front axle is for the 1" spindles for the loader. My custom weight bracket is in the first pic. Whatever it takes to save all the other horses some pain. Here is a couple pics.

Wire brushing my trans down to metal. And I got my girlfriend to learn how to use a grinder today! Worked out pretty good.

Today I used the 518xi with the 2" hitch to move my three wheeled Cub Cadet. The new owner is picking it up next weekend (I hope.) He took the missing wheel this past summer to repair a flat but hasn't come back since! I thought it justified getting a HF Pickup Crane. The crane is jury-rigged for now but shows the versatility of the hitch. Go Bears!

Horses will retire to the barn this year...will be using triplet grandsons (age 6) and THREE snow shovels!!!...wonder what that will cost me?...

This is my fleet for winter I just switched the blade for a sweepster model c 48 rotary broom. I can't wait to try it in the snow.

Here is the 857...with my daughter at the reigns. and my 702...with me at the reigns. I can't wait for it to start snowing this year...