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I just wanted to say after being on here for a few years and seeing how the European buddies we have on Red Square have grown their participation, great contributions and innovative interaction on the website, we sure can learn a lot from you folks in the Wheel Horse department! I find myself "peeking" into the Europe forum more and more! A big thank you for all you do on Red Square.

Heres one of my old hobbies. Sad but true, I actually sold her. Only reason I sold was because I don't always feel right being diabetic, so rather than have something happen at a high rate of speed I opted to sell. Shes not far away at all. John

I mentioned this to a number of people, one of my favorite parts of RedSquare is our international community. The Euro section as it stands today is actually take 2 on the area. The first attempt was in 2008, which was a complete failure. After 6 months I removed it since mine was the only post in there. I think that it was just too soon, without a large enough member base. This second iteration however is awesome. For us Americans, where else could you possible see a Wheel Horse in front of Stonehenge? Sure, it's in the book now, but it was HERE first! I look forward to more and more members joining and making the Euro section even larger!

Lane, Many Thanks for your Interest in the Euro section of Redsquare , Although quite small in numbers compared to the US , There are quite a few people that collect Wheelhorse Products in the UK & it is growing slowly bigger each year . Not all come on Redsquare , but those that do are real Enthusiasts & with all sorts of talents . I myself, is more into collecting rare wheel horse tractor to take to different shows around the UK as my mechanical skills & facilities are quite limited & i really enjoy the history part of this hobby. Since joining redsquare a few years ago i have made some really good friendships with different people both sides of the pond & one particular person that i have grown very close too is Michael Martino & family whom i have regular contact with via email & only last night i had a really enjoyable long conversation with Richard ( AngloTraction ) where we discussed many different topics ranging from Wheelhorses , old war stories, work families etc . When i joined Redsquare , there were only two or three Euro members which was myself , Stigian , Anglo traction and i ask Karl to introduce a section for Euro members & it has now grown to maybe 10 or 15 or even more members from UK. The talents that these guys have is truly inspirational & recently we have Mark Smith (Meadowfield) with his amazing skills & knowledge . I really hope over the next few years that the Euro section of Redsquare continues to grow & we manage to get more members join us here at Redsquare . Two years ago we managed to arrange our first wheelhorse get together at a vintage machinery show which was a real success , sadly that has folded this year due to a few problems with the the management team, so we are in the process of rearanging another venue so that we can continue to promote Wheel horse & Redsquare in the UK . It is also wonderful that other members from other European countries that have also joined Redsquare & these people are also regularly active on the forum We also have some younge guys that have come into the hobby which is really great to see . Ie Charlie smith i am sure the other guys will make an appearance & say there thank you`s

Do you have trouble pushing that "mile drive" that you bolt to the front of that tractor, Bob ?

anyone want to buy a 1 year old ariens 30" snow blower? j/k this was the first chance i had to plow with my 48 farmall cub (hey, at least it's red!) what a joy! i had so much fun plowing the neigborhood. i'm still going to need the snowblower though, for those mornings when there's a foot or more on the ground, but that old cub is a ton of fun.

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.

Yes, we all have a learning experience that we can share. But it seems that the older you get, the harder it is to heal. And when you are on the slippery side of the slope, you don't want to grease that slide any more than it already is. I know what you say about always doing something that needs a band-aide. Having been in the home improvement trade, I buy them by the gross. On one occasion, I went to my cardiologist for a regular checkup and I had a band-aide on every finger. The doctor looked at me and said "business must be good". Anyway, I hope you heal quickly. And please, no picture needed on 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 mine, been reliably getting the job done for a few thousand years.

Took the windolph out in the snow to pull logs.

NOS!!

And many more!

Paint looks good now! Just takes a little bit of trial and error. AFAIK, Etch primer was produced to create an adhesion to chemically treated bare metal. What I mean is, in the automotive world, Cars have a galvanizing on the metal and the etch primer is meant to create a strong bond to the plating with out damaging the plating like extensive sanding would do. If I were you, hand sanding out with 220 grit on bare metal followed by a DTM high build would be good. High build fills in some nasty pits and scratches so the scratches left by 220 grit will be invisible. Also, with most primers, they will say what the "flash time" is. The paint I used on my truck was a 24 hour flash time. If I did not top coat the existing paint within 24 hours, it had to be sanded to create a surface suitable to bond another coat. If I waited more than 24 hours the paint would glaze over and be smoother than it was. I do whatever I can to spray within a flash time so I don't have to sand besides any present imperfections I may find. Usually as soon as the material is dry to the touch, you can top coat. If tacky or too soft, the paint will take longer to cure and there is a risk for a blistering effect. When I say blistering effect, imagine a desert where the ground is all cracked and opened up. That's what it will look like! Charlie

I'll give you one for now! Iowa Hawkeyes to win!!! Who didn't know that!!! As always, Go Hawkeyes!!!

After years of looking for the correct model c-48 broom I found one in N. Carolina bought it and had it shipped up here to Long Island. This almost caused a divorce(again!) as I really did not need it. Yes they are a bit heavy but not like two stage snowblower heavy or bucket of dirt in the loader heavy. I have de-thatched my lawn and finally used it two days ago to sweep snow. I got it in the spring and have been itching to use it in the snow so at the first inch and a half before it turned to rain I used it and it worked great. Having a cab on with this attachment does help. If you can find the correct one I say get it !!! Plus as a collector this is a rare attachment to have. With more snow coming tomorrow night I will be sweepin' while some of you R.S. members are sleepin' !!! Happy Holidays !

pics would help on this as well. ive had a few different onans and the guys over at smok stak forums were a great help for id and manuals etc..... join up and ask in the generator section. they would probably appreciate pics as well. http://www.smokstak.com are you going to use it for a generator again or something else? the reason i ask is most onan generator motors have weird crank ends and make them very hard to use for other jobs..... and they can make you poor buying parts for them........

Rexman, I have a 44" two stage as well, and have changed that bearing before, what fun. Blowers are loud to begin with, especially when they are not moving any snow. If you listen carefully to the noise, can you start to get a feel for how fast the parts are moving that are making the noise? The augers and the fan shaft don't really rotate all that fast, so I would think that a noise from them would have a fairly slow frequency. Have you greased the zerk fittings on the fan shaft bearing and the upper jack shaft? The chain drive and it's associated sprockets are moving much faster, and will produce more of a roar when something is failing or too tight. I know from experience that you can vary the pitch of the blowers noise by changing the tension of the chain. If it is too tight, it will let you know, i.e. very loud roar. The manual calls for 1/8" to 1/2" of deflection in the chain, as measured in the long run from the lower sprocket to the top sprocket. I would guess that I have about 3/8" deflection in mine. A bad bearing in one of the idler sprockets could make some noise too. The belt drive is normally pretty quiet. Of course you do have four pulleys with bearings in the carriage, they should all spin freely. If you are working around the blower, make sure that you do not have any loose clothing, drawstrings, etc. hanging down near moving parts. Bad stuff happens fast! Be safe. Let us know how you make out/what you find. Rick

I got my C125 purely by chance and then found this site. Through it I've gained some knowledge and a part restored C81. So a big thanks to the people who set the site up and also the Europe section. Hopefully meet some of the members over here next year.

I was wondering if anybody has added the front tachmatic hitch to the older tractors such as a gt-14? Was thinking if you could then you could use the newer mowers etc. Thanks

As Neil mentioned, I'm one of the young ones here in the euro section I think there is a few others, i love these little machines, I also collect other weird and wonderful things, I have a mowett mustang, that completely needs restoring as to be fairly honest there's not a lot of it left, it's a tad on the rusty side, I also have the 1963 Cubcadet I must say when I first brought the cub cadet I was playing way on it for a few hours, driving about the fields, then I parked it up and got the the raider 10 and my oh my, the wheel horse is heaven to drive in comparison so even though I have other tractors, deep down my love for wheel horses will always be there, (ONLY 9 MORE DAYS until I can read my copy of straight from the horses mouth wheel horse story final edition book, I sorted out all the purchasing but it was with Christmas money from the parents, so can't read it or even look at it until christmas, god it's killing me!!! Anyway all I can say is a huge thank you to all those who help make this happen, if it wasn't for you, I would have never found this forum. I think it's a great lively place, I must say I try to get on here everyday, just to be nosey see what you've all been up too -Charlie

Flipped a quarter on some of these Bowling Green Northern Illinois Marshall Minnesota BYU Notre Dame North Carolina Miami Michigan Navy Mississippi Oregon Texas Tech Arizona UCLA Rice Texas A&M North Texas Georgia South Carolina LSU Michigan State Baylor Alabama Clemson MIZZOU Vanderbilt Arkansas State Auburn- as bad as I hate to say it. Should be some excellent games this year. ENJOY !!!!!!

I have been into Wheelhorses for about 5 years now, and have owned a Commando 7 (now sold), most of a Commando 800 (also moved on), a Commando 8 (still got it, it was recently restored by Chris Sutton), a Lawn Ranger L106 (bought restored from Chris Sutton a couple of years ago) and a Raider 10 (guess who that came from ?? ) We did indeed have two successful Wheelhorse roundups in the South of England but as Neil says this won't be happening down here next year, however Mark (meadowfield) is organising a Northern gathering in June 2014 so the Commando 8 will be going 'oop North !! This is a great forum and one I will continue to support, my interests lie in most things Horticultural but the little red tractors have a special place in my collection

well that was an interesting weekend, i understand some football was played. :facepalm: edit: if anyone has seen or heard from the new your giants football team, let them know that they are wanted in ny, some group of guys are impersonating them. they have been missing for the whole season.

Thanks for all the positive comments guys, glad you liked it Yes i stuck them on, but first making sure they were both facing the same way Yes any sweet tin will work as long as it has chocolates in it. Hadnt realised Cadburys have just gone over to plastic tubs. But Roses are still metal, but as long as it fits the wheel. The weights are 12v, as thats what the batteries were i used. No, they need to be discharged when dismantled. And then when on the tractor, just drive around and they charge themselves due to centrifugal force. The left wheel is usually negative and right wheel positive, unless you fit them back to front! In which case you need to drive every where backwards to charge them

It hasn't been tested yet, but I put one under an 854 to check clearances, etc. I'll have to give it a try next summer.

Realistically speaking, your old hubs can be rebuilt. But the time and cost of materials make $300.00 seem cheap. You could bead blast them, fill all the voids with JB Weld, and re-machine to original surface. Or use a file and sandpaper (which takes a mind boggeling amount of time) and for giggles and grins put thread inserts into all the bolt holes. Weld it up? Be serious. The $100.00 each for cast iron seems reasonable. If it were me I'd spend cash for steel, lathe, mill, and weld them, and maybe still have to buy new ones. I'm currently in a tussle trying to re-manufacture clutch fork shafts for my Windolph Crawler. I made new shafts out of cold rolled steel. They twisted immediately. I made two new shafts out of 4140 and had them professionally heat treated, along with a pair of cold rolled shafts. I tried one of the 4140 shafts just this weekend. After re-assembling that entire right side of my tractor, the shaft fractured. Now I start from square one as I think the cold rolled shafts would break too. If you can buy "new" parts it's sometimes better than having to make them.

Watch the points with your eyes, when fully open, you should have a gap of about 0.018" and tighten the screw down. Setting at 0.020 on an older worn engine will likely result in a knock. Points and condensor should go to the negative side of the coil. A battery + feed should go to the positive side of the coil. It will come from the ign switch.

Thank you Karl.

Im saving myself the embarrassment of posting my 18 Auto again….You guys are simply amazing….I can't hang with the big dogs so I'll just stay on the porch….

I loved the post that Neil made about how life was in the U.S. in the 1950's, and it got me to thinking about a story. In the early 1970's a friend of my fathers made friends with 2 absolutely beautiful flight attendants from the U.K. Something happened to their flight and they were stuck in the U.S. for a couple of days with no where to stay. Somehow my father talked my mother into hosting these 2 ladies for an evening which we did. I suppose that it's exciting for anyone to host someone from another country for a night as it was for us. My family was like so many in the U.S. having very little exposure to anyone from another nation. My mother was very excited to have these women and she wanted them to feel at home so she went shopping for food that they would be familiar with. Among other things she went and bought a package of Thomas English Muffins and she was very happy to do so. The stewardess's slept in that morning while my mother prepared them their breakfast with the muffins, english tea and other things. When the women came down stairs they were so grateful for the prepared meal, and then they asked her what it was! Mom was astonished that they didn't know about ANY of the foods that they had (except for the tea) as it turned out that things like the English Muffins and such were completely unknown to them. My first job was working for a company with a large presence in the U.K. and I got to speak very often with my over seas counter parts. It was always so interesting hearing about things (mostly consisting of Alcohol) and the differences. I now understand that beer is NOT served warm in the U.K., but it is "cellar" temperature which actually isn't all that bad.

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.

Oh...and just go a little slower and take half the width after you get that first pass. I'll often hold the blower up on the first pass when it's heavy, let the chains dig me back and then go for it again.

Here's what I use! It isn't red but plows and blows better then any Wheel Horse I ever owned. Can't beat the live hydraulics. I only wished the Ponds added them to their product line.

Awesome job you've done on this tractor

KC9..., also gota remember about the possibility of a clot getting into the bigger return line, and oh #@&%. A fellow down here walked too close to trailer hitch, hit his shin, later had difficulty breathing, went into ER, and died. The clot got on the move, made it through heart into lungs...pulmonary embolism. I warn wife about that every time we are near a rear bumper. You take care, guy!

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

i spotted that silver one. i like the silver ones as much as the red........ every bit as good as the red ones.......

engine oil + touch screen=mess

I have the '83 GT-1848 set up with the blade this winter. Patiently waiting to give the "new" Vanguard V twin a workout.

A 5/8" x 69" belt should work on both series of tractors. Belt travels off the outer groove of the pto, under the V-idler, over the flat idler and around the snowthrower pulley and back to the top of the pto outer groove. Garry

Test test test.......coming home with my baby. Glenn Ok. I think Glenn

I use a 1995 520H with a 42 inch tall chute blower and a 1993 416H with a 48 inch blade. Edwroy

Ok, no fair. You already posted the first video blowing snow... Now another one.... You are banned from the group... You are having WAY TO MUCH FUN!!!

Is the cat's name Rudolph?

Im glad that you liked the Topic of the 1950`s . Karl English Muffins , well i can honestley say that i dont know of anyone that eats them here in UK . although the English are well known for drinking lotsa tea , i have been known to drink around twelve cups of tea a day . English food is quite a complex menu really . It is common knowledge the us Brits have a national dish of Fish & chips (French Fries) which was traditionally eaten out of old newspaper & sprinkled with lots of salt & vinegar & is also traditionally eaten on fridays . Back in the 60`s fish & chips were the only form of fast food that we had here in UK & every town had a local shope that had a fish n chip shop . It was around the early 70s that Wimpy hamburgers came to UK followed by Mcdonalds a few years later , & now that britain has become multicultural there are many different nationality fast food outlets . As for the two Absolutely beautiful flight attendants That stayed with you . Did you get their address The UK also has regional dishes, by which i mean that different parts of the country has there own form of local delicacy, such as :- Traditional London dish that was eaten in the East End of London was called Pie & mash & jellied Eels . which was minced lamb pies with mash potato with a parsley sauce again with lots of salt & vinegar applied , the Jellied eels were salted jelly with diced eels, along with other shell fish , shrimps , prawns , mussels , crab, cockles, winkles , welks etc . Liverpool has a dish of what is called scouse which is a kind of stew made up of all the leftover meats from the weeks other meals . Lancashire hot pot , is a kind of shepherds pie which again is mice lamb with mash potato over the top & then baked in the oven Cornish pasties , is a kind of pastry filled with mince lamb , potato & vegetables. Haggis, scottish delicacy made from oats & offal & then placed in a sheep stomach lining & then cooked , an aquired taste . & many more local dishes. These were all cheap foods that were used to feed families way back when food was very scarce & families were poor . Alcohol is a big thing here in UK , as many younge teenagers get totally smashed on beer or larger or cider . I fell quite ashamed of some of the younge culture that get drunk nowadays as Alchohol is sold way to cheap in the supermarkets . Sadly due to high taxes on Alchohol here in Uk alot of the pubs are dying & shutting. We do have quite a few real ale beers that a brewed here that a just wonderful to drink One drink that is allways popular here is the Irish stout Guiness , A nice thick drink that should be drank really cold .

The D's are the BIG DOGS in the Wheel Horse line up. When I see pictures of Wheel Horse tractors that i like, I save the pictures. This D is not mine but the pictures are two of my favorites. It was restored and it did belong to one of our members at one time but I lost track of which one. Not sure if it is eligible but since we all like pictures and this is a beauty I will put it up anyway. I think this D looks awesome with the big snow blower on it.

There have been some amazing ones done by one of the members here. These are all Bob Rock originals. (I don't remember seeing a build thread after its reveal)