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Fellas. Busy with the kids now. Had to post a couple pics. Anyone pass me and my brother on the road today? Glenn

Thanks craig. My brothers new dump trailer. A beast itself. One more pic have to feed the kids. The Mrs away till tomorrow. Glenn

What a nice tractor. Can't wait to try it out. Glenn

So, Today was a nice day, So i figured I would take some time to fool with the 's As of today I own a 1988 211-5, a 1986 310-8, and my newest addition, a 1982 C-105. I love all three tractors, they all have their own special things about them. I hope you enjoy the video and pics I have! Thank you all! -Tom (Click these pictures to make them bigger)

So you're wife went away, and you went out and bought that...... She's not leaving you alone for a while............. Was that the plan? Nice new toy!

Started in welding on the worse rim so I fired up MR.TIG and first started with the holes that were seen in the rims. Next were the large craters caused by the chloride (that's stuff should be outlawed) after that I went after all the small craters. Before I finished I used 5 sticks of filler rod. I ran the tig torch slowly over all the bad areas and a couple burn through's occurred so I filled them. I feel confident that I have enough material and have brought the rim thickness back up where it should be. I then spread in some Lab Metal time will tell how this product performs so far I like what I see. Here are some pics. ~Duke

I just picked up a set of Die cast banks to add to my collection.

Hello to all, I'm new here and looking to restore a 1277. This was my grandfather's mower, and I want to go back thru it and redo it so I can use it. It hasn't run in prob 10 years or so, but isn't locked up. I'm gonna try to see if I can get it running this weekend. But any tips? Once I get it mechanically sound, then I want to paint and decal it. I really don't know a lot about it, I never used before? So any information would be great, the body is in really good shape so that shouldn't be to bad. Thanks for reading my post, and any help you guys can give.

Here is a pic from my rear view a couple months ago, but its not a . Its been a fun project anyway. Its a Case 444. Matt

Nice bunch of WH's.

Yeah... Imagine if he decided to add, front and rear weights, to the tractor...... WOW, you are talking close to 1,700 lbs... without rider. Now add a 200 lb. man to the seat... Close to a ton for a garden tractor that you use on the lawn to mow.... HEAVY!!! No need for a roller!!!

Welcome fellow vampire-state red tractor enthusiast .

Glen, what else did you get with the deal???

Looks like Mother's Day came early!!!

Tom, thanks a million. Its interesting seeing peoples horses and hearing thier thoughts on them. Glenn

Nice find! I think from these pics, it made me realize how large these 522's actually are, I've never realized it before!

Great find. Im sure it will treat you well for a lonnngg time. I was waiting for you to come home with something new. I could tell from your prior posts you have been looking. WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG

I enjoyed the pics and video Tom. Thank you for sharing

Stacks might look and sound good, I know Andy's second D has none standard silencers and sounds fab!

Looks like a suburban 401...It is probably worth 100-150. The Fenders almost always sell for 100 bucks on ebay, and the trans is probably worth 50-75. If parted out you wouldn't lose anything...but as a whole 150 is the very top of what it would sell for.

Was given this by our local dealer It was a promo item when Toro bought WH. At least thats what I was told. It has a place to put the dealers name on the bed cover. Both doors open along with the hood The underside just says limited edition Anyone else run across one of these, I haven't seen another

I would say you will jsut have to keep a watch out for used ones from Joe's and place an ad in the "wanted" section here. Since these tractors are hard to find parts for, you may want to just look for a parts tractor. Another 18 auto that you will be able to pull from. There was one at a reasonable price around here on CL for a loooong time but someone finally swept it up.

Thanks for the comments guys! Terry, I really doubt that you can kill these old Fords. This one sat outside and forgotten for a few years, and was run without an air cleaner for who knows how long. I put fresh gas in it and a battery and it fired right up, and runs like a sewing machine after cleaning the carb. A cool thing is that you can go to Tractor Supply and they have parts on the shelf for these, from tune up and cab kits to steering wheels! They had that suspension seat for $80, may have to put one on my C-121.

looks great Bob, as long as the rim is structurally sound the rest is just cosmetic ,I know not ideal but even if it last for 5 years of more gives time to aquire a replacement rimor find an alternative . although not as bad, mine are in a similar state of moon like surface , besides i think its sometime nice to see a few battle scars..

My 75 D-180 came with several attachments that WH offered except a FEL and it had 3/4" spindles. Over the years the right side got scored from a bad bearing, and I wanted to add the much beefier 1" so for several years I watched for a replacement set and finally Joes Outdoor (thank goodness for Joe!!) offered a set at his usual very reasonable price and I ordered it up. The I" set-up has to be a unit to change over, everything is now 1" - the axle, the spindle bore and the center axle pin. You will just have to start a concentrated search for a used set-up (hopefully Joes will get another - maybe they will put you on a watch list??) I recently did a 1054 build and found the spindles on it are rare as hens teeth and I had to do some creative rebuilding.

Uncle Buck, Roundhoods are not my thing but if one of my friends brought it to my house to sell I'd give them $40 just so I could have the seat and fenders.

You really need to measure the spindles on the tractor before you buy anything. 1" spindles were an option on D-series tractors, i do not know for sure if they were an option on an 18 automatic. In any event if it is being used as a loader tractor someone may have swapped out the front axle and spindles at some point so until you measure no one can be sure what size you need. Incidentally an M-1 Garand is a weapon or rifle not a gun...at least in the Army

Yes the extra 1/2 inch on the fronts do matter. If you look at the front end of many of these seniors they have been "knotched" so the inside of the wider tires do not rub. @Duke there are different true widths of the 4 inch wide tires so I would search for the the narrowest set you can find....

Nice little tractor, thanks Kelly

First, if your tractor is a 1973 it is not a D-180, if it is a D-180 it is a 1974 (or later) if it is a 1973 it is an 18 Automatic. Second, the front axle is different for the 1" spindles than for the 3/4" spindles. The axle for the 1" spindles had a larger O.D. at the area where the spindle bore is. Third, the Model # 10501 could this be 1-0601 ? If so, your rear tires (assuming they are original) would be 27 x 9.5 - 15 Turf-Savers. This consequently would indicate that you have an 18 Automatic. Mark. (P.S. Someone may correct me if I am wrong.)

Mower is finally off of the truck. I've been to tied up at work to make much mechanical progress. New tube in the OE Dico 1991 front tire (for now). I'm gonna make it earn those turf masters ~ after I do the filter service / oil change / and clean the cooling fins. The no start was a rusty seat switch by pass. Unpluged the piece of rusty steel and plug the seat switch back up to the seat and the Horse will start and run on it's own. Old fuel is out / new fuel is in.... No grass cutting yet, but time is near.

I was tilling a customers vegi garden, and the guy told me, his dad had a big garden, and he and his brother, would take the Troybilt Horse tiller, like mine, and he would set it going in a crop row, and his brother, 100+ feet away, would wait for it, then turn it around in the next row, and send it back!

We got the old girl out of the shop for a little exercise, seemed to run well. The fuel sending unit will have to be replaced, an air filter fabricated and the goofy square lights replaced. Other than that it's done.

I am doing a little research on the 633 theory. I'm thinking Speedy May be on to something. Thoughts? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

those are 4.0, but does the .5 really matter? Koen

Those are 4.0 not 3.5 wide unless I missed something..

Original front tires for that tractor are 3.5 wide but are now easy to come by. If anyone has a source please let us all know.

BOOOO...yah.

While getting my mask off, I managed to get this picture. This is with the side view mirror.

My first AMC blackhood. Confirmed now...it's an '83 model C-175. Man, does this thing sing like a beast!

During the quick getaway, while struggling to get my mask off... my camera captured this image today.

This thing followed me home today on the trailer.

"Ezra"

Ok not rear view mirror but rear hatch last winter

Have ... of course... will travel.

Oldie but goodie!

There's a Martian following me!!

Gettin' ready for the big 2013 show...don't forget to snap one of these on the way there.

Well it's not a mirror shot but out the back window......

I don't have any in the mirror, but Mrs R. took a few through back windows. The '56 RJ-35: The '55 RJ-35: