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I usually bring my GT-1600 to shows for tooling around but its way to "new" and gets no looks or respect from the old iron guys. This year I'm going to be on a newly acquired 1054 that I have been tinkering with this spring. I have her running great and it looks ok from 20 feet. I still have to get decals for her to be finished but its usable as is now. I do have the missing headlight lens, just need the O-ring to install it securely. Not totally sold on the stack yet . I also need to decide what to do with the rims, I might deviate from the standard almond color . Mike...........

Wrangled this little round hood filly at Stevebo's first annual Ct meet & greet yesterday... old girl received her first oil bath today...now ain't she something sweet?

Had to rustle another one back across the CT/NY border today.

I made a road trip today for a new toy today. I am not real excited about the tractor that it is on but i am excited about what is hanging off of it. It is a Kwik Way loader with a backhoe. It is on a Yardman 998 tractor made by MTD and is the same tractor as White 1855. It runs well and is actually a nicer tractor than I thought it would be. The backhoe and loader are in decent shape but the loader bucket is pretty bad off. I am playing with the idea of moving it to a 520 that I was putting together for the Ark loader on my C-160. I am a little worried about the size of the 520 vs the yardman. The yardman is physically larger and weighs in at over 900lbs I believe. Here is the required picture.

I heard all the talk about how good these snow blowers do so I went out and picked one up this morning.

No "Salad Dressing" for either of these two. They only way that will happen is if Steve buys the leftover tractor when i'm done. Then he can slather it up all he wants!

Did a little mowing Friday with the 520H. I put new wheels on the deck. Replaced all the bushings in the mower deck frame. New lift rod because the one on the deck was made out of threaded rod and the threads where starting to grind away at the hole. Sharpened the deck blades and shot some grease into the spindles and away I went for the first mow of the season. Everything worked great. I cant wait to finish my yard and tear down some of those big ugly , straggly burning bushes in the photos. A lot of clean up and prunning to take care of from the original owners. Kyle

I bathed her with some fresh new oil today.

thats great you got it going, Duke. sounds good, I'm happy it runs for you....... I'm seeing Brian popping up all over the place in Michigan and Indiana this weekend. i should have made the trip out yesterday.......

You'll love it, they chuck snow like crazy. One thing I noticed is that the side wings are mounted backwards on yours, undo 6 bolts and you can have em on right. Mike...........

A Kohler Magnum fits in real nice where the Briggs used to be! My GT-1600 has a Mag 10. Mike...........

This is what I used. Bought it from HF. Got the idea from another member and it worked nice. I can't even remember what this tools real purpose is. All I did was Just soaked the pin good and let sit over night, put my impact wrench on this tool and let it do the work, Took maybe five minutes to push it out .

thing is, its not really the wheel horses fault. i guess you could blame all the previous owners the tractor has had. the problem with the whole pin area is you have bare metal that water is allowed to get to (the gasket for the trans doesn't go all the way between those ears that the pin goes through) and slowly over time it gets stuck real good in there from corrosion etc..... its just one of those things that lack of removal and/or preventative maintenance (putting some anti seize or oil on the pin) will cause over time. even if you take a whole day to get the pin out, it probably took decades to get that way......

I would say it depends if you water your lawn or not. I irrigate a little over an acre, and put about 40-50 hours a mowing season with a 60" deck. My neighbor doesn't irrigate, and he puts on about 5 hours a mowing season (cutting his weeds).

Our community had their annual garage and yard sales event on Saturday. I had a pile of stuff I needed to get rid of. Old Laptops, geek stuff, hunting/fishing crap I never used, etc. It was mostly "man things" so to get the guys up my long driveway, I moved all the horses out in front of the driveway facing the road then put the tables of my "stuff" in front of them. Wow! What a magnet! Sold most of my stuff and had a good 4 out of 10 ask me what I wanted for the tractors. In particular, the one with the loader on it! Everything had a price tag except the tractors. When people asked if they were for sale I said not really but...........I told everyone that there is a price for everything in this world and when I told them the price I wanted for any of them, they would either laugh, shake their heads or tell me everything they saw wrong with one. Again, I told them they really weren't for sale but I think I may have pissed a few guys off. In any event, they did what I wanted them to do. (4 grand for the 520 with the loader or all 5 tractors with all the implements I have for a 2009 to 2011 Chevy Silverado 4x4 Crew cab diesel). Hey! You never know!

Nice haul, if I owned that setup I would be digging holes all over my yard.

You've heard of Lawn Furniture? Craig takes it to another level!

Fireman took some time to get the engine running right and we also did a little wet sanding and buffing today at the meet and greet. I think Craig may have some video of this just to confirm that I don;t just spread salad dressing on my tractors...

Sounds good.

I fought and fought a similar issue bypassed all switches and if I moved the ignition switch back and forth a bunch it would finally fire up changed ignition switch did all other that I could think and finally pulled out these wires that rubbed against the steering shaft on the backside where I could not see them. No more issues for me...hope you find yours soon, as I have very little hair left after this one.

Awesome tag team effort there today.

Here we go again! Glad to see it! It always makes me happy to see others spending their MO! ~Duke

Congrats on the new blower... when the going gets tough, you certainly won't be regretting that purchase.

So far it has ran great, I have probably 20 minutes run time on it and its been flawless and needed no adjustments. Mike..........

Looks like new. You did good I think!!

And some more, this is all one days work. I take pride in my work and love it when the gardens turn out like this. The ground is perfect right now, not to wet and clumpy or dry and hard. It is tilling up like powder. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk And since I sold my big silver truck, this is what I use to pull my tractors. A Ford Mustang Pony Package to pull the Wheel Horse Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

These? or these?

Looks good Mike. It's about time you went more "Old School"

Nah! They are junk! ... bring to the big show in PA and I'll take it off your hands! You scored a great deal there. it looks brand new! you need it living in Maine!

HEE! HEE! Under the "Cloak Of Darkness" ! Only " The Shadow " knows!!! Truck's empty I assume all went well!

This doesn't help you out with your problem but here's what I've done on several tractors to prevent it from happening. With the pin out I drilled a small hole (1/8" - 3/16") from the top through to the pin hole. Every time I greased the tractor I'd put a drop of oil in the hole. Not much but just a drop or two. It wasn't enough to seep out and I never had a pin seize after that.

Easy there pardner'..... ya don't want a Horse to kick back, to ya. Keep your patience and long, and your temperence well oiled. I use Michelob for the latter.

Apple is the best I think. More simple for me. Don't lock up/crash.

Yep, bait... gets me everytime too. They scream...FISH ON!... when they see me coming.

Reminds me of my hometown high atop the Appalachians. When we were expecting and needed another bedroom, we simply sat another old Ford on blocks and hung a curtain across the windshield..... Instant add-a-room.

alright Craig...... where do you put all these tractors? do you have other storage? all i ever see is that small shed and even though I've heard on here that its magic and all, but whats your secret?

I took a short trip up to Chambersburg, PA for the annual CVAEMA show where Wheel Horse was the featured Garden Tractor. Beautiful day and a lot of nice machines.

What... you don't feel like you've been impacted?

Frank - I'm going to get this expounged. I have to wait 1yr. beofre I can file though. What a wonderful system we have....... To make matterss worse, here is a quote, directly form the judges bio page. “I ran for judge in protest,†noted Judge Adrine, “after experiencing how poorly many people were treated in the court system. Over time, I’ve come to appreciate how great the entire court’s impact is on the lives of the people it serves.†Really?????

I just bought this 'Horse last Saturday. It's a Raider 12 and a 7-1252 tiller. The tractor starts and runs, but needs at least a set of rings (lots of blow-by and smoke). All the gears work, and the rear end is nice and quiet. Came with a 42" deck and what are supposedly pretty new blades. The tiller has all the needed parts (belt, mid-mount idlers, axle-mounted hitch, and helper spring) except for the idler spring, which I ordered today from a local Toro dealer for $6 and change. I gave $100 for the tractor and $75 for the tiller. I don't know anything about WH serial numbers, so I could use your help in dating the tractor. The plate says: 1 6241 611970 Thanks for looking!

Went to Mentone today had a great time. This is my fifth year there. Each time I go, it gets better and bigger. Enjoyed talking to everyone. Great way to start the season. How about that "Chops Fire Pit" that was some good eating BBQ.

No pictures from me...I am so sorry guys. I did see Marvin though...and it was looking really good. It was parked between the satellites, so everybody got to check it out. Seriously, it was a fantastic swap meet and it was so great to walk around and shoot the breeze with everyone. I was like Squonk walking back and forth to the truck. A special thinks to Shorts and his wife (Sharon), Buckrancher and Jo, Racinfool40 (Mike), a special thanks to Funengineer (Dave), Scott Wheelhorse and his dad Dave, Jake and Doug Kuhn. What a great day...I hope lane got some pics.

Also had a visitor over night. Our grand daughter Lyla. First night away from her Mom.

Thanks guys,on my way to TSC!

Plugged Muffler?

One of the main things is don't get any oil on the floor before you epoxy it. It almost impossible to get oil out of a concrete floor. We did my friends garage and used a steam heated pressure washer on the floor and still had the epoxy come off in some oil soaked areas. I think we used Sherman & Williams.

If kids kept my weeds down I can guarantee you one thing, they weren't my kids.

Update to my own response. Brought a new iPad mini retina several weeks ago after my $79 tablet crashed. Holy cow, what a huge difference. Everything is better!

Thanks duke!