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I think when you hit a mile stone like this, everyone wants that post to be something special. I really could not come up with anything...so...I thought I would just do what I do best. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ,...NICE HORSE... ... ... ...HI SPARKY...WHAT SQUONK SAYS, MAKES CENTS.... .... It's been a fantastic ride. I have met a lot of the members and made many friends. I've had a lot of fun here and many laughs, and I have been able to contribute from time to time. Thanks to all of you for letting me be a part of what happens here.

My phone said otherwise! Sorry about my shaky recording skills!

I had the pleasure of being at the first show that had a Banner with the Redsquare name on it. I am guessing 2007 or 2008. Maybe we had 10-12 members at that show that year. We had the banner hung from Eldon's bucket loader right across from the food building. We all signed the banner and sent it to Karl or Chris, I am not sure. I think Redsquare has come a long way since that show and mostly in a very positive way. I am still very proud to be a part of it. It makes me feel good to know that I am not the only Wheel Horse collector and others share in my passion and addition!!!

you missed one Steve Out of all the 100's of emoticons we have how come we don't have an animated dinosaur???

This one is for AMCRULES (Craig)

Saw this on a local internet sale site.

My brother David Ralph and I attended our first Wheel Horse Collector's Club Show this year (at the urging of Ray "Doc" Buesking We thank Ray and Carol for being such good neighbors during our stay. I took quite a few photos and we departed the Big Show site at 6:30 AM and arrived in Greencastle, Indiana at 7:00 PM -safe and sound. I will post a few photos of some things I saw the Wheel Horse Collectors Club in 2014. I want to also thank all the Red Square Wheel Horse members I visited with for their great visits during the show.

I went to the show last week hoping to bring home something to play with. Almost did several times and am really sorry I did not go after that nice D200 that was sitting at the show. Came home disgusted with myself. You can bet that next year I will be ready to pull the trigger a lot quicker. Well I am feeling much better today. I got myself a Wheel Horse 417-8. The deck has a hole in it and one crack. Not hard to fix. There is no rust to speak of on any other part of the tractor. It will need a seat. I suspect that it was kept indoors most of it's life. Now the hour meter says 2050 hours. I find that hard to believe because of the condition of the rest of the tractor. The 17hp Kohler is a series 2 and does not smoke and runs strong with no abnormal noise. Guy I got it from picked it up in Pa. and has had it for sale on Craigslist for about a month. All he knows is that he brought it home and put a new battery in it and cleaned the carburetor. My guess is that the engine was rebuilt sometime in the past or the hour meter is from another tractor. He is one of those guys who picks up junk for free. I happily paid the guy. He asked $450.00 and I offered him $350.00 which he accepted and I will pick it up on Tuesday and bring her home. At least my blues are cured for a while.

Oliver farm tractors used a key shaped like that. Our OC9 Oliver dozer also had a key like that Shouldn't be hard to find one

The tanks are PE "polyethylene" easy to fix. Black to block UV rays, destroys PE (polyethylene). Clean the tank, just to make it look nice! Now, listen up. Use a soldering gun gently smoothing, melting the PE (polyethylene). Called "plastic welding." Done every day. Most hardware suppliers sell polyethylene welding rod and, get this, plastic welders. http://www.harborfreight.com/plastic-welding-kit-with-adjustable-temperature-96464.html I've repaired week wackers, chain saws, blowers. Lots of plastic, UV cracked or just stressed out. Really bad holes can be patched with a piece of PE (polyethylene) welded on, like a tire patch. Have fun and good luck.

This was my second show, unfortunately I wasn't able to bring my own rides due to a blown brake line on my truck. Still had a great time seeing all the cool customs, vintage rides, factory-like restos and even the "well worn". Here are my pics from Friday. Some are the same tractors that others have posted but there are definitely some I haven't seen posted. *The 310-8 Red Hood at the end is from Sat. It was the only complete one I saw at the whole show. I took many pics of it because that is what I'm rebuilding. ENJOY

I've been tied up with a couple other projects but have found some time to play a little. I completed the choke/throttle controls. I made the levers using the one that was on the tractor as a pattern. Installed Glens knobs and Terry's decal with the little modification and I'm happy with it. I don't think that roll pin behind the choke lever is supposed to be there. I can't figure why it was installed. It will pop out easily enough. The levers pivot on 1/4" SS bolts with nylon washers and ny-loc nuts which will let me fine tune them once it's installed. The transmission is all painted up with a couple of little tweaks I wanted to do. I'm waiting on two little items that will arrive next week then I'll post pictures of that. With all the issues I had with that it sure feels good to see a complete, working transmission sitting there.

Lane, it is always good to see you and Dave at any show...it is about time you made this one. I think you guys will be back again..

And then Mark who has been kind enough and also has the maths brain power that I'm lacking came back with a few calculations for me! It's the final number that hit home!! That sort of top speed from a 48hp V twin would just be embarrassing, and could be got from a 10hp Kohler with a lot less work!! Looking at the final drive on the end of that shaft did get me thinking though.. If the final drive was bit further back to line up with the Wh trans axles then maybe it could be used to drive a cart axle!! Yes it's the same photo again So, off to the shed I trundled and grabbed the Honda's rear wheel to unbolt this bit.. It shouldn't be too hard to get a sprocket to fit that And that bit happens to slide onto the final drive Sooo, the new plan is to use the Honda's swing arm and final drive then take power back from there via chain and sprocket to a rather strong kart axle.. I can even use the Honda's rear brake which is more than up to the job and very easy to fit The new plan kinda moves this build up a few levels as it could be very easily geared to reach the bikes level of top speed or even more should the suicidal urge take me!! I'm happy to gear it for a bit less top speed but certainly more than 14.20422 MPH Oh, and while the front axle was off I lowered the front end quite a bit to see how it looked

As if proof was need that I'm doing the right thing with this build, while sitting down with a coffee having a look at the beast from a different angle I noticed a couple of words on one of the front tire's. A close up for you After watching the mower racing on Sunday and seeing how low all the machine were I knew I had to lower "Why Not" a bit to help it stay on all four wheels. As I want to be able to use this machine for also pulling a trailer once in a while and go for the odd drive around the fields, I don't want to go too low, so out came the ruler.. The chassis will be chopped and dropped by 2 1/2 inches, making the chassis 4 1/2 inches off the ground, where the blue mark is on the ruler. The front will also get chopped and dropped just behind the front axle mounting. The body tub will also be chopped and dropped but only by 2 inches. The extra 1/2 inch space created should just be enough to fit a standard Raider fuel tank in it's original place under the hood The back of the body tub will also get a bit more trimming to get the seat as low as possible.. This big old lump is the Honda's final drive unit.. Which I had been thinking of using backwards to get the drive from the bike gearbox to the WH gearbox... Until another part arrived, freshly dug out from Nigel's parts store (thanks Nigel), and thank you to Garry for picking it up for me.. The part in question is this right angled drive thingy from a rotovator I wasn't sure what the gear ratio was as it needed a bit of freeing off, but I'm guessing at a 1 to 1 ratio or very close.. The prop shaft will come in very handy as it allows me to mount the drive thingy where I want and get the output drive lined up with the WH trans

Some pictures:

i have what i believe is a 753 with gear reduction trans. is this a factory thing and can i change it to a regular trans?. serial number is 62-2093 and it has a 7 hp kohler starter generator setup.

Brought this home from the Big Show & cleaned her up today...nice addition to the herd...

Some pictures from the parade on Friday. Lane...good to see you there Lane. Karl live streaming the parade...excellent Neil on my B-100... John...this set up was fantastic to look at. Brian and Jo... this was Eye Candy... RWilson (Rich) and his daughter...she had that look for quite a while that day. Jay-in-NC, Jrblanke and Wheel-N-It (Van) talking with Neil. This is the only time that I have ever seen Duke not wearing a Michigan shirt. That's Charlie in the middle and Jake on the right end. Talking with 55rj35jr Doc in Kentucky and Duke Racinfool40 (Mike) and me Jake on my B-100 Red Bone and his daughter Don and Jay And then...this guy shows up and stops by...Chasm along with Mike. Great to meet you Chasm.. Jake and Charlie Carolyn, Neil, MJ, Duke, Doug and Jake Kuhn with me in it. Sparky stopped by... and then MikesRJ shows up with his wife Alicia (hope that is spelled right) Alicia behind Carolyn The homeless at the show waiting for the bus. The official passing of the Hard Hat...RMaynard wins it for this year. AMC Rules (Craig) had it last year. One of the Group shots I got on Saturday... Thanks to the WHCC...it was a fantastic show this year...it was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones...and Thanks for taking a look.

Knaap & Trau Fairport RD. Fairport N.Y NW of east Palmyra Se of Rochester

hmm, I will need to ask my brother Al what he used on my tank. I have a 1983? C-195 (I am only guessing it has the same/similar type of plastic fuel tank??) and on the right side bottom it somehow must have had something rub against it a little and it started leaking. Seem to remember it was hard to get something to stick but eventually something did and so far it has lasted many years.

I think that's the key to the Space Shuttle ..............just kiddin! Never seen a key like that before. Tires look good, gonna paint the rims?? Mike..........

here it is

Looked up a gt-14 hood. Almost exactly what I want to do but with a hood spear instead of the lever. I have the 1056 hood I cut the grille out of. It lays right across the top of the grille thats there and is the perfect length. Gonna try and make my own hood spear but make it slide with a spring loaded latch pin underneath to hold the hood shut. Trying for small gas struts on the back to kick it up. I know,overkill. Thanks for the kind words.

and if you add all those Skype hours, you can send in 10 boxtops from your favorite cereal and get a ........

Way cool Steve! In my relatively short time here you've contributed much more than just "time to time" as you put it. I certainly appreciate it and I know many, many others do as well.

Since when has sense been spelled since. Maybe since the last shipment of Rock n Rye showed up. I think maybe since that last show. Does that make sense? I sense that since the last show, I started making sense since June 2013

I STILL LIKE MY BROTHER'S NAME FOR STEVE BEST OF ALL!!! STRADIVARIUS -a rare gem!

Wow, how cool is that? 6K posts! Real eggciting stuff there Dino!! Congrats buddy, it's been a fun ride so far!

You are one of the odd jarheads. Most of the Marines we ever had aboard my destroyer detested the ship. Said they couldn't understand how we could stomach the cramped conditions, noises, odors, and constant pitching. We just told them we didn't like steamy jungles, C-rations, being cannon fodder, and besides, we liked having bigger guns instead of pea-shooter M16's. From a Squid to a Navy Bellhop. In all seriousness, thank you for serving. Jokes aside, any man who is willing to give up a number of years of their life for supporting something greater than himself, is a man worthy of my respect and friendship.

I learned that...What Squonk says always makes since. I got to talk to at least 3 people about joining Red Square...2 at the show and 1 while gassing up on the trip to the show.

Al... it takes great Leaders like you to guide & nurture our Leaders of the future ... Congrats & be very proud

A great job on getting the future of these young men a good solid foundation for the journey of life that all of you can enjoy into the future. You are to be commended and applauded for stepping up to the "opportunity" when you had the chance. Good job. take care of yourself, and continue to enjoy the boys

That's pretty cool!

Which reminds me.... I don't think I will ever forget the joy of vibrating my arms off using a "deck crawler" removing old non-skid from the scorching hot deck of a destroyer in mid August. Something everyone should experience at least once in their life.

603 and 704

Got the old Horse back and it is a big improvement!. The Engine now starts immediately and runs like a top. The body looks much better and the lights really light up the airplane you are moving. The video below is dark, but gives the idea of how it moves an airplane. I will post some pics also. http://youtu.be/HFym_S1KMZI

23 x 10.50-12 on 12 x 8.5 rims. It's actually a 416-8 that I'm currently building (or more accurately throwing money at) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here you go Craig. Still have to finish welding the wheels but you get the idea.Also got the grille sitting where it will be.I want to try and figure out how to make the hood tilt with the grille staying put.Dont know if I can make it tilt forward or maybe make it open like a car hood.

I really didn't want to sell my recently restored 603 at the show but once I saw this 161 8- speed I knew I had to have it. I bought it from Dale at Dale's mower service who was a vendor at the show. (he's a real nice guy) He rebuilt the engine at some point and let me tell you, it has some snot! I've owned a few C-160's and a C-161 but they pale in comparison to this one when it comes to power. When I got home I made some very minor adjustments and threw a 42 inch side discharge deck on it that I had "in stock" I thought my 417- 8 had some nut but it now seems tired in comparison! I would have liked to have kept my 603 but space is limited, besides I can put this C-161 to some good use.

A lot of feasible ideas here and I'll add one more that has worked for me a few times. I would cut a 2x4 (yellow pine is tougher) to fit snug between the two roller brackets. Then use a couple of large C-clamps and start pulling it out, moving the clamps as needed. Basically the same idea as doc724 but without drilling holes. I think you'll be able to get the worst of it then just fine tune from there. Maybe when you get close space the 2x4 out with a couple small 1x2's at the ends so you can pull far it enough. It will probably want to spring back a fuzz.

Set up a hydraulic jack in some way to push it back correctly. Use a piece of flat plate on the jack head to not damage the deck as you push it out. Just go easy and you will get it out without stretching or damaging the metal any more. A pipe wrench or hammer will get it out but will also cause more damage that will need fixing as well. (And both will wear you out too) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks all! We will be talkin about the show, swap meet, people and tractors for a long time! Here are some more pics! IMG_5569.MOV

I too had a great time. As usual got to see the usual crew from Red Square there. Unfortunately I missed the camp fire over in the woods. I really try to keep my tractors clean and spent a lot of time wiping the dust off from cruising around. I have a plan started in my head to make a trailer with a drip rail to tow around as I'm cruising and shopping. I have a nice brand new 60 gallon poly tank and an old tow behind cart that I don't use. Gravity fed it will lay down a nice light mist to stop the dirt dust from flying but not make any mud (that is as long as the WHCC allows me to do it).

Thanks .. did a little something to spice up the 603.

Well, as you can tell, I won't be bringing my tractor to the show this year. Definitely next year!!! Progress has slowed and I am trying not to rush anything. I have just about all of the parts primed that I could fit in my blasting cabinet. A friend is going to strip and paint the major parts for me, such as the hood (which needs a little body work), the seat pan, foot rests, etc.. I will be painting the smaller items myself with Rustoleum Regal Red spray cans. I bought two quarts of Regal Red for the painting of the larger items by my friend the expert. I have been using Rustoleum Stainless Steel paint on some of the control rods and pins. Looks pretty nice. Hard to tell they have been painted. My goal is to have it in service before winter so I will be able to plow snow. Keep your fingers crossed!!!

Well I got the rear fender mount made.I used the old seat mounting frame section and cut it to the inner profile of the blade.I cut it to where the blade will rest on it and will be welded to it eventually.Also got the jackshaft mount finished and tacked on.My keyed shaft will only be a little longer than where it sticks out the pulley.Waiting on the man in brown. I will have two idlers holding the belt below the floor and the engine to jackshaft belt will have the release pulley for movement.The rear belt will be under tension at all times. More to come..........

Well I did some measuring and found my rear width from outside of tire to outside of tire was too narrow for my plow blade fender to work. I took my wheels off and cut the centers out and ground everything smooth with a flap wheel.I had two rim centers from two old wheels that I had saved for this very reason.I took the wheels and flipped them around because they are not the same inner diameter all the way through.I pushed in the centers and set them for 3.5" backspacing giving me a 6.5" lip on the front.Being the inside diameter is larger than the back,I will be able to use my wheelhorse hubcaps and they will set way back in the rim. I still had to narrow the plow 4" to get the tires to sit where I wanted them as to the edge of the fender. The part I cut off was rusted anyways so I didn't ruin a perfect plow..I hope I make John(wallfish) proud as his idea was fantastic.Here is where she sits now until I get it mounted.Please don't mind the messy shed.I am in the process of many things with cleaning up being one of them.