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Very Fortunate today to purchase a one owner machine from a very nice gentleman. When I asked about the white walls he said I was a kid this was my hot rod so I painted them. Anyway just thought I'd share and show the pretty rare cart off a little

Got to meet RFWHorse and his lovely wife yesterday and brought home all of his Wheel Horse stuff. He had an Onan and was fed up with it and shed his stable of Horses and attachments. I'm confident that one day he will get a good one with a Kohler (and a lot less wires) and rekindle his love for Horses. The 520 has one of the sweetest sounding engines I've ever heard but needs a lot of wiring work, the deck is solid with no rust, has some new bearings and new blades. The 518 is the quietest one, but it has no motor he he, also got another 50" mid mount grader, front deck carrier, extra rear wheels + tires, and some new parts, oil filter, misc small stuff. They're getting cleaned up now and will have more pics hopefully later this afternoon.

Well a heart felt Thank You to all of the guys who got together a donation for me at the Mansfield show! Mike and Deb, Derek and Tammy, Tim Leedy, Doug Hout, Allen Meadows, Bob Burroughs, Ripley Stratton, the Fox Brothers and many others! It brought me to tears and it still does!! Makes me miss you guys even more. I hope to get cured but when you sit around for long periods of time, you just think bad thoughts! I need to sell a bunch of stuff to raise more money so selling the herd is the best way to do that I guess. I'll keep a few good one's but will have to sell several good ones and all the spare parts tractors I own. Several Lawn Rangers will be for cheap if ya like them. I have engines, attachments and more to sell. Maybe get a sale going from this site and have everyone show up at once. But my buddies will get first crack at the stuff. Lets get it going after the Centerburg show Sept 20th and 21st. The last show of the year for us. So thanks alot to everyone at the Mansfield show that donated money and signed my card! Great group of guys and gals! Love ya all! Keith

Picked up my second horse the other day a C-175. As soon as I saw how nice the seat was I knew I had to have it! I also got a plow and chains with it. I've never plowed with a hydro before. I was wondering how they hold up to plowing?

For the 3rd year in a row it has rained on the Saturday of the show. This year it rained enough to move the garden tractor pulling event later than I could stay because I'm on call at work. I have yet to see this event Maybe next year. Too bad too. I got glimp's of some nice modified pullers including Horses! Not many Horses on the grounds this year though. The few I saw were mangled and butchered up. Still a great show with a huge flea market I took some video's from a tram to try to capture some scope of the show size. Mini Moline was the feature this year. I have a soft spot for them. A few folks from Illinois stopped by A new bike for Brrly! More pics

Just so you know you aren't allowed to make any weather predictions this year........

I can tell the show is getting close...the weather is finally starting to get nice. Bring your snow blades, blowers and squeegees!!!

Ken and I met up on the lake today for an afternoon burn... His is a 1954 Crestliner and mine is the 1955 version. You do not see one of these boats everyday let alone two.... I was eating his wake all afternoon because he cheats.....

Revamped the old shed today, Jacked up the shed, placed 4x4s under the whole thing, cleaned out the inside, put down new treated stringers and placed a new deck in there, gotta give the Horse a nice dry stable for the winter. What a pain in the a$$ job that was.

Purchased my first Wheelhorse, a 308-8 from a Red Square member. I have always wanted a garden tractor to haul a cart around, and the 37 deck should make short work of my small 1/3 of an acre of grass. It has some minor rust issues that will be taken care of this winter, but I am concentrating on fixing a no crank situation. So far I have replaced the key switch,solenoid and fuse holder, but can only get it to fire up when when jumped at the solenoid. The Kohler Magnum runs strong with no smoke when started.The next step is to check the grounds,connectors, switches and wiring for problems. I would appreciate any advice that you can give me in this area. Attached is a couple pictures.

Well, while mowing with the 314-8 I noticed it was a little noisey...maybe even on the previous mow. As I'm making an approach between the yard I was mowing and the neighboring driveway, I catch a pulley scooting across the drive. I stop and look at the front mule drive. The nut, guard and spacer are missing. Now here is the weird part. My son and I looked high and low everywhere we mow and it is nowhere to be found. 2 weeks later and nothing. I'm thinking about putting a picture on some milk cartons to see if it turns up!

well my burban has been sitting for awile now so i had to put my girl for some work today and to give her some fresh air.. Ill bought a new sweeper Agrifab 44 inch that i had to test so the burban might going to be a sweeper puller.. light and nice work for a old lady... a video of the burban whit the sweeper Lars

Moving right along, I painted the hood today. Last big painting project for this tractor. I will wait a few weeks to mask and paint the black. I don't want to take a chance of marring the paint with masking tape. I am really getting torqued over this project. Can't wait to finish and start the 417-H. I also want to take the motor off the 520-H and open it up to check it. Life is good here on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.

Whotta FOCK!

They feel better now and so do I after several hours of pressure washing. I still can't get over the massiveness of the 518 duals.

Roundhoods with out engines make nice end tables. Lamp on top, Magazines where the engine goes, snacks and drinks on the seat and easy to move. What's not to like?

Now that's funny right there. He is probably going back foe the end tables in the morning. "Honey, Where did all our furniture go?"

Wondering Geno...if you got him to throw in the kitchen sink along with that carpet?

We all think your a really great guy Keith & Its a honor to be your buddy ! Get well soon your in my prayer's ............Tim

I got all mixed up with you and AJ. You see the bracket post above. One of the plows you see on CL and bracket for 125.00

I dont know about the master craftsman title. I like building things and try to do the best I can with what I have. I like things right, at least as right as I can get it. Thanks though.

A big to Richie (19richie66) for his work on my hood yesterday. We had tried to get together several times but issues kept coming up that had to take priority. I’m as happy as a squirrel in a nut house with the results. The repairs look great and are very solid only requiring minimal work once I get the thing completely stripped. It sure feels good having it done right. Without Richies help I would have had to resort to JB Weld and cross my fingers hoping it would hold. The stripping will begin today and I’m thinking within a month I should be able to slap some paint on it since it should be getting cooler and dryer outside. I also got to see Richie’s other projects including his Ratitude build. There’s some great engineering and fabrication on that tractor and it’s going to be really cool. Hopefully it will make it to the big show next June . I have made a little progress on the frame. A few more parts are installed. The tool box and fenders are primed and waiting on final painting. I need to get busy on the front axle and wheels so I can get it rolling.

Sparky, you're slipping.You might want to start tractor, engage drive unit to where the hydraulics are warming up after about fifteen or twenty minutes you are going to want to find an immovable object say a tree or a light pole bring the rpm's up to running speed engage the trans, if the tires spin that's a good thing, if they don't spin and it sits there and groans then run, run, run very fast the other way. In other words the hyd. pump is shot. Just words to the wise

I shipped a K241 engine from the Fastenal store in Westminster, MD to Fastenal in Crossville, TN for $75.00. As mentioned above, I put it on a pallet and they unloaded from my truck. They attached shipping documents and had it delivered in less than a week.

MJ and I will be there with some things 4 Sale. Anything different or any questions PM me. Thanks ~Duke

Save Old Iron I do wish there were someplace on this site that stored all your illustrations in one place. They are absolutely marvelous and an enormous help for our members. I have hold an Extra class Amateur Radio License, and a better understanding of electronics, than a lot of folks but you sir teach me something new every time you post. From reading earlier post of yours I gather you have a host of slides, drawings or photos stored and all that would be needed is to find a spot on the forum to post them. One sticky in the electronics section to which you could add to as the need arose would do it. Again Thank you for the great service you provide to all of us.

For the light duty stuff, might maybe give this one a go.

As much as I like loaders, that thing looks scarey to me. I would have to "Re engineer" the whole thing.

This topic title really caught my attention.....I'm always up for a glimpse of a nice set of twins....

That is one mean looking rear end. Gino you will never finish all the projects you have now even if you life another hundred years. Very nice haul.

Humm...how big is the reward?

Lars aren't those the wrong rims on that tractor? The correct rims will be delivered soon!

Nice haul !!!!!!!!

Geno it looks like u have projects till next year. But sound looking tractors. I like the dully Ag look. Mean turf biting tires. It says Lets play in the dirt or even better the MUD> T/C Gary B.....

How many do you need?

I just sold my 108-5 Bagger for 250.00 because a 655 followed me home and there wasn't enough room in the stable for both. MIne was repowered with a 12 HP B&S I/C and ran perfect. I used to forget about the bagger sometimes and hit it against stuff BUT it took a beating and never got damaged. Without the bagger it is great for tight spaces. My 264-6 with 48" deck is just as nimble as the 108-5, maybe better. I think that the best thing about the 108-5 is the cut. I've never had any type of mower that cut as well. The single 30" blade really hums and the lawn is golf course quality when done. If you're looking for quality of cut then I would really consider this series. Greg

Wow those are too clean and pretty for my ole '74.. They will look like a fish out of water!

Ritchie is a master craftsman. Wish he lived somewhere around here. You are doing a great job on that restoration. I also like the assembly bench. Neat idea. Now will it fit the next Wheel Horse you restore. One is never enough.

Looks like a very nice show Mike...thanks for the picks...love that group from Illinois.

That weld job looks fantastic. Glad you guys finally got together...wish I could have been there for that.

Pleasure to finally meet you Bob. Glad you are happy with the results. As soon as you left, heaven opened up and it rained the rest of the day. I wasnt feeling too good so I went and took a nap. Think the heat got to me. Cant wait to see this one done.

Yeah but if come up here then I don't get anything.. You grab em up so quick![emoji14]

Geno I don't know what to say!! Today I took one of my 42" SD decks off and scraped , wire brushed and painted it (underside) with Rust-Oleum. Figure if it lasted for 35 years like it was, it will now surely outlast this old 63 year old man.

It's only a matter of time. I remember when I was a youngster I would spend hours pitching dung into the back of a manure spreader just to be able to drive that old Ferguson for a few minutes!!! They will come around!!!

Drug 2 more home tonight along with a 50" mid mount grader and front carrier, does that count?

I will keep my eyes open for one. I get around a little bit you know.

I ship engines and such via my local Fastenal store.

I had a hard time finding a replacement drive pulley on the 5060 six speed tranny that I put in my 857. It's a 4" pulley with a 5/8" shaft and a 1/2" belt. Here's what I found and what I did to make it work, hope this might help someone else that needs one. I found this pulley at electricmotorsite.com Part number - MA40x5/8 Description - Maska 3.95 in. OD x 5/8 in. Fixed Bore A Pulley The hub is too thick so I turned it down, almost to the original set screw holes. Then I drilled and tapped new set screw holes at a slight angle. I left the original set screws in the holes and covered them with a little J B Weld just so they wouldn't show. In this pic you can see the original set screw hole filled with J B Weld and one of the new holes I tapped. Here's one I made a few years ago, before I had a lathe. I just ground the hub down with a grinder then filed it the best I could. I've ran this one on my 857 for a year now with no problems.

A month and a half away!!!! Wooo hoooo!!!! The response has been great so far and the goal is to have 200+ machines on site this year. Be ready to show, plow, sell, kick back and relax, and just have a good time. Why should you come???? Well where else can you have this much fun and help support a good cause through a raffle that all of the proceeds go to help fight against childhood cancer??? What if I get hungry???? There will be amish meals available for you to purchase at a reasonable price. The homemade pies are a meal in themselves!!!!!!! What if I don't know anyone???? All the more reason to attend. The folks that attend our show are always top notch! Should I bring my tractor? It isn't shiny! Yes of course, we don't discriminate against condition, brand, or custom work done. We appreciate and admire them all!!!!! Will Stevasaurus be there???? You bet he will! Just follow the silver mug and it will lead you to the life of the party! In all seriousness I hope you will make the effort to join us this year. The show seems to grow and I am very thankful to all of you that make the sacrifice to be with us on October 4th! See you all soon!

Not this particular one , but I have used a dial indicator similar to it , they usually have different tips to use on other applications.