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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.

Cleaning out the garage and figured it was time for a few photos of the twins.

i'd give just about anything to have a shop half that nice. i bought an enclosed trailer to take to show and for storage for the show tractors and i'm still out of room eric j

I agree, that's why I had to ask.

I'm still out here at the shop and found more room for these projects. I put some under another project I'm still trying to find time for.

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.

dang hmm you have right Duke... but i have a buddy in us that has some nice good rims for me.. but he cant get that dang finger out of he's *** to ship it to me...

Scott, you know your show (concerning the weather) has never been for the faint of heart. That is why Lars has not been there yet...he is into REAL WEATHER and the Midnight Sun. The tea leaves in my cup tell me a gorgeous day in the low 70's with Wisconsiney Clouds that are excellent for pictures. Yah Right...

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

You mean to say that you did not have the hood on the dinning room table waiting for her to see it???

My Fastenal store has pallets there, I have shipped 2 times now with them (a wheel horse transmission each time) and they have been excellent. I just drop it off and put it on one of their pallets and they have tied it down. I definitely call the store and give them a heads up. They call me back when they get the paper work. I think it helps that the guy's Dad has an old Wheel Horse in his garage that he wants to get running. I gave him the link to this site, and he was thrilled. The reason, I think, why it takes some time for them to ship sometimes...is the pallet does some traveling. From my store, it goes to their hub (Minneapolis), then it goes to their main hub (Indianapolis), then to the hub for the costumer store and then to the destination store. My store has a truck come there every day...some stores may only see a truck once a week. I don't think you can beat the price though and you do not have to build a box for your shipment. BTW...this was my store's 1st time doing 3rd party shipping...they did not even know they would do that. It was a painless and learning experience for both of us.

Hey sorry I haven't uploaded any pictures yet I'll get some on here in a few

HMMM, I think Fastenal someday may be my new avenue to finding stuff out east . Minnesota .......................east coast

I will echo what others have said about Fastenal. I sold a mower deck Friday that a member wanted in Pa. I was not going to ship the mower deck. I was persuaded by the member (and paid extra) to secure the mower deck to a pallet and take to my local Fastenal store for third party shipping which they do. The store unloaded the pallet from my truck with a forklift and placed in temporary storage until their Fastenal truck picks it up to transship. I obtained a receipt this am and scanned it to send to the Red Square member buyer and it is on it's way. Shipping a mower deck (36 side discharge) which fit well on a 48 x 40 pallet cost the buyer $125 to ship from Greencastle, Indiana to Pennsylvania. I would say the experience was an eye opener and shows Fastenal can do the job of shipping big and heavy parts for a reasonable price. The third party shipping information is on the Fastenal website.

Duke, thank you so much Bro' for calling me tonight to let me know what I have been missing here!!! These products are "First Class Glass" ! I love it, and am so excited for you and MJ. I really believe your success with this most laudable endeavor is limited only by your imaginations. I am now excited about the idea you shared with me tonight. Also we need some shot glasses no later than the 2015 Big Show.

The underside huh? You got it too!

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.

Fastenal ships store to store, and they are reasonable for larger/heavier items.

Thanks for the welcome....the best I can do for pics is a link to the present owner........no he doesn't have receipts that I know of..... Craigslist link deleted per forum rules.

My 520 isn't broke but has a stress crack in the same spot, also has a 60" deck. Before it breaks I'm gonna swap to another frame, frames can be found cheap and the extra plate at the trans mount is easy to make. After mine is replaced I'm gonna use the old frame as a jig and attempt to come up with some type of long term fix (not that 20 years per frame isn't good) but i wanna fix it and not ever worry again. Not sure if that helps but i think a good frame with some reinforcements is the way to go.

This is what I want now! How cute LOL

Just got my internet back & I'm wore out took 9 WH & 9 other brand garden tractors to Mansfield. Also hauled 6 WH for a fellow collector. Hammerhead you were missed but glad Larry brought your tractors. We will see you soon. Thanks to every one who showed up We had 82 Wheel Horses & 16 collectors on Saturday. About 1/2 left Saturday but A few more Showed up Sunday.

That is a very interesting loader configuration. And Squonk's use of the word "scary" may sum it all up.