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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.

Now some fresh shavings and you'll be good to go.

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

The plow is not restored, just the brackets, I'm not that crazy.

I hate to keep adding advice on top of very good advice you have already received. It goes back to when I "tried" golfing for enjoyment and all it ever succeeded in doing to me was creating a serial killer with all the "tips" I kept getting! When you were told "check and clean all the electrical connections", the very first one to check is the fuse holder on your highest amperage fuse. Pull the fuse, look for pitting and or corrosion on the fuse contacts. Even melting on some. Check this first before you do the others. This is common on the Onan Twins but if your fuse holder isn't dangling but is "clipped" to say the battery box or other lip, it will collect a lot of debris that holds moisture and will corrode the contacts and create heat. This in turn won't allow enough amperage to pass. Thus you hear......click, click, click.

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...

He doesn't need encouragement Greg.

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...

What's in my mirror? The same thing I've seen the past 2+ months in my mirror!

I knew Craig would see the sandals! Don't drop anything and watch out for metal slivers. Awesome job by the way. Are you taking pics with an I-Pad? Mine does that to pics too. I have to down load them to my PC and straighten them out.

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

Thank you very much for taking the time to express those sentiments. I am not a big fan of pinned messages that are left "open". The pinned message eventually becomes a dumping ground for every random thought anyone has concerning the subject. The initial clarity of the thread becomes compromised and subsequent readers can spend days trying to decipher among conflicting approaches attempting to solve the same problem. Inevitably, someone posts a picture of a shiny tractor, comments start regarding the paint or tires on the tractor and the thread gets derailed. I do believe an alternative should be sought after. Helping someone learn to troubleshoot a dead battery or corroded ignition switch is only fun the first 500 times you do it !! I don't wish for #501 to be short changed when they require assistance with their new found prize tractor.

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.

Cracked my frame in the exact same spot on both sides. alls i did was jack the tractor a bit in the middle to make sure the crack was closed and square and then welded some rod underneath the bars to tie together and it was good to go.

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.

oh yeah, it's my "this is a hell of a lot easier on my old back tool". feel free to copy .

This is what I want now! How cute LOL

Oh well, in that case... by all means... just go get it.

All due respect to those who run less than full throttle, but every small engine manufacture states in their literature that it is to be operated at full throttle at all times. Many of these engines do not have oil pumps and get lubrication from a splash. The faster the splash the more lubrication. The faster the flywheel turns the more air circulates to cool the engine. When you turn three blades as fast enough to cut grass it takes a lot of horsepower. Remember that the blades have an upward curve which uses energy and causes air resistance.

I'd love to have one! Tescumskee lover here!

On Saturday the little Electro went to Cajun Model Fest here in Baton Rouge and did alright. After winning in its class it took "Best Auto" which is one of the top level prizes. It might be a bit of a stretch to call it an auto but I was able to enter it as an off-road vehicle which made it eligible in the Automotive category. Thanks to all the Red Square members for the enthusiastic support. It wouldn't have been such a success without you!