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I just put up this industrial quality 20 x 30 storage building for all my tractors and attachments. Horses look happy there. Cleat

Hi Everyone, I was at a local fall festival and decided to bring some tractors for fun lol. Here are some pictures. Hope you like them!

Well I'm back home for the weekend, I've sat the engine on. Next job is to make a magnum oil pan fit the frame... Then sort the brake and clutch linkage, fingers crossed it might be running under its own power!

Ohhh....I remember that... .............back in his good ol' daze.

Does it even snow there in Kentucky?

Do you think I can save those original decals.....they are so nice and I'd love to keep them if I DO restore it. I think for now, preservation restoration, then later I'll do a full restore. IDK -- I'm a woman.....I'll change my mind 100 times before tomorrow morning!!!!!!!!

I'll have to do it tomorrow, I actually got done at a decent hour tonight. I'm starting to learn, if there's no pics there's no decks and tillers right?

Too low?......... Just right? Had to move some stuff around in the shed and that involved getting her off the table. Figured I would push it outside and get an idea of how it's going to sit. I have some new front tires on a wider rim so it wont have as tall of a tire in the front. I think I like it.

Sounds like you got the better end of the deal.

Wheel Horse Addicted however many good garden tractors out there. I am allergic to big box stores and vertical shaft engines. Horizontal engines only in my barn. There are many tractor forums find one for your tractor.

I see 8 plows. I get ornery if I have to trip over 2! Call up Steve. He needs something to do this winter and he likes painting plows!

The only thing I could notice is the stock pile of snow/dozer blades standing on end..

Another great story For sharing. What an interesting thread this has become , allowing us to learn more about the interests and hobbies of other members. for starting it Geno.

Well mine goes back a long ways to the first days of the interweb thingie. 1995 I logged into a BBS for the first time and it asked for a screen name. What the heck was a screen name? At the time I had a 2 year old nephew who was obsessed with my tuba that I played an a local community band. Every time he saw me he called me Tuba. A few months later I messed up my account and had to create a new one. So I decided to jazz up the name and call myself Sousa after both the sousaphone and it's inventor John Phillip Sousa. A few more years go by and Sousa is an account name that is often already taken, I guess some people actually have that last name...sheesh. Anyways I added the Kerry as it is my first name and ain't nobody gonna have Sousakerry already.

I enlisted in the Coast Guard in '69. Coasties have a number of nicknames: Holligans Navy, Puddle Pirates, and Shallow Water Sailors (probably thought up by a Squid ). The two jokes that I remember were: We wear the US Treasury seal on our right sleeve (long history of the service.) That was the indicator of how deep the water could be to sail on. We had to be six feet tall in case the ship sank - so that we could walk to shore. With all of that, I chose "shallowwatersailor."

Was thinking of different ideas for a front weight on my 633 and this is what I came up with. Simple yet effective. It weighs 40lbs and it's made from flat steel stock and concrete filled lolli columns. Just had them around the house. The best part is if I need more I can jus weld on what I need.

I made up a set of adapters to use barbell weights,,, many times you can find barbell weights for free. I think the adapters cost me 20 bux for the materials.

Paint them red and your score goes to 10! Great idea, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the kind words chaps! Another full day and not a massive amount to show, remote gear linkages are done. Managed to strip and spray the hood stand. Just the hood to paint now and another few coats on the fender.

Nick, heres how i did mine. there should be a clamp at the rear upper most point of the left side of the hydro that holds it in position. i also put a clamp on top of the transmission(two bolts that go into the top to hold the seat pan support..... have to look inside here to see where it goes, this pic was taken for another reason.......

'Ya beat me to it ^ Too bad those weren't tillers hangin' there . I'd be in for a road trip ....

So what, I have a plow fetish.

Cylinders were in too good of a shape ... There were no Rough spots, no gouges, no deep scratches. Ball Hones have their uses... at least in my shop. I've used them on many rebuilt V8's over the years with Zero issues... I've checked the oil pump, oil passages, end play, crank tolerances ... Should be good to go ... Oh and I use Royal Purple Assembly Lube, and it'll get RP oil as soon as the break in is over. Thanks for the tips

Ready for some Satin Black on the grille 2mar after a little scuffing. Its the first day for awhile to be above 70 so I better git' er done.

Nice...I like that it's portable.

Almost finished with my first wheel horse (1968 lawn ranger)

Nice 854! I have it's little brother.....a 654!

It is really cool to see why people do things the way they do. I've learned a whole lot of cool stuff in this one! Only about 10,00 more to go!

I put the ags on the beast and dug the 12" plow out of the woods this past weekend. Maybe tonight I will hook it up and do a few test passes. Hope the plowing is good this year as it broke my heart not having a tractor to plow with last year.

A couple advantages to the overhung weight that Geno has. The down force is increased as the weights are moved further back, and It also decreases the weight on the front wheels reducing the load on those front spindles and making it easier to steer. The disadvantage is it increases the load on the rear axles, hubs and bearings, although I doubt if this is a problem if hubs and bearings are not worn.

You can make a bracket for the rear and put anything you want on it for weight. This came with some stuff I bought somewhere.

Cool collection! Thanks for sharing.

That will make a great project. Keep posting pictures of your progress, we love pictures!!

That is one good looking herd!!

Hello and That is like the massive score!

Great looking tractors thanks for the pics

Nice collection , we could do with some of those here in UK

Got the holes drilled Geno ....now I'll let-er soak for a few days. If it won't move till Monday, we'll goto Bob's saw and drill plan. Wow, there was a Kohler under all that crud..and it is a Walbro carb Slammer. Thanks Eric, but I have a puller I made from a piece of plate.

They can't hurt. You know the old saying, always be prepared.

Skid steer 6 plys on the rear should take care of the rear. Deestone makes a cheap front 4 ply ag tire that should help on the front too. You don't need 4, it's just the only pic I have of them here.

I had the same thing happen on my B-100 Automatic. The pulley bolt came loose and let the inside splines of the pully wear out. The shaft should not have been damaged as it is hard steel. A replacement pulley with the bolt tightened fixed the problem.

A lot of the equipment was indeed restored. There was a Horse Sense article in about 1988 that told of a fellow named Gary who restored some items for the museum at Ireland rd. Geez, I've been at this a long time. Since 1987! Steve

Yes...but if you still have the trans attached to the frame...it works both ways. I always like being on top. I lied...I like the bottom also. Best answer...just like taping in a bearing. I use a punch (with a good edge)...you can see where you need to tap it and you can see if it is going in straight.

What's up everyone? I hope all is fine! I'm going to be donating a aluminum Front weight for raffle. This particular weight I would like all the proceeds to go to Keith Jones alias Hammerhead. I met Keith and his good friend Larry about ten years ago down at the Wapokenta fall show and swap. We talked for a few. I ended up with the 57 rj that we were discussing, anyways we kinda of talked here an there but with Keith going thru all of the things that he is right now with the throat cancer and having to sell off his tractors (That Sucks) I am just trying to Help out with some of his medical costs. I guess what I'm asking for is just a little Help from all of you guys. Let's do this so Keith can save his Tractors!!! Maybe Scott can jump in here also. I'll post more this afternoon.

Yeah, 3m deluxe weatherstrip adhesive. even comes in a red and white tube. I used some to glue the rubber trim back onto a car door once... was still holding when i sold it tractor is looking good!

Nothing custom or fancy about mine. They get used, generally hauling precious cargo.

bought bronze flanged bushings at ACE hardware. For the pedals but they had other sizes

Hopefully the duals help with traction because with singles it was slipping on the slope. Having the duals on it makes it a lot harder to push by hand! I'm building my upper body strength.