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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.

Seems?

This morning I went to Tractor Supply. They sell hardware by the pound. Bought four pounds of bolts. Zink coated and really cheap. I was really surprised how many pieces you get in Four pounds. Also bought a couple pair of Jeans while I was there. Came home and fooled around out there for a while and decided to repaint the hood. Sanded it down smooth and painted it. This time it turned out the way I wanted it to. No bugs or dust. I also finished installing all the hydraulic lines. While sanding it down, I believe I discovered what wet sanding will do, if it is done right. While I did not wet sand it, I did use some very fine paper. I could see the orange peal just disappear as I sanded. When I get this job finished I am going to experiment with an old MTD hood I have laying around here. I believe it would be worth the time to teach myself to do this and then polish it up real good.

few more progress pictures. I my still may try and something different with the fenders.

Geno, as a matter of fact I used Birchwood Casey gloss black gun touch up paint on it to pull the numbers out. Turned out to be serial # 23443.

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

Cleat, that looks really nice. Question, does the blue get along with the red? Lol Glenn

Looks good! I have a 12 X 20 "garage in a box" and it has served me well for several years. I like yours.....being able to drive in one end and out the other.

I have to agree, many times the manual recommends a belt that actually seems to be 1-2" too long when on the tractor in use, or it could be the Belt-Factory actually made it a little too long for the idler to take up the slack ? ? ? Much more common with non-Wheel Horse belts, but it seems to happen sometimes with Wheel Horse belts too, for me. Wished I could always remembered to loosen the front mule a few turns to reduce tension on the belt in storage.

Now that would have been a catastrophe. I've got the truck in here on a rack and will get the tires off today or tomorrow morning and see what other damage I find. I'm most interested to dismount that right rear tire and see if there's anything inside it.

Ouch!

Hey Wake . You may want to think about changing your user name to LUCKY. What-a-score and at a pretty good price.

I have some acrylic urethane that I purchased in 2010. The opened can has been sealed since then, and it is still good. Having said that, I would not buy more than you will use on the one tractor. As long as you seal the can between coats, it will be fine. However, once mixed with the activator, you must use it within a few hours (according to the directions on the data sheet). I usually purchase 2 quarts when I paint a small tractor. Acrylic urethane is typically mixed 4:1:1 and acrylic enamel is mixed 8:1:1 meaning that you will get a little more mileage out of a quart of urethane than you will with enamel.

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.

I see that way to much. Seems like in a lot of cases the better they look the more work they need.

You definitely need some weight to make the blower usable. As Slammer stated above, Especially when backing up with the blower raised and all that blower weight trying to lift the rear wheels. I use tires with tubes loaded with window washer fluid , double vee bar chains and concrete weights made with Sakrete, 1/2" all thread, and a 5 gal bucket. I clear the snow on four properties, and I don't want the tires spinning on any of the driveways. If the concrete weights are of interest, I have a post on here detailing the process.

Nice pick up, a horse with a few extras,,,,, best of luck. And of course,,,,,, a big wellcome to red square. Glenn

Sure is a nice looking little tractor . Good for you

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

Thanks for posting and sharing. Had to be a treat for the folks. Great lineup. Glenn

Its not cheap, but you could always get your tires foam filled. I would do this with brand new tires though, because its a long term thing. You can get a cheap set of rims and give them a quick paint job since it wont matter how well it seals to the rim.

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.

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

I think you'll find that many serious garden tractor enthusiasts often branch out and see what other brands had to offer. Wheel Horse is only one design to accomplish the tasks. I've owned several other brands in the past, they usually don't stay more than a couple years (if that long). If you want to truly appreciate the simplicity of the Wheel Horse design, you really need to own some other brands. Besides... other brands are usually good trading stock.

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.

The weather strip adhesive is pretty tough.

I do the black first, and use a satin finish of paint. I do this in case something goes south, the black is a smaller area and easier to touch up. Let it dry for a couple of days also before doing the red.

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

If these are those 1/2 ID...9/16 OD or whatever...I used a 5/8 OD and drilled the holes out to fit...works and much cheaper....

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.