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ok... if I get in title it Rusty Gold

hi men, here is a pic of a C-161. i bought it from another rs member last year.had a buddy do some paint and body work to the hood. new decals. did some odds and ends to the tractor. you can see i'm about to deliver it to my buddy harry. he is a long time friend, recently retired and needs to sit down and mow his lawn. hope you pic hounds like it thanks for looking. mike in mass.

I think I'm going to have to go out and get some 'new' good shots ... I can't find the one I really want to submit of the B80 alongside the garden ... For now here's One that might be okay, and one that I'm sure isn't but I'm putting it up anyway because, well I miss her terribly and this picture will be going in the Shop when it's done ... my Mom on the B80, when we still lived in town... always supported my love of history, and all things WH ... right there along side helping and encouraging. Wanda F. 4/11/1940 to 6/28/2014 (sorry but I have to share - don't be too hard on me)

I will add some of the pics I took from the "epic trip" Im also working on the video of Steve putting the boat away with his front hitch hookup. I have got to get one of those!

So on Saturday, it was an absolutely gorgeous day out, so I decided before it got any colder out, I should try to till the garden. I decided it was also a good opportunity to finally find out if the tiller I got with my D-250 worked. So with a little fighting, and help with my dad, we got the tiller onto the tractor! And boy was I surprised! It works really great! As I state in the video, it really makes a racket, though, which worries me a little bit. It probably needs a bearing or a couple haha, the tiller looks like it sat outside its whole life and probably hasn't been used in maybe 10 or so years. I did check for oil before I used it, and it did have oil in it, and I kept checking the tiller during use, and it did not get hot, and it seemed to quiet down the more I was using (maybe I was just getting used to it ), But without further adieu, here is a video of me using it! There is a pic at the end of the video that shows the end result of the garden. Oh, and Duane(baerpath), if you see this, thank you so much for the locking pin for the tiller, but as you can see, someone took it into their own hands to make that pin not necessary, and just welded the spot where the tiller falls out of the PTO extension. I wish I had known a little more about the tiller when I got that part from you! Enjoy everyone!

Here's mine, Martin.

Well as the title states, I have become a first time member to the super "c" club. Dad made a trip to pick up a new to him xi and I worked out a good deal, at least I thought it was for this C-195. I just brought it back to my place tonight. It needs a few little things and maybe some cosmetic work, but she will be a fine worker! Here it is at home. Need to put the pins back in to the 3-point arms.

875 bought new by my dad and now mine. I learned to drive on this when I was in 6 th grade! Pop ran a Parker sweeper tow behind the rear discharge deck. Still used for mowing, No winter duty. It retires to the garage after fall leaf mulching. Nick P.

My submission

Here is some of mine for consideration........... 1045 417-A Commando 8 308-8

Well maybe you bought something from a person known to the rest of us and it was a good deal. So the next guy comes up and says you stole that thing, I just bought one in bad condition and paid twice that. Or the deal was good and the other guy sold it because he was in a distressed situation and all you got it because that's all the money you could afford. Really, unless the buyer wants to tell you, which he will if it is what he wants to do, it is no one of anybody's business. A sale is between two or more folks and is usually private, especially when made between folks who are members of a group like this. Or maybe you bought it to do some minor repairs and then re-sell it. Say you found a 416-H for $200 and it had been sitting in a barn for the last five years. It not start and was covered with dirt. Of course the guy said it started and ran when it was last parked there. You bring it home, clean the carb, change the fuel line, put a battery in it and it runs great. Clean and polish and find a really beautiful machine. Now it's time to sell it. You already told everyone you only paid $200 for it. Human nature is such that most of us do not want to let a seller make a very large percentage profit, when we buy something. Why do most of us hate car dealers. Don't you feel like you have been raped when you buy a car from a dealer. Now If you bought something from persons unknown and got a great deal, and really want to brag about it, that's OK. No one knows the other guy and no harm. Or maybe you just don't care about the sellers feelings. I have bought things at a great price. When I want to I will put the price up there and brag a bit. But if I know or even think that someone might be embarrassed I keep my mouth shut. Common decency. I do believe it is not good form to ask someone what they paid for anything they buy. Of course I come from an age when these things were drummed into your head by your parents or in my case my Grandmother.

I picked up a package of Simplicity Walk Behind equipment. Included were a nicely restored cultivator, a Brinly plow, and what I believe to be a Sears or Bolens snowthrower for a ride-on tractor. What I mainly was after, besides the tractor that has a reverse gear, was the 20" Brush and Log Saw. The tractor is a 1962 Model W which was the last in the line of models. It is equipped with a Briggs Model 19 7 1/4 hp engine. At the end in 1968 for walk behinds, the horsepower was bumped to 8 hp. The saw is what intrigued me. I will never use it as it is extremely dangerous. The user was to stand directly in front and feed logs into it with the cradle. I have checked the teeth for cracks and have not found any - but there are stories of them flying off like a bullet! It certainly is a conversation piece. It was also intended to be used horizontally to cut through "weed trees" close to the ground.

So Im not sure what to do now? I guess Im done for the winter. I really don't think I can fit anymore. However I still want another Blackhood and a couple RJ's. I think Im just going to have to get a storage unit and start putting them in there. This has really gotten out of control. I showed a co-worker this picture and she said " Oh AJ, you really have a problem".

Here are some of my "not so shiny" tractors.. But I love them because they are mine!! (left to right: 68 Lawn Ranger, 66 Lawn Ranger, 64 704, and 73 C-100)

1958 Wheel Horse RJ 1978 C-121 with tiller 1958 Wheel Horse RJ and snowplow in operation

nice addition there Scott. one day i would like to become a member of the Super C club, but right now i have a hard enough time juggling the number of full size tractors i have now. i now see why some members only collect rj and suburban size tractors. the bigger ones take up a lot of room.

Here is the video!

Good News. The surgeon just came out and reports all went well. It was a long 7 hour repair. Mike is in recovery now.

What's the big deal?.... see Nick's answer. That's it, in a nutshell, right there. If someone volunteers to share that information, it's up to them. It's SEVERELY IMPOLITE to ask. If you're sincerely curious and feel you must ask, at least have the decency to preface the question with, "may I ask...." and do it in a PM... not on the open forum.

The only problem that I see is that your garage isn't big enough yet!

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heres some

I submit for your amusement the infamous back-flipping Commando 8

'88 520-H & '83 C-175 2x '84 GT-1800

(Edit) Correction. the tractor shown here has the Sundstrand tranny linkage - tho the Eaton is virtually identical. (I had just finished work on an Eaton and didnt shift brain gears) This is yet another foot pedal mod, but its for a "C" which I haven't seen one for this linkage (might've missed one) Really was surprisingly simple. Used pieces laying around the shop, a mig welder and a gas welding rig (to heat and bend) and a fair bit of head scratching to figure the necessary bends...probably got 5-6 hrs in it. I think one thing that made it simpler was being able to utilize the already existing 3/4" pedal rod as a mount for the new one, and the fact that from there was a straight shot from the hand lever to where the pedal support was. Used a short piece of 3/4" id pipe as the pivoting starting point. Had a brake rod off a dead chassis and fed it through for a reference point and with a couple pieces of 3/16" steel strap I started experimental bends. Then had to figure how to attach the rod to the hand control - didnt want to do any welding here - so came up with a 'U' bolt gizmo to mount a piece of angle to it that would pin the new rod to the hand control without altering it any. Then had to make up a pedal and mount it so that the motion with the foot would feel comfortable and still move the lever through the range from fwd to rev -- this was really the part that had me a bit concerned, once it was welded/mounted would be a pain to re-do. Another piece of scrap 1/8" plate from my pile, making a slight bend in it, I started again with 'test' fittings. This is what I ended up with. Thats a piece of mud flap I found on the side of the road some 15yrs ago, I have used that stuff sooo many times! I really liked the way that turned out. The tractor is down at the moment awaiting back ordered hyd fittings (those dang leaky hyd hoses) one reason I decided was a good time to do experiments I had in my "rountoit" list. Not having a seat mounted, I fabbed up a temporary one to sit and try the 'feel' of my new foot pedal - well, with just sitting there it feels pretty dang good!! Anxious to get a ride on it for real...

you guys are funny asking if they are worthy!!!!! ALL of the tractors that everyone has posted is worthy of being in the Redsquare calendar. one reason why i want to do two different ones this year is so some of you guys with the older unrestored, workers, abandoned and rusty, barn dusty ones have just as much chance as the very nice restored ones. hey, i have a few shiny ones myself, but i will go down the garage and sit and stare at the original, surface rusted ones as well. i think they actually have more character!!!!! the deciding factor is going to be more about the creativity with the person behind the camera rather than the tractor itself being 'good enough'......

Here is one of my 1045, don't know if it's calendar worthy, but here goes:

it's all relative maybe in "normal" life you have a problem not here your still in the early stages

Thank you. I totally forgot about those pics until tonight while searching for the other pics... Found that one and a couple close ups. I hope everyone has or can share a experience like that with someone you're close to. A parent or grandparent... Even a child... The memories will last a lifetime long after those people might be gone...

Thought I would post some recent photos. I am starting to run out of parts now and I think that is a good thing. Still thinking about rewiring everything. Anyone have any ideas on how to do that so it would look close as possible to original? Just finished painting the seat pan and I think that should just about finish the painting. I need to order some new knobs and such as well as new decals. Trying to spread out the purchases to keep my wife happy. She hasn't asked how much this has cost so far. I'm not really sure myself, probably don't want to know.

A couple more with "not shiny pics" ! 1958 Wheel Horse with Brinly Aerator in tow 1978 C-121 and Tiller

If you re-organize my garage, I will take you out on mine! Promise. Oh and whats in our tumblers is top secret! you have to be there to join in!

I'm liking the way you're thinking. Period correct with the setting as interesting as the machine.

The vectoring chute has been designed...waiting for parts. The hot air intake has been discussed as well, not only for ice melting but as a jet dryer as well. Don't know if we will go with the heat right now, but you know how it goes: "necessity is the mother of invention". If the winter gets wicked...its ON! Credit has to go to fourwheels0 for the insanity.

I'd say it looks tougher this week but then again, it's always tough for me. Iowa, Penn State, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State I'm digging this weeks menu!

What? That ain't nothin' AJ... I see lot's of room in there. C'mon...fill it up.

Hey Bob, misery loves company. I'll have one of them hot dogs warmed up for ya. I don't know what's worse Bob, just picking the games wrong like me, or having a team that you can't pick right no matter what you pick? Michigan has stung you all season when you picked em to win and again the one time you picked em to lose.

I've only got this one at the moment will try to take more soon.

That's a great find, and getting the firewood cutting tilt frame is a real bonus. You just don't see that very often. It's quite amazing what modern technology has taken us too. Maybe if we had a little less safety regs, the younger generation would have a greater respect for their tools! That old saw definitely wouldn't do this!

Ok. It is out! I drilled three holes down into the key, shot some PB down in there, and when I tapped on it (with a four pound sledge) from the wheel end it bent up and out of the keyway. It took everything I had yesterday (about an hour and a half), so I will work on the seals later this week.

The folks here are outstanding and my girls Maude, Maggie and Millie (below) love too!!

I really wanna see the cable block setup... that would be some serious force!

When I bought this Horse the charging system didn't work. The original system was set up for the B&S single diode alternator output and magneto kill solenoid. Nothing was attached to the stator wires on the Kohler nor was any wiring connected to the ammeter. What wiring there was was a rats nest. A new rectifier/regulator, some wiring, a little loom work and everything cleaned right up and works just like it's supposed to. Oh and I had to add a main fuse and holder that were absent.

Here's some pics! They aren't beautiful or super high quality, but I feel that they are cool pictures that may be useable! Here's my tractors in the "as found" state. Nothing really is changed about them in these pictures. The following pictures, I just really like! Thanks for the opportunity to possibly be in the calendar! I saw this years and really liked it! I will def. order this years!

in order 1955 rj35 cable steer, 1963 753,1963 603(x2),1961 701,1968 500 Special,1961 551 original condition thank you for doing the calendar

I've been here for 5 years now , I visit at least 5 or 6 times a day to catch up on all the latest updates , this year I traveled from UK to the big show & met some wonderful people that made me really welcome . this is a great place & I would be lost without it.

I am also very greatful for the help and knowledge I get from the members here!

I just retired my Fred G. Sanford Memorial trailer mainly because I had to use ramps. I would be in a hurry to go pick up a good deal before somebody else got it and almost left home twice without them. Plus I wanted 15 " tires. It was my first step in staying for the whole show next year. I needed a 75 MPH trailer for the trip. I got one with a ramp gate. Will be adding a new floor next year! The Fred G and the "Mr. Haney " Special