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I thought I would share another reason why I love having a wheel horse around. I had to get the kids to the baby sitters and then go to work everyone had left the house already its about 25° outside and my truck wouldn't start the old commando 8 started right up and was able to jump start my truck I would of been screwed

Well I was digging through my camera and found this photo. It was about 3 weeks ago, we went to a friends field and just had fun with single bottom plows. 5 hours later about 30ft wide and the run was about 1/4 mile, the plow goes from the tree line to a little past where I took the pic. Here is my dad (SHYNON) on his 1045 clone finishing up the day here is a closer pic, quality no so good just thought id share now that there is about 2 in of white on the ground

See... it paid to buy American.

Well, I finally got started on my project tractor (I have a name picked out but for now we'll just call it CLASSIFIED). I started with a L-155 lawn ranger frame and an 8 speed rear end. The transaxle was split, cleaned, I replaced one outer axle bearing and have new seals that will get installed before final assembly. Because this tractor is being fabricated with parts I had laying around, I thought It best to blast and prime parts before assembly, to keep things clean, then I will tear down, paint and reassemble. So here it is the start: I then took a hood stand/tunnel from a 1257 and decided to modify it so I can install a toolbox , Here is where the cutting begins of course I needed to shorten it Then to make the profile meet the toolbox Then I took the triangle pieces I cut off of the tunnel and welded them into the inside so I can achieve a factory look. and added the tab across the back of the tower so I can tie the tool box to the tower . of course I modified a stock gas tank dash to mount on top of the tower but I forgot to take pictures of that process so I will just take pics of It mounted when I am update my post. I have done some blasting of other parts to get things ready for the next stage, I will be working on the steering setup, I need to shorten a long frame fan gear to fit this short frame. along with moving the steering block back a couple inches. as you can see in the pictures I have moved the tower back further than the stock location, this of course will be to shoe-horn in a 14hp kohler that I will rebuild. I will be using a c- series axle, but I am on the hunt for a swept axle, unfortunately all are expensive, and I am wanting one cheap.

One more

Well I seen this wheel horse from the road way back up by this guy's house. I tried the old envelope trick in the mailbox Friday I got surprise call from the guy who own it. He didn't know what model it was neither did I thought it was a classic 310 from a distance. It ended up being a 1989 wheel horse HC with a 60inch deck. Under 300 hours if the odometer if is working right. I had the poker face on a got a great deal on it! Stole it for the price I got it for!! I try to deal with him more on the John Deere 410 trying to show him more interest in that tractor lol. But at the end I wanted the 520HC. The tractor would stay out all winter but now it has a barn...520hc are rare around here....

Yep, I see the issue already. Does that grill badge say Nissan? Rob

Aw nuts...

Maryland, Penn State, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue OK, since I fired my analysts I was pretty much on my own this week so here’s my reasoning for my picks. Quite simply, Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Nebraska should win their games this week. That’s not logical this year but what is this year? Penn State is about a touchdown favorite. Purdue because it’s a home game and the Wildcats probably won’t be sobered up yet after their celebration. Michigan and Maryland was a tough one so I consulted Jeff Jeffers. He said Maryland all the way. During our conversation he also mentioned (with a shaky voice) some lunatic in a Michigan t-shirt is standing in the middle of US 31 at the state line screaming “A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do†at any vehicle that didn’t have a Wolverine decal. Ready for some company Jim?

A little clearer pic...

It's sitting at Danbury Spring now. Their estimate to fix it made me drop it off right then, should be fixed by 2:30 today, no way could I have do it this quickly so it's better off I did this. Thanks for talking me off the cliff and for the record, it's not likely that a GMC / Chevy would be parked in the driveway... Now a Ram 3500 with a cummins, now we can talk!

Rough year huh Duke? You've gone from doin the Hokey Jokey.. To doin the Wildcat Watusi.. Well, I guess even Captain Morgan jumped ship a time or two.

nope heres the first REAL snow pics from this morning!!

Omg.. i almost forgot to put in some pict.. but here you have a few.. not the best but had to give it a try.. first a few of the Burban 551 And a pict of my 73 auto 12 (well i was a bit unlucky but it gave me a good pict) and pict of almost all Lars

I sometimes use this 854 when working at one of the cemeteries that I take care of.

4" of snow this morning and it was time to clear the driveway. 2 passes and then POW! Dead as a door nail right in the middle of the road at 6:00! Got the wife up and she steered while I drove the C-101 pulling the C-161 Auto to the garage. Pulled the spark plug and no compression, at this point I thought it had a broken rod. Pulled the head and here is what I found! I bought the tractor last year and have had no problems with it what so ever and where that nut came from I have no idea but it's been in there for a long time as you can see from the next pic. No dings or dents in the piston tells me it's been rattling around under the intake valve for a very long time. Cleaned the carbon, new head gasket and back to plowing snow by 9AM.

So... I was able to actually try out the lift today to make sure that it works well. I had to extend the length as the front tires were hitting on the lift at half way up. It works really nice and I was able to get the 59 in it's correct place on the shelf. They are now lined up by "age" .... (top shelf only) lol

A couple of years ago I picked up a 1947 John Deere G project tractor for a great deal. I have been slowly tinkering with it, fixing it up, and using it ever since. I realize its the wrong make and color for a lot of you guys here, but I like all kinds of old tractors and machines, so don't hate me too much for that. My dad and I still farm with a lot of old equipment from the 50's and 60's. Here is a picture of the state the tractor was in when I bought it, it had been sitting for 15+ years, and here is picture of what it looks like now for the most part. It's a slow project, but it runs great now and its been a lot of fun slowly bringing it back, straightening sheet metal and wrenching on it. I plan on eventually going through the engine and building it up for higher compression and cleaning everything up and painting it.

Well not sure how yours got in there. But when I was fooling with my 416 onan to figure out the smoke issue, I took the air cleaner screws that hold it to the carb off and laid them in the air cleaner. While pulling the air box off the breather hose, I was pulling and pulling and bam! It popped off and one of the screws rolled right to the carb hole cut out and disappeared with the sound almost like throwing a penny down a well. I looked everywhere that day for that screw hoping that little bugger didn't go down the throat of the beast. I had to change the ignition module so I figured it was my last chance to find it before pulling the intake. Mind you, I already went down the carb with a magnet coming up empty handed. So a month or so later, I changed the ignition module and found out the smoke was from the wrong fuel the PO had dumped in.... Still lingering in the back of my mind was that darn screw that I never did find under the tins. So in I went. I pulled everything off the top of the motor. Last thing to take off was the intake. As I pulled the intake off, there sat the bolt in the Number 2 cylinder intake valve chamber laughing at me. I had only ran the motor for a total of 15 minutes maybe and the screw threads towards the end had already been polished off. I spent the time, cost of gaskets and breaking an exhaust shield bolt off in the head. Which involved drilling , carefully tapping into the aluminum head to get that fixed. :*****: ALL FOR AN AIR CLEANER BOLT!!! :*****: . Learned a good lesson that day.... Always close the choke when working on Onan or stuff a paper towel of sorts in the hole. And put things where they belong. Don't use the air cleaner as a tray for parts! Things I already know but you get in a hurry and the mistakes surface there ugly little faces. OH WELL! Ranting over lol Kyle

Moved her out of the weather....Awwww...the 701 has a new buddy!:-P

Always good to see them working.

Glad you got it fixed quick Karl. Sometimes spending a few bucks and have someone else do it is the way to go.

first one

I was part of the New England Caravan on its way to the BIG SHOW this past June. I did comment on how effortlessly Karl's Ford pulled his 13,000 pound fifth wheel camper up the big hills once you hit PA. on I-84. My custom van has a pretty strong 350 in it and all I was towing was a few thousand pounds, Karl could walk by me anytime he wanted to with 13,000 in tow. I had always thought the 6.0 Ford diesel's were dog's but I had never seen one in action. Pretty impressive.. Brrly, that is one hell of a Pimpin Cowboy Cadillac you got there! I saw it in person and it is sweet.

Shawn - great poker face!I kinda like the Deere more poker face game! I can see it now, well that Deere is gonna cost ya! Yeah, but I really like it. Are you sure you don't want this Wheel Horse over here? Not really, kinda like the Green one! Well, I'll make you a great deal on the Wheel Horse. Poker face Shawn keeps an eye on the Green one, while all along, his goal is to get the red one! Rob

Yeah thats for sure! But Yer Coach Knows whats comming and I guess thats why he Dropped us from the Schedual! Yeah give Jeff A Tweet, Last time he met me I Think aroud 1997 1998 back at B&L Inn In Niles (Place has since closed Tore Down and is an Advance Auto Store) as I recall he was heading for the door at Quite a Rapid Rate! I Guess he didnt like what I had to say. GO FIGURE! Anyways this is some funny stuff right here.

Hey AJ, no backup here?? Oh well. It seems to me the only border the Irish need to be concerned about is the Illinois border to the west. They haven't seen anything across the north border that has concerned them this year I need to send Jeff a tweet.

RMCIII I have picked the team that I thought was going to loose in a Northwestern game this year and that didnt work. I have done all I know to do to get one of there games right. Im not sure without going thru 25 pages but I think I have gotten them all wrong. I am happy that they won this last game as I am a B10 fan and not much of a N.D. fan. Steve I think you might have something with the Purdue game. But as always GO BUCKEYES

Finally got the snow crew ready, and even got to try it out a little.

46,000 and hasn't missed a beat. Only thing I've been to the shop for is an oil change. Sorry boys, hate to bum you out. Craig, anybody can get a shot of a truck being towed yuc,yuc! I bet that was real hard to find. I'm sure I can posts all kinds of gmc,chevies, or dodges and tow trucks. Or even better I can post all kinds of pictures of Fords pulling chevies apart or vice a versa. Doesn't matter you like gmc's, Geno a chevy nut and I'm sure there's a dozen dodge owners that'll say my truck better than yours each has there own preference. Mike's is toyota. If anybody remembers someone (Ken B I believe) said something about Karl's truck pulling back thru the hills of New York or somewhere like that and said that they watched Karl work the hills and it was like No tomorrow as he pulled that truck and trailer thru the hills without very little effort. To me that's all Ford power. Personally myself I'm excited to see the New aluminum body when the New F-150 hit the street. In 2016 they are supposedly suppose to tranform the Super duty into aluminum and I'm most definitely interested in that!!! Sorry Pro Ford here guys, always have been, always will be. Let's get back to original post. Karl I'm hoping fo a repair bill of less than $750 Good luck Let us Know

Going to give my 1966 12H.P. Hydro a whirl this winter, I still have to put the weights & Chains on..........

I worked on cars for 20 years for a living and I don't even change my own oil anymore. That shows you how much I enjoyed my old profession!👎

Picked this one up yesterday for a price I couldnt resist. I already own a MacKissic Mighty-Mac that I absolutely love, so I doubt that this one will ever replace that, but this one does share some similarities to the Mighty-Mac. Built 2 miles from my home, I havent (yet) been able to determine a manufacture date, but the motor (which appears to be the original) is 1967. Reasonably good condition and unmolested. Even the fuel lines on the engine have factory paint on them. My plan is to just lube her up, give the engine a little tickle up, and try her out against the MacKissic. Looks like I have thrown myself back into Tecumseh hell for a bit. Need to get this old POS to start in less than 20 pulls...

Never thought I would see the day. Well.......he does have to sleep. Glenn

Lookin mighty fine.

one good thing about hf they give those metal magnetic pan holder away for free. i didn't think i would like or use them years ago till i drop a bolt down the carb of an onan and got tired of looking for all of the bolts that fall off the tractor when you start it up lol eric j

Some of you know I've been in the market to replace my 1996, 314-H, blower and cab with a "new" tractor. Nothing wrong with the 314. I just needed something that was easier to get in and out of and that would last for the next 20-30 years. I wanted a tractor similar to the 314-H with hydro Trans and lift, at least a single stage 40+" blower and snow cab and lots of power. I narrowed the field to the John Deere X300 and X500 series. The 500 series has a locking transaxle. After researching the different models I decided on either the X530 or X540. The difference between the 530 and 540 was water cooled and tilt steering. After looking at new and a couple of used models I decided that if I was going to spend this kind of money on the last "new" tractor I intend to have I might as well get a new one. I decided on the John Deere X530, 24hp, air cooled, hydrostatic Trans, power steering, HDAP rear tires, 54" deck, 47" two stage snowblower with a 4 year warranty. I added suitcase weights and an Original Tractor Cab, snow cab. Coming soon are a pair of LED lights that were on my Polaris. Here are the obligatory pictures. Here's the cab. I love this cab. It's even sturdier than the cub cab that was on my 314.

Nice find!

I've had a couple blowers with Tecumseh's and they were finicky. It was time for a "new" blower when I stumbled across a 1978 Gilson about 4 years ago that came from the factory with an 8hp Briggs. Its got plenty of power and has run good for 4 years. I always fully drain it of all gas every spring. I'm happy with it! Mike.........

You have got to be kidding me..... Hey I get a great idea.... Let's see who can pick the team that will lose, then maybe, just maybe it will provide some positive momentum for the teams we actually want to win if we pick them to lose! Kind of even confused myself. Come on, ND losing to Northwestern.. Yes, I know they were picked by 2 individuals, but come on! Change channel I do believe Nebraska and Wisconsin may very well be in for a fight they may not be ready for..... Minnesota sure gave OSU a run for their money....... I am sure they will do the same for their last 2 games..... I think whoever is playing Minnesota will be a tough pick the next 2 weeks... Rob

Just turned 160,000 on the Tundra. Time for an oil change.

Mrs Funengineer shoveled part of the drive yesterday for a little cardio workout. Here's a short video of me cleaning up. Just imagine it's red[emoji12] http://youtu.be/ii3t0p2SqDE Sent from my tractor seat.

Thanks Russ hope you feel better soon. The only thing you need to do is come here and sit by the wood stove and have a nice enjoyable drink with me once this thing is done With that said we are closer to getting to that point. Cousins Timbo and Toddbo are coming over in the am to run the power down to the barn. I need a little over 300 ft of wire to get there !! I was able to work with the barn guy to help install the front door and the framing that holds the shed roof over the door. We also got one of the benches built. They are a little taller than I would have liked them to be however it was by choice because I have some very nice roll out draws that will be painted WH Red and then installed under the bench. The clearance we needed was 39". Tomorrow he will be back to install the second bench on the opposite end. It really is coming together nice for sure. Anyone who may want to stop by tomorrow and check it out we will be here.

Of all the pics you could have used, you picked the Shaman?

I'm not ready for it, but I'm prepared!

You know what...I am going to go one step farther. You have been retired "cents" (squonk talk) you started working for the county...give me a break. The only difference is...wait for it...there is no difference. You are just done practicing after 25 years. You should be a professional by now!!!

i recently bought this cart from mike (ol550) and he was kind enough to deliver it to the charlotte show earlier this month........ yesterday i figured it was time to get it looking a little better. knock out a few dents and the top on one side needed a little massage to get straight and looking ok. i took it into work and painted it today. cart and frame in case red powder, wheels in terex white powder.... ( same colors i use for my tractors)... i got some tires ( carlisle wheelbarrow) tubes and found a 60s pto knob that fit the thread of the lever..... heres some pics of it before and after.. the first pics are what mike sent me before i bought it. they are the only ones i have of it complete..... from the weight caution decal (black- same as the caution decal on my 42sd deck that came on the c125) im guessing its 1980s..... and with a good coat of red....... it will probably get used behind my c125 most of the time. but the 1057 was easier to hood it to for a pic......

I'm sorry guys been tided up putting down a hardwood floor in my living room and starting a 48" mower deck resto. BUT heres the finished product. I'll post better pics in the yard later.

here is some more progress. But there is still a ton of odds and ends to finsh up. And here is a tiller I picked up today, will have to redo this too.