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Here's a cool 1930's Ford Doodlebug tractor that I am getting this Sunday! It has a lot of potential for sure. I won't change it a lot but just try to get it operational. I was going to buy this before I got sick earlier in the year but couldn't go get it afterwards. Now that I am getting back to normal I called the old timer to see if he still had it. He said he still has it and was wondering if I still wanted it. We made the deal for the 2nd time and now I can go get it asap! It looks to be a 1930's Ford Model TT 1 and a 1/2 ton truck frame, motor and 4 speed trans. Should be a cool project. Check out the cool distributor among other cool stuff! The owner has a set of front tires, metal seat and a steering wheel too. He also has a rear end for it too but wants another $100 for it. I told him I didn't want the rearend.

Today I picked up my first. A 416-8 with a kohler magnum. Got a deck and plow with it. Couldn't get my old JD 111 out of the garage fast enough. Now I can actually say I have a real tractor.

Getting the '90 520-8 up 'n runnin' was and is a joy. Heard some poor stuff 'bout the Onan but, all is fine now. Every time I took the Stallion out to work 'n play, my heart skipped, beat fast, and my anxiety grew to unbelievable levels. Hurt. Too bad I had to ride the Horse with my eyes open. Geeze was I T'd off! I fixed the poor Stallion with Mr. Pettit's wonderful expert assistance. Was like heavens opened and the sun shined on the old '90 520-8, a new life! Glen's medicine is better for me and like a seasoned vet the Horse can now breathe relief while crusin' the property. Thanks Mr. Pettit! I'm goin' to look around your Horse Pharmacy!

just got this to replace my gt 1142. the gt has served me very very well for the last two years but i wanted to upgrade. so ive been looking for awhile and came across this one only about 20 minutes away! so i went ahead and got her. now it didnt come with any attachments but i am going to use the deck off the gt. also, i put my plow, chains and weights on it for this winter. i think it will do very well and hopefully earn its keep. now my future plans are to get new front tires for it, a 48 inch mower deck and maybe some paint and new seat. ive already fallen in love with this thing. just hope it can be as good if not better than the gt. anybody that has a mower deck for sale, please let me know. id like to find one soon so i can have it all ready for this spring. let me now what ya'll think!

Painted the black on the hood and installed the new bezels today and LED tail lights along with the slot hitch provided by Ken, kiotiken. Before After And the hitch... Thanks Ken!!!

Mini project to upgrade the taillights Led lights 12$ Solid State flasher unit 7$ Flashes at turn signal rate

Here ya go...

I'm putting the cart before the horse on this one but I wanted to thank forum member COD (Steve) for loaning me a defective WH418a indicator pcb to develop a repair test fixture. Steve, I will post the full "story" behind the repair but I wanted to let you know how your contribution will make it possible to effectively and economically repair and upgrade indicator boards for WH 300 and 400 series tractors . Many more secrets have been given up as to how the indicator board functions and what the various failure modes are for the individual components on the board. I was able to make modifications to the circuitry to VASTLY increase the reliability of the board assembly. I'm sure the test jig will evolve as I investigate any wiring changes need to accommodate the 300 series tractors. Right now wires are everywhere!

Posted Today, 02:42 PM If you've seen a tractor ad in the past few years, this Kubota ad does a great job of lampooning the typical tractor commercials you're used to seeing. Definitely thought it was pretty funny and well done: Taken from a post on GTTalk: Lots of other Tractor commercials to view there on YouTube

You did real good on that deal!!

Only drove it around the parking lot but yes, it was very comfortable. Adjustable seat and tilt wheel. I will say, the power steering is nice! Very smooth. Idle is set a little high but I am going to change fuel filter/air filter/engine oil next week and then see if I can adjust it down a notch. From what I have read this seems to be the same Daihatsu that is in the Simplicity as a 24hp. Maybe just a injector pump tweak? We'll see. If that is all it is I may have to adjust it. If there is more to it I am not doing anything. I want to keep the reliability where it belongs. Oh, and speaking of Simplicity, I have a Simplicity and am on the Simplicity user forum as well. I know I am repeating myself but this forum is by far the best out of any user forum I have seen or been a member of. Don't get me wrong, there are great guys on that site, too but the way this site is set up and how everything just flows. Hands down #1.

Looks nice Tank, Glen does some awesome work.

Luvin the progress. And A+ on top. Glenn

Looking good Major! When you gonna decal her up?

Haven't had a chance to take pics yet. Here are some pics previous owner sent me prior to purchase. It definitely needs some cleaning up. A new seat/cover, a front bumper cover, a good compounding and some new decals. I plan on changing the oil, coolant, hydro fluid/filter, spark plugs , filters, etc...All the tires look recent. Power steering works great. No obvious leaks. Valve cover either needs to be snugged-down or gasket replaced. Deck has new center spindle shaft and bearings. Originally came with a power-flow bagger but the previous owner did not get it from PO before him. At least the sheave is still there. Hours are around 740. I forgot the actual number. It came with the grader blade, deck, and weights. One weight is cracked pretty good. Looking for a replacement. As well as a set of 2 link chains. I'd love to find a set of rubber chains if anyone has a set going unused.

But I CAN catch that guy and tell him what he did wrong!

Congrats on the new tractor Justin!

This boats is not much for fishin but I am also on the water most of the time in the summer...

This is the best picture I have of my boat. Its a 2014 Ranger RT178 with a 4 stroke 60HP Mercury.

what part of harrisburg are you from i'll send you a pm i work near harrisburg maybe we can see if our schedules can match up and i'll see if i can help you out. i know there's people out there that are better at helping than me but i'll see if i can help you out eric j

Love my 1045 picked this up at the "Big Show" last year

You know? Every motor is like a woman, you have to know just the right touch to get them fired up.

My C-85 was suffering from not getting traction in the back, so I made a rear weight box for it. As a result the front end of my tractor was getting light. My little engine (although very powerful) didn't counteract all the weight I had in the back very well, so I made a front weight carrier (bottom photo), put on front wheel weights (which were yellow, but I fixed that), and snow hog tires and it steers pretty good now and has great traction. If I had known about the wrapping the roller chain around the tires idea though, I think I would have gone with that option, instead of buying the snow tires. This what I've done to mine to make it work better, good luck with yours!

If you're bored this winter it would be a good short term project to turn your shop into a shop, if you haven't already. If anyone here has turned something into equipment I'd love to see it. The big grinder no has a little brother. This one had quit and we wanted an 8" so we got one of those. Seems all that was wrong with the 6" one was the switch so we ordered another one for it and got it going again. We'll use the 8 for grinding and the 6 for cleaning. Of course they had to match... Here is big brother in case you didn't see it in the other thread -

Operators Manual and Parts List:

Wow! What a deal you got on that one, nice

That's for sure.

Well look what walked my way today......

thank you! oh, and i paid 250 for it!

That one is a beauty, also my fav tractor!

Thanks Geno funny you should ask about decals. They are sitting out in the garage waiting for me to put them on. With Terry's Holiday Sale going on I couldn't put off getting them. I'll try to get them put on this weekend if the weather turns out as nice as predicted.

That little fellow looks pretty darn good Jake! :-)

Worked a little more on the C85 Diesel today. Mounted the seat pan, seat and hitch. We put on a single bottom plow and could not resist trying her out! The ground we were in was pretty soft, not much of a challenge. We do need to make a few plow adjustments. Hope to have a vid later.

Dang, John..I am just outside of Bel Air, MD and gas is 2.59/gal and diesel is 2.99/gal...lucky to have it go down but they are still making billions off of us each year...scumbags! I feel sorry for people who are self-employed and have to drive diesel trucks/equipment all day...It's really hard on the operator-owned guys.

Hi Turtle and You can now actually say you have a real tractor. Welcome to the club.

How lucky do you feel?

Have any pictures

Nice tractor, one day maybe as I'm playing on the 520xi for now. Diesel getting cheaper and I'm loving that. Good luck with the New toy!!!

Good to hear about your acquisition of a 523Dxi. I'm down around Rockville/Olney. I haven't found any quirks with mine other than it is tight under the dash to work on compared to the Kohler engine models, especially with the snow cab installed. Have you figured out the year for it? There were some changes made after the first year (1998) which can apply to the '98s. Also some engine maintenance depending on the number of hours. I have also found a larger oil filter with more media in place of the small OEM filter. Feel free to PM me for more details. Having three of the 5xi model, I find them to be very capable machines.

Ok Brian and Dan. I've slept on it and regarding the welded on gear. I'm guessing now, but the gear wouldn't be welded on from the get go because you can't change the bearing. In a pass car or light truck with torque tube drive ( this trans) the o/p shaft is -6 splined and mates with a u-joint The joint slips on the spline, and a bolt and heavy washer and screw into the female thread in the end of the main shaft. This preloads the bearing inner race against the shoulder on the shaft and prevents fore and aft movement On our app the u joint is removed and a gear is installed in the secondary reduction box. This gear is pretty small and to mount to the main shaft directly from ford would have to have the -6 spline This I'm sure made it week as the root of the gear tooth and top corner of the spline would be a very thin area with two close corners. I bet MANY cracked from shock loads and the farmer fix was to get a replacement standard plain bore gear with a round bore. I sell gears and to get a splined gear like that is not cheap nor available as standard Easiest way to install that is to bore to spline OD and weld it on. Yes WH could have done this too but to make something that unserviceable at that time ... I'm contemplating rebuilding mine still because it's clean and the bearings feel fine. I may though so we should all come up with a plan to rectify this issue Maybe turning down the main shaft spline to round the gear thickness and milling a keyway. Then using a standard gear with key and re-using the bolt/ washer? Need to check depth in under drive box first This would weaken the main shaft, but the gear will be stronger Getting a splined gear is doable but expensive. We could buy 5 to make them cheaper. how many Sr. We got out there?

Show them this. http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx/Engine-Oil-Seal-Kohler/_/R-SMEX5831S_0006432306

Nice find Lars. Must be catching, another Wheel Horse friend of mine recently bought an Ariens.

Tried to only use rear weights on my horse but didnt work!!

Good news .....I loaded Mike and his wheelchair and took him in for his 4 week check up today and he came out on crutches. Getting out of the wheelchair was a big step. The surgeon did some strength tests on his dislocated right shoulder and the broken ribs on the left side an gave him the OK to use the crutches. The left leg is healing, but is probably 4-6 months from being able to bear any weight. The surgeon says this was the worse knee fracture that he ever attempted to repair. Caution....do not read any further if you do not want details of the accident. When Mike slid off the roof, feet first, he grabbed the spouting with his right hand dislocating his shoulder. This action swung him vertical and caused him to land on his locked right leg instead of his head or back. His left leg missed the wall and the full force of his 220 lbs falling 20' was taken on his right leg. The stronger upper leg bone (femur) was driven down thru the lower leg bone (tibia) about 4" splintering it into 6 major pieces and dozens of small fragments. The fibula was also broken one place. These 6 major pieces of the upper tibia have been screwed back together and surrounded by a metal band that also has a vertical bar attached to the good part of the lower tibia. We thank God that Mike landed on his feet and did not suffer a fatal or paralyzing injury. We are thankful for the surgeons that did an amazing job of reconstructing the knee. We thank you, and all those that offered good wishes and prayers.

Many of us on this forum probably think Brian was really lucky to have obtained this tractor. I,however disagree. I think this tractor was really lucky to have found Brian!

Okay, let's give this a try. I will try to pick up the ball and get something going here. This is the best picture that I have. I have numbered everyone that has their face showing. Please help by letting me know who belongs to what number. I will start out with those I know. Click to enlarge the picture. 1. Vinylguy, (Terry); 1a. Nylyon (Karl); 2a. Buzz; 3a. Wheel Horse Story (Mike Martino); 2. Karl Lyon's son; 3. Karl Lyon's daughter; 4. BPJunk, (Wild Bill); 5. rmaynard, (Bob Maynard); 6. Jake Kuhn; 7. 51chevy (Chris Ulmer); 8. Jake's dad (Doug Kuhn); 9. Taycotrains; 10. ??; 11. Aldon; 11A. Hidden - OCTFST (Derek) is hidden behind #11.; 12. Big-Game (Ron Greco); 13. Squonk, (Mike Chase); 14. kthack657 (Karen); 15. Jimt1971 (Jim); 16. Butch; 17. ??; 18. bobert94; 19. jay in nc (Jay); 20. Neil; 21. Wheel-n-it (Van); 22. Travlindave (Dave Ralph); 23. AMC RULES (Craig); 24. cruisnblue48 (Dave Trump); 25. Suburban550 (Ray); 26. ??; 27. Docwheelhorse (Tony); 28. ??; 29. Twin54 (Mark); 30. Sparky (Mike Nelson); 31. Stratostar250 (Tom); 32. ??; 33. 55rj35jr (Mike Wall); 34. ??; 35. 857 Horse (Howard); 36. MJ (Mary Jane Davis); 37. Horsefixer (Bob "Duke" Davis); 38. Funengineer (Dave Burley); 39. Darren's son Bobby; 40. Darrenw85 (Darren); 41. Varosd (Don Varos); 42. Wallfish (John); 43. Zeek; 44. Lane Ranger - (Lane Ralph); 45. Ken B's son Cole; 46. rwilson (Rich); 47. ??; 48. woodchuckfarmer (Wayne); 49. clintonnut (Charlie); 50. Stevebo (Steve); 51. racinfool40 (Mike); 52. Larry Dexter; 53. buckrancher (Brian); 54. rj35hunter (Clay Brooks); 55. Scott's son Zach; 56. whfan74 (Scott); 57. Stevasaurus (Steve); 58. Tiffany Brooks These guys got there on time, but were left out of the group shot. I promised them i would get them in somehow.

Here is a pic of my little '89 212-H w/Plow and Chains