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Spending time with my little man plowing snow on the C-105. We got 7" in Cartersville, Va.

While surfing the usual ebay I came across this sign and was the first to bid on it. I felt that I stepped up on the max bid of $310 (opening bid and reserve was $295). I was on my cell phone with less than 1 min left I was outbid and when I went to increase my max bid to $325 on the phone I made a mistake and increased it to $325,000.00 !!!!! My service was very slow and I was unable to change it. The other bidder went up to $350 so I got it for $351. That could have been a disaster for sure !!!! I am not sure if I was bidding against anyone here if so sorry. It will make a great addition to my barn.

I know you folks up north are sick of the stuff, but here in central Virginia we are always the bridesmaid, never the bride, or put more accurately, we're always cold rain or sleet while people 70 miles north or south of us get the fun. I guess I'm not the only one in these parts doing a victory dance! Anyway, I figure we got somewhere between 8 and 10 inches. I plowed once during the night while it was snowing, and then again this morning when I shot this video. I used a GoPro mounted on the tractor and a Garmin Virb on a tripod. Nothing earth-shattering, just happy to be able to push something!

I solved that problem by shooting it 40 feet with a blower

It's been a long winter here WITHOUT SNOW! I'm thankful we have not had anything like what is going on in the NE, but some light snow every now and is fun! The frozen percipitation was about 1/2" of snow, covered with about 1 inch of sleet. Raleigh was not far enough north to get snow, but not far enough south to get freezing rain. Anyways, here are the pictures. Before: After: Glamour shots: Spent a few hours trying to get the 876 started before throwing in the towel and getting out the 314-8. Couldn't figure out the problem. It would fire after sitting, but never start up. I have spark, but I think the float is sticking which dumps gas into the engine. When I remove the plug, it is soaking wet. I will rebuild the carb with a new kit, and see if that helps. My drive to work this morning:

http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx264/kc9kas/Snow%20Plowing/th_20150216_160823_zps6bpv4sln.mp4

Here's one for the Dino.

Blue one most likely a 953 and might be worth dealing on. Personally I would leave the 800 Special where it is.

Nice pics! Looks like a fun day for all. I used my C-101 to clear my drive yesterday (and my neighbors) in Chesterfield, VA. We had about 8"-9".

Here's my guys.

Dang it! I missed that one the picture is so small, I thought was for a Wheel Horse Matchbook! I was prepared to go to $325,000.01!

Very nice videography and editing. The B-80 does a great job, but this video is really a neighborhood 16, 18, 20hp box store mower smackdown. I love it!

Steve, now that you said that. I BET someone posts a lawn mowing video. Lol Glenn

Here's our little babies. 3 year old Kahlua, a Yorkie and Baylee, a Shih Tzu/Pekingese-Dachshund/Chihuahua mix. She's 14 months old now and has developed a cherry eye so she's scheduled for surgery.

Nice pair of Horses.I'm giving away free snow here in upstate NY if you're interested in a little more.No delivery.You'll have to pick it up.

Excellent video...something about plowing snow...I don't think I would ever watch a video of someone mowing their lawn.

Well living in Boston this year we have had a lot of snow just to say the least. About 8 feet in the past 4 weeks and the horses are getting a work out and finding all the weaknesses. I'm out of commission for the snow but the wife, daughter and her boyfriend are keeping up with it. Problems in had this winter are a blown engine in the 72 raider 14 with snow blower attached and smoked bearings on the drive idler and snapped belt on the 312-8. 72 will be down until I can get around again so repaired the 312 and removed front blade from that and installed blower. Just a couple of picks.

It's the first time this winter that we finally got a decent amount of snow to try the 523Dxi. I had been predicted that our area was to be in the 4" -8" band. It ended up to be about 4" or a fraction more. It was nice, fluffy stuff due to the cold. I was out for almost two hours doing mine and five neighbors driveways. I'm happy with the tractor and cab but due to the design, I don't get the heat like the classic Wheel Horse. The airflow is moving forward for cooling on the 5xi series. With the fan drawing the air from the cab cooling the radiator for the diesel, there is quite a bit of air passing through the cab. On the 5xi cab there are actually two vent instead of windows on the rear to draw air from the outside. One advantage though is I don't have to deal with fogging the windshield! I have ideas for next winter on how to reroute the airflow. The single stage snowthrower is everything everybody says it is. A useful piece of information by JerseryHawg/Glenn though. He found out from a dealer that the torque produced by the engines used in the 5xi can tear the single stage apart. This is especially possible with the diesel so I am going to install a tach. I have actually been using a 1/3 throttle setting wihich seems to be the right amount for today. The diesel has been sipping fuel I am glad to report. With four hours of use, it has used approximately 2-1/2 gallons. My Kohlers go through a tank (4.5 gallons of Premium) in the same amount of time! Today's setup. Starting down my one neighbor's long driveway Why you need a cab. A nice plume. On the return. Looks like a toy against the trees A job well done! My Wheel Horse "Gate Guard"

Wheel horse d250 snow plowing: Wheel horse d250 snow plowing pt.2: The d250 is a beast plowing snow. I took it easy on her. Kept it in 1st gear and about half throttle. And boy lemme tell you it just laughed at the snow. I knocked almost 2 hours off my time by using this machine than my snowblower that i normally would have used.

I've got one with a half foot of stainless bolted to the top of it here.

rocky scares me lol

Neighbors used to laugh when they saw my 8 hp Horse plow gardens and snow too! That was 40+ years ago! The Horse is still workin' today!

It's a fam-uh-lee tradition...oyster stuffing at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and oyster pie on Valentines Day. Always brings em home.

This big boy stopped by for a snack last spring, didn't damage the feeder, just stood there eating. Living on the side of a mountain you tend to have a few visitors come by, just happened to have a camera ready this time.

We got 2" of the fluff this AM. All the excuse I needed to take a ride in the 520s warm cab.

Here's pictures of the pond,dogs,Mali lizard and pet whale I forgot to add.....

Hello all. I just wanted to post a little about my candidate for the longest rebuild ever on a WH I bought my Grandparents farm back in 2010 when Grandpa died and Grandma moved to town. Along with the farm I grew up on, I inherited this old Horse. When I was a kid it was the first thing I ever drove. It mowed 3 acres for a lot of years before Grandpa got something bigger and parked it outside under this lean to. So I moved in and started tearing it down back in winter of '10. The body was really straight. However, at some point someone had swapped out the 6hp Tech for a K181 Kohler. They also had done some work updating the decals. Notice the original script underneath the more recent decal. I then started in on the epic task of removing both rear hubs and the rear pin in order to split the tranny case to see what needed done. I figured since it sat outside, it had water in it. I was right, but it really wasn't all that bad. Also, I managed to break both hubs (no good puller) and had to drill out the rear pin. When I got it apart, it was a little gunky and dirty, but everything was in good shape, no missing teeth or anything, just some needle bearings that I had probably killed with my sad attempt at hub removal. I also pulled apart, cleaned and reassembled the differential: After some time in the e-tank the halves came out looking pretty good: I am having trouble with getting that last bearing in but otherwise, a few seals and a reassemble and the transmission is done. I have had a ton of fun with this even though it has taken me forever and I am not even into the motor portion of this yet. The body parts have all been e-tanked or stripped to bare metal, primed and repainted. It's a rattle can job, but I have tried to do a nice job on it. This will be a worker when done for garden duty and some log hauling for firewood. Id also like to say, "Thanks" to all the great members on here who have inspired me to keep going with their excellent builds, restos and just a great sharing of information. Especially stevasauras with that uni drive trans rebuild post. I'd have never attempted that without seeing that on here. Thanks to all. Will keep this going as I slowly proceed. I also have removed the old tires and redone the rims with the e-tank. They turned out great in my opinion. I will post more pics as soon as I can.

Good eye Lane! I figured somebody would spot something to pinpoint it.

Jim, if you can easily get any way to take something to REVERSE rotate engine after letting some lubricant set in spark hole, it will usually work. If you do feel to much resistance>>stop, a valve may be stuck DOWN/CLOSED. Have used this successfully twice.

I was fortunate enough to get to go to Australia in 08 and 09 here is some of their wildlife. This guy was only about 8 feet off the ground. I could have patted him on the rear, but took a look at those claws and teeth and thought better of it. These were everywhere. Portuguese Man O' War. Some kangaroos outside our hotel. This is a PG picture, that is a baby's tail sticking out of mom's pouch. I also got to go to Tasmania on the first trip. This is a Tasmanian Devil roadkill. I am not in the habit of taking roadkill pictures. but how often do you get to see a wild Tasmanian Devil. Unfortuneately no live ones. My cousin was trying to flip it over for a better shot, but a truck was coming and this is the best we got. An echidna. The little penguin. Mark

Nice looking job, Carter looks like he was having fun

Great video! (Are you the last guy in America still running a Chrysler K car ??) Mike............

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That was advertised before and I kept a photo of it from earlier last year ! I agree with ol550 the first picture shows what may be a Ross steering gear (wide tube) and that means it's a 1963 953!

WOW, nice plowing job and the little B-80 didn't even have chains on did it? The Go-Pro camera is a great item too. Don't ever let anyone try to down-play a B-80...That 8 hp Kohler is a worker. Yours sounding like it wasn't more than 1/2 throttle and pushing the heck out of the snow!

Running at a higher rpm may have helped. The county had salted our cul-de-sac a few times before plowing (I'm surprised the county driver doesn't get dizzy going around in circles. ) and so portions were the consistency of thick concrete. The clog wouldn't poke through in the chute so I had to dig it out. Once I get the tach it should help. I also am getting a scanning tach for a different project so I will scan the auger as well. Between the two I should be able to come up with an optimum setting. The only other single stage that I had ( and wish I still did) was my Toro S-200E. Nothing like the sound of a two-stoke wide open at 5:00 AM! I believe that the dealer in Vermont that Glenn spoke to was only referring to the single stage snowthrower. The auger spins at a much higher speed, as everyone knows, than the two stage as it is doing both the gathering and discharging the snow. My intention is to replace the auger bearings this summer with bearings having grease fittings as I did the driveshaft bearings this past fall. It is not causing a problem right now but I just want to take it down for my own piece of mind. The auger and housing need paint as well. The drive on the 5xi for the snowthrower is different than the classic Wheel Horse. I am familiar with that as well. The belt width is up one size plus the spring tension is very strong and hard to overcome. I can't believe that it would slip as easily. The lift bar for relieving tension is very awkward to use. I have figured out to use a 1/2" steel bar to lever it up while my wife (carefully as it would take a finger off) puts it on the blind pulley. When it is off the tractor I am going to devise a more permanent way to remove the tension. One other item that only applies to the diesel version is access to the left side panel. With the OTC cab, an extended chute rotator shaft needs to be installed. It still runs pretty close to the panel. The problem is that the panel needs to be removed each time to drain the water-separator filter to make sure that the bain of diesels (water in fuel) is not present. The easiest way to fix it will be to motorize the rotation of the chute. I don't want to be scratching the future new design decals from Terry.

Never underestimate the power of those little 8 horse power tractors. Great video, thanks for sharing.

As I was complaining about in my intro thread, this weather has had me working around the clock and getting over to Helios' to get started on this RJ just hasn't happened yet. Wifey says to bring it Home and work on it inside (like, IN the house) lol... May have to call her bluff and do just that. At least I could wrench a little between breaths...

Very nice video, beautiful home.

Looks like you do a better job plowing than the road crew did.

Mine's 54530

I know this guy that keeps finding this stuff and calling me and then trading with me for blackhoods lol Thanks for the info Doc

THERE IS A VERY GOOD MEET NEAR YOU ON JUNE 7 AT DD FARM IN CT. RUSS.

I have koi,aquarium catfish,2 Maine coon cats,dogs,lizards and Mali uro.

I am proud to introduce my little girl "Bonte". She came to us as a previously abused stray and lived in my shop office for the first few years (our old crotchety house cat was not interested in sharing). She would hide behind a life size cut-out of NASCAR driver Bobby LaBonte until I sat down at the desk, then would feel it was safe to come out, thus the name Bonte. The old cat passed away a few years ago and now she is Queen of the roost.

Here is Bailey the queen of the castle. She is seven.

For me will be my Trusty C-81 with Plow and my GT14 with Snow Blower. If they fail then I'm packing up and going to Florida.....

The 79262 is for a vertical mower -won't work on your tractor without major rebuilding of the blower! Check drawings on Partstree.com Hit the Toro logo and place 79262 in the Model box and you can see drawings of the blower .

Ok The blade is done and I am very pleased with the way it turned out. Like I said before plumbing the hydraulic lines from the original lift valve was the worst part. Hard to get to, But I was able to unbolt the valve and remove the lines from the lift cylinder, and pull it out through the dash and remove the return line to the filter. Then I installed the sae6 o-ring fitting into the valve and attach the new hose to go to the angle valves. Then I had to run a new line from the angle valves to the filter. I removed the filter housing and plumbed in a new fitting and reinstalled the filter and housing. Then I installed the fittings into the hood. They didn't turn out like I wanted, as I couldn't put all male fittings strait out. They are too close together, so I put two female connectors on top and two males on bottom on a angle. After I had it all plumbed I had to wire the valves. I made a nice switch box to control the blade and mounted it to the seat pan. The power goes from fused power when the key is on to a on-off switch just under the hood. This way if the switches get bumped with the blade off, it won't dead head the pump in the eaton trans. Last I installed the chains front and rear and its ready for old man winter or mother nature at the end of this post will be a video (if I can get it to work) of the blade wit Tom operating the blade. The original return line from the valve to the filter The new lines from the original lift valve to the angle valves and back to the filter. And the front of the tractor with the ports sticking out Last the switches and on off switches And a look of the complete tractor I cant wait for winter and the link thingy for the video