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...through with the snow Lord! Yes sir, me and the RJ are ready to put ol' man winter behind us... we're both praying you see fit to bring on some daffodils now.

Well, anything late model in my trailer is odd, but this 310 was so clean I had to have it. It needs a solid cleaning, wet sand and buff a couple minor scratches etc. but it runs and drives like brand new.

Current restore is a 704, traded for this tractor from Prondzy (my son) he picked this up in Iowa from a Redsquare member. It was all in a box when Prondzy received it. To date complete motor overhaul, need fuel pump rebuild. Trans has all new bearings and a few new gears. Have purchased all new stainless hardware, decals. finishing up paint work then final assembly and bring this beauty back to life. Can't wait to hear that Kohler sing. Enjoy Thanks for looking Tom

Yeah, that's really it Steve. To me this thread kinda pointed that out, just looking at the topic then reading the posts, it became a supportive thread which helps strengthen the community.

Well, I'm back at last. I haven't been doing much tractor-related thins lately. I just finished restoring my 13th table fan.. a 1903 General Electric. Done at last.. Anyway, an older man saw me out plowing on my Ford LGT-145 the other day. He flags me from the road and says he has a "Rusty old tractor" dismantled in a field, last being seen in an old shed about 20 years ago.. he said it was mine if I could find it. Didn't give me a single clue as to what it may be. He says it was boxy, maybe from the mid-60's, and about the size of my Ford. He gave me an approximate range of where it once sat. I set off to search for it.. and judging by the pictures, you may say I found it..! My digital camera was on the fritz, it's -20*f here. But the engine and frame were all there! She turns over, seems complete, and just by spinning the transmission she seems okay. The only reason I found it was because I saw remains of the shed in the snow. I've been excavating it for the last 3 days now. By the small wheels and 8HP Kohler, I'm willing to bet it's a B-80. I gave to clean off the tag to see if it's even readable. Already got bits of it torn down and cleaned. With any kind'a luck.. this may roll out of the shop at nearly the same time as the B-80 I started months ago! I plan on restoring them side by side.. just for kicks.

Well I upload some pictures of the 1267 I bought on Friday. I might not get them all loaded today but will try. Please take a look at these, you guys know way more about Wheel Horse than I do. as you are looking them over can you please let me know what is incorrect with the tractor so I can start making it correct. thanks for the help and enjoy. set #2 set #3 set #4 Will add pictures of the attachments later

oh god, i thought chearleaders were good looking

Thankfully for all concerned I'm not using gowns. It's a full blown effort to protect my eyes as well. Lol

I took the battery out of the Snowhorse today and put it in the Mowhorse

Did someone say daffodils?

Any bald eagle watchers out there? The Pa Game Commission, HDOn tap, and Comcast business has installed a live stream camera on a local eagle nest here in SC Pa. She has laid two eggs that are due to hatch any time. She has been feeding on fresh trout stocked by the fish commission last week and delivered to the nest by her new mate. Here is the link to the camera. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1592549&mode=2

I got one of those last year.. I've never bought anything from them. They must like guys named Mike!

Sweet!! As a preferred member I should see massive discounts.....right . Mike...........

I have one. Not for sale though.

Nice looking machine....to bad someone cut the grill tho. The steering wheel and/or steering shaft look like they may be wrong. All 4 Wheel horse tires is a huge plus in my opinion! I think I see bird poop on the hood......definitely not original . Mike..........

Very cool....I watched for about 10 minutes but never saw the other one bring in a fish...bummer! I see houses on the left side of the screen, must not be to far from civilization. And once in those 10 minutes the Eagle turned and looked straight into the camera (it seemed) and it reminded me of Sam from the Muppets. Mike.............

The opening goes in the back????

Ok, time for a little humorous yet frustrating hospital patient babble. After being transferred from the 4th floor to the 3rd floor the day after I got here I found the room to be the exact opposite of the previous room. I will never admit how many hours it took stop walking into the street side Windows while trying to get to the bathroom. However it wasn't long before the calls started wanting to know when the next ,"Hot Legs" show was, and could they send over some telescopes. WTH? Someone over there got my room phone # and wanted to know where I get all my candy bars and my name. I said that the guy next door who goes by the handle "Little Debbie" and he owns the company. His phone has been ringing non-stop since. More to come later.... (not figuring out smileys on the kindle other than the shout box)

No way guys... pretty sure these are Jim's team colors.

Same here Craig....I'm fed up with clearing snow! Mike........

I saw her working at the Winnebago plant in the early eighties. Her job was lifting the fridges on to the rolling chassis when the forklift broke down!

I am not going to speak for Karl...but I can speak for me. Have you ever heard..what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.???

As you might remember, I purchased an 857 on Wednesday. The 857 was purchased because the owner would not part with his 5.5 cu. ft. bathtub cart unless I took the 857 too. So, only wanting the cart, and not needing another 857, I sold it to one of our members. Now here is the "titled" story. I was getting the 857 ready for pick up this morning. It started and ran fine, but when I got it to my driveway, I noticed that gasoline was pouring out from somewhere. I stopped the engine and began to investigate. My first thought was that it was a loose gas line to the fuel pump. It was missing a clamp. So I put a clamp on, started the engine and leak was still there. So I replaced the gas line from tank to pump, and removed the fuel pump so that I could tighten the screws. Not fixed. I removed it again and replaced the diaphragm thinking that it was not sealing the two halves. Not fixed. Now I noticed that the gas was not coming from the pump, carburetor, or hose, but it was actually now spraying out of the hole in the breather cover. Hmm... I remembered a post on RedSquare about a stuck float that caused serious flooding and gas to come out of the breather. So always having a rebuilt spare carburetor on hand, I replaced the carburetor. With that, the engine started and purred like a kitten, but when I opened the throttle, gas came spraying out of the breather hole again. Now I was perplexed. It's not the pump, not the carburetor, not the fuel line. What could it be? So I pulled the dipstick to see if I had gas in the oil, and low and behold, when I drained it, I had almost 3 quarts of gas/oil mixture in the crankcase. I refilled it with the proper 1-1/2 quarts of 30W oil, started it up, and... ...problem solved. So I went back and found the old diaphragm in the trash and sure enough, there was a hole in it. I suspect that this hole was allowing the gas to be sucked into the crankcase. When the level got too high, the pressure just forced it out the breather. The original owner said that the tractor had no problems when it was retired in the fall. He did a normal oil change, and only started it once this year when we loaded it on my trailer. I suspect that over the winter, the diaphragm became hard from the ethanol laced gasoline left sitting in the pump. When we started it on Wednesday, the gas began to pump into the crankcase. Lessons learned. Don't use ethanol gasoline. Check the oil level frequently. Keep some of buckrancher's replacement diaphragms on hand at all times.

Sorry John...I think she is from some High School from around Cedar Rapids or Des Moines...check out your year book...the one from the 60's

take the top of the carb and clean it. the onan manual which you can down load on here will walk you through it. pull the jets out and clean the bowl area put it back together and fire it up no new parts needed only optional. i've clean a lot of these carbs and haven't had to buy parts to do it. have had to on rare occasion swap parts or carbs because i couldn't get them clean, but if i had a ultra sonic cleaner........ as far as the valve seats clean the block fins and block real good and adjust the valves and you should be golden eric j

Like I said in Shout box.... It was gone..... It was All gone & now Heee's back .....

I bought this Wheel Horse tractor late last summer. The po was in the process of converting it into a puller by mounting John Deere round fenders and seat, 26-12-12 tires, and a foot throttle accelerator on it. The engine was also replaced. I know the model number is 1-0110 which is on the steering column tag. That tells me this tractor was originally a 1972 Commando 800. Apparently the hood was previously repainted and the wrong decals for a Commando 8 were put on it. I also know the Commando 800 was only made in 1972. Does anyone here at RedSquare know how many Commando 800's were manufactured in 1972 and if this model is somewhat rare since it was only manufactured for one year? The reason I ask is that I already bought replacement Commando 800 foot rests and seat pan from RS member funengineer. I'm now thinking it might be easier for me to restore this tractor back into a stock 1972 Commando 800 rather than continue down the puller track (no pun intended). So, I am looking for your opinions... what do y'all think???

Last week I started getting the Stallions ready for spring time! The herd loves green grass, me too. Took plows, wheel weights, chains off. Ahhhhhhhhh, warm spring sun, green grass, short sleeve shirts and a Rolling Rock Pony on the patio. Today, I set up the newest addition to the herd with his spring implements. Are you ready for June bugs? I think Mr. Gore called it right, did he? The hammock is calling.....ahhhhhhhhhhh.

So started to tear down the 520h and paint it back to oem color. Going over everything in the process. Fixed the cracked frame and reinforced it back where the trans/dif bolt to the frame. Very solid tractor otherwise. Hopefully get to put it all back together soon! Everything hanging up was sprayed with the gun rest was rattle can

The Raider 12 transmission does use the 1533 bearing, but unfortunately, it is no longer available, and no other manufacturer is making them. There are still some folks selling them used. If you are in need of one, I have a couple of good used ones that I could sell to you. PM me if you are interested, and I will let you know how much it would cost to send them to Finland.

The same thing happened to me Tom, i was driving on the snow with my wheel horse an i fell in. took a while to get out, but was fun.

Koen, you've got too much time on your hands!!! Shezo pete!!! :angry-nono: :laughing-rofl:

Unusual to see them with dash plates survive in that nice condition too. Over all looks really good...a nice score there.

I also hope we have gotten our last round of snow. It's still much deeper in my backyard than I had thought it was. It floated on top of the crusty stuff for a little bit, until the heavy rear end (and mine ) sunk in. It was quite beached. Can't wait for it all to disappear! And I love snow!

Really neat site Ed... we've got Eagles here on the Hudson, and surrounding lakes. Way cool to see them out fishing from the ice flows, but... there's no way you can watch 'em as close up as you've shared here.

I guess OSU was not into playing a 2nd. half! They looked great going into half time.... Got play hard both halves. RMC

Never say never..... We all know there'll be some brand new member on here soon bragging about his NEW trans. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

i used this little tractor, cleared my 500ft driveway no problem!

Brian makes diaphragms for the vacuum-type fuel pumps. I always keep one on hand for just such emergencies. Need to order another now.

I think she belongs in Iowa...and I think we all know why. She is definitely a corn fed, farm girl.

Calender material.

sorry i didn't see this last night and get back to you sooner. yea hook all of the wires up just like you would to install the motor on the tractor. your voltage regulator needs to see 12 volts to avoid shorting out. then pull the blue wire off the starter flat terminal connector, then take a jumper wire and go from flat terminal to the positive battery terminal on the starter. this should engage the starter and with 12 volts to the coil it should start. and of course fuel in the carb. good luck. they tell you to take a compression test warm but i like to take it cold. if it's good cold then it has to be good warm right ? and i found out you also need to make sure the carb butter fly and choke is open eric j

I think it looks pretty cool just the way it is! I would put-put around a tractor show on that with no problem. My vote.....leave it as is (maybe a quieter exhaust). Mike...........

run a wire to the + side of coil and hook the the big jumper wire to the battery then take a second small wire and just touch it to the flat terminal on the starter, were the blue wire hooks on from the wiring harness. if you want to do compression test just don't hook up the wire to the coil . keep the jumper wire on the starter though, with the wiring harness on so that the voltage regulator always see's 12 volts or other wise you will burn or short out your rr. good luck and let us know how the compression test goes and how it runs eric j

Did your doctor take a head x-ray? He keeps saying he can't find anything!!!!!

SINCE, (sence,cents), it's illegal to send offensive items thru the mail, I'm sending this get well card to you Uncle Jim from your favorite nephews. GET WELL SOON UNCLE JIM!!!!!

It also seems the deals always pop up when I'm cash light, When I'm cash heavy there ain't nothing out there...

88 520HC dual stage blower love this thing!

Don't ever tell me something can't be done, if you do, look out!

I will try to answer everything one at a time Steve. I know there are a lot of questions out there. I didn't build the site to enhance my business. I built it so whoever bought something from me could get help when they needed it from people that could help, especially when I'm not around. When warm weather hits I will be gone a lot. That's why the decal has the site and phone on it and doesn't even mention sales or service. If you concentrate solely on service the sales will follow. I've never advertised in my lifetime, ever. My business has never even had a sign, a name on the building, or the mailbox. It's even pretty much hidden with trees on a hill, and people here who have been to my shop will tell you that it is hard to find even though it's on a main 4 lane highway. I have always said if you treat people right they will beat the door down to get to you. Seems like someone who retired at 52 to play with the Horses has proven that point pretty well. It took me 2 weeks to get the board the way I wanted it, then I wanted about 2 more weeks with the mods to find the obvious bugs, run it through some paces, and do moderator training. Being the Admin, I couldn't even see what other groups could see. It is still member and my customers only now to give it a better shakedown and I'm finding a few more things I have to fix. I'm not new to this board thing either, I owned one over 12 years ago with 60K members. If things stay the way they have been I may never even mention what I have for sale on my site, like I never did here. It's hard to mention what's for sale when I have 14 on a waiting list right now. I can't get them restored fast enough. My CL ad even says the ones pictured are sold and we are getting others ready because we can't keep up... That is what I'm up to as far as sales go, but there is a whole lot more coming. We are also turning a part of the shop it into a fabrication area and going to get much deeper into parts this year We have a shear, roller and brake on the way now. You guys should know by now when I do something I don't mess around...