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Finally have the 57 pretty much done! Just a few things to go back and fix and it will be finished. Started on this one over 2 years ago, just have been dragging my feet and working on it a little at a time. Pretty happy with how this one came back. I may attempt the paint pen trick on this one, but going to try it out on a another hood before I risk messing this one up. Anways here's a couple pictures of it out today, sorry they didn't turn out so well. Thanks, Jake

Just picked this 314 -h 1996 anniversary edition from a fellow member in p.a today excited to actually keep it and mow with it at my new house .

Sometimes I don't do much other times a batch On c-161 but I always make a point to do something , So I'm always going forward even if it's only a little And everything seems to go well taking my time And many times I come up with a better idea About things that way. My wife has always told me I don't need to think I have To get it all done in a day and now that I'm not able to do For hours on end , I guess she was right all along. Hard to admit that !!!!!!

Wow! Haven't done this in a while! Another save of an orphaned 'Horse from a local OPE shop. 1986 416-8 with 801 hours. Only known issues are a broken connecting rod and a few cannibalized parts. (coil & light switch) 48" deck appears to be in great condition other than the leading edge of the shell looks like it was used as a grader blade. Particulars weren't divulged, but I presume the owner didn't like the cost of repairs and traded it in on a running machine. They did tell me that the crankcase had very little oil upon arrival at the shop. No visible external damage or extra ventilation holes in the block, so I guess I'll open it up and assess the damage. Either way it's definitely worthy of repair.

Im looking forward to playing around with it. It needs a good coat of paint and a couple rear tires.

I like how you go about things specialwheelhorse. As I'm approaching 63 next month anything I get done is a good day. My where has the time gone? Seems like just yesterday I was chasing the ladies and not a care in the world.

Rarely Seen “Enchanted†Moments of US History Mark Twain in Tesla’s lab, 1894 A 10 x 15-foot wooden shed where the “Harley-Davidson Motor Company†started out in 1903 Testing football helmets in 1912 Helmets again: A Pyramid of captured German ones in front of the NYC Grand Central Terminal, 1918 A bar in New York City , the night before prohibition began,1920 Mount Rushmore Before Carving, 1920s Traffic jam in New York , 1923 A quiet little job at a crocodile farm in St. Augustine , Florida , 1926 World economic crisis, 1929 Central Park in 1930 Last four couples standing at a Chicago dance marathon, ca. 1930 Meeting of the Mickey Mouse Club, early 1930s Confederate and Union soldiers shake hands across the wall at the 1938 reunion for the Veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg When they realized women were using their sacks to make clothes for their children, flour mills of the 30s started using flowered fabric for their sacks, 1939 NY, Coney Island , 1940 The thirty-six men needed to fly and service a B-17E in 1942 A man begging for his wife’s forgiveness inside Divorce Court . Chicago , 1948 Three young women wash their clothes in Central Park during a water shortage. New York , 1949 19 year-old Shigeki Tanaka was a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima and went on to win the 1951 Boston Marathon . The crowd was silent as he crossed the finish line. (UPDATE: As Peter notes in the comments below, “Tanaka was not exactly “a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima †— when the bomb was dropped, he was at home, about 20 miles from the site. He saw a light and heard a distant rumble, but was personally unaffected by the bomb.â€) Florida’s last Civil War veteran, Bill Lundy, poses with a jet fighter, 1955 NASA scientists with their board of calculations, 1960′s Muhammad Ali’s fists after the fight with Cooper, 1963 New York firemen play a game after a fire in a billiard parlor, 1969 An abandoned baby sleeps peacefully in a drawer at the Los Angeles Police Station, 1971 Boy hiding in a TV set. Boston , 1972 by Arthur Tress A spectator holds up a sign at the Academy Awards, April 1974 Robert De Niro’s cab driver license. In order to get into character for the film Taxi Driver, he obtained his own hack license and would pick-up/drive customers around in New York City . Nancy Reagan sits on the lap of Mr. T, dressed as Santa, 1983 Ronald Reagan wearing sweatpants on Air Force One, 1985

i thought the cheerleaders is what watching the game's is about?

Doc reports still good. May get out next week they say. Thanks for all your support everyone. Red square is keeping me strong. :)

good thing your not playing top this with my almost 18 year old daughter. she was born with downs syndrome and a congenital heart defect, so she had 3 open heart, 2 med-a-port surgeries and 3 feeding tube surgeries all before she was 2 1/2 years old. but the good news is she is doing great now. so just make sure she is not around when you start playing top this eric j

Hi everyone! Steve here. I am a newbee Wheel Horse owner. I buought what I believe to be a 1960 Wheel Horse 400 or 550 at an auction 2 weeks ago, It does not have an original engine (has a briggs 5hp). My plan is to restore it so it can be used by my 3 (soon to be 4) grandkids to cruize around our small farm. I found this site after looking around on the web and in a short time have realized there are good people here and great information. So...... Here I go on a the restoration. Getting the steering wheel off proved to be a fun first challange :*****: ! Here are some picsof our project!.

Nothing wrong with a nice original "Short Framer" Get it dug out and washed up and you'll be in love with it.

How cool is that? The greatest President in American history... wore sweats just like mine.

I disagree with Craig...don't clean em out, leave the green an yeller paint behind.. .. for someone else ! Mike.........

Yup just dropped the 60in deck on my toes..time for a beer break...

Here is what I have for the picks...from what I can figure out. Teams in Red are already out. The underlined pick is for all the marbles...from what I see, RMCIII did not pick a National Champ. Midwest........West........East.......South RacinBob ND WIS VIR DUKE Brrly1 KEN WIS ISU UNI RMCIII KEN WIS VIL DUKE Squonk KEN ARIZ VIR DUKE Stevasaurus KEN WIS MSU DUKE Koen WVU WYU SMU VCU Jackhammer KEN ARZ OKU ISU HA...looks like I am the only one with a team left in the East Regional. Jackhammer, I thought you said you were out of it...I don't think so Mate. Koen was picking the teams with the best cheerleaders. :happy-jumpeveryone:

Speaking of strong, How are the sponge baths coming along?

Last night I went to the Hickory Gun Club's weekly dinner. Steamed clams, steamed mussels, and snow crabs over pasta. Dandelion salad, homemade white pizza, fresh bread, and all you want beer or soda. Delicious and only $15. Tonight Carol and I are going to our local tractor club's annual dinner. Not getting much work done but I'm eating good.

I imagine it looked similar to this...

i could show you pictures of my "piggys" from last year. Surprising, nobody wants to! I must still be on the "Honored" list as I got another hardcover one this week.

he is a few pics of my fleet.

I'm out in the shop having a few beers and working on the wheel house snow blower. Get it fixed before I hopefully put it away for the season. Anyhow here are some pics you guys like. Kioti lk 3054 wow what a machine. I got it as a basket case. A bunch of dollars later she its working good. Next one its the 520 with snow blower that a bearing went out. And way in the back my GT1848 with a designated blade. So what are you guys doing? I'm trying to learn how to do this posting stuff on my Android lol.

Nice save Terry. I'm starting to like the look of the 300/400 series since I've been looking at the one in my garage that's been in pieces since November.

I got some cheapie slip on shoes as well as sneakers at Wally World with safety toes in them. They work so well I bought 2 extra pairs just to have in case they stopped carrying my size. They work great.

A lot of food for thought in this collection of photos Glen. I was born in 1949...I am starting to know what my Grandpa felt like when people talked about the old days (he was 93 when he passed about 15 years ago). Can you imagine the tabloids if Michel Obama sat on Mr T's lap now a-days?? Brutal for sure.

Yea !! Rubit in Buzz!! I guess we are going to have a hotdog roast And home made ice cream thingy sometime soon Been almost unable to walk ( dratted right knee Here lately but it always seems to get better In the shop. Be 78 soon and be out there if I have to crawl ! Don't have a clue what day it is here lately. '!!!!!!,

Ok. So I finally was invited and made it to the "shed". When we moved stuff to peek at the 1957 rj. Here is what I found. Took one picture and said see ya later. Fellas don't laugh to much. My dumb luck is just bad luck I guess. A very nice old gentleman. Here's a pic. What the heck is it....lol. 857 on the hood. You see Glenn that means it's a 1957. I said you might be right. Glenn

Another nice winter pickup today. Sweet score today on a tractor and cash deal for this low hour Wheel Horse Generator for a great wheel horse guy name Mike! Thanks Mike.... Also got some sweet Wheel horse books today in the mail.....

I think they should bottle Red Square...it is the best medicine there is Mate. $1.00 and bottle...cures everything...put it on the shelf next to your bottle of Sea Foam.

So being one of you old guys, I have to ask..."When is Friday different from any other day??" I only know that yesterday was Friday, because I woke up today, and there was cartoons on my morning news channel. ARRRGH!!!

you could have dropped her off at my house Terry Brian

Thanks Mike exciting to actually know i wll have a place to store and enjoy them. And yes craig I was waiting for your comment .

Nice find Terry! I picked up an 85 this Winter. Blower will go on it for next Winter until a refresh down the road. Mine too had a solid 48'' deck .Cant let these old Horses go to scrap. Good Luck!!

Looks Great and kohler 416-8 WOW !

Trust me after the first 3 months the snow gets old add to that 10 below zero, 10mph winds and wind chill 25 below zero snow blowing ain't that much fun

Yesterday I was able to get out in the barn and take the massive belly mower deck off and some PM on it. The D runs awesome and I am thinking that she may need a little paint this summer....(and decals etc.)

Speaking for Kentucky... And I can say what they are thinking because they are in the hotel where I have an office. They are not even thinking about that game. It is history. No one mentioned the score, how they played, or what the out come was. It was all about the numbers. Shooting percentage from the filed, percentage from the line, rebounds, ect. They are focused on what they did wrong, where they missed opportunities to capitalize on additional points/rebounds...ect. The team is in humble yet confident mode. The confidence is not overwhelming at all. I talked to Willie Stein when I saw him after his breakfast. WVA is not even in his mind. It's gone, done, they are focusing on ND. That is how a true champion team set's itself up for victory. Ohio State did the same thing. They didn't even talk about the wins they had, they talked about the next team they faced. That is exactly what Kentucky is doing. RMC

After a long week of work, ate dinner, and crashed on the couch by 8pm. Let's see some more picts of your Work Horse GT when you get a chance.

I don't know about that. This beauty only cost me 50 bucks and it is also in showroom condition. Oh.....what! I mean its in bathroom condition! Matt! That machine you have is beautiful! No wonder it's being retired! Thanks for posting the pics!

Our back yard visitor. He is a cross between a coyote and a red fox. He is larger then a red fox and has the tail of a coyote. Talking to some old timers that said he was considered a red coyote.

While looking through CL last month, I spotted an ad for an interesting tiller only an hour away. I recognized the brand and was pleasantly surprised with the photos. It wasn't just a tiller, it was a United Farm Tools "Mountaineer" with the tiller attachment. The deal was actually made three weeks ago but weather, trips to the hospital (not me!), etc. prolonged the event. There were only about 1,300 tractors manufactured by the L&G division of UFT in Charleston, West Virginia. The Mountaineer was designed by former Gravely employees and corrected some of the engineering idiosyncrasies of the Gravely. It has eight forward ground speeds and four reverse. The powertrain can be disconnected which eliminated Gravely creep plus it has headlights among other improvements. They used Kohler 8 and 12 hp K-series engines. A number of attachments were produced including a three blade 40" mower deck. The interesting part is that the mounting was identical to the Gravely so powered attachments could be interchanged between the brands. This is an 88E with an electric start K-181S. The serial tag is missing but I dated the engine to 1980. It currently doesn't run plus has two flat tires. It made for an interesting move. The starting point had a forklift whereupon it slipped off and tumbled onto its side in the dirt. Didn't want to record that poo-poo, but there was no damage. Then when I got it to the house, I needed to utilize "Cisco" with the HF crane along with Scott's and Tom's receiver hitch plus crane adapter. (The tractor weighs 445 pounds so that speaks well for the hitch and adapter!) It actually went a lot better than I had expected on my end. I lowered it onto HF car dollies after lifting it out of the trailer until I can get to the tires. The weather also cooperated with 72 degrees on December 1st! The tractor is in surprisingly good shape externally. The colors look like a Kubota-orange with medium dark metallic blue. Hopefully it was something minor that sidelined it as parts for the tractor portion will be next to nil on availability. I never thought that I would see one due to being unique yet alone own one. It will probably be a project next year as there are three tractors ahead of it right now. Here is a brochure: http://gravelymanuals.com/pdf/Mountaineer_Tractor_And_Attachments.pdf

I had this 1954 Dodge Red Ram Hemi engine laying in the garage for many years. I wanted to build a power unit out of it but I tripped over these 1959 Copar Panzer parts and thought, hmmmm! So I have it mocked up so far but I'll have to make a new frame and weld it together. It looks pretty beefy so far! Should I do it or what? Looks like a done deal to me! KJ

I am looking forward to that match up and whatever the score my end up at they are all winners.....38-0 very nice.

He "filled them out" more

You make some good points but only time will tell now.......so I say GO BIG BLUE.

Thanks all! Hope to get my new tires mounted tomorrow..and maybe if I feel up to it I will put the decals on.

Well ...... Let's just say that when I get to the show nobody back home is watching what I buy or how many stogies I smoke....

Your gonna need a big pick... to crack my tater.

Anyone know much about these? Value? This has a Briggs 14r6 engine. Sent from my tractor seat using Tapatalk 2

You can use your parts washer to wash Monsters??