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Anyone putting out some of their tractors for a Memorial Day theme? I put a quick one together this morning. I used to take a tractor or 2 downtown for a "Wheels on Main Street show but I would get there early for a good spot only to return and find out the Farmall guys wanted my spot and moved my display. Never again! So I have a "Private " one every year. Post them up!

Good lookin' display there Mikey. Here's last years...and the year before. and of course, we'll see what we can come up with again tomorrow.

Thank you veterans

Thought I would share my newest twins that I have adopted over the past year. These both need some TLC, but through my research, there was only 30 painted with this color scheme. Hoping to get one up and going soon and then take my time in getting the other one in better shape. The only thing I am missing is the polo shirt and hat I believe. If anyone has any leads on some of the items, please let me know. i do have the dealer poster already hanging in the barn. If you notice they have some differences in the flames while one tractor is a 15-38 and the other is a 16-44.

This is what happens when an old Horse is put out to pasture.......it becomes a flower planter near my chicken coop.

I was out raising the flag this morning like I do every morning and was thinking about it being Memorial Day Weekend again. I was thinking about how on the news they were talking of Honoring Veterans. Honoring Vet's is something we should do and have a day to do that on. Memorial Day to me is a day set aside to honor those that paid the ultimate price for freedom. Like many of you I have had relatives from the Revolutionary war to the Civil war and wars after that, who lost their lives in the service to are country. So I take a quote from Mr. Lincoln's address at Gettysburg. "That from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion." This is what Memorial Day is all about.

I wouldn't trust the stability of that original battery. Even though it still works I wouldn't put a whole bunch of faith in it and its not worth taking the chance. The last thing you want is that battery to puke itself all over the original paint ruining it and the battery in the process. I would save the battery for demonstration purposes only, I'm not sure I'd even leave it in the tractor...

​Thanks James, the new air filters certainly look much better than the over sized ones I bought by mistake ​Thanks dude, she's a long way off being finished but a test run video or two will be appearing first ​I miss my E-tank, but sadly there is no place to put one at my new workshop.. There is a swimming pool on site, but I don't think they would be too keen on not using it as a swimming pool! Well, what a week that has been! My step daughter has been seriously ill for a few weeks resulting in her being rushed into hospital for an emergency operation last Monday. Since then she has been staying with us and quite rightly so my workshop time this past week has not really been much! The good news is Lisa is now recovering quite well, and life is slowly returning to normal for both us and Lisa What workshop time I have had this week has been taken up with welding.. The inside of the chassis where it meets the front axle has been plated up giving it a smoother look and thus changing my plans on how the front end will look.. The outside of the same bit of chassis could of been welded up and ground smooth, but it would never look as smooth as the inside bit.. So a cardboard template was made and some WH panel off cuts were dug out. Resulting in.... The very front of the chassis under the axle needed tidying up, and as the whole build has a Hot Rod feel to it I thought the chassis needed the same touch.. Three bits of plate and a bit of box tacked together. Which go here.... I would of welded them on but early Wednesday morning I ran out of welding gas.. I wondered why the last of the gas vanished very quickly and found a welding burn hole through the rubber pipe! So watch out for flying sparks guys and girls! New gas didn't arrive until late Thursday afternoon so instead of welding I did some cutting.. Eight plates marked out on some 5mm thick steel. These would of been easy to make had I not wanted the curves! It wasn't until yesterday that I got the chance to weld all the new bits on.. Lot's of welding and lot's of grinding the welds smooth, but it was worth it

Well she made it home safe ! No scratches thank god.

I bought it, starts and sounds good. The deck is real clean, it needs front tires and a good going over but I think it is a nice rig. Plow and snow blower came with it and a book with parts list.

So my job has me traveling often and one of my "worksites" is Pearl Harbor. Been there maybe 15 times but never had the time or was with other folks who had already been and didn't want to go again to the Arizona Memorial. I just got home today from a 3 weeker so I had a couple Sundays off and was alone for part of the time so I went. I am so glad I did!! I'm not a museum guy and if I'm in one I usually breeze right thru.....but at the Arizona I spent almost 4 hours taking it all in....the movie....the boat trip...the memorial...the museum...and the grounds. They open at 7am and only have a limited number of tickets per day so I was there bright and early at 6:40am and I was still a 100 or so deep in line and when 7:00 came there were probably 400 people behind me!!. I got my ticket for the first showing of the movie which then leads directly to the boat to take you to the memorial. At the memorial the first thing you notice is the smell of oil which is still today (after 74 years) leaking slowly out of the battleship. You can see it coming up and then hitting the surface and quickly spreading out. Getting there early meant the water was calm and I could see a whole lot more than you would if the water was disturbed by waves. The feeling out at the memorial was somber and there was no loud talking, screaming kids and no one yakking on their cell phones....it was a very respectful crowd. There was a tour guide who was full of great stories about the Arizona both before and after the attack. It was interesting to learn that Elvis Presley was a huge contributor to the Arizona Memorial project! Of course I remembered my camera...here's a few pics (and two selfies....I gotta learn to smile). Mike............

​I didn't recognize your post 'till I looked at the signature .

I don't think it would be a good idea to over fill it. The upper gears, etc. depend on lube being 'splashed' on them' I discussed this with Stevasaurus a while back and he's actually seen the amount that gets tossed around. Overfilling could possibly limit the splashing effect. Filling as recommended will be just fine.

Had the little one doing some work today, and I had the thought to take a quick video:

Picked up a nice pair of front weights at our spring flea market at the Steam Pageant grounds today $80.00! also saw this mini steam engine tooling around the grounds!

WOW! Holy dead post, Batman! All this time later, I tracked her down and got 'er for $75.00! It's serial number 148 and powered by a Briggs model 19. It has ridiculously high gearing.. I clocked it at 17MPH, still runs like a champ! Apparently it was originally metallic green and cream white.. the last owner really buggered it up by over spraying EVERYTHING.. The decals WERE there and apparently in good shape, too... However after draining a few gallons of water from various places.. she went right down the road on her own! I'm amazed. As much as I love my MH PONY, and my 'Horses.. this thing blows me away! Needs a good bit of work yet.. but I can't believe I actually found it. It's literally the SAME one. My god.. this thing is LONG! The hood is twice the distance from the seat as it is on a WH! No cables, it has bellcranks and a cast iron quadrent as a throttle.. strikingly similar to a model T actually. Transmission is what I'd call an 'E' pattern, with one extra slot. It has a large latch that locks it in gear.. the transmission ad rear axle are of a very odd design.. both have oil drains, but the chain-case only has a grease fitting? Whats the drain for then!? More pics. to come. Never thought I'd see one again! So, three years later I ask again.. anybody know about them?:)

hi all, i know the A-800 ranger is not a popular horsey, runt of the herd if you like! but.. in a previous topic i asked about using my A-800 for some light ground engagement, the implements would be converted from pedestrian operated colwood mono tractor. it was suggested that the tranny wouldn't like that (as expected really). i did mention this project in the "what sort of ground engagement work could i do??" post but trying to keep posts on topic i thought id start a new one, also going into more detail about my big idea. so, here's my pitch: i'm thinking about turning my A-800 lawn tractor into the all new Agri-800 garden tractor! what does this mean you may be asking? well, i will be putting in a beefier tranny (i have one in mind), the popular front spindle to 4 lug hub mod, lifting clevis hitch, larger front and rear wheels, front weight block and many other little bits and bobs. so what do you think? I'm sure some of you will think it's not worth it but i like the A-800 rangers personally, they deserve a place in the WH community. thanks for looking and ALL opinions gratefully received, Callum

Used the Commando 8 to pull the Carolina Skiff project out into the sun. Last fall I decided to scale down to ONE boat. I sold my 23' Trophy WAC and my 15' Grumman and bought this 19' Carolina skiff in Jan. Much of the winter was spent rigging it for crabbing and fishing in the Delaware Bay. It cane with the 70HP Johnson. I added the mount for the 9.9 and painted both motors. Added rod holders, front seat, cleats, wash down system, front roller for pulling crab pots, spare tire, float on bunker guides ,Lorance chart plotter, Hummingbird fish finder,Garmin GPS. Will launch tomorrow at Cedar Creek , Delaware.

So do you think we can get this to work? Couldn't resist, it was sitting in the yard and the color was a match.

it has been a while since the motivation has been there to spend some time out in the barn. Last year is behind us and I am starting to feel rejuvenated to get some more things done. Took some time recently to add some more items. Really happy to add these to the collection.

I grew up with my father's 1979 c121 and inherited it in 1988 when he passed. I still have it and will never sell it. I hope to be able to pass it on to one of my kids some day.

Looks like they are ready to go into battle. That's friggin cool

Much more than just a man cave... that there is the Taj Mahal.

Just had a State Trooper stop by and he spent about 5 min. looking from his car. I was waiting for a ticket!

Thanks for posting Mike. I was there in 2011 and took it all in. Just amazing. Like mentioned, the Bowfin is interesting and if you have the time, get out to see the USS Missouri and the air museum on the island. Both are must see. Plan another 4-6 hours to take in both. Good to hear you had a respectful group of people with you. Wish I could say the same for our tour. We had a group of very distasteful Japanese tourists while on the memorial. I think the memorial might just be the most somber place I've ever visited.

Good Question....That plug on the rear lower left side is the fill and level plug from what I know. I believe what happens is when the trans is working/turning , oil is being "distributed" around internally by the gears spinning through the gear lube.

Not trying to burst your bubble, the rear weights are Not Wheel Horse. The original weights are two piece weights that bolt from the inside off the wheel. Other than that I think you did good. The snow blower looks interesting for sure, Good Luck!

This is a great thread Callum& I love the modifications that you have done. You ask whether you should put a car or bike battery on her , in my opinion I would put a car battery as this will give her the extra weight for pulling etc i also like the idea of you doing a YouTube series on the build , look forward to the forthcoming instalments of this build. Neil

Whats the story on the battery? It looks like the old style with the individual fill caps........is it as old as the machine? I assume a different battery was swapped in to fire it off the two times it was ran . Mike..........

One of our members here offers some specific parts for Onan Powered Wheelhorse tractors. His website specializes in retro kitchens but if you look, you'll find fuse block repair kits for the blocks in the WH's. http://classickitchensandmore.com/wheel-horse-tractors-parts-c-42/?zenid=kjrevi19bh591vgigu8jtcm945

That's right... put 'em on that 'ol thats still earning it's keep.

Looks really good. I got to get into my garden as soon as I can to do the same thing if it would stop raining long enough to let me. Sunny today, but ground to wet and supposed to rain again tomorrow. So far 31.22 inches of rain since Jan. 1 of this year in this part (East) Texas.

Now the dilemma is what to do with a high dollar investment like that! Keep it just like it is and drool over it every once and a while, or put gas in it and drive it around. You could try to flip it and maybe make a few bucks. Either way it's a lot of cash sitting there (that's why I got rid of my Senior). Nice piece! Good luck with it!

My boys and I, now grandsons too, like to hang out in the barn. Talkin' tractors, great deals on old but worthy "machines." We laugh watchin' folks purchasing a Deere at Lowes or a Cubbie at Home Cheapo. A waste of $$ in our opinion. A neighbor purchased an old Bolens I hadn't been using, loves it. His BIG box store thingy failed every cutting season. Our latest two projects an Allis Chalmers and a Panzer reek of engineering. We like it that way! The '90 520-8 shown pictured with a son and grandson collecting firewood in our woods.

I've got a stack o my tractor, definitely brace it, I've got mine braced at two points you can almost lift the tractors front end off the ground with it! all it would take is a branch or someone bashing into it to crack the block. stacks are nice though, makes the tractor sound much nicer i think callum

I dont remember the size of the threads in the block and dont have one handy to look at. Yes run a brace, I have seen 2 Tecumseh blocks that have cracked into the exhaust port because of not running one.

Took some time today to shine up the 55' Crestliner and load up 4 outboards to run at our first antique outboard meet tomorrow.

the Lawn Ranger had a brace on the exhaust , and i'd certainly recommend using one

Good luck out there Ed. That boat is a beauty...like the plug in sticker. My buddy and I are going Salmon fishing tomorrow, in his boat, on Lake Michigan. I'll bet you are chomping at the bit to get out there also. Hope you have a great day.

Well, since I had to tow you in TWICE over the past yr. I figured you owed me one.. This is one of those laugh now cry later type of deals for you, I can almost GUARANTEE it that you will be at the end of my line sometime real soon. KARMA. I might even pretend not to see you waving me over just to make you suffer a little.. I'll make sure to always have my camera handy for that special Kodak moment.. Now, the motor that konked out is a 1926 Johnson 2hp. I completely went thru this motor over the winter and then I shined it up. It hadn't been run in decades... She started easy and ran very well but when I shut it off to make some adjustments I couldn't get it refired.. It happens, I always expect to have to do additional work after taking out a motor for the first time in so long but for a motor that is 90 yrs. old I was very pleased, matter of fact I will be taking it back out in a few days...

Well we had a really good day...... at least I did ... Me towing Ken B in with my 1929 Johnson 3hp (that I bought from Ken at the meet last year). Th eguy who took these photos was kind enough to post on the antique outboard site... thought I would share too

It should be illegal to tow that boat on a sunny day!

do you know anybody with a swimming pool you could use as an e-tank? horse trough?

WOW and Wow.....looking forward to it being finished and a test run video...keep up the great work..

I would call Wyndham, ask to speak to a manager. Tell them that you want to be comped in the amount of the lost rewards, and that you want it in the form if a Visa gift card mailed so you have it before your visit. There are consumer protection rules that apply here and you need to be firm. This happened to me a few years back with Marriott, and they made good.

Few, if any of us, could come up with a reasonable justification for owning numerous and doing what we do with them; other than our personal desire to do so. Don't worry about what others will think, just do it and share your journey with us. PS

Years ago when are family was a Wheel Horse dealer. We would get people in all the time asking the same question "Why use a belt?" My Granddad would take a customer out and demonstrate. He would chain a tractor to a tree then get on and demonstrate. The tractor would loose traction and try to bury itself in the ground or it would stand right up on it's A&& just like a big farm tractor would. Then he would add weight. The tractor would do the same thing. Then he would tell the customer that if you slipped the belt it is because the belts or pulleys are wore or "You Are Doing Something That you should Not Be Doing and your going to Break Something besides a Belt" Small side note to this story. One day while demonstrating Cecil Pond pulled in with one of the district sale man. I can still remember them laughing their A&& off. The sale man took pictures for Cecil to take back with him. I always wondered where the Pictures ended up.

Soon as it stops hailing outside, I will run out and get a picture. Hail stopped.