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HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU" The young guns may not understand the meaning of this but since you are a little older, you should!! THE END OF AN ERA....... The Roy Rogers Museum in Branson , MO has closed its doors forever. The contents of the museum were sold at a public auction. Roy Rogers told his son, if the museum ever operates at a loss, close it And sell the contents. He complied. Note the follow-on article truly the end of an era. Here is a partial listing of some of the items that were sold at auction... Roy 's 1964 Bonneville sold for $254,500, it was estimated to sell between 100 and 150 thousand dollars. His script book from the January 14,1953 episode of This Is Your Life sold for $10,000 (EST.$800-$1,000). A collection of signed baseballs ( Pete Rose, Duke Snyder and other greats) sold for $3,750. A collection of signed bats (Yogi Berra, Enos Slaughter, Bob Feller, and others) sold for $2,750. Trigger's saddle and bridle sold for $386,500 (EST. 100-150 K). One of many of Roy's shirts sold for $16,250 and one of his many cowboy hats sold for $17,500. One set of boot spurs sold for $10,625. (He never used a set of spurs on Trigger). A life size shooting gallery sold for $27,500. Various chandeliers sold from $6,875 to $20,000. Very unique and artistic in their western style. A signed photograph by Don Larsen taken during his perfect game in the world series against the Dodgers on Oct. 8, 1953, along with a signed baseball to Roy from Don, sold for $2,500. Two fabulous limited edition BB guns in their original boxes with Numerous photos of Roy, Dale, Gabby, and Pat sold for $3,750. A collection of memorabilia from his shows entertaining the troops in Vietnam sold for $938. I never knew he was there. His flight jacket sold for $7,500. His set of dinner ware plates and silverware sold for $11,875. The Bible they used at the dinner table every night sold for $8,750. One of several of his guitars sold for $27,500. Nellybelle sold for $116,500. A fabulous painting of Roy, Dale, Pat, Buttermilk, Trigger, and Bullet sold for $10,625. One of several sets of movie posters sold for $18,750. A black and white photograph of Gene Autry with a touching inscription From Gene to Roy sold for $17,500. A Republic Productions Poster bearing many autographs of the people that played in Roy's movies sold for $11,875. Dale's horse, Buttermilk (whose history is very interesting) sold below the presale estimate for $25,000. (EST. 30-40 K) Bullet sold for $35,000 (EST. 10-15 K). He was their real pet. Dale's parade saddle, estimated to sell between 20-30 K, sold for $104,500. One of many pairs of Roy's boots sold for $21,250. Trigger sold for $266,500. Do you remember the 1938 movie The Adventures of Robinhood, with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland? Well Olivia rode Trigger in that movie. Trigger was bred on a farm co-owned by Bing Crosby. Roy bought Trigger on a time payment plan for $2,500. Roy and Trigger made 188 movies together. Trigger even out did Bob Hope by winning an Oscar in the movie Son of Paleface in 1953. It is extremely sad to see this era lost forever. Despite the fact that Gene and Roy's movies, As well as those of other great characters, can be bought or rented for viewing, today's kids would rather spend their time playing video games. Today it takes a very special pair of parents to raise their kids with the right values and morals. These were the great heroes of our childhood, and they did teach us right from wrong, and how to have and show respect for each other and the animals that share this earth. You and I were born at the right time. We were able to grow up with these great people even if we never met them. In their own way they taught us patriotism and honor, we learned that lying and cheating were bad, and sex wasn't as important as love. We learned how to suffer through disappointment and failure and work through it. So it 's good-bye to Roy and Dale, Gene and Hoppy, The Lone Ranger and Tonto. Farewell to Sky King and Superman and Sgt. Friday. Thanks to Capt..Kangaroo, Mr. Rogers and Capt. Noah and all those people whose lives touched ours, and made them better.

In the world of Bantams, the most desirable three wheeled tractors are the model 3000, 5000 and 8000 varying in size from small to large respectively. The model 8000 (being the size of a standard garden tractor) is probably the most desirable and by far hardest to find. I would venture to guess some of the 8000’s rarity has to do with its lofty price tag in 1956. Well, I acquired a second model 8000 yesterday about an hour away from me in CT. It runs and drives well but naturally will need some general TLC. The gentleman I bought it from said it previously belonged to the Town of Putnam, CT and was used for years to clear snow from sidewalks. He put brand new Carlisle 6x12’s on it and gave me paperwork showing that the engine was honed and re-ringed about 4 years ago. Now just to go through and remove all the non-original bolt on junk. Lol

One weekend towards the end of September there is an event in Rockville, VA called Field Day of the Past. Antique cars, trucks and tractors are displayed. Also demos of old saw mills and construction equipment. There's lots going on the whole weekend including truck and tractor pulls. I take a truck and a few tractors up there-not a bad way to spend a weekend! Here's a few pictures. Not as many Wheel Horses up there this year. Got 'em loaded up My two Wheel Horses enjoying the sun with a few other tractors. The Sears and Allis Chalmers are mine too. There were a couple stray horses there Another toy I took up there Great weekend as always. Hopefully I will have my C120 cleaned up and painted to take up there by next year.

I took some pictures this evening of my uncle's wheel horse, and I also managed to get my dad's running by swapping in a Clinton engine that I'd remembered I had in my garage. I will take more pictures of my dad's with the different engine.

Bought a B-80 today its been sitting for a long time it supposed to run good idk for sure it came with sum sort of snow plow

Hello guys this is my first post here. This C160 was my grand fathers and i just started the restoration. A nice coat of international red and some new decals. What do you guys think ?

Traded for this over the weekend. A 1985 310-8. I have read a lot of good posts regarding this model tractor and I think that she will fit in fine. I missed having a lower h.p. Wheel Horse since I sold my B80. This is the closest that I could find. I am not sure if I will do the front spindle/ wheel replace thing or not. Any advantages to doing it? After driving it around, I can tell that I like it a lot. I love the red face. I'd the hitch original or just a pretty well fabricated home made one?

... the early Fall weather, that is... nearly perfect weather for late September. I could take this all year long. We have not too much rain here in south, central PA recently, but the lawn is still green and growing like crazy. So, after mowing the lawn yesterday, I let my three work horses out to graze. My1995 model 314-8, 1967 model 857, and 1990 520-H are so happy, they went into doing a little rodeo dance as the sun was setting.

Well it has been a long coupes of days after 27hrs labor my wife gave birth to the newest member of our family. Mom and baby doing great! Future WH nut ...Maxwell Raymond Prondzinski

Got me a used airport baggage cart for a yard trailer. It is a flatbed with drop down side rails. 5 feet wide and 10 feet long, not counting the tongue. Pulls nicely.

Yes, my dad made that trailer that we used with the wheelhorse. I still own that too! He was a welder and designer, and a craftsman....among many other admirable traits. Yes, even though these are family heirlooms, I am ready to part with them because they've really just been collecting dust in my shed for over 10 years now.

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I'm am amazed at how heavy this tractor is built!!! I am doing a full service maintenance to it and while doing so, I am looking for anything that could be a potential problem now or in the future. I am also recording any wear parts I see that will need replacement in the future. This way I can purchase those parts and have them on hand... Yesterday... This afternoon... For those of you who haven't seen one of the 5xi series "naked". Look at the size of those frame rails. I've restored a 420 JD for a buddy a few years back and the rear frame on it was heavy but not as heavy as this thing! I don't know if Denny is still following this thread, but if he is, I'd like him to explain how they came up with this power steering format! It is a totally different design then I've seen on any other tractor! So far I've: --changed the oil and filter --changed the headlights to LED --changed the tranny oil and filter --degreased/cleaned all the rear end components and linkage --changed the fuel filter --adjusted the foot control to neutral --greased and lubed all critical points Still got more to do before I place it into regular service but I'll feel better knowing that all these things are fresh and ready to go!

Usually 1 of 2 most likely culprits are the condenser and coil....

https://www.facebook.com/bud.andrews.5/videos/560357740664624/ Hehehehe, I guess we toasted the muffler & stacks post pretty good, but I don't need to be marketed , lol . It's just my hobby, it don't have to make anybody happy but me. I had bosses all my life and it feels GREAT to be free since I retired ! I told myself that I wasn't going to be bent over somebody's fender screwing in spark plugs for them or some such nonsense, lol. I like my tractors and do this stuff so I don't sit around and become useless, it keeps me occupied. It's a pleasure to be here and yak with fellow Wheel Horse collectors. Aint no place I'd rather be, will probably see more of me when winter sets in, that keeps me in the house more. Everybody here has good ideas. There's only one thing I like better than Wheel Horses, I built this from SCRATCH ! It runs !

Dennis, if I had to guess, I'd say I could crank another one out in maybe 80 - 100 hours. Balls out, around 2 weeks if I stayed at it all day, every day. It's the cutting , fitting, and welding that take the most time. I started this in July, although I didn't work on it every day. Sometimes I would just sit and stare at it for an hour , figuring out how to make something fit or work. If I had to change anything at all, I'd make the carry-all on the back wider and a little longer, but that's about it. Mechanically speaking, the drive belt system and the steering system are already figured out and I would not change a thing. Once those 2 major hurdles are done, the rest is just cosmetic and it can look however you want it to. Making the fenders and seat and other sheet metal fit could be done a lot of different ways . As far as happy goes, YES ! I'm very happy ! It should be as dependable as any other Wheel Horse , let's face it, they were built to work and mow hour after hour, year after year with very little trouble as long as you do the proper preventive maintenance now and then. This should be no different. p.s. - ( no hood ornament, I like the gas cap, is all ) Oh, I forgot to tell ya, I'm still tweaking things here and there, today I added some arm rests. Guess where I got them ? Heheheheheheheeeeeeeeeee.....................................

Check out the front wheels on that round hood that is sharing the picture with the Ranger. Notice anything???

I don't think yours is "hacked". Any K series Kohler I have owned has or had the exhaust threaded into the block just like yours. Mike........

I had the same problems with a fairly inexpensive 120 volt Lincoln MIG welder that I was using. So I went to a friend who is a professional welder. He set up a practice table for me and I used his 240 volt MIG welder. After a few minutes, it was like I had been welding all my life. So with renewed confidence I headed back home. I set up my little MIG and tried again. SAME PROBLEMS. My conclusion is that the cheaper the welder, the more the problems. You get what you pay for. Now, when I need something welded, I head to my friends shop and use his stuff. All the difference in the world.

Does it have an adjustment dial for the wire speed? If the wire feeds quicker than it is burning, you get that "jerking" of the wire because it pushes into the piece. Don't use an extension cord or use a 10 gage wire cord. Try a smaller wire diameter but you'll also have to match the tip. Think .030 is the smallest flux core but not sure Be sure to use a flux core wire if you are not using sheilding gas

You can use plain water with a couple drops of dish washing detergent, Windex, Fantastic, etc. It all works just as well. I prefer to use the cheapest method possible, water with a couple of drops of Dawn detergent. I've applied many decals, large and small, and the wet method is by far the best.

SPOILER ALERT! Dad texted me this afternoon and said he used the Iron Horse to pull his old JD yard sprayer! I guess a "horses" work is never finished...

Wow, 70's Wheellhorse, Chop away and make a puller! You said "Grandfather" and I think Old Guy! Then I realize that most of my classmates are grandparents many times over. Keep forgetting to look in the mirror, where have the years gone.

This is your "official" spoiler alert, as they say these days! It is time for me to resurrect this thread and finish the story now that we have nearly finished the restoration! We have a little fine tuning to do to the carb and then "letter" it and this Iron Horse has a new life for the third time!!! It has been a great project to do with my dad and my boys, now we get to enjoy playing on it! ...more pics and story to follow! I just wanted to let you guys know that we hadn't given up!

Hi guys, I just got my first WH. I traded a $700 Harborfreight generator for it. It has the 10 HP. Kohler with the 8 speed tranny. Overall, I think it's in pretty decent shape. It has home made wheel weights and chains on the tires. It came with plow parts, everything but the frame for the plow. The model number is 1-0360-8. It runs great, has all the stickers and the head/tail lights work. I'm not sure of the deck size but, it is a rear discharge deck. I got the tractor mainly for snow removal this winter. I'm the last house on a dirt lane so if I wanna get to work, it's up to me to remove the snow. I need the bracket for the rear end of the tractor to hook up the plow. If any one has one they would like to sell me fairly cheap, let me know. Any comments or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. I'll be using this forum alot for help. I just noticed the rear hubs are different, I didn't even see that yesterday when I looked it over. What engine oil should I use and what trans oil should I use? Thanks.

Good job Brian. Man, it looks really nice!

Given the possibility of the balance gears making their own exit hole, and that they don't seem to reduce vibration, I know I will leave them out if I ever do a rebuild. Regardless of why they fail, with no clear benefit, it just seems like a risk I would rather not take

Wheels are kinda cool! I'd leave em.

Thanks guys he came by and saw it today. He was happy to see the old girl start right up. The wheels and plow are on tomorrows agenda

Nice find, I really like that hitch. If I have some spare time I may make one for my 312-8.

I apply all of Terry's decals with water/soap. Been doing it since 2009.

A friend came over today and gave me an ammeter.This project keeps getting easier. Thanks for the offer DAVEOMAN. Tom

I'm partial to the C-160's me self!

Thanks, I think we're set other then lawn chairs. It may not be a bad idea to bring your own seats.

My little cap is black

Welcome to Red Square. My GT-14 exhaust Is just like your photo.

Here we go: Rutgers, BYU, Mich State, Nebraska, Bowling Green, Indiana, West Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Notre Dame

I have one of these welders. Your metal has to be very clean i always grind were i plan on welding first and make sure my ground is good i set my tension-er kinda loose and i will also do a couple spot weld to get the metal hot then lay it on. It really only works good on thin metal like sheet meatal and 1/8" steel. I'm with Bob on you get what you pay for when it comes to welders but i would rather have my crappy welder then no welder

Rick, with those picks he going to need more than luck!!! Yikes, he just trying to catch those in front who have already left the area!!

Was a good show this year. I was their three days before the show getting the antique construction equipment ready. I been in charge of that equipment for years now. Nice looking Wheel Horses you have their too. Did not get a chance myself to go wander around and see much this year. The old machines kept me pretty busy.

I'm betting rust/corrosion creating resistance creating heat. New switch and wiring! You could cut one off another parts tractor but whether you go new or used pack some di-electric grease into every cavity to keep moisture out. If used clean all contacts as best you can first!

While you're in there if it has an ammeter check those connections too.. lots of current goes thru there and they are known to corrode up and melt stuff

Too late to help this time, but if you run into a need to drill out a hardened steel set screw just take a torch to it, heat it to red hot and once it cools you can drill it.

Make sure all of your battery cable connections are good, too.I had mine fry on a 312-8. The battery cable connector was almost gone from corrosion. I would check all of the connections, including grounds. something was causing too much resistance.

Hard to beat the cool factor of a little red round hood... running a set of dual ags in the rear. If you ultimately do decide to go the dualie route... I'm pretty sure, you'll be making your's...the happiest kid on the block.

I do have some more "vintage" footage of the old tractor owned by my dad. I just uploaded a video from a home movie, taken with regular 8mm film, probably in 1964. I am the little tyke driving it in the video, my older brother Jack started it up for me. This was taken in Emsworth, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKbB4oTky2s&feature=youtu.be I'll take some current pictures of my uncles wheelhorse next and post them maybe tomorrow.

Kansas, Michigan, Michigan St., Nebraska, Purdue, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio St., Penn St., Middle Tennessee, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Notre Dame.

Ol' Shep is done.....