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Thank you Michael Conley!!!! A great video to capture the event again! I think I am almost fully rested from the event. Wow what an event it was.....I tried to plow, I ran a disc, I met some folks all the way from California that were part of a research and development group (ask me about it sometime, you won't believe it!), talked to so many old friends and missed a bunch too! It was cold and chilly, but hey that is what we are know for!!! The machines were awesome, the plowing was excellent, and the friendships were the best part of the day. I am happy to report that we raised $1230 for St. Baldrick's in memory of the late Max Nunn. Thank you to everyone near and far that donated goods and bought a bunch of tickets. Thank you to Paul and Sharon for bringing Max's tractor to the event to help spread awareness about this awful disease. We will continue to push on in memory of Max......there will be a cure! My family thanks all of you for being such great guests and treating the property, and our neighbors, with the utmost respect. You are all a joy to be around. I became sidetracked numerous times and never did get a count of how many machines showed up, but it was a bunch! Thanks for bringing your machines to show.....it wouldn't be a show without all of you! October 2nd 2016 will be our next event.....we are hoping that you will be able to join us!

How about a nine minute video?

Scott, you and your family were great hosts! Thanks for the hot coffee, the food group and the place to come and visit! We had a blast

this is my wall art i have finished and mounted on the wall,i have more picture frames to finish.i think the wife will be ok this

I've got a couple of trailers to pull around so I built a hitch. The tractor isn't modified in any way so I could remove it without leaving a trace. Next thing I need to build is a weight box for the front. Trying to move my flatbed, the front came off the ground before I pulled it out of where it had been setting... One more picture of the underside of the hitch.

Bud's stack may arrive just in time! This 35 year old muffler is is loud. My 1980 C-125 which was given to me by an ol' (91) Alabama boy down the road - you know FREE means it's a money pit and the wife is already starting to cringe...is in mower trim. After rear tubes, battery, trans HiLo and gasket, coil, tank cleaning, fuel pump and carb R&R, clutch and brake adjust, wiring patches and ammeter bypass, 42" rear discharge deck pulleys (rusted through) and belt replacement and PTO belt, the mower lives! I can do more than just wheelie around the yard! The blades are worn as heck but sharpened. I just wanted to get her functional before I strip her down for refinishing and a real going-through. Atlanta has been soggy for almost 2 weeks so awaiting sun for the first mow of dry grass. Love the hum of a big deck. Now, 4 tires and none are a match. eBay fender pan on its way. Seat crumbling. She's a high dollar keeper. Got about $350 into to her at this point and 4 tires and a front wheel will add plenty more to that... The boy's got an older model he uses to cultivate his garden - has a Briggs re-power and electronic ignition. C-120? Maybe next year. Thanks to this list for the beautiful NOS parts and trans advice. Could not have tackled it without y'all! Marc Douglasville GA

loaded up the night before we left.. yeah my house is under construction inside and out a few shots of the show

he shoulda tossed you on the hood to keep the nose down

Here is what happens.. Some guy really wanted it and his PayPal account had the dough in it, probably from small stuff he sold that he really didn't care about so he stepped up. I have no issue with that. Here's the problem, now every clown out there thinks that is what they are now worth. Doubt that, at the end of the day its just a giant paper weight.

I appreciate all the advice. Here's my horse.

Ranting? Maybe. But I think you should get style points for that piece.

Geeze I should be a sports writer.... Anyone bother to look at the AP and Coaches Poll? TCU & Baylor 2 and 3 in AP and a & 4 in Coaches. Iowa is 22 in AP and 23 in Coaches. And look who got a vote on the Coaches - Memphis Tigers is # 25!!!! Don't bother looking at Power Ranking Utah takes that spot. But OSU falls to #4 while TCU & Baylor jump to 2&3!!! I personally think Toledo in the top 25 is a bit much but then again, I KNOW NOTHING ON HOW THIS RANKING SYSTEM STILL WORKS AFTER 30 plus years of watching it. Think I'll go back to auto racing. That is pretty simple, A WIN IS STILL A WIN IN THAT SPORT! Could you imagine telling NASCAR you now have style points that are associated with your win also. So if you just edge someone out that counts as a win, but if you beat the 2nd place by say 1/2 a lap, well then, we'll give you 5 extra points for that. If you are able to lap the entire field and win well that is 20 points extra. I know they have points for passes and laps, but I'm talking about winning style points. If you are able to put someone into the wall while winning, well that get's you 50 points. But the key to that is, you have to make it look like it was a mistake, otherwise NASCAR will fine you! Ranting, yep! RMCIII

Mattrix. Nice work on the hitch. Just be careful moving heavy equipment, especially if you have some hills. The front weight will help, but with 2-400lbs typical. tongue weight on the hitch of such a short wheelbase tractor, they don't have the geometry to be very stable and have a tendency to flip over when you least expect it. Ever since I flipped mine while moving a 3000lb boat, I always leave the trailer dolly wheel locked in the down position to catch the trailer in case the tractor does do a flip. BTW, I was pulling the boat out of the garage on level paved driveway with my 8HP 3 speed when a wheel on the trailer hit a 2x4 block that I didn't see. The additional resistance was enough to flip the tractor before I could get to the clutch.

Although I hate the CFL's (compact fluorescent) in my house, I needed a quick way to boost the lighting in my garage. When I built it back in 1988, I just put in ceramic screw-in type fixtures and standard bulbs. So I went to Homer Depot and picked up four of these. After a few minutes of warm up time, they really light the area. PROS: Lot's of light; reasonably inexpensive ($13.00 ea.); easy and quick to install. CONS: Environmentally hazardous if they break; take a while to get up to full brightness; easily broken because of the way they hang out in the open; but the biggest of all, as usual, Home Depot has discontinued them.

There's a hump in the center of the tranny that will trap oil in front of it. I raise the front of the tractor to get all the oil out.

Here's an old Wheel Horse homemade version

Been a long time since I originally started on this. At the rate I am going it will probably be a year or more to get it finished. Marvin

I had to cage it, it didn't want to leave.

Calling this one... calender shot.

John Burly, in the past, has had them reproduced. He's offered them in two versions, cast iron, and aluminum. Both versions come with, or without handles...and I don't think either of 'em started at $150...just sayin.

Like your picture a lot better, Slammer's looked like the was incarcerated ( in the slammer ).

How do you think... he ended up the way he is?

I'm glad you joined redsquare Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk Heres a pic of the horse i sold Damtrucker i was sad to see it go

YAA...IT IS NOT JUST ME THAT HATES LISTENING AND LISTENING TO JOE BUCK. THAT IS THE ONE PLUS ABOUT DA BEARS PLAYING AN AFC TEAM. THE TOWEL BOY AND TROY GET TO DO THE PACKERS.

Ive had plans to downsize my heard all summer but I keep bring more home.

I bolt electric motor lifting hooks at that location to hook ratchet straps there when hauling on a trailer

Whohoow still in the basement, i'm happy i've put a few cases of beer in the fridge

That sounds like a prediction, the next one will be a Twin!

The only way I go for #10 is if its got a magnum 18 or 20 under the hood

Thank you for the warm welcome. Okay, here are a few more pictures. Rick

I spent the last 3 days cleaning out my garage, and it is not well lit. I picked up an 8' version of this fluorescent light (four 4' T5 high output bulbs) and it is like daylight in my garage with them on. They aren't cheap, but they do work. The 8' version is 12,000 lux. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lithonia-Lighting-2-Light-High-Output-Multi-Volt-T5-Compact-White-Fluorescent-Strip-Light-ZR-2-54T5HO-MVOLT-GEB10PS/203137160

Ed, I'm agreeing with you on the Hydro lift valve as the only difference in the trannys. The 74-75 160 autos all came with the hyd. lift, but the 120 autos still had the manual lift like the 8-speeds. The transmissions are alike except for a few valves and springs that have to be changed to provide power for the lift valve. I don't know the specifics on that, but it's here with a bit of searching. As far as the basic pump, motor, and transaxle, they were the same stuff. The rest of the tractor was the same as well except the engine and a few extras on the 160 such as an hour meter and armrests. Frame, sheet metal, axles, wheels, etc. were the exact same within a given year. There were a few changes as mentioned between the early (74-75) and the late(76-77) 120s and 160s. 1978 brought the C-1x1 series that looked a lot the same, but had quite a few differences.

That's what I keep telling her. If it was a little convertible, she'd think differently.

FWIW... in the five years I've been looking at auctions on Ebay... this is the first time I've seen one(original, or reproduction)come up there.

@Matt856 I recently cleaned the lube out of a C-120. I actually had to "flush" it 2 times to get it clean. I used kerosene, and elevated the front and let it drain (each time) overnight.

I did more walking than I had expected! Mrs. Sailor has a FitBit and we managed to hit 10,000 steps most days. Of course, the ankle and leg needed some liabation to feel better in The Crow's Nest those days.

Great Video. What about the aerial video? The guy running the drone had a camera on it? no?

You're making great progress. Looks good. I like that pattern vise in the earlier pic.

Take a look at the air filter neck for a GT-14, I think one is up on now.

Ohio State, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan State, Notre Dame This is probably an example that there's many more ways to pick up a game on me than picking a team that beats Notre Dame.

I did the same on my sons lawn ranger i used the worn spindles and it works just fine with the sealed bearings. I have a thread about it some where on here

Great looking 857 !

can't say I plowed good, but I took a hard run at it! my kids helped keep the tractor on all 4's a couple times. some hard spots in that field!

My 160 is a hydro and I'll never be with out it. It all depends on what kind of work your doing with it. With my yard, I can cut 20 minutes of mowing time out with a hydro over an 8 spd.

Thanks! I saw the drain plug and was positive that's how I drained it, but I was unsure if I should use the fill plug on the side, or the shifter. I know everyone likes pics, so here is the first one I've taken. I put new tires on the back and cleaned up the wheels while I was at it! I'm planning to troll every thread of this forum for ideas. Thanks again!

That's why we get paid the BIG BUCKS.

That looks excellent, and I think that everyone should have an 857 in their stable.

New member here, ricky racer. I just want to thank Scott and family for a really enjoyable day. I don't have a Wheel Horse but my father-in-law had one and used it for years and my neighbor across the street worked at Wheel Horse as a draftsman helping to design implements. He also was entrusted to take home tractors and implements to feild test. Anyway, thank you all for making a guy with green tractors feel welcome today. Rick

Sorry I did not get back sooner. The .010 under rod should be some SBT brand or something with green lable, it will look nice, and well built. A bad piston or worn rigns will not cause a port hole. A bad rod will. Thanks for replacing, the K341 is hard to find. A K301 is literally a dime a dozen. The piston actually looks fantastic. Do not hone / deglaze the cylinder while apart. Put that piston / rings back just the way they are. It does NOT appear to be burning oil.

I generally attempt to avoid domestic chores, but my wife pointed out that one job is Biblical;