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Just got back from Scott's Meet and Greet last weekend with a couple of side trips on the way home. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Tour and of course Maker's Mark distillery tour, any time I'm in Kentucky, This was my first real Wheel Horse show and it was amazing! Many beautiful tractors. Scott and his family put on a great event. Met a lot of Red Square members and now can put some faces with some name. Everyone I met was very friendly and hospitable. Just what I expected. It was a little cold but even a wimpy Florida guy didn't think it was that bad. Still have my keister, Racing Bob. Did some trading with Jake with a 400 burb in some disarray for some 3 piece trans work. Jake and his dad, great people. If I ever do grow up I want to be like Jake. For a while it looked like I was going to be the one who came the furthest distance, but then I noticed some ladies who looked a bit out of place for a Wheel Horse tractor meet. I finally asked one of them where they were from and she said they had just flown in from California but were originally from China. Very impressive. Didn't sell my 520H wheel set or my steering wheel, nobody seemed too interested. That's when I noticed the truck bed looked empty so I bought another 400 burb with snow blade and a tub cart. Whats a guy gonna do. If we ever get a foot or more of snow in Northwest Florida, I'm set. Once, again I want to thank Scott and his family for putting this outstanding meet together, and I may be back next year! Who knows there may be someone from Australia next year since this thing has gone global! -Chris in Florida. Here are the pictures of the new burb.

Had a Great Time At Scott's Meet -N- Greet Took My Quad Down And Got Some Aerial Footage! Enjoy! 6th Annual North Central Indiana Meet & Greet Aerial VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_tcnp9FB4U 6th Annual North Central Indiana Meet & Greet Aerial PLOWING VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50gR2Q9_7sM ~Duke

Didn't the old time used car dealers use saw dust? I'm pretty sure that or draining all the oil out would stop the leak!

Short jerky vid https://youtu.be/vpCzrREpkBM

Found this at a yard sale last Saturday. '79 C121 It has a good 42" deck. She runs but she's a smoker and it's complete. Seat is roached. It's pretty much all original, unmolested with the exception of someone has bypassed the ignition switch with a push button for some reason. Transmission seems to be in good working order. I'm not real familiar with the Hydrostat trans. My other WHs are manual trans, so I have a question. There is a lever to engage/disengage the trans. Is this supposed to put it in neutral so you can roll the tractor?

Scotts Meet and Greet 2015 " clueless " from Florida Glen Pettits' Booth Mrs Duke (HorseFixer) and Bo HorseFixer few more to come Last 4 pictures above 1st pic.. Far left front end of table Blueberry (Doug Kuhn) and IndyWH (Marshall) in the chair close to camera. Don't know the others. 2nd pic..Eric (Lonnie's son), Lonnie , Bob Rock , WHPNY . Bob makes the articulated horses.. 3rd pic...Brrly1, IndyWH, Stevasaurus, Pullstart, XRayGuy75 - Matt - my son. 4th pic...Brrly1, Horsefixer, IndyWH, Stevasaurus, Shorts, Clueless, Pullstart, jackhammer.

I got my Wheel Horse No Name 10 a cpl. months ago. It came with 62 lb. home made wheel weights. I took them off, cleaned all the rust, painted them and made some decals. I used 1/8" pinstripe tape and ran a pinstripe around the outside then clear-coated them. Not too bad.

This is the planned finished model:

OK Steve, that post has been edited LOL I don't want to be banned from owning a Wheel Horse, that would be more than I could bear! Please don't take away my right to keep and bear Wheel Horses ! That is an amendment to the US Constitution isn't it?

Van, go back up to one of your posts and delete that comment about trying Stop Leak in your transmission. It only takes a few minutes to replace that seal. Anybody that even thinks about putting Stop Leak into a Wheel Horse transmission ought to be banned from owning a horse!!! I wouldn't even think about doing something like that...even if I was selling the Horse to someone I did not like.

Maybe I could come and show you how to roll it onto my trailer. Marvin

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

jm the onan engines from about early 1986 used a plastic flyball spacer. ( they probably saved about 20 cents ) these are known to get loose and or break. when this happens they over rev. the original ones were steel. i do have the steel ones ava. if you end up needing one boomers_influence@yahoo.com or call 651 437 2826 M-F 10-7 S-S 12-6 cent time. thank you. boomer ( the used onan engine parts guy,also NOS and new )

This is what I think I know about the snowthrowers for the long frame tractors 1983 model 06-42ST03 was the first to use skids 1984-1987 model 06-42ST04 1987-1989 model 06-42ST05 was the first to use a 7/8" diameter drive shaft 1990 model 06-42ST06 1991-1993 model 06-42ST07 was the first to use the tall chute 1993-1998 and 2000-2001 was model 79360 1995 model 79360 was the first to use the 8" high shield in the front of the chute 2002-2007 was model 79362 Garry

Sawdust would deff. Quieten it down.....for awhile.

Glad to hear you made it back ok. Now just set back and wait for the first snow. That 400 has a lot of miles on it as I told you. Started out in north west Ohio and made at least 5 trips to Minnesota and a few local shows as well. Have fun with it.

#5 SAE ORB is the fitting size in that goes in the cylinder. You are not going to find it at TSC. Some ideas Note Price in ORB#5 Hose end...I have not found a source for swivel elbow SAE5 Hose ends at any price

Just thought I would post some semi final pictures of the barn as it stands today. Over the past few weeks since the meet and greet I was able to stain the wood and paint the windows. The last thing I need to do is to install the snow retention system on the front of the roof eave and then decide if I want to install panels over the front door or maybe go with a wood shake with dark stain? Not sure yet.

Looked like a Good video to me JackHammer

Great videos and photos everyone! Thank you so much for taking the time to post them. I think this is the first year that I completely forgot to snap any pictures. So seeing all of these are just awesome! Steve.....it may just happen one of these years. Oh by the way, I have enjoyed the 70 degree weather the past two days!

Nice find! All I ever see at yard sales are baby clothes and worn furniture.

I'll have to make sure my Charharts will be ready for October 2, 2016. Maybe next year, we will be moving & blowing snow...you know it is going to happen. Where are those group shots that MJ took???

You didn't realize the cold, 50 degrees, not June weather by any means. There was too much action , equipment , tractors and friends to see and meet.

Another out of the ballpark homerun... way to step up the game Duke.

great job Duke, the rocknrye speachbubble made me laugh

Here it is! Where do I find the serial number so we can figure out what year this bird is? I was told 1990 but according to my searches on here the decals look to be more like 1994-5... I love the look of this tractor, even on its unkept state. So, as I'm loaded and getting ready to leave, I ask the owner what it takes to use garden implements on this tractor. He begins to explain about the Brinly adapter hitch. He tells me that he used to have one for this tractor but he sold it. He opens a cabinet in the back of the shop and there it is!!! He says, "I guess I still have it. You can have it if you want it!" I like it for three bills!!!

I got sick and tired of messing around with the vacuum fuel pump on my GT 1100. It has the 11 hp briggs. So after some thought I went to napa today to see about a universal electric pump. I also think this may be good for one of my kohlers if ever those pumps fail. The one I got is PN 610-1051 it says 1.5-4 lbs of pressure. It is actually better than I expected, seems well built, comes with a filter for the inlet side and a hose barb for the outlet(brass even!) The pump is 1/8 inch female pipe thread on both ends. Seems to work great. I jumpered it to run constant while checking for leaks and found none, float seems to hold needle shut just fine. The cost was a little tall at $50 but some of the replacement mechanical pumps are near that and it seems like it will last. Anyway thought I would pass it along.

Spray that valve now with some PB blaster, Kroil, etc because chances are if its never been opened it won't want to now!

I couldn't be there, but thanks to Stevasuarus, I got my "Indiana" on today.

That looks just like my 79360

My model No. looks like 7G366 ?

Very Cool! Looks like there is a need for a replacement belt though...not for the tractor but for the fella slightly bending over in the start of the video

I recently decided to give BG a try. The MSDS shows what I would call more active ingredients than Seafoam. But after using both BG and Seafoam I think I've still got to order a carb kit... Hard to fix lack of PO maintenance (well, sometimes even current owner...)! Unreasonable to expect chemicals to remove what a fuel filter should have!

Ny Membership has grown in the last couple of years. I've been trying to get a bunch of guys to make it to the steam pageant in Canandaigua every year but I've only snagged a couple. I got a good spot this year and had room for about 25 more tractors. Maybe next year. http://www.pageantofsteam.org/

Did you mean 10w-30? I think 0w may be too thin for the hydro. I have read several people who have successfully changed to motor oil, just be sure to change it again fairly soon after running it for a bit to get rid of the residue that will still be in the pump, lift cylinder, and valves. Seems to be a personal preference thing, no real evidence to show one is better than another for this application.

Very often stuff in a can can't help but man when it does! Numerous times I've had Techron smooth out a miss in my transportation. Many times Seafoam has done the same in small engines. Several times a stop leak powder has stopped radiator leaks and stop leak additives have stopped oil leaks. Just saved me from tearing into the rear end in my van! Was leaking 90w bad! Now, not at all! Auto trans fix in a bottle has solved more than one issue. It has also failed more than once! Now I'm not saying that a Engine Rebuild In A Can has rings, bearing, seals and gaskets included, but I know for a fact that some of the products work some of the time. Some only work for awhile but even that can be a life saver to buy you some time to arrange a proper fix! I've fixed several radiators and if they are on the verge of falling apart nothing in a container is going to fix them, but still might but some time. On the other hand if a slipped wrench puts a tiny hole in an otherwise solid tube some powder might just fix it! Now I'd still rather solder it up but not everyone can or can easily afford to pay someone else who can. Probably a lot of money wasted buying wishes in a bottle but sometimes they can be a godsend!

Yeah, how awesome would that be... wonder if they have any trails to ride 's up there?

Directions to push it are on the left foot rest, I can see it in the pics.

Finally got my wheel weights cleaned up and painted. Thought I'd make them look a little nicer by making the WH logo with a thin red pinstripe around the outside. Turned out good, huh?

Right John...is it a weekend for the Home Teams??? Is it an Upset Weekend??? Do the Undefeateds fail?? 4 of the 6 unbeatens are away. Will the weather be a factor??? If Illinois has a defense, will it show up??? Is Northwestern for real??? Does Michigan lose at home??? How good is Navy, is this like a conference game for ND??? How good is Indiana?? When is Nebraska going to play through the last minute of the game??? How bad is Maryland...could they be the next Virginia Tech??

You know I did...just to keep warm. Excellent videos Bob...you really get a different prospective from the air and a great feel for the show. You really captured the faces of the people there also. Bob, where are those group shots that MJ took???

Howdy Bert! I'm sure I'll be taking you up on that, thanks! I'll look for the October information.

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

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

It has an hour meter and it reads well over 3000 hours. I'm pretty sure its not the original meter and I doubt the hours are correct. But don't get me wrong...its not a low hour machine ! It is a one owner. Came with a pile of receipts and paperwork. It came from a dealer right in the town where I got it (Mystic Ct.) Mike.........

The following video's were donated by Cable. They are advertisements for the various Toro Wheel Horse Models. I had wanted to make this a little more fancy, but I've run out of time and want to get these posted as soon as I can. 200 Series Tractors 25 & 32 Series Tractors 300 Series Tractors 400 Series Tractors 500 Series Tractors 600 Series Tractors 700 Series Tractors HMR Series Tractors

the 310-8,312-8,314-8 are all great hard working horses

The 314-8 is IMHO one of the all time greats. The rear end is stout and will handle your plowing chores.

This past weekend cousin Timbo and Toddbo came over and we continued to work on the lights in the barn and outside. Maybe one more weekend and we should be pretty close to being done. Got the sign hung on the wall over the main door. I made the frame out of 1x rough cut shiplap siding. It comes off pretty easy to get at the lights behind the sign. Here are a few pics.

I came home to this yesterday courtesy of Mollie and Morgan. This was a full box!