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Any of you guys remember all those state license plates I collected from you guys at a couple of shows last year. They were for C-101Plowerpower (Koen) from the Netherlands to decorate a bar they were building. Well Koen went ahead and sent me a thank you gift, that I think was supposed to be here for Christmas, but they finally got here yesterday. These are really cool. Thank You Koen. Check these out...and they fit...

...January 6, 1996...after 17 years smoking a pack a day, I chose this day to run out of cigarettes. So, for me, the blizzard of '96 was a good thing...as I fought my way through, and haven't touched one since. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/blizzard-of-1996-begins Twenty years now, nicotine free... still going strong, and will never go back.

Another little known fact. I am a member of the Morse Historical Society by birth right! My grandmother is a Morse.

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Now we need a photo of you wearing them Steve As a side note, my woodshoes almost fit inside those

With socks please. Wood absorbs odors!! Very cool gift Koen. A real keepsake from a long distance friend!

Let's see a photo of you wearing them and the lamp shade you won at show.

I love hearing all the quitting stories! I only smoked for a year or so at the age of 18/19....but my part time job pumping gas that paid me $3.50 and hour in 1982-83 (Connecticut minimum wage was $3.34) wasn't enough to keep gas in my Chevy Vega, maintain the car insurance, food in mine and my girlfriends stomach, etc etc....so something had to go. My new smoking habit was terminated....what a blessing! Mike.........

Wonder if you can use those as a mug at the show?

@AMC RULES Congratulations! I don't have any bad habits, (as I sit here about 1/2 crocked on COORS LIGHT!) Had the day from hell at work today! I never had that bad habit, but my dad, sister, brother, daughter, son, step-daughter all do! Dad always said, "When cigarettes get up to $1 a pack I will quit....Yeah, right!

Clickity Clack! I bet you could grow about 8 tomato plants in each of those things!

At least we know you wear a size 48 shoe. All your height went to your feet.

1-6-2016 My 1st Anniversary on RedSquare!!!! Happy Birthday to me!

Congratulations on quitting smoking. I quit about 4years ago and don't regret it at all feel alot better but still have trouble breathing from it.

I want to thank my good friends Jeff (fireman) and Vin (Vins RJ) for stopping over an helping me get this 57' running that I got at the big show two years ago. We replaced the engine that was in it with a good running K91 that I bought there the same year. Both were sitting on the shelf for the past two years. IMG_2971.MOV Click on video at bottom. IMG_2970.MOV

Funny...I said I would bail at $2.00 a pack... and I did it too. I can only imagine what they cost now??? Cigarettes have an average cost of $5.51 with the price in most states being between six and eight dollars. This number is taken from the combined prices of all of the states but the actual numbers varying greatly with the most expensive cigarettes costing on average $12.85 (New York). Overall smoking is an expensive habit and in one year in New York it is possible to spend over $4,690 for cigarettes alone. The main reason for the extreme prices of cigarettes in New York is the cigarette tax. The state imposed a tax that comes out to $4.35 on every pack of 20. In addition to the cigarette tax there is a New York state sales tax which adds on $1.60 to the price.The cost mentioned earlier of $12.50 is just an average of the state’s cigarette prices and some researchers have found prices all the way up to over $14 a pack. Some people speculate these high prices are to help dissuade people from purchasing cigarettes and to start on healthier habits.

...or, about twenty five tractors(where I'm at now).

Socks required to ride??

Pack a day? That will add up to a lot of WH parts...!!! Congratulations!

Now that's funny right there I don't care who you are!

About 45 years Craig. Hard to believe anyone could be that dumb, huh?

I hope they are sanded good on the inside , I do not to be removing splinters from you feet at the Big Show. I learned some new I was wondering how you guys had them little yellow dudes on your posts. Old goats can learn new tricks

I was looking through the folder of receipts, etc this morning and found an original C series manual, Kohler manual and wiring diagram details for the tractor too! Score!

Nice...can't wait to see you... padding around the big show in those.

Nice Steve!!!! Are you going to plow snow wearing them???

Congratulations on beating the addiction Craig! It will be five years for me in May this year. Glad you didn't have to get the same motivation to quit that I did.

I'm sure his body was the most aerodynamic part on that machine!

I have never been, or will I ever be, politically correct, a pot is still a pot, and a kettle is still a kettle And a horse is a wheel horse of course, just sayin'

I would start with a new spark plug, they can last a life time or go bad in a second.

Any pictures of it now? Sometimes a good cleaning and polish will look better than repaint. Before After

When folks ask about going with a non stock color I always tell them "It's your horse, go for it".

That's a good idea but do these look like outside dogs?

I now present, the "Bronco 12 Special". I have had this tractor done for a couple months now, but have been having too much fun playing in the garage instead of posting on here lately. I covered the build of mechanical aspects of this tractor in a previous thread. Since then, I've obviously spent some time on the cosmetic aspects of it. My concept when I started planning this over two years ago was to build a tractor that had what I felt were the ideal features of a show tractor; compact size, hydro drive and lift for easy operation, starter generator for quiet starts, and full foot boards and safety features so my kids can run it safely (with supervision). Of course, I wanted it to look good too. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I like the way it turned out. It's just a rattlecan paint job, but I tried to do what I could to make it turn out as good as possible. The slightly customized decals from Terry really help too. Oh, and the name. As the other thread explained, the tractor is essentially the rear half of a Bronco 14, the front half of an 8hp 4sp, and a newer 12HP Kohler that came in the Bronco, but had the S/G and tins from a 1056. I couldn't come up with a name that incorporated all of that, but "Bronco 12 Special" I felt hit the main points. I won't recount all the steps of the restoration, but will hit a few highlights: The tires. It seems like these threads often prompt the question, "what tires are you using?" The rears are Carlisle 23x8.50-12 Power-Trac's. They are mounted on Wards rims (John Deere 110/112 rims are the same I think) to tuck them in about an inch closer than the original Wheel Horse rims. They still give me about 1" between the tire and the drive motor. The fronts are 15x6.00-6 Vredestein's on the 8hp 4spd front rims. I wanted to go with some tri-ribs since they were cheaper, but I thought the 3.50-6's looked too small, and the 4.00-8's were bigger than I wanted to go. The engine runs great, but it did suffer from the all-to-common issue of the dipstick rubber having shrunk and not holding it in the tube. Rather than replacing it, I tried a different approach that seems to have worked. I got some 1 3/8" wiring heat shrink wrap and put it on the rubber "stopper" on the dipstick. It added just enough to keep it from popping out while the engine is running. I haven't run it alot yet, but it seems to be holding up. The hydraulic hoses as I got them were functional, but one had worn through and was patched together with a doubled-ended barb union and some hose clamps. Another hose on the cylinder leaked at the swivel fitting. Following advice I found in a thread on here, I went the Surplus Center route for replacement hoses, with 1/4" JIC 4 hoses in 12", 18", 24" and 30" lengths. The hoses worked great, but the same thread advised to get JIC 4 90deg fittings and then JIC 4 to 5 straight adapters to hook into the JIC 5 ports on the valve, cylinder and pump. I just couldn't make the turns tight enough coming off the pump doing it that way. I ended up ordering some JIC 4 to 5 (1/4" to 5/16") 90deg fittings from hydraulicsdirect.com. Even then, I had to enlarge the hole in the seat support to accommodate the longer coupler sleeve on the new hoses, but eventually it did work. Even though the suggested fittings could have worked on the cylinder connections, I got some of the JIC 4 to 5 90deg fittings there too for a cleaner install. To get the air cleaner to fit with the 12HP engine under the 8HP 4spd hood, I had previously mentioned using the carb and cleaner off of a 212 John Deere. This still was an awfully tight fit. By accident, I found that the air cleaner from a certain model of Cub Cadet was the same concept, but lower profile to give me a little more clearance. Both the Cub and the Deere breathed from the back side of the cleaner, drawing air from the flywheel blower housing. Since I change the orientation of the air cleaner, I had to fill that hole and drill holes to breath in from the front side. What drove me to look for a different air cleaner was trying to put headlights in. Even with the Cub air cleaner, I didn't have room for the stock headlight buckets, so I went the LED route. I fabbed up a plate from a sheet of aluminum that covered the opening from the inside, and stuck 6x6 LED panels on. Just going straight across the back side of the grill with the aluminum, and the lens on the front side, there was enough room in between for the LED's. The best part is, the LED's put out more light than the stock headlight bulbs. Not willing to leave well enough alone with the headlights, I went one step farther and integrated some amber strobe/blinker lights. For fairly cheap, I got a roll of cut-to-length amber LED strip lights and mounted a couple strips on the outsides of the headlights. They still fit behind the front lens, so unless they are lit, you don't know they are there. I wanted a similar, clean look in the back. It took me a while to come up with something, but eventually I found a motorcycle tail light that had integrated turn signals. It sticks out farther than a stock tail light, but that is mainly to incorporate a license plate light that points downward, which might be handy for shining some light on the hitch. The light used a single ground wire, and the strobe controller I had required individual grounds for each blinker, but it wasn't too hard to modify the circuit board to add individual grounds. I mounted the controller on the plate under the gas tank, easy to reach but not obvious that it's there. I wish I could say it's perfect, but I do have a few lessons learned that may eventually bother me enough to make me fix them. The transmission drips. Since Toro discontinued the 5999 gasket, I had to make my own and I think I used the wrong material. The 1/64 felt-like material I used I think wicks the Type-A trans fluid just enough to create a very slow drip. It's so slow, it's not a big deal, but eventually may bother me enough to try a different gasket material. Even if I did fix it though, the lift cylinder drips too, and I don't think there is anything I can do about that other than try to find a different cylinder. The muffler leaks. The muffler is a will-fit Gravely replacement off of Ebay, and after running it a little it has soot marks coming out at every seam. Not a big deal on a working tractor, but I want this one to look nice. I like the looks otherwise, so may eventually have to try a higher quality version. All in all, I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I didn't get it done in time to take to any shows in 2015, but look forward to making it to a few 2016 shows with it.

Hey all. So I finally live in a place with some land, and thus I could really use a tractor. I came across this forum while scouring google for information and wow ... you guys have got it together big time! I think I found a good deal on a WH 520-H even though its a bit of a drive from me. They are asking for 2800 and it has a KwikWay loader on it. ~450 hours on it. I just want to make sure I end up with a good machine and don't get taken for a ride. (Ha ... puns ... I make them!) I have not seen it in person only in photos and those aren't trying to hide anything from what I can tell. They are including new agricultural tires, new 4 ply front tires, and a weight box. They mentioned the KwikWay having a 350 pound capacity? Also told me it has the 20 HP Onan engine, hydrostatic transmission, a swept forward axle, hydraulic lift, gas gauge, and full instrumentation. I am finding out if they have a mowing deck. They also mentioned having non-agricultural 4 ply tires for the rear and I think they only want $100 for them it seems. So my dilemmas ... Is it worth the money? Or is it a bit too much? If they don't have a mow deck how much will I be dropping on one? Is it really good for snow like they said? I have a lot of snow, dirt, and gravel to move around here so this seems ideal if they really do work well for it like they said they do. Should I bother with the $100 non-agricultural tires? Anything else I should know before I jump into this?

Yeah, I would definitely try him on. Offer low, see what he says. That is how I ended up with a New Holland GT22, I figured he would hang up on me. I made him a crazy offer and he said yes. I think the fact it was right before Christmas helped, as soon as he got the money, his wife was waiting in the truck to go Christmas shopping.

In my opinion, the one in our Classifieds is a super clean machine, but the loader You can always get a blower later, or even another machine with a blower (most of us have more than one!)

You definitely gotta want it...quitting ain't for sissies.

I agree, that motor was swapped out. The first 8hp was actually in 1964. 702's were one of the several model that didn't follow the model number scheme. It was electric start so the electrical stuff would have been on it already. I think the upgrade is a good thing. I can't say I'm fond of the hood but the guy did do a nice job.

Pullstart nice tractor it's good to see that there are still keepers out there. Sylvan Lake don't worry we'll get snow over here probably more than we need remember the last two years

hello to a fellow New Yorker first motor powered thing I ever drove was my dads 701 mowed his lawn for 18 years with it I guess I've had six 701's in my herd at one time down to 3 and a half at present Brian the wife and I were at fly creek cider mill the same weekend as the tractor show in cooperstown this year

The Comfort Inn Chambersburg and Scotland seem to be the same one. And, just for the record, I was only kidding about having a cook's corner! But, since we are talking about cooking you know if you tied a hot dog to the muffler while driving in the parade it would be cooked by the second lap!

Will someone please light my afterburners

Yeah, the WD film was really cool... sure wish put a few of 'em together for us.

Dual exhaust!

That is a really nice find! Heck you could wet sand and clear coat that and would look great the way it is! Wants to drive it home 11 miles in the winter?? That is a keeper my friend

From left to right, my son, my grandson, and me.

Nice...definitely looks thinner.