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This rusty peice of an 854 followed me me a while back. Missing most of the sheetmetal, and engine, I decided to build sort of a 1045 ish tractor with a fresh rebuilt k181 and some leftover 856 parts. Let me know what you think

Well the Horse is in the trailer, ready for round one of the eastward relocation Project. 6 days behind due to our lovely Weather, our lovely mud and a lot of aggravation. Round 1 of 3 for my truck and trailer and then 1 round with the semi truck and trailer. ( I hope) Maybe I have better tractor luck at the new and last place I will ever call home.

Picked this beast up yesterday in Illinois. Need a bit of TLC, but runs great and came with a snow blade, wts and chains and bar tires.

Moving to Indiana, wasn't going to take the tractors due to cost of moving. But no one in the Dakotas seems to want them, or wants them to sell for scrap. So I just don't have the heart to watch my colloction get tossed into a dump trailer to go to the scrap yard. so away they go to their new home in Indiana.

I'm from Lafayette! Thanks for all the responses! I know everyone likes pictures, so i will add one of the before shots

Since I picked up 2 new to me horses another 520H and 523Dxi ,I decided to redo my front weight hanger that I modified for the rear all told I made a new one from scratch...1/2" thick cold roll steel used for sides and center,6" long x 3" wide sides, 8"wide x 4" tall for 3 40# "green" weights 4 3/4" from front edge to center of 5/8" diameter hole for attach a matic rod, total width 8 1/2" hopefully you'll get the dimensions by following the pics, and this should work with any classic since 1971 with the front attach a matic... oh I used the small button head bolts to secure for fab up before welding it together and the 3/8" x 1/2" welded to the bottom is to keep it level in the front hitch...hopefully have gave you enough information to build one of your own but if not I'll and get a blue print drawn up and post as well,Jeff.

My dad had mentioned that he had found another Wheel Horse in the back of an old house he uses for storage. It ended up being one and a half. One was intact minus a mower. The other was taken apart. He says he has all the parts for it somewhere (again minus the engines). The intact one was my grandmother's and he said that she had the motor rebuilt several times and could never get it to run right. It has been gone for years. Everything seems to be in good condition aside from being 50 years old (estimate). There were a couple of other surprises too! A spring tooth harrow (yes it was hanging on the wall) and a mower deck that he claims is wheel horse but I am not sure. I could use some help identifying it. I am not sure how I am going to attach the mower. I am not sure my running WheelHorse has a motor shaft long enough to put another pulley on it. I brought the spring tooth home but couldn't fit the mower in the car. My boys refused to ride in the trunk! That mower deck is heavy and made out of some pretty thick steel. Everything is smooth on it though. I have an underside picture too I can post if anyone is interested.

I had some broken idler pulley and brake hardware parts.... So I fab'd some new ones!

The belt guard was missing too, so I fab'd one of those up too. My seat cover from eBay is supposed to be delivered today, can't wait to put it and the seat on tonight!

This is what i use for a trimmer. Lol

Slow but sure progress being made on this one...

I have to admit I thought they were all the same. Here is a picture of the front end that got cut off above. I had to do a bit of climbing to get to this stuff.

I am hoping to get back next week to pick everything up. It is a three hour drive. I also haven't mentioned to my wife that I acquired a lot more "junk" (her words not mine). The mower looks exactly like that 62 picture. My dad said it came with the parts machine sitting on the RJ above. I am pretty sure he didn't realize that they weren't the same model. They do kind of look alike. My dad has had them sitting around for 20+ years since grandma died. He plowed his driveway for a while then he got into bigger Bobcat toys. The RJ was my grandmothers that she bought the first or second year, according to my dad, along with all the attachments. I have a blade, spring tooth, disc harrow, 1 bottom plow and a four wheel trailer. When I get back there in a week, i will see if there are any other treasures waiting to be unearthed. I want to restore the RJ but will need a motor for it. My dad hated that old kohler on it. I took it to engines shop class in high school in 1988 and we could never get it running there either. My dad junked it years ago unfortunately.

Fixed that for you. Looks like a nice setup.

Hello all. so back again with the cleaning and painting etc etc shiny shiny! 1st coat of primer applied. this was done earlier today that is all james

sorry to hear, i've never been to italy, but what i see of it on tv and all, it looks way to busy anyway. next time you come over stop by, i'll make sure i'm being nice

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I ended up with an unexpected tractor this week. Ended up getting a call from craigslist ad for my GT14 I had listed. Worked out a deal that included me taking custody of this 520H. The fella ended up being a big wheel horse fan and is a member of this forum but I neglected to ask his screen name. Duh!!!! He has several wheel horses and had this spare 520 that he had needed the deck off of. Not sure if I will adopt it into the permanent herd as I have plenty of projects to keep me busy through to next year at this point. It smokes a bit but runs great. Hydro is good. Has front swept axles etc. but plenty of time will be required to bring it back to glory. i just can't seem to downsize the herd no matter how much I try! while I eventually want a nice 520, I think this ones stay will be temporary.

So I received the latest article of Farm Show Magazine and was delighted to read the article of @whlpny Rock and Son's articulating tractors! Great article Bob!

I usually used heat gun judiciously to soften and weaken the adhesive and just pull it off a few heated inches at a time. Too little heat and the decal won't release or just breaks as you pull too hard but too hot and the decal stretches too much. Focus the heat on the metal and remaining decal and none on what you are pulling on. Adhesive remover for what remains.

Using a hair dyer or heat gun with a straight razor blade works good

Here is my ebay seat cover. $33 shipped! Very nice quality and should last a long time.

I'll have to plead no contest to that one Tom........... ....guess I shoulda had em spayed....

I have standardized on Stihl products, except the last last chainsaw I bought which is a Dolmar. Here is my FS110R which has been great. The straight head is nice as I am tall, and just like Retired Sparky said, a greasable head.

ANYTHING found at a big box is not worth finding...just my

You are nuts.... I built my log home and never again! Thought it would be cool when I was a youngster but now too much maintenance for a young old coot. Covering all my outbuildings with steel now for no maintenance & wish I could do it so no more $500.00 a bucket for epoxy based stains and chinking! Can't even begin to fathom moving ...30 years worth of junk ...think I'll die here!!

This is the trimmer I use. You can see the unit on the left has handle bars. Give me great control. I have huge place here. I use both cutter heads shown in the pic.

Money well spent if you order the PF plans. It will save you a lot of guess work! I built the hoe but assume the loader plans are just as good. You can find all the pictures you want at the PF site But if you want, here are some BASIC free FEL plans from the manual section to download. Also put up some basic back hoe plans too but can't seem to find it.

I've got this one... http://www.echo-usa.com/Products/Trimmers/SRM-225 Echo srm-225 Been a good machine. Starts easy, runs strong, low vibration. Long shaft is great for my height. Only complaint, like all trimmers, is replacing string all the time. I need to find a nice replacement head that never wears out. Edit: I see they now have a speed reloader head for the string. That looks pretty nice.

I WANNA GO TO CANADA!!! Closest I've ever been here...

It could be worse. You wife's family could move in with you!

Thanks for the nice comments, I will be adding more build vids on a faster pace to keep it moving along for your viewing pleasure, LOL! In either case (male or female buck) the over all process is the same... mix it up, apply and sand. Now from all of the pics of original RJ fiberglass hoods I have, no two are exactly the same. The overall shape is the same but there are small differences in the shaping of the rear of the hoods. That may be an indicator that they were not all one piece, keep in mind that I openly admit that I have no specific evidence supporting that statement. The RJ hood is by no means the same as the SR hood, the SR hoods are all basically the same and there are plenty of examples around to see and document that statement though... As for the RJ fiberglass hood 1) it was an adaptation of the Walk-A-Way hood (from what I have been told by the experts ) and 2) there are only about 3 or 4 known to exist. So, how they were built is all a real guess. I can tell you for sure when my hood is complete you would have never know it was a two piece build unless I told you. People who saw my prototype hood always questioned how I did it... now you know. There are a couple other trade secrets I will be withholding on the hood build... you will have to just watch and learn... Again thank you for your interest!

I think you have your molds backwards a male mold would have the inside of the hood ready for paint not the outside the RJ hood's draft is correct for removal of a one piece hood from a female mold I will let you all know in a couple of months Brian

Thanks glad you liked it! It was a very flattering article- excellent writing by Lorn Manthey. He did a great job with detail to my son also. It has also led to my phone ringing a lot and some very interesting prospects for builds coming up in the future. For those who haven't seen it- they did use a picture including John Campbells Gt-14/16 along with a couple others and it was just over a half page! The interesting part of the phone calls is finding out how many people who do NOT use the internet and have never seen any of the tractors. I'm gathering there is a huge older generation out there who obviously has no use for modern communication- But love reading and looking at real paper in their hands. Its been a real fun experience and Lorn also said that they will run an update if I let him know when we finish a machine which is pretty cool.

Got a few more things done to Lazarus. Tunnel plate is redone. Installed a seat....until I can source a new one. Borrowed from my other project. New muffler. Changed the oil. Rain and serious wind started and prevented me from getting hydro fluid and filter changed this evening. Cleaned up the decals. Not looking bad for a 250 dollar initial investment....... Mostly spares from my other projects up till now. All the knobs were missing and I had plenty of parts from the two I have disassembled to make this one whole. It's going to need some engine tweaking which is not currently one of my honed skills. If I can get the governor right, I'll get the attach-a-matic brackets on Laz and prepped for mowing.

This chart may help you provide more details Garry

Klean-strip decal and Adhesive remover will get all of the goo and the decal off, any good auto parts store should have it.

You're right. A bit of TLC. Wash,wax, lubrication, change oil in engine and trans. and replace all filters and you (for all practical purposes) have a new 520H Enjoy the new addition to your collection!

well, in my warped world, any complete tractor is to sweet to scrap. LOL that's my problem I want to save them all. but maybe now I have the place to do it.

So they loaded up the truck.....swimming pools ....movie stars.....

That's a little more than I need for the yard. That does sound like it would be great for brush though.

Nice looking roller you have going & always nice to have another member who has better fab, resto & tire choice skills than me! May I be so bold as to suggest one of these http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/store/category/1-redsquare-support/ to help you keep posting your

I got one of those at my hunting cabin, they hang around your neck/shoulders and are very hi test. I have a circular saw blade on it and works great for brushing and cutting shooting lanes.

Its goes on the on the bar where the foot rests mount. And to the flag. i found a picture of one on this forum.

Yea, that one.

Sounds like y'all like the 520's too! That was a good Friday for u wvhillbilly wasn't it!!

I'm interested to see what people have to say. Mine is on its last legs. I got it from an auction with a bunch of other things I wanted.

PF Engineering plans are $65 now. I bought them and looked them over. I also followed a couple of threads here closely, then started my own.

4-1-1970 Nixon signs legislation banning cigarette ads on TV and radio On this day in 1970, President Richard Nixon signs legislation officially banning cigarette ads on television and radio. Nixon, who was an avid pipe smoker, indulging in as many as eight bowls a day, supported the legislation at the increasing insistence of public health advocates. Alarming health studies emerged as early as 1939 that linked cigarette smoking to higher incidences of cancer and heart disease and, by the end of the 1950s, all states had laws prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to minors. In 1964, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) agreed that advertisers had a responsibility to warn the public of the health hazards of cigarette smoking. In 1969, after the surgeon general of the United States released an official report linking cigarette smoking to low birth weight, Congress yielded to pressure from the public health sector and signed the Cigarette Smoking Act. This act required cigarette manufacturers to place warning labels on their products that stated “Cigarette Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health.” By the early 1970s, the fight between the tobacco lobby and public health interests forced Congress to draft legislation to regulate the tobacco industry and special committees were convened to hear arguments from both sides. Public health officials and consumers wanted stronger warning labels on tobacco products and their advertisements banned from television and radio, where they could easily reach impressionable children. (Tobacco companies were the single largest product advertisers on television in 1969.) Cigarette makers defended their industry with attempts to negate the growing evidence that nicotine was addictive and that cigarette smoking caused cancer. Though they continued to bombard unregulated print media with ads for cigarettes, tobacco companies lost the regulatory battle over television and radio. The last televised cigarette ad ran at 11:50 p.m. during The Johnny Carson Show on January 1, 1971. Since this law did not eliminate sports sponsorships R. J. Reynolds soon began sponsoring NASCAR Racing which was known as the “Winston Cup” for over three decades, 1035 total races were televised under the Winston sponsorship.