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Pics sorry it's so dirty I live on a dirt road and it got covered in mud on the drive home

For the last year or so my wife has been wanting a new table. Our current table seats 6 and she wanted that doubled to seat 12. Why 12? I have no idea, it's what she wanted. We set out looking for a new table and quickly realized that anything in the 9+ foot range was way more money then I could justify for a table. Tables alone were 1400+$. That didn't include chairs or benches. She finally found the table she had to have at Pottery Barn. Started looking at the table a bit closer and figured that was something I could build. Few google searches later and I had found some plans to build this table. This is where it got tricky, I had to convince my wife to let me build her a new dining room table...Granted, it was going to take some time but that's way less then what the store wanted for it. Finally she caved and gave me a two week deadline to get her table built. Done deal and off the the store (Lowes/Menards) we went. Some lumber, new table saw, pocket drill kit and some trial stain we were on our way. Ended up building the thing out of pine wood. Not the best I know but I figured this table is likely going to be around for 5-7 years not decades as an antique. Besides I figured if it gets dented, dinged or scratched, just sand it out and put some more stain on. Overall dimensions ended up at 41" wide, 112" long and standard table height. Before it was stained: Here is the finished product waiting to be moved into the house. I got a little fancy (not really it's just a 1/4 round router bit) on the table and bench edges. Gives it a bit more refined look. I also built a few benches to go along with the table. So that has been delaying any real progress on tractor projects.

Starting to get our collection going. Wife wasn't sure about it when I brought the 1277 home but after we picked up the 701 last night she informed me that she wanted me to find her one of her own

4-7-1970 John Wayne wins Best Actor Oscar On this day in 1970, the legendary actor John Wayne wins his first–and only–acting Academy Award, for his star turn in the director Henry Hathaway’s WesternTrue Grit. Wayne appeared in some 150 movies over the course of his long and storied career. He established his tough, rugged, uniquely American screen persona most vividly in the many acclaimed films he made for the directors John Ford and Howard Hawks from the late 1940s into the early 1960s. He earned his first Oscar nomination, in the Best Actor category, for Sands of Iwo Jima (1949). The Alamo(1960), which Wayne produced, directed and starred in, earned a Best Picture nomination. Wayne’s Oscar for True Grit at the 42nd annual Academy Awards in 1970 was generally considered to be a largely sentimental win, and a long-overdue reward for one of Hollywood’s most enduring performers. The Academy had failed to even nominate Wayne for any of his most celebrated performances, in films such as Stagecoach (1939), Red River (1948), The Quiet Man (1952), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and especially Ford’s The Searchers (1956), considered by many to be the greatest Western ever made. In True Grit, Wayne played a drunken, foul-tempered but endearing U.S. marshal named Rooster Cogburn, who becomes an unlikely hero when he helps a young girl avenge the murder of her father. He would reprise the role in the film’s sequel, Rooster Cogburn (1975), opposite Katharine Hepburn.

Guys ya wouldnt believe it, a gentleman about 3 miles from my house has a 520H with "80" hours on it , and also a 520-8,, also a 518H,, and a FEL.. Yup pinch me cause this cant possibly be true,, i am waiting to hear back from him,,all for sale !!!!!!!! ill keep ya'll posted !! I cant sleep ,, this is to much stress for 1 person

I'm liking that old ford truck too.

Posted this in the "What's in your mirror" thread but figured I start a new thread about it here. I happened upon this on Craigslist about 20 minutes after the seller listed it. I called and purchased it immediately. Lets just say it's probably the cheapest I've ever paid for a Wheel Horse tractor. Today I degreased and pressure washed it so I can roll it inside and get it running. The fender pan and hood need some straightening out but that's no big deal. Gonna go through it, change the oil, plugs, fuel filter, hydro filter/oil and see what happens. The hour meter shows 929 hours.

Hello friends living in south west Michigan this week has been pretty depressing with the weather. But today I was all smiles I have told you all I work for a metal recycling yard and today's find was mint 314 hydro 1996 with a matching 48 inch deck in just as good condition best part was a little gas and a little wrenching and it fired up and drives very good tell me what you think and any pointers or advice on the hydro would be awesome it's my first one. Sorry can't get photos to upload I will keep trying.

Hi All, Got the 400 back together today, started on this 400 late last winter, Finally put it back together today. Just a couple things to go back and finish but pretty much done for the most part, Picked this 1 up as a project tractor my first trip to the show, but pretty happy with how it came out. A before picture

Nice looking harvest table! My wife wants something similar. Lucky for me, she doesn't read here.

Thanks. And you will be happy to know I found a home for that Wisconsin engine and passing it on to him...supposed to pick it up today

Well new carb came in today. I couldn't wait to get that thing on. Got it on hooked up the fuel and switched the key and pulled the rope. Fired right up. Slight tuning and she ran great. Then I took it for its maiden mow. Half a lap down the stearing bound up turning to the left. On to the next problem. I will look at that Friday. Thought I would add a picture of my new toy

I was going to paint the motor today but mother nature figured we need more rain so I did something else. I want a stack muffler for this tractor but can't seem to find one like I want so I decided to build one. This is how I did it. I cut all the pipe with a tubing cutter. I Bought 2 washers and picked up some scrap sprinkler pipe from one of our jobsites. The larger pipe is a chain link fence pipe. The 90 degree fitting is a weld on fitting a plumber friends gave me. I'll try it on my raider to see if I like the sound and the look. I need to finish welding it up and paint it. Then I will have to figure out a way to support it.

I think it's either love it or hate it, but I picked up a heaping 8' box of horse manure this afternoon, got to use the stable's loader and all and I'm welcome to come back for as much as I'd like to take anytime. The loader is green and yellow, but it's bigger than anything ever produced and it's 4x4 diesel hydrostatic. Works like a charm, I'm happy to have some seat time in equipment like big loaders, skid steers and my plow trucks to prove myself to the horse farm owner and she might even call me from time to time for handy man work!

New poster here. This weekend I became a Wheel Horse owner ! I was working in my Dad's garage and his neighbor came over and said he had a tractor I might be interested in. So I went with him back to his house, and he pulled a tarp off of a nice looking 856. He said there was a snowblower with it also. When I asked how much he said "I want you to have it, $200". He doesn't have any family left and I guess he's mad at the other neighbors that would be interested in it. I'll be back with questions, especially when it comes time to put the snowblower on. It runs real good, my daughters must of put twenty miles on it in the backyard already. I'll try a picture. Steve A W

Soon as I find a plow....................... .

Ok paid for a supporter membership so I can show you all some more pics

YOU PAID WHAT????????

Got the old trans out of the C-120. And put a old one that my dad had sitting in the barn in it and got it together enough to ride it around the yard. Hopefully I will have it back together tomorrow.

Another thing a wheel horse can do, that very few (if any), other tractors can do, is set there in the basement (or garage), all shined up, and silently, just look damned good.

Went to the parts store today to order a starter/generator belt for my 1277 this morning...got to talking to a guy who was there for the free coffee and town gossip (we live in a very small town) and he asked me if I wanted another Wheel Horse. I told him money was tight but if the price was right I might be interested. He told me if free was the right price to come and get it. Not sure what model it is or what kind of condition it is in...will find that out tomorrow when we go pick it up. Funny how these things multiply will be sure and post pics and more info once I get out there

I just put new rubber on the front. Now it's time to fix those hubs with the axle sticking out. I don't have any jack stands to set the tractor on so I decided to build something that would be strong and safe. I saw those square tarpers on the trans axle and knew just what to build. I will build a cradel to hold the trans safe. I'm thinking, hubs removal could be violent. Once I got the tractor in the cradel and the wheels off, a gave the tractor a push to find it very stable. I think that's a good thing. Next I pulled the locking bolts out of the hubs. I got lucky on the left side, I managed to work the hub off by hand. Two points of the home team I gave the right hub a couple of raps with a dead blow hammer, but no dice. I know that repeated hamming can't be good in the trans. With a hub to use as a puller I made up something some of you will recognize. I'm glad I had a small enough bottle jack to fit into the circle of rods. If I had tried a 5 ton jack to would not have fit. The hub came off with little fuss. With the hubs off, cleaned and repainted I set to repainting the rims. Before everything went back on I took a few minutes to back the jam nuts up to the bolt head. This will ensure the bolt seats properly and not get a false seating. If the jam nut seats first you won't get proper bite between the hub and the axle. Next I cleaned the axles and cked. to see the axle seal were OK. No damage. Everything looks good, I'm ready to put thing back together. A little heavy grease helps with the install. The hubs slide on easy and the locking bolts tightened and then the jam nuts. The wheels installed and the bolts were set with an impact driver. Time for some pics in the sunshine. The old girl looks pretty nice. For 30yrs. I know some of you have one much older. This is all I own, this is all I'll ever own. A one horse yard. Too bad in a couple of days I'll have the chains back on and with the cart in tow I'll be back in the woods cutting fire wood for the shop stove. That's the way it goes around here.

I guess I could see me... doing that with a green one. Then post the picts on their forum.

You come up/over the pond and sling a shovel at a time... and I'll never touch green and yellow again.

got it, lauson rsc 701

Your best one of these posts yet Rich.

My Wheelhorse can clean up Dodge

Not saying that I won't or can't but my last attempt at a video was quite an adventure so maybe someone at the big show will help out.

Both look to have the correct amount of patina... just need a quick oil bath to make 'em glow.

Maureen O'Hara was a BABE. Even though she was my dad and mom's age (born in 1920), as a kid I was totally dumbstruck how beautiful a woman she was. No one had red hair, green eyes, and a flawless complexion like her. She was the perfect counter to John Wayne in the movies they did together. The strong willed and determined characters she played, only enhanced her beauty. What a knockout!!!

They look great together. And any wife that wants into this hobby is a keeper!! Looks like the 701 just needs a good wash job and a original Kohler!

I trying to think of words to decscribe the sound that is going to make.... PHAT..PPHAT...PHHATT PHAT..... You do realize that the guys who can't make the big show are going to want video with sound!!

And it begins......

The serial # puts it right in the middle of the 701's I don't think it will be as bad as you think. Glen Pettit sells dash plates, the hood is off a later model but so what, you must put a belt guard on it so it works properly, some extra holes have been added, find a K161 or K181, some elbow work finished off with decals from Terry and you'll have a dandy. I'm sure you already know what kind of help that's available here. I'll bet somebody has a deck shell that you can put your parts on.

May I suggest you use automotive header paint that's available in a spray can from auto parts stores I recently painted a muffler with "high heat" bbq pit paint from Hdepot and it burns off in 10 minutes.

Good Karma, you will be blessed 1000 times over!

You the man Prof, put that supporter to work now and keep the coming!! ...Nice tractor...those vintage tires look to be in decent shape & lots of very usable parts on her! Well worth what you paid for it!

OMG, JimD is back at it again! Glad to see another "Caption This"

Few weeks ago I posted here with a question about my C-195 with severely plugged carburetor.I tried again several times to clean it,but had no luck.I finally bit the bullet and bought a brand new after-market carb.Got it today and put it on the tractor.The tractor runs like new.No sputtering.No back-firing.No stalling when throttle is increased.Just great Kohler twin power.Well worth the 60 bucks for the carb.Now just gotta think Spring......

Someone painted that 520H green and yellow!

Alright boys and girls; we have another Horse-A-Holic!

Is that a loader or a dumpster? It is filled with TRASH!

Plow some big snow with little power. http:// Hang with the big boys. http:// Impress the judges. http:// Win some awards. http:// Spark creativity. http:// Bring good folks together. http:// Meet famous people. (Don't forget about Bob Hope...if you did your reading) http:// Keep a family well rooted together. http:// Edit----darn it!! spent a little extra time posting this, and the links don't work. Apparently Wheel Horses won't help you be computer literate!!

Hello. I'm a proud owner of a Raider 10. Now Somebody offered me a Tiller for 200 Euro. My questions are: Will it fit? The bracket for the axle is include What else is missing? What size of beld does i need to buy? What I have to check if I m buying it? I know that I have to fabricate e lever cable an the pulleys which are under the tractor.

it's looks to be the right color to haul those horses around too!

Your 856 has one of the best original seat covers I have ever seen, the man who sold gave it to you took exceptional care of it. Below is a manual you can download.

That's because... you can't stay awake.