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I didn't come home with any tractors today, but I didn't let them go for cheap. I bid them all to $4-500 and let em go. I did come home with a lot of old and new Kohler and WH parts and this cart jumped on my truck. I still have a parts blower and a Raider 10 chassis to pick up when my trailer is returned from a loan.

Finally have Buck done. Why she calls it "Buck" is beyond me... Even have a GILSON key fob!

Had the 1054 & C-120 out getting some fresh air. My wife's friend wanted me to send a picture of them to her husband. He likes Wheel Horse tractors too.

Time to break western on them. If you've spent over a grand with them, you call the shots. If they destroy or lose parts it's up to them to replace them. Stand your ground.

The Daughter and S.I.L. and a group are in the Mtns. this weekend for the 100 mile yardsale and she sent me a picture of this Timber Rattler.

Picked up my first RJ 35 and a 654 today.

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Well the stars were aligned! I worked last Sunday so I had yesterday off. In my e-mail I get a HF coupon for $299. so off to Rochester I go and get there as they unlock the door. The box it comes in is like 3 inches shorter than the overhead door to the freight area. The sleepy eyed forklift guy takes like 15 min to get it out the door! Got it home and unpacked and the wheels on in less time than that. Still have to bolt on my oak door when I get the chance as many other things were on the docket yesterday. Rolls around easily and I'm able to store it under my Power King. When I need it just move 2 bikes and roll it out and bolt on the door.

Don't know what the regulations are where your shop is, but I have been told that most Chrome plating in my area is sent to Mexico where they don't have to deal with the EPA. Good luck getting it back.

Couple of clean machines!

How bout Bob Maynard using his tractor to give us water skiing rides.

Just need to tighten the nut under the seat on the hydro cam. You will see what I mean then you tilt the seat up them move the motion lever.

Nice pair of tractors.I like 'em both.Really like the 1054........OK,really like the C-120 too.

Yeah, funny how they always forget that little stuff that ends up costing a small fortune. Normally they have them parked on the grass so they hope you won't detect the leak till after you haul it home and they have the $..........

Well the Bronco 14 was a bust. Got there and the darn thing had a pool of trany fluid under it that the guy just happened to not mention. Its leaking from the main transmission gasket. Looks like someone had it apart at one point and made their own gasket out of silicone caulk. I may go back for it if replacing that gasket isnt too expensive or labor intensive. Other than that it was a solid tractor. Hydro lift and electric pto worked great engine was strong and the deck was in okay shape. On a brighter note since i was out that way all ready with the wife we stopped to look at the 520h and she told me to buy it. I love my wife.

Yes I use a ton of it when I actually have grass to trim. My OPE guy recommends it. I like the 3 yr. shelf life. I even buy the Tru Fuel 4 cycle stuff for storage Yes it's expensive but when I need something to start that's been sitting for months, its worth it. Sometimes I get the Husky brand. 94 octane. My Sthil hedge trimmer runs like a red-butted ape on it

One more thing when you get the spring and balls. The 3rd/2nd rail (the one to the rear) must be in the neutral position before you can push the second ball in far enough to get the rev/1st rail past it.

I went...and it was hot as heck! Very little WH stuff for sale, less than usual I think. Came home with a Husquvarna string trimmer, that's it. I did see something that must have been there all the years I have been going and I never saw it before till today....check out the pics! Mike.....

They should be responsible. Sounds like they are pretty laid back. Try being more forcefull. I can't get into that definition of more forcefull, as this is a family rated channel, but, I think most will get my point. Lol Glenn

NO HORSES WERE HURT IN THE MAKING OF THIS MOVIE

Exhaust and muffler looks modified, but engine noise is comfortably low so I will leave it as is, more or less. Planning to make an U-bend at the end so a used tin can will be useless... Because of the hydraulic pump, the hood cannot be opened more than a couple of inches, therefore a hole is made for filling gas. Checking and filling oil is possible, but spark plug and air filter is not accesable without loosening a bolt or 10... I should make some quick release for the complete hood, anyone done that and want to share it?

Here trying to capture the quick release feature of the digger. Haven't tried it yet but it seems like one only remove the hydraulic hoses at the pump and release tow pin, then driving the tractor forward away from the digger... Of course, first one have to park the digger rear of the tractor and balance the hight of the platform so no load is on tractor and its not hanging in the air...

Ok, The front lights was working, otherwise black was ruling, no tail light on the tractor (a loose wire may have to do with that) and certainly no working lights on the digger arm. After some small checking for shortcuts and connecting wires, there where light! Both tail light and working lights are now working, the later turned on at the back of the shell. But, checking the current to the working lights I concluded that using them both, (one on each side) will empty the battery or worse, damaging the alternator. I haven't seen any electric power takeout limit but dragging 10 amp for the working lights only, plus front and tail light (these can only be turned on i combination) I have to limit myself to digging in daylight alt. converting to LED-lamps. Here you also see the well dimensioned hydraulics and joints of the digger...

Seems like tractor shows around here in York County, PA don't get too much media publicity if any at all. Many of them just seem like local community events. As for pulling with Wildfire, the Sunday event here at this show is a fun pull for mostly for kids with purely stock tractors. I will probably pass. Look for Wildfire next month at the Dover Olde Tyme Days. Just might do the competition pull there. Been a while since I pushed those other Cub Cadet pullers to their limits, ha! Here's my line up at the Menges Mills show... 1955 RJ-35, 1958 RJ-58, 1962 502, and my 1977 C-120 Wildfire puller. Looks like a decent turnout of Wheel Horse tractors here. I will post more photos of the Red ones tomorrow.

Hoping someone here is the lucky one that picked up this deal of the week. It was $350 with a working bagger. As usual I'm a day late, literally in this case, as he sold it the day before I saw it.

One of the greatest features of Red Square is the outstanding support we have from our Moderators. One in particular is @gwest_ca. Garry has provided manual downloads to countless posters needing information and I want to take this opportunity to thank him. .

Go easy on that cam nut. Too much and you can't move the speed control arm and too little and you the lever won't stay in place. Just gotta find the sweet spot.

Here is a pic of a shed skin I noticed after I hooked up the brush hog and pulled away to mow last year. I was able to moisten the dry skin, lay it out , and pin it to cardboard to dry. I then glued it to a board with spray contact cement. And yes, that is a 12" ruler. He was well fed with a 7" girth and 46" length.

I sell off some of my parts and show the wife what money I made. She then does not complain when I spend money on more machines.

No tractors... but, enough parts to make a few.

Nice haul...and hauler!

Just took a tour of the show grounds... Not as many Wheel Horses here than I thought. I counted about 13... and four of those are mine. This tractor show is well attended by the full sized farm tractors and hundreds of hit or miss engines, lots of vendors. Still one of the better tractor shows I've been to.

In my experience it could be a lot of things. Wrong belt (too long), worn belt, low fluid, friction washer not adjusted properly, excess friction in the teeter totter pivots, and finally yes, a worn out hydro pump. I would start with the cheap things first. I have an early Eaton 1100 in the C125 I am restoring. It has a similar behavior, but so did one in my 1996 416H. On the C125, I found that the belt was for an 8-speed, way to long for a hydro. Changed the belt and it appears to be better. On the 416-H I removed the column control and put in Matt's foot pedal-problem solved.

John, excellent pictures. Your gears look OK. I would take Bob up on the spring and balls. If you have a pencil magnet check for the ball in the bottom where the shift rails go. My guess, it never made it in there when you rebuilt it and you threw it out. You didn't tell me that you had already been into that trans a couple of times. You should be good to go now though. You can see that your brake drum is on your cluster gear shaft. You have the 8 speed #5073 transmission. Another thing...you can not jam the gears in the 8 speeds if you have both detente balls and the 3/4" stop between the rails. You can when a ball is missing. This will solve that issue also. Tip: use a 1/8" or 3/16" Allen wrench to hold the detente ball in place while sliding the rail past when you put it back together.

I definitely want to make this one again Jay. Quite a few of the members were there last year. That auction is great with 3-4 auctioneers Bob. I just wish they would upgrade to an electronic system. The long lines waiting to pay were frustrating.

Control panel, Guessing is right now the way to find the right lever and way it should go. Will have to make some icons before digging seriously. You might have seen that this digger is slightly different to the one who originally started the thread. Seat and controls are moved alongside the arm instead of behind, providing a better view and easier entry for the operator. (might be a quote from an updated sales manual...) Also the platform structure is different, where the "older" version had one circular tube between the two beams and mine "improved" version have 4 rectangular tubes in form of an X. However the X was welded with reinforcements, telling me it should be even stronger from start...

Today is Austin's 4th birthday and his grandfather said he could drive the tractor as soon as his feet will reach the peddles.

That's a nice show. Saw you there last year...

Here's some videos. Not sure if the quality is the best but the videos sound good. DSCF9533.AVI DSCF9534.AVI

More, you're doing great and you have the best helping you. I think I can fix you up with that spring. The balls are hardware store 1/4" balls but I should have those too. Let me verify tomorrow. Take care of that pin. It should be 3/4" long. The spares I have are 11/16" and, you need the longer pin.

Ok, here we go, from where we brought it home, shopping för a cheep hot dog on a "utility store". 5 SEK for a hot dog, thats about 90 $ cent... Unforturnatley they had stopped serving for the day, but that gave us a opportunity to take a shot or two. ..

Token Mirror shot: Rig: I was incredibly impressed with how the Outback pulled that load. It had plenty of torque, you knew it was there, but it pulled it happily. Trailer pulled like a dream. Temps never even rose above normal, and still managed 25mpg on the return trip (about 50 miles)!! I did get a fair amount of strange looks.

I agree Garry is always very helpful!!

This place would be a lot less knowledgeable place without Garry's learned input. My hat is off to you, Sir!

Absolutely. Kudos to Garry. He is the mogul of manuals! He's helped me in the past with date codes and info. Thank you.

Gary with out the manuals you have down loaded , I would have been up the creek with out a paddle more than once. Thanks for all your great work.

Yep...couldn't agree more....he's a very valuable addition to the Red Square team! Mike......

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