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I can honestly say that spending time out in the shop has really not happened in the past 9 months. Now that I have some time off I have had a chance to pull some maintenance and go through some of the machines. First up is a 312-H that will no longer be on snow duty. This is a new full time mowing machine for my son. His first time was a huge success. He is going to finish with a nice cut after some more practice. Next up is a 518XI that has just over 500 hours that came back home to be a mowing machine for my wife. She loves having the opportunity to turn on the IPod and have some time to relax. During this time dad did a quick clean up with powder coating of the tins and a fancy new set of decals from our very own Terry Dennis aka @Vinylguy for his 522xi. Also had to make some tough choices to let go of some stuff. One of my first GT's is about to leave. Have spent a lot of time on this 312-8 but no longer have a need for it. Hopefully it will find a new home where it will be enjoyed again. Finally had a chance to grab one of my favorite machines. Here is one of my 701's that I took for a cruise and snapped some photos of. This one is such an enjoyable machine to play with. Hopefully I will be able to find some more time to dabble out in the barn. Hopefully these photos will tide you over!

A couple of years back, I acquired a 1962 Sickle Bar. Serial number A-40719. No mule drive with it and in my wisdom I thought I'll make one and fit it to my 1979 C-81. I refurbished the Sickle bar some time ago. Unfortunately, due to my computer giving up the ghost, I can't access any photo's and Photobucket won't let me access what I have in there. I had to change my e-mail address due to Freeserve/Orange discontinuing things. There is an topic on our sister forum www. My Old Machine of the earlier work done. Last week I decided it was about time I dug things out and got stuck in. So here we go. First thing I did was make a couple of pins to mount the frame at the rear. Save messing about with nuts and boltsI know only one is shown, but I did make two. Here they are fitted. Next on the list was the mule drive. I got some plate, 22m bar, bearings and pulleys with taperlock bushes. Then measure up and fabricate the plates. Then build up the whole assembly. Below all bolted on. The sickle bar was then fitted and a way of holding it vertical solved by a ratch through my bits and bobs. One problem here was the lift lever under the tractor. Where it curved down it fouled the belt guard and top pulley. Sorted this by disconnecting it and fastening it up out of the way. A shackle and two links of chain took care of the rest. On to a clutch to mule drive belt tensioner. My first attempt was unsuccessful. I had an Idea it would be. The belt kept running of the bearing shown. That was all I could find at the time. Eventually I remembered a box of Husqvarna bits tucked away and found a suitable pulley for the idler. Here it is set up and all runs well. The next thing to do is give it a proper trial and all being well, strip down and paint. I still need to make a handle to lift up the cutter bar when down. The original fouls the footplate as it was meant for a machine that didn't have footplates.

Hi all, greetings from Devon (England)! I am new to this forum and I thought I'd post the restoration of my 1975 Wheelhorse C-100. I have begun some restoration work on my 1975 Wheelhorse C-100. This was my first ever mower and I have owned this tractor since I was 15 (I am now 26). It was for sale with a local garden machinery place, we have a garden/woodland on a hill and my parents had said I was allowed to buy a lawnmower on the condition it had proper/good brakes, I think they were worried because my grandfather's Lawnflite had a fairly weak brake that failed once on the hill, though luckily no damage was done. I saved up and eventually we went to a garden machinery shop and I remember seeing a red Wheelhorse outside the shop, and finding it a really nice looking machine, (and it had proper brakes!). After speaking to the owner of the place he said he had one identical but a little rough "upstairs". They kept their mowers stored in this sort of old wooden barn attic with a hydraulic lift to access, so we went up and amongst all these modern plasticy lawn-tractors was this really cool looking Wheelhorse, paint all peeling and dented, but to me it was amazing. Here's a picture of when I got it home: I repainted it in 2010 and did some repairs, and although the finish was OK, it's picked up some scratches, wear and corrosion from years of use and storage. I have decided to repaint it now, as I would like to put decals on it and really finish off the restoration. It won't be as perfect as some examples I have seen, but it should be a really good looking Wheelhorse. I also wanted to take the opportunity to remove some dents in the bonnet, it is hard to see from the picture above but someone might have crashed it or crashed something into it at one point because the grill was dented in a few places. I mostly fixed this in 2010 but I wanted to get the last little dents along the side of the grille sorted this time. Anyway, that's the story so far and I will post more photos of the restoration as it progresses Jon

$20 a pr from AutoZone. I had regular LED's in my 1267 but they really didn't cast out as much light as I needed for plowing at night. I was going to install Silverstar 1156's but then I saw these. Guy said if I didn't like them bring them back. Doesn't get real dark until late so here's an early morning shot in my back shed. I don't even have the engine running.

Right before the hot blast of rock&rye breath.

Thought i would try some flat black fender accents on my COMMANDO. Trying to decide if I like the look or not? Made some for Martins 1057 back in 2012 and the hood also. It is nice to have a Horse to experiment with Going to be a fun winter for a change. Give me your opinion one way or the other. You will not hurt my feelings in any way. Just looking for opinions or even ideas.

Hang on to him tight @AMC RULES ... don't lose Steve-on-stick in the prop wash !

I happened upon him down by West Point's historic train station today... seems he was getting all excited about going commando with the troops.

Started another loader the other day. going to put it on a C160. Will keep everyone up on pics. this will be for sale when complete. Call if interested 573-473-6944 I will make someone a great deal on just the loader , fare less then I go in it.

@stevasaurus drink less R& R and you could stay current on the threads. . I missed you this year I think I picked on @857 horse too much since the Big Show, he will not comment on any of my comments in threads or pm's. He does a great job on the Mash Pole and I saw that Steve on a stick was hanging from the pole.

All of you guys really Rock & Rye. I didn't realize this thread was still going on. Love getting a peck on the cheek from Redbird. Thanks all you guys. This is a brilliant thread...way too much fun.

I picked up a set of turf tires at the big show this past weekend so I was able to swap out the 23x10.50-12 super lug ags off the 1057 and onto the 854. I really like the look of the wide ags on the 854. This one will be in a 4th of July parade this weekend in upstate NY at the in laws place.

The down side to what you propose is that the normal bearings on the 3/4 axles are ball bearings and not tapered roller bearings.A ball bearing of that type is designed to take a large radial load( up and down)but is limited in axial capability(in and out).If you try to eliminate axial play with a castle nut you could overload the axial capacity of the bearing.I would recommend shims or ignoring small amounts of play as this will keep you from possibly destroying a bearing.These machines have been operated with this setup for many millions of hours and only had the tapered roller bearing upgrade to handle the greater weight of a 60" deck or loader.

Thank you to all who have taken Steve On A Stick along on their adventures, this has far exceeded my expectations.

That last pic almost looks like a scene from a monster movie!

Be careful what info is posted on this thread. Insurance companies are known to look at places like this to get an idea of what to value something that is not in their "books". If you have someone who says they estimate the repairs to be $2000 dollars, and another who says $200, which one do you think they will favor? Just sayin' be aware.

The longer they play the more they may have to pay because the more people I talk to the more educated I get.

So....how did the kid trade work out?

The shift lever is held in place by a "Dog point" screw. the shift lever has a round doughnut attached where it goes into the transmission, it has a hole drilled into it. Use a screwdriver to align the two shift forks to neutral, back out the dog point to allow the shifter to be inserted with the dogpoint screw aligned to the hole. Tighten the dogpoint into the hole and check the shifter to see that it will move. When it is adjusted to be snug but easy to shift then tighten the lock nut on the dogpoint.

Not waiting totally on the estimate. I have a hood on the way so I stopped by to see an old friend at a sheet metal shop and left with these for the hoods.

Can't wait to see where Steve will show up next !

Don't be to hasty... the rides not over yet.

Jim, I doubt that Howard could ever get mad at anybody. I hope that me hanging from the Mash Pole was not by a rope.

Just a bit of fun rough coated a wheel as a new tyre gone on ... like the colour as it's what I use on my tractors Ral 1015 is the code light ivory but know some may not like it...

As you can see in this image the outside line needs adjusted in about a 16th at the rear to better align with the fender and just a tiny bit on the inside as it drops over the back. Is this the same seat pan used throughout the 70's?

Looks like Steve was here there and every where! Way too funny!

...or, some play on the (black&white) checkered flag motif Terry... that matches a racing strip down the center of the hood. Just thinking of a play on the 500 special here.

Its enjoying to see the Boys on their Horses, though mines 24, he claimed my 516H that i purchased Last week, but i dont mind, Nice Wheels WHFan74, Big Red Fred

Building inspector showed up passed all good, been working on my other toy the Malibu but here's a pic with a couple red tractors in it, Jeff.

Well my parents brought me my wheel horse 1045 and this cub 72 and #2 cart I bought from my buddy in NY for my son.. Runs great and he already made I trail around the house with it..

You give the ins. co. a labor estimate and the ins. company's "adjuster" will make it what he wants it to be. That's his job ... ADJUST! Go to a local body shop and get the estimate. Let them do the body work. I'ld guess 2 hoods painted at a shop will be $250 each. They are professionals ... a job done right .... may cost even more.

I would love to see an adaptation of the hood side decal from your Patriotic set to wrap the seat pan!

I so would have been in the wedding 😂😂 mrs ac man

I'll play their silly little game for a little while.

I think a candle would be about as good as the factory lights. Now those led's look great. Hopefully they will last a while. Very nice Mike!

As Fred Sandford would say . It's the big one ... I see the light ... I'm coming for you Elizabeth !

Jay, I just saw this...glad all are OK. @Kelly here on Red Square is an excellent body guy and a vendor here on Red Square. Maybe send him a PM and see if he can help you with that estimate.

I'd pull the shifter out, put the horse rearend on blocks and use a large screwdriver to shift those forks to verify nothing works first. The picture above show the trans in the neutral position.

This is made directly from one of the original weight brackets

16 hours driving?? Did you switch off with buddy ? I have pictures of your secret weapon!

You're welcome, Jay! Was sorry to hear after the fun days at the Big Show you had that terrible accident-and fortunately everyone is OK! Good luck with the estimates and the insurance company (just read your updates!) and hope you find a nice hood! Even my niece in Washington State loved the picture of you and your grand daughter! Thank you! Who doesn't love to see everyone having fun with their friends and families and tractors? Thank you, Linda

Will there be continuing adventures of Steve on stick ?

Coffee cup??? Don't you mean his Rock & Rye cup? Somewhere tonight in Biglerville, there is a liquor store owner wondering why his Rock & Rye shelf is still filled.

Steve stopped by for dinner Friday night visited awhile at the show tent Brian

Hang in there @JPWH ... I know there games too , delay , deny , defend . They just want you to get frustrated and give up but it sounds as if you're sticking to your guns !

Looks nice, and looks like there is enough room for more red in there.

It runs great, starts easy and has loads of torque. It does smoke a bit on startup but clears up fast.

This is just incredible. You all know how I love people pictures. A huge thanks to all you guys and gals for making me feel like I am there. I have tears in my eyes.