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Enjoy today! Whatever you do (or did) for a living - I hope today provides time to appreciate all the benefits a life of honest labor affords us...

Note the Turkey Hill sign in the background....

Well, I've been working the ole girls a little. Mower the yard with the ranger and found out mowing the yard really can be fun! Trimmed the bushes in front of the house and hauled off the brush with the c-125. Made a day of work more enjoyable! Emory even had to try out the ranger.

I bathed the red team today and to make sure I'll have very little snow removal this winter I put the blower on. If I want to wear shorts in January, I'll put the chains on.

I was working at my friend's new to his business building today and we saw wild turkeys crossing Market Street in West York!

Well, it was late before I had a chance to get to our horses. Emory wanted to drive the c-125. His legs aren't quite long enough yet, but I let him ride in the flat in one of our fields. He did well and had a ball! He's driven it a lot more than I have. I've got to say it is one of the best running and sounding kohlers I have. With the Nelson muffler it just sounds plain mean. Here are a few pics. Please overlook the quality - it was late, getting dark,and I wasn't too steady!

That's discrimination to let one horse have a beer and not the other. Or, is that other horse on the wagon?

My little cousin got some seat time on the 1276 today .

We fought pretty hard to get this day - never forget those before us that died trying to get the rights we have now - and never let the powers that be erode those rights . The Working Class is under serious attack from big business that wants us to earn 3rd world wages and further erode the Middle Class - pay attention to their agenda and fight back because this stuff affects all of us one way or another . Sarge Laborer's International Union of North America (LIUNA) Journeyman Laborer Local #393 Marseilles , Illinois

Florida native, Molly Hatchet founding member and lead guitarist. I even named a dog Molly back in the day. R.I.P. Dave Hlubek. Edit: A "new" Steely Dan Gaucho outtake album. A little rough in places but still pure Steely Dan. R.I.P. Walter Becker. Edit 2: Music for mild PTSD therapy? (Like hurricanes), Who knows... There are worse choices than Steely Dan and Little Feat for inducing alpha brain waves via music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf8VP8t5nu4

It may be tough to make out but I added a belt support between the bottom idler pulley and the rear drive pulley to help reduce droop or slack when clutch is depressed. Then fabricated and installed the rear discs for the eventual turning brake set up.

Thanks guys!!! Driving horses is doing more than anything else for his hand - he does it without even thinking about it!!

A few years ago we had a flock of wild turkeys living in the woods next to McDonald's and they would come over to the drive through to get handouts a few times a day - - - - they loved the biscuits! After a bunch of chicks hatched and were wondering through the parking lot the wildlife people came and relocated them to a National Forest. The manager of the McDonald's loved having them there, they attracted lots of business.

Driving it like he stole it ... I like that last shot with Emory's right hand on that steering wheel . I'm not seeing his left ! Keep up the good work Emory !

Now, just look at that face... ol' Henry's a Horse-a-holic if I've ever seen one.

Good news, Henry approves of our new acquisition!

Gonna be a nasty one from all the forecasts I'm watching

I picked up my second 520 awhile back from @DeterminingFactor that had no spark. Changed out the 9 pin connector from @rmaynard as the red wire was already routed around the 9 pin. Found the coil was bad and replaced. Motor runs good and now on to the next step. PO said hydro was leaking I think I found the problem so tomorrow I will open up the hydro and replace all seals and gaskets. Plan on wet sanding all the tins and repaint, new decals will need to be ordered. Now if I could only convince @ACman to release the rights to the wheel a matic decals, other wise it may end up being the patriotic series decals. This one may take a while as still working 10hr days and Saturdays. I'll try to post as much as I can. Also picked up an Ark loader for it. Need to build subframe, new hoses and modify a few other things

Anyone know where I can find a snow plow or blower for my 1045?

If a person tells me the price is too high without seeing it first hand I just tell them good by and hang up. As for the no show, I always tell potential buyers I will accept the first cash in hand buyer and if they can't come now I have no intention of holding it for them unless they want to make a Paypal payment sight unseen.

Welcome to our world Javlin, just please don't judge an Indian by the color of his feathers if you get my drift. That's been done in our history before. Just let it go, chalk it up to experience, don't let it rattle you and move on with your sale/search and hopefully get to deal with good folk. Ther has been more than one good piece of advice from the fellas here on dealing with CL crazies BTW next time some idiot tells you you don't know squat about tell him that may well be but you got bros that do!

Hope to bug out in about 5 more years.

They practically live in my yard.

With the hi-low trans, what gear do you normally pull in? Only reason I ask is I may give it a try with the C-120 I have. We have a local garden tractor pulling club and one of the guys that helps run it invited me out to a local pull. I'll do the stock pull class for fun. I think there is one other wheel horse that pulls. May give it a go.

Boy scout motto, be prepared.

Happy Labor Day everyone.

Any picture with Emory using both hands is a quality picture!

Buy new set screws (with the square head). They are about $1 each for high quality ones. Do not reuse the old ones. Do not forget to put never seize on the key and keyway too

Here it is,,,,a year later,,,,,,, after reading this thread,,,today Only supports why I should talk and say less,,,,,,alot less 857

ALLLL to familiar... Being in the mountains of Maine.

Mr. Walter Becker passed away today . Hats off to you sir , may you rest in peace !

Don't rush the season!!! The 17 months of winter will be here soon enough!!

Yet another one to follow us home. 312H with only 456 hours, 50" belly blade, belly mount cultivator set, 42" side discharge deck, and snowblower. Great condition. Makes it well worth the 460 mile round trip to get it.

Don't , ding, ding we have a winner!!! I just got home. We're worn out, but had a great day! I picked up a 68 lawn ranger that will be put to work mowing our yard and a C125. I'm tickled with both and they run great!!! Below are a couple pics I made when we picked them up. Planning on visiting again in December to pick up a few more parts while we are in town for a dr appt. @oldredrider and I have nicknamed the black hood Coyote Ugly since it's so ugly that I just can't help think she looks pretty good!

Picked up a nice curio today to put my NFS items. Just thought I would share, kinda nice to pull the stuff out of hiding from boxes

Want us to start looking for a spread for ya in Indiana? Hear tell the run wild there!

1st and 2nd high depending on conditions.

I swear , that somehow the Old Man Upstairs is mad at me or something - every time I turn around it's something else going wrong . Started to prime the bottom side yesterday and noticed the air pressure dropping at the gun - compressor was not running . Tested the obvious stuff , breaker/air switch/starter box/relay/wiring and no luck - everything had power going through just fine . Spin the flywheel and see if the pump is locked , nope - spins just fine and the unloader is working fine . Get on the phone with an electrician buddy because the start/run capacitor box stinks - used the Phoenix meter he had recommend I get (love that thing) to test each one and yup , one is burned out . No stores this weekend carry them , so off to an electrical supplier to where another electrician/hvac buddy has an account to get me in the door tomorrow - they should have them in stock . Replacing all 3 since they are original to the motor , which is a huge , heavy bugger out of an old corn crib lift because the original motor on this thing was a 3ph and needed a single phase 5hp . Hope to have it back running by noon barring anything else that's wrong internally in the motor ....I just can't get this thing done . Primer went on a bit too dry with the acetone - had to thin it down 10% to get it through the Sharpe gun but the stuff flashed off too fast so it's a bit rough . Will have to wet coat those areas again with hot reducer but it should be fine . Considered using an acid etch additive but can't find a drop of info on using it with Rustoleum and the stuff is touchy chemically so I'm leaving it out . Besides that - it's highly destructive to paint guns - the stuff ate the needle tip off the other gun and had to replace it after only 2qts of material so it's not a totally bad thing . I needed a day off anyway , guess I won't complain but this thing is becoming a career .

Now, this is a work tractor, not a show tractor. But Wheelhorse aren't box store junk and never were. I take pride in my equipment and trucks, none of which were bought new but I've always bought for quality and good equipment holds up that's why I bought my 3/12. Was a little dirty and dusty so today I decided to give it a late summer cleanup. Wash, scrub, polishing compound and a coat of wax. I washed and dried it then rubbed some mothers step 1 on it then johnsons paste wax per suggestion on the site. That's a blast from the past, my nana used that on everything! Im happy with the results. Still has some scratches but I'm ok with them. I got this tractor a little over a year ago from the original owner's son. I still am impressed with not only the craftsmanship but the performance and the mowing quality is as good or better than any commercial walkbehind I've ever run.

The A-81 is coming along nicely 😊

Hope it was a good one

The items from Eldon at Classic Kitchens cants be beat, IMO! Easy to apply, fit great, wear real well, non-slip and look very original!!!

It a rainy day here today so I got some more done on it. Mounted the hitch and wheelie bars today and mock up on the seat. Also had to make some brackets for engine shields. PROGRESS

The 551 is definitely a project, but the 654 only needs a few small parts and then will be ready to start earning its keep!

dells68 Nice pair of tractors. Big brother and little brother doing a hard days work. Enjoy the ride.

Just got the loader mounted today. a few things to tightening yet, this was a one owner tractor, the loader was made for a early Allis or simplicity . The loader is a Johnson no.10 and in very nice condition. The tractor had not been used for over 20 years, and the loader was stored in a old barn in N. Iowa, the tractor came from S. Illinois. But I did put a Wheel Horse 520H seat on it.

The view behind us. Any guesses?

I say A custom plenum to the the hood louvers or a shaker hood setup along with your other upgrades ! This a cool build buy the way ! I'd give you 500 likes myself I could.

As promised in the Basement the other day... Our newly renovated local small town movie theater / concert venue celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival by showing a newly restored edition of the original movie this past Sunday. I had seen the original movie early in my college career, but I realized pretty early Sunday that I didn't remember much of it for some reason(s). My favorite part of course was the Jefferson Airplane set. This one's from the movie: