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I saw something today that few of us have ever seen although I will bet that all of us have a desire to find some day! While the original RJ belt guard was almost new condition the cardboard box marked Wheel Horse 80-312 contained a set of four New Old Stock Wheel Horse hubcaps front and back still in paper covers in the box!

All original 1054 and 855 I brought home last weekend

Finally got the 520-8 unloaded today, going to mow with it tomorrow, the 42" deck is all I have ready for it right now. Shouldn't have any trouble pulling it.

Got the 416-8 working hard getting ready for winter, hauling a few cords a day from back in the woods

I’m in the midst of restoring a GT14 to her formal glory. And I keep reading that the 14 had her own set of attachments. So far the only attachment I have seen so far is the tiller. Can someone post some pictures of the other attachments such as a snow blower. Here are a few pictures of my restoration:

I'm rolling my pennies NOW !!!!!

Found this one last night... Also got a nice Echo ARM-210 striaght dhaft trimmer and a old craftsmen bench grinder for an extra $35. Grinder works and the trimmer just needed a new fuel and good carb cleaning. It started on the second pull! Single stage Snow thrower in great shape. Has a the drive shaft in the lower middle though with a bracket that attaches to the frame via four pins? The PTO has a small belt to a side pulley on this bracket and then another belt that runs down the middle of the tractor to the drive shaft on the Thrower. Thinking of swapping out parts from mine to make it a side drive pulley and throw the extensions on there and new bearings... Would this work? You might be able to see the pulley in the middle of the thrower... It has the holes for the upper shaft as well.

Ok so see how your chain is diagonal and going backwards, well it’s not supposed to do that so the arm you have the chain connected to is the wrong one, if you reach up in there you will find another lift arm, bolt the chain to that one and if the chain Is still slack unbolt it from the arm on the mower deck and bolt it back on with another link.

Those hubcaps would make great clock faces. Just drill a hole in the middle for the hands..

Here's hoping... they don't end up stuffed in a case, somewhere in Ct.

Better get the deck off, almost snow blade time. Son and grandson are pickin' wood up for the stove with our '90 520-8.

Great looking machine! Nice to see it being used and enjoyed. I love getting out to cut firewood. Takes your mind off of the everyday worries.

After you get the parts you need, get as many rags as you can get your hands on!

Welcome to Red Square RD. Can you post a picture and/or model number of your deck. I'm thinking you probably have a 36" rear discharge deck on that 876. Would be a RM-366 = Rear discharge Mower 36" 1966...could be a RM-326. Here is the link. If this is what you have...these decks are a dime a dozen. Put a list in our want adds, or contact one of our vendors Like @A-Z Tractor

POR-15 all the way. Takes a bit more prep time, but outlasts everything else I've ever used.

Well, you know Eb... it is that time of the year.

Nothing better than... an old in it's original work clothes. Except, maybe...two of 'em.

I think the 1054 is actually a 1965 1054A. The wider saw tooth tires on the front and turf tires on the rear were about the only difference between the 1964 1054 and the 1965 1054A. If it is the 1054A it is probably the best existing example on earth! The hood side decal as shown on the OM cover did not change from '64 to '65. The serrial number sequence would be another clue. Check your tractor's serial number against the list that Garry has compiled here, if it falls in the high 49XXX to low 50XXX range then that would confirm it. Nice haul!

the rod use to bind up and bend or break, wheel horse replaced the rod with the chain. I've had several tractors with the rod over the years, the chain works much better. the rod would only be use full on a show queen and then might give problems in my humble opinion. good luck eric j

So... the Pond's had a GPS-enabled self-driving BEFORE Al Gore invented the internet and the US Government was tracking all of us from space??? Where's the GPS unit located? Does it mow your whole lawn like one of them Roomba vacuum cleaners? NICE looking machine!

Is that the same as lining up the newest,,,,biggest,,,duelist ?? Craig,,,,,my son and his friends have a saying,,,,,built not bought,!!!!!!! Lane,,,,,if these sell....im in,,,,just tell us when and where.. ololol Howard,,penny pockets in va

I have used a pneumatic nibbler for years, works great. Best advice I can give is to do your cutting over the trash can or be prepared to pick up the thousands of little nibbles on the floor; what a mess.

Looking good......and really nice shop.....

Dad brought Clyde up to the Heritage Farm Day and drove it around some watching the plowing. I was so bummed that I didn't have it set up for him so he could try it--soon. Zach had a blast riding with Grampie and checking it all out as we were plowing. Clyde looks right at home in the fields, doesn't he?

This is my M-series Lawn-Boy mower that I've had since it was new, around 1994? or so -- it's been a while and I forget little details. Enough to know I bought it brand-new; it's the second-generation version of the M-series where they re-worked the final drive at the rear wheels slightly. It was my only mower at the time on a small city lot in Indianapolis, and it replaced a cranky F-series Lawn-Boy that came with the house I inherited. The "F" was one of the odd green-and-yellow(!) ones which ran well enough, but tended to balk and need service at the worst possible times. The "M" series was like nothing anyone had seen before, back in the 90s. Magnesium deck. Oil injection, like on a snowmobile or good dirt bike. Magnetic safety switch to detect that a bagger or chute was attached, not a contact to rust or get dirty. Piston ported engine instead of the old reed valve design. Mine came with the blade clutch, so you could step away from the machine while it idled, unlike the then-new (and annoying) "zone start" safety system where you have to hold the bail on the handle or the engine shuts down. It also meant you could stop the blade any time to travel through areas without kicking up dust. The only thing it didn't come with was an electric starter, something I'm happy to do without the complication of even to this day. A Lawn-Boy two-stroke engine should start on the first or second pull -- third one if it's sat a while -- and "pull" is kind of a stretch of the word; "spin" is more like it -- they're ridiculously light and easy to start. This one was my only mower through two houses in Indianapolis as I started a family, then it came out to New Hampshire with us and worked two more yards until it started having problems starting. My brother-in-law brought over an old Snapper Hi-Vac that had been in my wife's family since the 80s, and then left it behind. The old Snapper then became the alternate while I tinkered with the Lawn-Boy. I got the Snapper tuned up (and my wife's family thought it was mostly dead...) and so I had two interesting mowers to work with. (I love the simple miniature snowthrower disc drive on the Snapper Hi-Vacs!) We moved again, this time to a property large enough to need a lawn tractor. The Lawn-Boy got a bit of a rest now that it only had to work as a trimmer, but it began having difficulty starting again. So it got put aside and the old Snapper got a carb rebuild, new belts, and got put back to work. That's how it's been for the past number of years, especially since the trimming at that house's yard, the next one, and the one we're in now have had so much sand and rough ground that I really didn't want to beat the Lawn-Boy up on them. Two things came together this year -- with a bit of work, the lawn is coming in nicely so I'm not mowing over so much sand. And the old Snapper is getting genuinely balky -- pretty sure the 35-or-so-year-old Briggs engine is losing compression, one of the front axle mounts is worn severely oval, the belts are worn out again, and the idler pulley on the miniature disc drive is in need of a new bearing. So it was time to dig into the faithful Lawn-Boy and see what was going on. Like so many times with the simple Lawn-Boy 2-strokes, it turned out to be a simple problem. Pinched wires! A pair of wires that run to the ignition module provide continuity against the safety shutoff and low-oil cutout function. They'd gotten pinched in two places when the engine shroud was re-assembled at some point when it was serviced. All it took was splicing in a short run of wire and she started right up! Now, the wires are wrapped securely with 3M electrical tape like a stiff car wiring harness instead of the thin PVC sleeve that came from the factory, and carefully tucked up in the engine shroud away from where they were pinched before. The starter rope was getting frayed, so I put a new one on. Greased the zerks for the power drive and put some Sea Foam in the fuel. Now it just has to stop raining so I can go out and mow! Here she is -- well worn but ready to mow for probably another 20 years or more! Yes, she's missing the green plastic trim on the muffler housing. It was held on by tabs on the back and the pair of screws you can see on the front, which didn't really go through the plastic trim -- just a couple of loops molded onto the bottom of the trim. Naturally, those loops give up after a while. I think the trim piece might have gotten lost or misplaced in a move at some point. If it surfaces, I'll try to figure out a way to put it back on. Here she is from behind. In need of some paint on the access panel that covers the Tuff-Torq drive unit, but everything is working just fine. The mulch plug is installed right now. There's a slightly odd discharge chute that throws to the left, and a rear-mount bag, too. You can see the "windows" that reveal the fuel and oil tank levels that were kind of innovative at the time. One downside to the M-series is that it's not easy to get to all the fasteners to loosen the fuel and oil tanks and the engine shroud. If you have big hands, it's miserable. I'm not that bad off, but it's tricky and darn uncomfortable. It's not camera distortion -- the handle, it's adjustment knobs, and the drive and blade bails really are that beefy. Channel aluminum bars, and big castings. It looks like what happens when engineers get a hold of a lawn mower design. I've always liked the typical Lawn-Boy heavy vinyl debris flap. It's still flexible after all these years, and it won't bounce and flip up like stiff plastic or metal ones. Here's a shot -- top-quality lawn care equipment, old-school 1990s-style! Next time I'm in in the big-box store and the guy in the lawn and garden department asks if I need something, I think I'll show him this picture and say, "Nope, I think I'm all set, thank you!" Historically, Toro kept the M-series deck and drive system in their own-brand commercial line after buying Lawn-Boy, although environmental regulations killed off the 2-cycle engine. Their high-end commercial trimming mowers use a 2nd-generation version of the deck, cast in aluminum instead of magnesium. Some of the sharp angles have been rounded off a bit, and the front edge looks like it has a thickened lower edge. Steel reinforcements in the height-adjuster notches. And the crazy-over-built handle is replaced by a more conventional steel tube stock one. But deep down, a bit of this beast still lives on. (And meanwhile, this one's companion, the Snapper Hi-Vac, is still in production too!)

Any musicians here into recording their stuff at home ? I'm just getting back into it after 20+ years away from it and all this technology is confusing the bejezzus out of me DAW's , Audio interfaces , latency reduction ... all stuff I never had to deal with when I had my trusty old 4 track and a cheap guitar After playing Japanese finger shredding junk all my life , i figured it was time for a treat . Jackson Soloist and a Marshall combo 30W amp .

What started out as a simple task of moving my 6-1/2' x 12' utility trailer to unload it's contents back into the Shed Repair Project after building a new floor turned out to be a really bad day . I figured the weight of the trailer and it's load was probably around 2,500lbs or more and the big D-180 should be able to handle it . Used the 3pt hitch and an adapter to lift the trailer tongue and off I went...until I got to the end of the north drive and the pump coupling on the hydro failed - badly . In hindsight - the trailer probably weighed closer to 4,000lbs the way it felt behind the truck ... Now , the trailer had to be taken off the tractor and put on it's jack ....which didn't work out too well loaded that heavily . Since the trailer was built with 2x3 angle iron on the tongue it decided to fold itself into a pretzel - despite the wheels being blocked tight so it couldn't move . It fell over and I had to use the HI-Lift to get it off the ground . The sight of the trailer falling over in the rear view camera on the Dodge is still well embedded in my memory - I knew that was going to be another large project . The coupling had an earlier repair from last winter's failure - so a pto pin was driven through the hole to get it out back to my work area to be fixed later . It made the short trip , but just barely and the tow valve was frozen tightly . As it turned out , the damage to the D was a much bigger issue..and cost 3 times as much in total . The pic doesn't do the damage any justice - that entire tongue was bent badly - Sand blasted , new tongue built and waiting for paint - Painted , as it sits now awaiting the lights , wiring and re-install the floor decking . All the while - got more work done on the D's pump problem . Found a great used pump , as well as a spare coupling in good shape . After a lot of machine work ($$$) we came up with a solution and everything was back together... After all this I found that both the original mufflers were completely shot and falling apart - so another project ... Bought a pair of 180* mandrel bends , two cone transitions and a pair of @jimkemp 8" mufflers (very nice, btw) . Fabricated the flanges for the engine's exhaust ports , as well as the pipes for the stacks - Spent a lot of time rolling the engine over on the starter to slowly prime the pump back up and finally , after several months - fired Big Ugly to test the exhaust before painting the stacks . No leaks from the hydro thanks to some new o-rings and backer rings from @pfrederi on the hydro manifold , that was a big relief . A bit shocked at the sound of the big opposed twin - somewhat like a Harley running on the choke or something - but overall not obnoxious or too loud .... D180 startup.mp4 If you don't want to wait for the MP4 to load - here's the YouTube link - I don't think the camera's microphone will show the sound too well , but so far I like it . Took a ride around the block , nice having this beast back up and running , finally . Now to finish that dumb trailer....pretty much wasted nearly the whole summer getting all of this done plus the hours at work . I'm about ready for a break but need to get ready for winter . Sarge

today my new tires came in they are 5.00 x14 and will be put on this

My honey and I enjoy pulling, cutting, splitting. .. the whole process. .. more than anything except maybe hiking. We accept the fact that we ain't quite right.

With heavy oil consumption like that you are probably looking at a total rebuild including boring the cylinder and an oversize piston. Pick out a shop you are comfortable with and let them measure everything and provide an estimate. You could ask a few equipment rental stores who they use to rebuild their engines to get an idea of who is reliable.

Yes. I will state it. Not sure where the idea came about that excessive horse power is necessary. For comparison, on. GT14, the 14HP K321 is sufficient to motivate a 8-900 pound tractor, often close to 1k when wheels are loaded and it has rear wheel weights and it is sufficient to both operate the Hydrostatic pump for the transaxle and the 3 point lift while lifting a very weighty tractor specific Tiller. And then turning said tiller through soil. Im not saying that HP is not a consideration but that often we over power. In some cases this is an excellent choice. While 14hp runs the 60 inch deck fine, space and wheel clearance are more limiting factor. Im not the only one to run 60 inch deck with 14HP. Back several years ago BAERPATH also iterated that it would suffice. So all can take it with a grain of salt as you will as it is simply another data point.

All loaded up!

Interco boggers come in some pretty small sizes as well - there was a guy that used to run once in awhile with them on his Lada Niva at a local off road park , amazing what that little car would do in the woods and mud...lol . Most fun I ever had was with a little Ford Festiva that was getting junked - we decided to run it through the motorcycle course at a buddy's house . It wouldn't fly very well due to being FWD and very light in the rear - kept trying to smash the radiator - so we ran it in reverse ....off the jumps too .. Sarge

they also look good on the golf if i say so myself

Don't cut anything over your bed! Those little half moon nibbles are sharp! Seriously, be careful cleaning up the leavings. Great tool though!

Richard,,,,,thats battin a winner out of the park!!!!!!!! Maybe this will be your ride next June ,at the BIG SHOW......... I think while we are discussing Beverages, a Coffee Cup maybe ,WheelHorse head,,,,,,,,and the YEAR STAMPED ON IT !!!!!!!!!! 2018 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe all Black or Cotton White,, BIG SHOW SIPPIE CUP !!!!!! frequency of refills optional

Good advice on doing it over a garbage can or be prepared to have little nibbler pieces stuck in your shoes!!!

Great Buy Richard, now i know who rubbed off on me for Stealing them

Back to the front axle, need to get a mount done before starting the chassis. a small piece of ply made the template and gave me a centre point for the pivot. Two pieces of steel tube were repurposed for the mount. a quick zap with the welder - that 1" hole was a pain to drill and how the cradle sites with a cat 3 pin for the pivot.

You cannot fix stupid

I used POR15 a couple years ago and it's still holding up well. Bed coating seems pretty thick and grippy to me but Some have used it and like it.

Dad was certainly surprised! He had no clue that we had gotten him the tractor. He really seems to like it--sorry to all those who called dibs. I showed him all your comments and he got a kick out of them. Happy 65th dad! Surrounded by the grandkids opening the typical gifts. Dad read the note before pulling off the tarp. Thanks to uncle Roger for bringing it up secretly into the garage while we were eating supper! Looking it over with great surprise! He likes it! Thanks to all who contributed to make this a reality. I'll be posting a video link here soon. I'll Also be sure to keep updating as we do odds and ends to it like AG'S, seat work, paint the rear rims,etc Then he took Zachary for a ride just like he did with me on the 875 over 35 years ago! I love the legacy...

I will say it again Josh...HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH'S DAD.

The "consumer" M-series had the oil injection. You'll sometimes find a "commercial" M-series and it will have the same engine but no oil injection. They use a larger fuel tank and pre-mixed gas/oil like a normal Lawn-Boy.