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So as some of you know all too well, I have recently upped the stable quite a bit. Most of it was taken in to pass on to new owners here in Denmark, which was also the case with this little horse. It all started a few months back, when I was sorting out all the jump thru hoops of getting horses corralled in the US, and herded into a container bound for Europe. One day my phone rang. It was a young lad, about 10-12 yo, and he said to me: Mister, I have heard that you are getting a s...load of horses send home from the US. Would it be possible for me to get a horse in there among yours?. Damn! that was a boy with some spunk. (don't know if I'm allowed to say that, but I did anyway ) Then he finished it of and said: You should know that I do not have all the money, and that you may have to hold on to it for a short while until I get my dirt bike sold!.............. Well what do you say to a young boy that calls you up like that? Of cause I said yes, and he told me what he was looking for. Meanwhile, the resident forum dinosaur was helping me getting a foot to the ground on this whole deal, and as if it was meant to be, this very helpful friend of mine said: Eeeerrh you wouldn't want my old Raider 10, would you? That Raider was spot on for this kid, and he was ecstatic about it. Time went, and this whole thing became a reality. That Raider 10 was of cause the first tractor I picked out and began prepping. I had promised him he could have it at cost, but I couldn't bear handing him a tractor that would not start, so I ended up giving him a little Christmas present. He is not aware of it, but the look on his face when he saw it, and fired it right up was perfect, and all I hoped for. I started by cleaning the fuel system and carb. It had not run for years, so it took a little elbow grease. Gave it new fuel filter, checked hoses, redid some wiring, swapped out the front plate on the starter (the old one was worn out totally in the bushing), gave it a new bulb in the headlamps, checked fluids, gassed it up, gave it a new battery, adjusted the points, had the wife sew a few tears in the seat cushion, cleaned it up nicely, and heck, I even put air in the tires. After letting it run without spark plug a bit to get some fresh gas thru the pump, I connected the fuel line to the carb, and let it fill up the bowl. In with the plug, and it fired right up. Minor adjustment to the carb, and it ran nice. I took it for a little spin to make sure everything was OK, and parked it when I was satisfied. That same evening, the kid calls me up: I'm selling my dirt bike tomorrow!. Can I come pick it up? Talk about things happening in just the right order....... Next morning I took it out to shoot a few pictures for the PO, and that was when this strange thing came crawling in the back of my mind. This little tractor was not even close to anything that suited my needs nor desires, and even though the kids laughed at me, and the wife figured i looked like a giant buffoon on a toy tractor, I couldn't help taking it for another spin, contemplating what it would be like to keep it, and if I had room for it, and if I really did have to let it go. ...........Strangest thing. Must be a bug. But as you may have guessed, yes of cause the kid got his horse, and he was proud as could be, and I do not blame him one little bit.

The pointy sticks as you call them or sighting poles. Before you start to plough, you set them out in a line along where your first furrow will be. 1st in front of the centre of the intended furrow. 2nd halfway down the plot and 3rd at the far end. You line up the tractor centre with the 1st one then remove the pole. As you plough you keep your eyes on the 2nd pole making sure the 3rd is out of sight behind it. Do not look round when moving. Or you can go off line.When you get to the 2nd pole you remove that and continue down to the 3rd. You should now have a nice straight furrow. Hopefully.

My daughter spotted this Elmo on a Wheel Horse on display at Kraynak's store in Sharon Pa. today. It's a popular store know widely for their In store Christmas displays. I was just wondering if this tractor belongs to one of our members here.And of course what exact model it is. My daughter was so excited to show this to me and she set it as my phone background pic.

ACE has their -25 windshield washer on sale for 99 cents. That's sense, or scents for a Squonk. You do need an ACE Rewards Card. Fill them tires.

HA, old men standing outside ACE like kids outside of a liquor store! My oh my how times have changed. I remember when water was free and you had to pay for porn.

Speedex's are fun to mess with too! The later models like to one you pictured are beasts and would make a good addition to anyone's collection. I have a speedex as well and they are fun and a little different too!

No pets were harmed in the making of this video. As many of you know, my honey and I spend a lot of time outdoors. Our dog is not super fond of the cold being very short haired and single coated. Today we got her into new footwear... My stomach hurts from laughing.

My wife once referred to it as a "Flamer". I explained to her what a flamer was and assured her that none of my were that way!

Thanks everyone, It was quite a shock. Thanks for all the great info too! I will try and snap a few pics and post them tomorrow when I get home from work, have to do it as soon as I get home or it will be dark. Hi Jay! Nice to have a fellow Georgian on here.

Thank you Sir It was just a light touch up, but yeah, I think it looks nice. And yes he sure had a big smile plastered all over. It puzzled him a bit though, how it had turned up nicer than the pictures he saw of it initially. I just blamed it on the Previous owner like all used car salesmen do

And that poor Gold Wing sitting out in the weather...someone should be ashamed of themselves for treating motorcycles and Wheel Horse attachments like that!

Send in the kids!

Reading the book “Straight from the Horses mouth” wasn’t the Speedex tractor brand owned by Elmer’s brother Harold? If so, it would be a cousin to the GT’s.

Cool! @WHX12 that’s what we are missing at our plow days! I’ll have to have uncle Roger make some of those. I still think that the jousting is a great idea...I could see @Rp.wh in one of those iron suits riding on the Raider @Stormin great job on the weights! Very ingenious and a great cost effective way to get what you need with what is around you. Necessity is the mother of all genius! They look good too...

Had a GT14 that I brought back from Horse Death. That was tagged Lazarus. My resto Mod was names Elijah. My GT22-8 will likely carry the moniker Samson. But I am waiting to make sure it’s worthy of the name once it’s finished.

That was brought to my attention over in the restoration thread Looks like this thread was a good idea Some great names, and great pictures Keep them coming

I like to make things, one of a kind things. I made this little collection of black powder miniatures. The rifle is about 7" long to give an idea of size. The canons all will fire. I also carve a little (birds) and build a little furniture and so on. Way to many interests.

I actually turned my dishwasher into a snow thrower. I just bought her a shovel.

And the neighbors kids. Get-em all cards.

Are you saying you sent the kids in and tried it Dick!?!?!

Always known it to be an all Wheel-Horse specific show. Pretty sure, I remember seeing them give the boot... to a little old lady riding one of them green things around the grounds there. Don't be that gal BRF.

Snow plow is for 1967 or later "long frame". The plate welded to the frame would be used to move the blade angle lever out past the running boards. The spring probably takes the place of a lift link. The grader blade appears to be a 40" mid mount grader made from 1969 - 1973.

I don't think it was a conversion but just the first front mount mule drive. If you take a look at the owners manual that's what came with it. I find it interesting that they also had the mule drive we all know in 1972. My grandsons Commando 800 has one.

I have never seen any images or info on the Demonstrator decals. Wondering if you have the right side decals or just the left side pictured? Just on the slight chance someone has a need I do have them ready for production.

Yep, $9.99 on the rain forest site w/ free shipping.

I actually put “Fireball” in there for the one you have with the flames on it...

It goes on that scooter..

She sure is Purdy, but didn't she get her shoes on wrong?

I remember the lady getting the boot. She was kindly asked to leave it in the parking lot. Let's remember that it is a Wheel Horse show period. That's one of the things that makes it special. Have to keep it that way or else next thing you know someone will ride in there with a crapsman!!!!😳

OH Man! I can see it now... HEY KID, comere.

Wonderful suggestions, but it would get confusing because so many of mine are rusty.

Yes, Elmer's brother built Speedex.. Horsey cousin's

I don't know the answer to your questions, Ed but I do like the spring tension setup also. This is the first time I've seen this type of mule drive. Here's a better pic of it without the cover. An interesting note, neither one of these pulleys had a bearing retainer clip in them. I don't know why they stayed in place.

As far as the carb goes, IMO it's much easier to just buy a complete new carb off ebay. I don't even clean them anymore because changing them for $10 is quicker easier. Buy 2 and be ready for when they gum up from the crappy gas. Those carbs seem to be the worst for easily getting gummed up with deposits. Search ebay for H60 carb. Just look at the choke control to compare it to your carb, bolt it on and go. May need minor adjustment but that's easy to do.

Here’s a pic of it, Ed.

to the Stephen. Try Jacks link below. https://www.jackssmallengines.com/Products/TECUMSEH/Carburetors-And-Parts-4-Cycle/s?msclkid=3a33fa8d75311f71bd98a0bab1cb5487

I'd say she's going to be quite pleased and probably surprised to have it back working correctly - it's probably had those issues for some time and getting that stuff fixed properly will make for a nice surprise when she uses it . The smile on their face when they leave is plenty payment enough for me - it's pretty satisfying to help out someone that is older and unable to afford or do the work themselves . Very nice job - you should be proud . Sarge

Nice...clamp on forks on the bucket work for ya or too much weight out front.? Always thought some kind of quick attach setup like a skid steer for bucket and forks??? Bring the weight closer back??

Great job and great story

Imagine it's something like this...

Speaking of the Big Show and all the guys that have responded the question @857 horse does Howard hibernate from the end of one show until April of the next year. Anybody heard from him ? We need to know about making signs , will Howard bring the pole and the biggest question is will he have someone to talk to.

Do you think you could drive in a straight line if you needed to?

Is that all those cost? Times must be changing.

If you zoom in on that red truck, you’ll see that it has the word “Oshkosh” on the hood. That is made by Oshkosh Truck Corporation located in a neighboring city, Oshkosh. They make tons of awesome and beastly rigs—civilian and military. Most of the concrete mixers in the state of Wisconsin are made by them. It is a great company that supplies a bunch of jobs in the Fox Valley. The one in the pic is very old but could probably still handle a regular work load. I can’t remember a winter where I didn’t see one of those (newer of course) around with a plow attached. We don’t get enough snow here to necessitate the snowblower attachment. Dad says he remembers seeing those with V-Plows around here back in the 1970’s blasting down the back roads clearing out the deeper snow. That walk all behind of yours is a beast. You’ll have to post a video of that thing in action!

Couple great points there. My honey actually had the idea to do just that. We need to be able to throw the snow to a certain place. SHE SAYS WE SHOULD GET A PLOW TRACTOR. Sounds like a great idea ...

If you are going to venture out of the family that would be a nice one.

1964 654

I finished up Shirley's Raider this morning and put one of my seats on it so I could take it for a spin, she took her seat to see about having it recovered. To me the seat just sitting on the seat pan is too low so I put a set of springs under it to raise it up and give it a little better ride. I'll have Shirley try it out and decide if she want to leave the springs on or not. This has been fun to go over and fix what I could and should make a dependable mower for several years to come. I sorta hate to take this back to Shirley, it's a really nice original.

These are some super cool snow movers guys! What a variety of unique devices born out of necessity. My earliest memories include this next snow mover. Those of you who followed my 875 Iron Horse restoration thread saw this truck pictured in the background on many of the vintage slides. Dad bought it in 1975 and it is a 1966 International Harvester Scout 800A. It had the slant 4 engine with ALL WHEEL drive positive traction. It came with a snow plow and dad put it to work. Those winters in the 1970's were really bad in our area for snow accumulation. That front porch is 8' tall and it faced the north. It was nothing to get 6' snow drifts in that area across the front of the house. There is a big difference between 4 wheel drive and All Wheel drive. Dad found out that he could get through a lot of snow and mud that other 4WD trucks couldn't even though he had way less power! He did learn however that you didn't want to have the front axles engaged when on dry pavement because you couldn't turn a corner without it chattering your fillings out! Maybe someday I'll do a write up on this truck because dad did so much work on it and it was such a cool part of our family for around 15 years. He got sick of early morning near misses with deer and so he built this awesome bumper. Never had to worry about it after that. This next shot is of my grandpas early 1950's Case LA. These shots were taken trying to clear a section of back road after a heavy snowfall so that the milk truck could get through to pick up the milk from the dairy farms. The people you see in the pictures are neighbors and family. They all had dairy farms and the snow was so deep that no one was going anywhere if they didn't take care of clearing the road. The county had their hands full with more frequently travelled roads. The snow in this area was between 5 and 6' on the level. They would back up with the LA, put it in third gear, and slam into the snow... producing a terrific whiteout shot like this one! Then the VAC loader tractor in the background would scoop out the chunks and then they would do it again! Little by little the broke their way through and were able to get the milk truck in and out! What do you do when you want a recreaional vehicle as a teen and you don't have one or the money to buy one? You build one. My dad's oldest brother Bob, bought this 1950 Chevy Sedan for $25 in about 1964. He and my dad and my uncle Ken completely took it apart, cut down the frame and removed anything that they didn't need. It made a great run around vehicle. However, they soon found out that it could also be quite useful as a farm vehicle. Call it the original UTV! That rare axle is bolted directly to the frame. If you guys are interested I can start a thread on it because as they used it more and more, they kept breaking stuff and building it heavier and more utilitarian. I learned to drive on it in the late 1980's and they still use it today. One of the many duties that they have used it for is snow removal. Put 8 bags of feed in the "bed" and go at it! Those are just a few of the Stertz snow movers through the years... "Necessity is the mother of all genius!"