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My sister and her husband live in Perry County, Pa and they got two inches last night. Her husband loves the C-120 he just got from me. I think he's catching the bug!

Lake ...effect , Sir . I'm about 7 miles south of Buffalo And my 1966 re-powered Ariens keeps me moving freely even through the SEVEN feet that fell in 3 days here in 2014 .

Feel free... post it if you've got it.

My 1980 1100 special restoration project, it has been fitted with a newer unidrive, and repowered with a 10hp cast iron tecumseh (hh100)

Hey guys, kinda gotta brag about this one. Got my sleeve hitch out of Alabama today for $100! Got part # 85518 from you guys,( thank you very much) got lucky and found it on ebay. Took a chance and ponied up the $100 with only a picture of the box. It's dated '93 so sure it's right for my 520h and wouldn't you know, everything's there! Couldn't have done it without the wonderful members of this forum. Thanks Terry. Just what I need for my brinly plow, disk, tater plow, and backblade!

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Picked this up yesterday. It's a 1959 Copar Panzer T65. Its a great candidate for restoration. I'm unsure of what the plans are for this one right now.

Pretty rough one here today. Just sayin.......

Yup. It doesn't take long to catch it in this kind of weather. When I first got my B-100 back in 1993, I couldn't wait for snow. The bug has never gone away. Now that I have a 416-H with a 48" blade, it's gotten worse. However, this morning's 3/4" of light, powdery stuff was easily dispatched with my new Stihl BR700 backpack blower.

Decided to pull the sickle mower off (tired of tripping on it). Well next thing you know I started another project. Pulled the Briggs. Had a hard time getting the steering apart then pulled the trans. Did a little wet sanding. Has some pretty nice red under the rust.

Gonna be a clean up and oil up, gonna keep her original

I think most of us here in the Erie PA area are too busy clearing all the snow to take a lot of pictures! Here are a few Cory

About 3" here in Felton and still snowing. I enjoyed about 45 minutes of seat time on the 312H clearing a couple driveways this afternoon.

A while back I posted I made some of these skid shoes, Now that I have moved on/up at work and don't have direct access to the machines I used to make these I'll pass along how and what I used, if anybody has the tools/skills to do so or has a favorite fab shop...first up the to scale blue print then some pics of the final product, also I made mine with more adjustments than the factory Toro ones, I used 1/4" wall 3"x8" rectangle tubing cut to size and then drilled 4 holes and mill cut the slotted holes, next I bent a weld filler rod to the angle of the original shoes (short black in pics) approximately 15° angle as a guide as I set the "L" shaped parts long side in the vise jaws then using the "blue wrench" Oxy/Acet torch heated along the bend till dull cherry red using a large adjustable wrench to slowly work the foot to the angle of my guide wire may have to repeat this step multiple times till desired results then quench in water, bead blasted and ready for paint powdercoating...Jeff.

Anyone notice anything fishy here @WHX14 just skipped right over WHX13 @PeacemakerJack@Achto@wheelhorseman@prondzy

My next door neighbor found this in his basement and thought I might like to have it. He was correct. 35 pages.

Actually it was my wife's idea. ... she was counting tractors and said I was 18. Well I says we don't count the two vertical shafts or parts or non running tractors. She says WELL you got TWO 1055's that can eventually made into one running??? She's got a point and who am I to argue ..works for me. Skipped the 13!

I know I know not the best mirror shot but I was in the middle of an intersection and she was I had the window down .... -12 with wind chill at -25. A really nice 520 with 450 hours on the clock.

Hey, the guy's building a hot rod, safety should have noth'n to do with it!

January is almost here. Time to start preparing for the BIG Show. I just bumped the support member discount to 25% for the entire Month of January so if you are working on a tractor for the show now is a good time to save on decals. If you are a support member and have registered at redoyourhorse.com you will see all prices are 25% lower than retail when you are logged in. If you are a paid support member and have not registered please pm me with your name so I can add you to the RS Support group which will give you any discount in effect at the time you order. Thanks again for supporting this great forum. We look forward to seeing you at the BIG Show this year. Sincerely Terry, Lola & Buddy

The 16 HP is definitely powerful but it sucks gas...Put one on an Electro now Electro 16 to run the blower in winter. Does a great job but eh dinky little under hood metal gas tank provably only holds a gallon and half and it don't last long when she is working...but that means more breaks for a hot toddy

So far this year we have a total of less than 4".. i plowed once ...more for practice and make sure she was ready than need

First pic was from Wednesday. 2 miles south from this no snow. 6 miles north another six inches. There was about 3 on the ground. 2nd and 3rd pics on Thursday at a school farther south. just getting the fringe of lake snow.

Now that's when Ariens made a good snow blower.Had a 7-24 that was a 1971 or 72.Seven horse Tecumseh was getting a little tired.Bought a new Ariens Deluxe 24 late last Winter.Last year used it 2 or 3 times.Old man like me likes the electric start.Go to use it last week......electric starter sounded like it had gravel in it.Had to use the Armstrong starter.Took the electric starter off when we finished blowing out the dog pen.Starter was full of rust and the brushes were hanging up.Cleaned it out and lubed things up.Put a bead of silicone sealer on the starter halves when it went back together.I knew it was a mistake to get rid of the old Ariens.And........you guys can have all that white crap.

Forgot to add she's got a list of all our tractors and what we paid in case I croak and she's gotta get rid of them! Smart woman or unlucky me?!?!

Then your off by 4 I was 18 once too

Sorry Josh no sales this time of year...I need the dependents for taxes! Dang it Tom.

Good point @Shynon! Jim Quick—better buy another one and skip right over that WHX13 “bad luck” moniker! or you could sell me one of those round nose tractors you have and stay with your current avatar...

Well since it's been a few days since there was a post here figured I might as go ahead and do something about it.

My bad! Hay those fender extensions make it look soooooo Koooool!

Terry, you're the...

No snow here, but I did finish picking up the limbs and twigs that came down from the last snow here.

Let Alex know he needs to get that blower loaded up with snow. Speed up the ground speed until the engine just starts to chug from the load on it. Throwing 2-3 ft is an indication it's not getting loaded up enough or something is slipping like the belt or PTO. The 16hp will definitely be a better machine for a blower since you want as much hp as you can put behind it. It's not completely necessary but makes a difference.

What ya waiting for? Get a blower and have at those drifts!

Yes the BX series to me is just a overgrown garden tractor . I just couldn’t pass up the incredible deal this widow gave me . 23hp , 4x4 with diff lock , 250 hours , FEL , 60” mmm deck , both sets of tires and a brand new DR 3point chipper/shedder all for $5000 (7yrs ago and it’s a 2004) . Plus she just kept throwing things from the barn on the trailer (she was selling the house and getting rid of everything). She told me she just wanted it to go to a good home and I just happened to be at the right place at the right time .

Neat picts... maybe he'll join our group.

We have 6-7" here, no huge deal but I am prepared for more though.

Another one of my favorite things - the "sound" of silence. City folk don't understand how "loud" a dead quiet actually is. The mind installs a background white noise for a lot of us because we don't comprehend - no sound input. Middle of the night, after a foot snow, no traffic in the valley, no wind, one of my favorite times.... Forecast for 14 here today. wow. -20 Again here this morning.

Ed those are the clevis ends for the lift cable at the rockshaft end the long one is for the hydrostatic transaxle as is was/is the exact factory kit I bought for anniversary 520H new, the short one for the manual trans and it has both conduit tubes for the hydro(bent) and manual(straight), @Goldann520, I drill several extra holes in the lift arm for different lifting/running height/depths of attachments, Jeff.

@ACman, as promised inside tire pics, hope this helps, also what a shop done last year for me on my Trailblazer as I ran over a board with a long staple left 2 holes within 1/8" was use a die grinder with scuff pad to roughen up the the rubber on the inside so the patch would actually stick, ... Theses tires do have the direction arrow on the sidewalls but being around farming since a child it's just pretty much how they always mounted them and with that being said the lugs pointing that way will grab and pull going forward while pushing the loose soil ect out but when in reverse they do seem to clog up faster (bottom pic in rotting grass and wet clay) so some that run dual wheel usually mount one pair forward the other backwards in theory helping traction both ways, Jeff.

For years I owned 2 tractors...a mighty Ford 860 and a Scotts ( john deere) 2046. The Ford was Monster. WAY more tractor than I needed. I decided to sell her off and look for something smaller. The Scotts was ALWAYS breaking down. One day I was looking through Craigslist and started to be drawn towards Wheel Horse Tractors. They were simple. They were tough. About a year ago I bought my first WH tractor , a B-80 for $100 and I was hooked. I LOVE SIMPLE. I run old 1950's Johnson outboard motors and I just love something simple to fix and built to last. A month ago I sold that stupid Scotts tractor and bought my second Wheel horse ( a 310-8 for $250...and then a snow plow. I will never spend another dime on anything but Wheel Horse when it comes to Garden tractors. IF I need something bigger I will pick up an 8n ford..But I don't see the need to. I haul all my firewood for the year with my B-80. Throw on a set of chains and I can go anywhere in the woods with a small trailer. Although John Deere may have some good tractors....I'll never own one. Simple is king and Wheel Horse Is SIMPLE. If I had to pick an equivalent of a 520-H it would be an old ford tractor like a 9n.....Tough! Small for the power it has. Everything out in the open to work on. Genius Simple design.

1997 Toro Wheel horse 520H. 102 Hrs. Winter mode. Summer mode.

Didn't know whether to start a new thread or just add to this one, since it's another new pair and different brand here goes, all the "off brands" seem to run smaller than stated and Carlise and Firestone pricey, I decided I would be the guinea pig for the OTR LAWN TRAC R1 23x10.50-12 (they also have the 16x7.50-8 R1s), so here's the pics as they arrived today will be going on the anniversary 520H blower rig and fluild filled too, Jeff. 1st couple compared the used tires I have on there for years, then the Nanco brand on the '95, my ATV, and the eMax...

C'mon Eric....we need pictures.

My favorite, are the one's that just "appear"... then, get over looked like they've always been there. Shhh...

I unlock this long enough to show you the calendar. With the software in place here on RS, the image resolution isn't what I hoped it to be. Next year, I might have members email me their images with descriptions, names, etc., so I can get the higher quality images. The original pdf I made was around 200 mg, but Karl reduced it down to a more reasonable size without really affecting the image quality. I might work on a second calendar, but my time isn't as sparse as I would like. For those who didn't make the calendar, it wasn't because of the pictures you submitted - I tried to get some balance in the calendar of themes, models, years, etc. I wanted an image of a 953, but no one submitted one or I just overlooked it. My 953 isn't calendar quality ready, so I never even considered it. I do hope you guys enjoy it. As I said, I may tried to make a second calendar using unused images from this thread. A big thanks to all who contribute and to Karl for reducing the size for me.

Are you going for power or speed? A larger pulley on the engine and/or a smaller pulley on the trans = faster Whereas a smaller pulley on the engine and large on the trans = power I'd go with a 4" OD pulley on the engine. If you then find you want more speed, then go smaller on the trans pulley. I don't know the shaft size of that engine but it should be in the paperwork that came with the engine. Looks like 1" from the pic but... Here's another place to buy pulleys http://www.surpluscenter.com/Pulleys/ This pulley calculator may help you determine what size you want them. https://www.blocklayer.com/pulley-belteng.aspx

Yup.

Yeah - it seems extra room for more sock thickness is a real key and we always did that years ago , but that's when I was younger and in good health . My old pair of Sorels survived the winter of '78/'79 and the 6' of snow we got - spent a lot of time hauling groceries out to rural folks on the back of a snowmobile in temps well below zero at night , every night for 10 days plus shoveling my butt off daily trying to clear out our neighborhood and all the old folks we had . Bet I got 40lbs of fruit cake that year and I hate the stuff still to this day , lol . I've worked outside for the last 30yrs doing construction and I'm pretty much out of options these days - just grasping for ideas and appreciate all the input from you guys - it does help and gives me some avenues to try . It is somewhat about the money - good boots are expensive , my old ones are shot and I have to be able to get out and still do the work - no real choice either . Looking to semi-retire in a couple years and just go inactive in the Union - then go do something else and a local welding shop has been bugging me to come in and help , might just do that if my eyes will hold up . I've gotten stuck working in some utterly ridiculous conditions and the contractors could care less - being out on Interstate 80 at night in January was a great example , -35*F wind chills and an air temp of -10*F out in the open - no one to rotate out either . That was a 14hr shift on an emergency job from the road heaving from the frost and they couldn't even get my paycheck right . Back when I started , the younger guys took the heavy work and let the older members take the "easier" jobs - those days are gone too . Now it's gotten so bad that a lot of the older guys nearly have to ignore the phone calls - the younger crowd doesn't want that heavy work - they want to be in management , that's enough to make you grumpy and rotten in a hurry . Hall rules haven't helped either but that's another subject I'd rather not get into - I'm about done and just trying to survive to the end in one piece if I can at least do that I'll be lucky... Sarge

The difference between a B-80 and C-160 is huge - that extra torque of the big block is staggering , be prepared for a ride you won't forget . Keep an eye on your frame - with that engine the only limit is axle parts and the frame breaking , and that engine can/will break parts . Mine snapped a good quality deck belt when I stalled the deck in some wet junk in a ditch - engine never cared and it also destroyed the clutch facing with it . When the governor snaps open it just keeps pulling and doesn't care what's attached to it , the thing will not hardly drop off it's rpm band no matter what the load is - that's why so many love and seek that model . I wish the bigger cast iron twin would fit into more models but it would require a lot of stretch work to fit that monster - the K482/532 is an animal that is like having two K-341's coupled together - that's how much torque it has . I took measurements off a very large/heavy compactor I used at work a few years ago - it was a Yanmar twin cylinder V type diesel , it would be a stuff job but that motor would almost fit into a D with some hood work . It would take a better rear axle and pump setup or gear drive to remove the weak components - but it would be an ultimate tractor given the D's frame strength . Simple design and reliability is what made WH so great - too bad the other brands didn't catch on and drive them even further but back in the day they used the best of what was available . Funny how those components have held up compared to what is available now - no way none of the new stuff will have a 50yr lifespan or even close . If the modern manufacturers used that same formula today with the metals and such available imagine what they could do - hence the price tag of a good heavy series Kubota . Look at one of those closely - nothing is cheap on them and they have a price tag to match . Sarge