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These are two RJ 58s I picked up from a gentleman near me. I got them for 400 and the nicer of the two is a runner while the other is a roller. The roller is likely going to be a future project. Not sure about the runner but I wanted the deck for my first 58. The seller is a new member here and has some nice tractors in his stable. Hopefully he will chime in. I encouraged him to become a supporter. What do you think guys?

STORY NUMBER ONE Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze to prostitution to murder. Capone had a lawyer nicknamed 'Easy Eddie.' He was Capone's lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie's skill at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time. To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was the money big, but Eddie got special dividends, as well. For instance, he and his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of the conveniences of the day. The estate was so large that it filled an entire Chicago City block. Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and gave little consideration to the atrocity that went on around him. Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son had clothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was withheld. Price was no object. And, despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach him right from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he was Yet, with all his wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn't give his son; he couldn't pass on a good name or a good example. One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision. Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done. He decided he would go to the authorities and tell the truth about Al 'Scarface' Capone, clean up his tarnished name, and offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this, he would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be great. So, he testified. Within the year, Easy Eddie's life ended in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely Chicago Street. But in his eyes, he had given his son the greatest gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay. Police removed from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and a poem clipped from a magazine. The poem read: 'The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour. Now is the only time you own. Live, love, toil with a will. Place no faith in time. For the clock may soon be still.' STORY NUMBER TWO World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch O'Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrierUSS Lexington in the South Pacific. One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to top off his fuel tank He would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to his ship. His flight leader told him to return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed back to the fleet. As he was returning to the mother ship, he saw something that turned his blood cold; a squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding its way toward the American fleet. The American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenseless. He couldn't reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger. There was only one thing to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet. Laying aside all thoughts of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes. Wing-mounted 50 caliber guns blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised enemy plane and then another. Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation and fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition was finally spent. Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dived at the planes, trying to clip a wing or tail in hopes of damaging as many enemy planes as possible, rendering them unfit to fly. Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another direction. Deeply relieved, Butch O'Hare and his tattered fighter limped back to the carrier. Upon arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy aircraft. This took place on February 20, 1942, and for that action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of WWII, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. A year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. His home town would not allow the memory of this WW II hero to fade, and today, O'Hare Airport in Chicago is named in tribute to the courage of this great man. So, the next time you find yourself at O'Hare International, give some thought to visiting Butch's memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It's located between Terminals 1 and 2. SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER? Butch O'Hare was 'Easy Eddie's' son.

So Tom @Shynon texts me about a CL find in WI about a K91 this guy has for sale. Looks decent so asks if I would go get it for him. Sure I says so I call the guy and setup a day. Bonus turns out he was right near a Cabelas and I was sitting on a $50 gift card that was burning a hole in my pocket. May come home with a Kohler and a new spinning combo!?!? So I pulls into his drive way and check out his house ...holy smokes Beverly Hillbilly mansion has got nothing on this guy! All concrete driveway got more mix in it than the Hoover Dam! I thought why would this guy have a K91?? Meet the guy and walk into a 5 car garage with one of those fancy epoxy floors so clean I woulda ate off it. Got bowled over by the two vintage corvettes, a cherry T bucket and yup you guessed it ...a 1959 Eldorado caddy with tail fins that look like they could fly and bullet taillights ...In pink of course! We immediately hit it off when I blurt out wow. Stairs from the garage to the basement, he flips on the light and whoa. Entire basement walls, this is 3000 sq ft house mind you, filled with shelves filled with vintage small engines, all or mostly all Briggs. More on those later. He's got not one but two Kohlers setting on a card table. I immediately start to fondle them and after some chit chat throw him a $60 offer on the '91. For a second I thought geez that was too low he's gonna toss me out but then I figured he didn't make his fortune flipping vintage motors....He had 100 on it CL. He says how bout 75? I says solddd. So on to the '90 I says wadda ya think ya gotta have for this one? He thinks a moment and says I am at 150 on this one...it's all original and got the vintage air cleaner. Had to do a little carb work on it to get it running. Geez that's a little more then I was looking to spend as I don't really have a tractor for this ....yet I had told him earlier that I didn't really collect engines but rather the tractors they go in... of course. We finally settle on 130 and as I am digging in my wallet realize I made the rookie mistake of not covering between the zeros and ended up handing him 210. Told him to buy his wife a nice dress with the extra Lincoln! we both laughed. Ok enough babbling .... fellas gonna think I am related to Sarge! Tom's K91 first.PO did add the gas tank so he could run it and said he thought it might be off a genny based on the muff. Note the service engine on the tag. I'm sure yer gonna be happy with it Tom ...if not it makes for some nice garage deco at my place. Funny yet I went to bed last nite with it on that shelf, woke up in a cold sweat at 2 am dreaming it fell off the shelf... had to run out to the shop in my skivvies and take it down ... wakes Cindy up WT* The K90... nice little gem.... got correct base for a RJ or 'Burb project. I had originally thought this would be a good motor for @Achto as he needs some tins for one he has. Way to nice to part out tho. Is that the correct muff for your McClean Dan?

Sadly these were his only two....... Briggs man he says not Kohlers ...free country I says ... I did leave my card with him in case he should happen to come across more! This was one of those rare CL scores that one actually enjoys. I could have spent hours chatting with the seller about old iron, cars, tools and what not. He even had a couple of Lennox furnaces in his basement so since he was a very nice gentleman I took a peek at them for him and gave him a couple of furnace filters off the truck. He even let me snap a few of his mind blowing collection. last pic is a water cooled one. Here is that genny Dan he said was made in Oshkosh. Pretty sure it's 12VDC the water cooled one above. Had a nice little collection of outboards I asked him if he took these to shows, he says he has a enclosed with flip open sides for display. Most are meticulously restored and run but he did have quite a few originals tho. The shelves had mirrors in back of them with cool lighting. He said he worked his way through high school and college in a lawn & garden shop and that's when he started collecting. I'd guess him to be mid 70's in age. Super good guy.

Sandbalsted, Powder coated and new tires!

I saw this on craigslist they are asking 200 for it 65 miles away, what do you think?

Well I’m getting it all set up to pull the Enclosed trailer. The new Super Duty’s are so high I needed to source a 10” drop hitch. Along the way I ended up ordering the new GENY integrated Torsion hitch. Way more hitch than I currently need but it will pull anything I upgrade to as far as tongue pull trailers up to 21k. Also threw in for weight distribution and anti sway. Figured I would recycle some of the influx of cash from recent tractor sales....mine is the normal metallic grey powercoat. This 6 inch (?) drop hitch is off their website:

That’s the thing with these old nut roasters .... you got to be quick to catch a good Horse even one that’s left out to pasture. I’ve learned that if you even think it’s close to a good deal don’t hesitate there’s time to dicker and deal when you get there . Lost more than one from procrastinating .

Our property is boardered by a hedge of old OSage Orange trees. These trees have thorns that are easily 3/4 inch long and as sharp as needles. Even though I keep the yard clean, every year I manage to pickup one or two of the penetrating menaces in my tractor tires. It’s time for me to replace the 35 year old rear tires on my SK486. The original tires are 22x9.5. I want to move up to 23x10.5. I’m also interested in tires that are more resistant to the Osage Orange thorns. Are there any ideas of what I should be looking at? Thanks!

No dates with old flames. My current fire will see to that.

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That was a year ago, isn't it time for a do-over?

What you laughing about Dan?!?!? Have I not taught you nothing??? ..... always cover those numbers in between the zeros!

LOL... day late and a dollar short here Ed .... autographed prize of Squonk at the bus stop has already been awarded! We know how bad you want one of those so we'll see about another!

I brought home and restored alot worse, go get it!

Picked this one up today. Hoping to have it running and driving for the big show.

You know I was thinking the same thing when I saw it on the shelf, But that was gonna be one heck of a long cold walk in my skivvies to take it down Jim thanks again for picking that up for me and if you ever decide to part with the other one, put me on the list. @Achto maybe I can help you out with the tins you are looking for, let me know what you need and ill look. Jim that looks like it was a fun visit, and all those engines wow I like that motor wheel must have been fun back in the day.

OK, just in case there is a second contest. Here are some before and after seats. C-101 before After Commando 8 before After And the current lot of before......waiting for the after.

@WHX14 I wonder how many other dummies are going back to 14 than think of all the comments they could make to you about bringing that up again. I can still see it with my eyes closed.

REALLY very sacrilegious to have anything other than a pan seat on a round hood! OK Ritchie ...let see yer ugly rear....err seat. Tell you what since all the fellas like you, well the ones we pay to like you anyway, yer prize will be a date with Zeek's old flame in post 14.

Ok this is what I have to offer and I did my best to perfect all the cuts and sew them into a usable look alike seat. LAWN RANGER AND 655,606,656,855 ,856,875,1055,1075,1056 SEATS. These wheel horse tractors should be the same seats as the lawn ranger. BUT PLEASE CHECK YOURS TO BE SURE BEFORE YOU ORDER. COVER W/OUT FOAM --------------- $80.00 COVER with FOAM -------------------$100.00 SHIPPING EXTRA .I will ship USPS or however you may want at your cost. And as cheap as possible. I make the original looking Black and White at these prices. The Black and white are made of marine grade vinyl with the 1 inch heat pleated white. I sew with v92 poly uv thread. All the stress seams are double sewed. FOAM: The foam is rebonded 2 inch for the seat and 1 inch for the back. I hand cut the foam to my frame as close to the metal as possible leaving enough overhang so the frame is covered. You may have to tweak the foam a little to your frame. (If you want to cut the foam yourself I'll send it uncut) I HAVE NOT GLUED THE SEAT TO FABRIC. If you want to glue the seat cover to the foam or frame that's up to you. I will not glue any covers to foam. I also will be offering the multi color covers like the reds and blacks. But these are sewn in pleats so there not as water repellent as the heat pleated. Each 1 inch pleat of course has needle holes so water will soak in over time . Not so with the white heat pleated. If you store yours indoor then it not a problem. (Just for your info.) Covers can be any combo of the colors I have on hand. About two weeks to make these multi color sears. $10.00 extra for multi colors because of all the sewing. I have tried to keep the price as low as the material and labor would allow me to. And I will try to offer these at the Big Show but the price may increase . Payment: PayPal , Check or money order. (If a check or money order there's a one week hold to clear.) PM me for total shipping cost

The masters have spoken 'foose, all good points above! I do see a boot of sorts on the shifter so maybe tranny ain't filled with water? Go get it but pack yer wallet with small bills and dicker. Hopefully the sellers got some wiggle room for that can of PB blaster! Good luck & keep us posted

I'd be on my way to get it. It looks in better shape than my Rat Rod did when I found it. Of course I'd try to get the price down a little.

I also made a front stabilizer to prevent left to right movement and to stop the frame from hitting the front axle.

I would go for it. Negotiate yes but if the seller won't budge still get it. Like others have said just the parts are worth it but I'd hate to see it parted out. That's a 1960, probably a 400, and even the throttle/choke controls look saveable.

I know the seat was a flea market find years ago but it works! The original one was trashed. I found more pics of it at work:

Happy Birthday @fast88pu we are all glad you were born!

I apologize for being the new guy, but I'm at a loss here... I'm a Speedex guy that is looking to take a dive into the dark side. I'm looking at my first Wheel Horse. The guy claims it is early 60's, which seems about right. He also believes it is the original engine. I'm not too sure of that. I took a look at it in person today, but I didn't really know what I was looking for. I have attached all of the pictures I have. It appears to have been restored at some point. The serial # is 62-9616. Does this mean it was built in '62? Where I'm lost is the engine. The tag on the engine says K141S Spec 29155D(either a D or 0). That model list that everyone refers to only lists a K141T for the 633. As seen in the picture, it's an electric start. Everything I've seen about the '62 or '63 tractors only shows a pull start. Can anyone please help me determine the model number, year, or if it might be the original engine? Thank you in advance.

No problem Billy if it's tractors I'm in! Thieve away! That tanks looks the same as. I woulda waited till this weekend Dan for you to navigate but i know yer jonesin for some RED paint and didn't want to wait too long to score.... sides I was kinda down that way. Coulda used a navigator tho....... Karen (gps) was bein a %itch and not kind! Thats what I thought on the muff.

I'm surprised that your were able to leave Jim. I probably would still be wondering around checking out all of the engines. That's one heck of a collection! That one is the same as the one I have now. I did find a muffler for the McLean last year at the Burnett show. New in the box. The seller was hard to deal with, she wouldn't take a penny over $1. I spent a fair amount at her booth, she had a lot of NOS Kohler parts. Thanks, I'll send you a PM.

Happy Birthday @Chris G we are all glad you were born!

Guess yours is bigger

That's a hunk of steel hanging off there Aldon.. if I remember right I needed/got a hitch with a 13 inch drop!

Hold your wheel horses fellas yer drooling faster n I can type !

Who, me? I just put all that extra scrap iron on wheels so it can be moved around easier and faster!

How 'bout the second prize... runner up award? Who won that?

I don't know how I missed this thread. I 'll have to get a picture. Now where's my camera?

Here's the frame with extensions for the '90 and newer 520 with swept front axle and my rendetion of the anti sway bar not to mention you'll be missing out on the angle from seat convenience of the proper version, Jeff.

If your not willing to take down the trees I would suggest a 4 ply tire at a minimum...maybe even purchase 6 ply tires.

Thank you guys

If a suburban is what you want there is nothing better than starting with one that is fairly complete. Pick up a case pf PB Blaster on the way home!

Id be on my way, if nothing else there's more than $200 worth of parts. Kohler, foot pads, hood, fenders, belt gaurds

I'm kinda thinking the same thing looks a little rough for 200 maybe OK for 100. I have another one I'm thinking if I get it I can make one here's mine:

DougC 5 years ago.

Hey guys, I logged on yesterday for the first time in several months and was inspired by Dells68 and Crazywheelhorseman to post my find from last summer. Short story: I bought an 876 off of craigslist a couple weeks after coming home from the WHCC show last year. My 1st child came a little early, so I stuck the tractor in the shed and haven’t touched it since. Don’t have plans to touch it for now, but I’m glad I bought it! Long story: I went to the wheel horse show in PA last year and managed to hold off on buying a short frame that I was really jonesing for. There were several there, but Richard’s 857 with the dual wheels was really calling my name. Anyways, I held off because my wife was about 7.5 months pregnant and it wasn’t the responsible thing to do. After all, this was going to be my last WHCC show for a little bit, and I had already sold my other 3 short frames and a gravely walk behind in the spirit “growing up”. Well folks, It only took 2 weeks. While surfing craigslist on my lunch break an ad popped up for an 876 in Richmond, VA. There were no pictures, but it said that it had original paint and ran when it was last parked in the storage shed 10 years ago. The only implement it came with was a disc set. Not sure what brand it was. The price was $225 for everything, so I figured that was good enough to take the gamble. I checked the oil and tightened the alternator belt on the ol’ horse hauler (1984 toyota pickup) and headed north…well started to head north….I didn’t get but about 2 miles down the road and noticed the truck was running a little hot. What? How could this be? It’s a Toyota, that’s not supposed to happen. I thought, eh, “It’s all highway, I’m sure it will be fine.” Stupid. This is what happens when you have your mind set on a wheel horse. I mean, I’ve built a couple different chevy motors for my project vehicles. I work at a transmission manufacturer. I’m not new when it comes to motors/cars/maintenance. And when it comes to overheating, I knew with all of my being that it should be addressed very soon. bad bad things might result if an over heating problem is not addressed SOON. Clearly, I was not thinking rationally. So anyways, like I said, I headed north. It was an uneventful 2.5 hour trip up there until I got off on the exit where the WH was located. The temperature needle creeped closer and closer to the red line and as soon as I pulled into the guys neighborhood I cut the engine and coasted to his driveway. I thought, no big deal, I’ll get this thing and head home. I was there for literally 30 seconds and the guy starts wheeling the tractor to my truck…whoa whoa whoa…wait a second, let me at least pop the hood before we load it up. It definitely was not what I imagined. The seat was torn, the choke and throttle cables were frozen, it didn't run (which I knew going up there), fluid was leaking from the axles, and to top it all off, one of the sidewalls on the rear tire blew as he was rolling it towards my truck. After talking for a few minutes, it was clear that he wasn’t coming much off the price. More worried about actually making it home, I decided to just pay him and get the heck out of there. The truck started fine, and I was able to get on the highway before it got into the red. I plugged in my address (well, what I thought was my address) and headed….north… Fortunately, because I’m so smart, I realized that I was driving north. Now I’m not the brightest cookie in the jar, but I know that if I had just driven 2.5 hours north, I needed to at least go 2.5 hours south. After realizing the GPS was going to my exact address, just in a different state, I corrected the issue and turned towards home. About the time I got the truck turned around, the battery light came on…. Great… OK, no big deal. I knew the belt was on the fritz when I started this trip, so I came prepared with the tools. By this time it was about 8:45pm and I knew time was running out if I wanted to make it to the auto parts store before they closed. So I picked the closest parts store to the highway and headed that direction. I arrived at autozone around 9:00 (they close at 9:30) and I popped the hood. Much to my dismay, the alternator belt was intact. Awesome. Who’s Idea was it to drive this truck, knowing it needed maintenance, on a 6 hour round trip during the work week? Oh yeah… mine. Genius. Anyways, I head inside with my fingers crossed that they have an alternator. Of course they didn’t. The only alternator in town is 30 minutes in the other direction. There was no way I was going to make it there before it closed. No problem, I have a plan B. My truck is carbureted and doesn’t have too many things that run off of electricity, so I’ll try to make it home on batteries. So I bought 2 batteries, a new belt (just in case), some coolant, a new thermostat, gasket sealer, and a bottle of water and headed out the door. I started the truck and got back on the highway. Only 140 miles to go. I called my wife and told her that I was going to turn my phone off because of course I didn’t bring a phone charger. At this point, I was so mad at myself, that she just told me to get home as safely and quickly as possible and she would see me when I got there. The truck battery that was in the truck lasted all the way to the house! I was amazed. The headlights didn’t dim but just a little bit, but by the end of the trip the electronic ignition was acting funny and the horn was really weak. I rolled in at about 12:15am and went straight to bed. So the moral of this story is: Don’t do stupid things. I am looking forward to getting it running and preserving the great patina! I have since sold the disc set for 75 bucks, so ended up having 145 in it (not counting gas, of course). Anyways, here are the pictures I took last summer.

If you don't go get this, let me know where it is since we are both PA residents! lol I have another k91 sitting on a shelf in the garage for something like that since that engine is most likely full of water and rust since the dipstick isn't in it. $200 is a little steep to me though.

Yep

Agreed Tom, But right now I would rather rather see Dan focus on his plow tractor now rather than wasting his skills on my stupidness and cheapness on ordering... on getting my parts machined for a sickel... different story!