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So I went this morning and rescued these two horses and a brinly cultivator. Theres a 1964 lawn ranger and 1962 552. I'm gonna see how bad the 552 is. Cause I recently picked up another 552 that was a parts machine as well. I even got the original bill of sale for the one serial number.

I put a 701 fenders pan I have on my 603 Wheel Horse. My brother David said he wanted fenders on the 603 !

Does this answer your question?

It is getting close to “spring cleaning” here in the Cheddar State notwithstanding the fact that they are talking around 10” of the white stuff in northern Wisconsin over the next 36 hours! So today, we used JackRabbit to pull the wagon and haul some wood related trash back to the burn pit... Zach was loving going for a ride and helping his big brother throw the junk out. I needed to move GhostRider out of the shed again to access some of the stuff that needed to be cleaned out. So, I decided to take my first ever pic of the two tractors together... my favorite photo bombs got in on the action then Judge took GhostRider for a drive around the yard. I need to say here that I really like the seat on JackRabbit. I’m going to reserve full judgment on it until I spend a couple hours mowing with it—if Caleb lets me!!!

Here I am in the middle of a "Wheel Horse Desert", nothing around to buy for a hundred miles and you have people calling to give them to you. It just isn't fair!

There's a new 2018 here too... motors nice & smooth down the road. Just cracked the 500 mile mark, and It's already completed it's first hauling chores with flying colors.

Went out to look over what was at the local FFA consignment auction today, There was 8 or so Wheel Horse tractors there. A couple of 68 Electro 12's, a 71 Charger 12, a couple of C120's, A 69 Raider 12, an 8hp w/rear discharge deck. A rusty 60 or so w/3 piece tranny, hood there, looked like belt guard was in the box of stuff. Correct engine gone, had a deck with it. Front of hood dented in, tank still there. A snowblower, but I could not find a tag on it. I don't think any of these have ran for a good while. Deck in various stages of disrepair. I think I will go see what they sell for tomorrow.

Finally returned from business to these waiting for me:

What do you all think about a touch of flare. I just love all the modifications and personal touches everyone puts into their tractors to make them their own. My personal taste when I restore a tractor is to put back to factory original. I like to see them when they were shiny new. So I ventured off my factory original way of thinking and tried hydro dipping I only had two pieces done. But I think they turned out great. Just want to make it mine like you guys who do heavy modifications do. Like I said before I love all the modifications and thinking out of the box and I can really appreciate all the talent and time put into these tractors. Please do what makes you happy and whatever you do. DON’T LET THEM GO TO THE SCRAP YARD!!!

I'm lucky that at the age of 10, Emory really enjoys his horses. He sees the value in older things. Given the choice between an antique or something new, he always chooses something old! A friend offered him a special horse the other day at a very fair price. Now, he's willing to look at his herd and sell one or two to fund the purchase. I'll post more on what the horse is as well as his for sale items in a few weeks.

Finished putting a mower deck under my 857 last night. The lights are some I had. Someone had punched holes in the hood long before I bought it, so no harm, no foul mounting them. Got a pic of Emory's cart after I got it Rhino lined and painted. I needed to mow the yard, so I got out the 68 Lawn Ranger. Had to pull start it because the battery is dead, but after several pulls the Ole Tecumseh roared to life. Drove around in circles for a while and now I feel much better!

WHX16 now I must update you in my phone!!!

Thanks. Emory likes to use his cart and I thought what better way to protect it and make it last for many more years. Getting it lined and painting it was his birthday present. I figured that was better than something he would grow tired of after a few days or even tear up.

Ahhhhhhhhhh- therapy...it’s the best! After a long day at work and a nice conversation with Richie on the way home, I got on JackRabbit and drove him around the back yard for a couple of minutes and then down to the mailbox and back. Definitely a good couple of moments of decompression...

Mmm... caramel

16, nice even number!

Called my OPE guy and gave him the # . He says I am the only guy who ever bought one and they don't stock it. Tried McMaster-Carr. They had them for $10. I call them and ask is that for a pack. He says no only 1. Tried Grainger They had a 10 pack for $11.80 I went that route as I have an acct. with them and 2 day shipping. Gotta believe McMaster was a pack price too they just didn't know it. I guess the seals really were shot!

I have been restoring my little model T Ford go kart , a few jobs left to do on it ,

With that pic I would be tempted to go in to resto mode.... My thoughts exactly Richard, anyone know the approximate od of a #40 spline? Yah thanks for the reminder --- now Dan @Achto says I should go get this...

Thank you everyone, I finally found the issue. The molex connector below the oil filter was toasted, and as is always the case it was turned just right so the melted bits where perfectly hidden until I started poking around with a test light. Luckily I had a molex that I never ended up using for the car that was perfect....now on to figuring out if I have a fuel issue or if it just needs to prime.

Years ago I had a little fun with one of the guys at the local Sears. I was walking thru the tractors and mowers, just taking a look at what they had. A salesman approached me and asked "are you looking for a tractor?" I just looked at him and said, "yeah, do you have any?" He went on to help someone else.

I'm surprised he didn't point out the fact that your's doesn't have a drink holder!

Just happened across this and it's right up my alley with the tractor bike and smaller antique engines. Seems a couple of local guys are trying to get a show together. It's close enough for me to bring a bunch of stuff

BTW the cat did not come with the deal!

You have just listed more than I see on CL around here in a year.

To me it looks to be in good shape, no major rust or rot

A. You keep the snow !!! B. Struck me a bit funny that a kid was in the "junk" trailer...... then I realized the kid and the junk are two separated items. C. If he doesn't "let" you mow ???? ....... WHO CARES !!???!! Let him. .... 😂

I'm sorry. Didn't meet to rub it in on anyone. I did pay for them, I just didn't have to look for them.

Ah, yes, there it is! Thanks to you both. Always pays to ask the question.

It's the 5.3 Mike...more than enough to get the job done. Can't afford a base model truck anymore...all the deals are on these cartruck thingys. Hard to beat the $199.00 a month payment.

I'm very lucky to lead a life that I rarely "need" decompression. ... Life is good. Still do love riding around for no apparent reason. Perhaps I'll move a snowbank out of the way so I can take the B80 for a yard cruise tomorrow.

Brought this home tonight. I didn’t title this post “New Horse Hauler” cause I’m BROKE now! Won’t be buying any Wheel Horses for awhile 🙄 . But I will ride in comfort to the WH Show.

Got this from Richmondred01, I felt confident installing it w/o instructions, I guess I put the cable in backwards oops

I did. Drained it, flushed with diesel, put two quarts of diesel fuel in it, drove it around, drain, repeat x2, then I put two quarts of 5w30 in it, drove it around, drained. Then it was time to go to work, so I opened the bottle of gear oil, stuck the nipple down in the dip stick hole, poked a hole in the bottom, and left it. I made sure it wasn’t running out before I left, but there was just a small drizzle coming out of the bottle( it was 43 degrees out) I’ll do the second quart tomorrow. I also picked up the front of the tractor and tipped it back pretty far while I drained it each time. All suggestions I gathered from here

Well its about time, thought is was going to have to cross the line again while you were thinking

Thank you Richard will do a thread tommorrow on the skiff once I get into her. Some interesting things in the 1077 tool box once I got it open.. pic are coming.

Click on the picture Garry

Blades are DEFINITELY made to be sharpened. I have been cutting with my 37” SD deck on my 310-8 more than 25 years. I have approx 10 years on my 2nd set of blades.

Looking good!

It is an 8.1L with 2WD with a locking rear. Great truck for trailering with a 4.10 rear and still worth $10K+/-. Only needed 4WD once (never stuck) at Steam-O-Rama after it rained. Just needed some judicious gas pedal application learned from living in the snowy Midwest.

All I know is that thing would look great freshened up sitting next to these two at the shows... As it looks like a 1077 or 1277 it would be a great compliment to these sequential hydros (Dad’s 875 and Dan’s 1076!) Cant wait to see it in person Jim!!!

Got it all blacked out for night time Horse rustling. Nice touch!

The Wheel Horse god stopped by my house last night! I went out this morning to spray the PTO again and pry and tap (hit it). after doing that a few times I discovered that the pulley was turning real easy, you could actually spin it. I thought what are the odds that the clutch is working now. So I put the belt back on, put the bolt back in, plugged it in, started it, drum roll........ the clutch/pto seems to work fine. I cycled it several times and it turned on and shut off every time. Now when I sprayed PB on it, I only sprayed the very top of the shaft allowing it to puddle on top of the clutch next to the shaft. I don't think me spraying had anything to do with the clutch working now. It would have to be tapping on it. What do you guys think? Anyway I'm glad it's working!!! Thanks again for all the help with this!

Love them both but that cart turned out nice with the bed lining. 👍

All brands are getting really good these days. MyF350 6.7 rides like a half ton and is very quiet.

@Bruce's 414-8 With regular maintenance your will last another three decades or more.

I'm only 27 and I have had the exact same experiences. Now don't everyone go hating on me, but I mow my grass every week with a Cub 102 that belonged to my wife's grandfather. Great tractor, runs like a champ, cuts nice. My neighbor has a brand new Cub Cadet he got last spring and makes fun of what he calls "my old jaloppy"...........what does he know about tractors lol

I am only 32 but I was raised a bit different then most people my age. So I get a laugh from this because I get people stopping me all the time when they see me working on my old tractors or hauling a new horse home. If its the older generation there usually excited to see them and are always up to chat about them. But if it's the younger generation it's always what are you gonna do with that junk. So I tell them I'm gonna restore it or I'm gonna use it for work. Then you get the the normal oh why not just buy a new one. Then I get my laughs and say this is a new one to me and it will out last your plastic $5000 investment by many years.

Maybe I should try that at my local Lowe's...silly boy orange is for carrots and toys if ain't red leave in the shed...

Salesman was probably 20 years younger than your horses... The problem of course is that all us "old" guys just don't understand... It's all about the eye candy design now...Gotta look "cool" and "zoomy"...It isn't about the work it can do or how durable it is, since it will be at the scrapper in 3-5 years...and besides, they will change the color scheme so you gotta get a new one anyways...right? I mean, when you post your selfies on snapchat the tractor's gotta look cool after all. Cuz like...that's what its all about, ya know? Low monthly payments for the rest of your life...new one every 2-3 years... UUHHGG...