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Got the 753 off the table and out for a test run.

Hello, just wanted to share some pictures of the 312-8 in action, very good puller with loads of allan block. Finally installing the retaining wall on the "Stable".

Tomorrow is the first trip with equipment to the new house. One of the advantages of the brand trailer I have (Sure Trac) is that the gate can fold down onto the deck of the trailer. It will be loaded going down but empty returning, With the gate up it feels like I am still towing a parachute. The problem with having the gate down is that the trailer disappears behind my truck. I had bought a pair of 36" snowplow marker guides for the 42" single stage snowthrower a few years ago. They were to help locate the ends when pulling into our side-load garage. But before mounting them I found a shorter pair that worked better. So the longer ones languished on the shelf until today. I had a last minute thought to mount them on the trailer. It should work great.

I want one of these!

I spent the morning at a North Georgia Hit & Miss engine show. Not a big show and not too many Wheel Horses; TWO to be exact! Mine and a Lawn Ranger. Lots of Hit & Miss Engines. A few farm tractors. One of the more interesting pieces was a generator powered by a 1920 Kohler two cylinder overhead valve engine. There were some horse drawn implements and other interesting stuff. And a automatic Can Crusher!

Spend about 5 hours today change oil greasing all 3 horses. Sharpen blades on 36 in RD deck and pressure washed it so I can work on rust spots tomorrow . Have to lube both decks and sharpen blades on 42 inch rd tomorrow. Hope to have picture of me with herd tomorrow for supporter cards.

Got the pulling hitch all welded up. Crunch time now. Only 2 weeks until the first pull.

There my not be one, might be why he look so relaxed .

Like someone needs to prod you into buying a tractor!

Swapped out the seat for a shorter seat and spring. I put the original on my 1965 Economy. Needs front tires and more paint clean up and buff. I am going to try and do some pulling with it as well. Will need to make a hitch point and add some wheels off the back as a wheelie bar

Had to move a horse.

Some of you may recall I had a pretty bad workshop fire 4 years ago. We lost a lot of stuff, but I hung onto a few bits as I couldn’t part with them. Here’s one such item, a commando 8 tranny that was burned and full of water. the hubs were really seized on, my 6 ton jack failed to pull them and just stripped the 5 rods I used. So I had to use the big puller, lots of heat and a big hammer! which did the trick, then there was the ubiquitous seized hitch pin... before it finally split its not a pretty sight, however the main bearings are ok. The needle rollers and seals will need doing.

She just came from the beauty parlor and had been sitting under a dryer for an hour. She's used to it!

I’m not doing to well downsizing my herd

Bob your tempting me to buy a tractor just to put one of those on!

Blender option .... use at your discretion !

This one ain't much but with the attachments couldn't pass it up... pics tonite...

Hmmmm...now where did I put that 12” Brinly?

It already has Ritchie....picking up another 520 today!

A little bit of cash and Whx17 could happen......

Thought I would do a thread on this, I’m covering a commando 8 tranny that’s not pretty.... well I have a k181 that’s not so good too. the bore is seized, as it too is full of water... we couldn’t turn it over so unbolted the head. Snapping a bolt - more on that later not a pretty sight, but a block of wood and a hammer got it moving. Some of the funk you see is oil and diesel that was left in to try free it. so now it moves, it can be stripped. Both valves are rusted open, I guess there’s a bit to do!

All ready for next weekend.

on the polished tank @Shynon

We are going to have a game of greased Pig chasing at the BS . Guess who I nominate for the role of the pig ?

@squonk... Fill it half full of water add jacuzzi Jets ....think of the possibilities !

He's got a remote control in his hand. He doesn't trust her not to crash! Hope that bubble is stronger than those hoods they put on John Deeres!

Still have not found any identification numbers. But after studying the parts books it looks like a Wheel horse. I’m out of town so my wife and daughter picked it for me. They did a good job of getting it into the suburban. It just fits.

Oh isn't life just perfect. Him in the lounge chair and she slaving away. Actually the older I get the better that mower looks.

Super excited to get the mail today. Waiting for my gas tank. Then just need tires which Pat Stair has rears for me.

"I'll make them young whipper snappers work! "

Looks pretty mean with those rims and tires 😱 !

Now I understand a bit more about why Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler loved playing together so much. Forget the Dire Straits era.........this guy is brilliant.

So I spent some time today getting the RJ torn down. I then cleaned all the parts to remove oil etc in prep for sand blasting. I am going to need to tear into the rear end. I have a rebuilt 58' sitting on the shelf but I cannot put that in as this is a 59' and the date code the rear shows 59'. I was able to pull carb and soak it, flush the fuel tank and the usual other stuff to get the economy running. It runs great and looks to have new valves. No smoke nor noise. I messed around with the D series rims and they fit but i needed to pull the fenders.

Well, sold the 414-8 today, @WVHillbilly520H, @elcamino/wheelhorse, @953 nut. It went fast. Finished up the electric lift in the 312-8 and rear lift assembly. Now on to the hitch pin for my slot hitch. Pita. No lift handle here! @richmondred01 hooked me up with that, thank you. Tires and a seat and about done.

60 degrees today so a nice day to get some work done on the tractors ! Got the tiller on the 314 all ready for working the garden thsi year. Going to do a smaller garden than ones in the past but she is all ready! Primed and painted some wheels with sawtooth General tires. Painted an RJ fender pan box and a seat spring also. Putting some repainted motor tins on an 8 HP Kohler recoil start motor. Ran two of the RJ's and the 603. Getting ready to put my mid-grader blade attachment on the 603 tonight!

....but she runs and drives and has got potential. The good... 2k & some odd hours but engine sounds real strong and starts easily, no smoke and we all know how bullet proof the 1100 is. Sheet metal all strait and rust free. The bad.... none of gauges work, no lights, steering turns tight one direction but wide to the right. The PTO hoop and linkage as well as the pto center trunnion are all missing. Who in their right mind would take it off and lose it? The hoop you gave me Dan is too short but can be modded to work. The tractor came with a nice 48 incher!?! Somebody correct if wrong but was the coil relocated? Not to worry about Mr 9 pin...already been cut out! The ugly... the seat could have easily won my ungly seat contest. The fronts ...no extra charge for the racing slicks seller says! If all goes as planned with the sale of the attachments, a nice deck and a almost NOS plow, this might be a free tractor.

It was the design of this Agrifab 44" that got my attention. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=agrifab+44+sweeper&qpvt=agrifab+44+sweeper&FORM=IGRE The axles for the wheels are fixed. It is the brush that gets raised and lowered. The early models were junk. The later versions have a mesh on the back panel of the hopper. These also have tighter tolerances for the wheels and roller clutches that seem to work much better. We do not use the tube to dump as it was awkward. Added a rope that goes around the seat back of the tractor and then goes back to the hopper. It is easier to grab from the left or right. Another change I made was to add an electric linear actuator to control brush height. Only drilled one new 1/4" hole in the end panel to mount the bottom of a new brush height scale. The actuator mount is clamped to the square crossbar like the tow bar. The tow bar can be mounted anywhere along the crossbar to offset the sweeper from the tractor. We often go quite a distance to dump and the brush gets raised so it is just going for a ride. When we come back we lower the brush until it starts moving new material. Never have to stop and the brush is at the ideal height and not overstressed. Six inches of leaves will jamb the brush up solid. Taking about 2" layers at a time with multiple passes is easily accomplished and never get out of the seat. Gave it to my 91 year old dad to use on his 2 acres and never got it back. Will get a picture of the actuator the next time I'm there. Garry Adding The unit knocks down for storage quite well. The drawbar will swing left or right against the crossbar. Once the hopper is removed the support arms it hangs on fold into the housing. The hopper will collapse to almost flat.

One more vote for the C-160. You have a wide range of equipment and parts interchangeability and a bulletproof Kohler single cylinder engine.

Logans like yours are/were are in the "home shop" (South Bend, Atlas, Sears, Clausing, etc) category and are a bit on the 'light duty' side --- but even so its amazing how much 'light duty' parts you can turn out with it - bushings, clevis, threaded rods, etc, etc. I sometime think back over a project/rebuild and remind myself of just how many items I was able to whip on the lathe out in minutes that would have taken many hours/days to run down - and pay for! I seriously doubt I would stay in this hobby otherwise. As for rust --- for some years I would scrounge up metal lathes (and other shop machinery) that had been neglected with rust usually being quite bad. I never had a machine that I couldnt get the rust removed and come out with a nice tool. That wouldnt apply to all the other problems of worn broken parts!!! Rust will take some elbow grease - sometimes a LOT! - but from the looks of yours should be a breeze to clean up. My personal lathe is a 12x13 South Bend that went through Katrina!! Talk about rust!! I have now been using it for some 6 years and while the bed is visibly pitted it is a remarkably accurate and functional tool. And I agree, that box of "stuff" is a treasure!!

Looking good Craig!! If you haven't had a loader before, your gonna love it!! Randy

Spent a bit more time finishing up some welding. Everything is fit together at this point. I just need to build a pump bracket, test fit the plumbing, disassemble everything, paint, and put it back together and see what happens. It doesn’t sound like much but It’llprobably take me all summer to accomplish that.

Had a feeling that you grabbed those haha contacted the guy and he said someone that collects RJs came and grabbed them..... Hmmmm 🤔🤔

Worked on the 701 a little tonight. I finished the wiring, got the dash tidied up, bolted on the hood, and sat the fenders on for giggles. I know the hood should be solid, but the paint patina is a perfect match to the rest of the tractor. Hood, fenders, and frame seem to be a perfect match to each other, all with original paint. I was going to repaint it, but the color was too nice to mess with, so I decided to clear it instead. Still need to repaint the wheels, install the seat, install the other light, and finish the wiring. Pretty happy with the results so far. Thanks to Glenn, Terry, and Lincoln for all of their help with parts and decals!

So the C195 is mine. I bought it to help literally drag the machines out of the weeds. Story goes the guy I bought from had a friend who was an old timer who used to restore old machines. I picked up an original 1959 RJ with mower deck and clinton 1290. It needs a restoration but it is all there. My son Brennan Bo wants to do his first restoration so I think this will be a perfect candidate. I also picked up a super straight 857. Has been repainted at some point but is also complete with deck. Lastly, I picked up a Economy Jim Dandy. Came with a deck but that is shot. These were in the storage shed/tent that is long gone. The old timer passed several years ago. I am happy to have saved these machines. Outside of the Wheel Horse I am partial to the Economy machines. There was a round fender (1966ish) John Deere 110. I left that pig there Some pictures before, during and after a pressure washing.....