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I heard the northbound lane of I-83 was jammed up. Some little red tow truck stayed in the hammer lane the entire 50 miles from Baltimore to York.

I brought a car up with my 876 from Baltimore to repair a leaking fuel line. I'm really amazed at the potential that these little tractors have! Seriously I just used it to move it around. The worst problem I had with moving it was getting traction that little 8hp Kohler is amazing!

Terry is so great, he even makes decals for things other than horses! I have a rare locally made walk behind called a wiseacre tractor that he made decals for and they turned out great!

The little lady and the boys bought one of Mike Castagno's seats for my birthday and I put that on the 68 Commando 8, nice touch!

Be very cautious if there is any gradient involved...once the car starts rolling the horse will have a hard time stopping it

Something to consider before selling it. If you ever sell the tractor, most buyers will be looking for a deck (or an attachment/s) to go with it.

I actually did it Sunday and northbound 83 was backed up outside of Baltimore so I came back on York Road through MD until I got to PA then it was open. Let me see 5 mph for about 50 miles? About 10 hours each way!

Ground was a little soggy but I had a break in the weather so I figured I would give it a try. Wifey helped with the video. Using my wheel horse tractor as a capstan winch. First try on the prototype. for a proof-of-concept I believe it works. Have to work out the stability aspects a little bit more. It lurched when the log got snagged so I shut it down. You can't see it down the hill, but there is a thousand pound log attached to that rope. Also down the hill is a block and tackle reduction and s-natch block. I'll get the bugs worked out and repost some progress next week.

Not too far of a stretch.... the next gen of Toro/Wheel Horse models (260 series and XI series) had a lot of twins painted blue and black and sold as New Holland. It would have gone to one of those originally. Look familiar?

Rain rain go away........ want to unload the 18 today. From a quick look and see. The drive belt may be too short. That shouldn't make it POP out of gear as the PO said. Didn't happen when I picked it up.... but for sure the idler pully kept a fair bit of tension when clutched. Find em don't grind em is an understatement. The blower is a Newholland???? Modified to fit right up tight. Has a lift bar and flag Made to order. Even the hub caps are in fair shape. This is definitely a sweet deal.

Adding workshop to back of garage. Moving dirt from digging footers for stem walls. Also putting carport(corral) for horse parking. Retiring from Fire dept. in about 6 months and need some space to "create". Working around daily thunderstorms and It's only 1000 degrees with 400% humidity here so going slow!

My friend Rodney Burger just bought two pair of Carlisle 6/12 Farm Specialist rear tires for his Wheel Horses. First time I ever saw these. Sold on Ebay!

OK it's been a couple of days since I brought this ole beast Home and I've been biting fingernails that it would start. Got home today new parts in the mail put them on. Points condenser and plug . Turn the key and Pa Pow! Started right up and sounds awesome! I got it to idle and rev and not a bit of white smoke out of the exhaust! Now to put the tires on it and check out the trans. Hopefully it is OK. I have heard someone say here on red square by using diesel fuel and running through the gears will help clean it out. Any ideas ?

Still waiting on word back on the charger 12....... Then this popped up. Just couldn't pass it by sooooooo. I pick it up tonite. Comes with a snow blower. Tranny pops out of gear. That's fine with me. I've rebuilt two 8 speeds an a 3 speed. Think I'm getting the hang of them. And yes my wife still loves me. She's even coming for the ride

953 nails it --- will be well worth your time to toodle off to HF and get their set of splitters. They are just plain handy around the shop anyway -- and honestly, I would think you wont be able to get the wheel off without this. That wheel can really get stuck! Put the flat sides of the splitter under the wheel and get it as close to the shaft as you can. Protect your threads on the shaft, I run the nut up on the threads rill it is just even with the top. Put a good bit of pressure on it puller and occasionally 'whap' the top of the big screw with a hammer, this will give a 'jar' to the splines and help it break loose.

Do not use a two or three jaw puller on the steering wheel. A bearing splitter should do the trick, run the nut to the top of the shaft and use a scrap piece of steal to spread the load.. If it is hard to pull you may want to warm the shaft up with a torch and apply some pariffin wax then let it cool. The heat will break up the rust and the wax will help lubricate it.

I dunno Mike those footrests look awful horseish!

@ebinmaine pointed me to these sold by Wally World. They are Carlisle Tru Power and look almost exactly like the Farm Specialist and a GREAT price to boot!

Pics say it all... videos coming soon! 987BCC53-60D9-472D-A184-61A23BEEF43E.MOV

Taking a “bathroom break” for a couple days, on account of good behavior I suppose. My German kid Jil is in town for 3 weeks and she hasn’t been on the buggy for a couple years, since the suspension and Subaru upgrades. Well, I thought I had a couple cracks to take care of, ends up after I took the side panels off and started looking around, I don’t know how the front end hasn’t broken off the car! Doing a bunch of repairs this week, along with reinforcement to transfer power and suspension shock through the chassis a little better. After all, the car was built for about 40 horsepower, now there’s about 165 ponies out back. Everywhere that has green tape, along with some other prepped areas, need repairs. We are also prepping for the replacement front seats, going from fiberglass molded seats to suspension seats and 5 point harnesses. It’s good to have help in the shop this week!

Attended the Yesteryear Power Club show this past Saturday in Clay City. Was my second year attending the show. It is not a large event but fun. This also is the third time taking Horses to a show for me. Was able to get Best Lawn Tractor award with my 701 that has sickle bar, HL-5 lights, tombstone weight, and trailer hooked up . First time winning an award with my tractors. Was very surprised as there were over 35 garden tractors. Many of the garden tractors there were restored and very nice looking. My ole 701 is all original except the hood which someone painted before me. Wheel Horse had the biggest turn out having over half the quantity of garden tractors that attended. This was also the second year straight that a Putnam County Antique Tractor Club member has won the award

Engine installed today. Intake torqued down and muffler installed. PTO all hooked up. New vacuum line installed. Cables hooked up. Governor linkage hooked up. Belt installed. Fuel line to pump installed. 9 pin connected (all new and sealed). Battery cables installed (might install new ends at battery side). New condenser installed. Oil has been drained and new filter installed, no oil yet. New 'O' ring on dipstick as original was deformed and I could hear it hiss when engine was rolled over by hand.

Runs great. Can't wait to get her to work.

Remove the center cover. Big nut first then soak and pray

There is another well known here that may grace the inside of LAGT ...mums the word for now tho..

Nice! I just subscribed. Hopefully in time should they print this soon.

I have been known to get a little too fussy at times! I also have 3 520s one of which is really good shape and all things work as should on her and is an excellent runner. The other two not so much, one has smoking motor issues, and the other has a chewed up driver side axle & hub. Neither of them the gauges are working. If they were in better shape mechanically and paint wise I would maybe fix the gauges but I doubt it. I have my one beauty queen. The two sows will just get cleaned up and fixed up mechanically when their time in the shop comes so they can be outfitted with an attachment for every season and run them. I have very little invested in them and can't justify the cost and time of having everything work as should. There is no other place on earth than here for learning about the 520 than here. Use the search tool and you will find endless reading on them. How do we know if there are no ?!?!?

That thing looks like a blast! Is that your shop? With a lift? Jealous

Three of the four main tubes for the seat mounts are in! I am mounting the rear of the tubes as close to the trailing arm mounts as possible to help transfer power through the chassis in a stronger way... or is the plan! I’m waiting on the tube order to come in to finish the 4th bar.

Throw a tube in it. It'll be fine.

Here are some shed pictures Using pallet racking for the roof support system then will go over that with 4x4 perlins and steel roofing. Hope to have roof on this weekend

It’s a bit muddy in the field today!

I lost my dad on May 16th of this year. He came every year and rode one of my tractors in our local parade. He is greatly missed. I did this 149 Cub Cadet as a tribute to him. Rest in peace dad.

I have a set of those Farm Specialists to put on a Panzer. They were priced right and I love the aggressive tread!

Living in the Midwest until 9 years ago, I preferred shopping at Menards over the other two High Rack stores. Their tandem pups making store deliveries were always visible on the road. I got all excited on this past Sunday when I spotted a Menards semi rolling Northbound on I-81 in Winchester, VA. Just checked the store locator and my nearest store is still Lancaster, OH - a short 231 miles away! Oh well. I will give Lowes huge kudos for their Military discount! Saved a ton of money this past year with the old and new house.

Just a follow up on this incase anyone has a similar issue. I sprayed the linkage down with PB Blaster and other lube and that fixed the issue. Pretty simple. To expand a bit more, here you go. I couldn't find anything wrong visually when looking at the linkage, however, thinking again about the symptoms which were: 1. Less stuck in reverse when I eased the control lever in reverse (slow speed) 2. Really stuck in reverse when I jammed the lever into reverse (fast speed) I kind of figured maybe the linkage was more dirty in the more extreme positions which were used less. So cleaning and lubing everything really helped. I will probably change the filter this fall and try to clean everything a bit better and get it slicked up real nice. Not sure if it supposed to be lubed or not.

I believe you, I believe you... no pictures please

I have a set of True Powers on one of my tractors & like 'em, no complaints. The Farm Specialties look like they have a deeper tread and the angle of the lug looks different. To me they look closer to a Firestone 23degree lug tire. I think either one would serve well.

Oredered 2 sticks each of dom tubing yesterday through my father in law’s work, 1-1/2 .080 wall and 1-1/4 .065 wall. That should help get this thing a little more rigid!

Pullstart is correct. I fitted narrow tyres to my C-121. There is a thread on how I did it. Wheel Mod. Febuary 17th. 2017.

No doubt about the curb appeal JA, but then some of us are anal enough to keep our 520's in top shape enough to open that can. Rich

That's because they're front tires for 4x4 subcompact tractors. You can get them anywhere that sells farm tires.

I took these pics several years ago, hope they help. I no longer have the sickle to measure the diameter of the guard.

Or go custom

On some reproductions, sunlight can soften and you get occasional twist. I would Fab an aluminum plate and contact cement the reproduction plate to it, making a laminate prior to install. It will hold up and stay more pristine looking. the llink Ztnoo copies does work well. But the white paint will wear easily in my experience...as such, either baby it once done or be prepared to touch up occasionally. Of of course that’s my feedback. Others may have different feedback and your mileage may vary.