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Was 14 this morning. Ground is finally frozen hard enough to do some work. L107 hauling away the third trailer load of Ash tree. The little guy is a hard worke rand starts better in the ecol than anything else I have. This 14 inch is the first of a whole bunch of tees that have to come down...Emerald Ash Borer. Some are bigger and lean in bad ways. Will have to get the M-37 and her 4000 lbs winch to make sure the go the right way.

Does anybody else have a beaver! The garden tractor that is! I have 3 of them. They were my late dads! They are the most unique tractors. My late dads family had them when he was a kid! the last 2 photos are my grandpa henry bottjer pulling my dad around when he was a kid, then my great grandpa pulling him around. I have a rope start, electric start, and one with a hood and steering wheel! The tractors i have are from the 50's and early 60's if i remember correctly. My late adopted dad was born in 1962.

So @Achto turns me on to this CL listing of a nice little harem of K91's. Too good of a deal to pass on even tho almost 4 hr round trip. I have no idea what to do with them but parts is parts I guess. Might be to get one and possibly two working engines out of the mess. Here where it gets weird tho. This is where I had to go pick them up. http://johnnyproducts.com/ Nope no Johnny Bucket for this kid today Dan. Did have this pair there for sale tho if you is a Bolens freak! 1962's I was told. $750.00 Buyers choice and bet he woulda come down a Grant. Also had this hidden with a bunch of crap. I says I'd go 75 on it but he was stuck on a Franklin. Didn't matter I was cashed out anyway but I know where it's at for future. Would love to stuff it in a late 60's long frame for a custom plow tractor!

Lost a (conventional) headlight on my GT 1600 so I figured why not do an LED upgrade. I swapped both lights but in the pics your looking at one LED and one conventional bulb.

Dell, You are wise to keep Emory away from unsavory elements, never know what they could lead him to.

As scary as it has been, the one thing that makes me feel better is knowing that the medicine is doing it’s job. I would love for him not to have to take the medicine, but I’m glad that there is a small chance of it happening again as long he stays on the medicine. Thanks @WHX21! I’ve done my best to keep him from the seedy side of this wheel horse game, but you never know what he might pick up from hanging around with crime bosses such as yourself😉. Shoot, we saw first hand what you boys can do to a poor unattended wheel horse😂🤣😂.

Update on Scottie... It has been a while since I last updated you and a lot has happened. After our little trip to St. Mary's emergency room on the 6th of January, we found out that he had a blocked suprapubic catheter and the urology medical team wanted to see Scottie on Tuesday (01/08) as an outpatient to change his catheters. I was a little skeptical as what the medical team was planning on doing on Tuesday, was Scottie going to tolerate this procedure without being put under, or was he going to require surgery? We arrived to his appointment on Tuesday, Scottie was in severe pain from just traveling over to Rochester, that any other movement or transfers was going to send him over the top for his pain. Please keep in mind that he was very medicated before we left home. Once we got into the room, Scottie had to be transferred onto a table in which made him cry out in pain, and he needed to have his bladder full of normal saline in order for the two urologists to change out both of his catheters. Well, the nurse started to put in the normal saline solution to fill his bladder, and he only put in 30 cc out of 150cc and Scottie was screaming so badly that I told the nurse to stop and to go and get the doctors and let them see Scottie like this. The doctors came in and stop the procedure and scheduled him for surgery instead, because they did not want Scottie to be in so much pain. We were sent home with a surgery date of Thursday (01/10). Lowell, and I got Scottie all ready to go and into the truck and off to St. Mary's for his catheter change. The urologist was uncertain if we could replace the suprapubic catheter and be able to drain it like before since he was unsure of the placement of his bladder. We were told that if he was unsuccessful with the suprapubic catheter placement that our other option was to drain the bladder from his penial stent. Not the option that Scottie wanted nor did Lowell or I want. The surgery was to last for about 30-45 minutes once Scottie was put under, much too Lowell and my surprise 30 minutes later Scottie was out of surgery. The urologist came out and talked to us about the procedure and told us that he was able to replace the suprapubic catheter and the urethral stent without any complications. He was also successful with allowing the suprapubic catheter to drain his bladder. We also were told that Scottie's bladder was high in his pelvis after the accident on 12/12/2018, but after the scan on Thursday 01/10/2019, he was able to see the bladder returning to the normal location. Since the surgery, Scottie has been in pain from the bladder spasms and from any type of movement. When he has a bowel movement, it causes pressure and he strains (not intentionally) and it triggers a bladder spasm. We were told this week that we are looking at two more surgeries from the urology stand point. One for another catheter change which will be two months out and the second surgery will be for the bladder and urethra reconstruction which will be three months out. Providing that we don't have any other complications that arise between now and then. We go in on Friday for his orthopedic appointment to check on his pelvis and his other fractures. We will find out if his hardware needs to be in permanently or if he will need it taken out. Will he be there for the Big Show in June? I truly can not say for sure as of yet. All I can tell you is that Lowell and I are planning on him attending but we will have to see how Scottie is doing then. Scottie is one spoiled little boy by the Wheel Horse guys in Wisconsin. Thanks to WHX21 and others, they made Scottie's day!!! I love to see him smile!!!!

Just got out of the hospital. Overall Emory’s EEG didn’t show anything unusual, but enough activity was there to show that he had a seizure and the possibility of a future seizure. They are keeping him on his medicine for the near future. Weaning him off or stopping the medicine will be a discussion later on down the road as he grows. Thanks for all of your support and prayers. Redsquare is the best! Thanks so much to our Wheel Horse family!! Back to his goofy self!

block sanded and cut to shape should have it ready for primer soon brian

No tractors were harmed in the taking of that pic right @Achto?!?!? Saddle up boys lets ride!

I found this on Photobucket, searching for Wheelhorse. Does anyone recognize this?

Do you see who just posted? Look to the LEFT... [I guess the truth hurts -at least when it comes to my welding abilities] But Ray Charles Fabricating --- Now I have to clean my off the screen!

Copper core for me!!! if it interferes with some bodies GPS in theret BMW driving down my dirt road...Too damn Bad!!!!

Not the beaver I was thinking.

It is always hard to read about the pain of a young one. Continued prayers for you guys.

This is what I did to balance out a two stage blower on my 520H. It has worked well. It has 125lbs. of barbell weights and about 30 lbs of hitch weight.

That’s what I want to build when I get moved.

This thread has gone to dogs.

Just thought that I would send you a pic of how the ram on my Raider is installed. Might give you an idea for mounting yours. I can get some better pic's if you are interested.

Is a motley looking crew! Don't mean to steal your thread Dells but I'm telling Mom Richard started it!

So sorry to hear about your pain and suffering Scottie. I’m in Kiev, Ukraine on a missions trip right now and I’ve been praying for you... May God give you the strength to get through this most difficult patch and to a tomorrow filled with much less pain. Glad you got the care package from the Local Circle in cheddar country!

Best keep an eye on that fella masquerading as @WHX21 I've read talk around here that he's really WHX23

We're doing our part!

Haha!! I wore these on the way home from work today....might have to wear em while operating this WH at night

We love those lawn rangers. Everyone in my family just giggles when they drive ours. Both my boys are about 6’5” and well over 200 pounds and they say they feel very comfortable on that little machine. That’s a great picture.

Dell I’m so glad to hear Emory’s doing well with the help of the meds! We try to treat our loved ones naturally, but sometimes you just need to do what needs to be done. Ain’t nothing wrong with that

Only bad thing about a shipping container is if you want to expand you have to get a torch and not a hammer!

If you hang with the Mafia you are in serious danger of having FUN! Dan gets this look a lot!

Definitely interesting lol. I still want to take this for a spin.

Where I grew up farmers tended to be good craftsmen and took pride in their welds, that type of welds were called "Gorilla Welds". No offence to gorillas!

"Farmer Welds"? That hurts!

Good deal Dells .... let me know if we need to make him an honorable GT Mafia member...

We got home around 8:15 after an ice team stop. We laid down and Emory has been asleep since a little after 8:30. Time for us all to get a little rest. Good night boys and girls!!!

It's odd that that when you asked us to make him smile that Cindy and I were mere blocks away from the Packer pro shop at Lambeau that day on other business and we could swing in and pick him something up. I personally am taking that as God's will in looking over us. Sides nice to know there are Packer fans out there other than the @squonk. We hope he enjoys our meager trinkets. It is truly sad that a man of his age should have to go through such things as this and we will continue to pray. BTW to heck with the BS I hear tell you guys might be attending a show here in WI in July?? Might be a good time to run him up to Title Town for a field tour? My offer to a real game still stands as well ..... We'll see.

My granddaughter wasn't too sure which one was the Real Goofy!

Don’t feel bad Richie. I honestly don’t think I matured past 8 years even though my body is 45😂🤣😂! Lots more fun that way!!!!

No room left in the shop. Looks like it's time to expand.

Agreed Jabel.... the front end is a bit funky but what's not to like about the rounded fenders. One would have thought those grilles were pricey to manufacture compared to what was making in '62. Yah you would have like the shop Dan greasy, grimy, not well lit. Had to walk in backwards... sound familiar? But the metal fab machines & steel stock in ther was to die for not to mention a powder coating oven! My kinda place where you ain't gotta worry about bein a bull in a china shop. Johnny was a real nice guy. Had a white goatee like @dells68 but about a foot longer. King Tut got nothing on this guy! Someday I hope to man enough to grow one like that. Showed me around a little and has got only one employee that could put down beads like no tommorow. Takes me next door to a bro's shop where the thumper motor is. Bro builds custom golf carts and you couldn't even walk in this shop backwards! Had a couple of 40k+ Screaming Eagles I left some drool on in ther too! All in all yes ... had a good score and met some cool dudes to boot.

Swear by my LR's. I say one of the best kept secrets from WH. Mine plows snow, hauls, pushes, pulls just fine and doesn't miss a beat. Just add a little weight. I even built a FEL loader that works great. Spread two tons of gravel for my work last summer in the parking lot........no problem and made enough extra $ to buy 5 LR's. Still want a big D though......book ends.

You i figure for less than 10 grand you should be able to build one. Containers here are around 3500 for a 40’ high cube. Thats one in good shape. Roof could be done by a handfull of friends, a smoker and a full cooler.👍

Model number 8-1152 .... 8" wheel weights 1970-1975 - Fits rear wheels

Here are the actual weights

Well he said it wasn't a good idea, but he didn't say you couldn't! lol

Here is the factory engine. they changed the condensor in 2015 that is all they did to it. I cleaned the carb when i bought it. and changed the oil. Thats it so far. This other picture is the local dealer in kendallville indiana where it was bought and kendallville was where it spent all of its life until i bought it. it is now at home in avilla 7 miles away. I love it. i have it put up right now. i want to send the hydraulic cylinder in to get repaired it leaks a little. also am going to buy the tail light lens for it and center cap for the steering wheel. I love it i am the second owner! The guys dad repainted it a long time ago but it has never been rebuilt the motor or transmission. i have thought about draining the rear axle it i bet has never had the gear oil changed. the last picture is my wonderful wife who was excited when i bought it. She knew i got it for a steal! So when i offered what i did and they jumped on it. i even took a day off to go get it. i was super excited. LOL

You call that full?

It always hurts me to see a child in pain, and I am truly sorry for his predicament. Hopefully, this last procedure will help Scottie. As far as the big show is concerned, it would be great if he is well enough to attend, but if not, there is always next year. Once he is beyond the urological problems, the rest of the body will heal quickly at his age. You, Scottie and all your family are in my thoughts every day.

Nope. Yet... Right now Trina has her two. 1 for Towing light loads 1 is likely going to be the mid Mount grader tractor I think fairly soon we're going to end up with two snow / dozer tractors. Then another one of mine which is going to be for towing heavy loads. After that ?..who knows? We are probably going to take a break from working ON tractors for a while after Cinnamon is done so that we can work WITH tractors and get some things done around the property this summer. That said, there are still three specific tractor projects in my mind that I would like to work on. We will likely do something with the one that @Herder Adam is giving us. Thank you again for that by the way. I also want to build a Franken horse in the shape of a c-120 for no real particular reason. And then there's that 23 horse twin ......

I like how you say it's time to expand the shop instead of shrink the herd. Like it's not even an option to do so. Because it isn't. Trina and I have been talking about ways to expand our storage space because we don't believe in keeping anything outdoors but right now we have to. Tractors are all Undercover but trailers and snow blowers are living Outdoors and neither one of us is happy about that.

Yes , I just did