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Derek Rehberg bought a 702 Wheel Horse from me and we exchanged it in Richmond, Indiana! Tim Leedy accompanied Derek. Good to to see these fellow collectors and Red Square Wheel Horse Forum members today!

Being a wood worker I have found that a wood stove is also a good place to display my mistakes!

The question is.... How many horses are required to process one Chestnut tree?

I saw this today, had to share. went like this... Laugh, and the whole world laughs with you. Puke, and you’re all on your own.

As the title suggests old technologies are here to stay.Like you I use WHs that have been out of production for many years.They do many things for me but one of the most important is helping to process wood for heat.Your stories about your uses in this pursuit would be informative.Wood heat is carbon neutral.Who knew cheap heat was good for mother earth.

No...None that would interest me anyway, I mean why go anywhere else when the best is here?

I had this front weight on a 1960 Suburban I purchased . I am curious as to just what it is . It seems commercially made and fits to the frame nicely . One gentleman thinks it is Wheel Horse and had seen one before other opinions varied as to what it is .. Would appreciate all opinions .

Something leaked from your rear end.

Had some set backs with stuff not working out or just didn't like them. The tires are giving me trouble (again) which is why I'm never thrilled to do them. So since the rims kept blowing apart while spinning them in the Dremel, took a new approach. You can see all the little thin slats glued in around the inner side. What a pain and of coarse the measurements aren't exact so had to fill in the last little opening with a sliver. Now the problem is the tires look too small compared to whole thing with the hood on. My initial instinct was to do them with 3 pieces for each layer for the circle instead of 2 but thought I could keep them large enough using 2 pieces per layer. They shrink quite a bit after sanding them into shape and appear to have come out too small. Frustrated, I stopped for a while and worked on something else. A different one made of pine instead of toothpicks. Cut a piece off the little wooden block used for cutting drilling and circle for tires and here's what came out. It's probably half the time doing this compared to toothpicks. This pine RJ will be going out to paint! @953 nut agreed to give it a try. Now the interesting thing was with the pine hood on the toothpick model, it seemed about the right size to go with the tires I made. Kind of eyeballed them up and to me, it was more dimensional correct. SO, rather than make new tires, it was just easier to make a new hood from toothpicks to match the size of the pine hood. The hood stand will just be lowered and the frame rails get shortened. But just want make sure it all looks right before doing any of that so need to get some other parts made. The pine trans is just barely a little larger than the other one but here's a couple of pics with the pine stuff and the toothpick tires. Probably end up making bigger toothpick tires and use the small ones for the pine tractor but.... Either way it all gets used but will end up with an extra hood

i believe it is lead . I apologize for the Yellow ,I bought it that way some years ago and got lazy . I think I am selling it and will probably leave the wheels yellow , it might help one of those misguided folks from the green side transition over slowly to the correct path .

LolEasily the best modern thing Is Redsquare!! That and Taryl for the other brands The outdoor equipment dealerships used to treat people like mud if you did not buy a mower from them. Now a person of limited means can buy used and fix up for necessity or pleasure....and meet other friends with similar interests.

Made a new hitch adapter for a tow ball to tow my boat trailer out of an old piece of bed frame. Also, I don't know about anyone else, but have any of ya'll ever thought about making attachments? I've got this crazy idea to build a log splitter that runs off the PTO much like the tiller does

It'll be interesting to see... what effect WD-40, and 0000 steel wool has on this thing.

Got this sweeper for free, from the guy I got the 856 from for $50. It's a 1972 vintage agri-fab

Not a problem Ed, I'll take care of you at the big show! I got the tools.

OK, what's your number John. I want it on my emergency phone list...….just in case I ever need brain surgery.

Thank you all for your expertise insight! I will look for the data plate on the inside of the instrument panel when I get home. I bought the tractor for $500 and I came with a snow blower and a mowing deck. Do you think I got a good deal on it?

Here are some pictures of my tub with citric acid and water for removing rust. The citric acid powder you can buy here in sweden in food stores but i bought it from a company on the internet who sell bigger quantities i bought 5 kilograms and mixed that with 50liters of water and will let the parts be in there for about 24 hours then the rust should be gone. Here is a footstep before picture.. i did put it in first but thought it might be good to have pictures so thats why its wet.. i will post the finished process in about 24 hours or so..

keep it. i love this build. put it in your mother in laws craft room

Richard - thanks for that leak-down info. If my friend doesn't have one, which I'm sure he does, I'm just the guy for making one. "pullstart" - Thanks for the welcome! And, yeah, I'm feelin' right at home here already. I think I'm starting to get WH addicted already. Haha!!! I hope to have the head & cover plate off today & see how everything looks.

Bingo Cleat! Yah I hate that when that happens and I'm not wearing depends!

Thanks guys!!

Got some new tires mounted that I will end up putting on a Lawn Ranger project I'm working on

I try to buck my fire wood where the tree falls.I then haul the pieces out and split them next to the wood shed.The tool I like most for bucking is a bow bar.No lifting of the log and no chain in the dirt.They are scary to look at but have less exposed chain than a bar saw.This is one I built for the missus.

Laid down the keel for a short frame and started up fitting. Bonus points if you can spot my screw up in the 2ND pic I corrected in the 1st...

My secret with vegetables is, I live near three Amish farms, and they all have vegetable stands. I buy the pick of their crop, and I don't have to lean over to pick it. I'm an amateur arborist, and have three peach trees and three apple trees. That's enough to keep me busy, along with cutting grass. Usually, by this time of March, I'm out pruning the trees, but this snow has slowed me down. Jim

Hello I just bought my first wheel horse tractor and I absolutely fell in love with it. It’s a 1966 856, I love it so much that I found another one and bought it but don’t know what model or year it is. It has a bigger motor and it’s hydraulic, it has close to the same dash as the 856 with the pull knobs for the choke and throttle. If anyone could please help me figure out what year and model it is I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Leo

Don't disappoint SWMBO! List it right away. I'm sure it's worth at least $40,000.

I'm sure there are a few tranny braces on here. Here's my take using some scrap 2x6 and 2x4 lumber and some thin ply for gussets. Using my late grandfather's black-and-decker wrist-snapper to bore out a 1 1/4" hole: I left a little space to push-up or turn the axle/differential if needed: I reckon I'm going to need to access that little plug for one of the detent balls:

I love this place, don’t get me wrong. I only made the Facebook page to gather together owners of my favorite tractors into one place(with others that are not on here.... yet😁). While I love many different tractors, these are my favorite. A lot of the guys on there are not members here but I try to tell as many on there about this place when they are looking for info or help. Just trying to keep up and learn a thing or two.

This June, Arendtsville, PA. See ya there! https://wheelhorseclub.com/

Sometimes everything goes well and other times it doesn't. Once enough parts get made then it comes down to trying to size them somewhat correct so it doesn't look like a cartoon version. It's weird that I'm so particular doing this but then go out in the shed and "hammer mechanic" on stuff with no real precision or care at all.

@Ed KennellKennell I'm quite sure you could fit a few more horses in that photo. Last year we used my Patriot horse as the heavy tow rig and Trina's 657 as the lighter tow rig. We would head down into the forest with me Towing the splitter and her Towing the 10 cubic foot trailer with all the tools. When we got into the forest we would drop both trailers and get to work cutting and splitting and stacking. When it got to the point that there was split wood ready to be brought out to stack nearer to the house I would pull that with my Patriot horse. This year we will be doing basically the same idea but instead I'll be using the Cinnamon Horse as the heavy tow tractor... And Trina will more likely be using her 867. I'm going to be modifying my home built Pole trailer made out of 4 x 4 pressure treated to have a flat deck so it will halt about two and a half times as much as a 10 cubic foot trailer. We may even mix it up a bit and throw a friend or her mom onto the Patriot and use that to haul the tools out.

Guess because of electric PTO an Electro 12. Get the model number off the data plate under the instrument panel. so we can specify the year. They were made for several years 68-72 Great machines.. i have 2 plus 4 of their close relations Charger12 Charger 10

Some seriously intense and deep words of wisdom there

Had the gf put it together for me will see how good she did when get home I g Hope she did good lol

Keep it

My buddy says his wood can make heat 5 to 6 times! Cutting, splitting, loading, unloading, burning and if your are lucky enough it will provide a little romantic ambience!

My vote is keep it

That's a tuff dilemma to be in Caddy we feel for ya. My choices of what I would do. 1) Put it in storage until you gain some shop space and continue the hobby. 2) Put the motor in it and get it drivable.. might get a better price for it. 3) Sell it as, hopefully to someone (here) who can show it the love and finnish it.

you can pick up a HALF LINK FOR THAT CHAIN AT T/S. DO YOU REGULARLY LUBRICATE THE CHAIN CHAIN DRIVE ? agree with wildman on that sprocket idler , that entire drive should move easily by hand , your tight chain is eating those gears. look at every part of it , adjust and lubricate, it should spin with little effort, pete

Unfortunately I don't have any pics...but up until a few yrs ago when my folks stopped using wood heat, as they are getting up there in years, ye ole C-120, and a 10hp Charger hauled and skidded ALOT of firewood off the family 10 acres! Using those tractors between winters in the late 80's early 90's, there wasn't a safe dead hardwood, lol. Way back before then, when I was lil', there was a McCormick, too, setup to cut wood, too, off the PTO. Story goes, that stopped (Mom HATED that rig!) when a piece got away as it was being cut, flew about 50 feet and put a large dent in the metal roof of the small barn we had then....I was lil' so never used it, but yeah, I remember that machine being run; kinda spooked me, too, lol.

classiccat, very good and thorough work on that, i too have a black hood , bought new in 82, recently upgraded it to 12 hp/magnum power, never go back. replaced my plastic fender decades ago for metal. have found that the ,BLACK SATIN GRILLE PAINT , works best on the hood areas, its a perfect match for new. your break down stage will also let you correct or modify ( and improve ) any area that you want. for me it was wiring , and heim joints at swivel and friction points. thanks for the picture show. pete

I just got these10.50s yesterday and stretched them on the rims.I must say they fit and look better than I first thought! Fact I may buy another pair for my 414-8.

Input pulley ?

Sorry I am late to the party here but happy birthday !!

Good thread Daron. I am mostly just trying in to say that I'm going to follow along because I'd like to see what the other people are doing. Trina and I really don't take the time to do much of any gardening at all. Her mom will likely plant or box some stuff here in the yard because she rents and doesn't have the real estate to do it. I will answer the above asked questions though, in order. Here in Maine the growing season is substantially shorter than it is in much of the rest of the country. There is even a realistic three or four week difference between here and Southern Connecticut. Hence, plant from seed or buy plants? Totally depends on what you're growing. Tomatoes and peppers for instance. Most people in my area do not grow them from seed because we just don't have the facilities to do so. Planting into the garden here, for most plants, really can't happen until June 1st. That's the date of 99% guaranteed No frost. You can plant peas as early as you can break the soil and there are plants that are obviously resistant to frost but for the most part. June, July, August, that's all you get here. What her mom will grow is likely to be two or three varieties each of tomatoes and peppers and then also quite frankly whatever suits her fancy. She does can or jar some stuff every year. My secrets? I'm probably not a good one to give gardening advice. My best advice is to let somebody other than me manage the garden. Green Thumb? No. Not exactly.

Happy birthday Mike !