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I stopped in to pick up a file for my chainsaw and I found this on the wall. Zoom in and look around.

Here’s a couple pics of my D160 I picked up. Since I bought it I’ve done some work to it and couldn’t of done it without the help from the members here! But here she is from the day I bought it to where she sits now!

Update on Scottie Last week was a super busy week for Scottie, as Tuesday, we went to Rochester for our appointment with his orthopedic surgeon and to get x-rays and scans of his pelvis, clavicle and shoulder, and his right elbow. We were told that his pelvis is healing and has a lot of calcification and that they are not too worried about his pelvis fractures. His clavicle and shoulder still need more time to heal and his elbow will require another surgery in June. This surgery is too remove the hardware in his right elbow as it is impairing him from extending his elbow fully. He has his follow up appointment with the orthopedic surgeon on May 20th to see how well, his clavicle and elbow are healing. He is to see therapy and get a home exercise plan to help him regain the muscle strength in his lower and upper body. Scottie has no restrictions from the orthopedic stand point but urology has some therapy restrictions. Thursday, Scottie went to his therapy appointment to get fitted for a wheeled walker and to get a home exercise plan to help regain his strength in his lower body and upper body. Scottie got fitted for a wheeled walker and he got a home exercise plan for his lower body, and he was referred to occupational therapy for his upper body and elbow therapy. Scottie got sent home with 8 different exercises to do at home and he was told that he could only walk during his therapy visits because if he would happen to fall while walking he could break his pelvis again and may require surgery. So walking at home is out of the question for now but will be in the near future. Friday, Scottie met with the occupational therapist and he got a home exercise plan for his upper body. Once we got home from therapy, Scottie was walking into the house and his right ankle decided to give out and he required some assistance getting into the house. Once we got into the house he started to have some bladder spasms and catheter pain which is continuing on today. He is taking his medications around the clock which kindda help with his pain at times. Scottie did some of his home exercise plan over the weekend but was limited on his lower body because of his bladder pain and spasms. Yesterday, Scottie was experiencing bladder pressure and catheter site pain, that he asked me to flush out his two catheters for him. As I was flushing out his suprapubic catheter, I was met with resistance and we had to drain his bladder through the penial catheter. We go in on April 18 for another surgery to replace and exchange his catheters and to see where we are in terms of his reconstructive surgery on his bladder and urethra. Today, Scottie had his second therapy appointment with both occupational and physical therapy. Scottie was able to do more upper body exercises that his lower body today due to his pelvis fractures causing him some pain and discomfort. Once Scottie started his lower body exercises he felt pain in his pelvis fracture site and so the therapist had to alter his therapy program for him. He did some walking and some standing but all in all he had a very tiring day in therapy. Scottie has been working very hard on his school assignments so he can turn them in before the end of the quarter on Friday. With the end of the quarter wrapping up for him, he has been working on his Social Studies, Science, English, Small Gas Engines, Health, and Choir. This young man has everything done to his best ability except for two classes. Bryan is slowly winding down his senior year at school and he slowly counting the days until school is out for him. Please continue to pray for our boys and family as we go down this long road. May God bless you and your families! Thank you again for all of your support.

Wow. No one in the picture is on a cell phone.

This is an awesome photo. It is so great when we have palpable memories from our past that we can share with others, and for us looking at it is is a total revelation for we never imagine that someone we know would have a past with those kinds of experiences. Also experiences that many never had, and that today are basically nonexistent to many. Although I was also fortunate in that way a little bit ,my greatest regret on life is to not have been born 100 years earlier, since the way of life, values, etc,that I value are mostly gone. Seeing this photo and hearing from you about it, I now imagine that having that activity right on your door step is something that pleases you and you enjoy seeing all the time. I certainly would appreciate that and would look forward every day to watch it..

Oh my boys are finally home. Why do they look 1000% better and more stunning in MY garage. Ill be trying to get the C100 started later today

I have historically done some pretty intense gardening and put up a lot of food. We got an Avion travel trailer 5-1/2 years ago and I struggled to maintain a garden for 3 of those 5 years... gave up/burnout/camping priorities the past 2 years. Found myself getting the itch again this year (might have something to do with the fact that I got my 1974 C160 + a lot of attachments last Fall!!). So, today I got 3 rows of red potatoes, 12 green and 12 purple cabbage plants, and a row of onions planted. Still need to get 4-5 rows of Roma II flat green beans in the ground...... maybe in the next few days. (I LOVE my Wheel Horse!!)

Here it is a 79 C-101. I took this one in on trade, a friend of mine had two WHs a 1983 310-8 and this one. Both sat in storage for many years and where non running at the time. The 310 was in exceptional condition and was an easy project. I was happy to get it running for him and even got to use it for a bit, it was hard to see that one leave. Needless to say he's now hooked! Well this one had blown-up years ago and was considered to be retired. It stayed behind and finally I hailed it into the shop this past weekend. It's confirmed. (Broken) The crank turns freely and the piston stays in place. The exhaust valve is not completely closing. (?) The plan is to part-out the 414-8 that I picked up this past fall, provided I can properly wire the mag series engine into the C-101. You know start, run, charge all those things. I will keep you updated.

This is how I did it on the loader tractor I'm putting together.I chose the 312a frame for this modification because the pin holes were in good shape.I wanted to keep them that way.

I started as a lad also Dan. That's me on Bob on the left. We used them to pull coal from the mines and for field work. I had to lead Bob in the row as we cultivated the corn and Bob got great pleasure trying to step on my feet. I hated Bob.

A few more pics

Happy Birthday @BPEisenhower, We are all glad you were born!

Happy Birthday @12 hp Kohler, we are all glad you were born!

The 1961 401 was the last to use the 3-piece transmission case. Garry

Today I tested the turning radius and the answer is a resounding YES! The wide front Barn Find 953 had a sixteen foot outside tire radius and the Narrow Front had a twelve foot radius.

Here is what I did to mine. I added a collar on either side and drilled a hole and put grease fittings on it. The pin is just riding in the quarter inch steel and is putting a lot of pressure in that one spot. This spreads it out of course so you have to make a new pin longer. The only problem I had putting get back together was the tire rods had to mount differently.

Jada this morning.... “can I see the toothpick tractor?” Me... “I’ll look for it.” Jada.... “wooooaaaaahhhhh! Did you even give it a thumbs up?!” Me... “yes I did, Honey”

you have found the best site on the web for anything Wheel Horse related. Great job on the Craftsman custom, with those skills you could make a killer WH custom, and I for one think your tractor is a great candidate for it. No matter what you decide to do with it, you may have saved it from a scrapyard fate, and that's the main thing. We have some members here who have made some truly awesome creations out of WH tractors, this hobby is a great way to show off your individuality, I like them all, whether they're still in their work clothes like my C125, or fully restored models like my C141 will be someday, and even the customs. Here is one I saved a couple years ago that was destined for the scrapyard and decided to do a custom build since so many of the original parts were missing or hacked up by previous owners. It's still a work in progress, but I have been having a blast making it my own.

I was given this sickle bar yesterday by a friend. He said he had no idea how long it had been on his father's property or what kind of tractor it was hook to but this is what I got. After some research and finding some tags on the bar it's a sears and robuck. The tractor as well I'm hoping to revive it and put it on one of my wheel horse tractors. From pictures I have found it ran off a drive on the front of the tractor like a mule drive set up. I was hoping that I could put it on my 854 but the drive would be a little different because I'm not aware that a 854 at a mule drive setup I'm up for the challenge. I got my work cut out for me

1973 Simplicity 4041 This was the demonstrator for my Dad's dealership back in 1973. I learned to brush hog and back trailers on this one. I know the hood and wheels should be white but, we always liked the all orange like the AC's.

103 991 is the switch number for this wiring diagram.

That’s what ran into when I put it together . What I did was cut the weld on the plate where the tie rods connect and move it back an inch and rewelded it . All work fine with the steering

That is a 1960 suburban with the RJ tranny, In 61' they went to a two piece 3 speed. Hood has the lever throttles instead of push and pull as well.

Thanks guys!!! It’s been a busy day! I participated in a small engines competition today with my school FFA . It was a lot more challenging than I thought it would be but I still think I did pretty well. I will get the results tomorrow.

Apple Cobbler....

The only way my "dish washer" would clear snow is if it was in her living room. Then she would use her hoover to bag it.

Not to try and hijack your thread, but as I was walking by them just now, my challenge coin display made me think of this post, and that you may be interested in them 🤷🏻‍♂️ If I’m wrong, stop reading now 😂 I was given or presented most of these, with the exception of a few “Location” coins, and my Deployment Coin. The three most senior are: The center one, first row, was given to me by another Marine as a thank you, and is Gen. James Conway, 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps. The next challenge coin to the left is Bill Thien, (Past) Commander In Chief of the VFW. To the left of that is Greg Baker (Past) State Commander for the Department of Indiana. I was handed those two coins by both of those men. Just thought you might be interested in seeing em. Welcome home, brother.

Here's some cool gardening implements I picked up within the past year...my dad has the cultivators in the last pic.

The benefits of splitting wood in a tire... keeps the piece or group of wood from falling every swing speeds up the process saves the axe from rocks and junk

Can't say for sure, but there probably is a good reason you don't find the "Peerless" transaxle on anything but the lower horsepower . I would be on the lookout for a transaxle that is comparable with the engine you select.

Had Monday off, so I was playing around with different tires on the 753 after I took the chains and wheel weights off. 10.50's were just to wide. 8.50's worked out pretty nice.

My son is 17 months old. I already got parts around to start building him a puller which he can start at age 4 with the pulling club in my area. He already started to show interest in the fall when I was trying to repair a different tractor that I had sold.

The feature tractor for the 2016 "Big Show" was CUSTOMS and there were some great looking machines there. Look over this thread.

Another reason why straight sixes are so entertaining to me. 250,292,300. Great stuff no matter what brand.

Ain't weird. I'm the same way. Ok wait. I might be weird too.

Sounds like the general consensus is I should be perfectly fine then. Thanks for all the input everyone. Was planning on cleaning my old tank (it's bad) but now that I feel better about ordering the cheaper pump, will probably use the money I saved and just go ahead and buy a new tank as well. Will probably be Friday before I can do anything, having to take care of title transfers on both trucks, as well as Oklahoma's stupid penalties for the expired tag on the GMC about wiped me out this week. Really looking forward to getting the old dually up and running again, that F250 Lariat the company gave me to drive is nice, but I'm weird I still prefer an old bare bones work truck and being able to shift my own gears, not to mention I miss the feeling of that old big block power under the hood

Yeah, I’m a purist too. Purely your choice!

We had a few when I was a wee lad, big brother still has some. He has his reasons for liking them, I have my reasons for not.

If that didn't go well, then you definitely don't wanna try to turn your dish washer into a snow blower...by handing her a shovel.

Just ordered some more parts from them today in fact for my 6.0 LS swap in my 1989 square body suburban. I have ordered from them many many times no issues whatsoever

Fr@nk’s first family ride!

I ended up ordering the wrong switch for my 416 Mag equipped tractor.I just kept the switch to energize the starter and had a separate toggle switch to ground the Mags ignitionYou would never start it if you didn't know to flip the toggle.If you are not trying for original then the wiring is very simple.

Happy Birthday Robbie , won't be long before you have your drivers permit.

After the first night of the Big Show gathering last year, I had a great conversation with @Racinbob around the dining room table at the hotel. I mentioned that we are all here just because of one common interest. That doesn’t mean we only have to chat about tractors As far as syrup, or family in general goes, we try to make everything a learning experience. It is more fun for the whole family if we involve the whole family. Jada doesn’t like syrup, but it”s her favorite time of year. She gets all giddy like it's Christmas morning in March!

Just watched that wood splitting video. I'm still breathing hard. Think I better stick with my Huskee 22 Ton.

I just sold my late dads 1964 ford f600 firetruck. it was hard for me to do but she needed more love than i could give her. i sold it to a kid he is keeping the original paint and just clear coating it. it came from south milford indiana it was there water tanker. it only had 17,000 original miles and most of them where my dad putting them on it. it only had like 2300 miles on it from the fire dept. the kid keeps me updated on the progress. i miss the old gal! i feel i did the right thing i didnt want it to rot sitting outside at my mother in laws place

@Stepney awesome truck, those old 80-86 Fords are some of my favorite trucks of all time. Matter of fact it was an 80 F150 with the 300 I6 and 4 speed that converted me from a GM to a Ford guy, no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't kill that old truck. Several times I retired it to the pasture with the other junkers, only to have to go get it when one of the newer ones wouldn't start. Never mattered how long it sat out there, I could throw a battery in it and fire it right up. I used and abused that old truck for several years, finally junked it out when the body got to the point it was just falling apart, the old 300 still lives though pumping water for one of my buddies irrigation systems.

Yes, Frank is loud. Also, he only smokes when he drinks. I think he’s running a bit rich!