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The decals are made using high performance vehicle wrap digital printed Arlon media. It has an air egress adhesive technology that allows for easy dry install. Yes the adhesive will work once the decals have been applied. Always wipe your surface with isopropyl alcohol before installing even if you are doing a wet install. This material is repositionable and you can easily rub out air pockets with your thumb should the need arise. If you manage to mess one up beyond use just contact me and I will send you a replacement. Thanks for saving another Horse

Long overdue update... i was was going to build a tipping body, but as look would have it a tracked dumper skip turned up so that spurred me on to make a frame to mount it... and on all fours Then a sprung drawbar still got the hydraulics to sort, but it’s all ready for a test drive...

This is for Scottie Have you ever needed a part for your tractor that was just a little better like a tie rod, or even that very hard to find part like the pulley system for a rear mounted tiller? Who do you go to for help? When I needed a cover for a sickle bar mower, I had no luck, I tried finding it on eBay and in the RedSquare classifieds. I put out a feeler to see who may have one and within an hour Lowell PM'd me. He didn't have one so he MADE one for me, not only made it perfectly but drilled and tapped the screw holes AND sent along with it 4 stainless steel fasteners! You all know exactly what I am talking about, because I see it all the time, someone looking for something hard or maybe even impossible to find and you send them to Lowell. This is because Lowell and his wife Joette along with their son's Travis, Bryan and Scott (Scottie) have the reputation as being there when you need them and getting you fixed up and running again without hassle. Additionally, they are just a wonderful family to be around. Then a parent's worst fear happened, Scottie, their youngest son, has suffered serious injuries in an very unfortunate accident. I'm sure that most of you have been following his story right here on RedSquare and know the extent of Scott's injuries as well as his journey to recovery, if not see the flyer below. I am also sure that you all know how expensive this journey can be. Now it's our turn to help Lowell, Joette and their family as they have helped us. The Scholljegerdes family is offering special "Team Scott" t-shirt's as well as sweatshirts, hoodies and a limited number of Wheel Horse mat's. These items are for sale to benefit Scott's recovery effort and can be ordered by downloading and completing this form: Scott's Recovery Benefit Order Form There are instructions within the form where to send checks or to donate via PayPal. If using PayPal, you will need to email the completed order form to ScottsRecoveryBenefit@hotmail.com along with your PayPal donation. Please be sure to indicate the email address used in your PayPal so they can properly put your order together. Your item will be available for pickup at the Wheel Horse Collectors Club 2019 Big Show in June. Please note that due to WHCC rules, there will be NO sales of any shirts at the show You may still purchase items which Lowell and his family always bring to the show as usual however. If you absolutely can not make the show your item *can* be shipped to you, but please note that shipping costs will need to be added to the order since this is a fundraiser activity. What if I don't need or want another shirt or hoodie? Just donate, send a check along with a note to the address in the order form or a donation via PayPal donation. Or even something as simple as a get well card, or something special from your neck of the woods to cheer Scottie up would be appreciated as well. You can send cards and other gifts directly to Scott at his home address (click here) Lowell and his family deeply appreciate your prayers, kind thoughts, notes and gifts and are humbled by the generosity of the community and wish to express their sincerest gratitude for your continued support!

update. I found a local fabrication shop that can do the sheet metal and I'm going to have 20 seat and backs made. He will give me a ballpark figure on how much it will cost per seat next week. I have no idea what he'll charge for each but if it's to much. It'll be kits only. I'll post when I have more info.

My son turns 30. He has Autism and was reading an typing at 3. Always was a good student got his masters in teaching. Has lived on his own in Buffalo for the past 7 years. Always locked in to his phone or laptop. Hated going to Home Cheapo or Lowes when he was a kid. Always sat in the car. Never got involved in home projects. He was always busy with school projects or summer jobs ect. 2 yrs. ago he gets a summer job delivering Coke to grocery stores, setting up displays ect. Got to the point where he was the only guy the boss could trust to do it right. He had to guard the truck once in the seedy part of town which would have been hysterical if it wasn't so dangerous. For this summer he started looking around and ended up volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. Again I chuckle as he has never held a hammer in his life. He got to do some demolition and this past week he actually ran a saw and built a wall Next week he's taking his class on a field trip to a Lowes!

The connection or joke is seemingly over my head. Perhaps it’s a good monicker but I am in the dark. duh! Just figured it out. Idaho Potatoes..... tater’s gotcha. i resemble that remark...or soon will.

I wish you and your Family‘s a Happy Easter from this Side of the Big Pond

I'm going to take the liberty to try and answer your question Angela. I think that the answer is both. A direct donation will have the biggest impact on the financial goals of this benefit drive. However imagine seeing Scott's face when he sees so many of you walking around dressed like him. This is priceless, and will greatly aid in his recovery. As we all know attitude is so important to healing. I've spent a lot of time with Joette putting together the initial post. It would have been very easy to throwout a PayPal button and ask for donations, but that is a fund drive, this on the other hand is a benefit. The purpose of this benefit is to aid both financially and emotionally, and it's important for Lowell and his family to treat this benefit with the same integrity as they put into everything that they do. This is why they are offering the apparel described above, it maintains their high ethical standards, provides emotional support to Scottie and aids in bringing in funds to offset some of their expenses. So please don't feel guilty about asking for a shirt, with your donation because the pictures from the 2019 WHCC show with millions of people walking around with this shirt will bring the greatest smile, and longest lasting memories to this kid. So maybe with your shirt / sweatshirt order, throw in a few extra bucks to cover all bases.

Bottom of the case. Look just to the left of the hitch part that extends back under the case. it is 1/4" allen plug ...probably packed with dirt.

No real updates. Just welding and plugging away at this thing. I did secure another enclosed trailer (aka I bought one) so it looks like we'll be making two trips with two trailers and I'll be leaving the car trailer at my parents place for the time being. Basically cutting my travel time in half to get everything moved and not having to worry about what the weather does.

Looks like another long night.Last Monday night the weather radio woke me up at 3:00 am with a tornado warning.No problems here but it didn't stop issuing warnings until around 6:00 am.The radio has been sounding alerts since 6:00 PM this evening.For the money I highly recommend a weather radio.You may lose some sleep but it can save you if you live in a tornado prone area.

Windex for me Terry made my van decals too

I'm not a fan of this setup, but it is used to depress the "buttons" when you install the fittings on the pump body. Depress the "buttons" with the snap ring, install the fitting at the angle you need and remove the snap ring.

DO BOTH! I have made a donation and will also order a shirt. All of us who are blessed to be healthy and not enduring the relentless medical treatments Scottie is going through need to help out. If we can lift his spirits and help Lowell and Joette through this time in their lives I am confident that blessings will be returned to us. I don't know how or when, that is up to God!

Another piece finished...

I don’t know Lowell or Scotty but I have followed along as this situation played out. I feel I know a little of all of you (the Red Square FAMILY) through your post. Count me in. I’ll be wearing a sweatshirt. Lowell I hope all goes well @bmiller0457

I try really hard to make a point without the whole thing sounding like a rant - that is not easy because with many of these subjects I'm pretty irritated about it. The lack of school shops or kids learning to work with their hands, growing up on small farms and such things are days long gone now. That has a trickle-down effect on us older guys in a direct, and honestly quite a dangerous way - it is really tough to get younger people to take over in our type of work. I work in the Construction Trades world as a Union Journeyman Laborer. Like us or hate us - we are a highly skilled trade that has to be able to work in a huge variety of job sites and perform at breakneck speeds doing very dangerous work, no excuses. It has gotten so hard to get Apprentices out that have any drive, basic skills or just "street smarts" to learn our Trade. We have lost newbies literally on Day One out of their initial training when they are allowed to go out onto a real job outside of the Training Centers - ten years ago an Apprentice was killed in my Hall on his first day by a drunk driver - he lacked the basic ability to read the job site's situation and protect himself. I went through 2 new Apprentices on one job within 2wks - they were both in their 20's and had no idea of how to even try to help, which resulted in me having to work that huge 1.8 million pound push/pull capable drill rig by myself. That job, and not having a second Laborer there cost me my legs and back when a chain exploded - I never should have been there but without a second hand doing the cleaning work while the drill rod is loaded, I had to handle all of it. That little incident cost me 4yrs of my career - years that I have to make up now that I'm older and half crippled. Now, think about those same type of people that lack basic skills and just common sense working in our Nuclear Power plants, Ethanol plants, and such other places - it should be a wake-up call. Yes, I will absolutely spend the time and effort to teach them the way - someone has to do it or we all suffer. I don't complain nearly as much as I try to teach others. I see it as the way forward and regret not doing more in the past to prevent the consequences we're stuck with now. We have to figure out how to disconnect the younger generation from the electronic nanny and get them out into the real world and learn things firsthand. Teach them to think for themselves instead of believing in hidden sources of information, opinion, and marketing for profit and power. Try working out on this nation's highways - we can't even figure out how to get them to drive through my place of work with any regard to human life or even their own lives. They just can't ignore that electronic distraction - it has been programmed into their being. In Illinois, since the beginning of this year the Illinois State Police has lost 17 squad cars due to distracted drivers - and the lives of 3 State Troopers. Yeah, I'm really looking forward to all the road work that has to be done this year - it will be a bigger challenge than ever just to survive each and every work day. This past week was Work Zone Awareness Week - and as usual, it was basically ignored and passed over despite the statistics. Now, the debate over lubricants and maintenance. Yeah, in reality - it probably won't hurt a thing. The engines are now built to be lighter, more efficient and cheaper than ever to produce. They are, in fact - disposable. How long will it last? Probably just as long as any other engine on the current market in that push mower sector. The factor that folks forget is the quality of the available fuel and the lack of knowledge of the operator. The things are designed these days with semi-automatic chokes, clutch operated safety shut-offs and no regard to engine lifespan. Start the thing up stone cold and it is designed to go to wide open, governed throttle speed. Shut down is just as bad - the only way to shut one off is to let go of the safety handle and stop that flywheel at full rated rpm, effectively slamming the engine to a stop while operating at a very high heat range without any thought of letting the thing cool itself down after being worked quite hard. It is a real wonder how they live as long as they do - treat an older engine in the same manner and you'll be picking up the pieces with a shovel, or worse - the operator wearing some of the shrapnel. The safety nannies have created a product designed to fail to protect ourselves from the lack of common sense - this market full of garbage is the result. The manufacturers haven't helped with their ever-increasing demands of profit, either. Society wants cheap, fast and disposable - this is what we get. Off the soapbox now - going back into the dungeon to work in my world of creation, repair, and sweat equity. I need to get my 1950's drill press back into service one way or another - along with fixing worn parts on my antique garden tractors and doing welding jobs for those that don't have the drive to learn a new skill for their own self-reliance. Sarge

That happened with in the first couple of months . That blade and a battery powered sawzall is about the best thing there is for trimming and taking down shrubs and small trees.

I know I'm kind of going off topic here a little bit and I don't normally do that but I have a quick story that a lot of you will get a little Amusement out of. One of the people that goes hiking with us is 28, going on 70, so to speak. Is well educated in book form but also has a huge amount of Common Sense. That can be a tough combination to find sometimes. This young man is absolutely NOT brainwashed as far as I can see. Two or three years ago we were parking at a trailhead to go walk up a mountain. He has a late model Toyota pickup truck that beeps the horn when you lock the doors with the remote... Like most modern vehicles do... So we all get out of the truck and grab our stuff and we start to walk away and he is standing by his driver's door and he locked it and we all hear it beep twice. Then he grabs the door knob and pulls on it to make sure it is in fact, locked. Me being who I am I had to give him a ration of crap. I said why do you pull on the door when you know it's locked?? He goes... Huh? I said... You just heard the damn thing beeep so you know the truck is locked. He looks at me and he starts laughing and he says... Hahahahah... No you don't you @+#-&$, you know the horn works!!

Confucius say .ah ... good a ruck. !!

Same to you and yours.

No, look at the pump where the fittings go and you will see 2 small square indentations opposite each other. Use the snap ring to depress those and the fitting will pop right in, then remove the snap ring to lock the fitting in place.

Just read this thread all the way through. I must say I agree with most of what's been said, so I won't say much. These days it's technology for technologies sake. I believe in the Kiss Principal. Keep it simple stupid. Unfortunately these days people are brainwashed into thinking they NEED all the gadgets and gismos. Look at modern cars. Between them my lot, daughters, sons in law, grandsons, have Mercs, BMWs, Audis, Suzuki's. There's things on/in those cars they don't even know what they do. But they brag about them. And if it came to working on them. No chance. Until recently I did all my own vehicle maintenance. Age and technology is making that more difficult, but I do what I am able. The kids say, "Why don't you take it to a garage?" I say, "Why pay for something you can do yourself."

@LengerichKA88You should not be concerned that your comments will not sit right with some. Nothing you have said is untrue. Personally, and I believe in general we do not have a problem with the young generation but rather what is done to them, such as you said by bad or lack of good parenting and example, and the fact that they are the main targets of advertisement for others profit. I too have a long family history of talent and knowledge and also unfortunately much of that I am only lucky to have acquired because only of the exposure to it by being there and my own natural tendencies and curiosity. They were not very good at passing on their knowledge either because they did not want to spend the time, were impatient with young ones, didn't think of the legacy the way we do, or it was just a plain cultural thing. They were not very good at communicating. My father complained about how his father would not teach him certain things, and funny thing i have the same complaint about him. My father was a better parent than his father, I am a better one than him, and for sure my son is a much better one than I was. The good thing is that we recognize our shortcomings and are learning and evolving. Knowledge is a great asset but it is not ours.We do not invented it or own it. We are merely the caretakers of it. It is our responsibility to improve on it and to pass it on so all can benefit from it. The hording of knowledge is a dangerous thing. It makes the ones that hoard it feel superior to others and abuse its power. History is full of examples. Its funny how sometimes circumstances and a mere chance meeting influences the rest of your life. The way that I think is not typical in my culture. But first due to the fact that I came here, and at a young age while working in architectural woodworking in NYC with old German woodworkers, the top foreman took a liking to me and became my mentor. Unschooled in the ways of life, little did I know that was to be the luckiest day of my life. Only much later and even today I realize how much that man shaped my life, more than my own father because he was just an open book sharing everything. Simple statements, such as " look, listen, and be quite", " never, specially when in a position of authority, strip anyone's dignity from them", "share what you know", " do the right thing even though it may be bad for you" and countless others along with example, shaped who I am today. Many times he would answer others but looked directly at me while doing so. I miss him and think of him every day. Well, looks like the original subject of the post got derailed again, but perhaps not in a bad way.

the soap and water method allows you to fix a goof up a lot easier the the dry method, just saying .... eric j

I guess "quickly" would be accurate. However the "quickly" entails: use of heat, broken drill bits, trips to the store to buy the correct "easy out" since you broke the correct one on the last tractor, multiple cans of PB Blaster/Liquid Wrench, hubs that defy all attempts to remove, setscrews that were rounded out by a previous owner/repair shop, discussions with a particular parts heritage that turn the air blue in the workshop, the annoying comment from the other half of "Problem dear?" and the often discussed and most problematic "the beloved STEERING WHEEL" Yes, the "putting back together" takes a long time BUT they go back together so easy because you have worked your butt off scrubbing, blasting ,sanding, chasing threads and using new bolts, nuts, cotters and hollow pins. But you do it because in the end you can stand back and say "WELL DONE". And then "Wait till the next one"

A good machinist is harder to find then a honest politician. The younger generation can’t get their hands dirty because that would soil their cell phone.

I can tell you from talking with Lowell, Joette, and Scottie that they are top notch folks. Lowell has helped me with several parts, Joette personally called me on an order update, and Scottie is just an outgoing, fun young man! We’ve got to support these folks, all of us are just one trip away from the same situation. You never know when you hit the road.

I have a feeling this won’t sit right with some, but it’s an observation I’ve made: So many people have so many problems with with “younger” folks, but they forget that their generation was the generation that raised those younger folks..... We are not born with an innate lack of drive, work ethic, etc. Those things are taught, either directly or indirectly. Seems to me the last generation that didn’t have to complain about their kids were the ones who sent their sons to the Pacific or Europe. As a society, not an individual, we reap what we sow: When looking for the problem, don’t look at the kid in his twenties that doesn’t want to do anything, look at his parents in their 40s and 50s and ask them why they raised him to be that way, because they did either through action or inaction. This holds true (for me anyway) no matter if you’re talking about an 80 year old or an 8 year old: The faults of the generation in question aren’t truly their faults. Those faults come from the previous generations either misguidnece or failure to provide guidance in the first place. That is not a excuse to continue those faults mind you. From 910BC until the mid 70s, the (Große)Lengerich Family farmed. For over 1000 years my ancestors worked land on two continents, bred cattle and horses, turned orchards and vineyards into wine and put their own food on the table. My grandfather and his siblings were the ones that let that end. Fourteen of them and not one stayed on the farm. So here I sit, 31years old, with over a thousand years of familial experience in working the land, and most everything I’ve had to teach myself. Because no one before me taught me except for small things here and there. That’s not my fault, that fault lies at the feet of those who withheld the knowledge either directly or indirectly. How many “family secrets” for the perfect vine, the highest yield, or the best heifer are now lost forever simply because no one passed it on? The other side of the family has moved back towards farming, but aside from my aunt and uncle, there is no interest. They have several (6-8) people in extremely close proximity, but I (live about an hour one way from the farm) am the only one who said “Yea, I’ll do it.” When asked about helping to bale hay this year. I have never baled hay, I have never worked on a farm. But I am willing because it is of interest to me. All of those people who have no interest, or desire, or motivation to help bale a measly (in the grand scheme of things) 4 acres of hay..... they’re all older than me, by 5-20 years. *** Just like no one else’s response was directed at specific people or anyone here, neither is mine. I highly doubt anyone that is here on RS would qualify as the parents/children I’ve described. The sad thing is most of our world does. ***

Brilliant! Thank you for your rapid reply. I have found it straightaway and managed to undo it.

Those pruning blades are the same thing I use to remove stumps and roots around here - much cheaper, safer and effective than any chain saw. I'd recommend using a really cheap grinder if you go with the chained saw blade made for wood - the shock load they can put back into the tool is staggering and will destroy an expensive grinder in short order. Hunt around - I believe someone is now making those pruning blades for sawzall-type machines in Bi-Metal blade form, which can take 4 times as much heat and abuse. Those types of blade material can also handle hitting dirt, rocks and other debris quite well with little damage to their teeth. A lot of times I've just used the bi-metal type super-aggressive demolition blades made for cutting through wood and steel for these jobs that include dirt and debris. The pruning blades are faster, but their teeth are also a lot more delicate and prone to dulling when they hit anything but soft woods. Sarge

Put one on my battery powered Dewalt sawzall a few years ago for the wife to do some pruning, trimming, and root removal. Never got the saw back .

I sent in my donation glad to help.

Count Me in too! Come on guys Lowell and his family are good people, Lets try and help them out! Family!

rainy wet day, was good to be at the bench , refreshing my upcoming fishing. doing this over 40 yrs. now , tying and listening to good music makes the world drop off, fishing soon , pete

This is what I use on roots. They hold up well and are long enough to get to the roots underneath.

A bit of gentle prying under the pump could help get it to move, rock it back and forth. You need to look at the axle splines at the end, chances are a few broke off allowing the snap ring to come off. In the future do not use a hammer, a puller is the only way to go.

The cost of steel right now is pretty high, but any local small welding shop could knock those out in pretty short order for a reasonable price. They would prefer to make a run of say 20 or so at a time - a quantity that doesn't demand too much time of the shop but makes it worthwhile to burn up a whole sheet of material. If you let them set the quantity per the number of parts that can be sheared out of a whole sheet - the cost will be lower. Sarge

Well, if I could somehow help Bob, just let me know. I don’t even think I have a project that needs these right now

I grew up with a Sears David Bradley 2 - Wheel Walking garden tractor, next came an International Harvester (IH) model 140 when I was in high school. After graduating school, married and on my own, I purchased a Wheel Horse C141. I did the grounds maintenance for our church many years and included in doing the yards work was maintaining the church's equipment. There was an old MTD, Murray, John Deere. I had never cared for the MTD brand, but to be honest the old MTD did rather impress me. You don't even want to know what I think of Murray! The JD was a dream machine, but it did not have the simplicity of my own Wheel Horse. One of the wife's co-workers was having a garage sale one weekend, but she was offered the opportunity to look things over on Friday afternoon, so following work we went by and both picked up a few things. I picked up a 36 inch Rigid pipe wrench, but her co-worker had an old Wizard (Western Auto brand) lawn mower which caught my attention. Taking & discussing the mower, I was told it skimmed the ground on right side so in desperation, a new mower had been purchased, since nothing seemed to stop the problem. I was offered the mower, just to haul it off. With nothing to loose, I took the offer. The old Wizard was big & beefy, which I likes, and I am sure it was an MTD product, but I never pursued who manufactured it. It took some time, but one of the lift rods had broken which lifted and lowered the deck. Once welded and ground smooth the old Wizard was an excellent mower, and it was relatively easy to work on. My son helping mow the church grounds, got their MTD down in one of the ditches and damaged the MTD's transmission trying to get it out before getting my assistance. I opened up the transmission case from the MTD but decided it simpler to replace the transmission than attempt repairs. The Wizards transmission was the same, so I pulled it and replaced it under the church's MTD mower, and it continued service with the old MTD, there by ending the life of the free Wizard. With time I added a Kubota 6000E, 312/8 WH, 314/8 WH, then later a Scag 61 inch Turf Tiger, Scag 52 inch Wildcat, and I have a couple of larger tractors (Kubota 245HL, JD 4005 4-WD, & Yanmar 240D 4-WD) also now. I am not a mechanic by any means, but with time and work, I have became a pretty good maintenance engineer of lawn & garden equipment, & vehicles also, as much of necessity as anything else, because of the cost of repairs to equipment. Unfortunately today equipment has to be manufactured both lawyer & idiot proof, which reduces some of the simplicity. That old DB Walking tractor and some of its equipment, which I still have today, would if still manufactured today be nothing, but dreams come true for the legal community. For people who know what they are doing, simplicity is the best regardless of whomever the manufacturer is. It is the easiest to be both properly maintain & repaired. There is a net savings to the owner operator in time when doing basic maintenance & repair because of not spending a couple of hours removing and replacing covers that are little more than look good, feel good, time consuming "JUNK!" Nothing included in this list of equipment which I have worked on anytime from the past to present comes anywhere close to the old Sears David Bradley 2-wheel walking tractor, but since I prefer to ride, the Wheel Horse is a really close second in the simplicity department.

Pete I loved to tie flys for trout fishing. I just haven't tied in 3 years. I can see you love it by all the Flys you've done. I don't have the time this year with making the seats now but after the big show I'll try again. You know I love it after buying 1 cape for $75.00. I have 9 capes. I was really good at it but I'll have to start over because I've forgot a lot. Haha

"Tater"...I like that.

I bought a huskie all wheel drive walk behind mower last year with briggs engine same thing have to turn upside down drain oil out filler tube, which is not a problem I drained oil every 20 hours completely against what briggs recommends. I mow about an acre with a lot of hill walking so it gets about 11 hours a week on it which includes mowing our church lawn also. My first car was a 57 chevy strait 6 for every 25 miles it used about 3 quarts oil and 3 sets of plugs, never had to change oil in it hi hi. And of course I carried 5 sets of plugs and changed plugs 3 or 4 times on a trip to town and back. When back home cleaned them up put them back in cigar box ready for next trip.