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One or two of these should do the trick!

37 years ago I made this crib for our first son.Then it was used for our second son, and then three grandchildren. It is out again for the fourth grandson coming in June. It is made out of Black walnut, Mansonia , and Afromosia. The acorn finials are Maple. Hopefully it will continue to serve us for a few more generations. I have fond memories of building it, never thinking then that it would continue to be used.It still has teeth marks from all of them.

Wife is in Italy visiting the daughter and grandbabies (Air Force) and I decided to have something waiting for her. This will be a flower bed over the grave of her recently passed dog, Daisy. She mentioned a few times that she wanted to do something for that great little dog. So, I'm going to set this up and plant daisies( obviously) and a few annuals for now. The bed is upside down on the trailer because the corner braces are also stakes to anchor it. This is all done with "sawmill slabs". I used my trailer to get everything square. The wheel horse connection is that I'm using the horse that has a setup that I bought from @smoreau a few years ago to move the trailer and as a stabilizer for the trailer. Edit: I know that the corners are messed up, but I caught my mistake before I finished and it's square. 😀

Oh yeah, and the first thing she said when she came in the shop was “I hate the pink!”

Put a pair of older Silvertowns I have had for years on my 1964 Wheel Horse 854.

The battery box and covers are ready for final welding and smoothing.

I got the lid formed for the battery box last night. I think I’ll leave the back of the box open and integrate a battery hold down into the lid... or something like that!

Was given to be by an old neighbor. Has all the parts just needs pit together. Looking for model???? Value??? I know nothing about wheelhouse tractors.

Nothing to the Wheelhorses but I have progressed on what’s keeping me from my Wheelhorses. At least it’s the right color One more coat of redguard and time to sling some tile.

He has a spare 8 speed in stock to swap in. I might ask for it and just weld the hubs to the axles since I'd just use it for a custom but not a working tractor. All of those parts are already ruined so what's the difference now. The axles can always be cut off if anyone in the future wants to fix it.

I think that my Raider 12 plow tractor may be jealous of my newly built Radpferd. He seems to be putting on a little weight.

All oils on the shelf have standards up to date. I run Shell Rotella 30W from TSC

Well, let’s just pull that emergency stop button now. She wants it cleaned and cleared. No bondo, no paint. (“At least for now” she says). Who am I to upset the woman, right? I’ll e-tank all the new raw stuff to get the oils off it, then set it outside for a while to rust. Then as she’s on the way out, she says “or get me a shiney new cup!” And you’d think I’d shut my yap, but I respond.... “I’ll get ahold of @19richie66!” @Vinylguy Terry, if you’ve already worked on my custom order, let me know how much I owe ya and we’ll settle up no problem The woman’s got a point.... it’s “Frank” because it’s a Frankenstein conglomeration of parts, remember?

It’s cookin’ time! You can see little bubbles almost the instant I plug in the charger!

So I've been working on this for a while, phone died and I lost some pics. Engine is rebuilt, 020 over piston, 020 under crank, rebuilt starter, other parts sandblasted, primed and painted. Mower deck in progress may make a post on rebuild. Built the bike for a friend, may auction off for wounded vet program

On the bright side, The hubs will be easy to remove!

Made some progress. I blasted the frame and other parts . My son decided he wanted a black horse so I made his wish come true.

Might seem mundane, but I did this today, and was quite excited about it: Took me about three hours to mow my yard, and the yard of the empty house next to me, which is about 5/8th of an acre of grass. 2nd gear is slow, but in my yard 3rd will bounce you out of the seat and I think my front bearings may need adjusted, so slow it was. This was also between stopping to check on the kids and helping the guy two houses down (other side of the empty house) with his newly acquired 310-8. He let is back yard get too high, tried to mow it with the deck too low, and smoked his spindle belt. Took 2 minutes to get the deck off, two more to figure out that he'd jammed the RH blade with clippings, and three hours to replace the belt, between looking for the part number on the belt, three trips to the store before getting the right one, and cleaning/greasing the deck to find the routing diagram, and a stuck auto tensioner. And I fixed the hydro pump's belt cover. I noticed it getting hot, and a metal sound at low engine speed. Turns out I had the stand-offs reversed and the pulley was rubbing the cover. I gotta rebuild that pump though. It stays dry while the engine is running, and then leaks like a sieve when I shut her down.

Save some money for my sausage pepper and onion lunch on Saturday!!!! Plus you gotta bring the spare gas! The wife doesn't mess around when it comes to tractor fix'n Huh? She goes TOP OF THE LINE for parts!

My wife learned years ago that I don't have "JUNK"! It is valuable parts storage! Load it up and bring it to the "Big Show", problem solved.

It appears it has survived very well and the builder done a top notch job in building. CONGRADULATIONS

I read Paul's post and initially thought the same thing but quickly realized @oldredrider has been around a long time. One thing I know is sarcasm. There's no way he would ever give those tractors to a scrapper so just figured I'd jump on the band wagon with him. Gotta admit, the reactions are kinda funny.

Say, I think there is a gathering of scrappers sometime in June. Might find some trucks to haul them off there. I’ve got a few junkers I’ll take to get rid of. Just don’t understand folks not wanting a brand new shiny light weight disposable machine. Lowe’s sells the best!

I can't speak specifically for that product but I do know that for the most part folks say you should have a very thin coating or no coating at all on the cooling fins.

@WHX22 is offering service to cut new key ways in your existing hubs, if you are interested in going that route.

Check out the repair that I did to my Raider 12. You'll have to scroll down a bit. The hub repair will be on the next page (6) of this post.

If you want to have the cleaned parts flash rust just spritz them with muriatic acid then give them a good water rinse and set them in the sun to dry fast.

Indoor projects have stall work in the shop here as well.

After mowing the green and verges, I turned my attention to making sure all the tractors would start and ready for the weekend. My local vintage clubs annual rally at Carlisle airport. Took a bit of slack out of the C-125s steering. The C-81 that had not been started for some time, fired up almost immediately with a squirt of petrol in the carb. Gave the C-121s primer bulb a couple of squeezes and that fired up straight away. The Sears/Roper GT16 also started straight away as it usually does. Next all tyre pressures checked, engine and trans oils checked and anything that had a grease nipple got greased. Finally I put the lawn sweeper on the C-125 and swept the green.

Eric nailed it. Heat transfer is the important thing here and paint doesn't transfer heat as well as metal. Clean the fins well, but don't sand them smooth or paint them unless this is going to be a total trailer queen.

At least I can understand Radar Love 😂

Dell, Unfortunately, looks like you're gonna have to take a #.....or sneak in here under the cover of darkness.

Wait a minute @oldredrider, I thought we were friends! I’ll be up Sat morning with my recycle trailer. Won’t any of it go to waste!

Happy Birthday @953 nut We are so glad that you were born!

That's a great idea, Eric. I could see where maybe 3 set screws might be even better, but I don't know if that would weaken the hub too much. This one will only get used for mowing so that might not be an issue. If I had three, and possibly an indention in the axle so that the screw actually set in and took some of the load, i think it would help. Achto, I read through and saw the part on the hub repair. I might go that route instead of looking for hubs. Thanks!

Some things to add to that info. It's not a bad idea to put a small flat spot on the axle corresponding with each set screw. Be sure to use a set screw that has a cup shape to the bottom of it and it is not excessively worn. They get flattened out after being tightened and loosened over the years. When you install the set screw for the first time, torque to spec, loosen maybe quarter turn. Repeat that a few times and it will give the set screw a bit of a ring to sit in on the axle.

Think I am gonna dig that paint color on the burb!

in addition to the info from 953 NUT, i would add screw on mounting tabs at available screw points and PRE LUBE THE CABLE AND VARIFY SMOOTH EASY MOVEMENT, before installing it .lots of engine pictures on site .which will show routing and placement , pete

The axles are repairable with a welder and then ground down. I've not done it but there are threads around about using a piece of brass. Best trick with the hubs is to put in a second set screw. I've done that with a drill press and hand tools. Replacement parts are also available from @A-Z Tractor and others.

My new favorite iconic road tune. It bumped Radar Love by Golden Earring. Panzer tank feel with an adult Snow White story line. Possibly a Florida theme park thing. I would pay to go on that ride! I read somewhere that the band composed this for a boxer. The count from one to ten for a knockout.

Hi, my name is Scrapper. Some call me "The Scrapper", as you did in your original post. Yes, in answer to your question - You should just give it to The Scrapper...

Excellent Richard.... if I could find that pic of Howard's "Fat Betty" now would be the time!

Sort of like a "Queen" song!

Yeah, know what you mean. There was absolutely no interest in this one either so the scrap guys took it yesterday. it's a Shame no body wanted it

Dan—a magnificent job as always! It has been so hard to keep quiet on this one over the winter However...the big reveal is finally here and everyone seems to like it as much as I figured they would. I think it is a tough looking machine and that engine is “too cool for school”! You know how I like smokers and that DinoBurner is one sweet engine. I also like the balance that you created with the well planned tire size/combo along with the custom touches everywhere! I also got to send a big shout out to Terry @Vinylguy for another stellar graphic performance—well done sir. in keeping with the Wheatland theme...Uncle Bob just finished a two year restore on this Case 930. it looks pretty much stock but he did a bunch of engine modifications that should put him north of 100hp by a bit! He did the best on this restore of any that I’ve seen him do! I love how Radpferd has the similar low slung wide look of these Wheatland machines. The big question Dan is—will Radpferd draw more attention than the RatRod at the shows???

Floor model for the 12" rims and the mini for the smaller fronts is my preferred method

Wow, really nice and looks very complete!! Much nicer than mine. Just tell us all you overpaid for it so we won't be so jealous!! Randy

I got the carb adjusted on the cinnamon horse and used it for a little pulling leverage. Reminder: when attempting to start your engine... Gas valve shall be open. Trina and her mom moved a bit of firewood and stacked it while I was tinkering around with pulling stumps and rocks from the portable garage area. The horsies stopped for a moment to pose for a pic.

Some more pics from the LeSueur, Minnesota Swap Meet from Friday April 26, 2019. We packed up and pulled out on Friday evening due to the winter storm warning and the projected rain/snow event that was coming on Saturday am. But we had a good time and although we were not placed in the most visible spot on the swap meet grounds (behind the Thresher's Building in a green grass area almost to ourselves) we did attract a ton of Wheel Horse folks due to my Wheel Horse flag flying and Glen Pettit's 8 x2 Big Red Banner! Met up with the North Central Wheel Horse Club Crew! Left to Right Red Square Wheel Horse Members : Tom Prondzinski, Rodney Burger, David Ralph, Lane Ralph, Jason Schahl,, and Mike Prondzinski. The cars and trucks for people attending the swap meet started backing up on three roads going into LeSueur at ^:30 AM and if you attend this show as a Vendor or a Buyer/Visitor you need to be there in the big parkin g lot before 6:30 am. The Swap Meet was so big this year they used portions of the parking lot for vendors to set up and sell. Left to right : David Ralph (Travlndave), Lowell S. (Wheelhorseman1000) and Rodney Burger (Lawnman_56) jawboning at the LeSueur Minnesota Swap Meet Friday am April 26, 2019. NOTE the Line of Vehickles in the BAckground waiting to get into the swap meet grounds parking area.