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Just rescued from another junk dealer. Sat in his yard for 3 long years. Got it home safely and put charger on battery for 5 min and it fired right up. Now to give it an oil change and new fluid in transmission. And clean fuel system. Traded a cheap $65 "bang- bang" for it. This will be my new plowing snow toy. Number 5 in my growing collection.

With all the ponies I have it was about time I got something to take more than 1 or 2. 18 ft x 5 ft 2". Wooooooooooo hooooooooooooo

Sort of like the president of a major corporation using a golden shovel to break ground for a new building. Two shovels full for the photographer and the off to the Country Club for some refreshment!

@AMC RULES @953 nut @pullstart @LengerichKA88 @Mows4three @wallfish @WHGuy413 @Herder @Lee1977 @PeacemakerJack @Achto @WHX24 @Ed KennellKennell @formariz @Vinylguy @buckrancher @stevebo @Sparky And... All those others that believe these above-listed characters that I never do anything. Ever.

Finally got around to putting together the stuff to make a hub puller, my neighbor turned this out for me on the lathe. Still took a lot of grunting, but got er done.

Been nursing my little sequoia sapling I brought from California last year. It has grown already over 4 inches this year. When it gets substantially bigger have to find a good spot for it in the place here. Perhaps 1000 years from now it will be close in size to its parents? In NJ of all places. Just to clarify it. Sapling was bought in Souvenir shop at Sequoia National Park. It was not removed from area. They only asked that it not be planted in Park.

having done this a few times, if you have an engine that has not been regularly serviced , like in a recent purchase, i make a point of frequent oil changes on both engine and trans. i would avoid using 10-30 oil due to engine heat factor , often smoking till it gets hot to flow. 5-30 works well as does 30 wt rotella. i save the little used oil for lubing other items. i also try to drive a recent purchase tractor with some road time , heating up oils and stopping to find other issues, remember you are trying to recover the neglect to this unit. two tractors that i recently did this to have turned out very well, i marvel at the solid operation that was hiding under the neglect. similar flushing to fuel system , it just takes time, pete

Picked up the latest addition today 416-8 anniversary. Its not been worked for some time clutch pedal sticks so spring or damper to sort but generally it's a nice one.

So in my Yahoo inbox today was an email from Photobucket.....I was never a big Photobucket user and haven’t accessed my account in probably 10 years. Established a new password and went scrolling. Mostly pics that I could care less about but this one caught my eye. I can’t tell you what year this was, maybe @nylyon can recall. Long story short Karl myself and Chris went on a road trip to Pennsylvania to pick up a “surprise tractor”. The young man on the right is Chris Sweetland, he actually started RedSquare as a high school project. That’s right! Hopefully his teacher gave him an A+ . Fun fact: Chris is member #1, he called me and asked me to join his tractor website so that he would have at least one member and that’s how I became member #2. Next to Chris is me, hands on my hips like I have attitude . Next guy is Dustin Messinger or DMESS he used to be a member here. I still talk with Dustin thru Facebook and Im picking up a parts tractor from him at the big show in a couple weeks. And last but not least, the character on the far right is our own Karl or Nylon. This was a great trip, my trailer, Karls Durango towing it, Chris sleeping for HOURS in the back seat and the C-160 surprise tractor! (Disclaimer; tractor in the pic is not the surprise tractor.)

Gramma had one but she was real old too so she had to sell .....

This is from the window of my wife's sewing room.

So over the weekend I picked up a no-name eight horse power only to find out I think the motor is toast. But no avail I decided to take the foot rests off of it and put on to IRV ! It all bolts up pretty well. Now some might not like it because it’s not all original but I love it! Although I will have to do some more painting but the parts are rust free so should clean up really easily.

Here is the one of the few he was referring to mhlmeader is a good dude and is welcome here anytime!

My buddy brought his 66 C10 in for four new tires and new shocks today...figured I’d share it with yall

A little less grunting this way.

It's a Moto Mower. Best guess on the year would be 1963

Last night after reading all this she looks at me and smiles and says... We gotta get to the Big Show.... Maybe that'll be on the schedule for 2020.

That video is kinda like video of big foot

This is the only place that reproduces rebuild kit for the metal body Kohler pumps. Or you can replace it with a new plastic one, yes all the new ones are plastic even the Kohler ones. http://www.then-now-auto.com/kohler-fuel-pumps-2/

I'm here Cas, just too much to do and too little time. I did find your post on the foundry and pattern maker very interesting. When I took a drafting position with Allis Chalmers Hydro Turbine Division in 1964, my first project was to measure a 15" dia. model Francis turbine at different elevations or "board sections" using a pantograph machine, then step up these sections to the full size 30' dia. prototype and lay out the board sections full size on mylar for use by the pattern maker to make the pattern for the 30' dia. 30 ton casting. This drafting layout work was done on hands and knees on a 50 X 50 ' drafting table using scales, slide rules, dividers, flexible splines and positioning weights ( called ducks due to their shape). I eventually joined the Hydraulic Lab where all the R & D and model testing was done for all the large hydro plants. I was responsible for the mechanical design, manufacture, assembly, and testing of the hydro models. While in this capacity, I purchased all my aluminum bronze and manganese bronze casting from a local father and son foundry. The father was the pattern maker and his son poured the castings. I also was always fascinated by this mans ability to make these pattern of a 15 bucket francis turbine using shrink scales and designing the pouring and venting routes to end up with a good casting. I eventually developed a process of machining the individual buckets on a 5 axis milling machine and bolting them to a band and crown plate. This was a big step in increasing the accuracy of the bucket shapes and made it a simple process to step up the model digital file to any prototype size. I still bought the bucket castings from the shop, but they were crude with finish to allow for the milling. Sorry, for the long story. I need to end this. The elderly pattern maker that became a very good friend has passed on, but I still see his Son and Grandson at school basketball games. About 10 years back, his grandson and my grandson played on the same baseball and basketball teams.

that's some funny stuff right there. Don't worry, I can make them fit.

Picked this up this afternoon, hadn't been run in a few years, I got it started , but needs some carb cleaning /adjusting. Nice seller, had TONS of wheelhorse, going back for a 701 tomarrow, lil red dragon ranger didn't have enough room.....oh, and I didn't bring enough cashflow

Just saw this one the other day. Roadster Shop built it. Pro touring chassis. Love those old trucks.

made lawn spikier and weights from old bush vacuum pump rotors, the rotor veins are a perfect slot to hold the weights on the 6" steel channel steel frame, each rotor wt is 90 lbs, this combo really breaks up the dense clay in the lawn, helps aeration and is great for grub and seed openings . tractor is my 82 black hood with recent 12 magnum swap, lots of modifications at any problem point, bought this new in 82, coming on 40 years, regularly upgrade it , don,t even think about hrs, just stay after it. note mower deck idler pulley , that i add to all my decks , totally takes the belt bounce out of spindle drive area, very quiet. buffed out the paint with maguires clear finish and a 6" hand buffer. good day to spike the lawn , steady rain last night, Chris crossed lawn oppose any cutting areas. normally tow the smaller spiker without weight when cutting , don,t even know its there , adding holes in lawn and breaking any thatch . this is what i did today. pete

yep definitely a Jacobsen, here is a photo of my 1963 Chief

PM me your address I will mail you one.

Do we have any Shot Glass collecting members? I will have some of these with me at the show for $5 each

We need a comparison video of Trina. Though I suppose it's to late. She'll have shifted all that stone by now.

You need to take a look at the roll pins on both ends of the horizontal shaft from the fan gear to the steering sector.

I can honestly say that after all of the organizations club's etc that I have been a part of since my late teens I have never seen the recipient of this kind of ribbing ever take it so well but, I would't want to make the Bear angry.

Has this video been slowed 😂

Killin me. You guys are absolutely killin me. Although I have to admit I'm a little bit upset at you right now. Not because you made that remark but because you didn't give me that idea BEFORE I moved all that @#$&+ stone.

Oh.... That is AWESOME !!!! Both of us, literally, just burst right out loud laughing.

Hi all. Maybe no one missed me, but just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still alive and still vertical to the ground. Sorry I haven't been around lately and have missed a lot of good stuff I'm sure, but have been dealing with some family emergencies that have put all things Wheel Horse on the back burner for the last few months. Today is the first that I have even logged into the website since I can't remember when. Anyway, just wanted to check in and say and hopefully can get back into active participation in the near future. And also did want to mention, if the stars align right, I am planning on attending the Big Show and hopefully get the opportunity to finally meet many of you in person.

Just picked this up over the weekend for $250, has the plow attachment, wheel weights and chains, new tires all around and rebuilt generator. Looks like someone sealed around the gas tank to stop a leak. Do they make PTO's for these? Also what kind of oil do these old Kohlers like? I'll be plowing with this and doing some grading. Thanks

That wasn't a SD, looks like a TD (top discharge)!

Definitely get that volt regulator turned around so that the terminals are not mashed against the fuel tank.

I moved few horses out to clean my heated winter shop in the basement. Then took my first WH...the C-120 Tecky for a ride and mowed some trails. My Amish neighbor has the entire farm planted and irrigated with fertilized water. The sweet corn and cabbage show the results. The big corporate farmer that leases the adjacent farm spreads dry granular fertilizer on his field corn. Heading home. To find the corn being sprayed. Just another day in the neighborhood! Thanks for riding along.

Great history lesson. I would love to know what type of critique Chris's teacher gave him on the project.

Great how it all started story,if I remember correctly DMESS had a really nice collection of maroon stripe WH's.Has he liquidated his tractors or is he still an enthusiast. I always wondered who held the # 1 spot. Thanks for the info!

Trust me on the location of the input gear...it is in the same place on all the Wheel Horse transmissions...manual or hydro. You may have different sized shafts...5/8" or 3/4"" but the hole is in the same spot. The difference in the pulley size is probably not that much and can be compensated with the hi/low. If you are going to the big show...Howard did one on an RJ. This is not a big deal...you can do this and some members on here that have already done this can chime in to help with what I missed. I'm sure we have some threads on this subject. Actually, I did tell you what horse transmissions would be the same and bolt right in. The 1967/8/9 #5060 & #5071s. It's OK...there is a lot of information here...it will be hard to digest until you get into what you are trying to do and get to put the information with what you have. Don't forget...lots of help here...and there are no bad questions.

I grew up next to a elderly couple that had a similar impact on me. Mr. and Mrs Amburgee (I believe it was spelled) were in their 70s when I was in kindergarten. They were originally from Kentucky, and ended up moving back thereto be closer to family when I was probably 7. Mr. Amburgee probably weighed 80 pounds soaking wet, and Mrs. Amburgee I once confused for Barbra Bush (I thought Mrs. Amburgee was on the evening news 🤷🏻‍♂️). That woman would’ve put John Henry to shame. Every day she was in the yard working, while cooking the next meal inside. She used to walk out on the drive way in just a cloth nightgown and robe to tell me to have a good day at school, no matter the weather. Some mornings I’d be bundled up like the little brother from “A Christmas Story” and there she’d be, barefoot in 2mm of fabric to give me a kiss and tell me to behave at school. I’m 31 years old, and haven’t seen either of them in over 20 years, and they’re both long gone, but it’s amazing the impression a strong woman can make in a mans life.

Yes, cork is a material of many uses. I use it a lot and I am very fond of that material.My wife has jewelry made from cork. I came from the country that produces the most cork in the world. Cork oaks(Quercus Suber) grow like weeds everywhere. As a kid I we all used to regularly peel bark (cork) off the even small ones to make all kinds of toys, like small boats. It is an extremely interesting industry and process, specially the harvesting of it. The wood from the tree although not really used commercially is as hard as iron. It was used extensively to make axles for oxen carts, bearings for windmills or anything that involved heavy wear..Perhaps in the near future we will have some whatizits about cork?

I think that’s the one we might try to get to too

Wouldn't the shot bearings have a lot to do with it?

You beat me to this. I was going to ask how long it took Trina to finish the job after you posed for the camera.

I am sure that after those 8 seconds of filming along with the 10 minutes of directing we don't see Trina just took the shovel from you and said "enough with the footsing around, we got to get this done". I bet that she uses her foot to push the shovel into the gravel.

Funny thing is, as usual we didn't see very much work! 2 shovel loads? Com'on man! And Trina didn't sound very convincing. Put that stone back and try again!

A few more. More to come.