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Met some really good friends at the big show this year! We met up with our friends from Canada!! @WheelhorseWes and his wonderful family! Hubby wanted a 1961 551 and scored one! My birthday present to him.. It was a two tractor deal..so we made it a chance to see our new friends as Wes was interested in the 854. So we both have new horses for our stables!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 We went out to eat and visited!! It was a great time!!

Hi Guys, Like a couple of other newbies, I really had a great time meeting so many like-minded folks at the show this past weekend, very passionate about Wheel Horse tractors and their history. I only wish I had more time to spend at the show to study tractors and jaw-jack! I've been collecting and showing tractors most of my life, but this was the very first time that I've shown Wheel Horses - and must say that I kinda liked it! I definitely caught the WH bug this past year... Hearing that the "Horse Barn" at the fair grounds will be dedicated for Wheel Horses going forward, I'm excited to see this show turn into an annual, Wisconsin WH gathering! Thanks, Rob

The weather forecast for today is hitting the highest since 2013 and oppressive humidity rivaling the central Florida weather. I would have been fine if they postponed it but we were on the schedule. Fortunately the clouds have kept the temps down a bit but the threat of rain has them keeping their guard up.

I know the paint job is a desecration. By chance I was able to acquire this. Any thoughts? Year, rarity, value? Original tires....?

Well, I wasn't planning on this purchase, but the listing was relatively close, and I thought it would be a quick fun project. I was also thinking it might be a good machine to leave up on some property to cut grass with once or twice a month. It came with an extra set of ag tires, wheel weights, a brinly cultivator, brinly moldboard plow, and snow plow. The 42" SD deck had new spindles put on it that are the newer style, so I'm pretty excited about that. I was excited to get it home and see what was under all that dirt! So I got the pressure washer out, and washed the dirt off. I accidentally blew the C120 stickers off with the pressure washer, but I contacted @Vinylguy and he is going to hook me up. It looks like a nice machine! It was repainted once before, but they didn't do a bad job. The new china carb should be here on Friday, so once it arrives, i'll start messing with it. I can't wait to hear it run! I included pictures of it sitting at the previous owners house, loaded up on the trailer, and after it was pressure washed.

The “crew” continues to make headway... Judge and Zach are removing nails from the old wood... @Coulter Caleb is installing the new hidden fastener Trex decking! What’s dad doing???? 🤔 Good question!

I had my 753 at Portage last weekend. It was my 1st time at the show and it was great to meet all the fellow wheelhorse people.

Moved a couple horses to the off site storage. Then picked these two up on the way home. Bob Maynard is right, this downsizing isn't working.

Here is a video of a 2” cut. I realize I should probably have more PPE and also noticed that I seem to chew when I’m thinking! There’s not much in that noggin, especially in my mouth! Also, I’m testing my depth to make my bend points. I cannot believe how clean this cuts, I could probably get into the key cutting business with it!

Congrats James. Really nice 120 auto. and well equipped. My 120 auto was my first WH and after buying and selling 50+ tractors, I still have the 120. Mine has the Tecky HH120, but it has been trouble free and always starts and runs strong.

Looks like a '61 model 701 to me. Well worth saving.

Excactly the same... except totally different!

Apparently dad was on redsquare.

Now now, don't go off on a Tangent !

I got it for $200.00, so hopefully it was a good buy!

Trina and I are headed north in the morning to stay at the campground this weekend for the Owl's Head Transportation Museum annual truck and tractor show weekend. @JCM Jim you have my number. FYI.. we'll be having a picnic lunch and we'd be happy to have you and your wife share. If anyone else is planning to attend we'd love to see you. Feel free to PM me. Cinnamon is loaded on the trailer and Pony will be in the morning. Pics to follow......

Picked up a 50” sickle bar yesterday. Seems like its all there. Gonna try and put it on a tractor this weekend. Is it meant for a long frame or short frame tractors or both? Also not exactly sure how it goes on so any help will be greatly appreciated. Here are a few pictures, I will get better ones this weekend.

A friend told me about a guy that had some round hoods for sale. Among them is this what I was told us a RJ 35. I'm kinda interested in it but I have no idea what to offer. It is going to need a lot of work to get it up and running I think. Looks to be all there he has no idea on a price as well what should i offer for a fair price if i decide to do so. Any thoughts thanks

Made it! To prevent so much shrinkage when I fill the gap, I’ll find some threaded rod or the like to wedge into the open space. It’ll save a ton of welding too.

Not sure it needs a restoration. If it was mine I would install the missing decals, paint the rims, get the new tire(s) and go thru it mechanically and use it.

Can you imagine Kevin and Stefan discussing the details of something they are going to build? Be like being back at school in a maths lesson.

Lost me at sine and cosine....... I did cosign on my daughter’s car though.

Yes straight up carbide likes flood coolant but tin coated solid carbide(read "Exocarb") usually just air blowing out the chips will suffice (maybe an air line regulated down to 15-30 psi some hillbilly fashioned attached so to blow the chips out of the way and cool the blade at same time while cutting )... and again speed and feed and depth of cut all make a difference JMO.

If you drop that off here Robbie, I could try it on a short or a long frame.

I agree I need to do a group photo maybe this fall when cooler and I will post I have 10 horses and 7 other brands

Haha literally just got off the phone with him. He’s an awesome dude!

I love that top picture!!

Might not help anybody in hurry, but on Kohler carb where steel throttle shaft eggs out pot metal/aluminum body to the extent the butterfly wears notch in throat & governor gets stuck; drill the carb body out to size the hole will be round (5/16) and epoxy in a brass nut that has 1/4" or right size hole for throttle shaft and you're good another 25 yr. This is how we dealt with it before internet and foreign carbs.

Wayne was our neighbor at the Portage, Wisconsin Garden Daze Show. Glad you joined Red Square Wheel Horse Forum Wayne!

Testing the ability to cold form the bends. So far I’m at 49 degrees on a 2” piece. The biggest bend is close to 85 degrees, so I’ve got a little further to go!

I put one on the K-321 in the low rider. It has worked fine with the only issue being the reversed choke linkage. It wasn't a problem for me as I installed custom throttle and choke linkage.

I had good luck with the rip off carb on Putt Putt, but I was in a time crunch June of last year and didn’t want to mess with the throttle shaft play. If I had that much hassle from one or two, I’d be in the same boat. Plus, nobody knows how long the cheap ones actually last... I’m sure the materials they use are a much poorer quality.

Trans turned out to be a 5060 so it looks like somebody did a conversion long time ago. I'm going to keep it the same as I got it.

I’ve used a couple of those “clone” carbs and both worked perfectly.

That is a very nice complete '55 or '56 RJ. Engine isn't right and the fuel tank appears to be missing, but all things considered it is nice. If that RJ-35 showed up on it would probably have a budding war and go for at least $ 500! The belt guard and steering wheel are each worth over $ 100. The 1960 Suburban choke/throttle handles could be removed and sold for $ 50 to $ 100.

I know what I would offer it would be less than $100.00 like even $50.00. It looks like a good project taking much dollars to bring it to life.

I have seen quite a few cub guys use one of these. Its an older GM power steering pump. Randy

Welcome to Red Square!! I live down in Harrisonville and saw that online. I am full with tractors and didn't call about it. Glad you got it!! You got a great deal and should make a great tractor! Randy

Pump sizing will be dependent on the cylinder size and the time you want it to lift the 3 point. so give us the following information on the cylinder you plant to use Cylinder Stroke (length of rod travel cylinder internal OD (estimated since you dont have it apart) cylinder rod diameter. Desired speed of lift. You make be able to uses a 12v electric packaged hydraulic system and safe a lot of belt and bracket and hose work.

Internally resisted coil: Napa IC64SB

Just don't throw out any parts. You can either fix the parts trans or help a member when needed. Many parts are common to other transmissions. Let's see what you find when you open them up. Can you post some pictures??

My everyday job is a delivery truck driver for building products. We sell basically everything that is on the outside of a building, and some other stuff like occasional insulation. I get to deal with crews like that on a daily basis. I don't envy them 1 split haired iota. And I don't even know what that is. Tough job being on a roof even when the weather is perfect.

Nice find. Finally something in Ford blue. All I see is painted JD green

Why can't i find stuff like that!! A 701 is an excellent score!!

Nice tractor.What a difference cleaned up.Lately,I stay away from the pressure washer.I've also blown too many decals off.Have fun with your new toy.

I'm curious to know why you feel that it needs a new carburetor instead of cleaning the old one.

Those 107 buckets are correct. You want the 3.5” lenses. I too have a 953 with ross box and the larger lenses. That bracket should work fine. If you order all 1054 parts, they should all be correct. 👍

The hard part is done... unloading the 780 lb blank! Here’s a picture of the tree.

It's difficult to change old habits. I left the western Pa mountains in 1961, but I still catch myself warshing my truck and changing the oral occasionally.