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Apparently I’m easily distracted! Started out this morning cleaning my garage....found a half empty semi-gloss black rattle can. Next thing ya know my C-105 is getting masked off and prepped for paint. Garage will get done next weekend

Oh yeah? You think you are a tough guy? I'll plow you under.

So I came across these tubes of Wheel Horse Lubricant part # 200050 If any one has the history of use and time frame these were given I would grearly appreciate it and any other info.

Honey ..... can you bring me the gas can ?

Don't mess with me, Hombre. I'm a ruffty, tuffty ploughman.

How did I end up in Iowa?

The 1st Sesame Street Muppet on a Wheel Horse. You guys did see the arm control thingy under his right hand??

It’s a slightly better view when driving now

I just poured my first cup of coffee this morning so maybe I'm better now. Thank you Richard and yes, things will work out. We are very fortunate. Room for the herd? Yes and no. There's an attached 26' x 36' garage and that will get us by for the winter. Next summer I will be adding a building. The size it yet to be determined. The house is just over 2000 sq ft with a full unfinished basement. I'm not going to finish it other that utilizing it for storage so that will play a factor. We've got the winter to decide. The second best thing is that all the living space is on one floor rather than 3. The best thing is that it sits on the south end of 10 beautiful acres. My wife knows that I'll spend more time out there instead of in the house and she loves that.

Saw this repowered WH today.

Looking for feedback on this to decide if this is a feasible undertaking : since dad closed the doors this spring he's been toying around with bringing some needed parts to market for our Wheel Horses and this is one of the items he came up with. We all know how expensive these are from Toro, and some of us are handy enough to come up with some do-it-yourself solutions but we'd like constructive feedback before we proceed. These are a direct replacement but are 1/16" thicker so it should offer a 50% longer lifespan than a stock replacement. The backer plate is brand new also. We'd be looking at a price of around $55 - $60 shipped. They have been tested and work great. Let me know your thoughts, Thanks.

So what does Everyone do for storing their tractors for room? I had some time this past Saturday to organize my round hoods to make more room in the basement. Yes that is my little helper too. Now 3 take up the space of 2. Here are some photos. Enjoy

Took the weights off the loaded wheels that was on the 68 Commando 8 and swapped them over onto the 877 which will be the plow tractor this year. Put the axle bracket on and then the plow. Put the front wheels on that have the weights and roller chains. All that's left to do is put the chains on the rear wheels at some point. Now both tractors are ready for work

Look Babe Wheel Horse has Wings

20 acres done...What’s next???

Installed a new carb and rebuilt the pump

Gave 2 of my future projects a good bath before winter:

Fifty year old Lister Petter with a Stamford 15 kw head, I'm expecting this to arrive sometime next week.

And tucked away in my shed waiting for leaf pickup and snow removal chores.

Good evening all. Just spent a couple hours with Red Square member Historic Horse. Looked at his treasures, We struck a deal, I went and came back with a trailer, he busted his hump in my absence and made a path for me and my truck/trailer right back to his shed and the goodies. We backed the 417 on my trailer (he did ,I pushed ), the rain made my planked deck as slimy as deer guts on a door knob. Then I found a couple cool ones in the back of my of my rig and we popped a couple.The rotto tiller was next, and then the plow. I think we cracked a couple more open then. The rain got no worse than annoying. Strapped the old girl down, and he came out with the wheel horse spreader,NICE! Into the truck bed with that and three suit case weights . That delighted me, I've been watching for some of them. Then came the rototiller mule, belt and helper spring. I think at this point we needed to get out of the lower twenty and back to his garage. However the tail gate had to be closed, and the trailer gate/ramp as well. Uh oh, that cost me another cold one! Then a final check in the shed and he asked me if I wanted what appeared to be a home made cultivator frame / hitch with no tines. I said sure why not. Then up to the garage to get a bag of tiller accessories he had.Wow! He comes out with the coulter wheel and hardware he didn't know he had for the plow. Then out with another box off goodies he comes. A slot hitch, a sleeve hitch, and pin, New tiller lift chain brand new hardware. A lift cable, clevis,s and more. One more trip, a large wooden box,and in it 8 brand new tines for the home made cultivator and shafts. I.m forgetting stuff I'm sure. You get the idea. Two happy guys with a great deal each. No better way to enjow a sunday afternoon.

All I heard all day.... “There’s plows in the furrows guys, let’s go! C’mon!”

Crop circles... Crop circles... I don’t know nothin’ bout no crop circles...

What are you looking at !

An old man, a rattle can of black spray paint on a Sunday and a C-105........ We are all proud of you Sparky!! And if you were lucky the wife didn't want you to take her to the last Farmers Market of the year in the middle of the paint job........

That's a typical day for me, but I have Attention Deficit Disorder. Been trying to pressure wash my deck for the last three weeks. The washer is buried in the back of the shop, as I start to dig it out, hey I've been looking for that, another day shot . May be spring before the deck gets done. Nice job on the tractor.

The cross shaft has far less movement and the clutch feels a lot smoother and positive.

Looked at the RJ SPR- 42 manual and parts list for the RJ snowplow/ dozer blade I am redoing this am. I was surprised to see that the original RJ plow used a tool pin to angle the plow!

Yes it does! Thank you! Looks like i am missing a bolt and nut and a bushing. Probably have all of the parts in another box

Really not that hard. I replaced the wear bar on a 48" dozer blade, and after drilling the holes I used a small right angle file to square the holes. It doesn't take but a few minutes do all the holes.

Pulled the engine in the 522Xi this afternoon. Good thing too. I needed to replace the coils but all four engine mount bolts were loose, oil drain fitting barely in the tube,filthy nasty inside on the front cover/fins. Going to get a good cleaning tomorrow and then start reassembly. While it’s down I’ll disconnect the “not so smart steer”. What a pain backing up something.

I've learned over the last few years to have a few things in mind that may or may not get done when I have puttering time around the yard or shop. I almost always have a specific task in mind and occasionally even get that specific task accomplished!! It's likely that your garage will still be there next week. Nice job on the tractor hood.

Excellent find! Wish I could help... I speculate they had these products in the late 60s and early 70s. I have seen that tube before in the hands of another collector. Not the same, but with a similar part number, I have this quart of gear oil and i have seen a quart of 2-cycle snowmobile oil in the same style bottle, and they only did snowmobiles from 69-72. I also have this spray can of graphite. Always wondered what role that played in wheel horse maintenance ... i use it on my locks and garage doors.

Later for pics. was raining and pretty dark.

I WAS ABLE TO GET ANOTHER OFF MY BUCKET LIST LAST WEEKEND IM VERY HAPPY WITH THIS I WAS ABLE TO BUY JOHN CAMPBELL'S GT 16 4X4 BUILT BY ROBERT ROCK

dropped the 42 " r/d deck after i cut a lot o leaves in reverse , just to see the difference , worth the try , and much finer mulching , also an added benefit was the dry leaves have a sandblasting effect on cleaning. soaked down underside with chain and cable fluid and sat in hot sun to soak it in , zero rust and cleans up easily, also installed a recently acquired 42" plow and frame , that i stripped down and wet oil sanded . concentrated on steering quadrant box , clean up and lube, also tightened up lever linkage with washers to firm up action / response. 24" pipe wrench easily improved the lever clearance around muffler . the lever action is smooth and and solid , like a rifle bolt. now i have to convert the other two horses over to snow time , pete

I do not. It is an air cooled hit or miss which I don’t think I’ve ever seen. I didn’t get to talk to the owner. I’d love to see it run. It has the drive belt pulley mounted to the crank behind the flywheel. Very well done.

Nice Mike!

Well 14 hours on the road and we got back from meeting @Burnerman at a fall festival and picking up this mint deck for the 500 special off of him. Thank you again for the deck...it hooked right up and looks a million times better than the one that was cut up!

Thanks for responding. if you have C-105 tanks, I would be interested in one of them. Yes, the tank is under the seat pan.

By the way --- if you cant find the 3 hole one, a 4 hole will still fit just leaving one empty (or cut the extra one off with a dremel)

I have no info as far as history goes....but that’s a very cool find! Great display shelf material

It would be easier if you took the implement arm off the tractor, then you could access the spring without taken anything else apart. It's only held on with 3 bolts.

To get the grip off, find an open-end wrench that just fits over the steel tube. Put that wrench up against the rubber grip and hammer the back of the wrench to drive the grip up and off of the tube... they come off easily this way.

Picked up an RJ snowplow/ dozer blade yesterday that I was going to keep as it was without redoing! However, this morning when I looked at it again I decided to repaint it an put some new bolts on it! I have another one I use so I decided to put this on one of my other two RJ’s! This Plow had a new wear blade which included plow bolt type machine screws on the wearblade! Easier to make round holes than square ones for carriage bolts. paint is drying now and I will reassemble in the am!

Hooked up the Cyclone and went leaf hunting with the C175-8. Grass was still tall and green got about 50%grass and leaf mix. It is a heavy thing when full of grass It pushes the 1-75 around a bit. Biggest disadvantage it is a noisy beast.

I didn’t do anything to my Wheelhorses But I did Wheelhorse my truck again (new back window)

So I did a little bartering this week. I believe I made out pretty good, Sorry, not a Wheel Horse but still in my mirror. Very different tractor. Anyone know what it is?