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I thought you may never have seen a WH delivery quite like this after purchase, and all I had to do was to remove the 36'' tiller so the C-120 would fit in the bucket, tiller also was included in the deal. Have included a few after pics with a good cleaning, wheel paint, and some WD-40 to keep the Patina.

Shortly after Jim's @WHX24 plow day I was cleaning up my trailer to get it ready for a fresh coat of sealer on the deck. While I was cleaning I noticed this nice little surprise. Last weekend I pulled the deck off to get a better look at what had happened. Well things looked even worse on the under side. Seeing this reminded me of a car trailer that I looked at that was built out of tubing that had the same issue, Nitro boat trailer were built with tubing and also had the same issue. Lesson in life, don't buy or build a trailer with steel tube construction. Well mine is unusable so nothing to do now but turn this. Into this. Stand by for the building of my new trailer.

I‘m on the Planing to visit the Big Show this year in June 2020. Because Kati changed her Job, it seems i must travelling allone. The timeline i‘m planing is from 19.of june to 30.of june, to have a few day‘s left. I still haven‘t a fixed planing until yet, but it becomes more fixing. I know, it sounds crazy, just for one event spent that money and travel arround the half World, but i like to do. This is my personal Birthdaygift i like to spent this year, to see you fellas once Face to face, without the anonymous of the Internet. Esta is allready confirmed, so it seems i will be prepared to do so. If you have any Advices, please feel free, to keep me informed about, any help and suggestions will be highly appreciated. Thanks for your support in advance, i‘m still nervous about what happens, and be curious for this event. Regards Steve

I’m planning on coming this year as far things look now . I’ll be staying at the grounds in my new toyhauler and if it’s just the wife and I we should have plenty of room . As like @pullstart said I have no problem sharing and helping out .

A Happy New year to all, with that your dreams come thru, a lot of horses to collect, several new Stories will happen with good vibes, and all of your troubles will dissolve. I wish you all health, luck and a dang portion of Fun all together.

Happy New Years from the Stertz Gang!!!!

@PeacemakerJack @pullstart. @JCM @elcamino/wheelhorse Bringing in the new year with this ole rig... Took another load of firewood over to my parents today all went well over and most the way back about 35 miles or so home I stopped for some gas left out made the 2-3 shift and the rails locked up in neutral could budge the shifter sitting have way in the lane of travel and the shoulder, knocked on the door of a house next to where it stopped he pulled out of harm's way while I popped the shifter out and pried the fork/rail back to allow shifting and on my merry way home all before dark... BTW 10+mpg there and back and see the elevation on the mountain ... Happy New Year!

I finished all the drawers in the vanity the other day, now I’m working on grout. It’s so time consuming on the walls compared to the floor!

I'm also interested in any advice as I'm hoping to visit the show sometime. Maybe next year as other things already planned for this year. There's a possibility of me getting over to WHX24's plough Daze. For that I'll fly Carlisle - Dublin - Chicago O'Hare. From there a certain gentleman in Elgin said he'd meet me. If he remembers.

Needed a sheltered spot to put 520 with cab and blower on days after snow so as not to put it inside full of snow, so I came up with this hinged roof on side of shed. There is already a similar one below where the Electro with plow is. Basically 7'x10'.Simple construction only two 2x10s ripped into square pieces for frame, 3 roof panels from Lowes, 3 stainless hinges, a couple of cables and turnbuckles to square frame and to provide an adjustable crown up front since there is no middle support. Two adjustable legs saved from an old tent and its done. Convenient and out of way when not needed.

We got about 11" here with the same intermixing of sleet that @JCM mentioned in the previous post. Trina ran the snowblower around a little to break through. Then we got the horses out and set to work. Each of us got stuck once. No big deal. Just a bit of a tug or a shovel. Driveway is clear and ready for the next round.

@Cvans I would never have considered that when I was younger just strip it down and repaint , turn the clock to The RS boys who gave me the idea to clean the original paint preserve the Patina and repaint the wheels, what a great idea and I don't have to worry about scratching the paint like on everything else I own.

Might as well build a sleeper on it since James won't let you sleep in his fancy pants toy hauler!

@AHS I factory ordered that truck in March of 1986 knowing I would keep it for many years, there are more pics on page 7 showing the interior. It has an LT9 350 with a 4 barrell carb and 4 speed manual transmission that the salesman tried to talk me out of saying it was to nice of a truck the way I ordered it to be shifting and I'm glad I didn't let him talk me out of it, that's the most fun part of driving it even 34 years later. Thanks for your interest

@AHS Here are a few more pics.

Well the time has come to get some work done on the RJ. Got majority of it apart today and the list of "wrong" was adding up quickly. This is gonna take longer than expected but should turn out great in the end. Enjoy the tear down pics and stay tuned for progress!

So in the process of building one of these transmission dollies this old girl showed up and snuck her way into the shop. Well that's not really how it happened. Don't worry it's not mine, a friend picked this up and it's sat for years. Cant turn my nose up at chance to make a buck or two. Boy it is GREEN!! Started with the top end. Removed the head and de-carboned everything, oiled the valves and cylinder. No slack in the piston and one of the cleanest engines I see. The carburetor is tomorrows project.

Homemade dually spacer kit 23x9.5x12 inner tire 23x8.5x12 outer tire 12” pvc pipe spacer (2.5” wide) 10” bolts

That’s about the best news I’ve heard @ACman!! I’ve missed seeing you the last couple of years! Maybe you and your family, @pullstart and family, and my family and I can get together to go eat or something. Kevin and I had a blast with our families going to Sweet Frog for ice cream after the Italian dinner last year. Just nice to spend time with friends!

Happy. New Year 2020 to all! Ready for the start of a new year and new ideas . And as a reminder ground hog day is only 32 days away !

Happy New Year! Have you confirmed a flight and a vehicle? Where are you flying in to? Maybe we need a list list of things you might need, and what we can help with? For the show, I’ll hook you up with a tent and bedding if you plan to camp on the grounds. We’ll be there the whole show time... If you would like, I have a cooler too for storing food, drinks, whatever suits your fancy. Obviously tools for your shopping needs will be everywhere!

Happy New Year to my Wheel Horse family.

Ended up with a good 10'' of snow out of this storm, brought the 520 out for a little exercise today.The sleet mixed with the snow made the Onan work extra hard though.

You been watching too many reruns of Christmas vacation Kev ... Reduced a perfectly good 702 to a pile of parts today. SWMBO say's candy apple red so she what she wants is what she gets! Her tractor & no point in even arguing! What you laughing about @Achto yer ideas about the flames BS! She even helped by stripping ... get yer minds out the gutter fellas... mafia in training! Got this tractor from @Shynon, an older resto of his, couple of years ago and has always been my go to tub puller and a tractor show must have. He always said good candidate for a repaint. He was right ... after looking at some of his paint runs worst than me after our new years lobster feed! Tranny is a little loud so that will get sorted out as well.

Add 2 new trip springs this evening.

@Kurt-NEPA, @PeacemakerJack, @shallowwatersailor @19richie66 ... I was over in WV delivering some more wood to my parents and my 15yo boy came out to help then on the way to his house I took a little detour to see my old dealer a see if the N.O.S. xi I keep referring to was still available and yes it is but has gathered another couple demo hours... Enjoy. Really wish I had the $$$ to bring it to my stable.

That would have buffed out Dann @Achto

I agree. I have little to no painting skills so I leave mine “original with patina” and only paint the rims. It totally changes the look

I like food! @ACman @dells68 @Tractorhead @everyone else I’m down for finding food and/or/especially ice cream!

A friend of a friend at my old job put a Camaro body on a Blazer chassis, then mounted an 8’ belly mower under it for field duties. We dubbed it “The Camower” but I had only seen pictures of the creation from the first friend. That’s riding in redneck style right there!

I had a 68 Chev short bed 4 wheel drive straight six - 4 spd Fisher plow (rare at the time ; most had Meyers at the time) had the big straight six - not the small 235 or whatever it was 292 I think (? - 300 would be a Ford ?) not positive - but I believe it was the same heavy duty / commercial 6 installed in many UPS trucks at the time ... beefy bottom end (forged crank and rods ?) truck was ordered from factory with lower gearing - really low : that thing was singing at 55 mph on the highway

I second what Randy said! E tank is so slick, plus the solution doesn’t go bad... you can just keep using it!

@pullstart 69-72 Were my favorite body styles, just could never find a mint one here in New England. Been searching for pics this morning to post but I put them in such a good spot I can't find them Stay tuned

I love the sound of a healthy straight 6, but I can’t justify pulling my 350 for one... otherwise, our trucks are close cousins! ’69 C10 long bed, 350 3 OTT

We haven’t had much snow this season. So, I had to take what I could get for my grandson’s first snowplow experience. Having a great time!

Happy new year all, let's hope it's a good one for the start of a new decade. Mick

Just the same as 2019.

Wishing all a safe and happy NEW YEARS!!!

Came from a family of Deere, 3 generations, at least 90% anyhow. Being the black sheep I had to be different and those reds always caught my eye. Tell ya what, as new as I am to all this, there’s still no doubt these Horses are simple, no frills machines and built like a tank! Couldnt be happier with the switch!

Did a little patch work on the 520-H. Somebody had run into a couple of bolts with the lower hood, or it may have been the same bolt twice at a different place. Busted the paint and was rusting. I ground off the paint and knocked out what I could get. Filled the area, didn't quite get enough area filled. I didn't have any regular filler so I used BJ Weld and you don't put any extra on as it's hard to remove. I'm not building a show tractor. tring to stop the rust and make it look a little better. Don't use JB Weld for filler unless you have some good Gator Sandpaper. I also knocked a dent out under the right head light I got most of it. I painted the red and put a heat lamp on it for a couple of hours then painted the black after lunch. Lowe's had some Troy Buit Red that I tried looks to be close to Toro Red. I'll see what it looks like after I get it out side. I know you want pictures so here are a few.

We just returned last Friday evening. Spent ten days there over the Christmas holiday.

So are you getting it functioning for him then? Don’t let that thing try to sneak in the stall with the Horses, A Deere Horse would be a funny color combo!

Got the socket set at Lowes for 99 Washingtons and picked up the Versa stack organizer to go with it for another 14. I need more sockets like a hole in the head but I can grab the whole shebang at a moments notice if needed somewhere. Going to put a few nuts,bolts wire nuts and such in it.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020...hope you all survived armature night.

This thing can plow 3 foot of snow after that I have to put the chains on.

A man I knew who built trailers as a side line, using box section, would drill two holes. One in to top and a smaller one in the bottom. He'd then fit a bung in the bottom one and pour old engine oil in the top one till the box section was full. Removing the bottom bung to drain the oil out. On the trailer he used himself, he would do that once a year.

I’ve been torn with what to do with this one. I’d love to have a 4x4 69-72 truck. I like ‘em higher than lower. I know you can swap the front crossmember from a 73-87 truck... maybe a 3/4 ton swap? Maybe just clean it up and enjoy it some more...

Scrape with 1995 Toro 520H. 1/2 gallon gas, light flurries, no wind now.

Nice project Norm, firstly a Happy New Year to all. About electric, i‘m with ZXT, didn‘t see a lot of Switches, so there just few Cables. absolutely no witchcraft. Clean all mechanically contacts and contactsurfaces, i would suggesting firstly a steelbrush, in second a brass brush. After blanking the Metal, protect the Surface for re oxidation with Vaseline or battery pole grease. Only a lightly film not too much. ( both the same, just battpolgrease was colored) Check the crimping on the contacts, if they can be riped from cable only with fingers, they Fail and have to be redone. a well crimped Connector wil not removed from wire by pulling, normally is, the wire has to rip close to the connector. so i telled all my Workers, they have to pull with force on each Connector. If it throw, doesn‘t matter it was wrong, make it simply new. If connectors beeing too corroded, i would also suggesting re new them because uneven contact surfaces can also happen in dubious results at least a melting connector. but was my pleasure to you, change at least one Fuse please, I think i see a fuseholder for glass fuses between positive terminal on Solenoid and keylock, but it hungs in the middle of nowhere. change this fuse closer to the positive pole, that prevents a contact to Ground before fuseterminal is reached. As close to the positive Terminal on battery would my suggest, because the plastics of battery case wasn‘t conductive. A given Value in Cars or Trucks was 10-15cm away from the positive terminal, i set them a hand wide far. At the charging problems, maybe there is a second inline glasfuse somewhere hidden in this wire harness. this fuse i think i have found is the minimum, to protect the Mainline to Keylock and all other wires they coming from Keylock with the fuserate given by the strenght of inserted fuse. So this will be actual the Masterfuse also for charging and for the Light current electric. We guide you thru the „jungle“ of the wire harness.

Seafoam works as advertised.I know there are guys around who cry "Snake oil" but this stuff works!