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Since I moved into my house a few years ago, I knew I wanted to build a shed to store firewood as my new house had a really nice wood stove. I figured do some work in the summer, store up the wood and help keep the oil bills lower in the winter. This year I finally got around to building said shed, and the job was made significantly smoother by my tractor. From clearing out vines, and leveling the land, to shuttling materials it saved me time and energy. Step 1.) Clearing out. The area I wanted to put it is tucked back in the woods on the right side of my first picture. I had a hard time finding many photos from before I cleared out the area, coincidentally I found one from a year or two ago that just happened to have my tractor in frame. One of my biggest problems was going to be dragging the wild grape vines out of trees surrounding the area. They have over time been choking out the other trees, and don't add much to the view so they had to go. The Wheel Horse was helpful pulling some of the smaller clusters out, but some of the big nets had to ripped out by the truck, eventually though, they all came free, and the trees are much happier for it. Finally after pulling vines, and pushing dirt I had a clearing to finally start the build. Step 2. Planning and Materials. I found a design I liked online that was close to what I was looking for, tweaked it a little to better suit my needs, and then got my materials ready. Step 3, Building. Now came the fun part, taking those designs, and materials, and making something out of them. With the help of a buddy of mine we got the whole thing done in two days. Step 4, Sit back and Enjoy the completed work. It was hard work, but very rewarding in the end. This shed will help keep around 3 cords of firewood dry and ready for the winter. Step 5, Fill it. Finally comes my last favorite part of the whole project. Filling the wood shed. I finished this build about 3-4 months ago and since then we've had high winds, rain, snow, and more wacky weather that mother nature has thrown at it, but it stands tall. Really proud of how the project turned out, and extremely grateful that my grandparents old C-175 was there to help me along the way.

The one marked "A quart low! "

The lowdown: Probably the best tractor show around. Absolutely nothing but Wheel Horse tractors, unlike other shows where all makes are represented. All of those supposedly rare and hard to find tractors, implements and parts will be there and plenty for sale too.. Some great people and you will certainly notice all of the camaraderie right away. Talk to anyone there and you risk becoming friends. Always in June and the following weekend after Fathers Day. Set up day starts Thu morning at 9am. Camping right on site for $20-$25 a night. Show days are Fri. and Sat. but you can camp until 9am on Sun. People pack up fairly early on Sat about 1:00 so if you can get there, All Day Thu. Fri. or Sat morning is good. It's run and operated by the Wheel Horse Collector's Club. Not affiliated with RedSquare but many of us are members there too and many RS members attend the show. Location is South Mountain Fairgrounds 615 Narrows Rd Biglerville PA Just north of Gettysburg.

Sorry Cindy, your out! Plus they could probably get away with bring'n a bigger bottle too. Just kid'n It's just as much about the people as it is the tractors. So my vote is toy hauler but sneak that bigger bottle in the back where she can't see it.

So I hauled in the cats and batts today, the scrappers just in front of me dropped a load of stainless. $14.84 deducted from my payout, I got these nifty exhaust stacks! Rylee says I better save one for Screamin’ Jimmy. Love that kid...

Which one? Me or for the oil?

Great video! Oh my that was pleasing to watch. As stated, the field is not in plow ready form at this time. We are hoping that this year we get the buckthorn out -- probably just cut (or forestry mulcher) at the stumps, then RoundUp. It has not been worked in about 20 years, and I'm not sure what we'll find other than small stumps. For this reason a disk harrow would likely be our best bet to start churning the soil, though a disk plow would be the best tool. But, as Cvans said, I've actually never seen one out here for sale. When we built the house 10 years ago we had a local guy with a SCUT and rototiller hit about 2 ac around the house for the lawn. I spend the good portion of a summer with the 310-8 and 416, a plow blade, a rented York rake, and a homemade drag to level the area. Brought up a huge number of rocks, and me and the kids spent a lot of time rock picking. It was not fun. . . . We'll see how she goes. When the field is ready I may put out a call here on RS. Truly a special group of folks. Thanks, all.

I take a trip from NC back home to upstate NY for a week every summer, may plan it around this event and make an appearance on the way through! Pretty new to this, never been to a show. Gimme the lowdown fellas. I have a popup camper and/or a tent and a full cooler, always ready to roll.

You may need extra help getting that dipstick out of the van!

I love bringing my great niece and nephew to Cruise Nights in my custom built Hot Rods. These beauties gather more attention then any other cars at the shows. Sadly they have out grown them and now sit around collecting dust now.

I'm not getting involved with weather er not Cindy is coming along . I done know's better than to get involved in that. I just got the blessing from Gretel for me to go, so I'm in. As long as there is room for one of my tractors, I'll ride in the glove compartment if I have to.. If we take the toy hauler, we can always fill the bedroom and bathroom up with parts for the trip back home. Heck we could probably get 3 disassembled tractors on the bed alone.

This year my wife's birthday comes a couple days prior to the Big Show so I won't have to feel guilty about being several hundred miles away. Never stopped me from going, but I can do it with a clear conscience this year. Booked my room at the Best Western back in August. Truck is running great and I'm ready to pack up and go. See you there.

We all have dealt with these helpful gems at one point. From Danger/Poison to the famous Do Not Eat. I couldn't help myself when a garbage truck we purchased from Tampa FL arrived and this is on both sides of the packer body...

And, suppose they fail at that point Mike? Remember buddy...some things can't be unseen.

I am the same ,hope to make it this year but depends on how I feel.

Isn't this like the home buying shows? The husband is a journeyman fry cook in the fast food industry and the wife is a failing author and they have a home buying budget of $625,000.

wheelhorseman has them already made up, excellent quality besides Wheel horse parts and more

I got a little CAD time over the weekend and drew up receiver hitch plans drawn up for my 14-8. Hopefully, I'll round up materials and get it tacked up in the not too distant future.

Vacation request N/A Hotel booking N/A See Ya'all Thursday.

So I bring the enclosed .... missus stays home or I bring the toy hauler missus comes. That's already been kinda written in stone... What say ye fellas? BTW very likely Dan @Achto is coming with me either way and could we could get more tractors in the enclosed.

Haven't checked the calendar, haven't checked for a hotel, haven't checked the oil in the van. See you there!

Love the look of new wood...nice shed. If I may make one suggestion, I would stack the end of each of your rows a little different. If you cris-cross your wood on the ends, it will help the stack stand more on it's own...instead of pushing on your new lumber after the wood starts to settle. Your side walls will thank you.

Time off work (check), Hotel booked (check), truck I can trust to make it both ways (check)! See ya’ll there

Horizontal hood supports in the second pic remind me of the GT 14 type. Other than that I have no idea. Might just be completely homemade with parts from all the major brands blended together

Well after trying to get threads cut into the pipe for exhaust I just went ahead and got two 6 inch pieces and a coupler no one will see it under the heat sheild.... now I just need to figure out how to make one

Posi-flo pumps have a 3.5 amp internal fuse by their specs. The head lights run through the ignition switch if you have regular sealed beam 35 watt x 2 used on 300 and 400 series...is almost 6 amps.... What ever makes you feelgood. just saying after several years I haven't had any ignition switch problems. \ Edit second pic from Facet manual

The laughs are worth any eye hemorrhaging.

Just sneak up behind him and snap his suspenders!

neighbor has a cool little wagon that would make a great compliment

Sure guys, let’s make this Redneck’s budget build into a reality TV show. Pimp my Horse, Trick my Dump Truck, HorseyHaulin’, Back 40 Chopper... maybe it’ll generate some revenue for the build!

I did say "easily" and "over" in that sentence as well.

Oh, come on. We can easily get your investment in this over $5,000. Won't even be hard. But I hear you. I try to do the same things, but my drive to tinker tapered off a lot when tinkering was my job. TBH, getting my 552 is the first I've really wanted to tinker in probably 15 years. I also like to turn nothing into something. I've been trying to find something to do with my wood working scraps for a years and think I've finally found a way to make a few bucks on them by making wooden letter out of them. I'm going to give that a shot and see what happens.

https://bangordailynews.com/2020/01/27/outdoors/an-angler-stuck-his-whole-arm-into-water-to-haul-in-this-26-pound-muskie/

That’s a mighty nice sphygmomanometer for $24. (I don’t really have anything to offer here, just didn’t want to miss the only opportunity I’ve ever seen to work “sphygmomanometer” into a forum post). stay healthy! steve

Started working on the 702 tractor gas tank and steering wheel replacement. 702 has a nice one piece gas tank but no steering wheel. Picked up a 1963 two piece gas tank and nice steering wheel combo when I bought the 753 and 702 tractors in West Virginia. Worked on removing the one piece tank and exchanging the steering wheel today. Pretty good progress. Surprising how easy the roll pin in the steering gear end of the steering shaft came out -I guess 60 years of grease helps!

Heck ther be room for two of yer tractors Dan......he double hockey sticks the BS I'd ride on the roof holding on the rain gutters!

A little more work done over the weekend. I had started to disassemble a transmission to put the axles and seals in then decided to change to another one. I remembered that the other has bad axle keyways and I'm swapping out the axles... So why use a transmission that's still good... Maybe Wednesday or Thursday I'll get to that... Trina disassembled and cleaned the front axle and spindles. Then painted the axle. Also.. the first RED paint was sprayed!! The rear fenders have their first coat. This is Rust-Oleum Apple Red Gloss. @Stormin She wants you to know that she has more than one pair of socks.

Here is the progress so far, Rust-Oleum regal red, the dash and wheels are going to be international harvester off white

That's great. I got time off too (for good behavior - wifey says get out of here), Maynard Hotel travels with me. See you there!

Nice work and great documentation. Hoping not to offend you after such a nice job, but if I may, I would suggest you stack your wood from back to front instead of side to side. It will allow you to access the drier wood first and not bury the drier wood as you add green wood. The wood should be dried 2-4 years before using. Good luck and keep the chimney clean.

Nice work. BTW that is one serious trailer!! I LIKE IT! Looks like it came handy many times on this build.

I got this one 'fish... I got it I got it ..... We were kinda hoping you weren't but then again we do .....bring a tractor...... Mafia could use some practice on field stripping ...

the original throttle cable was locking and Joe's does lock...like the original.

Pretty much! Husband is a self employed seasonal working home school parent and wife is an office worker at the local factory.

I use the I terminal (+ coil feed) for the power source . Fuse is a good idea but I think the relay adds an unnecessary expense and complication. One more item to fail and more connections to go bad over time. the Posi flo pump electric draw is minimal 2-3 amps.

That's part of the beauty of New England, there are beautiful stone walls everywhere, just walking through the woods you can come across them as it was once all pasture around here. This stonewall is not a boundary marker or anything like those, strictly decoration, but it does add a nice flair to the yard. I cleaned up all around it last year so I can actually enjoy it, it had been all overgrown.

That bit me once saying that exact same thing....😗. Didn't know she wanted to operate a skid steer... and a combine. And by operate, I mean driving aimlessly and doughnuts 😝

Had to swap the choke butterfly out for one that would work with a cable. Also rerouted the muffler a bit. Still have to come up with something for an air cleaner

This may be the thread where you find and make some plow friends. You might be surprised how many members around you would like to do some dirt turning over.. I would think 4 or 5 guys could make quick work of 4 acres. You don't need a huge horse either. I was using my 857 up there at Jim's