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In a very heart felt PM @12Horse Paladin contacted me about helping him out with a Bronco 14 that he needed help with. I would have rather helped him fix the tractor but a 2 hour travel time between us made it difficult to just be a helping hand. Instead the decision was made that I would pick the tractor up and work on it at my place. @WHX24 and I made a trip to pick the tractor up. Here is a picture of the Bronco as it was when we picked it up. After evaluating the Bronco we realized that it had a few more issues than was expected. Knowing that we would be working with a budget Jim & I decided to reach out to see if others may have some extra parts to help bring this back to life for Jason. A special thank you to @A-Z Tractor, @dclarke, @ebinmaine, @stevasaurus, @Vinylguy, @wheelhorseman for helping Jim & I make this happen for Jason. Here are some of the hurtles that we encountered. First off the axle key ways were damaged and of course the hubs were trashed. The hubs were replaced and the axles were repaired. After the trans-axle was fully repaired and ready for service attention was was given to sheet metal repairs. There were multiple damaged pieces, with the repairs that were needed it made sense to extend repairs to a repaint as well. More pictures and the unveiling of the tractor to Jason yet to come.

My wife took this without me knowing

Wanted to pull out a couple stumps of trees just cut down. More than the Wheel Horses could handle. M37 winched out the first stump OK but the second one dragged her over the 6x6s as chocks. Got out the M and used her as dead weight. Stalled the engine on the M37 once finally broke free, should have gotten out the ****** block. Used the M to pick up the stumps and haul the away... The M is 76 years old the M37 67 me 70. Old farts can get it done. Note the rocks uncovered.That is what I have rocks and clay and is why have never even tried to use the mold board plow I got for my WHs a few years ago....You guys and your pictures turning nice dark stone free dirt....

Im not gonna say much here, tonight. Ill be startin aother thread tho, prolly tomorro, to say/add more. Been a long day n just got in from the garage again; rearanging the garage to fit everything. Will say i was speechless for a good bit after 9am, at 1st....and thats not something i am, often. You...guys, gals...all of you... Are amazing. Shoot, im choking up typing this...so all add more later; close withb1 pic of my own, for now. Thankyou Dan; Jim...All of you!😊❤

A good looking tractor with a good transmission and a good engine still needs to handle well. The tie rods were in poor shape so to repair them I chose to turn the original tie rods down and fit them with replaceable ends. Some final body work to be done on the sheet metal. After blowing some paint around a little assembly work. On to getting the implements ready. The dozer blade was my job, Jim took on the mower deck. To start with the A-frame was not exactly correct for the tractor so some alterations were required. First of all a PO made an addition to the A-frame to convert it from a short to a long frame set up. Issue... they stopped short of where they needed to be. When the plow was pivoted it would hit the front tires. I removed the addition that a PO welded on and added on a more suitable addition. Unhappy with where the pivot handle ended up after the addition, alterations were done to make thing fit better as well as be more comfortable for the operator. The plow after it was finished and fitted to the tractor. I did some work on the mower deck. A little welding to take care of some worn out parts. Weld up some over sized holes so they could be made the correct size. The rest of the deck was up to Jim @WHX24. I'll let him give a take on that.

Just signed up. It seems like this board is more up on and more active w the xi series tractors. I have a 98 New Holland GT22(same thing as the xi22) but nobody seems to know anything about the NHs. anyway.... I have a 48” side discharge deck, a “toro” 48” snow/dozer blade, and a toro 44” 2 stage snow thrower i was really looking for a factory ROPS toro #79210. anybody have any knowledge of those? oh and a shameless pic of my blue beauty

Not just restoring tractors, restoring faith in humanity as well

Kinda looks like a unveiling Dan like we know some other A did ... string this out for weeks and keep these on the edge. I'll just sit here and clam up till it comes time for attachments. EB shut up.

Every spring and fall they have a big consignment auction in the next town over. Had a pretty good sale and pretty good turnout today, considering everything going on. But I always end up with a bunch of crap I dont need. Bought a couple pallets of stuff for $5, but most of it I'm sure is just junk. Bought some more shelves and parts bins for the shop. And finally bought this ugly little green and yellow thing. When they went to start it all it would do was click, and I saw it spark at the starter connection so I knew it was an easy fix. Bought it, grabbed a crescent out of my pickup door tightened the starter cable and drove it on the trailer

Finished. It'll never be this clean again!

I'll be posting more tonight, just have to step away and make some thing to throw down my throat.

Glad to help and lookin forward to seeing more pics!!!!

I took off my plow and front and rear weights off and put my 1995 520 H in summer mode the other day. I put the hubcaps on too, but not in the picture.

He pretty much do's what we tell him Dave... I'll chime in with my version of the whole ordeal when Dan is done......it was actually quite edumacatling for me anyway... bout time I broaden my horizons anyway...

Ah, yeah. Like you REALLY think you can get him to zip it? You need TRINA to bring the heat for that to happen! LOL ... ! dave

You guys are the best!

1949 and 2019. Just... 70 years seperates these two. Buddy says it's for sale. So, what do you think, should I get it?

Today’s update... a full day of sanding and wire wheeling... hopefully get some paint on tomorrow

Hauled the C-165 to Mass from Maine to mow for the summer. Tested out my Sharpen with a hand file 3 blades on the 42'' SD and the old Girl still remembers how to stripe. The lawn was a good 6'' high so did it once in 1st gear and went over it a 2nd time in 2nd gear and happy with the results. Also got the 310-8 running for the first time and can't believe how nice it runs for a beater machine. This was headed for the WH graveyard and I just couldn't let that happen.

that is a calendar shot if I’ve ever seen one! Of course that specific model will always be my favorite (check out my avatar pic) not only because it is really cool looking and the first hydro but also because I was on one when I was your son's age too👍🏻 Thanks for sharing!

Oh man I know.... I wish I had more time to work on it. We'll get there.

Here’s a few...

Added a 2500 LB winch to the back of the WHrat WHRecker... One more item to go and this will be my designated tug... Discerning eyes may note the lack of dually's... Sigh... Getting the boat in the garage, along with the kayaks etc. demanded the removal and storage of the dually's ...

Got a little chuckle out of the key tag that came with the Deere

Think how awesome this this little guy would look in the bed of it, tooling around town.

Itll take me days to go through this stuff

The way John Deere stuff sells around here I could probably double my money, but I'll probably keep it around...most of the mowing around the ranch I do with the M, but there are a few places it is just too big to get in to, not much on Deere equipment, but it beats pushing a push mower all summer

Now you have enough stuff to hold your own auction.

Was browsing ebay for things I cant afford and came across a little B115 for sale (in the UK). I thought you guys would appreciate the mower deck modifications that he has done - its a scrub cutter now.

I had a pretty nice pedal car colletion before the cancer. I had to sell most of them. here are a few. A couple of before and afters. The JD and the Super Sonic Jet I restored myself.

it’s an old picture... but I had just purchased that one and used it to build Frank, my wife’s custom tractor. Normally I use the hilo to unload but can’t tell why I used he hoist that day. Made for a good picture moment!

We wait for the Final Status Eric. 🤤 👍 Single progresses are pretty good... .... but it takes long for continued growth between single Steps... huh 😂😂😂😂

Found them a temporary home above the cabinets in the kitchen...that will work for a bit until I run out of room. Which may not take long at the rate I'm going. Still have the two coming I ordered last night. And ordered two more tonight, a Farmall B and John Deere R. The R is actually for Rodger for his birthday coming up, he wants a scale model of every tractor he owns, and the R was the only one he didn't have

Got the new 16hp engine for the C-160 today, and it's mostly hooked up. Throttle, choke, and exhaust to go. Along with fuel lines. There's one wire that seems to be missing from the equation . I've got a spot for one to go, but I've. seemed to run out of wires. I want to thank @richmondred01 for rebuilding this engine and having available for sale. Hope to have this running by tomorrow night, if all goes as expected .

jim3sr , could use a little more info as to model and deck size , i have 42" rear discharge decks , all equipped with the martin 6" wheels from tractor supply https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/martin-wheel-6x1-3-8-plastic-deck-wheel-1-2-in-bushing-1-3-8-in-offset-hub-1128205?cm_mmc=feed-_-GoogleShopping-_-Product-_-1128205&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-_j1BRDkARIsAJcfmTEv_Xd9RfUx7IKpSgvn9dF4sV3jjxKHFsj5COBg0WuBaAohSB4EBuYaAhhJEALw_wcB, i like these for the added height and durability . and at less than 8 $ ,they are a good deal. if you want the genuine w/h wheels you can check here for related w/h parts , or on line , good luck , pete

I' m in, test fit the new stack

Just a wee bit-o-snow fell last night. All the flowers came inside for the night, but the RJ...well she stays outdoors

May take a day or two to find it, but I remember seeing one in one of these boxes as I was loading them

Wonder how old this is, it was in a box on one of the $5 pallets

Nice work and great machines Paul. Want rocks.... We got next to nothing but. Of course there's the whole live on a mountain thing...

Few more The little red metal car next to the Tonka golf rig is special. I had one exactly like this as a kid. All beat up and everything. It came with a blue travel trailer that I'm still looking for.

I was still hemming and hawing yesterday until I read your post. You, sir, made up my mind and put me in a panic as it wasn't sold yet. The minute I got out of work I called, it was still there. Hooked up the trailer and off I go. This 520H has been well cared for just like every piece of equipment this man owns. I know this after spending 3 1/2 hours looking at dip sticks on everything. The 48" deck that was stated as new, is a little used.....very little used, was a bit too big for his hilly yard. I'll be posting pics going to take some today. Oh, ended up getting this baby for $1400 could have got into the 1300's but don't like the number. Now I have a 74 B-100 and a 90 something 520H in less than a month. Now I have to figure how to put the deck on. Later and many Thanks.

Today’s update... all back together! however having rebuilt a few and done extensive mods - even an 'expert' can get it wrong! This this has been 'assembled' about seven times. 1. put main shaft in, both forks, forgot both sliding gears - so shift forks back out every time (remember those fiddly bearings and the lock pin - yeah it falls into the bottom every time) 2. put main shaft and sliding gears in, couldn't get top sliding shaft in - couldn't see why 3. as above, but with shaft in - tried to put cluster gear shaft in - wouldn't go - pulled apart - shift forks out again. 4. put all gears in but then noticed 2/3 gear =s were swapped, no chance of cluster gear going in. 5. all gears in... phew... whats this washer????? 6. added small shim on input shaft - basically back to square one as after putting the high/low gears in, this should go next, before the main input shaft. 7. success Maybe the manual might have helped - I did look at Steves videos yesterday, but I can see he suffers the same challenges - he does a good job of not cussing - I swore at those shift fork ball bearings a lot!!! ....tried all gears and made sure both housings slid together with a fresh gasket, axle seals and input shaft seal are done, waiting for brake shaft seal. and more goodies arrived - new plug lead, air cleaner, fuel hose, rubber bung for fuel tank and the input shaft seal.

This is the roughest one among the herd. Now that it is running pretty good I decided to put the 42'' SD deck on and do some mowing with it. I don't think I have mowed with this for 7 or 8 years. Side shot was taken yesterday.