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Figured I’d share . 315 with my nos 3k generator .

First of all I'm sorry no before pictures there was a camera accident, got this tractor on a labor trade no engine,bad transmission,bad tires,and a poor paint job with no prep work,I was lucky to have almost all the parts to repair had to buy a new seat,this was a working tractor redo used satin red paint to get it simple have a friend bending me a belt cover and getting ready to order stickers,this is going to be my snow pushing tractor.

i may not be able to get lots of action shots for now, but i thought y'all might like these. I think Clara likes the General, or at the least, keeping an eye on his whereabouts😊😁😊 The others are just shop shots; rearanging...making room...😉 There isn't enough, lol ...hint: im in trouble; Jeep isnt gonna be happy if i dont have a solution by winter...

In my line of work precise dimensions are a must, some being difficult to take accurately such as ceiling heights and checking for square. That is where this mostly unknown tool makes those tasks easy. It’s the Lufkin No.7165 10 foot slide ruler.

And it runs, drives, and cuts grass ! 20200519_194726[1].mp4

1055 with a 701 Kohler engine... WITH the double wide guard. The 701 chassis, a blasted round hood, couple plows set of 6-12 ags...

Nice looking mower!! I have a few 's but for cutting grass, this is my mower. This thing is such a blast to drive. It's like a 32" cut carnival ride.

As some of you may know, the company I work for has 2 divisions: a collision center and a recycling center. I work in the collision center which overlooks the recycling yard; about 10:30 this morning I was carrying a door out to our scrap pile when I spied with my little eyes : All for 3 cents a pound! Loaded it up, took it home, gave it a bath. Don't know anything more than that, yet! (and I have the missing hubcaps too)

Check your HF Jack stands. https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/a32600586/harbor-freight-jack-stands-recalled-for-risk-of-collapsing/

Turning 62 in Feb. MEE TOOO!! I hope to retire right before the big show so we can celebrate at the Tailgate of Knowledge!

Thank you all for the encouragement during the rebuild. Arthur and I have been taking evening putts around the property. That alone has been well worth the effort. He loves chugging along looking up at the trees. The nextdoor neighbor lady snapped these action shots.

I spotted this on CL and thought it could some TLC. It is a 312-8 built in 94.It is missing the starter and some other bits but is mostly intact.It has the 1 1/8" axle transaxle so it has potential.The best part is it was only a few miles up the road.

All day working on the Lambert. Try to order a tie rod from @76c12091520h I havent received a reply yet. Got it pretty much back together except for the steering wheel, rack and pinion, tie rod, and yes the engine. I ran out of gas. I will see if the Briggs will fit in there tomorrow. If it does I will begin working on it. I need to find a tie rod as I discovered a crack in it when I removed the ends today. Put the rest of the front end together... bushings fit like a glove. The chain came in the mail so I installed them both.Then I began putting it together. Wish I had some help, the paint got all scratched up but I will touch it up when done. Seems this thread has lost interest but I will keep posting, maybe your just looking at the pics.

Haven't mowed with a Wheel Horse in about 4 years since blowing the engine on my 1277. I use this for the small jobs up close to the house. Then for the bigger parts of the yard I picked up this Deere for a good price at a consignment sale this past weekend. And for the really big jobs out in the pasture the old Farmall M and John Deere pull type brush beater come out.

Yep I just use the to trim with... If I can't mow it I'll just dig it up

I'll be turning 62 in a few months and decided to apply for my SS pension. From my calculations its not worth it waiting for the full retirement age for me which would be 67, to get the full monthly amount. It only starts making a difference at 80 for me by a Thousand dollars that year so why wait. May not live that long. Any advice on the process greatly appreciated. Where did time go?

I ordered the tie rod from @76c12091520h He is going to make it and send it off for me. Today I finished up the paint work. Amazing how much effort is involved in painting it and how little effort it takes to scratch it. I dont have it in me to lay on any more coats. It will have to do. At this point I am stuck. Going to need some welding done. I am also going to need to drill out some mounting holes for the engine. It is just barely going to fit under the hood. I am going to try to get my cousins help on those things but will have to wait untill I get the tie rod. To hard to get it up and down ramps the way it is now. Most likely I am not going to install the mower deck as I cant free up the deck height locking button. Like the engine I will keep all the original stuff together. While the new engine was on the floor I sprayed a little starting fluid in the carb and one pull it fired up after sitting for 17 yrs The air cleaner and exhaust are super tight under the hood. May need to be modified. Gas tank will have to be mounted on side of hood. Not comfortable in drilling a hole in the engine. Anyways here it is mocked up. I dont plan on painting the engine. I plan on adding white or red pinstripe when its all together.

After a complete Walbro carb rebuild, and cleaning..... I took snap crackle pop out for a spin. If you remember this was the filthy 312 Hydro I found in a garage buried for over 10 years. When I started it up after a long sleep it popped, crackled, and snapped fire and other things out of the carb.....After finding the exhaust valve gap at over a 1/4 inch , with your help I found the problem. I set the lash, changed the oil and from then on it ran perfect.. Ummmm until last week, when it started snorting and coughing again, but in a different fashion. Stripped the Gas tank, fuel lines and carb. Found water in the tank, bunk in the carb...time to redo everything. Fast forward to today.....This is the outcome from the fruits of labor, and not only does it run smooth, I had it tug the roller filled with sand ! Never grunted or complained. cruised around for 2 hours with no issues. Another happy rescue Horse. Here it is after it followed me home, and today after some love !!!!

Just a little meniscus repair. I'll be jumping as high as I ever did in no time!

Cas...it is very easy to do on line. Type in the web site...it will tell you what papers to have handy when you fill out the form. They won't let you apply until you are 3 months before your 62nd birthday, but you can go into the web site and check things out. You want to do it right after the 3 month thingy though. Things like SSN, DOB, Checking account routing numbers.

Doc—that is a nice vintage Bolens. I picked up a NOS Bolens Chipper/Shedder (that was made in the 90’s) a little over a month ago. The guy had bought it to clear brush at his new property before building his house and then ended up piling it and burning it. He hung on to the chipper thinking that one day he would use it. That day apparently never came and he got sick of moving it around and so I got to purchase it. I’m amazed at how durable it is and that Briggs runs strong. Back on topic, we mow our acre and a half regularly with Kelli’s 523Dxi, Caleb’s 418-C and soon we will be mowing with Zach’s GT-14. However, as far as other brands: my daughter likes using her Case 224 and my go to mower is my Diesel CC 1772. When I’m really fortunate, both Caleb and Claudia help me now. With three of us working, we can tackle our lawn in about 40 minutes😉

Hello All, Wanted one of these for awhile ... made by Garden Way and marketed as Troy Bilts, Cub Cadets, Bolens, MTD, Craftsman... etc... the "new" 33" cut mowers suck compared to the older ones (this ones a '98) and are not made by Garden Way. Its clean, not worn out, does everything it should the right way and look at that BEAUTIFUL Briggs flathead with a REAL HP rating! I like walking to cut my lawn for excersise and this makes it fun. Anybody else cut with something other than a Wheel Horse tractor? Tony

I will be using Terry's decals I have used him many times they are always great.

It's a crapshoot. You can take it at 62 and die at 65. Or plan on 67 and die at 65. I'd rather get a little as opposed to nothing. My line of work has beat the hell out of me. The last 7 years I've had a shoulder, back and 2 knees operated on as well as a heart attack. I'm ready.

WOW,,,,SOUNDS LIKE THE DMV

O no he will be on RS 24/7

Was the battery a 9V, AAA or AA?

Reminds me of the local score @Achto and I went on once. Guy had a nice 520 listed here for a buck. Gotta have a price in classifieds ya know! He couldn't get it to do anything and didn't want to play anymore. Got it home and scratched our heads abit about some funky multimeter readings. Here the battery cables were backwards.... positive grounded. Swapped them around and she fired right up! Good thing for RS classifieds or he might have scrapped it! Seriously paid a buck for it!

Forgot one thing. I mentioned I was young and dumb. Forgot to mention I’m not too much less dumb.. just a bit older.

Dogs love to photo bomb.

I had a '67 C 20 named "Irma" many many moons ago. Used to kid people that I couldn't go around a corner too fast for fear of rolling the cab off the frame. Then again the only thing holding the cab to the frame was the steering column. She was a rust bucket but I do miss that truck.

Dan, no steering, no tool box, no fenders, not much to work with. But parts is parts! Jim, it is indeed a 1055 according to the tag!

Ah ok, so not the best model. All my others are manual so they would be fine for running ground engaging gear. This would just be used for filling a space in my shed and throwing money at!

In the 15 years i've worked there , this is the third , complete, running , driving , cutting , WHorse that i've pulled from down there. This one is in the worst condition of the three. I don't have pictures of #1 but it was a 16hp blackhood with a 48" deck (engine did need rebuilt and then we sold it / still running). For those that are curious here is # 2: it came in about 5-6 yrs ago, 42" side, 42" blade, just as seen here in the wash bay at work, we still have it. (needed the carb rebuilt). The wagon was another, about a year ago.

No kidding. I am glad he took the photo from the top down otherwise many would be in shock now.

SQUONKX25 ?

I hope your wearing more than a pair of socks and a bandage, Mike.

Here ya go Jim. Because the slidey lever thingy is pretty tight to the side panel I drilled and tapped it (I think 10-32) and ground it flush on the back side. You do have to remember to pull it back when you lower the fender. From the topside it's pretty much invisible except for an eagle eye looking from the opposite side of this view.

https://oldhickorybuildings.com/home Guy right around the corner from me sells them and so just for grins went in and kicked some tires. I was not impressed with the build quality for the money but then again I am pretty fussy. The only ones he had I would have considered were the steel roof/sided ones but the horizontal application was a deal breaker. Something just not right about horizontal steel my Still I get why they built them that way.... no purlins or girts for extra weight and cost. That and the fact that the size, 12X16, & options I was interested in the price was way over 5k. I can easily build my own for that. Even if I would have bought "off the lot" I thought the price was a little much and could have built better for less. Did I mention I come from a long line of builders and have bros who can swing a hammer and run a air nailer?? Bought a HF $500 fake garage to keep rain snow & sun off some girls and saving my coin for something real. For your situation Jason the game changes completely. The rent to own option is nice and like Dan says you might be able to tell them to come get it you don't like. Check on that with the dealer first tho. Its pretty much instant roof over some horses, equipment & storage. In town since it's not permanent you may be able to skirt some local ordinances about having a shed/outbuilding. Check on that first and be aware of possibly disgruntled neighbors blocking their view or something stupid like that. You can always add a little insulation and a mr heater for winter work space and if you really like it some other improvements. Another member here got a similar one and fixed it up really nice. So for you it would be very plausible shed.

For sure...those rims are the ones that came on GhostRider (314-8) and they sit on overflow storage for situations where they are needed. I was in the process of refurbishing that 1975 Cub with/for my buddy and we were painting the rims... Finished product with Cub wheels. The 314 rims are back “safely” in storage without too much yellow on them😂😂😂

I like the Cub in the pic behind the Briggs 8 pic... ---BUT--- I think its a violation of Redsquare policy to have 300/400 series Wheel Horse rear wheels on it!! Those Briggs Horizontals (most of the Briggs flatheads for that matter) are great little motors... no there not a Kohler K... but I'll take 'em all day!! Tony

buy American!

I have no clue. Checked the fluids, repaired a non-attached positive battery cable, threw a battery in it, squirted some gas in the carb, fiddled with the safety switches. Kicked right off!

@danweikert21 Here's a few pics of the 2 I have. Patriot Horse (Red, white and blue) is an 8 horse Kohler using the Cub muffler turned up to be a stack. I normally have a piece of chrome pipe on top like the other one. Cinnamon Horse C160 has a @jimkemp custom on it with a piece of chrome bathroom floor drain pipe I cut/fit to add height and prettyfulness. Note the bracket I fabbed for the Cinnamon exhaust. It's a fair amount of weight and vibration to be relying on the engine block alone.

Just my take. I retired and started taking my SSA at age 62. Hindsight...I should have waited until later. Here is a quote from someone wiser than me. I'm not sure who to credit this to, but I found it in an email that I received some time ago. "You should hardly ever start taking Social Security at age 62, which is when you can first elect to receive your retirement benefit. That’s especially true if you’re single or the higher earner in your marriage. If you start taking it at 62, your monthly payout will be 25 to 30 percent less than what you would get by waiting until your full retirement age (66 or 67, depending on the year you were born). Plus, if you take Social Security early and you die before your spouse, his or her survivors benefit will be lower, too. A better plan is if you wait until 70. Every year you wait between your normal retirement age and 70, Social Security will add a guaranteed 8 percent to your eventual monthly payout."

There are those in the world who should never be allowed to pick up a wrench.... I have my days when I'm clearly one of those folks.

I tried to apply for medicare on line when I turned 65.It asked if lived on a street I never heard of in the 70's.On what day did I started working for such and such a company and the month I stopped woking for them back in the late 70's.I got some answers wrong but they wouln't say which ones.Their computer locked me out and I had to wait days to try again.Some of the question I had no idea of theanswers.I finally gave up and called the local SS office.Two days later a lady at the local office called me and in 14 minutes on the phone had me set to go.Within a week I had my card.The next year I went to the local office to get SS benifits.The building had no outdoor signage.They only let 1 person in at a time and only let the next in after going through the metal detector.My wife was with me and once in the waiting we noticed the three armed security guards.I got trough it but not a pleasant experience.

Early 1900's to 40's. they were made in different lengths up to 12 feet. 3,4,5,and 6 feet each opening to twice that, always in only two pieces. Stanley has equivalent ones from same time period. They are relatively rare and pricey depending on condition. They are unknown to most people since they were always uncommon and expensive. Today they are pretty much a curiosity and collector item. However if one starts using one, particularly in a shop setting you just can't stay away from it. It excels in getting ceiling heights accurately and checking for square diagonally.I use it on the bench all the time to lay out long pieces, rather than using tape measures which I strongly dislike or a folding ruler which only goes to 8 feet. It will stand on its side edge laying flat along the work, which a folding stick ruler wont do. They are accurate and dead straight being made out of boxwood. One would think they are clumsy to use but they are not.

Quoted for truth... You cannot fix all things with duct tape. You can, however, with bacon.😊😉

No ideas here Mick but with the title I thought they was fencing on motor bikes?!?!