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Last week while on vacation we rented a pontoon boat so that all 10 of us in our group could go for a cruise on the Burnt Rollways reservoir. We started out on the Eagle River chain in Eagle River WI. After crossing the 7 lakes on the Eagle River Chain we came to a dam where some would think that our journey would come to an end. Instead we paid the $15 round trip fee to have the boat transported to the Three Lakes chain on a lift that has been in service since 1950 and continued our journey across 4 more lakes before turning around and making our return trip. Thought that some of you may like to see some pictures of this 70yr old boat lift in action. These picture are of the boat being lowered back down to the Eagle River chain on our return trip. The operator instructs you as you use poles to move your boat on to the lift. Once your boat is positioned the operator uses electric winches raise the boat out of the water. Electric motors drive the wheels on the lift to move the boat lift on the rails to cross the road. The boat is then lowered into the water on the other side of the road / dam so that you may continue your journey. We were in absolutely no hurry, in fact I don't think that we ever opened the motor up to see what it would do. According to the GPS we covered a little over 60 miles on our 10hr trip. It was a fun relaxing day. Besides the nature scenes along the way we also saw this interesting pirate ship that belongs to a tavern in Eagle River. It sails 2 to 3 times per day to take guests on a tour of the lakes. Sorry for the poor pic, I was fighting the sun set that was in front of us.

I always wanted a generator but always worried that I wouldn’t exercise it enough to have it run when I actually needed. When I found a good used generator for my wheel horse I jumped at it because it fits on almost all of my tractors, is very easy to install because I keep it on a cheap four wheel dolly that positions it perfectly underneath my tractors, and I always have at least one tractor that will start so I always have a generator when I need it. It’s not very big but I have my house wired so that I can use it to power enough critical circuits to keep food from spoiling, heat, and a few lights in the house.

After my Horse Arrives at it’s new Bavarian Stable in healthy condition, i do a lot of rework to Customize it for my Purposes. I call it „the Narrow chest“ - but with lot‘s of Torque for a 6 HP Engine. To clear up things First, i know exactly and in detail what i have purchased and i agree with all of it. @pullstart Kevin my Buddy tells me honestly and fair all what i get and how it‘s condition. ( just in case something of my description sounds negative, it wasn’t meant so. I know what i get and i agreed ahead with all to 100% even now) All things i change, are things that i be like to do, and i love my Project Horse „ Narrow chest“ because it is as it is. ok, after that is now clear, i will continue. while i filled up all Oils and greases all needed Parts i thinkering between a full Resto or keep it‘s Patina. No Final decision for this Task is taken until now, but for the Moment it keeps it‘s Patina. i protecting it with Mike Sanders, to prevent following Rust, i also play with different Stacks and Mufflers i have arround, while original Muffler is strongly rusted and begin to disintegrate themself. than i mounted new Deckwheels on, while the original are Worn out. will check if i can fix them otherwise.to reuse. Clean out the cooling Fin‘s on the Engine, and reworked the Seat from my 212 Horse and mount it on. Than i mounted a Grease nipple onto Hitch mount, to prevent a fix rusted Bolt and be able to maintaining it. Today the next Level of rework was delivered. But next Upgrade Steps depending a bit, while Sohn is moving few 100 Miles far and we have to help him this Weekend while moving. That causes in no Horse time for me sadly, but the Part‘s allready still be here. Even while our direct neighbours meant that my chomestack seems to be much louder than all my other Tractors ( i don’t imagine so, but it is much deeper in Sound more like a Singlecylindre Harley) However, to not annoy’s the neighborhood i ordered another muffler and mounted it the last Day‘s quickly on. A short check give me a different Sound ( not so deep as the Chome one) but it‘s accepted by Neighbours. Ok, so i go with that Muffler, i can deal with it. The Heim Joints are for the 2 complete new Tie Rods i will built, just must be passion for the new Steelrods, to finally build them. .... to be continued

I'm going to change this up a bit.... What have I done for my I bought a York rake a while ago It's 6 foot wide and weighs about 400 lbs, it really does the job. BUT It's a god awful color I couldn't take it anymore. So.... What'd ya think I like it a whole lot better

This is an old picture of my shed, the shelves above the mowers are a lower version of what you are talking about I think. That is about five foot high which is ok for getting under with the machinery and the dead space above is now full of parts. I also have the mower decks stacked under the bench two high. This shed was just a quick fix, it will be demolished in the not too distant future, but the shelves certainly helped get some space back. It's now full of wheelhorses, the other mowers have all been sold.

Back in 2004 when a massive area of Florida went without power for days after onslaught of hurricanes everybody was rushing to buy a generator but none were to be had. Every unit was sold as well as those coming in from other states. I told my wife that in a few short years those same folks will pull them out of storage to use again only to find they won't run. It's so easy to ignore something when you don't need it. That's the beauty of the tractor mounted generator. I loved mine but I didn't want to dedicate a tractor. After all, it's not that hard to put on. But as time went by I found it became a bit tougher and I also wanted something my wife could manage herself. I ended up selling the 5kw Wheel Horse genny and buying a Caterpillar electric start unit. I wired the house properly for it and figured I was all set until I did a simulated power outage test. Our most critical item wouldn't start up. After scratching my head and researching I discovered that the total harmonic distortion of the Caterpillar was around 23%. The furnace was a whiz bang super efficient unit and it did a self diagnostic check at every start up. It sensed the high THD and shut itself down to protect the electronics. The moral of the story is that you should always do a full test with everything you need or want the generator to run. You might be glad you did when a real outage occurs. Plus, regular exercising the generator is critical if you really want to be prepared. We have since moved to a new place beyond the boonies making emergency power a must have. The Caterpillar is gone and we now have a generator with less that 5% THD as well as being fully wired to be comfortable in a long term outage. New Square D QO panel, UL listed main lock out device, line conditioners, surge protection, power back on sensor, etc. That might be another thread one day.

233 hours and 42 minutes. The LX200 series were the industry's top of the line lawn tractor for that era - late 90s to early 2000s. They had the same frame as JDs GT series, and used the K62 transmission and had commercial grade engines. Some had liquid cooling. They were very, very nice lawn mowers for that era, and in fact, probably are better made than what's available today.

Hi all. Got my new tractor mower home yesterday. Its a John Deere LX277 in good nick. Hour meter says 233.7 x 1/10 So is that 23 hours of actual running ? I will be inspecting and tidying it over the next few weeks, see what needs doing. Mick

Partially WH related, but not. We have a great big Stihl commercial backpack blower and .. out of my endless other machines, no handheld unit. The 20 year old Echo conked out a few years ago.. The Stihl is a mighty powerful unit, but hard on fuel and heavy to boot. Not all that old, perhaps 3 years max. Anyway.. been hunting CL/FB to find me a cheap used hand held blower. This morning.. this odd duck showed up. First thing I noticed was it was sitting on a WH hood in the ad photo. The price was right. So I took a ride up.. simply because it looked oddly clean. Found a shaggy 856 in the garage, and this, amongst other relics. Upon questioning the condition, the fellow recounted that his father bought it, a WH, and a little Toro mower around 1967 ... and never ran the blower The muffler is spotless inside with a little surface rust. Carb was spotless. Tank had no smell.. Didn't touch the points, changed the rock hard fuel hose.. two pulls and she lit off like a new engine ... perhaps she even is. Very unusual throttle arrangement. Solid 1/4" steel rod and notches to hold the setting, nice well made linkage right up to the carb. Runs fairly quiet, not madly powerful but on par with a modern hand held, and VERY light weight. Comfy to wear.. feels like an elementary school pack. Biggest complaint is a slow drip from the original petcock which looks easy to replace.. The tank appears stained from gasoline but its actually steps within the tank to prevent sloshing creating the hue. Anyway.. neat old rig. Tag on the rear claims it is a Kawasaki 'Windmill'. Can't find a single thing about it online. Long story short, I set the points on the 856 and got it going, and he gave me the old lady, along with a little RCA 3 speed turntable.

Finally got ticked off at the 753... the one Kev like to putt on and give mouth to mouth resuscitation to... and got it back in the shop. Thought I had the lack of bang juice problem licked with a good carb cleaning which it needed anyway. Put her to work last weekend and she quit again so now can be only two things sediment bowl plugged or fuel pump. Yup fuel pump intermittent no worky so pulled it off to find it's a pulse style with gunk in it. Apart and In the Berryman's she goes with a pm to @buckrancher to see about a diaphragm. Sorry no pics of the pump but do have this one!

I've lived in this house for 32 years. The power has been out a total of maybe 5 hours. I bought this Generac at the WH show about 5 years ago. I have run a fan with it twice Tractor is long gone.

I have a Generac stand by also. Starts every week for 12min. Best piece of mind I ever bought....

We've got a propane fueled Generac whole house generator. It starts every Sunday morning and runs for for about 10 minutes. In the past year, power was down for about a week last winter and for about 14 hours earlier this spring. The generator came on line, just like it is supposed to. The battery is 3 or 4 years old. I might consider changing it this year.

To keep my generator in good shape I use it to power my disc grinder to sharpen my deck blades and a few other tasks. I do it to make sure it is used and in good running condition. I sharpen my blades at least four or five times a year.

When I got my Wheel Horse a few months back, some of you may remember that I gave my old 5,500 watt generator to my nephew for helping me pick up the tractor. Well, the replacement generator my neighbor had given me sat in my garage waiting for service. I had no idea of the state of it other than when I tried to start it, 3 pulls and she ran great. It has a nice Honda GX390 11HP on it. So tropical storm Isiah rolled through and we got walloped pretty good. No problem, I roll the genny around back in the pouring rain, pull the rope...it barely moves. She's hydro-locked. I already know what's next. Pull the plug, she turns over a few times, cylinder clear... Reinstall the plug. No start. Surprise? not really. We all know what's next, right? Time to pull the carb. I open the air cleaner housing, a nickel size piece of the foam filter is missing, right in the intake. Not a big deal, it's rainy and wet so I clean the carb and get her running, no air filter. ~3 hours later it dies. WTF? Check the gas, all good. Check the oil. Ooops, forgot to check that in the pouring rain and 40+MPH gusts. She runs overnight, 1 tank, maybe 14 hours. Nice! And died twice the next day. Long story longer, don't be me. Service that new-to-you equipment BEFORE the power goes out for 3 days.

Two days after my new to me 97 Dodge truck passed her safety the water pump started leaking, a neighbour close by has a Dakota with a blown transfer case, chain broke and macerated the case. The Dakota had a lot of parts robbed of of it over the years but the still had the water pump which I purchased cheap, put it on my truck and found it leaked worse than the one it replaced. The Dakota Sport had a 9 blade fan, versus my 5 blade so I'm not complaining about the $20.00 paid for the pump. Yesterday morning called the garage for a price on a rebuilt pump, $130.00 had I ordered the pump it would arrive the next day, Napa in another town had the pump in stock priced at $100.00. Told another neighbor that I was heading over to pick up a pump just in case he needed something from that town, his reply was your driving over to save $30.00. I said yea its an adventure. Topped up the radiator, filled a few spare jugs with water then hit the road. After leaving Napa made a landfill stop, found these two large Cummings units, the large one is the DPF filter and from the numbers on the case it's worth $100.00 and the smaller one is $1100.00 scrap value.

I guess you could adapt the fitting points, man made it so man can alter it ...

I’ll need to get those front hubs adapters finished soon! The air filter is squarshed in place a bit, but the hood fits! Found a belt to fit, belt guard installed. New fuel line is hooked up too!

Mainly smaller parts (which we have a ton of) on top, stuff that shouldn't be on the floor. Bigger, heavier attachments are going to be on the bottom. I want to put some shelves up on top to put things like sleeve hitches, random bits of steel, seats, and anything that shouldn't be on the floor, like I said.

Well, everyone has their price indeed. This 701 engine is now Uncle Jim’s. Somehow we traded MY 701 stuff and MY kid’s slave labor and SHE got the tractor from Jim... I have plans to stick the engine from Steve the C-81 in this chassis. The battery will need to be relocated possibly under the seat, but it’ll be a fun chore tractor!

Drinking rum before noon makes you a pirate, not an alcoholic. Least that what the sign on the wall of their tavern says.

Couple of new tricks I learned changing the water pump. The small heater hose is a bear, once I had sprung the hose clamp and moved it back used a pair of vice grips clamped onto the metal pipe right close to the hose end then used a screw driver prying against both the hose and grips to remove the stubborn hose. The alternator and AC bracket home right over the top of the small coolant hose connected to the intake manifold, instead of removing the accessories and bracket I just moved the spring clamp forward to get the water pump off. Once the pump was out of the way, reached inside then removed that horrible spring clamp then replaced it with a Tridon clamp.

And that explains why you are such a great BS slinger today!

At one time there was a lift similar to this by the Eureka dam on the Fox river that was completely hand operated. I remember seeing the remains of it when I was a kid & asking my dad what it was for. He had used it a few times in his life time & was able to explain how everything worked. I think that the rails for it may still be there but the rest of it has been removed.

Not to hijack your topic but have you seen the Falkirk wheel? It's quite impressive: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO9gARac-w

My generator is probably older than some of our forum members, I have a Petter PJ2 coupled to a 15 KW generator that runs on diesel fumes.

That is really cool Dan, I should’ve asked you more questions about your trip when you were over on Sunday. Thanks for sharing the pics of how they moved the boat. I’ve never seen that done before. It is really nice to be able to do something like that at a relaxing pace...I’m so glad that you guys were able to take that time away!

Thanks for bringing me in on this... @Dan.gerous the xi series are great and under appreciated machines. The good news is that more often then not, they are sold for fairly good prices on the second hand market. I had the good fortune 5 years ago next month to buy a used 523Dxi for my wife. It is powered by a Daihatsu 3 cylinder 26hp diesel. It is a great little tractor. Ours came with a 60” mower deck and a 44” two stage snowblower. It is a great machine for both duties. The one downside is that they don’t share any direct attachments with the classic series and so you have to make sure that it comes with what you want or that you will be able to score them on the used market fairly easy. If not, you could be stuck with just a tractor for sometime. side panels off.. Caleb with the D in its Winter clothes! It is very nice to have power steering when you have that much weight in front of the front axle! Our biggest horse with our littlest!

Looks like a fun day and a very interesting piece of equipment. Thanks for sharing.

Glad you had a good day on the water.We all need days like that!

I fire mine up couple times a year and run it awhile... keeps it exercised... still starts on first pull after 8 years...

I typed it out over a long period of time because the info was not available without a lot of research. Discovered the Attachment Interchange is a good document but limited in what it could do. They list the original attachment, the attachment that replaced the original and the attachment available when the list was made. What was missing was the models between the last two and in some cases there are many. Adding specific attachment details was an afterthought and is constantly being updated to help identify unknown models. If you go into our files and do a search for DNA the popular models will come up in a random order. The DNA list is with the earliest models. Garry

Jim, I noticed this tube frame shed sitting at Four Corners, it wasn't there a week ago. Did not see a price posted on it. If you get in the area maybe you could stop in to check out the construction on it. I was told that two guys put it up in one day.

Once the tines get loaded up they just tend to roll over the trash until you get to the end of the row and dump them. They o a great job, just need to be dumped when loaded up.

The Reverend Parsons says you guys are forgiven for going off topic... say three our Wheel Horses for your penance and post more Is that your 953 with the bucket on it Richard??? If So didn't know you had that! Guy has got to keep track of who gots what here.... always room for another dibs tractor!

Remove the cover and slap some grease on the gears.

Mineral spirits, an agitator and repetitions of air and poking a rod in the bottom, I’m getting somewhere!

planing about another rework. not sure, if there are other Blades available in 16“ - looking for one with wings for a stronger Fan effect. I thinkering about 3 other additional covers, means a closed rear cover and 2 changed sidecovers with 100 mm Attachements where a pipe can be connected as leaf Collector for the comeing Autumn. I hoped this can help me to use the Deck as a Side discharging unit to blow the Leafes via the pipes into a collecting bag. An collector Bag on the Back and a lot of work can be done much more easier, just with some more Seattime.

OK, now it all makes sense!

I wanted to follow up and let you all know that it seems we've found a solution to the problem. I received the primer pump a couple of weeks ago and installed it. It started right up for me. And my brother reported that it fired right up for him on Sunday. I think we are all much happier now. Thanks again for all the replies and advice. The fuel pump must not have enough suction for this set up.

I don't mean to side track this thread, but that is a beautiful cross @953 nut Is that stained glass or mosaic tile. My wife has a stained glass cross in the works. You have lots of great projects, in addition to doing amazing work on that WH953. Retirement sure isn't for the lazy!

Yeah, the lift points are entirely different, as are the attachamatic points too, I believe. The shell may be swapped, I’m not sure?

Well yer a mafia member you know what we do when they're on our turf....

I changed the pump on my late dads 99 ram Told him id take his truck from him for the day and i would have it done before he got off work. Needless to say I had my wife go pick him up and I was done by 11:45 that night. LOL I did the sam job on my 01 dakota with the 3.9 v6 and I was glad to have a better mind set after the one i changed for my dad. LOL I love my dodges I am a huge dodge guy. But id like to have a few words to the engineering fella that designed that dam top water hose. If you shove the clamp to far back or rip the hose you have a hole other situation going on. LOL

https://www.wheelhorsepartsandmore.com/transmissions.html#!/Hydrostatic-Transmission-Cam-Plate-5996/p/124647198/category=23548039

I think that will be the problem over here in the UK, just a quick look around reveals no attachments on the used market. I have a lot of stuff for the older machines, and this one doesn't even come with a mowing deck. Maybe if I got the price stupidly low it would be worth it - I don't actually need it so it could just sit in the corner, or tow a bigger trailer I guess. That diesel machine of yours looks awesome, I bet there wouldn't be much it couldn't handle!

Here in Gloucester Va the power goes out if t a cow passes gas. In 08 I bought and Baldor genny with an 11hp Honda engine.Expensive then and even more now.It rests in a heated and air condtioned garage When it runs it is to keeps the refrigeration and water going.I baby the thing.Always drain the fuel tank and run it until the carb is empty.The last 2 times I needed it it was hard to start.I thought the fuel shutoff screen was the issue.It has the same shut off the horses have.I pulled the old one out and the rubber grommet came out as well.The tank is now draining and I notice beading with the little fluid that came out.Water had got to the bottom of the tank and once jostled got in the fuel line.Okay got it.I put in a new shut off and filled the tank The genny starts first pull and runs like a champ until half a tank.It sputters until it dies.It acts like it needs fuel.This happened 3 times .It was running out of fuel at 1/2 a tank.I pulled the new fuel shutoff valve and realized the screen was finer than the original.I ripped it out as there is a replaceable filter in line.I fired it back up and it ran flawlessly until the power came back on.I am rethinking shut offs with screens in the horses.

good deal! If you unscrew that shift knob and it looks like you’ve got enough tins off, the boot slides right off the shifter

I had same issue, In fact I have 2 generators. They only get used for power outages, that means they sit for yrs without getting pulled out from the rear of the garage to get started. They each have a brand new carb and run like a champ when last started. I even bought the transfer switch to hook up to the house that has never been installed. I know I am going to regret it someday.

After my rigid frame mini bike & then my Rupp mini bike w/ front & rear suspension, a gun metal gray w/ a red stripe '75 XR75 was my first dirt bike. Also had a grey Honda Elsinore MT250 of the same vintage. Other dirt bikes that I had were a Susuki RM125, Honda CR125, a couple of CR250's and a CR500. The CR500 was a crazy powerful bike that only weighted 30lbs more than a CR250. I've never bought a new bike but the world sure was a much smoother place when I got my first CR dirt bike with mono shock rear suspension. Even though he gave me my first mini bike, my dad was not a big motorcycle fan but said "I'm not going to tell you what to do with your money". So I threw a lot of hay bales & pitched a lot of manure for neighborhood farms to earn money for my bikes. I think it's great that Josh supports the hobbies that his kids want to try. I'm also happy to give Judge a starting point & interested to see if he chooses to work his way up to newer, bigger, better bikes. The only dirt bike left in my garage is an '81 XR80 that I passed on to my son for his 10th birthday. Holly crap , just realized that was 20yrs ago!!