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I think this would be so handy when you wish you had a third hand! On YouTube if interested.

Kohler K90's leaky throttle valve was soldered, then filed to fit it's bore here today.

This is a fantastic thread. I love all the pictures. I thought I would jump in with a few of my tractors working or being ridden by family members. Sorry that a couple pics are sideways/upside down. IMG_4618.MOV

Reminder, cracks tend to spread until they hit a radius. Drill a small 1/8” hole at the end of each crack before repairs are made to prevent spreading, even after welding.

I am very new to my model 312-8, but installing the down pressure link and the mower deck chain connections is much easier now that I made these!

Traded one of my 520s for this super low hour 1986 417-8! It has the series II KT17. Runs like a top and looking forward to many years of work out of it, needs some cleaning up and a new seat. Oh and Happy Thanksgiving !

Hello all, Kohler 16 fuel pump K.I.A. Carb full of rust... No fuel filter and this P.O.S. in its place... Cmon folks don't be this cheap or lazy, we are running old stuff here and are bound to find rust, dirt, water and "crap"... show your tractor some love! Ok... rant over Happy Thanksgiving and stay safe! Tony

I'm guessing this was taken around 1954. This must be the start of my interest in tractors. (I'm the one in shorts)

Amazing how the lack of a $2.00 maintenance item can cause so much trouble. Tony is right. As the old saying goes, 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure'.

The kid plain farted trying to record intro made for good content. (True story... blooper intro at the end!)

5 7 5 and don't forget it.

winter pic ? this is one of my favs - I think it is WV Hillbilly ( his snow blowing video is in the Wheel Horse Hall of Fame !)

well... hhhmmm...you could just marry a WH... typically that ends the need for contraceptives...

So this was a funny find! My wife got this photo of me at the age of 8 from my brother. Somehow my biological mom had this photo. I got taken from her at the age of 5. I was not adopted yet that would be the following year after this photo. I was in the foster care system. This is only my second most hated photo of myself ever! LOL There is one with me waring a vest with a bow tie floating out there I absolutely hate that photo. LOL

Round square red black grey None short long metal plastic Wheel Horse hoods evolved

Rode a lot when I was a kid. The bike I had the most fun with was the kawasaki kx80 big wheel. Jumped it, beat it, wrecked it, ran it, it took a ton of abuse, rode it every where I guess age 14 or 15 when I got it. First taste of freedom. It was still when you could ride around the woods without getting harassed. I still have my 86 honda fourtrax. Stuck it in storage at my parents for years, recently got it out again still starts on the 1st pull, letting my oldest ride it now.

First pic is a reducer for the bottom pulley so I can use a woodruff key to anchor it. Second is a key way cut with 3 stacked cut off wheels for the upper pulley. Third. Here it is just slid together

Snow fell yesterday Woods transformed to wonderland Today silent fog

A few years ago I made a crate to hold our spirits in the camper. I make them out of cedar so that they can handle being left out side on occasion.Since then I usually get a request from a family member or a friend to have one customized for them. Some picture of the one that I made for our camper.

Protection for us from an ugly mug???

A few Snap-On oldies and Millers Falls hand drill in like new condition.

Fresh snow falling and getting out of work early. Maybe just maybe catch one off guard today. Only 3 days left

Here’s the end of my “favorites real” for now. I’m sure, more to come. A wonderful visit by the @PeacemakerJack crew, obtaining a real life a Ride Away Senior from a nice man named Ollie along with another Pond tractor, and the beginning of a sweet project!

Pretty slow as far as deer movement. Got bored up in the stand today so installed a shelf.

Raider 12 that started it all for me in the winter of 2010 . . . An original 552 A 1276 that I still have A rat rod created by Charlie that has been passed through the family and bought fun to several of us!

Ha ha, that’s mine. Here’s a couple more and a little action shot of her coming out of the basement to get started on that heavy wet snow. I also added one of her in her summer shoes. Craig IMG_5963.mov

Rylee wrenching, some good ole’ throwbacks, friends playing, Stefan opening his new crate, my niece “Washing the tractor ride”

Uncle Jim’s this summer, and my first ride on a lever steer ever! Just look at @oldiron613 Rob’s expressions riding the McLean, among other awesome fun! es!

Family Plow Day

Before and after pics of my first restoration 20 years ago.

I've been here a while, posted some and READ a WHOLE LOT! But I've not seen the phrase "W-H contraceptives"! At first that somewhat bothered me because I think we need all the W-Hs we can get! So many reasons that I don't need to go into here! But I understand that all things need care, feeding and indeed some space and we all need to be responsible for everything we adopt or create but there is an individual limit for each of us that we can accommodate. So, I get that, it's just that "contraceptive" somehow sounded harsh to me. I've chatted enough so to get to the point. I'm adding to space and improving space all the time but if "things" get ahead of me, where do we, well, I, get "W-H contraceptives"? Having been on this forum for some time I felt stupid to ask here so I asked elsewhere first but all I got was weird looks... And perhaps sometime, but another topic, we could all share where and how to get more "storage space".

So my wonderful wife never grew up doing so called girly things she hung out with her brothers and dad growing up. Anyways she wanted a sewing machine a couple years back so I bought her one and I showed her a few things. I know LOL! I grew up working on tractors with my dad but I also hung around my grandma, and 2 aunts and adopted mom. I learned how to sew, iron and bla bla bla. We have been down on our luck money wise this year like a lot of folks so she decided to start sewing her famous body pillows and Now stockings. She was on a sewing rampage a couple days ago. My girls and other family love her body pillows.(I do too) Anyways is anybody else doing any homemade gifts?

Thanks to all for giving me advice last month regarding my search for my first Wheel Horse. Got My First Wheel Horse Today. A 414-8 with a K321S Kohler Engine and 42" rear discharge mower deck. Looks a little rough but runs OK. The owner included wheel weights, some new belts and a bunch of manuals. Thanks Again

I solved some important wiring issues. The Switch on one C-145 was a four position and somehow the starter circuit did not work, Put on the correct three position one and we are happy now. The previous owner was so frustrated with the problem he let it go really cheap. We are moving the coil an both of these 145s. The old coil tore out the engine cowl, so now the coli is mounted at the back of the engine as I have seen on some of the herd. Got two cowlings about finished with JB Weld. Like it never happened. Trying to fill in some pits in the head area. Using ultra high temp JB weld that the company website says works on aluminium. We'll see how it comes along, but i am optimistic as it is rated for 1500 degrees i think.. Anyway, I am workig on three--soon to be four tractors at once. I can snag one and spin it on a dime with the mobile 4 wheel mini lift., so it takes the cramp out of a small shop space and really saves my back You guys have a nice Thanksgiving. Mrs Farmer and I are gonna chill at home as covid rate is pretty high. The people are surviving at a higher rate, but a guy down the road really had a scare, and now his wife is infected. They are only in mid thirties.. Well, back to the tractors....The ultra high heat JB Weld is a water based product that hardens in air. It is also grainy, but we will see if it sands down well enough to fill the pitting and be ood enough for a gasket. Also shown is my sandwich bag trick with the regular JB. This is the third coat and it skims on really nice. All I had was a credit card that expired, and i used the plastic sandwich bag to smooth over the corner with my finger on the clean side of the bag. It works well to get it really close. It will be ready for final sanding tomorrow.

Or a hitch mount winch, you could move that to the front or rear as required. ( Once you add the front/rear hitch of course)

That’s me on the CT70 on the left about 45 years ago. My little brother is on the 50 in the middle. One time I was riding that thing at the river with only a pair of shorts and tennis shoes on jumping water brakes and I came down on a large rock that caused the front tire to go out from underneath me and it threw me into a barbed wire fence. I ended up with 114 stitches. Everybody was furious with me because I didn’t have on any clothes or a helmet. Lucky for me dad grew up on motorcycles and loved them so as soon as the stitches were out I was right back on it. That’s him on his Indian on the left about 75 years ago. I’ve had several different used motorcycles throughout the years off and on. The last one was the Honda XR650L which was a ton of fun. Our poor mans UTV is our 2002 EZ GO that I put a lift kit on. I also replaced the 9 HP Subaru with a 20 HP Honda. Like a dune buggy, it will go anywhere

Interesting you'd ask that. I've decided to move the battery to the right side to help counterbalance the engine which leaves me a space under the fuel tank directly in front of the frame. My ole Man gave me a (2500#?) Winch that has a remote that doesn't work. There are YT videos on hardwiring a winch very similar to a double pole momentary switch. THAT would be some kinda handy.

That there is just smaht!!

No mud but the Black Horse is certainly off road.

Well then.....

The 312-8 is my trail machine when it's not mowing, grading or pulling the trailer. I avoid mud also the red clay here is nasty stuff when wet.

Looks like you fellas are wackin and stackin em!! Kinda late to the party, but I'm out there almost daily after work, taking the climber into the trees a few hundred yards from my shop. For the most part, I sit up there, eat Copenhagen and send stupid selfies to the girlfriend and watch the 458,000 squirrels. Been busted twice on my way out by a decent buck with his nose up a big doe's rear, so been moving around a bit trying to get him figured out. Last Thursday he popped out right under my stand, busted me when trying to draw on him at about 4 yards, came back to within 20 and I took a shot. Grunt call got snagged by the string and ripped it off my neck, obviously missing him entirely, followed by a string of words I cant repeat on here. Muzzle loader opened here almost two weeks ago, and rifle opened this past Saturday. Although I have plenty of each that are proven 'harvesters', I still like the challenge of the stick n string til the last few weeks of the season.

I think he just wore all cotton and used high heat on the dryer spin cycle...

RJ-25 too.

Stamper steel Welded angle iron frames evolved Three piece then two Hydro Sundstrand and Eaton Transaxles evolved

what i‘m started with to what i buy Until it was shipped over the Big Pond ... to South Bavaria where i test it excessively on several Trailrides and how it grows

Getting up to 2019 Big Show! Man, I miss that place! Of course, I mean all the people that make that place what it is!

We’ll start this round of pics with some of the gang from @whfan74 Scott’s last meet and greet.