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To any members who have standing orders placed on my website or have contacted me for special requests. Please be patient and also contact me if I have forgotten you. As I get older my ability to multitask is weakening. Seems everyone is ordering at once. Never in 12 years have I seen this many order come in such a short time. Working hard to get caught up but still maintain the best quality product. Thanks for your continued support and patience. It has been an amazing ride and I hate the thought of letting any of you down. Thanks again Terry aka. Vinylguy

Hello Folks! New here from Oklahoma. Looking forward to sharing projects and fun times with the old red tractors. I do small engine work as a side job/hobby and have done some save projects before but had not found the right deal on a wheel horse until recently. They aren't easy to come by here in the south so was happy to come across this 312-8, it's a 1985. Will post more on it later but in the meantime I'm already enjoying some post and pictures from this place and looking forward to more.

I casually mentioned to my wife about buying a new seat / saddle for one of my “horses”, she said, “Don’t waste your money, try this”. s It didn’t work, the bolt holes don’t line up. 😀😀

Great pair of tractors. Who cares hiw much they cost? They are now yours to enjoy, its been said many times here, we don't do it for the money as we spend more than we could ever get back.

My dad bought this one also for 100$ He said it reminded him of when he was a kid. So I reckon hes happy

1939 Mack Model Bm Flathead V8 Ford 8n 1927 Hug Road Builder

Not so much to the tractors themselves, but added some bling to the barn.

Ok I gave 100$ for this wheel horse. It is in awful shape and rusted up! But I couldn't pass it up! I probably got burnt but I'm happy

Fastest way to know if your engine burns oil...

Some more clean up work, then paint, then re-assembly. I found this new spray paint on the clearance rack at the local ACE a year or so ago, it’s epoxy appliance repair paint. It dries super fast and gets hard and glossy too. I put the tractor back on the ground and cannot believe how smooth and tight this thing is! I also cleaned off the workbench in time for buhbuhque steaks for dinner!

Got my sconces, Added some bling to the barn.

That may work out in the forest but cutting branches off the other half's Japanese red maple, apple trees and some other ornamentals is not something i want to try.

They all came from the factory with the valves on the inside...reasoning being...to protect the valve stem from bushes, trees, fences, lawn flamingos, swimming pools etc. In other words, out of harm's way. If you don't have those issues, it is easy to swap the rims to put the valve to the outside and make it easier to check and air tires. It is that simple gents, and that easy if you have bad knees.

On something like a down pressure rod I would use a softer bolt. I'd sooner replace the bolt than wear the hole bigger. Just my reasoning...

Farmall Regular

Sawzall??

Me and my dad took a visit to the Keystone Truck and Tractor Museum in Richmond Va. here are some highlights An Indian Motorcycle powered tractor someone made 1938 Minneapolis Moline udlx 1962 Lamborghini 1R Lanz Bulldogs

Hi all. I saw this little machine up for auction. Three point hydraulic linkage , kohler engine, looks tidy. Not hard away and might be fun. Mick

Got some painting in on the B-80 "FlowahPowah"!

1932 Massey-Harris GP 4X4

1907 General Vehicle 3 1/2 1917 International Harvester Titan 10-20 Twin Engine 1957 Diamond T

Finished a deck project with my friend, picked up another job modifying some steel gates at the same house and was gifted a 5 foot trailer and two cast iron garden benches at another.

Ol' Reliable. Had to get it out of the toolbox just to look at it again in all it's glory!

Picked up this Wheel Horse belt buckle but it is need of repair. Anyone have any experience in repairing pot metal? Piece broke off in the back. Missing the ring that you use to attach it to the belt. Be a shame not to make it serviceable again.

A man has got to know his limitations. Just because you find one doesn't require you to buy it Especially if you aren't able to fix it

If you are young, inside...if you are not so young, outside. Just have your ag's pointed in the right direction.

I think tree branches, the kind that like to break exhaust stacks are color blind

Make sure yu r two collars are adjusted to hold the steerig column into the steering supports and snugly around the hoodstand frame.

Make sure everything is very clean. Any dirt, grease or old oil can mess up your hydro and close up oil ports. Extremely important!!! Your axle measurements are correct. The #5025 3 speed has #3904 axles 10 5/8" in length. The #5052 hydro has #5961 axles at 11 5/8" in length. Both are 1" diameter and drilled for roll pins.

Speaking specifically for myself only and I would imagine quite a few of us feel the same way... No worries at all Sir. We do appreciate you keeping us posted.

This is what happens when you leave different brands in the same shed overnight unsupervised!🙀🐣

I'm stumped yet. Frame & sheet metal look like a McCormick F-12. Spark plugs are the wrong side of the engine to be a McCormick Drop down rear axle was usually an Allis Chalmers thing.

Looks like it has the cattle stumped as well🤔

I've been asked why so many tractors...............my reply "some people collect baseball cards, i collect tractors!"

Plasma cutter?

I'm an 'electronics guy' by day. I had a bad one that I attempted to 'open' and repair. The 'potting compound' they use is some kind of epoxy that can't be 'melted' or otherwise removed without completely destroying the circuit board. I tried numerous methods, none worked.

I then grabbed a 1” solid bar and turned it down on the lathe to .872”, just under 7/8” (.875”). I made it about 5” long and I think I needed 4.5” to get through both frame sections, the new block, and the rear bracket. I tapped a 3/8”-16 hole in one end of the shaft. After thoroughly cleaning the frame area, I slid the pin through all three holes as a locator. After a couple tack welds and a check to make sure the pin still could move, I burned it in with the MIG welder.

I usually spend too much on them. Then I always put too much into them. But I would not sell them for $5000. So it's all good.

I’ve paid more for less and less for more... it’s all part of the game. Congrats on the pair!

For those of you who want their Mini, just a little bit more mini, cut the back off it and reweld... Its called a mini ha ha and its a blast. So short that if you gun it in reverse it pulls a front wheel wheelie! Mick

I replaced the pins in mine with bolts so that I could have more control over the amount of tightness. It works well and the whole mechanism feels more positive in action. There's no excess movement of the hand lever when I raise and lower the plow frame. Im going to make the solid link for my plow and do away with the chain link and lift arm so I can apply down pressure and so removing any slop is more of an advantage. Mick

Sorry if i did it. sometimes i have to dealing with the Bavarian / english headtranslator, finding right words that i maybe forget the rule. I will do better, promised.

I am creating this thread in hopes that it’s considered for the instructional section of the forum. Richard mentioned that the swept axle contributed to this failure and I 100% agree. The Xi front pin is 7/8” and has a 1/4” plate welded to the pin in the rear and the front of the pin rides on a 5/8” course thread shank in the 1/4” front frame section. Kicking tires, this wear isn’t very noticeable. Picking the tractor up however, you can see the entire axle pivot downward. I had the tractor off the ground, so I began by pulling the spindles apart, then the axle itself dropped out.

I've seen similar looking knobs in the gray drawers at the hardware store. I haven't compared them closely, but it's worth a look-see.

It’s unbelievably stout on the ground! I might turn into an axle pin snob on the rest of the herd!

My Power King is assembled with grade 5 fine thread bolts. Nothing falls off or breaks

When replacing pins with bolts in any linkage, especially ones which carries any significant loading, or are constantly moving, you should try to use “Bolts” not “set” screws. Bolts have an unthreaded section under the head, set screws are threaded the whole length. If you use a set screw in a heavily loaded / stressed linkage, the threads will wear quickly, as will the Clevis!! Like rubbing your finger along the cutting edge of a knife blade, as opposed to rubbing it along the side! In these situations, I tend to use socket headed cap screws, ie, “Allen Screws”, as these are a harder / stronger grade of steel. Doug.

My sister in law told me her dad was from a different part of the country. He had been involved in some kind of low level incident drawing the attention of the local constabulary. He decided to move away and did what we call a moonlight flit (flitting is our local term for moving house, "Have you flitted yet Mavis?"). He jumped on a bus or two and when he thought he was far enough away hopped off. The name of the town he landed in was Rotherham, so he took that as his new surname. He never told her his prior name and she has no idea where he came from originally. Something and nothing that changed a family completely. Mick