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Mounted up my Senior's newly restored steering wheel. 👍👍 A few of the befores here...

Loaded up and ready to go. Dad is getting one of my ball burners to play with. Also looking forward to seeing everyone again! Taking off about 9 and should be down there about 3:30 - 4:00. We plan to take a ride out to Chamersburg about 6pm to tailgate with you guys for the Wed.pre-show gathering

The crew!!! we miss Steve and Chris…

Cleveland right now but had a nice bfast with the Dino this AM!

i picked up this 310-8 for 300 bucks from the orginal owners grandson(pretty sure he had no idea what he had). it has around 500ish hrs on it.

Starting to pack now. Didn’t know if we were definitely coming because my friend wasn’t able to go and didn’t how to bring 2 horses on my little trailer. yesterday my sons and I cut an opening in the side of the trailer and now they fit. The loading platform we built worked great. The c141 will block the road debris and bugs from hitting the fresh paint on the 877 . we will see you tomorrow.

Well we are back to hotel and tossing the football around. Had to take a pic… should be a vintage Chevy commercial

Camping/tailgate at the Comfort Inn

Arrived 6:30 in Gettysburg! See you all tomorrow at the Big Show!

Not good ... my navigator was busy picking his nose and we missed our exit so 294 it was & you were right. I fired the navigator and threatened to confiscate his tractors.

I then gave it a wash-down and got it off the trailer (when the points were dried out!). It even had the original manual, still! The owner said he had been using it the last 30 years mainly to plow snow or haul logs in a cart around his property. The motor started and ran strong, but as I mentioned the PTO was stuck on, so the motor did NOT like starting with that kind of load. I took the pulley off and it looks like the reason it was stuck was because the shaft had some rust on it. The pulley itself did too, causing the friction plate to hang. After removing the rust and giving a nice wipedown and oiling, the PTO functioned perfectly. The engine was MUCH happier. The tractor even cut grass very well, although it's pretty clear the blades need sharpened.

Rodney Burger and Lane Ralph on the way!

I brought my tent, not sure where Jim & Cindy are sleeping.😃

First fuel stop... 119 miles in! Remember, the farm truck gas gauge doesn’t work... so we have to guess fuel level.

Managed to pick up a C121 that needs some work. Runs really rich, no air cleaner and needs a head gasket. But runs pretty smooth after it warms up just a bit and no smoke or engine noises. Needs a seat assembly too. I think I will end up moving my loader over to it, my 1277 is getting really tired and I don't want to tear it up. I will put it up on the workbench when the 310 comes off and it's getting close to done now.

Excellent!! You basically purchased a plow OR wheel weights and got the rest for free. Niiiiice find!!

Maybe i‘m wrong but is that the rare Fart shifter engine? 😂😂😂

Locked cocked and ready to rock!

Ok a few more items loaded!

Me too! Be there in the mornin though! Id do one of those"whats in your mirror" pics, but, kinda hard to see.lol

I repair a sheared roll pin on the gear selector of my 414-8. I also cleaned off the dirt that my last wash did not reach. Some of that dirt was a 1988 vintage! I now have a happy Horse and Deere ready for the next cut.

Pullstart and his clan are here. Let's....Gettttt.....Ready..........to.......TAILGATE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Hey @stevebo where’s everyone at?

Caveman cruise control?

I can't remember when we had a forecast this good.

Hey everyone. I snagged my third Horse last week, which also happens to be my first "real" non-Toro produced Horse (my others being a 1990 312-H and a 2002 314-8)- a 1974 B-80. I always monitor local Horse selling activity around my area here in St. Louis, but given i didn't "need" to take on a project, I always have just been sitting on the sidelines. I noticed a B-80 went up for sale local for only $200, with a blade and wheel weights (!), that also appeared to be in sound mechanical condition. I messaged them right away and I was the first to say I'd pick it up sight un-seen, so it was mine. I went with a trailer and bam. Even better, it ran great! The only issue I could see was that the PTO was stuck on. Heck of a deal!

Picking up this little gem this weekend for my garage. Saw the post on FBM about 45 minutes after it was posted. Luckily, I was the first one to contact the seller, and struck up a deal. I'll get some more pics after I get it. My plan is to figure out a way to slow it down to use with metal. Currently, it is the single-speed version without the speed-reducing gearbox. I'm going to go through it, probably order new urethane tires, and may do a bearing kit depending on how everything looks.

Well the boy and I traveled throughout the day to get down to Gettysburg. We took our time and made a few of the regular stops along the way. we checked into our hotel and are now just sitting down for dinner at the Gettysburger Company. All the “recommended” places had a 1 he plus wait. Safe travels all! See you soon

1/4" ALLEN WRENCH

Putting the c165 to work today

I absolutely love mine. I got an inexpensive roller and dad had the engine on his shelf that he never used and I put it together about four or five years ago and it has been incredible. It has tons of power and even with my oversized engine pulley it will push snow in high gear without even breathing hard. As far as their toughness, my brother bought his kids a mini bike with a Predator engine in it about 12 years ago. He’s not one for maintenance and that engine has never had the oil changed once and other than me checking it whenever my kids ride it, the oil never gets checked. It still starts on the first or second pull after all these years. Here’s mine with a few tweaks over the years.

Thanks. It worked out perfectly. I used a 10’ stick of angle iron. mine is 5x10 hack away lol. It was easy.

What else do you need! One and done!

I wanted to get some ags and ribs, so i called a friend up that restores Wheel Horses (what-up Ric!). He had some tires that were perfect. Some mounted Carlisles with tubes and brand new Deestone Air Locs with tubes. I had a local place mount the fronts to the original wheels. The rear tires were bigger than the originals I got it with, and the size was about perfect. You can see in some of the pics the difference. After getting it all mounted up, it turned out great! Up next is some deep cleaning and getting the mower deck up the snuff.

I'm at the Comfort waiting for the Tailgate tractorpalooza to start................ No tractors this year.

You bought a blade and they threw a tractor in with the deal. Time to reverse the blade wear strip. Garry

I think a got a decent deal for my area, $200 with the blade. Randy

We’ll be back out on the road soon. ETA 1pm, so we figure 2:30-3pm.

It's open now. It was only closed for 5 hours when a log truck tipped over.

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Hope everyone has a safe trip. Be careful and have FUN. Take tons of pictures for us guys that cant attend.

Wheels up in 5. ( for those that are Criminal Minds fans ) Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Worked on the 1257Heavys snorkel! Notched out the hood and open and closes mint. Need to make a few brakets to stiffen it up a bit but idea is there probly going to find pipe with a 90° bend in it or get 1 more so I can move the snorkel a couple inches back right now its challenging land rights with my headlight.

The serial number tag, and the key chain are on the C-125A. That means it's officially done. I believe the tractor is VERY sound mechanically. As with all my tractors there are places where the paint could be better, but then there are a lot of places where it could be worse. I did some re-paint after the gas can fiasco, I think it turned out OK. I got the "creep" adjusted out of the trans, so it's fine now. The motor starts immediately, and sounds great. To me anyway. Now that it's done, it's time to move on to the 175.

Well, you guys convinced me. Didnt take much. Lol. I removed the governor. Took off the stock air cleaner and exhaust. Went ahead and ordered new air cleaner, larger jet, and top plate for a throttle set up. I plan on using parts I have to build straight exhaust.

@WheelPuke think the word RESTORATION could be giving you second thoughts, why not just step up the maintenance, take care of the couple of problems you have , and get it to be a solid reliable runner? I do not have any trailer queens , but I would put my reliability and running up against anyone . my paint finishes are regularly oil rubbed down and look clean and shinny , don't have any rust , and everything works as it should . the irony of that is seeing the neglect of others , went the other way . just my own opinion , make it a runner , pete

fixed it to big

We certainly deserve a perfect forecast.