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Greetings all in the stables! Have I got a good laugh for everyone. First we have a Cub Cadet 108 in rough condition but someone else has thrown the pocket book at it by putting on new rear tires, new carb, new points and condenser, transmission clutch plus a battery. Not too bad! Here's the punchline, the reason I got it for 50 dollars is because the owner was restoring what he thought was an "Original". When the neighbors told him it was far from the model he thought it was, he sold it to me cheap since he said it was junk. It's not going to the Ball, but runs smoothly and only problem is it throws the PTO belt while being engaged. Since it was sunny the other day, it met the steam cleaner. Next is a Troybilt Horse. Not much to tell other than it was missing the recoil, blower shroud and coil. It was disassembled years ago to replace the points and condenser but parts was lost and so was the interest. After sitting 10 years apart I picked it up for 20 dollars and had it running in 30 minutes. I know the recoil/blower is wrong being off a snow blower but it's better than being scrapped! It also met the steam cleaner and nevr dull on gas cap and air cleaner cover! LoL. Have a great evening All and be blessed.

Just bought myself a C-175 8speed in need of some love. The Wheel Horse Hauler put to work!

A C175 8speed in the mirror, The old WH factory to my side!

Well folks. This oughta be fun. @JCM Jim and I took a trip upta Port Clyde Maine last fall to pick up 4 tractors. Ole Jimbo's been very helpful to me n BBT on several occasions and never considers a return of any kind. 2 of the tractors are 1986 417As. Him being a connoisseur of the vintage a 417A has been a "bucket list" ride for Jim. I mentioned this to Trina and she was already planning to restore one for Jim before I even finished the sentence. Seriously. She and I tossed the idea back n forth for a bit and I brought it up to Jim. We've agreed to split the work amongst the 3 of us with The Paint Department doing her magic, me rebuilding the wiring and mechanical things. Jim's gonna be the local 1986 WH expert and help out with everything. This will be a great learning experience for the BBT on how to do fine smooth paint work. ALL hints and advice are requested and appreciated. Here's how we found them in the garage. Loaded up and running 🎶 Today I took some time to move Jim's tractor into the basement workshop and the parts tractor to the outdoor workshop. And just for a little more fun... Here's that tractor being "assist-primed".

Got the black sprayed for the work horse today. Not bad for an amateur painter lol have to do some touch up work inside the hood stand where the spray gun wouldn't get at but other then that the frame and tower are ready for assembly then once it's all cured I can buff/polish the sides and dash pieces.

So in my ongoing Suburban Restoration I mentioned I had a special attachment planned. So while I can't be real active in the shop I wanted to get ya'll input/help with the design of this attachment. I've searched RS, other tractor forums, Hit and Miss forums and have found pictures, but no real details about building an Ice Cream Maker attachment. What I have learned is that the maker needs to be turned at somewhere between 40 to 60 rpm. I've been told you need to find the right speed in that range so your particular maker produces "smooth creamy" soft serve verses ice crystal soft serve. I'm anticipating to run the Kohler k91 at around 3200 to give me some room for up/down speed adjustment and support good splash oil lubrication With the tractor at 3200 rpm and the ice cream make at 50 rpm that a 64 to 1 ratio There is a gear in the hand crank drive and I need to see if it is a 1-1 or some ratio. My very general plan is to use a Dozer Blade mount on the front of my Suburban's Here a picture of the 2 front pieces of a Suburban Dozer Blade Mount. Here's some pictures of the mount parts The above horizontal blade mount piece is made from a piece of 2" x 6"" steel box tubing and I would replace it with a same size piece of tubing. This would extend forward and be the base for the wooden bucket. This tubing base could also work well to mount bearing to or through for any horizontal pulley shafts needed. I have a 1-1/2 gallon freezer and it measures 14-1/4" tall and 11-1/2" dia at the top and 10-1/8" dia at the bottom. I also have a 1 gallon freezer and it measures 13-1/2" tall and 11-1/4" dia at the top and 9-1/4" dia at the bottom. So the design will need to include: 1. A container under the mount or built onto the mount to catch the overflow of saltwater from the maker. (Don't want to kill the lawn or show grounds grass) 2. A mount to hold the maker on top the 2x6 tubing. Probably will consist of a bottom ring and a top ring with vertical supports. 3. Some way to connect the maker horizontal top drive shaft to the drive from the tractor, but be easily separable to remove the ice cream canister. 4. An arrangement of pulleys and or gearbox to slow the belt from the tractor engine to slow the maker down to 40-60 rpm. 5. The ice cream maker shaft needs to be turned clockwise. Here's some pictures of other ice cream makers I've collected. Does anyone recognize the people with the WH tractors and ice cream makers. This looks like it could be at the Big Show some years ago. All of the the ice cream makers below are probable 3-5 gallon, much larger than my 1-1-1/2 gallon. Anyone recognize the gearbox their using? The ice cream makers can also make your favorite frozen drink.

Or… We could just typical Americans…DQ drive-thru…

When building an ice cream maker drive, remember that they were designed to stall a small electric motor or become too difficult to manually crank when the ice cream is done. With a gasoline engine powering it, the governor will simply open the throttle till something gives. I would add a torque limiting clutch in the system.

Yesterday it was in the lower sixties and clear skies, fifty five this morning. Daffodils are ready to open and I'm doing yard cleanup getting ready to mow the lawn. Can't object to this kind of winter weather but for my northern friends who are facing another round of snow and cold; by special request here it is!

Guess you must be a writer for ! We give the answer and we respond in the form of a question. WHAT IS: built by Wheel Horse from 1969 to 1972 featuring a 14 HP Kohler engine, Sundstrand transaxle and 15" rear tires?

Well, I just came back to upstate NY from my Hawaiian vacation.

I hid that well then Same can be said about the USA regarding the countryside atleast. Would love to visit sometime in the future and get a taste of 'bigger is better' in the land of freedom

Meh… toughen up ladies… I live in Michigan for the change of seasons… More snow equals more seat time…!!! Too many people go through life on dull edges. If everyone skied there would be no wars… follow @Pullstart’s lead and strap on some skis and enjoy!!!

Going on a short road trip Saturday morning to pick up two, possibly three more engines. The purple Maytag Twin is a 1940 model, and the other is a 1944 International LB. May also be picking up a 1937 Maytag Twin, if the guy ahead of me backs out on buying it, secretly hoping he does back out, as the 37 model has a long base tank, which I have never seen on a twin before. Check back for updates, and those of you who follow my YouTube channel will probably have a video or two up soon after we get home

More progress. Did some tin knocking and welding up the excess holes. Have the sheet metal strait enough to be blasted & then it will need some final body work. All of the spot welds holding the fender mount and the pan together had broken loose and a PO had bolted them two together. I drilled the pan full of holes in preparation to weld the parts back together. Tranny cases have been stripped and an extra drain port added so that you don't have to stand the tractor on end to drain all the fluid out. Then I sprayed some self etching primer to preserve them until assembled. Will paint the tranny case after it is assembled. End of the steering shaft was badly worn. I filled the worn area with weld and then ground everything smooth. Used a 3/4 bushing as a guide to ensure that I had the diameter correct. Knocked the rivets out of the two idle pulleys so that I can change the bearings in them. Tie rods were of course worn. I will be putting replaceable ends on so I marked the original tie rods to be cut & turned down for the new ends. Everything is measured so the the tie rods will come out just a little short, this leaves room for full adjustments. This pic shows them close to finished.

I did a little investigation and California seems to be the only state that has an actual law on the books that prohibits a hitch in the receiver without a trailer in tow. Any other totally worthless information you want me to look up?

The Treasurer and I try to walk every day and our route takes us past the dumpsters at the local middle school. I always look and the Treasurer laughs at me when I pull out a treasure. "What are you going to use that for?" me: " I don't know yet! " Anyhow, I had this bracket that I picked and brought home. And I'm working on an old '87 VW that uses a special tool to tighten the timing belt tensioner. So I used that piece of bracketry and made one. The face on the pulley somehow reminds me of a girl I once knew. Can't quite figure it... maybe it's the beady eyes? or the big nose? or... something else?

Round hoods here seem to be crazy rare. In 20+ years, I have seen very few. Of those, none of the owners were looking to get rid of them. So, I've been cobbling one little by little for a long time. I think what needs to be clarified is what exactly constitutes a garden tractor. In my mind, anything as rugged as a Ranger is a garden tractor. Figure in the attachments and even more so. When I hear lawnmower, I think stamped steel frame, usually vertical shaft mated to a cheap pot metal Peerless style transmission. So in my mind at least, a Ranger is just a smaller garden tractor. It has the towing power to push a plow, drag a cultivator, run a snowblower, and yes turn a mower deck. I did not mean to hijack a thread. If I seemed like a jerk with my comments, that was not my intention. Edit: it took me YEARS to get my wife to stop calling my tractors "lawnmowers". Hence the trigger response!

This post may cause some purists a spike in blood pressure, but here is something that may further answer the question. It's a garden tractor. The pic below is one I've been setting up for modification for a while now. It has standard front spindles (bolt on) as well as 5 bolt rear hubs. I added 12 inch rear wheels and 8 inch fronts like any other round hood. The rear fender setup is only because it looks better to me. It also has a Kohler K181 that bolted right into the factory holes in the frame. Ignore the hydraulic cylinder and spool valve. That's something I'm also working on. Point is- Rangers are just like thier big brothers except for the smaller wheels and tires. They are not lawn mowers. Uni-Drive tranny and cast iron/ steel construction. Just used smaller wheels. Why did I do this you ask? I couldn't find a traditional round hood, so I'm making one, and it will be how I like it. Same with all my tractors.

Well after a bunch of medical work up, seeing a Neurologist, Orthopedic Back Specialist, CT Scan, MRI, Spinal Tap and Bloodwork, they have determined I have Guillain Barre Syndrome GBS, also known as AIDP (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy). A previously semi rare 1 in 10,000 thing. The good news is I have a mild case and I should be OK with a couple of months of physical rehab. There is a low probability of it reoccurring. I'm writing this so others may be aware of it possible occurring more often. My wonderful wife gets credit for piecing a timeline together that helped figure some of this out. I haven't mentioned this but she is a Nurse Practioner and an Associate Professor for Texas Tech University. She teaches from home in a Remote Learning Nurse Practioner Program. She is one sharp humble lady! So in early January I had an red eye infection and cough, this cleared up with antibiotic, but then I started having irritation/swelling where I have a plate in my right ankle from a break. then I developed the diffuse pain in my shoulders, mid-back lower back and right leg. this turned into intense pain requiring pain meds and my blood pressure began bouncing around up to 160 over 200+. Then I began getting weak in my right leg and hip requiring me to start using a cane. The Neurologist did a reflex test and my right leg and foot had none,. Then she did a Nerve test (computerized medieval shock device) and my right leg and hip nerves had minimal reaction. good nerves sound like a machine gun firing and mine said "thud" She ordered more testing and suspected GBS. My wife put together a backwards time line that pointed to a probable cause. GBS starts from an seemingly normal infection. But there's possible one more piece to my puzzle. The day before my eye infection started I got my Covid Booster. While both specialist said it was the possible start, they would not commit to it. So it's a possibility that I got a mild case of Covid or a reaction from the Vaccine that set off an infection in my body. This infection triggered my immune system to erode the sheaths covering my nerves (this was the intense pain) essentially my nerves were short circuiting (GBS) With my nerves not functioning properly my body could not control my blood pressure. A heavy dose of steroids' to knock out the infection and I began to get better. They say my nerve sheaths will regenerate with time and that seems to be happening as my finger tip nerves are tingling less and my right leg is starting to have some reflex's. I'm beginning to rely less on a cane to walk. Thankfully I had a mild case of GBS. It will take some time for me to develop my strength back. (I can barely climb the stairs to the loft where my tractor parts are stored, so my wife is doing it for me) I'm blessed to be on the road to recovery, GBS can lead to paralysis and other lifelong problems. I did see an Orthopedic Back Specialist who said I have a small herniated bulge on L5, and that my back looks typical for a working man my age. At first he thought it might be putting more pressure on my Siatic nerve, but just didn't think the bulge was that big. When the Neurologist identified GBS, he said that made more sense to him. He recommended doing nothing with it unless it gives me problems in the future. I'll stop and say I have not been anti Vaccine, and I still think the Vaccine is a good thing considering the Covid risk. I probable wont take the vaccine again due to my bodies response to it. Doing some google searches there is a small increased incident of GBS occurring traced to the Covid Vaccine or Covid itself. Until now, I've never even heard of GBS, but Ironically in the last week I have met 2 people that know someone with GBS associated with Covid. One is here in town where I live. He was an athletic trainer, once healthy, but now he is partially paralyzed, I would like to meet him. I am so blessed to be recovering! A special Thank You to my Red Square family for all of your kind thoughts and prayers, each of you really do make a difference in my life.

Here your behavior would even be punishable - unauthorized removal from the scene of the accident. Can even suffice until you lose your driver's license. I think a simple "sorry, that was by mistake" would have defused this situation pretty quickly. However, I am ready to call the police at such idiots, just because of the impertinente. Action bring reaction - or how we do say here How you scream into forrest it will become echo.

The previous owner of the C-175-8 gave me this hood from a B-111. I good use it to make my hood taller. But the winch looks good too., I am not sure if the tires would clear the winch sticking out. Would be close for sure!

Yup, have one on my other C-175 (daim that sounds good) as well. She already got a long- deserved bath!

Flowers are blooming in NC. For the next six weeks or so, we'll get stupid back and forth weather that this area is known for. Then 90- 100 degrees and 100 percent humidity until late September.

Wait till you get 'Nuts age Ma'am... I don't think I like you today Richard!

"International Harvester Red" 16" Rim on D-Series Hubs "Then there's aluminum over rubber, always a nice look and functional"

I'm working hard to limit my "dumpster diving" and similar behaviors. No. More. Space. Unless I can put something to use very soon, or know someone who can, it'd just be a temporary reprieve for the junk until I'm forced to discard it myself. So I squeeze my eyes shut and keep going.

And a crankshaft lathe.

I will have some stall's coming up. Still waiting for engine & tranny parts yet, getting impatient. Then the block will have to go to the machinist to have the hole punched out. Going to keep going on as much as I can though.

Ok this conversation would not be complete without @Achto 's supreme diving skills. Now I have not personally seen him do full gainers into the dumpster off the high board but the things he brings home from work is awesome. Battery chargers, very nice expensive ones, small diameter tires, trailer jacks, hardware by the ton. Pallet loads of stuff they don't use in production anymore and are just willing to scrap rather than repurpose. This is all new brand new stuff mind you. At plow day once I sorted nutz n bolts into samich bags and gave them out to fellas. We had more than we could ever use and I felt like a guy pushing dope! It was all good.

How's this, better

Did a little pondering on it, just for fun. A typical car AC is about 10.000 BTU/4hp. Assuming ice cream base and water has roughly same thermal properties, this actually looks doable. Lets say a good summers day, 86 deg. temp. You want to make a gallon of ice cream. First you need to get it to the freezing point but still liquid at 32 deg. That's roughly 450BTU. Then you want to phase change it into a solid, and that's another 1200 BTU if you go to all stiff, which you probably don't. That means at the most 1650BTU, + some for system loss. Fair guess is that it would take from 10-15 minutes to freeze that gallon of ice cream. depending on how frozen you want it. IF its possible to make all 10.000 BTU capacity come to use. I'm no HVAC guy, but perhaps someone here knows? Now for getting rid of the heat, let's assume the system is poorly insulated, and has a lot of loss. Lets say we need 4000BTU dissipated. If we make a 20 gallon water tank on the back of the tractor with some cupper tube in, that could be a good condenser, and those 20 gallon would then see 200 BTU/Gallon, which would raise the tank temp by 24 deg. All doable I think. Damn..............Do I really need one of these as much as I think I do Hey, this could also be a beer cooler ...........

The fuel pump on the Kohler does work but it's a little "loose". Likely fine but I don't like it. I decided to go electric.

Does it have to be an ice and salt reaction type? Otherwise I would think you could run an AC compressor too, and freeze that ice cream the "modern" way Some AC components from an old car, a few fittings and some cupper pipe, a 10$ refrigerant can from wally world, and you should be able to go new school on this project Just an idea!

Check. Check. Check, and Check! ...at least in my world.

I don't think I can safely post what I always called that. The first time my wife asked what I was doing when she saw me do that, well... She laughed for quite a while. ...and I can't post her response either! To get back on track: TWO 417-A tractors is awesome. I look forward to seeing the first one finished!

I'll eventually get back to it. That project has been on the back burner for years.

One belt, 2 pulleys plus the gearbox is what I was referring to. Different pulley sizes get it to the proper final RPM you want. There's no need for a more expensive gearbox as the cheaper $150 60:1 seems like plenty to work with an ice cream maker, but I don't know the actual gearing on the ice cream maker itself. Interesting is the hydraulic motor idea as that can open up all kinds of options like locating it on the back, a trailer etc. Another consideration might be turning it with a 12v electric gear motor. No pulleys, no belt guards no hydraulics and it can easily be switched to another tractor and mounted front or back. ? 50 rpm ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/370856802400?hash=item5658c9b860:g:vWQAAOSwOupcc2r- But the 12v motor opens up questions about charging, and such. The biggest dilemma with any option is----- What flavor?

Let the shredding... Begin!!

The crushed plain-water ice would only turn to water and make good contact with the cream tub at temps above 32--too warm for ice cream! Adding salt gets you water at 28-30º plus good contact with the tub--good for freezing cream!

It's your build and all so you do exactly what you want to. I would leave that winch right where it is. I think it's an excellent add-on in the position that it is and it won't interfere with anything.

Technically both are correct. They came from the factory with ATF, and later WH released a service bulletin allowing 10w30 provided you removed all the ATF. Personally, I have maintained my older hydros with Dex/Merc ATF, and it works very well. It keeps the gears and bearings cleaner than anything I've seen, and wear is almost non-existent.

You are indeed in the right place for asking questions. We even know most of what we’ll tell you We like to poke once in a while but there’s a wealth of knowledge that is invaluable here!

I changed mine out and put on Carlisle Turf Masters. I have hills and steep banks the Turf Savers are useless with out weights if it get a little damp.

I would think that a 1/2 hp would be plenty. After all, you do crank these things by hand. I think I was a skinny 7 or 8 year old when I first met a hand crank ice cream maker. I think that the hand cranks are geared somewhere around 3 to 5 cranks per rotation of the tank. I just did some looking on the interweb about motor sizes for ice cream freezers. Specs on a $2,600, twenty quart machine list a 3/4 hp 110 volt motor that draws 11 amps at full load. Looks like this same company will sell a wagon mounted hit and miss powered set up for about $6,800.

Back in the late 80's working at a Chevy dealer at night. One of the guys I worked with only had 1 car and his wife had it. An early 80's Olds Cutlass. These cars had a plastict trim piece in the center of the grille with the Oldsmobile rocket emblem on it. Right behind it were these 2 rods that crossed. She was parked behind a truck with a step bumper on it. On the bumper was one of those bolt on receivers with the ball and mount. He backed up and that ball went right through the Olds emblem and the ball got caught behind those crossed rods. He went to pull away and that bumper came right off the truck! I'm working in the bay and around the corner I see a car has pulled in. But the headlights look funky shining on the wall. Here she is with that bumper stuck on the front. Took a bit of work to get that thing off. We were laughing so hard we could hardly function!

Got these super snazzy weights from @Mows4three via a buddy of his. The BBT met him in Portsmouth NH this morning to get them and a garden plow. As you can see they measure 14-3/8" OD. Weight is 55 lbs each. They'll be great on the rear wheels. Likely I'll install Cub 25 lb weights on the 12" front to match these.

I have a 1994 520H, bought from OO’s wife in 2017 if I remember correctly. I cranked it when I got it home and rolled in the shop. In 2020 winter I refreshed it with a paint job(Rustoleum Regal Red) and basically went through the whole tractor… change fluids and filters, new Chinese carb, new hour meter, new oil pressure switch, resealed the intake manifold, adjust valves, new RR, new battery, new battery tray, new fuse block, new fuses, new decals, new plugs, powder coated wheels and hub caps, new dash bulbs, LED headlights, new fuel pump, new front wheel bearings, rebuilt hydraulic cylinder and spool valve, new Hi-Run turf tires, new valve stems,new air in tires. I also went through the wiring harness fixing issues and coated all connectors with dielectric grease. It came with a 48” SD deck, and a 36” rototiller. The deck will be rebuilt this spring as the tractor is not yet a worker. I have since bought a plow and a 48” dozer blade for it. The last pic is when I brought it home… FullSizeRender.MOV