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The Moline Universal Tractor The Moline Plow Company was formed in 1870. They manufactured plows and other horse-drawn implements as well as wagons and carriages. At the time the name Moline Plow was also being used by Deere and Company but Candee and Swan, founders of Moline Plow, prevailed in a lawsuit against Deere and wone the rights to the Moline Plow name. Moline Plow purchased the Universal Tractor Company in 1915. Moline redesigned the tractor, and from 1916 to 1923 the company sold the Moline Universal Tractor. It was basically a two-wheel tractor with a two wheeled sulky where implements were attached becoming a four-wheel articulated unit. Its nimble design was more suitable for cultivating row crops than were most contemporary tractors and its front powered design was familiar to farmers using horses. The Moline Models B and C used a 2-cylinder opposed engine, while the model D used a 4-cylinder engine. The model D was the first production tractor to come standard with a starter and lights. The model D also utilized the Remy Governor Generator system, which used a rheostat linked to the generator as both governor and throttle. The Moline Universal tractor sold very well until the economic downturn of 1920 following World War one, production of the Universal ended in 1923. The company continued to produce farm implements since most farmers continued to use horses. Many manufacturers in the early part of the twentieth century didn’t specialize in one product line. In 1916 the Moline Plow company entered the automobile business offering the Stephens Automobile, named after president of Moline Plow, George W. Stephens. The first model used a six-cylinder Continental 7-W engine and cost $ 1,150. Beginning in 1917 an overhead valve six-cylinder Root & Vandervoort engine was used, the same engine used in Moline Universal tractors. John Willys of the Willys-Overland Company purchased a majority interest in Stephens Automobile from Moline Plow Company in 1918 and continued with the Stephens name until 1924 when production ceased. In 1929, the Moline Implement Company merged with the Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company and the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company to form the Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Company.

Had a few of mine out the other day to see some sun and so I could clean out the barn.

This afternoon I got the new Carlisle's mounted on the 854, I'm really happy with this tire choice, now to give the fronts a sandblast and paint.

Lined up the crew on a nice spring day. Ok, it’s Friday but I’d figured it’s close enough.

Hang in there JP. It gets worse before it gets better. After my surgery to my throat , I had 33 rounds to my throat, mouth, and face. You will be very tired and sore. In fact after my 33rd I was still "cooking" for another week or two. Its a journey. Be patient. Look for small victories to build on. I tell everyone about my cancer journey that physically you bounce back the quickest. Mentally and financially take more time to heal. In 2020 I went through, throat and pancreas at the same time. In 2022, kidney. I went over a year with no income. The state was generous enough to give me 125 dollars a week before taxes for the first 26 weeks. When I finally thought I could try and work a few hours, the day I was supposed to start was the day everything shut down for covid. In spite of all I went through I still feel very grateful. I had a great team of doctors, support from family and friends, and faith that i was going to get through anything standing in my way. Still today I spend a lot of time at doctors offices, blood labs, and the pharmacy. I have trouble swallowing. No spit. The scars on my abdomen and mouth have healed. I put the weight back on I lost. I think of what I went through and hope and pray I wont have to repeat it. If I do, then Im ready. I know people have had it worse then me. Im lucky. The journey isnt over for me. Your journey has just started. Keep pressing on. Go over, around, or through anything in your way. Stay positive but expect some set backs. Set backs are part of the journey. Stay in the fight. You can pull through this... F cancer !

In a 6 or 8 horse tandem (stagecoach) hitch, the two horses nearest the stagecoach are the wheel horses. In the typical Amish side by side hitch, the two horses on each side of the machine tongue would be the wheel horses.

Had a wheel from my brother's JD317. Sidewall blew out but wheel looked good. 3+ hours later finally won. (Except my shoulder has been complaining ever since.) Wore my self out with slide hammer broke one side with crank down unit but no luck oin the other. Went though all the tire tools but couldn't budge it. Finally cut off most the tire, The used tins nips and dremel to cut through the bead steel wires...

Watched this 14yo make a perfect 3 pt turn ....all day with his 5Horse hitch.

My radiation treatments have been put on hold with 7 more to go. My skin is so burnt the Dr wants to give it a long weekend to heal some. Tuesday was the last treatment and will resume on Monday if I heal enough. Good news is my oncologist is pleased with the blood work results. No additives needed yet.

As a note: If original, the 69 Charger 12 had Sundstrand Hydrogear model 90-2046. From the TOW VALVE in your pics, it is clear that a PO has changed this to the Sundstrand Piston-to-Piston model 90-1136. Here is old vs new Tow Valve. Yours appears to be serviceable so I'd look elsewhere to resolve the 'easy roll' problem. As for the non-functioning PARKING PAWL... One should NEVER pull up this lever when moving. There two styles...shown here: The CAST one (two piece) has a roll pin to hold it to a separate shaft. The other one is a formed steel piece welded to the shaft (one piece). Either of these will wear out from repeated use....WHILE IN MOTION....and the metal filings from this 'abuse' will quickly ruin and/or destroy soft brass components of EITHER a model 90-1136 or the older style 90-2046.

When it's all finished, apply one of those bullet hole decals over it.

Tires, steering wheels, hitch pins, and hubs. I usually tell them you may as well surrender and come off. I will not give up and go for help. Then apply plenty of pain killer.

After an hour or so it is a matter of pride/will....

I take my tires to the Mennonite shop down the street. If they can't get the tire off, they call in the women to do it!

Took a while but the roof is fixed! Lots of sanding, resin and fibreglass later the corners are fixed and looking allright again. After applying a off-white topcoat this is how it turned out. Certainly not perfect but for something to keep the rain and sun off my face it'll do just fine.

That is sort'a true of a hitch where two or more teams are pulling a wagon. The team nearest the wagon is the wheel team, the next team or teams forward of the wheel team are the swing teams and the front team is the lead team. The Wheel team are generally the largest horses. When the hitch has horses abreast of one another the horse in the ferrow has the lead.

And for the younger crowd, wax paper is that stuff that the bag is made of that holds the cereal in the box, like lucky charms.

that looked remarkable. and only 5 HP too!

Wow! So THAT is a chicken tractor. Well thought out, and effective! Nicely done!

753/ 854s are arguably some of the sharpest looking Wheel Horses. Yours is looking very nice!

Spent yesterday afternoon and evening laying some red paint, always an exciting day! This is the 702 project I've been helping a friend with. There's been a lot of sheetmetal work In this, but seeing the outcome makes it all worth it

I knew my 8hp used oil 20 years ago, i had it torn apart to rebuild when Ivan hit and i tossed it together because I needed it for storm cleanup...shortly after, it was parked. Last week while pulling an aerator it started using a bit more oil, power dropped off and cold starts were difficult...then I found the oil on top of the engine and under the hood. Knew the head gasket had let go...the head checks flat on a piece of glass, 0.002 feeler wont slip under anywhere at all and no light shown through a flat-edge. 3 head bolts moved a bit when i retorqued them after a heat cycle..very possible the gasket had already blown. I ordered a new STD piston and rings, its ready now to lift off the oil pan and swap the rod/piston/rings. I dropped a ring into the bore and the STD bore looks good on size. Checked top, middle and as far down as it would go, i like what i see. Im not going to hone it, im going to lift the engine up loosen the rod bolts...slip it out, slide the new piston and rod in, torque the rod bolts down and replace the pan gasket. Im aware not honing it will absolutely set the purists on fire, but...ive always wondered on an iron bore with iron rings, how they would seat on a "field overhaul". I have a strong suspicion the engine overheated in 2003, and the rings lost tension.

been doing this for years , most important to BREAK THE GRUNGE CLCLE , any collective , moist grass , debris . personally like the open gear and chain spray , it stains the metal black with protection , another vital part is your , sun mounting point , you want hours on this ,to dry and soak in . did an initial , spindle bearing swap on it , Lucas 550 deg grease , also did related pulleys , very quiet , solid , deck actually gets very warm . proof of moisture elimination , just one of the things , I regularly do to ensure solid reliable usage . also did any related bearing , in the mule drive / pto set up , engagement is quiet and squeal free . keep it greasy , pete

@Ed Kennell Thanks for posting that, I’m pretty sure I speak for a lot of us here when I say that I’d love to have that happening in my backyard. I’m a little jealous!!!

@squonk and @rjg854 Randy found a few dozen squonk eggs hidden in different places so he had to remove them and made you an egg pie for the next time you visit his barn.

My daughter, an engineer, specializes in the interactions between carbon fiber and other materials. Having components of aircraft and high pressure gas storage vessels stay together in use is considered a good thing! Perfection can drive you mad. Once achieved, you are on tenderhooks waiting for something to damage your work. I think you did great--“above” and beyond

Yes all the 300 and 400 WH's 10 thru 16 HP single cylinder Kohler Magnum had a deep filter, never measured one.

Unbelievable that crank down rig wouldn't do it. Looks to be hi-test. Even the HF changer. After an hour in it gets to be personal...

One of those horses in that team is referred to as a "wheel horse".

Bonus points for adding a tractor to drive it!

Imagine eating a box of that in the 60's.during one sitting just so you could patch up your 61 Falcon!

Oil can't help but attract dust and dirt and get all over cloths and such. If it dried out it wouldn't be much good at what it was intended for. Buffing and a good paste wax will get the job done. I've never tried the mentioned Penetrol but I like what I see.

Item 6 should be correct original number https://www.partstree.com/models/m10-461521-kohler-magnum-engine-made-for-wheel-horse-10hp-7-5kw/air-intake-1-10-508-rev-3-15-2006-to-show-group-description-0/ Dimensions on this page - click on the filter

The wheels are rustoleum antique white with 3 coats of clear on top. I know there's been a lot of debate over the correct color but to me this looks close and I like the contrast with the tractor being red

What in the name of KFC is a chicken tractor???? I've seen mowing tractors, snow blowing tractors, plow tractors, worker machines and show tractors. Even saw some "Santa's sleigh" Christmas tractors. But I've not yet seen a chicken tractor. Other than the feather stripping tractor...

Nice WH embossed seat. Black tape repair on 1 corner. $75

But that's not the secret I want to share. I placed a sandwich bag over the JB Weld to get the shape of the original fan shroud. It's suprisingly easy to do it by feel . Your finger can discern what is a low spot and fill it in.JB really makes good body filler for tiny spits like this and also repairs the split metal. Sorry I don't have the original hole but it took quite a few shrink sessions with a body hammer to close it up. Of course the secret sauce is the sandwich bag which allows you to finger tool the JB and keep it from sagging out if place.

You know those people that have too many projects?? Yeah me neither! Another tractor added to the heard. Case International 585 with canopy/sunroof. It's a 60-ish horsepower tractor with very limited electronic gimmicks. Has a nice tight turning radius. It was built in Doncaster from 1985 to 1990 and the hourmeter says it has ran 4700 hours since then, I'll take that with a grain of salt though. Plan is to use it for all kinds of jobs around the house and barn/stable for my gf's horses. Ofcourse it is not a new machine so there are things that will need looking after but all the basics are there. Pictures you say? Sure!

Your barn got dirty?

@Cody Personally I like it, and that’s why I asked!

@Cody What color did you paint those rims?

I can’t believe we are knocking on months from driver’s training for my youngest! August (July 29 actually) will mark eligibility for taking classes and getting behind the wheel. My kids have grown up driving, getting dirty, failing and excelling. No surprise there, with their father learning to wrench on Christmas toys long before they were played with, and their mother following in the footsteps of their grandfather, Adam Petty’s ASA teammate and 1994 ASA Rookie of the Year recipient. This 1992 Chevy Short Box C1500 toted Mrs. P’s Hobby Stock circle track dirt car to every race she could afford to get to, when she wasn’t penciled in for a swim meet in high school. It was a 4.3L Automatic bare bones 2wd work truck, no A/C, no power windows, just a good ole’ first set of wheels. It was passed back to her dad, and long before I was involved with this side of my family, it’s been sitting victim of high miles, hard work, and a ventilated V6 block. When we were dating, I pulled a donor engine from a junk yard and wheelbarrow toted that hefty thing about 300 yards to the register. @Lil’ Pullstart’s Great, Great Uncle Steve is a well known hot rodder in the area. He took the engine down to his shop, had it bored .030” over, rebuilt it with all new pistons, cam, timing set, bearings, valve, the whole ball of wax. It’s been on a stand waiting for this project for over 15 years, maybe 17 or so if I can count and recall dates correctly. About a year or two ago, we were camping at Grandpa’s house and Rylee started having a conversation with him about buying the truck back. It has been pushed from the yard, to the barn, filled with stuff, pushed out, pushed around, leaned on a time or two, etc. They settled on $300 as is, with the engine. I picked the engine up about a year ago. Her truck has been loaded on Grandpa’s ramp truck with a dead battery and flat on the bottom tires for even longer. Last weekend, we went over, popped some 5 on 5” wheels and tires from a race car on the back, pushed it off the ramp truck and tugged it home. I have a 5 speed manual swap to go into it, thanks to a local CL ad for the transmission and Tony Angelo from Motor Trend’s Hot Rod Garage and now his own show Stay Tuned. Since anything in the engine bay that is plastic or rubber has been cooking in the sun for a few years with no hood, I am thinking a lot of electronics will go away in favor of a nice carburetor, and an HEI ignition. I have a 2000 K3500 (5.7L 4x4) parts truck for the things like grille and headlights, washer and coolant tanks, any interior parts needed, I found a clean front bumper in my stash, and some things will be needed like good tires, brakes, etc, and we will search for those. There are more parts still at Grandpa’s like the hood, motor mounts, radiator, etc, but it’s nice the truck is home.

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Hey @TonyToro Jr. where’s my credit? Sounds like I wasn’t there to supervise and who welded up the exhaust??

Split and stacked a few loads of firewood. Then took the blade off the 312 and put the tiller on.

I see it now. Those 4 bolts are not for the frame. They are in the top of the case. Thanks fellows