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So I left this morning with one horse, and one wagon, and a shopping list of small parts. I went down to the show, brought the wife along to keep me from buying another tractor. Came home looking like @Pullstart packed me for an overnight trip or something: Found most of the parts I was after, I think the rest of what I tried to round up is not as needed as I originally thought. But I had been looking for a second unit that would work with the attachments I already have, and the wife wanted a bigger yard cart. I found the big one that standing on end in the trailer right behind where I parked my tractor to walk around, and got a smoking deal on it. Then the boy found a Commando 8, running, driving, mowing, with a deck, for a decent price and the wife, who was supposed to keep me from buying tractors, OK'd the purchase. I had a good time though. I got to see some nice tractors, talked to @Pullstart about farms, talked to @Ed Kennellabout dogs, talked to @76c12091520h Brian about houses, and talked to almost nobody about tractors.

Took a wander thru the barn where all the nice rigs are. My stuff never makes the cut ! Heres just a few of the beauties inside.

Thursday is setup day

Added some string lights today. I might add some crisscross later, but it's not that cheap to get the length of string lights I am getting haha.

So grateful to be at the Big Show today! With the rain and catching up with so many awesome friends we don’t take many pictures and will share them here! It is great to see all the pictures that were shared already! Thank you Steve for setting up this post for pictures!

What did I do with my Wheel Horse today? I poured 2 fingers of my Rye variety Wheel Horse over ice, added some lime juice, and poured in some Diet Coke. Picked it up and sipped a toast to those at the Big Show that they have a good time, make some good deals, and have safe travels. With any luck, one of these 'next years', I'll make it there myself.

Good to see you today. I didn't buy any new tractors, but I did get everything I hoped to buy. Instead of $50 plus for each of those pulleys, I got both for $10! Good deals on the rest, too. Thanks, @stevebo for hauling that plow down for me, @danjmah for the bracket & weights, @Ed Kennell for the crankcase breather tube, & @Pullstart for getting that danged rear & wheels out of my shop! 😉 I know there were other folks from Red Square I bumped into, including the brothers in the white Chevy shirts and the 2 guys in last year's show shirts who stayed at the Comfort Inn, but we didn't talk. I'm disappointed I didn't get to meet and talk with members last evening, but c'est la vis!

That looks just like @Pullstart's shed...

Have a GREAT DAY DON

Had a great time at the show today and walked away with some really nice goodies! Got a 48” blade with the extension brackets for the 520 a nice 44” two stage blower (didn’t really need but too good a deal to pass up lol) and a tub cart that the wife wanted to use for the garden. Definitely didn’t plan on buying much or I woulda brought my 8ft bed truck but it made the 3 hour ride home good despite the haphazard strap job.

Here are a few. I only took the 1st one, Donna snapped the rest.

That and then some.

Looks to me like that head casting has a bit of porosity. It might not sand out. I'll agree with the others - probably good to run. If it were mine, I'd use a new head gasket. Might think about using Copper Coat on the gasket as well

Wow, just wow! Absolutely amazing transformation.

Be careful not to park close to the tree lined field area marked in blue .Its very wet and soft down there ,looks fine but trust me it’s not !! Some moron got stuck, not sure who but I’m out now

8:31 the gates opened!

Happy Birthday @Terry M, we are all glad you were born.

The old Kohler gasket with the fire ring has been replaced by a graphite coated one. I think the Stens gasket is still the metal wafer.

It was good to see you too. I'm hoping that as I get more time and get my tractors in better order the show becomes less of a scavenger hunt and more of a social event.

I'm pretty sure if I'd gone without her, and bought the things I did that bigger wagon would have fallen out of the trailer on the way home. She's the one who engineered the straps to keep it in place. Of course I could have always gone and asked Kevin to help me get loaded. He seems to be pretty good at that.

I don't know that I can say. I have been using Stens mostly. I think the most recently replaced on was a "Garden Buddy". It looks to be about the same as the Stens, price was within a dollar. I think the biggest difference when I bought was how fast I could have it. I'm not sure I ever used a Rotory brand one.

That's right. I got a fancy new hat. Still breaking it in.

And ya got a new hat!! Don’t forget about the hat..LOL!

I think older ones did. I have not been able to source one with a ring in the 6 years I've owned my WH. Not sure where @Achto is. I saw @WHX??sitting on his butt with @squonkand @953 nut this morning in Biglerville. He weren't particularly close to the computer at that time. That was me. Never did find one.

Picked up this Magnum and finally got it cleaned up! Sat on a Ford LGT 14 frame outside for who knows how long!

Or w section sign post works great and lines up the shaft pretty much where it needs to go... I've done two that way...

I’ve used the kit you show. I’ve found that far end bushing has very little wear, so I’ve not replaced it on several future project ones I’ve rebuilt.

Some you been sanding awhile, that spot had a little depth. Yes manual says .003 feeler gage. You have a lot of good smooth contact area around it. If a .001 won't go under it I’d would run it.

Manual might say something like .003 or less? I don't see why you shouldn't be able to just run that on some 400 paper for a little while and smooth it out. Then reinstall.

I picked up a 520h roller from Joe. It has no motor but gear reduction steering complete. I propose a “deal”… I only want the gear reduction set up and all steering components. If anyone is willing to do the work to take these off at the show including getting that roll pin out of the steering wheel they can have the rest of the machine free. The other deal I propose is selling outright for 325 to get my money back. I do not believe I will have room to haul it back as my boy picked up a few more project machines here than expected. I will post come pics later.

He said he'll have them at the show for 80. That's a great price for a good seat..

Chugging along! Met Karl in NY to pick up the camo hats. Crossed into PA awhile back, just stopped for food and diesel. GPS says arrival at 10:45am, so if ya’ll could just hold off on buying and selling and trading till then that would be great !

Not family but I am trying to teach her each year. Mrs Buckrancher…

We are in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania! Left Greencastle , Indiana at 5:30 am ! Vernon Perry, Rodney Burger ,D.J.Harrison and Lane Ralph are here for the next four days for the Wheel Horse Collector’s Club Show at the Adams County Fairgrounds! I am posting pics of my Wheel Horse load (black trailer) and D. J. Harrison’s load with is 8 wheel Hydro GT 14 articulated tractor! A big , multiday Ford contingent on a Civil War Battlefield tour!

I have no idea where we're at Dan's driving. Mid OH I guess. Took a little MI side trip and dang near got to Kev's before we figured it out. Shoulda stopped for gummies...

All of ‘em! I’ll check my trip at supper time and let you know 3:12 am. Coffee’s on!

I have no idea what I am forgetting...

Well I talked to the wife and we decided to get the bit of stuff out of the barn to take photos. So here are the before and after photos. Before After Before After Before After Before After Before After Before After Before After Before After

Happy Borned on Day, Don

You are a Joe Cocker fan, I presume? No not really, before my time to be honest. Curiously I drove down the road where he was born today, I knew he was from Sheffield but not exactly where. Another famous musician from the same little village, Crookes, is Paul Carrack of Mike and the mechanics fame. His parents had a decorating supplies shop there, still going today. We produced jarvis cocker, who could sing a bit, the arctic monkeys, who can't sing a note, Def Leppard who were terrible at spelling (D, E and F divisions were the three divisional command areas of Sheffield police and so the band nicked them to indicate their place of birth), The Human league and Heaven 17 sang along to the 80's in odd clothing with even odder hair do's. Yeah Sheffield has had its fair share of success stories, stainless steel was invented here, crucible steel, Bessemer conversion, many engineering firsts. Pity it's a shadow of its former self and probably most remembered for the Hillsborough football disaster, part of the dark decade of the 80's when so many bad things happened, including the PanAm flight 103, Lockerbie bombing.

My shop stays fairly cool for the first half of the summer so long as I keep the doors shut and don't pull in with hot engines because the floor takes a long time to heat up. Unfortunately, when that big slab of concrete does finally get warm it stays that way until fall. I plan on adding central air to the the shop furnace some day.

Have a great day!

The switch in the photo is connected to the bottom of the air filter housing with a vacuum tube. It turns on when the air filter gets too restricted. That hose is heavier than it needs to be and breaks the nipple off the switch. One of the vendors in the vendor section has the switch, or it can be repaired by adding a plate with a nipple over the switch. You should have an another vacuum hose, attached to the intake manifold near the carburetor, that runs to the horsepower (vacuum) gauge.

Looks fine. Similar to the OEM upgrade part. My Bronco was upgraded with the hitches more than 10 years ago. As has already been mentioned, it my slightly affect belt length to the mower deck center pulley, but you do have massive adjustment in the Mule drive to assist. The belly hitch should bolt right up. It's the easier of the two in this modification.

Made it to Gettysburg last night. Met up with Brandon701 this morning. See everyone tomorrow.

Here are a few pics of mine on a C121. Winch powered not hydraulic. Only 4 bolts and 1 pin attach it to the tractor, (along with the wiring), so I can transfer it to any of my other Wheelhorses!