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Took the suburban for a spin. Started first pull after racinbob rebuilt carb for me. Worked out great since I only have use of left arm right now. steve

So here ya go Richard this guy is 74. Not a real big guy either but pretty spry. He set it all up by himself & saw him climb half way up with a five gallon bucket of water to dump down. Only guy on the job. Was told he is the only guy who knows how to run it. It shows he knows where every lever is second nature without looking. Funny he doesn't have an apprentice. Really no need for a second guy but to learn. An idea of how tall it is. The casing is in 20' lengths. they couple together with a big @ss chain wrench. He puts a choker around them to pick them off the trailer. They gotta be hevvvey. Video ... lemme know if don't work. Might need to get it on YT. 20250902_101017.mp4

Looks like I found a Work Horse 1848 less than 2miles from home. Ive seen a couple Wheel Horses/Work Horses in his garage but never anyone outside so I never stopped. Today he was mowing so I pulled in. He was immediately willing to show me his collection & offered up a beer too! He has failing health issues & said he needs to downsize. Carb needs cleaned so he said he will do that & make sure its running good. He's gonna swap mower decks so it will have a rear discharge. Guess its time to look for a 2stage now..... I asked him what he was thinking $$ wise. He said make an offer. I asked if we would be close at $500ish??? He said yes! Lastly, he even insisted on delivering it because he wants to see my collection.

Slick operation!!! Maybe you could use that rig on steering wheels and hitch pins...

Striping with the recycler

Thanks guys! Celebrating with the best burger in town!

I have been asking my concrete guy questions and guidance along the way. Friday was the plan for him to come set forms, but this rain delays him a bit. Friday is Grandma’s funeral service and I wouldn’t have been available to help or answer/ask questions. That’s been pushed to Monday, which is great! I was stressing over this not being adequate to make a great pour. He assured me that the efforts I’ve put into the job have far exceeded where he would normally start. He has all week next week set aside for this job only and he won’t allow the project to fail. Monday is setup day. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday if needed, we’ll pour. Thursday/Friday, we clean up and cut lines. Yay!

Thank you Richard. I asked the guy what happens if it hits a boulder or hard rock. He said if they can't pound or drill through it they abandon what they have down and move.

We are geared up to bowl a perfect game this US Bowling League Day on September 3. Bowling is an ideal activity to enjoy any time of the year. Heading to the bowling alley with friends or family never gets old or dull. Did you know that bowling originally featured nine-pins? In the 1830s and 1840s, a ban was placed on bowling by officials based in Connecticut. Excessive gambling was linked with the activity, posing a threat to public welfare. At the time, bowling featured nine pins, which is what was specifically outlawed. Players found a way around this by adding an extra pin, making the game 10-pin. The next evolution of the game happened when the automatic pinsetter revolutionized bowling in the 1950s.

That's the gearbox for a 1960s snowblower. It reverses the spin direction. Or a reel mower too. I'll search the manuals to see what I can find I'm interested in the gearbox

Put the new belt on this morning, very little movement now, much more acceptable. More importantly, the clutch engages way smoother.

I mean, I guess if you both got the body for it more power to you.

Well finally at the point in restoration process of putting tires and wheels on and I have had these ag star tires mounted and waiting. Well I put them on and I don’t know how I feel about them. Awful close to fenders and seem not proportional. Deflated to say the least

I’m thinking of taking this off and passing it on to someone who could use it. Any information would be greatly appreciated. it’s attached to my 1961 701 if that helps.

Found it. It's the reel mower not the blower. Too bad the rest of it is missing

A man has got to have his priorities!

The body is just like a car, you need an inspection at least once a year.

True statement and in reality very very few KT17s had the requisite thrust bearings. You need to check spec#s I have KT17s and I like them but after rebuilding a Magnum18 I would not overhauls any KTs Series 1 or 2. Machine shop work is expensive (double cost of a single) parts are getting scarce and pricey and it is a lot of work.

I think you're perspective may change once you get all the tin and engine on it... also, spacer under the seat would work too.

Long and happy retirement Jay! Keep up with the health checks everyone, I had my PSA scare earlier this year and the biopsy came back negative. But my brother who is three years older than me just got the news he has terminal bone mets from prostate cancer. Right out of the blue and before he retired from working. He had ignored a lot of warning signs and unfortunately it's cost him dearly. My brother in law constantly squawks about how he will retire next year on a good pension but will live till he's 94 so will have to eke it out and he'll go on holiday twice a year and so forth. He just doesn't get that you can plan as much as you like, but at some point the wheels can come off and leave you in the mire. And I have a cousin who flatly refuses to see a doctor, ever. He is unfit, drinks a lot and constantly complains about back pain. But he won't see a doctor because he thinks it's doing that which makes you ill. I guess it's logic but it could get him killed.

Finding water in the earth is interesting Beaps. They told me they like to see 40' of water minimum over the pump. Guessing the witching thing is for shallow wells. Interesting how this well is not drilled but pounded in. When he get so far he runs a pipe down and fills the pipe with dirt/slurry. then brings it up and dumps it. Kinda like a straw in a drink. I'll have to get a pic of it. A lot slower he only gets in forty foot a day. Less as it gets deeper he says. Most rigs have a regular drill to bring it up. Woulda never got one of those big rigs in the back yard without land clearing. At 30 ft he hit clay so the water I was tapped into sits on top of the clay. They say you need to go deep as the water is less contaminated. Your not supposed to drink out of a shallow well 'cause Pullstart drains his tractor oil in the dirt. ...

Series one and two both have OIL pumps but series two runs higher pressure and direct lubrication to main bearing rather than DRIP lubrication used on series one. Rebuilding a Kohler opposed twin can be rather pricey. If you buy a used engine be sure you can hear it run in person before handing over the cash.

Although you can’t see any of the stripes in this picture I mow it a different direction every time. It’s good for the grass and helps eliminate rutting.

11.1 pistons, big cam, 2 inch dual exhaust. 343 v2 marlin 727 trans, 410 rear end. choppin at idle. sitting in the 1973 AMC gremlin. hard to believe these guys owned wheel horse, its friggen awesome. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SeupN9jlfq8

I picked up a cheap China 40 volt 16" saw on the jungle. $100 on sale. I just wanted something I could cut a branch or something. For what I paid, it's awesome. It won't replace my Stile, but for little jobs, it works.

As @Pullstart pointed out in his pool project thread, it rained in this neck of the woods today. Probably my fault. I slopped a coat of Thompsons Water Seal on the deck of my utility trailer yesterday afternoon. Today's rain sure beaded up nicely on the trailer. I've got a 10" Black & Decker chainsaw that is handy for taking care of 3 or 4 inch limbs the wind brings down from time to time. I've come to recognize that it is the wrong tool to try to do the work of a gas saw even for a job of 4 or 5 cuts. The kind of small job where it is not worth getting the gas saw out and messing fuel and chain oil. Yesterday, I noticed a display of Milwaukee M18 chain saws at the local hardware store. These things will go head to head with a gas saw. The light came on - I NEED ONE! The Milwaukee saws are attractive me because I already have tools on the same battery system. They are using Oregon bars and chains on these, so a replacement or length change won't be a hassle. Now, which one? The 8" one hander they call the Hatchet, a 12" or 14" top handle saw, or a 14" or 16" back handle saw? For some reason, the top handle saws are $70 more expensive. Right now, i'm leaning towards the back handle saws.

Happy Birthday Denny! So glad we have had some great tractor memories!

2 new coils and she fired right up, promptly listed it on FB Marketplace

Pure coconut oil is some amazing stuff. I have used the shells when smoking chicken and pork along with other hard woods, I didn't notice much difference in the taste with them.

3X for this old dog.

Parts painted.

Well drillers up here don't plan on hours. They set out DAYS. Many of the local companies will bring two large trucks and several smaller trucks. The driller is separate from all the bits and extension pipes. The other trucks are for transporting back and forth from the job site.

Yep they're metal in older models. (cast steel or cast iron just like the camshaft - they could get noisy..) My first reaction earlier was where he said I assume he is removing the brass governor shaft bushing to access it, and I'd wonder if he might have at some point lost the steel spacer that keeps governor shaft from coming too far out of place (and if it was there and shaft flag hung up on the flyweights or spool, the bushing would not thread in fully anyways - so if it was missing it's possible for governor shaft and flag to not be properly centered over the spool which would severely impair the governor's capabilities.... Just a thought.... also there's often a hardened steel thrust washer that goes between the block and governor gear over the stub shaft and if that was missing, could have wear in either the block or governor gear... lots of little details that could easily be causing governor issues if unaware of them... (as well as slightly bent governor shaft binding in the bushing nut)

More parts sanded and primed.

I guess when he gets old he may want to bring on a helper. That ponds it down rather quickly. Around here you get into granite at about 30 to 40 feet and it drills very slowly through for several hours.

https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/search/?q=gt-1848&quick=1&type=downloads_file

Congratulations on picking up a great tractor, and making a new friend.

Thanks for the congrats. I'm am doing all the tests mentioned in your posts. I just had my 3rd quarterly lab work done by my oncologist and am scheduled for an MRI and colonoscopy later this month. I also have a follow up visit with the surgeon to see if I'm healed enough to work on projects. I spent the day in my shop today rearranging small bins. I have a lot of sorting and labeling to do that should keep me busy for a few weeks. Doing what I want to do within Dr restrictions and happy as can be.

I spent 14 hours on it today. I don’t schedule many customer projects, when there’s a major undertaking like this to make Momma happy. I do have an Equinox that needs a fuel pump and a Subaru that needs a power steering pump and a few other things.

I believe the shells are the feedstock for producing activated charcoal for filtration.

Our well here on the mountainside was drilled through unknown numbers of various sized boulders and aggregate of all sizes to a depth of 680 ft. If I remember correctly they said 4 GPM was touched around 280. That passed but wasn't satisfactory to the owner. For scale on the 680 depth ... we're around 540 elevation. The river in the valley is 330 or so. 540 - 300 = 210. 680 - 210 = 470 feet DEEPER than the local river at the lowest point.

Always gets my blood going... That would be a perfect "Gottanother Wheel Horse" bell!!! Kinda like tip bells in bars... Ya know, let Cindaaaaaay prepare for a new or three...

Growing up, my Gramps had a driven point at the camp in Maine for many years with a pitcher pump on top. My brother, at 25yo. who was VERY independent decided to dig a well. By hand. Hit water around 15 feet. Rocked up the sides with stones from stone walls in the woods. That was in the 60's. That well still runs today. I've got a picture of him sitting at the bottom in a lawn chair! With a beer. I'll post it if I can find it.

We had several shallow wells (20' to 40') for my father's green house and garden irrigation. They were all driven with sand points and if one plugger up we would use water pressure from another well pump to open it back up. Our old dug well at my grandfather's farm dried up one summer and he hung a blasting cap about two feet from the bottom of the well and detonated it. Mud flew everywhere but it fractured the ground around the well and water began flowing in rapidly. I don't think you could get away with that these days.

Super busy weekend with all kinds of tractor fun!!

I put stripes in the dirt too. Picked this spring tooth at a flea market for 10 dolla. Bent the hitch tongue with the heat wrench to get it to trail properly. Works great for keeping a fire lane open.

Lawn striping with the 414-8 and a 42”RD today…

Most likely worn holes at the clutch idler frame. I have a 312-8 doing the same, can't get the roll pin out to fix it. I did fix my C-120 by drilling out the holes and adding 1/2" ID x 5/8" OD bushing.