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Megan didn’t buy her house this year, so I guess I am stuck with the 310-8 I got for her. A short time ago, I picked up a beautiful plow (barely used) so I decided to put it on the 310-8. Debating whether I want to put on my craftsman wheel weights or not? If I had a spare set of WH weights I would do it, but Craftsman?? The HD spindles and thrust bearings make steering like there is nothing up front.

Everyone should have dedicated tractors, especially us old codgers.

Credit to Pullstarts wife for the senior tractor in this photo.

@Lil’ Pullstart Have a Happy Sweet 16! Love ya kid! PS Don’t tell @Achto I’m letting drive a Dodge! IMG_7912.mov IMG_7919.mov IMG_7920.mov

You know this place makes the addiction worse. It's akin to holding AA meetings at the strip club during happy hour.

Just passing this along for those of you that might be closer. Several Wheel Horse tractors and attachments in this auction, one is a nice restored 953 Go to Aumannauctions.com. The john smith garden tractor…

Well the trusty 312-8 and me mowed the lawn. I think I am down to one more cutting. Caught the sun perfectly just as I finished, less than 5 minutes later the window closed.

Agree with letting the air out, installing em as tight as possible and then reinflating the tire. Just used that method on these two link chains last weekend.

You are already participating. National Internet Day is October 29 and looking back at AOL’s quaint “You’ve got mail” ads circa 1997, few could imagine what the internet would mean all these years later. We loved this new thing called “email,” but could we imagine booking entire overseas vacations on our phones at 3am? Or something called Instagram? Or the web’s worldwide implications? Let’s take a moment to look back at how it all happened — and what’s coming next. October 29, 1969. Charley Kline, a young grad student on the UCLA campus attempts to send the first internet message to his colleague, Bill Duvall, at Stanford. They’re working on something called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), the U.S. Defense Department-funded network that connected four terminals installed at UCLA, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. They succeeded — sort of — in their attempt to send the word “LOGIN.” Charley Kline: “So I’m on the phone and I type the L and say, ‘OK, I typed in L, you got that?’ Bill Duvall, the guy at Stanford, is watching his monitor and he has the L. I type the O. Got the O. Typed the G. ‘Wait a minute,’ Bill says, ‘my system crashed. I’ll call you back.'” An hour later, under the watchful eye of UCLA computer science professor Leonard Kleinrock, Kline was able to send the complete “LOGIN” message. Another man, a computer scientist named Joseph Licklider, also deserves credit for being an internet pioneer with an early vision of a worldwide computer network long before it was built. Today he’s known as “computing’s Johnny Appleseed.” It’s impossible to calculate the effect of the Internet on society as a whole. That’s like trying to figure out how the telephone and printing press changed the world. We started with chat rooms, email programs, and some basic websites and wound up in the midst of a cultural revolution. Today we’ve got mail — along with access to infinite possibilities — in our back pockets. Literally.

He is just feeding our addiction. @oliver2-44, now I have to clean the drool off of my keyboard.

Very interesting! Guys like us could get into a lot of trouble...

Even though I have zero use for it, I would really like to have one of those Viking Roller Blade attachments. Those things are EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND, especially complete with nothing missing. Not to mention that they are super cool! I’m curious to see what this ends up selling for? Personally I will not be buying it for even the current price, as I like being married 😂 I understand that it’s against the rules to post auctions, but it’s not like @oliver2-44 is listing this to benefit from it. I think he’s just sharing this for other garden tractor enthusiasts.

Replaced cutting edge on snow/dozer blade and got it mounted on 1257 with the hydraulic lift. Wow how much easier it is to lift and lower plow . Just had to drill and extra hole in lift link to get sufficient ground clearance. Still has enough movement to barely lift front tires off ground. Also have option of moving link to the slotted hole for a float plow situation .

I got it far enough last night about 2am to finally take it for a drive. I have replaced every piece of the fueling system. I have replaced all of the wiring and all of the electronics except the stator and regulator including converting it from triggerless to battery points. I put new front tires on it which are holding air without tubes which is surprising due to the amount of rust I took off of the inside of the wheels before I painted them. There is still a lot left to do but I am happy to get to this point with it for something that had been sitting a really long time with a transaxle full of water and half of the wiring burnt out of it. There are still a couple of issues left to deal with. The transaxle needs rebuilt because the one of the cap bearings has corroded through and most of the seals leak. The steering is super heavy and whatever the fan looking steer gear assembly is looks to be pretty worn out with a lot of play in the shaft. It won't run with the points cover on so I need to adjust that setup a little bit. This was the first time I kicked the blades on and it made some racket, I haven't even looked under the deck yet so who knows that is. I had to grind off the phillips head screws off of the screen covering the fan and was only able to get two of them out. I managed to break off a drill bit in one and a tap in the other one so that probably won't be going back on.

Got that right! This was taken last week... Uncle Dan and I will get you hooked on Dodges...

Happy Birthday! ( Good thing there are some GM's around to rescue the DOdGe!)

Also consider getting custom hoses. I found that the cost was not much more than the needed adaptors for my last project and it really helped fit things in tight places. Since both the Sunstrand and Eaton charge pumps are low pressure (~700 psi), their hoses can be single ply so less expensive, smaller, and more flexible. (Note that for non-flex runs, I used solid lines with 37º JIC flares.) I initially tried a local hydraulics shop but they were geared toward commercial machines and had only two- and three-ply hoses at much higher cost. Places I shopped: Surplus Center (link in previous post; very inexpensive “standard” hoses so some adaptors may be needed) Discount Hydraulic Hose (link in previous post) UniversalHoseAndFittings.com HydraulicsDirect.com Have to admit I geeked out on this terrifically helpful fittings chart. I’d like to buy it’s authors a cup of coffee! https://www.hydraulichoses.com/thread-charts-hh

The leaves are still coming down so the 418 has the leaf blower on it for now. Thanks to Wheel Horse's attachment system even an old codger like me can swap it over to a snow plow in a few minutes.

Everyone comes to their senses sooner or later. Rylee, just remember - "If you can't Dodge it, Ram it" J.K.

@Lil’ Pullstart has grown up since Wild Bill interviewed her for the first time. Now she is @Pullstart's pit crew. Happy 16th birthday @Lil’ Pullstart, we are all glad you were born.

Most Sunstrand hydro fittings are SAE ORB#5 No longer a common size. The Eaton in the 520 used SAE ORB#6. another possible source for adapters https://www.discounthydraulichose.com/sae-straight-thread-orb.html

The throttle shaft stop screw isn't a high rpm limit. It's only a flow limiter. On an unloaded engine you can still over rev with the screw in place given correct conditions. The reason for the governor adjustment following removal of the screw is to realign the end movement of the governor with the - now more freely moving - throttle shaft.

When we were in the Philippines helping with disaster relief following a typhoon, we rode the boat pictured below between the island we stayed on and the island we worked on. It was a journey of 30 minutes or so and a few miles out to the small island where we were working on a school. The boat has a small diesel engine ( that likely came out of a Toyota, or Nissan car) that either the battery was bad or the starter so every time it was to be started, the boat's crew of three men would wrap a rope around the flywheel and pull on it to start it. Sometimes giving the engine a shot of starting fluid. One morning they couldn't get the engine to start. Roy, one of the our crew, was a big man and so the captain asked for his help. Roy and a couple of the boat's crew got ahold of the rope, which had knots in it to help with pulling on it. There was always a count to three to pull on the rope. "Uno, Dos, Thres!" and when Roy pulled on the rope not only did the engine start, I think he picked those two guys off of the floor as well.

Got them nice and shiny with some scotch Brite, elbow grease and patience

It was wild until it got wheeled.

Oh yeah just about forgot had such good luck rebuilding fuel pump on 857, I started rebuilding fuel pump off of 701. I couldn’t believe how much junk was in these pumps and I thought I had fuel systems clean . Letting it soak a day or two first.

Little picture overload hard to pick out my favorites

Work Horse that was completed in the spring of 2025 hitched to wagon.

So I did alot of searching and most people unscrew the exhaust nipple from the block, and then used galvanized tubing to build a stack. I found the nipple on my tractor was stuck, so I went a different route and I want to make this thread to help others, cause I couldn't find a solution and had a really hard time finding the 1 1/2" exhaust tubing. Napa has 90 degree pipe with a 1 1/2" ID on one side and 1 1/2" and OD on the other side. That paired up with 2 muffler clamps and a Stanley Muffler Company Ford tractor muffler got me the sound and hight I liked. Sound wise is pretty much the same as stock. I added a rain flapper, and after this photo was taken I turned it around where the hinge on the flapper was facing the front of the tractor. I am getting some 1/4 inch strap steel after work and will make a bracket that will go from the muffler clamp down to the stock brace bolt that was used on the stock muffler. All and all this costed me $30 for the 2 clamps and piping, and another $60 for the muffler. The flapper is had from a Mud Mower build I did 15 years ago, and just kept the flapper laying around all these years, figuring I would add it to a tractor some day. All the piping is 1 1/2" including the inlet and outlet on the muffler.

Started in on leaf season this week. Raked out the dog run on Monday. Was considering dropping the deck and mounting the plow on Morgan, the 14-8 to move the pile of leaves, but decided it was too much work. Went with multiple trips with the cart to haul the leaves to the but pit. Generated more seat time that way. Today, I tapped Morgan again to haul the new leaf sweeper around my neighbor's side yard, piling them on the edge of the road for burning.. The new sweeper is a bit wider and has maybe 1/3 more capacity than the old sweeper. The increase of capacity is noticable. Far from done - most of the oak trees are just starting to turn.

Guess I need to give strong consideration to getting another Wheel Horse with a hydro. Snow plowing and leaf blowing both go better with a hydro on my steep driveway. Here I was attempting to downsize and Ed @Ed Kennell is pointing out the need to look for more.

i have dedicated fluid filled winter tires; the chains stay on year round. I do use the elastic tensioner with hooks on the inside...

Pretty much any weight for a 12” garden tractor wheel will work. The wheels and the mounting holes don’t change between brands.

Once I get them fitted properly it makes reinstalling them the next season easier. I had to go a bit further this year. The 9.50's on my 2005 have their set fitted. But this is the first year for the 10.50's on the B-80. It had 8.50's on it and a set fitted properly. But those tires went on Dino because the bigger tires wouldn't clear a 42" mower deck. So I ordered up some more cross rubbers and added links as needed to convert the 8.50 chains to 10.50. It seems to have worked well.

I've never used or needed tensioners. Fully deflate the tires (I remove the valve core). As you install the chains work them around the tread and minimize all the slack you can making sure they are straight. Eliminate as many links as you can. Latching the hook thingy should be difficult. Reinflate and you're good to go. I cut off any extra links and tag them in the spring to make sure they go back on the same tire. Works for steel or rubber chains.

Slap those weights right on…you’ll be glad you did if you have to move deep snow. And “stuck with”… Haha! Admit it you love that machine

Question, is the pump on the 141 set up for a hydraulic lift? If so you might want to consider JIC hoses. They make a ton of nice fittings that will neaten up the job. This is a C141 I re-hosed with material for Surplus Center.

Weight is weight, right? Get Terry to do you a set of the WH decals to cover the “other” brand name! Yes, correct. Also, as others have discovered as well, the bottom bearing surface of the axle casting is not always perpendicular to the spindle bore and nor are the stock spindle washers always welded perpendicular to the shaft! It helped a lot to make these correct when I added thrust bearings to our 312-H. (with a "tip ‘o the hat” to @ri702bill). And yes, along with making sure the toe-in is correct, these upgrades greatly reduce steering effort.

Happy birthday!! love them Dodge trucks.

The high RPM is adjusted with the linkage connected to the governor on the CH. I never had an 18HP but have had a 20 and 22HP. When I tested them cutting some grass I could see no difference. Blue Chips is on it!

My double down video from last week! It was a feeling like no other to be so close to these animals and so undetected! Fun times, and now I have two more doe tags to fill!

35 years ago I worked with a guy who looked like Euell. His name was Eric but we started calling him Euell and it stuck! I think he knew better than to make a stink about it because that would have just made us use his new name even more. He eventually moved to Oregon to live in the woods! Every now and then I’ll see one of the guys that I worked with and we’ll say “I wonder what Euell is up to?” Still not calling him Eric!

Old guy I used to work with was a prankster. He had this old 50's Ford truck that he put a Briggs recoil on the grill. He also had a starter button hidden right next to it. He would stall the stuck out in front of people and then climb out and pull the recoil and hit the starter button at the same time. Folks thought it was a rope start!

Does this meet the "no humans" requirement? Maybe the October page?

Got around to building a quick tire rack/shelf for the extra motor and wheels 👀