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Had some great quality SEAT TIME this evening. One of several reasons we're clearing the forest from beside the house 🏠 is to get the tractors over there to harvest firewood. I figured I'd start the experimentation with pathways today. It... Is... ROUGH !!... over there. Wow. Rocks 🪨. Sticks. Holes 🕳. Pits. Highs. Lows. Tree stumps galore. I started out by dropping the Boss splitter off the back off my 1974 C160-8 Cinnamon Horse and backing the splitter in the barn. Then had to move this 5 x 8 utility trailer full of cull/junk vinyl boards outta the path. This is the leftovers of a large pile we bought years ago to redo the trim on the house. Project done. These will go to the Transfer Station when I get time. I took a trailerless solo cruise over to scope out the area. Keep in mind this was a thick stand of hemlock and beech just weeks ago! Next I hitched up to the black dump trailer to fetch out some 14" hemlock I'd cut for the outdoor fire pit and/or indoor kindling. Brought that up out to the splitting pile. Then went and got the pole trailer I rebuilt last year. Put that to great use today! Note here how the angle of the trailer is in comparison to the tractor. 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬 This is a pile of hemlock 5" - 8" diameter by 6 - 10 ft length that Trina wanted saved for garden border logs. The trailer is approximately 6 feet between the poles. In this picture my destination is directly over the top of the trailer way out in the clearing. Ain't no short path there yet. I had to go up a wicked hill out to the front of the house, across the front of the barn, down around beside the barn... and follow the path around to the garden. Probably a 400 or 500 foot drive to get here. Give or take.... Got everything unloaded and put away and the machines are settin a spell resting up. Great workout! Lots accomplished in a short time.

I bought a 418-A years ago and never used and no plans to so will sell now. Bought from 85 year old guy who bought it new. Has 70 hours on it and the guy got upset that I questioned it. Said he had multiple health issues, divorce, house moves etc and hardly used it. It is far from mint but its super nice and cant of course be positive thats the original hours. Had to steal the deck off to put on mine to mow with so thats gone. Seeing as its kinda unique, I dont know how to value it to sell. Never been to the big show so was thinking maybe will bring there. Do they have a For Sale area there or a Auction that weekend? Thought if so it`ll get what the fair price is...... Thanks for any info....... Jim

Put an idler pulley on my 953 sickle to tighten the belt. It's a tensioner off a parts GT-14. Works great Tried it out in a field no issues

At the end of summer last year my D-160 started weeping fuel like a SR-22 Black Bird sitting on the tarmac waiting for take off. Today I decided to pull the tank & see what was going on. After a good wire brushing things did not look good. Figured that I would try silver soldering the holes & low spots up. Took some time, don't look real pretty but at this point I believed that I had it sealed up. Here is a trick to check your work if you do some thing like this. Make a paste out of water & baking soda. Brush it over your work and allow it to dry. Once it is dry put some gas in the tank and allow it to sit. If you have a leak the past will show exactly where it is. It will turn yellowish where ever the gas seeps through.. My paste stayed nice & white except for 2 little spots that were stained by left over flux. These spots did not grow when I put gas in the tank so it should be ready to install again. Just wanted to share this leak detecting trick with you all.

Thanks @wallfish for the help today... much appreciated!! Also... while at the tractor show yesterday @Sparky mentioned that our little site here is slowing down. Im guilty as well of not visiting / participating enough. So folks lets start spending more of our screen time off FB and on the REAL Redsquare!!! Cant wait to see you guys at the big show! Tony

We can put Slyvia in a speedo and send him on a membership drive...

April 27, 2009, the struggling American auto giant General Motors (GM) says it plans to discontinue production of its more than 80-year-old Pontiac brand. Pontiac’s origins date back to the Oakland Motor Car, which was founded in 1907 in Pontiac, Michigan, by Edward Murphy, a horse-drawn carriage manufacturer.

Jim, I think the idea was to build membership, Not to frighten them off.

Just a little inspirational mock up to get an idea of where this is going. Front will narrow by over an inch, rear will widen by two inches. But the basic idea is there...

Hhhmmm... Hey hey hey... I represent that... Im thinkin' this is what would happen...

Got the donor frame/ hydro cleaned up this evening. It was really nasty so I just loaded it and went to the car wash.

One other tip for you. Run the two nuts towards the front of the plow & lock them together. Make sure that you can spin the handle freely. This allows you to adjust the plow without tools. You may ask "Won't it get out of adjustment while plowing ?'" Answer is "No", look at how worn down the share is on the upper plow in the pic below. I have never had it move on me in all the time that I have used this plow.

Weather gets good. No screen time ripping up the garden and painting fences.

SOLD SOLD SOLD! Willing to bring this solid 36” rear discharge deck WITH the mule drive and belt to the show for $50. Mows really well! The picture of the two mowed stripes was made today with it. But the spindles are not quiet, that’s why it’s priced low. Hang it on your tractor and slap on some ear muffs and you’ll be mowing and smiling . Delivered to the Wheel Horse Show for $50.

I have the door frames built and hung. I am brainstorming my method of door closure. If possible, I’d like to prevent any more holes in the concrete. However, I have no other access to latch from the inside. Then, I’ll install bottom trim and the sheet steel.

There is definity not an auction held at the show. Theres tractors for sale all over the show grounds. Just drive it in and slap a for sale sign on it with your name and cell (hopefully Verizon!) Best bet is to price it a bit high but add in “OR BEST OFFER”…then see what you get offered. If it’s priced obscenely high it’ll just scare off potential buyers that won’t even bother to make an offer.

Not when I partake in Dan's elixir anyway ...

We put the left side of the tractor up on 4 inch blocks to mimic the tractor being in a furrow when making this adjustment. Might not be necessary as usually always some adjustment to be made in the field depending on soil conditions. Kevin likes to put a heavy coat of anti seize on the adjuster threads ... As far as the coulter goes we seldom run a coulter. They are not needed unless cutting sod or heavy weeds so most often we flip them upside down in the clamp or take them off completely. They will ball up with field trash if in a cut cornfield with high stalks or other situations.. Wadda ya know about that @Pullstart !?!?! You want that to be shiney enough to shave in. Only good way to get a good shine on it is using it after prepping. @Achto uses a special paint designed for mold boards that comes off in the field. @PeacemakerJack has a excellent thread here on plowing see if I can find it.

They are also known as grenade gears for a reason, and you don't even have to pull a pin.

Well, they all got some sun this weekend. One got to mow, one was on trailer moving duty, and one said, "WTH? I thought I was your favorite!"

Got the 1076 and the tiller running and tilled the garden. Works fine but it is quite different pulling a tiller vs pushing my front mounted tiller. Now I need to install them both on the same tractor.

I don't have any prior knowledge or experience with this plow as I will be a first-time user. Need some help please. I brought this well used plow, which I believe is a Brinly PP-500 series as the exploded part view seems to match up with my plow. Completely disassembled the plow, removed all rust, primed, painted, (wheel horse red of course) and re-assembled with new fasteners. Having trouble with the coulter blade, as it doesn't seem to fit this plow? Please refer to the pictures below. It appears to mount only one way, but it seems too big for this plow. Do I have the right size coulter blade? What am I am doing wrong? Also is the front yoke assembly mounted correctly? Thanks

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Nice looking unit, why not price it and put it in the Classified section on here.

Tires look like they have more than 70 hrs. on them

I only use Till Guard on show pieces, grease is cheaper. \ The Till Guard is nice for a show plow, don't have to worry about getting grease all over during travels. Yet if you wish to use the plow, this coating will scour right off when put to use.

Nice resto, now get a flap wheel out and clean the paint off that moldboard face Notice how @Achto has grease covering his plows? The paint will stick to the dirt like glue and gum up. The shiny plow will run smooth and turn the dirt. Then grease the plow again after completion of the job.

Another tip: See your first pic of the non-restored plow. See the adjustment screw? Compare the exposed threads with the restored-plow pics. That will get you in the ballpark.

Helped a few chicks. They were having trouble navigating the curb so I gave thema lift.

A little chilly but a great way to kick off the tractor show season! The usual crowd Myself, Wallfish, Retired Wrencher and Docwheelhorse. No tractors bought by any of us. I did pick up the NOS belt in a sealed bag. No idea what it’s for but brand new in the bag! No brainer for $5…good wall hanger

@kpinnc looks pretty good the way it sits right know.

Start high and give yourself some wiggle room. I would make an offer but Pullstart is tractor heavy...

There is a BS buy sell thread here put it in there. @Sparky was supposed to pin it on the main page but sleepin at the switch I guess. As for value I have no idea but if hours are true and they always look better in pics I would say 800-1000 ... more with a deck.

Well said Bill ... You guys know my take on the whole FB thing.

A good friend of my late father is looking for his second Wheelhorse tractor. He has a 1054 and wants a different dedicated mowing machine. That is, in fact, the first lines of a classified ad I placed earlier. I sent him a link so he could see what we're searching for. Seems he's already leaning towards a name. The Ugly Bruce II 💜 Purple was my Ole Man's favorite color...

Once the shifter is out make sure the donut is secured to the shifter. Some are welded and not a problem. Others are retained by a roll pin that shares the hole with the dog point set screw. The pin can shear and allow the donut to rotate which hinders gear selection.

I'm still not on the books & faces or any other social media platforms. No intention of it. I've been posting a little less too because of warm weather and job situation. I'd be all for THIS site growing.

So... is Tony in charge of the Retention Commitee?? Agreed, this is the site with the helpful folks. FB is full of wannabee "collectors" (they collect money).

Looks like you got it on the drive side. They are usually on the slack side, but if it works.

Getting ready to load the trailer for Zagray. I have more than previously listed…

Don't let @wallfish anywhere near it unless you paint big letters on it that says "GAS"

Since the clippings are bottled up under the recycling deck, they likely made the longer cutting edge to help get the blade thru the mess.

I got a old pony keg if it needs a new tank...

I have a little Milwaukee M18 Hatchet as they call it. It is full auto oil and works great. I also have it's bigger brother.

Sorry, no help on the OT. We had a rig similar to this with all Coleman 17' Ram-Xs.

Just to help complete the list Chevrolet - Cracked Heads Every Valve Rattles Oil Leaks Engine Ticks Lotus - Lots Of Troubles Usually Serious

My parents have an Electric DeWalt saw that looks more like a traditional saw. It gets used a lot by them and by me. The electric stuff does come in handy.

Used my 314-8 and Wheel Horse Tiller attachment at our county museum today. Two garden plot areas where tilled for the planting of prairie grasses and wildflower. I learned the split rail fence around the plots is called West Virginia Split Rail!