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I was contacted by someone who i had sold a tractor to in the past. He said he had a 701 he wanted to get rid of and I was the first person he thought of! Only cost me a B1 Allis Chalmers! (He's an allis guy). He had two decks for it and i bought a plow too. Got home late so I didn't mess with it, ill save that for later this week. Its been sitting and gonna need the carb gone through, but it did start on carb cleaner.

Proud papa here. My daughter defended her dissertation two weeks ago and earned her doctorate in higher education. No she will not become a professor in all likelihood.. She is employed by the university and does research projects as directed by them. She loves her job and is getting good feedback and appreciation from her group. She is living in Ann Arbor so we see her when we can. As always Go Blue!!

Same here. burning the candle at both ends. I went to the oral defense of the dissertation. Brutal questions. She was a little shook at first but finished strong.She had some huge stress in her personal life and we were holding our breath . Friday is our Golden anniversary and have to attend a funeral. So its always something. The secret of a long marriage is finding a lady who will put up with your faults....and a barn full of Wheel Horses

May 14, 1904, The Third Olympiad of the modern era, and the first Olympic Games to be held in the United States, opens in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1904 Games were actually initially awarded to Chicago, Illinois, but were later given to St. Louis to be staged in connection with the St. Louis World Exposition. Like the Second Olympiad, held in Paris in 1900, the St. Louis Games were poorly organized and overshadowed by the world’s fair. There were few entrants other than Americans in the various events, and, expectedly, U.S. athletes won a majority of the competitions and the unofficial team championship. In the field events, the Americans made a near-perfect sweep, winning everything but lifting the bar and throwing the 56-pound weight. Twenty years later, the first truly successful Olympic Games were held in Paris, and since then, with increasing popularity, the games have been held in various cities around the globe.

Tonight the boy and I went over to his girlfriend's house. Their tiller needs some work, so I picked that up to bring home, said boy is going to be doing the work. It's just a simple fuel line replacement, may need to clean the carb, don't know yet, and I'll have him go over all the grease zerks. Her (the GF) mom also asked me to sharpen the blades on their JD, that was bought used at the end of last season, because it's been cutting like crap. I jacked it up and found three new blades that were installed upside down, so the blunt end was doing the cutting. Flipped them over and that was that.

I’d probably start pushing it around like a matchbox car and making engine noises…..😁

Drill 2 holes in it and make it a 5 holer

So, the answer is buy both tractors and use the Raider 12 with the limited slip differential for snow plowing and pulling and use the C-100 for mowing.

Just put an electric fuel pump on my 520-HC

Well I was able to get one that they had left over. It does not have a serial number but I am OK with that. It fits perfectly in the back of a model of my previous truck.

Above comments noted, especially about the loader. BUT... If the landscaping tasks you have in mind are pulling a garden trailer or sweeper or de-thatcher, you’ll be ok but not especially quick (time equalling money in a labor business). It’d also handle a 42” snow blade (for modest snowfall) or mid-mount blade for simple spreading or leveling of soil (where being compact and lightweight might be helpful).

Loaders have been fitted to most any Wheel Horse but as a practical matter the Commando 8 may be a little underpowered for a loader. The loader must be accompanied by a subframe which will be mounted to the tractor, most of them are made for larger long frame tractors. Here is a picture of a loader from the Big Show, I don't know who it belongs to.

Used same size angle iron as tractor frame. Mounts using 3, grade 8 bolts per side, bolts to tractor frame. Has removable receiver plate bolted to the angle iron with 4 bolts that allows plate removal for unobstructed hood opening. I later drilled the mounting plate and bolted winch directly to plate to allow usage of both receiver hitch and winch at same time. The winch when mounted in the arm, can be used in the rear receiver as well. The extended frame works as is with snow blade and when using the bervac 44" 2 stage snow thrower, the right-side frame rail must be removed.

I have 18 lbs of perennial rye grass in paint strainer bags soaking in tepid water for 24 hours, then I’ll dip it every 12 thereafter. Once it begins to sprout, I’ll mix it 1:1 with some dry yard fertilizer and broadcast the prepared soil. It should only take a couple days to be ready!

I was just talking with the better half about that. Whenever I get to the point (hopefully in a long time) that I can't look after the full size tractors, I will always have this little fellow to look at.

Probably best. And with it being a C series, any classic series implement that came after is compatible. Finding a deck should be fairly easy.

You could find a Johnson or an Ark loader to work on a commando 8 with some modification. The front end isn't gonna handle much weight and you have to add counter weights so it's use would be very limited. If you're doing full time landscaping you'd be better off getting a small compact tractor if you can afford it. Even if you can find an old Satoh with a Mitsubishi Diesel, those were pretty good machines and won't break the bank.

It came with two decks. One is really nice, but the other is salvageable.

Unfortunately the wheels don't turn but I can push the truck around that it is sitting in and make engine noises...

I got some seat time on the GC1720 today. I used the FEL to take several large, heavy items off of what is left of the deck and placing them on the utility trailer for a trip to the storage locker. Today's project about justified the purchase price since I didn't have to wrassle the items down the 4 steps to get them off of the deck. I'm seriously considering a set of forks for this thing. Deck is now clear and ready for further demolition. Muscle memory for the 2 pedal hydrostatic drive is improving. I only stabbed the forward pedal once with my right foot instead of pressing the brake with my left foot. For now, I'm only running the engine at 2000 rpm until I get smoother on the controls.

Waiting on an oil pan gasket to start much reassembly but the head bolts came today so I thought I would go ahead and start on some of that. Blocked the head on granite with some 320 grit. Nice and flat . Chased the threads in the block, adjusted the valves and reassembled the breather. I'll wait to torque the head until it's back on the frame. It's just easier when it's not sliding around on the bench.

I have a rotisserie for doing body work and some disassembly and assembly tasks. You can swing it around until you get to a comfortable position.

Back in the Yahoo days there was a Lawn Ranger with a front end loader and backhoe.

Particularly if the bride to be and the groom to be already are members of the family.

Measure the hole size with a ruler. Draw it out with chalk. cut it with a torch!

That’ll leave an “experience scar”.

They also did one kind of like a Palomino

Apparently another member found out about it back in 2012. Here’s the link to the thread. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/topic/34213-jeep-jr-a-result-of-the-marriage-between-amc-and-wheel-horse/

Between the B-121 and the 1445, I got more land leveling and rock picking done today. I pulled the cultivator around a bit to bust some of the top rocks out and did a lot of manual raking too. I plan to soak/germinate some rye grass seed for 24 hours, then heavy dunk every 12 hours in paint straining bags and 5 gallon buckets of water here soon. Once the seeds begin to sprout I’ll mix them with some dry fertilizer and broadcast about this earth, once dampened. Apparwntly that method can grow decent grass in a week or so. I doubt it’ll be perfect, and I might need to replant some, but I’m excited to try it!

Absolutely

You just let me know and it's yours!

I can show you the tool, don't have anybody to take the picture. of me using it. Best picture of me holding i And the tool laying on my tail gate. It's a piece of 1/2" square tubing, could be anything that fits trough the hole.

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IMHO. there are other WH models better suited for that task. The Commando 8 is a short frame, 8HP 4 speed tractor without any onboard hydraulics. Short on HP even if that Kohler is in top condition and no low range in the Unidrive. Team that up with standard duty front spindles & bearings.... it is not an optimum choice for a loader. Sorry.

The belly and optional rear hitch bolts right up. The front hitch can be more work but is absolutely easily added without modifying the tractor itself.

That"s a huge accomplishment and a Gorrila off her back. My wife was at the 6 year mark when she defended her Dissertation. (Stressful times with 3 kids in the house) 7 years is the limit from starting Doctorial course work. My wife went the Teaching - Professor route instead of the Research route. .

I will be at Portland on Wednesday with a bunch of Wheel Horse/Toro items for sale! I will be flying my Wheel Horse Flag at my spot!

With videos like this out there it confirms the Garbage IN = Gospel OUT theory. Newbies interested in learning about a particular make of garden tractor will leave knowing less than they started with. Why would anyone spend time and energy producing such cr@p.

That'd be neat.

I sometimes wish my tractors were that small...

Same with the C 101 in my profile picture

Interested in the snowblower

Here's what I'm talking about on the pivot bracket almost hitting the hydraulic hose. I wonder if the pivot bracket is on upside down or backwards?

I have the 6 speed in my 854 so I have the limited slip in it and I'm not too hard on it so I'm not worried about it breaking yet, I mainly just drive around, mow, tow trailers, occasional dirt plowing and discing, and then the limited slip and 8 horse engine was a beast for plowing snow last winter, I rarely spun, and I usually ran out of traction before running out of engine.

That's only true from 1968 through 1969. 1970, 1971 and 72 they had an 8-speed. 1970 and 71 should have limited slip differential. 1972 might not. It seems like semantics and minutia but they are different and it should be acknowledged for the sake of clarity and the possibilities of ordering parts in the future.

In the ongoing saga of the mowing decks, I swapped over to my 37”SD to mow while I fix up the 42” RD. It’s still roaring. From what I’ve had apart on the 42”RD, it seems good but I’ll give it a good once over and figure out what’s off on it. It came from the small engine graveyard up the road so who knows the last time it had maintenance. While moving things around I had help from my 9 year old nephew. He’s got it pretty down pat now. He drove both tractors and my ATV out from the basement/workshop and parked the tractors where they are in the picture. As I said before he gets a significant amount of experience with clutches and everything that goes with operating something like this so I wasn’t concerned.

Sad but true. Got up early this morning in hopes to wrap up an engine rebuild. Got to the point of installing the rings on the piston. Bottom ring went well, got to the second ring and of course it dropped in the top groove. Was carefully walking it around and.......snap. After the words of choice stopped I lit a thinking stick and went for about a 1/4 mile walk to calm down. Well as they say "Crap happens". I'm over it, new parts are on the way, hopefully next time will turn out better.

953 nut, thank you!!! It was the purple wire that was bad. We made a bypass wire with a new diode and it works perfectly. For anyone with the same issue, Kohler makes a kit, part number, 25 755 31-S. Thanks again to all of you for helping me troubleshoot and resolve the issue.

Voltmeters want to be on a circuit that's only live with key on. If that's the case you're good to go.