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I bought aftermarket wheels for RD deck, $7 a piece, and I installed zerks . Slightly narrower than original but color is right.

Always looking at equipment for unusual engineering, found this chain drive steering on a Steiner 3 wheel tractor on FBM today. I seen others having a similar setup but found it interesting how it was under the hood and between the engine. Heavy Duty

June 3, 1956, Santa Cruz, California captured national attention when city authorities announced a total ban on rock 'n' roll at public gatherings. Officials called the music “detrimental to both the health and morals of our youth and community.”

Elvis, Elvis leave me be...! Keep that pelvis far from me...! Rizzo (Grease)

I mowed my elderly parents lawn for them a few weeks ago. I did it with the 312-8 after their 20 year old Cub Cadet's PTO decided it wanted to stop engaging. It was past due, but the tractor kept chugging along. My parent's, specifically my mother was happy was taken care of.

Still waiting on the 30 fence panels, but my neighbor graciously lent me a temporary fence system for the pool to be opened! I started wiring the lights too. The new pool light is no longer line voltage to the pool, I’m excited about that. I did however run wiring through a GFCI breaker.

So That's my problem! If it's too loud your too old!

I used my 864 to pull my dad's 1257 that I forgot to check the oil level in and snapped the rod on, on a 6 by 12 trailer to the garage with more room to hopefully get the tractor out back together soon. I had the trailer balanced so that my tractor was just pulling and not dealing with the tongue weight and bouncing of everything.

Today, I pulled 2 of the 3 usable tractors the 312 and the C-141 out to get to my ATV with a winch to move my Snowmobile around. Frank, The C-141 definitely likes the more constant use even if it is just moving it out of the way. I haven't had a problem starting it for months. Yesterday, I put a new deck belt for the 37"SD on the 308. I got a few years out of the same old one, and it wouldn't keep tension without needing to extend the adjustment screw on the mule drive.

Nyla Trinity & Mowgli Quinn; high energy, non-stop. What a handful! No, they aren't related.

And here we are 70 years later.

Mowed the old cemetery where my great great grandparents are buried

@MainelyWheelhorse brought up today... and someone else I don't recall just recently... That I MAY have a few tractors. A problem? An addiction? No no no of course not. So I commenced to countin'.. Running and usable: 1. 1974 "Cinnamon Horse" C160-8. 2. My own fully restored 1975 C160 Automatic. 3. "The Ugly Bruce" tractor. 1978/9 C121 Automatic. Projects: 4. 1974 C160-8 Tecumseh/ Briggs Vanguard swap tractor. 5. 1977 B80 8 speed that needs an engine repair or swap. 6. "Hollis" 1975 C160-8. So named for the town it came from. 7. Pile o' parts to build a complete new (520-8 based with C series sheet metal) chassis for the Wally Digger Backhoe. 8. COLOSSUS PROJECT. (Thanks @SylvanLakeWH) 9. Enough other parts to build at least one more 8 speed mid 70s C series. Maybe two??? So maybe 10......??? Oh man.....

yeah it is....

After a little over a month Sooki is finally starting to get over her ugly puppy stage of life. She sure is a ball of energy, all go all the time. She's getting her basic commands down pretty good, food is a great motivator of course.

@sqrlgtr I don't have much choice here in Poland, I had only 1 original (pretty new) and another one was worn out so a few months earlier I temporarily put even cheaper wheel,but now that red one fits perfectly.

There are times that I have to turn the music down in the car so that I can see what I'm doing.

Not actually, it was just another day that politicians got it wrong, VERY WRONG, but the people overruled them.

I blew the leaves out of the black raspberry patch today. Created enough of a mess on the lawn that it required Morgan, the 14-8, to pull the lawn sweeper around for a bit. As long as he was out, I hooked the garden cart up to him and moved the new section of dock from winter storage to the front yard of the lake house. Set the dock section on saw horses to slop a couple coats of stain on it before putting it in the lake. As long as the tractor was hooked out and hooked up to the cart, I went over to the neighbor's house and picked up 2 snow blades of unknown vintage and origin. He had a project planned for them, but it died - he was planning on scrapping them. There are trip spring assemblies that I can adapt to the plow that came with Pack Rat, the AC B-110, and frames that look like a good starting point to build a belly blade for the Wheel Horse. I got the first coat of stain on the top side of the new dock section after dinner. New gallon of stain. When I took the color tag from the gallon I got 3 years ago Menardsfor another gallon, the guy at the paint counter informed me that the same stain was NLA. Seems VOC regulations have tightened, forcing oil base stain out of Menards inventory. He apologized, then grumped a bit about how times are changing. When asked if they still sell lacquer thinner, he replied 'not the good stuff".

I have used saran wrap and a little oil over the ends of the axle to get seal started, but always deburrrrr everything good first.

Here's some pictures of the C101 I found earlier this year on FBMP, a little more than an hour from home too. It came with a 42"RD deck that looks better than the one a rebuilt last fall, so I swapped all the new parts over from one shell to the other and now have VGC spindles to make another serviceable 42"RD, just won't have the old patina, but it's not rotted out. I really have enjoyed going through this machine. I cut some grass with it yesterday and probable cut some more today or tomorrow. I runs smooth and strong, it's weathered and solid I went with penetrol and steel wool finish refurbish and I like the OG survivor look.

Don't turn it too sharp! We had a 3 wheel Cushman Truckster at the golf course. It would do close to 40 and if you turned the wheel too sharp on wet grass you went for quite a ride!

My C160's safety circuit is simple compared to your newer Horse, but when I first encountered my C160 it didn't want to start reliably. It boiled down to the safety switch at the PTO lever not getting engaged when the lever was in the OFF position. After getting awesome help from this site's participants along with a wiring diagram for my tractor, it was just a process of elimination going through the safety circuit using a multimeter. If you don't have one of those, I would highly suggest you get one and learn to use it. A simple continuity test will get you on the correct path. Keep at it...... you'll get it!

No. By jumping the solenoid terminals you circumvented ALL of the safety switches. It tells you only that once the starting circuit is correct, there is power at the solenoid to crank the engine. Note that getting the engine to crank and having the ignition to keep it running are two different circuits.

Still mid-spring there. We’re approaching full summer leaf-out here.

Happy Happy Mike

Yeah but you won’t sell me anything! I’m a cash buyer

As always Garry we thank you for what you do. This site would not be the same without your diligent work ethic..

It won't work on anything but a 856 which I just so happen to have one for sale ...

My last two nights have been spent working on my truck. I've been chasing an exhaust leak since this time last year. I'll fix one thing, it will seem OK for a day or two, then it starts getting worse again. Sunday I found a hole in one of the header tubes and the brazing rods I've repaired everything else with would not stick to that metal. I couldn't get the flange bolts in the head to budge, so last night off came the cab. Tonight I actually go the headers out, with only two broken bolts. Thankfully those two are in flanges and I can just drill them out over-sized and re-tap without worrying about damaging over things. I've already done it to the same engine in another of my vehicles.

Perfect I"ll bring it to the Scantic Valley show and put it in your truck!

Living on the western face of a mountain we don't see sunsets from the house but coming out of a church meting I was fortunate enough to see a sunset that made me fear the forest was ablaze.

@ebinmaine... Um... Er... Forget one of "Colossus" proportions...???

Tempting but I’m hearing it’s also meets the drive belt specs for the short frame 3 speed rigs ..which I have one of.

! WI seems to have umpteen shows per weekend to choose from all summer long. You shouldn’t have a hard time finding one, but Portage, WI Garden Tractor Daze is always a favorite for my wife and I to drive to. Plus we get to hang out with cheese royalty like @WHX??, @Achto @Streetrodchev, @PeacemakerJack, @jeremi3210, @Wild Bill 633, @Coulter Caleb, @Edward Teach, @Jacob moll, and more!

Over the past two weeks the 854 got new Firestone Town & Country rear tires. Very pricey but so far they are just what I was hoping for. I took the opportunity to strip and repaint the wheels using the Cottage White (formerly Navajo White). Mounting always leaves marks, so in anticipation of the Big Show, I even did the touchups. Looked so good I got out the can of Regal Red and touched up a bunch of the scratches and scrapes that a worker acquires over time.

I did it a few weeks ago but I got the belt guard put on

When the paint bubbled on my freshly restored C-121 I showed it to the man himself,Cecil Pond. I asked him about this and he said flat out, well I guess that’s a poor design! That little picture in the upper left corner was taken 10 minutes after we had that conversation. Me, Betty and Cecil 2004.

Started putting the deck on for my first time. The one in backround has always been good to me and me and Buddy's have done lots of beating mudd bogging and cut a lot of land with it but she's just had it. So time to utilize the c100 for the reason I bought it. To work it like a horse

Speaking of non spoiled, 😁 If I go out of the house for an hour or more for work etc… or am on my couch for an extended period of time, This happens once I get back and I sit on my couch. A 10 pound block positions itself on my legs.

I'll take it

Did the first actual working of the 1257 today. Hooked the land plow up and plowed where I will be attempting to grow a 1000lb pumpkin. I couldn’t get as deep as I wanted since I found out really quick that I need a new belt. But ran great otherwise!

Have you attempted to rotate the engine backwards? Could be one of the magnets from the flywheel came loose and is jammed against the stator.

While not 100% wheel horse related my 10-8 was definitely utilized though. Bought my first antique tractor yesterday. Flying solo unloading it today I had to get creative. Started pulling it out with a chain and a wheel chock to move it in increments, that got sketchy quick. I then had the bright idea to hitch the tractors together with a hitch pin. That made life much easier. Had to resort back to the chain to pull it into the barn. 10-8 put in some good work today.

New tie rods new, spindle belt, new blades and deck adjusted today. Mowed a little spot behind shop that I missed with zero turn mower and it mowed like a champ..

I put some paint on the wheels

Got the dock in the lake today. Morgan, the 14-8, got tapped to do the cart work needed to haul the dock sections to the lake from their winter storage area. The job went scary smoothly. No tractor issues, didn't drop a wrench in the lake, didn't get hurt. Good thing I bought a Powerball ticket this morning - maybe I'll get lucky.

Put the rear weights back on the 312-8. Neighbor wants to aerate everyone's yards tomorrow so I told him I'd provide the tractor and fuel

My WH is a recycler, so the longer cutting edge is required.