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Don't you wish.... December workout....

Bowtieguy (Frank Rufenacht) hooked me up with a very nice Wheel Horse D series. I bought his D-160. The old girl was well cared for and not abused in any fashion and seems to have a lot of life in her. The best part about the tractor is that it seems to be 100 percent unmolested and in a unrestored state, and other than an axle bearing (see picture from the rear) and fresh fluids, looks to be very solid. Apparently Frank, his family, and I share a commonality, we hail from Switzerland. Frank's family has been here for quite some time, but I came over on the boat, well it was actually a 1964 Constellation Comet, but I was born not far from the Rufenacht ancestral home of Rufenacht, Switzerland.

I've had a few requests over the years for close ups. As with life it's just something I tend to forget. It started with a Scotty Moreau built 3" receiver hitch. And an old WH ballast box I had laying around. Some 2" square tubing and 1/2" plate a little time welding and here she is. During the winter it carries 4-44lb suitcase weights and 5 gallons of gas. I usually take it off for mowing duties. It's been pretty handy when I have a tree down. It's just the right size for a chainsaw, fuel. And oil. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

These are genuinely unique 'OLD' photos. I doubt if you have seen even one of these. They are both interesting and truly historical. The Statue of Liberty's torch is parked in front of the western side of Madison Square in 1876 . A German Tank almost falls off a Russian bridge on July 4, 1941 . The first armed airplane of the Serbian army in 1915 . Women welders at Lincoln Motor Company in 1918 . Times Square in 1922 . The dedication of the Washington Monument in 1885 . Race official Jock Semple tries to push Kathy Switzer off the road after she attempts to run the Boston Marathon, which at the time was men's only. Number 390 pushing Jock away was Kathy's boyfriend. 1967 . Trapeze mining in Bonne Terre Missouri 1917 . Julia Clark in her Exhibition Plane, 1911. Miss Clark was the third woman to receive a pilot's license from the Aero Club of America. She was the first female pilot to die in an air crash in the United States in 1912 . Greyhound in 1923 . The crew of the USS Lexington abandon ship following torpedo strikes on May 9th, 1942 . The first photo of the Earth from the moon taken by Lunar Orbiter in 1966 . The attack on Pearl Harbor taken from one of the attacking Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941 . Southwest Airlines stewardesses in 1972 . Inside the turrets of the USS Massachusetts, 1898 . The funeral of Victor Hugo in 1885 . Hannah Stilley, born 1746, photographed in 1840. More than likely the earliest born individual captured on film . A balancing act atop the Empire State Building in 1934 . Ansel Adams, 1979. He broke his nose during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and never had it fixed . "Högertrafikomläggningen" - the day Sweden switched from driving on the left to driving on the right (1967). The Dalai Lama at age 2 in 1937 . The London Underground in 1890 . Paul McCartney takes a selfie in 1959 . Smuggling beer during prohibition sometime between 1920 and 1933 . Illuminated tires invented by Goodyear in 1961 . Directional sound finders used to detect incoming enemy planes in 1917 . The aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake . The PGM-11 "Redstone" - the World's First Nuclear Missile displayed in Grand Central Station, July 7, 1957 . Construction of The Lincoln Memorial in 1921 . No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5646 / Virus Database: 4299/9173 - Release Date: 02/24/15

I used to teach basic Photography (film, 18 years) at the local Junior College, still have a lot of 'old' friends sending me these things: http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/18285/This-Is-The-Oldest-Video-Footage-From-New-York-City-And-It-s-Absolutely-Incredible?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Viral&utm_campaign=onsite_share - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - How The Internet Got Started - According To The Bible. In ancient Israel , it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a healthy young wife by the name of Dorothy. Dot Com was a comely woman, large of breast, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com. And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?" Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?" Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)." Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. The drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent. To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew To The People (HTTP). And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS. And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks. And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel , or eBay as it came to be known. He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are." And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said Abraham. And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com. Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside. It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE). That is how it all began. And that's the truth! Live life one day at a time and make it a masterpiece! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Bet you didn't know exactly how these things worked: http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/16320/22-Things-You-Never-Knew-You-Needed-To-Know-So-THAT-S-How-16-Works

Hope it works out for you Glenn. Your wife is gonna wish she didn't pester you to join! At least you can tell her its all her fault!

Finally made it to the family get away. Let's just say we have a weeee bit of the white stuff. 2-3 feet depending where you're standing. Old faithful fired right up! Special thanks to the Northern tool $19.95 solar battery charger!!!! Once again the old girl exceeded my expectations! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Imagine a set of those Goodyear illuminated tires on a WH... at our big shows, Friday night cruise?

I agree that I would not wait to get over there and dig a path. I have been there before myself. Last year I loaded up my 520 with plow on the trailer and drove to an older guy's house to plow a path around the side and back of the house to pull out his late father's 1054 with mower deck mounted. Pulled it out with the 520 and loaded it up on trailer. Then headed back and loaded up the 520 and called it done. If you wait then he will start to do some research and you know how that goes..... Here is my 57' I got from the show last year and a few others who are still in the Red Square family...

Hi everyone,sorry there hasn't been much news. I needed some time to get my head around all that has happened this week. I have been transferred to university hospital in Cleveland. Suffice it to say the news was not the best. I have developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Say that three times real fast, eh.I'm not in dire situation they say, and I feel pretty good at the moment. I will be here for a few weeks for treatment. I can't thank you all enough for your kindness and prayers. I am grateful and humbled. That's all for now. Wish me luck. Jim

Just send me the address Glenn... I'll get right over there.

57 is the far one a 56 is in front Brian stock motors would be 3.6hp on 35's

I should hire a couple guys to clean a path to the door. Glenn

Not certain what engine/tractor this is on but if the engine runs strong and it's not smoking, missing and idles OK, then I would guess it's OK. There is no real good way to look for issues with a valve through the spark plug hole unless you were looking for catastrophic damage. The head has to come off to view the valve and seat properly.

That one does indeed look nice and original and you should have it working shortly -- and enjoying it! I've got that exact same D-160. Seems the big block 16hp one lunger versions are somewhat scarce - Im rather glad mine has that engine, thank you. Mine had led a pretty rough life and had some terrible "modifications" done to it - a board for a seat, boat gas tank wired on to back, awful mess of a front trailer hitch mount, welded on! and Ross steering box wiped out. But the good news was it had a fairly recent factory Kohler complete engine replacement and the hydro seems to be in good condition. Have got all those probs straightened out and I use it a lot. I also have a D-180 that Ive had for some 25yrs - these D's are just plain bad a**!!

Sort of reminds me of the "trunk" of my B-60.

I fly often for work and its always United Airlines....but if Southwest stewardess's go back to shorty-shorts I'll fly Southwest everytime! Thanks for posting these pics. Mike..............

It only took about 10 min to clean out the horse stable. Just a bit longer to tend to the wood shed and front entrance. Several years ago I'd have spent hours with a walk behind Ariens. These days 1-2 hours max and I'm finished. Oh how I LOVE my horses!!!! Knock on wood!!!! Our little enclave has been blessed. Having a few good neighbors doesn't hurt either. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice little Horse barn. Started digging out the Trailer today. Need to get it out by June!

JimD is going through some things at the moment. I would think he does not want me to do this, but if prayers help...sorry Jim...I am going to ask. I don't know every thing he is going through at this moment, but I think he could use ours and the Almighty's help here. I know I am praying for my friend in this hard time. Will let you know as we find out things.

Congrats on the purchase! I really enjoy my D and my favorite thing about it is the 3 point. Glad to see that yours has the 3 pt and with a little work will be ready to go. Not many of us Horse nuts down here in the South-central. Where in OK are you?

Easy call! I use one for chopping walnuts in the fall! Duh!

You could fall in ____ and come out smelling like a rose. Look in the Gallery here and you will see more photos of RJ-35s. The 12 HP is probably a 312-8 or a 312-A, both very good workers, photos of them would also be in the Gallery. If you don't like them you could always bring them to the big show and sell them to me!

a 57 RJ should be a RJ35 with all belt drive could have a clinton 1200 or a kohler K90 engine there are some differences between the early RJ35's a 57 would have the larger three spoke steering wheel with plastic handle a larger belt guard and four bolts on the rear of the hood to hold it two on top and one on each side and it has wheel horse molded in the front of the hood sheet metal Brian

Dumb luck or good luck it can all be the same.

That's cool Glenn. I hope it turns out to be a complete gem for you. There's many here much better versed on the RJ's than me and I'm sure they will chime in shortly. Can't wait to see some pictures.

Innovations have been coming fast and furious here at Wheel Horse Plaza! I hope to be able to bring Ezra to a plow day someday. It needed to have the lift cable put in it. The factory set up has been discontinued so lets use what we can get our hands on. I had installed a cable I made up with Lowes components but I wanted something better. A cable for a 520 is still avail. so that's what I went with. Note: I did this exact same change on my C-160 Auto. but I want a gear tranny tractor for plowing. Neither one of these tractors have the provision for a rock shaft either. The Parts: Toro # 108145 short clevis and a Toro 108144 cable. These are pricey. Cost me $63 bucks but like I said I wanted something better and sometimes you just have to pay. Also included is a $3.00 piece of brake line for the conduit and a 5/16" NC thread yoke end from McMaster -Carr. I have 4 tractor suppliers near me and 3 of them don't know what a yoke end is and the other one had a drawer for it but it hasn't been refilled for 2 years I used a slot hitch but I think a clevis hitch will work the same. I was using an 8' WH plow but now with the beefier cable I'm more confident to use my 10" Brinly The cable is too short to work so I welded on a 5/16 bolt for an extension and cut the head off new cable won't fit in the existing conduit so the 3/8 brake line is needed. the openings in it need to be deburred before using Seat and trim were removed. I wedged the rear panel up after unbolting from the trans. slid out the old conduit and slid in the new. After sliding the cable in and attaching to the slot hitch I measured the extension bolt and cut it to length needed. Yoke installed in the up position Now in the down position. Rear view. Plow in up position. Plow in down position

Here's another shot of it. This is before I decided to remove the arm rests and the adjuster. Also before I changed the steering wheel and decals. My butt is skinny but in any case I'm sure you'll be happy with it.

Ok if I am matching responses to pictures the seat on the right is the one to have. It should come close for bolting purposes and is very comfy to ride my fat azz on correct? I have the web site all save in my favorites so as soon as I can afford it I will most likely buy one.

Nice survivor there.

Very nice....if I buy a "D" ever again (had 2, both ONANS) I'll be after the D-160 with the single Kohler. Those rear wheels seem to stick out real far? Are they stock? Mike.......

Everything runs in reverse. You have to remember to put your mower blades on backwards "Down There"

Frank is a great guy my dad was eyeballing that thing the last time we up their

I don't know where you come up with this stuff, but I'm glad you do. Thanks.

OK...let's talk about this. At first thought, I feel there should be a rule that you can not talk about lawns until April...on the other hand, if I was going to watch a video of mowing grass...it would be now. It is always summer or spring somewhere. That is a very nice picture...be about a month and a half to have that here.

When are you going to put a belly mower on it, Neil?

This the only one I have, the wife took it for her amusement.

$102.95 at the Surplus center! http://www.surpluscenter.com/Brands/Seat-Solutions/355-UNIVERSAL-FOLD-DOWN-BLACK-SEAT-W-ARMRESTS-1-3206.axd And Bob you ARE weird!!

Nice find, Neil. In the first picture..why is that Tartis painted red?

Sorry to say that Dad passed this week. He was a great guy, a Navy vet, making 52 trips across the Pacific, and 16 trips across the Atlantic as a Damage Controlman on the General George Randall, a troop ship hauling Korean War soldiers. He and Mom were married 61 years. Dang, thats a long time!!! He raised two of us rotten kids, which was also a feat!!! I'm sad for a thousand reasons, one of which is that he will not see this horse finished. He did visit the construction zone in the beginning of December, and just shook his head!! He liked it!! Anyway, I did manage to keep my head clear by working on a little project, the front winch. Came out pretty cool!!

Going through some old pics and ran across this from 1965 ---- Wheel Horse was virtually unknown down here (N La) in those days, still is far as that goes, but I already had a love of the budding lawn/garden tractors that were popping up. Got this little guy for $100 sitting in the back lot of a IH dealer that had started carrying the Cub line and had taken it in on trade. Engine ran but was very weak so I replaced it and used the little tractor for some 20yrs - sure wish I still had it!..... and wouldnt mind having my 35 year old body either :)

Man, that would be so cool to have a family member to talk about that kind of thing. My ads and I were just talking about my grandpa tonight ( he passed 10 years ago) The one thing I noticed was the fuzziness of the details in the stories. I don't know what your relationship is like with your dad, but if you have the means, record as much info and details from the stories as you can, because once they are gone, you don't have any one to clear up those stories! Thanks for sharing!

That's as nice as having a stainless 520 muffler guard! No! That's BETTER than a stainless muffler guard! Really nice work,just need my sunglasses.

Looks like a great place to put cigars. Did you line it with cedar?

Hi Bill, This loader was manufactured for Wheelhorse by Ark Manufacturing. They are out of that business now. After Ark came Kwikway that built loaders specific for Wheelhorse and other brands. Brandon is correct in that they are getting hard to find not so much in that they are really rare but that folks who have them hold onto them. There are plans on how to build them for specific tractors but your best bet is to watch, wait and get the word out that you want an FEL for your tractor. It took years to find this one which wound up being about 35 miles from home when a fellow Redsquare member emailed me to tell me the tractor he was looking at had an FEL on it. (A result of getting the word out)! Also watch for Sears, Cub Cadet and Case/Ingersol-Rand tractors on Craigslist that have loaders. You can always build the subframe to mate another manufacturer's FEL to a WH. Just be ready to spend some bucks. Oh and I'll keep an eye out for any from my neck of the woods east towards the Garden State for you!

YIPPEE!!!! Today was sheet metal paint day!! Used BASF products, 4 stage, well, 5 if you include primer, but 4 in the finish layer!! First we applied 2 coats of white base ... Then in the second stage comes the cool stuff ... 2 coats of Arctic Ice White ... this is where we make everything look like we were at a strip club!! LOL It's really hard to see in the photo ... These were all done with 10 min flash time between coats .... Now the first coat of Candy Apple Red ... Looks good, but way too "pink"!! ... so ... the second coat ... Now we're talkin' ... but still not there!!! Try coat number 3 ... then add 4 coats of clear ... AND..... WOW .. that's sharp!! Let dry till Monday AM, wet sand and buff, then start boltin' together!! FINALLY!!

Steve... give that man a camera, a lawn chair and a lemonade! Wish I wasn't so far away, I'd love to help. Sounds like an awesome project and a lot of fun to be had. Like the old Wheel Horse ads say.... Get more done-Have more fun!