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It's not but I ran across this collection of old iron in southern WVa on my way to Kentucky last week. The overshot water wheel was about 30feet in diameter and was running on about 2 qts/minute of water. Must be friction free and perfectly balanced.

Well, I bought a super nice deck from Jason at the Big Show for Emory's suburban. He was wanting me to use it to mow our yard. After adjusting the belts it mowed great!!!! I did the mowing, but he wanted his picture made with it. A lot of our grass was toasted, but what grew had really grown and the suburban hardly broke a sweat!

7-28-1978 Animal House released On this day in 1978, National Lampoon’s Animal House, a movie spoof about 1960s college fraternities starring John Belushi, opens in U.S. theaters. Produced with an estimated budget of $3 million, Animal House became a huge, multi-million-dollar box-office hit, spawned a slew of cinematic imitations and became part of pop-culture history with such memorable lines as “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” Set at the fictional Faber College (the University of Oregon served as a stand-in during filming), Animal House centered around the disreputable Delta House fraternity, whose members enjoyed beer-soaked toga parties and crude pranks such as putting a horse in the dean’s office. Animal House was the first big hit for director John Landis, who went on to helm The Blues Brothers (1980), Trading Places (1983) and Coming to America (1988). The film’s cast included a then-unknown Kevin Bacon (Footloose, Mystic River), Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Tom Hulce (Amadeus), all of whom were then just beginning their movie careers. Animal House was co-written by Doug Kenney, Harold Ramis and Chris Miller, whose days at Dartmouth College in the early 1960s served as an inspiration for the film. Animal House marked the first film produced in affiliation with National Lampoon, a college magazine that was first published in 1970 and known for its dark humor. Other National Lampoon movies included Vacation (1983), which was written by John Hughes, directed by Ramis and starred SNL alum Chevy Chase.

Just picked up a 1054a here locally. Looks almost all complete. Missing lens covers, steering wheel is not origional, crummy repair to LH side steering arm, someone got silly with paint on deck and misc hardware. Deck is origional and complete with only cosmetic dmg. 350bux made the deal. All in all it was a good day...

I too struggled with mounting a 48" deck for years on my Electro 12. Kept looking for threads with advice on the right or easy way to do it, but regardless of the advice I followed It just was not easy.One day this same conversation was going on on a new thread and one member just plainly responded " I just drive over it". For a minute I wondered if it was serious but considering that it had come from TT, I immediately tried it. No more struggling with the deck ,ever after that. It would be on in a minute without fighting it. Classic TT answer, to the point, correct, and no wasted time or words.

Bigger decks are a hassle. The C295 60 inch deck is easy I imagine compared to the 520's. If it was me, I would dedicate a piece of plywood with pull rope and laminate a piece of plastic to one side to decrease friction.

Using 2 pieces of plywood makes the sliding side ways a lot easier. Put one under the horse, and the deck on the other one...then slide the plywood with the deck onto the plywood under the horse. I use this method in the back of my pickup truck also. If something slides all the way to the front of the truck, I can just grab the top plywood sheet and pull it out with the something on it. It saves me from climbing into the bed.

Never drove over a deck, 48" biggest I've owned. Sometimes I think, a front mount would be nice. Nowadays, dozer on one Horse, mower on another Horse, on another Stallion nothing, mid-mount grader on another red Horse. Grandsons at the ready to drive. "Honest Honey Bun, I need another Wheel Horse."

The only thing worse than installing a mower deck is putting on a 2 stage snow blower.I dread both jobs.That's one reason I have many Wheel Horse's.Just keep the attachments on dedicated tractors.Of course when it's time for servicing,ya still gotta take 'em off.

Compare a 520-H 60" deck and a 5xi 60" deck. Toro added a small wheel to the 5xi version that is lowered when attaching/detaching the deck. It allows you to roll the deck under the tractor sideways. You may be able to add it to your deck.

Never drove over one. I installed a small hoist in the barn and use it to raise the front end and roll out the deck under the front wheels. Then I lower and push the tractor back and use the hoist to raise the front of the deck and hold it while I service. This made it a more desirable job.

Picked this suburban up at a local show. It had a different engine in it but the non running Kohler came with it. Points, coil, and condenser all changed and a carb rebuild and she's running pretty fair. I think it has the original muffler as it has a shower head look and sounds pretty hollow after lots of years of use. Fun to drive around on, but, I think I would want a bigger ride to spend any length of time on it! seams like original paint so its gonna stay the way it is....maybe blast off the excess white paint on the rims though!

Recently picked up a B80, runs good, gonna use it as a worker. I'm replacing a few gaskets, carburetor, and some wiring. Draining the trans and refilling it, should be good to go. A few months back I got a great deal on a little used 1996 Tiller with all the attachments. The B80 is an 8 speed and I know the 8HP is little small, but I would like to use the tiller on the B80. The soil down here is sandy so I think 8HP will work ok. Any thoughts? -Chris

If it's a 60" deck just drive over it. Use some helper boards to provide a small ramp and make sure your lift is up so it does not get caught as you go over. I have done it many of times when I had my 60. Your not going to hurt that deck. If it's a 48 or smaller do not drive over it.

The foot pedal return spring (# 6-14) often breaks on these and is IMPOSSIBLE to replace it. A simpler solution is to mount a return spring to the outside of the hoodstand tunnel...as in these pics. Just drill a 1/8" hole (rod # 6-23) about 6" from the end and put a cotter pin in that hole,... bend it over on the back. (careful of the hyd lines). Locate a screen-door or similar 3/8 to 1/2" dia spring and cut to about 4", bending a loop at both ends. Hook one end of the spring into the existing 1/2" dia hole in the hoodstand and stretch it out to hook the opposite end into the eye of the cotter pin. PRESTO..... pedal returns like it should when bringing the tractor to the neutral position.

This may seem odd, but since I first saw pictures of them, I have been curious about the Reo and A-series rear engine riders. I don't know if it's just their size or a slight resemblance to a go-cart, but something about them piqued my interest. As a result, I've been keeping my eye out for one for the past couple years. Despite an abundance of Wheel Horses around here, an RER of the appropriate vintage remained elusive. I had tentative plans to pick one up a couple hours away from me last fall, but the seller never returned a confirmation call to come get it. Last week it was too hot to do much else, so after going through my usual Craigslist searches I decided to play around outside my normal search territory. As luck would have it, I found one. I was surprised to see it as a Work Horse model. I never realized that Wheel Horse even made a RER under the Work Horse brand, and I couldn't find any pictured anywhere else on the web, but through the resources on here I confirmed that it was a real model, made only in 1982. It was a little farther away than I would normally go for one, but the stars aligned for both work and family schedules and I was able to make the time to go get it. I am anxious to get started on it. It will start on starting fluid but won't stay running. The guy said he used it at his old house, but when he moved he got a bigger mower and hadn't used this one in a while. It looks like it has mostly been stored inside. The silver paint provides a nice change of pace, but still stays within the family. The plans for this one are to get it running and set it up as a mini "golf cart" for tractor shows. I found a picture of a Cub rider converted to a mini golf cart and I would like to do something similar. I'm anxious to get started on it, but had to put it in the back of the shed to force myself to finish up my C-160 refresh. I'm close to getting it done, but it's always tempting to give more attention to a "new toy"

Well, everyone inspired me to give a resto a shot. Bought this 1056 that the seller said had a factory re-powered 12hp K301S. Guess not having the generator isn't a bad thing, but what do I know? Wheel Horse tires must be original. Not bad to get 50 years out of a set of tires. Drained the trans-axle and it looked like and was the consistency of pancake batter. Thick pancake batter. The wiring was done by someone, who, well, someone whose daddy didn't teach him right. Lots of bailing wire to be replaced with proper hardware......42" deck has some cancer but seems to operate okay. I'm sure I will have a lot of questions in the coming months. Sure hope for a before after picture down the road like I see on here all the time.

I was approached by a fellow at our local tractor club show about two wheel horses he wanted to sell. I went down and found a 953 that is complete, but has the trans apart due to needing some differential work and a 72 CG 8. Neither is running, but I don't think they'll take a lot to get there. He says the hydro on th CG is locked up, but I wonder if it is the tow valve. I hadn't heard of a CG, but may see if it will run and sell it to fund the 953 resto. Check out that muffler on the 953. Anyway, I wanted to share the pics and my find, oh the price - $175 !

Hmmm... In addition to being quite useful for a variety of purposes, and possibly solving Bob's problem, these shims apparently have entertainment value as well : 5.0 out of 5 stars If you live in CO, OR, WA, or DC, you must buy these - they sound fantastic. By xxxxxxxxxxx on October 17, 2015 Verified Purchase You should buy these just to listen to them sing! I bought them to cut shims, but man, you will be blown away by the sounds the sheets make. You can wiggle from the thinnest to the thickest, they all make wonderful trippy sounds - HIGHLY recommended.

I honestly liked the way it put the clippings into "rows." It brought back a nostalgic feeling from the days of seeing my grandfather and uncle mow with Poppy's RJ! Definitely different than all of the modern junk you see in the big box stores!

Here's a video of a B-80 tilling. I also seen other videos of a B-80 using a tiller.

I've mowed with RD decks all my life, never had a problem, except rust through. I put an extra SD deck that I had on my B-80 this spring while doing repairs on the RD deck. This was my first experience with a SD on a . It did as well as the RD IMO. The only thing about it was that I had to change the way I mow around everything with the chute on the right hand side. I like the SD ability to mow around things from either side.

Ditto

Looks like it was done with a rear discharge WH deck to me! Looks just like my yard when I use my Lawn Ranger. I know that sounds bad, but much as I love my WH tractors I have never been very impressed with their RD decks. However, that said, for as bad as their RD decks are, their snow plows are just as good as their RD decks are bad! LOL

Welcome to Red Square!! I restored the same Tractor a couple years back. Well almost, mine is an 8 speed. Good Luck. I got my Decals off of Terry as most of us do here.

I can't find photos of just the deck but here are two when I unloaded it from my truck. The front gage wheels can swivel 90 degrees on the 5xi 60" deck, raise the rear gauge wheels, and then lower the small wheel that is in the center.

I've got an 8 speed / 8 horse in my 502 and with some creative pulley works was able to mount and work a late model tiller without any hassle until I acquired a C-101 to take over the hard work... Go for it!

It reminds me of the agricultural machine museum in my parent's hometown in Hungary. Lots of US and European manufactured machines from the early 1900s, and several of them are still in running condition. We were allowed to start a couple of the machines while we were there. It was really awesome to watch and listen to these old machines run.

Well that doesn't leave any doubt!

Here is a manual for a 414-8. It has the transmission breakdown toward the end of the 3rd manual. This will give you the gear #s for your trans. Any 8 speed transmission should bolt right in. The 6 speed transmissions will share some of the same gears, but not all. I don't think you can get any gears from TORO anymore, and if you can, they will be more expensive...probably more then you want to spend for spare parts you may never need. Your best bet is to pick up a good spare 8 speed transmission from a show/swap or from a vendor here on Red Square. Scott's M&G may be a good lace to start looking. The Mentone Spring Swap Meet is another good source. Racinfool40 (Mike) will be at both places...send him a PM and see what he has available. He could bring what you are looking for and save you some shipping.

Thanks for all the comments and info guys! The CG really does remind me of the Charger 8 that my grandfather had. Just seems slightly smaller, but not much. I'm undecided on it now based on what you guys are saying. It turns over great, has clean oil, and is getting gas but has no spark. The transmission lever doesn't seem to want to pull all the way up to engage, so I bet the problem is with the belt tensioning system rather than being locked up. I'll have to dig a little later when I get a chance. Dang it, I've already filled that 10x26 shed I built! I also found my grandfather's dump cart that I used to ride in as a boy and pulled my grandfather in to the country store on the corner. Now, I've got to get it painted up to protect it. Emory is really enjoying riding it the way it is though!

I have the 48" deck. I know where a 60" is sitting but it's too rich for me.

My biggest problem with the 953 I just picked up now is figuring out how to put the trans back together and seeing if I have all of the parts for it. If not, I'll be on the hunt - wanna trade?

Well guys, I'm calling this my first true haul because I've never picked up this much at one time before. It's mainly all parts and some will probably be used for some projects in the future and some will be sold, but for how much there was and what the price was, I couldn't say no. So, I picked up a C-111, a 657, and a 704. The C-111 may actually be a runner. Not the original motor, but she has spark, and I sprayed some carb cleaner in the intake and got a backfire out the muffler, so she will probably run, I then put some gas in the tank and the bowl instantly flooded so it may need a carb cleaning at least. I did also notice that the right foot pan was slightly bent, along with the belt guard on the bottom, so I will have to straighten that out before I can drive it otherwise the belt will shred in seconds. The 657 has a 7hp Tecky from an Ariens snow blower on it. No Spark, but turns over, has compression, tires have seen better days, but frame and tranny seems to be relativley solid, may make something fun out of it if I get the itch! Now....the ugly child; the 704 has no hood, the tranny is frozen, and I don't really know what to do with her. She has a mower deck that may be saveable, but not too sure yet, and K241 on her, that is not seized, but has no compresion, with quite an odd carb, maybe some of you guys may know whats going on with it, but I have no clue about this style, any info would be appreciated. Oh, and it all also came with a 60" deck for a 520. It had previoulsy been restored or at least painted, and seems to maybe have never been on a tractor after being redone. No grass on the underside, really decent shape. Now I need a 520 with a swept front axle...... but all in all, for what i have into it, I feel like I made out well! It surely will keep me busy for a while.

That is some creative repurposing. Absolutely love it. Makes me think I might of spent a buck or two to much on my Harley. Great job though a very unique piece!

Good suggestion-much better than the bungee cord I have on my brake pedal!!!

well i cleaned my gun today and then primed the hood and seat plus some other things. then ran out of primer and last night i had ordered more. it's amazing all the in perfections you see when you prime the hood. going to weld some more tomarrow.

I'll be there with my family and my dad AND... the Iron Horse for its first show debut. Im looking forward to doing some plowing as well! Here's a couple of pics from last year... the ground was pretty hard last year because it was so dry in the month of July. Hopefully this year the conditions will be better with the rain that we have received. Hope to see you there.

My Big Brother stopped by the house when I was working on it and he really liked it too. I even had to start it up for him.

Whats with the rows dells ... looks like it was done with a hay rake??

Bought all new appliances four years ago when we built the new house. All of them came from the same big box (the blue one) store and bought their extended service policy on all as a package. Have had the refrigerator ice maker serviced a half dozen times; finally working right! Clothes washer, dish washer and range have all had service calls too. Built in microwave and cloths dryer are the only ones that haven't required service (yet). Too many bells and whistles on them, the electronic gizmos are the culprits, better off to stick to basic no frills stuff.

I just got a new refrigerator after our 1998 Kenmore stopped cooling. Replaced it with a Frigidaire from a big box store. It has all the features my wife liked. Then after only 4 months it developed a few problems with the ice maker. So a call to Frigidaire revealed that they don't have anyone in the Baltimore area for warranty service. WHAT THE... Still dealing with that issue. So my advice to you is buy a major appliance from a company that has their own warranty service staff. You may pay more, but you will have the peace of mind knowing that if you need service you will be able to get it.

Okay, an update. I have been busy on this project for the past few weeks. My hat is off to you guys that do these regularly. Progress has gone pretty well. I swapped the 12 horse that was in this one into a C-121 that I bought with a broken rod. I'm using that one to mow on some land I own. Will resto it (maybe) in a couple years when I get moved up there. The plan was to rebuild that engine but the piston skirt had a pretty nice hunk out of it, so I opted against that for now. I sourced a M10 from a guy that had it on a compressor. It was smoking a bit. So I rebuilt it with new piston and valves. It was right on the edge of needing to be bored, so I am gonna give it a shot. If it needs boring, I will do that this winter. First step was to take it to the carwash to remove 50 years of crud. I started dismantling. Probably could have done a better job of marking parts, but I will just have to figure it out. Sandblasting and knotted wire wheel until I was blue in the face, but finally got everything cleaned and primed. ( or red, it's hot in Texas!) Tried for 2 weeks to get the steering wheel off. PB Blaster and a gear puller and a lot of cussing. Finally through in the towel. Will do the best I can with repainting. When I got to the transaxle, I gave it a shot of PB and a few whacks and went straight to the sawzall. Will replace with the TS pin everyone has talked about. Found a couple of stress cracks on the frame and welded those up, as well as cracks in the hood. Couldn't figure out how to get the pictures to come along with the story, so I guess they will all just be at the end.... Been using filler primer and wetsanding the seat pan, hood and belt cover. Ordered paint and now I am almost a standstill. Will start blasting the wheels in the meantime. The seat was beyond hope. the rust made the bottom see-through so will have to order a aftermarket seat. Considering ags for the rear and maybe ribs on the front and a stack exhaust. Will probably reincorporate the headlights, though not positive. Decided on Rustoleum Regal Red for paint. Will shoot it from my HVLP gun. Man I must have read 30 pages of painting tips. A wealth of information! More to come! I have been relying so much on the wisdom and experience found here, that I pulled the supporter trigger. That's probably been the best bargain of this whole resto project! Like I told several friends, I have proven I can tear one down....soon the bigger task of putting it back together will present itself. Curious to see how all the pics I added show up...... June 22nd at Carwash...

Steve I checked one of my past orders at Jacks and Toro still carries the gears for my 8 - price today $75 for low and reverse -$57 for 2nd and hi . ( ouch ) Mine were beveled pretty bad and it also jumped out of gear so I bit the bullet and hit pay now .

I do the same with the 60", though I would not recommend it for anything smaller. The 60" decks are solidly built, and don't even flex with the weight of the tractor driving across it, but I don't think the smaller decks are as solid. Nor are they as heavy or hard to slide under

DITTO X 2. Plus another DITTO for the other one sitting in the garage.

I don't know , that little CG 8 would be a fun little cruiser for the boy ! Prefect size , and easy to drive ...

I also ordered these in a pack of twenty five and I won't use them all if anyone needs some PM me.

Tell her to vacuum the condenser once in a while!

Go get it NOW!