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I needed a trailer so I could take my D-250 to the shows, so I found a $300 6foot by 10 foot trailer but it needed work. I got home and rebuild it, have before and after pictures hope they load right. Still needs a tail gate and a new set of ramps

Heres my new roll bar on my D 200.

Just received the latest issue of LAGT and there is a 875 on the front page! Great story about the 875 and Indy 500 Cars & Track.

Hi everyone, Just here to finally close this post, now that the lighting is installed and she's back to being a true black hood. Some eye candy for y'all. I'll pack it off to old Homer tomorrow so he can admire it and will get some data on the old Horse he tills with. 92 and still uses it so I can't have it. Happy Weekend!

New member from Darlington md. We just picked up a 1988 520h with 48 side discharge deck. This is a project for my son and I. Learned a lot in the last week. Lol. We got her running and properly mounted a new battery and new bearings in the Mule drive along with new pto belt. Heat got the best of us today and we are taking it easy the rest of the day. Deck is a little noisy so we will work on that next weekend.

'67 Lawn Ranger, RJ58, 655, 857, and two 312-8's

A ride thru the woods wind in your face.......a ride on a .front porch glider and the cat in your face,,,,,, a ride up the street on one of the Red machines...or ..taking a ride around the block.....and the wife scratches her head... how you get there changes.........but 1 OF 2 things remains the same.. For alot of us,,,its considered therapy......and the other.?? Squonk is getting older.....dailey.......... Howard 857 Horse in VA

A little bit of progress today: axles drawn out and beginning to cut and shape them and the input shaft on the front axle after a bit of machining. . ..

Terry and Steve drinking coffee during the parade

But I can only install the rears until I find new front wheels! Also moving to Tennessee Thursday-Sunday. I have to make a trip down-back up- and then down again... Not looking forward to the driving...

Jim asked me if I thought there was a better way to spend a Saturday .After answering his own question aloud with a couple ideas , I just smiled & thought to myself ..... Nope .

Only picture on my phone right now of the 520. I'll get some more tomorrow. Second one is of him finishing up the stator 2 weeks ago on the 25 Briggs & Stratton in the craftsman. Trying to pass down my knowledge to him well I still remember some of the things I've learned. Lol Any day wrenching with him is a good day.

God put some awesome people in this world.

A country preacher decided to skip services one Sunday and head to the hills to do some bear hunting. As he rounded the corner on a perilous twist in the trail, he and a bear collided, sending him and his rifle tumbling down the mountainside. Before he knew it, his rifle went one way and he went the other, landing on a rock and breaking both legs. That was the good news. The bad news was the ferocious bear was charging at him from a distance, and he couldn't move. "Oh, Lord," the preacher prayed, "I'm so sorry for skipping services today to come out here and hunt. Please forgive me and grant me just one wish: Please make a Christian out of that bear that's coming at me. Please, Lord!" That very instant the bear skidded to a halt, fell to its knees, clasped its paws together and began to pray aloud right at the preacher's feet: "Dear God, bless this food I am about to receive . .

Alright, more pictures. Adding those blessed hood decals was a major stress event. Would I get it even? If not and had to remove it partially, would it take paint with it? Hate it. Lined up with painter's tape on the bottom and, job done. One more decal for the front of the hood after the top is painted. Thanks again to everyone!

So, time off from work and I can get the hood mounted! Second and final coat on this morning. I actually like the hood as is but will let it cure for a while before adding the black. Decals later in the week. Headlights and latches on order and that should do it. The deck will stay as is unless I want a project over Christmas vacation. She can use a little welding but is fully functional - new pulleys and belt. The wife has committed to springing for an OEM muffler as a Christmas present. Well, there it is! Could not have done it without this list! Thank you!

Time off from work this week so I can dote on the C. I splurged for $10 of Lowes non-skid track. Really nice. Attached the still crappy but repaired for use 42" deck and mowed the lawn. That rear discharge made a mess of my baby! Was able to finish it but no restart. Pesky interlock switch. Had to start it like an old Ford! Well, the switch is not one of today's MTD throw-away parts so it was disassembled and cleaned. I blew it out without thinking and lost a spring in the garage so that's gone for good. Lowes had a replacement - just needed a trim. That's done. I've been hammering on the hood with an 8 lb maul - yeah, it was that twisted. It's as good as it's going to get - plastic lights bracket will actually fit rather well now - so stripping that in the GA heat today for painting. Here she is fully operational! 520 pan and 10.5 Deerstones. The fronts are eBay specials that, after removal of a ton of anti-freeze, were good enough to be reused. Pepper shaker muffler aims down - anything else requires ear protection. So much for the quiet version of the K. I might just drop 200 large on the OEM.... As always, super thanks to this list. I could not have worked the trans (Hi/Lo), engine (smoked), wiring (rotten and red-necked), old parts locating, decals, knobs, etc. without your help! More pics when I get that hood finished and mounted.

Looking good Steve! And @squonk he really likes it!!!!

Help comes in a lot of different forms. It comes in forms where somebody needs physical help, help with money etc. Yesterday during my adventure to Portland I just happened to have a flat tire on my trailer. Well first off it was as I got off at my exit to take about forty miles south on the highway. I approached a Firestone tire store and they told me No right along with the Walmart up the street No was there answer. If it was my truck then sure we will fix you right up. I even tried triple AAA to no avail. This will be there last year for that. At that point I called one of the people I was going to meet, Brandon Schamer came to my rescue. Brandon was looking for some xi attachments which I had a couple extra. Brandon stopped an bought a small floor jack for his car, also to jack up my trailer. Brandon got to me and the journey began. Got the wheel off and made the trip thru downtown Ft. Wayne to another Firestone dealership who actually carried the tire I needed. Got the tire put on and we returned to the Walmart parking lot to reinstall the tire on the trailer. We then unloaded the xi attachments. I have never been so grateful for the Help that I received yesterday Brandon just like I told you Thank you very much!! At that point I sill had a tractor to deliver. I called Derek W. up as he was packing up at Portland well that worked out good too, he told me too set tight and he would see me also at the Walmart parking lot. He came up and picked up the tractor. I am here to tell you when you need help the Wheel Horse people get together there's not a lot of things that can stop them. Brandon and Derek I hope you have a great day Thanks for being there. In case anybody wants to know I am now recovering from my second stroke, Wheel Horse people rule!! Thank you everyone, including Travis the salesman

You guys will give me a hard time for this but the other brand of tractors that I'm partial to is IH vintage Cub Cadets (my dad was a service tech for IH back in the day!) My son wanted a dedicated plow tractor and he wanted something with twin vertical stacks. Cub didn't install a twin motor until 1979 with the intro of the KT-17 and the Onan on the red '82 series. Both are "closed engine compartment" tractors with really wide hoods. I don't know how they would look with twin stacks. WH has the transverse mounted twin which doesn't bode well for dual stacks on opposite sides of the hood. Anyway, someone built this beast out of a 1970 vintage CC 107. It has a late model 16hp Briggs Vanguard in it. It has the beefy Sundstrand hydro and AG tires already on it. I got it for less than the price of a used Vanguard. Here is Caleb with the previous owner Bryan. With no mufflers to speak of, it sounds like a small displacement Harley when running. The paint is nice although it has a few scratches and nicks from some years since it was restored which is fine for a plow tractor. I need to develop a rear lift system on it and tweak a few other items and it should be a good tractor for him. I will get a set of Tri ribs for the front and replace the plastic weights with steel ones... I'd like to find a chrome mesh that I can put around the front pipes and secure like the vintage IH 1468 big tractors.

Dad and I have been chatting about upgrading our horse hauler. Today we picked up a used 8.5 x 24 trailer to fulfill our needs. This one has an awning and a winch installed in the inside. It needs a good scrubbing, but will be a beauty and fit our needs great. The old 7 x 17 will be for sale soon!

Very nice family of 's They just keep on reproducing don't they, kinda like rabbits......

Hey everyone I got the recoil starter and the cup installed today. They work perfect. Kohler cup part number. 46 109 01-S Dimensions 1.25 inches deep inside the cup 2.75 inches width outside 2.25 inches width inside This was used in conjunction with a Tecumseh recoil starter # 590420A 59076 16575 Let me know if you need any other info on this.

Thank you! Working on finishing hood and original front rims for Ranger today so project will be complete.

Steve's waiting for the parade to start

8-27-1955 “The Guinness Book of Records” debuts On this day in 1955, the first edition of “The Guinness Book of Records” is published in Great Britain; it quickly proves to be a hit. Now known as the “Guinness World Records” book, the annual publication features a wide range of feats related to humans and animals. To date, the book has sold more than 130 million copies, been translated into more than two dozen languages and is the top-selling copyrighted title in history. The inspiration for the record book can be traced to November 1951, when Sir Hugh Beaver, managing director of the Guinness Brewery (founded in Dublin in 1759), was on a hunting trip in Ireland. After failing to shoot a golden plover, Beaver and the members of his hunting party debated whether the creature was Europe’s fastest game bird but were unable to locate a book with the answer. Thinking that patrons of Britain’s pubs would enjoy a record book which could be used to settle friendly disagreements, Beaver decided to have one produced. He hired twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter, the founders of a London-based agency that provided facts and statistics to newspapers and advertisers. The book was intended to be given away for free in pubs to promote the Guinness brand; however, it turned out to be so popular the company started selling it that fall and it became a best-seller. An American edition debuted in 1956 and was soon followed by editions in a number of other countries. The McWhirters traveled the globe to research and verify records. Ross McWhirter was involved in compiling the book until his death in 1975 at the hands of Irish Republican Army gunmen; his brother Norris continued to serve as the book’s editor until 1986. Today, the thousands of official Guinness records include the oldest person ever (Jeanne Louise Calment of France, who died in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days old); the tallest dog ever (a now-deceased Great Dane from Michigan named Zeus, who in 2011 measured 44 inches from foot to withers); and the largest underwater human pyramid (62 people in 2013 in Thailand). Ashrita Furman of New York holds more records than anyone else on the planet. His numerous accomplishments include the longest continuous distance somersaulted (12 miles 390 yards), most apples cut in midair with a samurai sword in 1 minute (29) and fastest mile with a milk bottle balanced on his head (7 minutes 47 seconds)

Happy Birthday, we are all glad you were born.

Bertie

True, but long-time happy hubbies know never to speak of such things in polite company...

Every wife out there will say "YES" to that question!!!

My WH520HC is still cutting and running like a champ(knock on wood). I put about 1.25hrs on it weekly, use my leaf blower to cool it down after every mow, and change my engine oil each season tranny every 2nd season. It is no show tractor as my rattle can restoration has a quite a few flaws but it was always meant to be a worker not a showpiece. Hopefully I will get many more years of use if I maintain it well. This summer I got a snow thrower for it and spruced it up. Can't wait to try it out with first snow. My neighbor, who is a heavy machine mechanic, finally fessed up and admitted the old WH is a pretty sweet machine compared to his box store JD. All metal parts and heavy duty mechanicals are a rarity these days.

Thanks John! I know you would have done the same in a heartbeat if you could! It was a pleasure getting to hang out with you for a bit longer than we would have otherwise. I'm glad we missed all those tornadoes on the way home! (P.S. I thought you would like to know, my overall MPG for that entire trip was 29 mpg!) ~Brandon

Thanks for the welcoming!

Here is how i mounted my winch. If I installed a plug and socket It would be easy to remove. I have a receiver hitch on my on my C-120 so I haven't needed to remove it. I used it as a rear lift on attachments.

Yeah but I don't have that money lol. So I pick lower taxes and more stuff to do! And thanks! Can't wait to get my horses into there new stable

to Glad to have you with us! Lots of Great members here to point you in the right direction if you find you get stuck.

Let me be the first to wish you a great birthday ol` buddy......

to and to the 520 club.

You will need a Kohler 46 109 01 starter cup. I just looked and ebay has them. Search Kohler starter cup.

A good wash job. A little wax job and a new seat and it will look like a different tractor. hope it runs as good as it looks. Wayne

Craig, do you have a pic of the "Kohler" recoil ? The only ones I've seen are the three you have pictured.

That's exactly what I have planned for that Tecky recoil I PM'ed you about Terry. The one on my Suburban is all messed up.

I'm asking because if you look at @jsp_333 's thread (RJ got a new look ) . If you look behind his recoil it looks like it could be the same cup . My other rope start is cast aluminum . Here's a pic

Those safety switches drove me nuts but, quit () working. Honest, I don't know how that came 'bout.

My dad, who graduated from med school (1944) during WWII, was in Japan after the war for a year and a half with the Army Air Force, then established himself as a general practitioner (known as a family physician today) in a small Indiana town of about 6,000. His clientele included four generations of some families and he did everything, as it was required in those days of few specialists in smaller towns and rural areas......x-raying and setting broken bones, sewing up accident wounds, delivering babies, practicing industrial medicine at a local glass factory under retainer, treating kids with ear aches and sore throats, administering uncounted injections of penicillin and other meds of the era in ye ole gluteus maximus after the intended recipient "dropped drawers", making thousands of "house calls" (yeah the doc went to see the patient, not the other way around), assisted in surgery usually at least a couple of times a week, and participated in "school roundups" (at that time a physical exam by a physician was required for a child to enter school in Hoosierland). Generally, whatever needed to be looked after in a non-emergency situation, he did. He did officially take an afternoon off mid-week, but that often went up in smoke because of patient needs. He was basically on call 24/7 in my hometown, and he was well respected for what he did and how he ministered to people with his medical skills. Realistically though, his medical practice wasn't restricted to just physical medicine. He counseled with patients about personal and family problems, their phobias, their hangups, their anger, grief over a love one's death, etc., advising as he saw fit to give them what relief he could from their mental angst, dilemmas, and emotional crisis. This included topics such as out-of-wedlock pregnancies (a big, judgmental, rather unsavory situation in the '50s and early '60's), physical abuse, contagious conditions such as gonorrhea and syphilis, and on, and on, and on. Whatever was on a patient's mind, my dad was likely to hear about it once his personal office door was closed. He, in so many ways, served the same function as priests and ministers did, and still do. More often than not, he became a Father Confessor, not necessarily by his choice, but by his intimate position of trust with this patients. People would tell him things they wouldn't necessarily tell a priest......meaning the really bad, and the really ugly. All this was before HIPAA, and its staunch legal guidelines regulating patient confidentiality. My dad followed HIPAA's guidelines decades before it became law, because he felt that was his moral responsibility as a personal medical caregiver, and as such, was considered by his patients to be a confidant. They could always talk to and tell "Doc" anything. He knew way too much about people (their flaws and sins) and events (meaning the bad and embarrassing stuff). Part of my dad's method of practicing medicine which is a very serious moral and ethically commitment to his fellow man, was having a healthy dose of humor at the ready, to be administered, at a moment's notice, but in the proper situation, at the proper time. He always had a long list of jokes and funny stories cataloged, ready to be used on cue. His patients loved him for his story telling almost as much as for his medical and professional skills. Shortly after my dad retired in Dec. 1989, someone said to him at one of his retirement parties, "Doc, you should write a book!" Dad thought a few seconds and then replied, "I could, but I'd have to leave town." He decided not to become a local historian and literary figure....... "Doc" (April 28, 1920- June 30, 2011)

I have a 2 barrel carb on my race car, the engine has 11.5 to 1 comp. big lumpy cam, ported polished heads lots of work all over, it is about 450hp it runs strong up to about 7000rpm it's all in tuning, there is hours into tuning my carb. on this car. Just putting a big carb on will not give you more power, even thou it is bigger if the engine can't use the fuel or air entering it is a waste, air to fuel ratio should be about 14 to 1 to get top power, put the stock carb on, make sure it is in tip top shape, throttle shaft tight no air leaks, be sure the points are nice and set correctly, new head gasket and a true head not warped most are, clean the piston and valves, set the valves to spec. good quality plug and plug wire, clean fuel system, good working fuel pump, learn to fine tune the carb high and low speed jets, when you have all this the engine will give you all it has to offer in stock form.