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I aquired this tractor 2 weeks ago weather was finally nice enough to get some glamour shots. Runs ok, its going to need an engine rebuild this winter, came with rear split weights. Going to leave it in its barn dust for now! Really liking the color of this one

I just noticed that I passed the 11,000 post mark. I don't usually hold much stock in post count, but I am also pushing 10 years on Red Square. The ten year thing makes me proud to be a part of this great family on this excellent site. I just want to thank you all for making me feel so welcome and a big part of this community. When I think back on things, the "Steve on a Stick" at last years show was the height of all this site has to offer for me. All you guys made me feel like I was there. That was very special.to me. We all do so many special things on this site...the top one is all the selfless help everyone gives so freely, and the other one is how we treat people like how we all want to be treated. I just wanted to say Thank You for letting me be a part of it.

hi men, a few years ago i helped a co-worker acquire a C160 with a tiller. i did my best to rig a hardware store system to lift the tiller. any way my co-worker reported that the tiller was leaking. i picked the tractor up and when i got it home i realized this old tractor needed some additional maint. both axle seals were leaking. so i pulled the hubs and replace those. the brake band seal was leaking so i replaced that. oil change, air filter and fuel filter for the kohler. grease all the zerks. then i replaced the tiller seals. next, i installed one of lowells rear rockshaft kits. WOW! fits perfectly. the tiller now has plenty of travel to till deep. yet, still when fully raised up it has plenty of ground clearance for traveling back to the garage. the quality of the hardware in his kit is first class. not exactly cheap price but, you get what you pay for in this life. hope this helps you guys mike in mass.

Spending this Sunday trying to get my garage and shed somewhat straightened out . I pretty much know what I have “in-stock” for WH stuff but today while cleaning and organizing I found 27 lug bolts!! How I came to have all these is beyond me. If anyone asked if I had s spare rear axle bracket I would have said “ Yep, I have ONE ☝️ extra”...turns out I had 5 of em!! Plus I have 3 tractors with brackets installed! Who the heck needs 8 rear axle brackets? I only own 3 plows and no tillers. Found these old style coil/trigger parts that came off a Charger 12 that passed thru here years ago. I’ve seen a few wanted ads looking for these and I never replied cause I didn’t know I had em. Cast wheelweights (not all WH)...5 sets! Plus a set of plastic WH weights. And of course piles of crap I just store/hoard for those “just in case” moments!

So I was on Face book looking at junk for sale and This Pops up ! Plus it was Close to me !!! So I went to look at it and find out it was this boy's Grand fathers Who Passed away . He Bought it New and was always in the Gurage . The engine has a oil leak and the deck has Bad Rust out. ( Note looking for a deck !) When he told me what he wanted for it I loaded it in my truck ! Don't see this kind of Original paint very often. Want to mow with it but Keep it as you see it Just Cleaner !!

Getting things together for the first show of the year the 32 inch sickle found its way on the 56 rj35 today works good too

Got Skonky just about ready for the Really Big Shoe! While I was working, the neighborhood duck came by for a snack. Even stepped into the shop

So did you ever buy a tractor to match an attachment? Bought this to add to collection but needed a place to put my 50" sickle. Polished up the 867, put on the sickle today.

Tore apart the fuel pump on the 73 16 auto, got the pump to stop leaking gas, but didn't have a good gasket for between the pump and engine, so now that leaks oil once you shut the tractor down. Got a new pump ordered which comes with a gasket. I figured if I couldn't repair the pump, I had one on the way anyhow.

That's an ancient petroglyph.

Talk about a "magic" shed.

That's where the rope comes out for the recoil start assist.

My guess would be cigarette lighter.

My shed has become a catch-all for everything....my real goal today was to clean up and organize the garage. Started working in the garage and ended up in the dang shed!!! But progress was made even tho I didn't complete the job. Made a material list of what's needed to make more shelf space and I'm thinking of putting the air compressor up on a shelf ( it never gets moved from the corner where the 220 outlet is.

It was the first mobile WIFI hot spot...came as standard equipment on one tractor but then the Ponds realized they were 40+ years ahead of the technology to use it so it realized a rapid and quiet death...

My wife even found this seat cover balled up on a shelf! Why I didn’t put it on way back when I got it is beyond me? It’s now on my C-105

Thanks for all your help and advice Steve. You are the "gear drive guru". Looking forward to see the real 3D Steve this year....not that 2D stick substitute.

Thank you for being a part of it! Saw on another forum where they use the word "KARMA" instead of the little "+" under your avatar for the number of likes and positive responses to your posts. So the way I look at, you are also 11,617 on the plus side of Karma.

The kids had great time at the Yorkanna Gun Club's annual fishing derby. Hard to believe I had my two sons here 50 years ago. My four Grandsons are even too old to attend. I need some Great Grandsons.

Well it moves! She is strong feeling too. Still have some minor adjustments but should be good to go!

You can get a nice new seat for it at the Big Show, @BOB ELLISON will be selling them and I can assure you they are nice. Here is one on my 953 barn find.

You have been a huge help to all of us ...Thank you

The information you have shared and the warm welcoming attitude you display is refreshing. You were one of the first people I met at my first Big Show and you made me feel like an old friend instantly. The success of "Steve On A Stick" is a testament to how people feel about you, we all love ya!

Spent the morning visiting a local show. Didn't take any because of obligations this afternoon. After three weeks of rain every day we finally had some great weather and had a fairly good turnout. The only Wheel Horse on the grounds was a modifies 400 Suburban with Predator Power. There was no admission fee charged, just donations. This nice Oliver Garden Tractor was on the move most of the day giving kids rides, There was also a wagon train for the kids. Also had some tractor pulling, but no garden tractor pulls. A Ford V8 in a Ford tractor is not too unusual. But an International V8 in an IH is not something you see every day. Enjoy the show.

Going off topic here, but a brief explanation of the tires on my D-160 --- That is a "home made" set up, I wanted a 10" tire to possibly raise the tractor since I only use it for towing. That is a 'cart' 10" tire on a Kubota rim using a shop made spindle to take the 5 lug rim. Wasnt exactly what I was after but at least appearance wise it turned out nicely - I DO like the looks of it!

I picked up this trailer last fall from the side of the road. Didn't pay much for it and that was a good thing. Solid as a rock but it needed two tires and did not have a tailgate and the paint on it is disgusting brushed on garbage. During the modification the poor painting will be removed and the entire cart will end up orange at some point. The biggest thing that I don't like about most yard and garden type dumping trailers is that to make it so it will dump with ease, the axle is centered. That's perfectly fine if you live on flat ground. We. Do. Not. Multiple times we have put several hundred pounds in this trailer. Maybe even over a thousand pounds a few times. When going up anything but the most shallow of hills it actually pulls UP on the tractor hitch. So I decided to move the axle to the back of the box which puts far far more weight on the tongue of the tractor hitch. I'm going to be extending the length of the tongue with 2 inch square stock so I can get my turning radius back. I'm also going to make a vertical 2 inch square tube that pivots at the bottom and has a wheel at the top and attaches to The Dumping cart via a cable and a winch. When that part is done I'll take more pics. I don't have the winch yet. Here's the beginnings of the project. Before: As it sits now with the axle moved back but without the 2 inch square extension beam. This picture shows the bottom of the cart and a previous owners nasty paint job but also how far back I moved the axle assembly. Approximately 12 or 13 in.

Sorry Shynon...but your garage makes Sparky's garage look empty!!! Just saying...

Even got my wife to drive her first tractor ever! She said it was fun!

That's what's so wonderful about the people here. All willing to give of themselves and their knowledge to any that might ask. You, Steve have set a very high bar. Hopefully the rest of us can match that example.

Looks like I gotta get down there and do some shop'n

to the RJR, and thanks for posting the pics of that great looking tractor. Value depends somewhat on availability at different locations, but if that tractor runs as good as it looks...... I tend to break it down. turning plow $100 snow/dozer $150 42" SD deck $250 C-100 w/axle bracket $500 That package would be worth $900 in my area.

Hi Steve, I was able to rebuild three transmissions from Rjs and a Suburban, but I never could have done the first one without the help and advice of your videos. Thank you for all of your contributions. Jim

His hoses that he makes are top quality. 👍

Lowell's products are top of the line, for sure!

When they're burnt... that's too close.

My 1056 took a road trip to The Constitution State today.

The Ruth Stout method is a no till option using mulch to prevent weeds, reduce (or eliminate) watering, and improving soil. Ruth preferred hay, but wood chips will do. The Back To Eden method is similar, and uses wood chips. My back yard is worthless clay that dries like concrete in summer, and develops cracks so large I can stick my hand in up to my wrist, and barely grows grass. I mow in a dust cloud, the grass is so thin, and there are large areas I rarely even have to mow, the grass grows so slow and thin. So I decided I might as well try to grow vegetables. With this method, you need to heavily mulch with 8 or more inches of hay in the fall, and let it compost over the winter, plant in spring and cover with more hay or straw. I was not able to do that due to my broken ankle last fall, so I had to make some modifications. There is an area where the yard was so low, the ditch that carries the spring melt from the 25 acres of forest behind my house would overflow and cover most of the back yard, so I pushed some old firewood that I don't use into a pile along the ditch, kind of like a breakwall, and dumped and spread wood chips to bring that part of the yard up to hopefully avoid flooding. Then I brought in leaf compost and made 3 foot wide rows for planting, much like a raised bed, but with no frames. Then I covered that with hay, and planted by pulling back the hay and put my plants in. Hopefully I will get a decent harvest, though starting with the RS method, especially in spring, they say it may take 2 to 4 years to get really good soil. So here is a picture. I also still have my small garden off to the side of my house, which is shady, for lettuce and radishes, and a raspberry patch. Yes, I like raspberries. I also have a tiny HF greenhouse to the right for starting seeds, and an asparagus bed I started this year about 15 x 5, with 25 asparagus crowns planted. In 2020, I should be able to start harvesting asparagus.

I think this is a c 161, recently picked it up. The motor was getting too much movement from worn out rubber bushings so they had to be replaced. I wasn't interested in spending the money on the rubber OEM bushings so I used washers instead. Here is the process I used, I'd be interested in any opinions you all might have, let me know if you recommend something else or if you would have done it differently. Before modification. Rubber mounts removed, wood block to protect fingers. I did the front two mounts then the rear two. When replacing the front mounts (or the rear), I loosened the rear mount bolts to allow the motor to move around more freely. It helped to get the bolts out and allow install of washers. The two mounts at the bottom of the picture show before and after of removing the rubber bushings. You also see I had to grind about 1/8th" off of the side of 4 washers for each mount to allow room for fitting into place due to nearby bolts. The inside diameter of the washers were a little bigger than I would have liked but the way they stacked up in sequence will allow them to be plenty strong, I hope! Used a cheap wood saw to cut the rubber from the metal. Forced the cylinder out of the rubber interior bushing and cleaned the rubber off the cylinder. Doesn't need to be all that clean, just good enough to allow it to move into place when mounting. Mounts in place with washers. You can see how 2 washers on top and 2 washers below needed to be ground to allow space between the nearby bolts. They are not bolted tight at this point but this was basically the end. I first tightened the front 2 mounts to pull the motor forward so the drive pulley would be close as possible to original position. Not confident this made any difference but I did it anyway. A picture of the front mounts with washers installed. That's it. Hope this might be of use to someone on a later date.

Happy Birthday @prondzy, we are all glad you were born!

Roads are bad everywhere. The one I live on was supposed to be redone 30 yrs ago. Still waiting.........

No worries mate. It was my decision to store the box on the trailer. I’ll make sure to batten down the hatches and lock down all boxes next time

Sorry to hear that @Aldon. Now I feel bad. Hope it didn’t hurt it to bad. That must be a horrible road to shake that box that bad. I guess I’ll have to strap extra good as I’ll have two engines, some racks and a couple of boxes. I’ll have to do an extra good job on that tank to make you smile again.

Thanks for being here Steve! You have been a positive contributor right from the day you signed on!! And another thanks for some of the behind the scenes work you have taken on .

Got the 520 some sun today

That's only for Tecky powered models!

Patina is a well earned color!

& Steve for not only being a part of the forum and one of the best advice givers plus one of the best friends I ever had! Can't wait to see you and Chris in a couple weeks!

Our vendors like Lowell are keeping the hobby going, without them we wouldn't be able to have such nice .

This one has been on now for a good while and I use it a good bit - its my yard trailer puller - and havent noticed any hint of discoloring.