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sorry the 1st pic is blurry, but it shows how many we had for the Italian Wednesday dinner. Tgtack & Squonk SteveBo and BrennanBo My Chicken Parmasian 3 Wheel Horse License Plates from 3 different states. Jim Cas TravlinDave Lowell Raffle Horses Terry Lola Jim & Karen John's cycle Birdie & Jim Charlie & Steve Bob on the right Tractor Girl Bob and his new 854 Jo & Brian Howard in the middle & Jimmy ? & Mrs Rules Brian & Jim trading cards Squonk walking toward the bus stop. He made it. Ed Randy & Sharon edited next day. Thanks Randy, I knew better, but was brain dead. Got ya now. Caleb & Josh Ritchie Both of these guys are Red Square members. It was excellent talking with them. Karen, Mike, Cas & Sparky Not sure who the little girl is, but she just loved petting Mike's Malamute Was another fantastic show. I met a lot of new members...just wish I could remember any more.

Restored 704

Me and the kids last summer 1045 and original tub wagon

‘64 and ‘65 models—my son’s and my dad’s

We just picked up this little beauty. It runs and cuts. My sons and I plan to bring it to the 2019 big show with nice red paint on it.

All that took the Group Pictures post them here and we will set up something to try to put a name with the face. My wife (Chris) took these. There is a group of 5 going to the right, and then a group of 5 going to the left. 2ND shoot.

Last year, my goal at the big show as to not buy a tractor. I was sucessful...until about a month later, when an 876 popped up in Richmond, and I caved. Drove up there and bought it the day it was listed. Well this year, my goal was to SELL a tractor, and not bring one home. I managed to make it out of the fairgrounds with an empty trailer, but as Van and I were eating some double R bar burgers from Roy Rogers in Winchester VA, we made the mistake of searching the Raleigh NC craigslist. I saw a 312-H that I recognized as one that was listed for sale last summer, but didn't sell. I had talked with the seller last year but my daughter arrived early. Even though the seller and I had settled on a price, I just never pulled the trigger. Well, I still had his number saved, so I shot him a text on our way home and I went and picked it up this morning! It's not nearly as nice as the one Terry just picked up at the BS, but for $260, I think I did well! The deck will need repair, and the seat looks like it fell victim to a grandchild with a screw driver. It also looks like it has never had a bath in its life. It's got about 450 hours which seems feasible given the condition of the rest of the tractor. I bought it as a non runner, but after about 15 minutes of tinkering, it fired right up. I don't think I'll use the bagger that came with it, so it may be craigslist fodder. I'm pretty tickled about it and can't wait to have a buddy weld up the deck for me! In the mean time, there will be a large cleaning operation going underway! Here are the pictures of it as I unloaded it off the trailer.

Boy and I on round top In Gettysburg

My favorite tractor

No good at selfies ,so I robbed this from Stevebo:

Exactly ^^^ Take a cut-off wheel ( the thin reinforced ones ) in your Dremel and make a slice lengthwise almost through but not quite . Maybe 4 cuts , then with a lot of patients and some penetrating oil , go in and out 'till they're clean .

here is my favorite recent picture , call it Grandpa power and a red wagon full of little girls.

This is my ugly mug on the street rod 953 a the 2017 Big Show.

First one is Trina on the day we brought her tractor home. The ones I have with my tractor I kind of far away but you probably don't want to see my face much closer up anyways. The last one is of me at last year's Owls Head transportation museum truck show. One of my best pictures ever.

I went to the Big Show with a '69 Charger 12 and three 48" decks, came home with another 953, tub cart, three Kohler twin cylinder engines, three 3 speed transmissions (for parts) a HD-42 snow blade, a LMR-30 front mount reel mower some tires, lots of cool stuff from @Vinylguy a couple of@BOB ELLISON seats for the 953s and a fist full of the collector cards Terry made up for us. The best thing I brought home was some great memories and a strong desire to attend in 2019!

I had done some work for Barry on his trailer and he rewarded me with some shopping money on Thursday. I picked up this complete Commando 800 from @12 hp Kohler Robbie for the same amount as Barry gave me, so I've got a few hours of work into it. The tractor would not run when we were jumping it, so I ran to Walmart Thursday night and grabbed a battery and some random chemicals, sealants and supplies to see if I could get it going on Friday. I ended up getting the 656 and playing with that, so I started on the Commando tonight. I've been up 20 hrs, time to come in from the garage for the night. But first, an update. On Friday I did figure out that the intake valve keeper cup had split, and the valve was just bouncing around in the block when it was rolling over, so no compression and firing/backfiring out the carb and exhaust simultaneously. I found a valve set for $5 from one of the vendors and put the spares in the truck. The engine was pulled along with the wheels and tires and it was tossed on the tailgate of the Colorado. Thanks random guys that I stopped and asked for help! I dragged it into the garage tonight in hopes of making it back into a roller, but I got to work on the engine instead. The long block is assembled, I just need to torque the head bolts and put the cooling tin on the top. Then I'll have to get it back in the frame, then try to give it a whirl!

Ok, dig deep in your photos or take a new one...but let’s post up your face with your tractor or tractors! Don’t worry, I’ve seen a whole bunch of the Red Square crew in person and NONE OF US are supermodels so done be scared and post up a mug-shot! I’ll go first. It’s 4:30 in the morning here on the east coast and I’ll be flying to the west coast most of the day unable to check on this thread (maybe for a minute in Chicago) but I hope to see that a whole bunch of you were brave enough to post!

Me and my buddy peanut

As many know on this site, Jim and I were partners in Shenanigans. We would talk all night or day on Skype and laugh like crazy. Chris and I would stop at Jim's on the way home from the show a few times and spend time together. I am missing my good friend, but he lived a good life and had many friends. Some of his high school classmates have just recently started getting together for coffee about once a week and Jim was thrilled about that. He was not done having a good time. I just hope he was not in pain during the end. My prayers to Karen and his family. Rest in Piece Jim. I love you man. from the Big Show 2010 CAPTION THIS!!!

Here is my ugly old mug with my 312 safely stowed. Now to find my tractor cover. I know it is here somewhere.

Still not headed home yet. Gonna pull out after lunch tomorrow. We've been messing around Gettysburg since the show.

2016 My first time at the big show.

Left the hotel at 3am Sunday morning. 14 hours later we were home. Long day!! Still had time to unload the 312-H and mow the lakefront. Love the classic but already missing my commando. Got to figure out how to get this SD deck to cut level on the side hill like my RD deck did. But that's for another thread. Good news is the 312 does fit under our fifth wheel. Also got a lot more time to visit with RS friends this year.

I have a couple of machines missing the proper battery hold down. So I decided to make my own out of stainless (of course). Hook rods are cold rolled steel. I threaded the hook rods then heated and bent them. They have been bead blasted and first coat of paint applied. Battery hod down rods are heated and bent. Angle has been cut. Just need to weld and polish them and job done. Here are the plans. Wheel Horse battery hold down.pdf Here are a couple of pics with the factory piece also shown. I will post more when the job is done ! Cleat Wheel Horse battery hold down.pdf

In this day and age you can buy a liquid cooled, diesel powered garden tractor.With 1 1/2 acres of grass to cut these newer machines will last long enough that parts probably won't be available,years outIf you have very deep pockets then the some of the brands that competed with WH are out there. If you don't mind working on your own equipment then I for one would never recommend buying any new garden tractor.

I think you're going to find that most of us are probably going to be biased towards older tractors and Wheelhorse in particular. That said, I mean this in all possible seriousness. Not a joke. Not trying to be funny. Not trying to be influential at all. I absolutely positively would NOT go buy a new garden tractor. I have Wheelhorses here and I just would not go buy anything else. I would only increase my available attachments. I would rather have extra Wheelhorses and fix them as needed then spend several thousand dollars on something that is new and is just not going to last. Just my two cents.....

@12 hp Kohler Keep on collecting those parts and have a big sale at the Big Show so you can buy a pickup when you turn 16.

I brought home this 8” wheel horse plow. I couldn’t pass it up for the price. I need to wear the paint off of the blade and mount the coulter yet. I also came home with two less tractors and LOTS of parts.

I'm having the same problem. There should be a "NO LIMIT REACTIONS SEASON" the first few days after the Big Show!

Our final day at the Show started with a big rain in the morning which wasn’t particularly good for viewing tractors but it gave a good block of time to sit and visit with folks. It was great for me to have a couple of relaxing days to be able to make some new friends and to build some existing friendships. Before we knew it, it was time to pack up. @AMC RULES did some horse trading with Caleb and we came home with a nice cultivator for Comanche. Thank you Craig and Mrs Rules for your investment (in so many ways) into Caleb over the couple of days at the Show. It was fun getting to meet @giddyap and see his fine work on that cool little ‘61 suburban. We ended up leaving the show grounds around 2:30pm. It was a LONG TREK back home but we had an uneventful trip and arrived back at Jim’s around 4:15 am! We were glad to safely make it with all our gear. Caleb and I arrived home at 5, grabbed a couple hours of shut eye, then got up with the rest of the family and headed into church for a special Blue and White Sunday honoring our local police officers. The kids of the church wrote thank you cards for the officers and Caleb took part in that as well as the flag parade. After church, we got changed hooked the trailer to the truck and headed out to Jim’s. My dad went with us so that he could see Jim’s tractors which he really enjoyed. Then we stopped by A&W where we celebrated Zach’s 5th birthday. He was excited to get some more legos and a new baseball glove among other things. It still amazes me that these two tractors are only separated by one model year. I like both of them for a variety of reasons but the guys response for the redesign of the 1965 line were amazing! 1964 was an ode to the past, 1965 models were a definite look to the future! Caleb took a couple of laps around the yard when we got back home and immediately wanted to begin working on his Comanche. I’ll let him tell you about that in his thread... As I sit reflecting on this show, the people are the main thing that come to mind. Yes, I really enjoyed seeing the many cool tractors and attachments there at The BS. But it was the friends and the families that stuck out to me the most. This picture of @dells68 and Emory kinda capture what I’m trying to say... “a father, a son, and a machine”. Many memories were made this weekend by youngsters that won’t be soon forgotten. Another chapter closes for the 875–can’t wait to see the next...

What a great place to explore.

I bought a set of wheels/tires for the 876, a bunch of filters, couple of mufflers, couple of axle seals, Some wheel horse swag, and some SWEET 876 dash and console decals from @Vinylguy I managed to not bring home a horse from the show, but as Van and I were eating dinner at Roy Rogers on our way home. We made the mistake of surfing craigslist.... I’ll make that post later haha

GT Midnight Mafias. .. a drinking club with a tractor problem.

For someone who sat at camp and sucked all my beer saying you weren't gonna get any tractors sure looks like you done good! Might haveta have you prospect for midnight mafias. BTW thanks for the

No fair, they used power tools! Truth be told, them Wisconsin boys could be trusted with a gold bar in the shape of a cheese wedge, if they really needed to be! Great group to joke and hang out with. Plus that apple cobbler... YUM!

Picked up this C-160 a couple of weeks ago from Joe out in SW PA. It had been on the Classified page for a while so I went out for a look. Got her home and got a new battery, new plug, new plug wire and some fresh gas. She purrs like a BIG kitten! Drove her around the yard a few times and put her on the lift. Got some of the parts I am going to need at the BS and some more from Jay in GA. Wife told me I have to finish the all the trim work in her "home theatre" in the basement so......... I do get a few hours in. After all, "Ya gotta let the finish dry between coats"

It was great to get to know so many new faces, and see some that I have met in the past. I'm on cloud nine, for being in the presence of so many people willing to share their passion with anyone that's got a few minutes of time and an open ear, for seeing so many tractors (they're all fun to look at, new, old, big, small, factory correct or rat rod special), and even for the views during the drive. PA is a beautiful state, at least the part I drove through! My only regret, is not wearing my wooden shoes that I got visiting Koen @C-101plowerpower a couple years back. @stevasaurus I didn't see yours either... For some reason, I'm not able to tag many people in my post (maybe my terrible internet connection?), so if I was fortunate enough to spend some time, tractors, talk, food, drink, money or help with ya, I guess you'll know who you are! Thanks for making this my best first big show ever. If anyone doesn't believe there are 4 tractors in these pics... I'm pretty much unloaded and they all look like this: (Imagine the for sale ad... "Wheel Horse tractors- great condition - practically brand new"

I like that idea, instead of a savings acount I will fill a barn with wheel horse parts

Doing some clean up with the pressure washer and some inventory this morning, I realized that I ended up with 3 sets of original front Wheel Horse and 2 sets of original rear Wheel Horse tires. The 857 has so much compression I about broke my wrist trying to roll it over! I'm excited about the starter/generator... even if I am Pullstart.

I wanted to be the first to put a picture up for the feature tractor.

I'm heading this morning to pick up the kids, they'll end up seeing the haul tonight, and I'm sure they'll be all smiles. I better finish cleaning out my truck... where's @stevebo when you need him? (Inside joke, before we came back from dinner on Wednesday night, he had to toss some garbage from the road trip... or who knows when before he'd get back in the truck. It was bugging him way too much to see it on the floor!) The 1276 hood I got for free when I bought the last tractor, it is cracked pretty good and is missing the hardware. I think I'm gonna play with turning it into a short hood so the Commando will fit in with the other short frame square hoods of the bunch. I'll be another good learning experience and if it doesn't turn out perfect it won't matter too much.

All of Aldon’s leftover gt14 parts, a gt14 frame from kyle, a K341, some decals, a clock and a ton of memories & friendships.

Folks we at the Wheel Horse Collectors Club just put the show on, it's your tractors smiling faces and families that make it work ! So we at the Wheel Horse Collectors Club THANK YOU for enjoying the show. Wild Bill in Richmond VA

Sounds like I better stock up for the next time that we come to the show.