Leaderboard

More weekend progress on the hot rod.

Had another good year at Pioneer Power... we hit a max of 50 display tractors, not counting at least another half-dozen that were seen at various times driving around the show that weren't displayed. This year's feature was the Historical Construction Equipment Association, so there were some great examples of some of the old heavy equipment. Enjoy the pics... I am not posting everything I took, as others will have some to share too.

I found this 1997 520H for sale. Seller says all original. Only has 277 hrs on it. Am picking it up tomorrow. Wow what a nice tractor. Been looking for a while. Finally found one. Don’t care much for rear tires though. Will be putting tractor lugs on it. Seller says this tractor never mowed grass. Was basically a show toy. Can’t wait to get it home. Will probably change all fluids. Not knowing how long it’s been setting

My first time here but not my last.. Enjoy... http://www.edgarsteamshow.com/ Hauling tractors to the show grounds. Weather was crappy on Friday, rained pitch forks and hammer handles, and Sat Morn but cleared up. Dan's Mclean was water logged and wouldn't start so had to be towed behind the driver retrieval sulky. Did get it started after some dry out time. Just tons of big steamers at this show. Rat Rod being stolen by a Mafia guy! Our small but worthy line up. Note my wife tipping the jug already! Our Saturday morning bloody mary bar ... one thing about our shows there is no shortage of wine, food & fun!! To give some guys a rest drinking hours were limited to 8 AM to 6 AM! Little bit of toe tapping with good country rock bands both nites...... Dan's wife being stolen by the same Mafia who stole the Rat Rod! This guy had a pair of Olivers that were well detailed. Crome acorn nuts everywhere.. pics don't do them justice. Did manage a little plowing including a fresh cut corn & grain field that was hard as rock but the horses handled it.

Just brought this home and it's in great shape but all I know is that it has a k90 rope start there's another one I'm going back to pick up that says suburban on it with fenders and a under seat tool box will post pictures of that too

I installed my 42 inch sickle bar mower I rebuilt today. I still need to get the idler pulley setup on the footrest rod and sickle frame plate but so far so good. It took about three hours to set this up. Still need to install the sickle frame plate that goes on the bottom that I had fabricated from and original.

Here’s under the hood looks new

Yes, quite so... From the forum we had displays by @joebob @Shynon @prondzy @wheelhorseman @wheel horse men @JamesC-120 @mnWHfan @pumper.atv @Terry M and myself. The weather was a little up and down... during the show days it was mostly nice. Some light rain and mist on Friday morning. It poured after hours on Friday night, and again on Sunday afternoon during load-out time... but otherwise not too bad. Saturday morning @6wheeler stopped to chat a bit and check out the show, and if there were any other forum members, sorry I missed you. The Show grounds expanded a little this year, they're up to 110 acres. I believe they added an old-time baseball game out in the back field by the pulling track. I don't remember that being there before. There was a game by a couple teams from our area league. Something to see if you never have. Period uniforms, and no gloves. Had a nice little crowd watching that, I'd imagine they'll bring that back again if they can.

My early Wheel Horse LTD -24 dump cart had some small rust holes in the bottom when I purchased it . I decided that the best option was to place a new bottom in it that was tig welded into place and coated with black spray truck bed coating. I oiled down the ret of the trailer and have since doing oiled it about once a year. I bought the trailer and a 1958 RJ together and I decided to keep them in the general condition I found them. I painted the wheels and upgraded tires and motor on the RJ but they are a pair for sure.

I bought a great big heavy custom-built trailer that has a an old Generator inside it. Two cylinder engine of some sort. Going to try to get this thing fired up at some point and see if it works. Tucked into a shed for a long time so probably not... No worries. Trailer will be good for firewood or something anyways. So to pull it down to the back of the house we used my honey's 657. To say the least, she was pretty excited to be able to use her little tracta...

Welcome to the site, as a fairly new person here, all I can say is the people on this site are great. They are ALL very helpful.

Finally got to try out the farm PTO on the 1257!

Beautiful machine Kyle

Brought in another trailer load of pumpkins with the 312 8. Tinkered on the 655 with a predator motor..my misfit tractor.

@953 nut, and everyone else. Here's a short video that walks around the tractor showing the features of it as I've seen them. My apologies for the crunching sounds and scruffling noises. I don't know how to mute a video on YouTube. There are a few things that I'd like to call your attention to. The frame is from a long frame tractor. It measures about 38 inches from the front of the transmission to the front of the frame. The transmission is a four-speed. The hood is obviously a mid-60s vintage. The single pedal on the left side is also a mid 60s vintage. It is a Clutch and Brake combination pedal. The front axle is a piece of 2 inch square tubing that has the spindles welded to the ends of it. It measures about 24 inches to the outside across the tires. Roughly 10 to 12 inches narrower than the other tractors we have here. It also has custom shortened tie rods and bump stops welded to the axle so you can't steer too far. There's a custom built battery box that measures about 3.5 by 5 inches. Also, take note of the small metal gas tank that has been installed. It looks as though the rear fenders were made from the front inner fender liners of a vehicle. They are metal. They do look like they have some sort of custom cut contour to them. There is no right hand side step or belt guard. The seat was probably new when this tractor was being worked on a few years back. It's in fantastic condition. There is a regular farm tractor spring style seat bracket and then also an additional spring below it for extra support. The rear tires are 6/12s and are new but the right-hand rear tire has some weather cracking. Should be perfectly fine with a tube, especially for show driving. The front tires are 4.10/4 and in fantastic condition although I don't know if they're brand new. The bead has come off the right hand side front tire so it is currently deflated. Looks to me like somebody put some thought into making a miniature farm tractor model the way the front of the frame sticks out from the bottom of the hood, miniature battery box, miniature fuel tank, narrowed front end, and just the general overall shape. It's an adorable little tractor that I'd like to take the time to put into it and get it running and driving but it's going to be way down on the project list so I'm thinking this thing should probably try to find a new home....

I knew Elmer Pond built some experimental ride on tractors prior to the RS, but I kind of doubt that this was one of them.

You know that saying "just when you thought you've seen it all" and the other one "you ain't seen the half of it" Well I think I've been witness to both........ Almost lost for words what he has. The Canadian holy grail. I was there for over 3 hours and saw just over half of them. There were another 40 - 50 in a shed near by I didn't get to. A super nice guy who admitted to collecting way more than 20 years and he has been selling on and off for about ten years. Has slowed down since having a stroke but still quite able. He knows his models inside and out. Now get this....... people around there know him well enough that when they go to auctions or sales they would buy the horse for him". Understandably, I found him to be a bit gun shy at first. He said he reluctantly sold a very collectable JD to a guy (for cheap) who really wanted to restore it with his son and so he thought that was good enough for him. One that had a brass gas tank. He later saw it being parted out on EBay. Said he knew because he had marked the tank with paint where there were pit holes that needed repair. I'll load the pics in a few batches Anyway........ I'll be back there with a shopping list and a look in the other shed at some point. Hope you enjoy......

I am not picking on the guy, but I have been to numerous places like this where none are for sale, and if you ask it's either I am going to fix that one and if they are they 10 times what they are worth, sadly when the time does come the family auctions them all off in an afternoon for penny's just to clean up the mess, as mentioned in a post above my wife is great I can bring 100 of these and she could care less but I enjoy my collection at 10 to 15 nice running machines rather than having a bunch rotting away in my lawn

Take a look at this thread, should answer all your questions. http://gardentractortalk.com/forums/topic/10576-snappermf-1650-ross-steering-rebuild-help/ PS; I will be heading up to the Syracuse area in a couple of weeks. If you want that pesky early 953 out of your way I could bring along a trailer.

This is a family friendly site and we enthusiastically support the younger generation becoming involved in . As others have said a few hand tools will get this job done. The pivot pin that retains the front axle is held in place by one 3/8" bolt (9/16" wrench) The tie rods will require a 1/2" and a 9/16" wrench. That and a couple of jack-stands and you will be in business. Feel free to post any questions you may have. This manual should come in handy.

thanks Jim, I will order new tie rods, if I have to replace one i might as well do both,

but no problem, see @wheelhorseman for a replacement. You have now Pete Only way we will have it Are you saying you got a whole new axle? If so replacing it is easier than you may think if you have even just basic hand tools. I would hold off on a spindle although they are readily available. You may not need one.

First let me welcome you to this forum and as you already realized it, "the Wheel horse obsession".. Now let me advise you to put your seat belt on because you will be in for the ride of your life as many of us can attest to. As for your current mechanical problem, it is easy to fix and you should definitely be able to.Any questions or difficulties can be addressed by countless members here who are willing able and always ready to assist. You will not find another group of individuals as capable and knowledgeable as this one here. They will not only help you but also encourage you in learning all about your Wheelhorse and learning how to perform just about every aspect of maintenance and repairs on it.

Two clear-cut championship-winning calendar shots right there

Here ya go Richard. He loves it!

That screams “Hotrod”. Great job Kyle.

Too much stuff. I hate to see tractors used to pile junk onto.

And more

After running it a while I've torqued the head bolts again, the decals are on and the letters on the front of the hood are painted. I wrapped the exhaust nipple in header wrap and made a heat shield for the stack. This project is done.

This show was a good one and when Jim says there isn't a shortage of wine, food and fun that's no lie...my first time at the show it was sure a good one old buildings,saw Mills, steamers every where probably the most I have seen in a life time the swap meet area was huge!! All and all great weekend!

Kinda reminds me of that Johnny Cash song about working at GM and stealing Cadillac parts everyday. Yeah it's a Wheel Horse of many of years of parts put together. LOL! Cute just the same!

I have the tractor. P.m. sent.

This is one site that you could view with your daughter,wife,mother or grandmother and never have to worry.There is an abundance of knowledge here and these fine folks are always helpful.It looks like you broke the horse's front leg.Good news is that it can be mended and no vet is needed.Luck,JAinVA

That hard white gunk is the ethanol reacting to the metal of the valve. Suggestions would be to use non-ethanol fuel or at least treat for ethanol in the fuel. If you use your tractor on a regular basis but not year round, maybe run it empty at the end of the season and buy a gallon of non-ethanol fuel to let sit in the tractor during the off season.

Thanks Ed it was a bad fuel shut off, had a hard white guk inside. 8.95 and we are good to go. I think I'll start at that end the next time!

Wow, it would be worth getting a passport to go rescue some of those horses! I know it might not be an ideal collection, but it's better to have them there than melted down for scrap.

I see nothing wrong with hoarding,collecting,or what-ever anyone wants to call it.Looks like the guy has done what he wanted to do for the last 20 years.Don't knock him.Most guys here gotta admit it.....….if you had the room and the money,you'd be collecting like him too.Oh yeah,forgot to mention something else that's important...…..if your wife gave you permission.

Here's hoping you post more ... of that horrible hoard of 's as soon as you can. Man, being rich must be a terrible problem to have.

The folks at OSHA freak when they see things like this.No guards on rotating shafts.No guards on chains and sprockets.You have to use your head to stay safe,and pay attention to what is going on around you.Is this safe by modern standards?Hel# no but I love it.Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, you should let that one go Eric... before Trina sneaks a pict of you sitting on it here.

Hoarding for sure but where would these machines be if not in his yard.At some point the original owners gave up on these things.I have seen these tractors in the weeds,in fact I bought two lost in the weeds.Maybe in a dumpster.I know one member got one out of a dumpster.I feel fairly confident that some here have enough WHs that someone would say they are hoarding but what harm are they doing?In my mind better that than the scrap yard.JMHO.

Couple of my vintage, original Ed Roth water slide decals here...

Better to be under cover and have junk piled on to it than to be on a junk pile.

He's at a tractor show looking for more! My problem is they come in pairs, then they come for free. Can't turn those away ...but dear we wouldn't turn away a homeless kid if he knocked on our door would we??? Got plenty of others for getting one by the missus! Lemme know you need help with that.

You might just need to pull the valve out of the bottom of the tank to clear anything that may be blocking the valve. You will need a new bushing when reinstalling the valve.

How it looks with the tractor

My stack is 3” diameter, I used a piece of 16 ga. (I think) metal cut to about 5” x 12”. Heated it a little with a heat gun then formed it around a 3” plastic pipe coupling that measures 4” O. D. Once I had the shape I wanted I cut it to size and drilled a couple of 1/4” holes in it. I used a 1/4” coupling nut cut in half then shortened each half a little to get the spacing I wanted and welded the nuts to the stack. I did bolt the nuts to the shield and tack them to the stack while it was on the tractor then removed the stack and welded the nuts.