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So I picked this up a few weeks ago and thought I would share it on here. Made by Farmhand in 1966 or 67 the model is a farm handy there’s not much information on them and very few around, supposedly they were made for harvesting sugar beets back in the day. It has a 8hp Kohler motor with a 4 speed transmission/rear end. The clutch petal works like a wheel horse (clutch/brake) and there is a petal on each side so you don’t need to sit in the middle to drive it and top speed is around 11 mph.

Went to the CNY Farm Progress Show in Mohawk, NY today. There were a lot of nice Wheel Horse pullers there.

more pictures and progress patches tacked into hood making a double groove v pulley and adapting from a geared crank to solid pin. new clutch idler and engine pulley in place final prep and painting of the hood smooth and shiny - I think he did an awesome job!

Score! $200 for a blower, a nice plow and ACTUAL Wheel Horse wheel weights!!!!

With out knowing your particular engine I'll give it a shot. A lot of small 2cycle engines will have a diaphragm pump inside the carburetor. Over time these dry out & can cause the symptoms that you are having. So I would find a rebuild kit for it . Pay close attention to the adjustment screw settings on the carb when you disassemble it. You'll want to get these back to the factory settings. A slightly rich fuel mixture is much better than a lean mixture when it comes to a 2 cycle. A lean mixture will burn them up in a hurry. Other than that cleanliness is king.

Never had a problem with Huskee Kevlar belts. Always on the shelf at Tractor Supply and inexpensive. Green belts = oil resistant. Label the sleeve, staple gun to the shop wall. Just in case you forget and need a replacement.

The resale value is less than that of steel but pounds is pounds.... On a tractor.

I am running two belts from them now. No complaints, but a few things to consider IMO.............. Lets start from the top of this little story. Let me say this first of all. If you require kevlar belts, I would go Stens True Blue, or Stens OEM Replacement belts for the odd sizes, that some will say you have to buy TORO belts to get. They are out of the same factory (identical) to a brand that people here always rave a bit about. A hint. They are blue. And at the price you can get those belts at, I would not even suggest going for something that is only a few buck cheaper. Now to the ones I have running from v-belt guys. At first I got suckered a bit into buying them. I was looking for Napa B128 and Napa B96, and they popped up on that site, at a really good price. I was a bit hasty, and saw the fine print only after hitting the buy button. It turns out to be other brand substitute belts. And to the price, hey........... They shipped same day, and delivered as they should. Super nice people, with no problem in sending to EU land. The belts was fitted as deckbelt on a 60" HD deck, and as Mule belt from that deck to my C195. They runs just fine. No problems of any kind. No stretch, no strange wear or anything. Just fine. So would I buy Kevlar belts from them? No, not a chance, I can get the tested to be good stuff at roughly the same price, so no way I would take a chance on it. But for classic belts, YES, I would for sure buy from them again. Now some of you will probably say that I can't use non kevlar belts and that they wont last and so on. Well, if the system uses no clutching action on the belt, but is engaged all the time, then I dare throw it back with: Why not? This is why I run classic belts on all non clutching belt systems: They do not have a tendency to slip, which is what the kevlar wrapped belts are designed to do and withstand. I got tired of the belt slipping when the deck got into some really heavy cutting. Now the engine is being pressed down in rpms instead. And, should that classic belt wear out after only a year or two, then it was only about 10 buck or less to replace, and well worth the 10 minutes fix time. That is a good trade off in my book, if they should turn out to be a bit shorter lived than kevlar belts. Enough of the rant. Just my

4 pinions 1" axle in 4 speed, 8 pinions 1 1/8 axle in 8 speed. 8 speed better IMO

Acts like he's 11 but really 67!! Happy Happy Lane! Whose got room to bring lounge chairs to a show! @prondzy @Shynon

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANE. Older and wiser or is that Older and wilder. I forgot what I was saying.

You may do this to test if you are charging. Once you know that you are charging, then you will need to run a wire from the center terminal on the regulator to a switched hot (only has power with the key on) on the key switch. If you run direct to the battery DC power will be fed to the regulator when the engine is not running, this will cause damage to the regulator.

A lot of folks don't support them but I think it's best if you do. I've never been a big fan of stacks but it just seemed right on my Suburban 400. This is a Bud Andrews stack. The design of the 400 had a support built in but I still wondered about it trying to unscrew itself so I added two setscrews in the fittings forward of the support. Do a search here and you'll get lots of ideas.

Took the plastic dash plate off my D and thought I would give it a try on painting the letters and symbols on it. 1st time doing it but it turned out ok for a worker. Half a dozen flaws but whos counting. I didn't take a before pic but there was no white color on it. Some one painted it black, I tried to clean the black paint off but not successful. So I just re sprayed it black satin and began the lettering. I found Rustoleum chisel tip marker and a off brand point marker. I will take the lower plastic plate off and do it too soon.

You basically bought some weights and had a blade and snowblower thrown in to fill up space! Great score

Set the meter to the 200 ohm setting and read through the two wires and let us know what the meter says. I'm not sure what the specific resistance of this coil should be. Next read each wire to the engine block to check for shorts to ground. Ther should be no meter reading at all or infinity. Repeat with the meter set on the 2000k setting. Important. ..do not let the wires touch with the motor running. You will let the smoke out of the charge coils if this happens. Next with the motor running and the meter set to the 200 volts ac position (Second to the right from off) see what the voltage is at idle and WOT (wide open throttle). Again not sure what this particular coil will put out but others will. Usually between 20 and 40 volts ac. It helps to have a second set of hands for this or alligator clips on the meter leads. Again DO NOT let the wires touch with the motor running. If that passes You can go one step further and connect the wires to the two OUTSIDE terminals on the regulator and with the motor running check the output of the regulator by reading from the center terminal to ground with the meter set on the 20 VDC position. 3 clicks to the left from off. You should get a reading that varies with engine speed but no less than 12 volts or no more than 14 volts. If all is well you can wire the center terminal on the regulator to the battery per the wiring diagram and repeat the test. One more thing make sure the regulator is securely grounded to the tractor and back to the battery. This is very important as well. My guess is ther is a fault somewhere ...a PO usually doesn't cut and tape those wires off for the fun of it.

Okay guys, we have a better idea where this thing is going and how big it may be. If you are told to evacuate just do it, trust me there is not a damn thing you can save, fix or stop in 100+ mph wind and rain. The only thing worth saving is you and your family, please do not take this thing lightly, even if you are miles inshore! BE SAFE!

Just dropped and cleaned the deck, added spray lubricant. I use lubriplate chain and cable fluid , use the lighter green can first as a creeper to soak cleaned deck, sitting in hot sun that almost dries out and then ,I use the heavy gear shield, basically 680 wt. gear oil. I do this 3 times a year, last coating for winter , let it sit upside down over winter, zero rust ,absolutely the way to preserve your deck. by the way this is the best automotive rust proofing I have ever used, the lighter green can first to soak in and penetrate , then a few days later over spray with the gear shield, especially in doors and rocker areas. drive out the moisture , replace with lubricant. used this as a millwright, lubriplate chain and cable spray, pete

Picked this little gem up this morning. Can anyone tell me what model this might be? No other identifying marks on it but WHEEL HORSE.

I have my reasons, cause I'm allowed to.. Will be 71 years "young" next month so.....I do whatever I like. This evening however I totally lost it. I think? Went into the corral with my doggie, and waxed (Turtle Wax) my '90 520-8 while the doggie sniffed around. This Stallion works hard! Deserves a rub down. Now I'm thinking, "Tire paint. Why not?" I have a gallon (haven't used any in a year or so ). Think I've gone too far, too far gone? Guess it's WHA (Wheel Horse Addiction). Could be worse. I guess? Goodnight Deere ().

My source for belts also, I’ve never been let down.

And he had a fan was a relaxing place to chat

Although I don't really use it, it is perhaps my most unusual implement. It's my planter, complete with all the seed plates,fertilizer hopper and row marker. I haven't seen another one that is as complete as this. I don't even have a garden!!! Next I need the mid mount 540 rpm PTO 66 that I have absolutely zero use for!!! It's just a cool rare piece.

Whatever you do , don't dilute a ( guessing 40:1 ) mix with Seafoam or some other snake oil crap in an attempt to clean the carb.. Achto gives good advice in paying attention to the high / low speed Idle settings if so equipped . Take a pic of the screws then turn them in one at a time counting the revolutions until lightly seated then write down how many for screw "A" / "B" etc . Other than that , take some more pics ( if it's your first time ) , lay some newspaper out and DIG IN . Let's see a pic and watch for serial numbers on the carb . Many times these can be had on E-bay for under 20 beaver pelts . Sometimes it's just better and more economical to replace than rebuild . Other advice which I have ... The air filter should be rinsed with kerosene or some mild solvent then re-oiled and patted dry . Fog the motor in the fall and empty the tank . Buy the premixed fuel from Home Depot or wherever . If not use Non E fuel and a name brand oil . An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and I'm not just saying that . When I bought my house in '96 I bought the same Ryobi trimmer I'm using today .

I don’t think so Dan this is much heavier and wider then a garden tractor No the front tire stops at about 70 degrees each way

Very nice of her. But on my birthday I want a bigger piece of cake....

Very cool Lowell !! I know that the Farmhand garden tractors were rebranded Jacobsen's. Did they use a Jacobsen transmission in the Farm Handy?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANE...I know you will have a great day. If it moves...paint it RED.

Let me just start by saying that with wiring, 1 gauge over is always better than one gauge under. statistically and electrically speaking you can use 8 gauge for almost all of our tractors on the two battery cables but almost all of us use 6 or heavier. most of the rest of it you can get away with 14 gauge ... I would not go any lighter than that. any circuit that has a decent draw on it like battery to ignition switch or old school incandescent lamps for example, go 12 gauge. I've built my own harnesses for three different tractor now cuz I like to have things nice and neat and clean and contained. I purchased some 7 conductor flexible tractor trailer wire harness. It's 14 gauge and is made out of copper strands that are all copper. No tin coating. .

light gauge write 14-16 ga from S terminal on ignition switch to the small terminal on the solenoid Use the one the PO did). One heavy wire 6 ga from Battery + to a big terminal on solenoid (either one is OK. Then another heavy wire from the other solenoid terminal to the starter motor

I'm starting on the turbo Exhaust manifold and plumbing. For now I got the hot side flanges welded on.

I know. I actually feel bad about the weights. I am not a "collector", despite having five ponies. I just want a tractor that does the work. I'm wondering if I should just sell the weights to someone here that really wants a nice complete show pony..... NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote from Rylee this morning: “Jada’s is all princessy and my tractor is like “I’M COMIN’ A T YA”!”

Thoughts and prayers to everyone in this monsters path. Please be safe.

I guess my longest horse related trip would have been running around NY for a total of 983 miles collecting tractors. Then taking a trip from Bergen NY to Omaha, Nebraska to deliver them. Them we continued down to Hastings, Nebraska for a Chevy pickup and drove back to NY.

I have no clue how I missed this fun.. my bad..nice Kev....

Good Stuff!

Looks great !! I just got one WH and im fixing it up. Im real close to your age and I have the same feelings. Yes ill do what i feel like doing!!

Heres the lower plate. Didn't turn out too bad either. Don't try this when you're tired or just waking up, make too many booboos.

Update... As Ewan has been bogged down by his university work I though I had better put some more pics up of his fab work. we can't get RJ hubs in the UK, so best way is to make them... I gave Ewan a template, which he cut around and we made our own using taperlock sprockets. we welded the studs in to make it easier too... more painting and panel beating! The hood was still in pretty bad condition, but Ewan continued to work his magic!

picked up a heavy fiber glass calf hutch , for my generator , looks like a small Quonset hut, cut off the damaged area and have flow thru ventilation , put some heavy chain over it and my generator is dry and happy , pete

What is 117546? I may be able to help.

Looks like a handy little rig to have around the ranch. Gotta be pre 68 with the S/G motor. I am supposed to go look at a Farmhand but seller says it's got a Briggs on it and I doubt if it's restoed. Might be just a rebranded Jake like Dan says. Does the front rotate 360 deg like a Swisher? 11MPH is boogieing right along.

Yes very important.

Its my favorite part of country... I wish everyone good luck and I hope damage is minimal. Tony

Got the call to see if I was interested in a few signs. Couldn't get there quick enough. Plus some other parts.

Being right on the Eastern side of the Blue Ridge Mountains, sometimes these tropical storms stall when they get to the mountains. The watershed off the mountains causes lots flooding and mudslides when that happens. Similar scenario happened a while back in White Sulfur Springs, WV causing historic flooding levels and damage. Fingers crossed it moves back out to sea.

Gotta get in on this action! What day do we do " Rear Ends"? Can you tell I'm getting wound up for the show?