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Realized I never actually put my tractor up here so figured I better. 1981 C-175 automatic with the series 1 motor. Kwik way loader with bucket and dozer blade. Snowblower rigged up to the loader...will be putting it to the test this winter. Rear kwik way 3pt with grader blade. Just had the pto bearing go out so gotta order parts tomorrow. Other than that I need a proper spring for the snowblower pully, weld the chute control arm back together along with fixing a few broken welds and fix a few fluid leaks and she'll be set! Have really enjoyed it so far and look forward to getting her buttoned up. Definitely gave me the wheel horse bug!

Well that explains all the school closings this morning. Guess it's about time to get a blade on horse.

So we are hit with a surprise snow storm this morning. Thank goodness we finished leaf pickup yesterday. Well I go out to the garage and get my tire chains that I had on the 416-H last year winter, but they won't fit this year. No matter what I tried they were just too short. So what's going on here? Then my wife comes out and sees the smoke and steam coming out of my ears and asks 'do you even need chains? You just put new tires on before the show this summer!'...duh... new tires, more tread, larger diameter, chains too small. Moral of this story...be sure that your brain is fully engaged before working on your horse.

OH OH !!! The deer hunters are in the woods. Here is what they do in Wisconsin so they know that this is not a deer.

Just finished our Pa. archery season on Monday. This was the first in many years that I did not even see a shooter in archery. Maybe I gotta get those cataracts removed. Our rifle season starts on Monday after Thanksgiving. Maybe this ones brother will show up like he did last year. GOOD LUCK and BE SAFE

The weatherman was wrong again and we got 7” of the wet stuff overnight. They said about 1-3” so I didn’t even put the 54” blade on the C-161. I assumed the 606 Rat would struggle but it did great even with the blade angled. I started off in the back pushing straight ahead since I assumed it wouldn’t stay straight with the blade angled. The hill worried me but it went right up. My son snapped a video and some pics. I had a blast. Sorry for all the pics. 6E8D0B79-7EE2-4BCA-B322-AC3EE5710237.MOV 071927F9-C1B8-4331-8288-5EAD280F3332.mov

well its one of those things where i don't really need it but i like it just the same so i have charger 9 coming which i had owned last year and decided to buy it back which i can use to plow my drive way with til my 953 is up and running these are last years pics anyways

Many things can go wrong with an S/G . Bearings you can hear them, brushes, armature, field coils. or just the regulator ...do you have any idea what is wrong with yours. Noisy or no charging or no starting??? Unless you have a clue I would look for a place that specializes in automotive starters generators alternators.. They can figure out what part has failed and not just throw kits/fixes at it.

Just got these installed last week, they're Maxxis Bighorn 2.0's in 23x8-12. I couldn't find *any* pictures of this tire mounted on a tractor anywhere, so I figured I'd post them up for others to reference. I'm regretting not going with the 10" wide size as they ended up being a little narrower than i expected (they look narrower than the stock tire to me) and I don't think the extra width would have sacrificed any traction. That said, I'm confident they're going to work just fine. They are filled to the top with beet juice and have quite a bit of weight to them. I use this tractor to cut grass, run the snowthrower, and I am hoping to use it for plowing/discing my garden this spring too. Was planning to use my wheel weights in combination with this but I don't even think it will be necessary.

54" plow with with rear chains and wheel weights on my 1257. I enjoy doing the driveway with a classic.

With the 520 that have the swept forward front axle you really need the 48"+ width when angled so the snow isn't falling back under the tires but any thing other than that a 42" is fine, and like the xi series I fabbed up a front sway bar to help keep the plow frame from twisting in the axle bracket/hitch and allowing the angle lever to rub the belt guards or foot rest...

Happy Birthday to what is hands down the best online forum I've been a member of. When I joined up here a little over 2 years ago, I had just acquired my first Wheel Horse and stumbled across RedSquare while doing a Google search for information on my tractor. Like most all of us here, I signed up because of my tractor, but little did I know I would soon be part of something much more than a tractor group, all the members here are like one big extended family, one that I am very proud to be a member of. Not only are we all here to lend a helping hand with each other's projects, but we have also shared many laughs, and a few tears along the way. Even though I have only met a couple of our members in person, I feel like I know several of you just by the online connection we have, and am honored to call each of you a friend. So here's to the past 12 years, and many many more to come

Well, I am looking for Bowinkle and picked up a 7 point. Not bad for my first deer ever! Yeah, I’ve been hunting for 10 or 11 years... It’s snowing hard, I have to resume search for #2 in the morning I guess.

Them Chi-towners, don’t get out to the farm much!

Here I am waiting for the delicious season. Ooops, spelled that wrong, supposed to be “Duck” 😂

My 80 Toyota 4x4 DLX Bought it new. Started working on it in June after sitting for 23 years. Cleaned the gas tank new tires, belts, hoses, clutch and slave cylinders, brakes and break hoses, grill, paint.

My wife asked me why I need 3 tractors. I said one for each grandson. Before she thought about the outcome she asked, what about the granddaughters. Now I need 5 more.

So wifey said to prepare some ground for veggies and what not. I am amazed how well that 50" D series tiller makes short work out of it. It comes out level and perfect. When sitting there with gear reduced steering and hydraulic 3 pt. I found my self wondering why I ever had another horse than this one. It is such a beast, and I just love that throaty twin Kohler popping growl, when the tiller gets engaged. Sweeeeeet!

Trina and I spent some time this evening putting the snow/dozer blade on the Patriot B80. The first Wheelhorse Implement we've used. I've Never plowed with a tractor and I'm really looking forward to it. We had to find and install all the brackets and levers and located pins and bolts and such around the workshops. Aannddd... I was looking for all the above listed stuff and found a Wheelhorse down pressure bar !!! So of course I had to try it out on the leaves at the edge of the driveway. Here's a few pics.

I'm trying to piece together it's history. Thanks,

So I parted 2 701s earlier this year that was in poor shape. I kept parts I needed and listed rest. 1 part I kept was toolbox. The original had holes drilled in odd places and was bent good from when original frame snapped on original owner. This toolbox here is pitted but I put new layer of paint down to protect it until I can fix it. I also plan to fix to the dash tower on this one eventually. I got a junker dash tower I can cut to make this one back to original. I can weld it pretty good but that will be later on.

I am getting pretty forgetful myself. I solved that chain problem by keeping the 2 stage blower with chains, weight box and cab on my 520 year around👍

WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE MY AGE (89) JOHN I CAN REMOVE THE SNOW FROM YOUR DRIVEWAY FOR $1.00 PER INCH OF SNOW. . BUT I CAN NOT DO IT UNTIL JULY. RUSS

Steve, that is a horse, not a cow!

Also came with a cab, pallet forks and hay forks for the loader.

Agreed... and will do it this weekend! Now that I know that problem exists I am afraid to take it out in the snow until I find that weak spot as pushing one of those autos is work enough (even with the pressure released on the tranny)..let alone in the snow! lol, just got done this past spring doing the same thing on my '69 Camaro... I love that old iron... but it calls for some special attention at its age (not unlike myself).

I'm still rockin' a mullet...and I love my square body machines 520 Wheel Horse G body Malibus and GM trucks...and most importantly 80s Hair Metal ...rock on.

TrACTOR IS ABOUT 40 YEARS OLD. Wire connections break, corrode and stiffen in cold weather especially. Do a run through all your connections, clean and look for wire coatins breaks etc. It will pay off in the logn run!

My first pickup was a '52 Ford with a straight six and three on the column. Had been a service truck for the Bell Telephone Company. It originally wore a dull olive drab green paint but the farmer I bought it from painted it robin's egg blue with a brush. It had a 6 volt system that disliked any weather colder than 50 degrees. I never changed it over to 12 volt, just selectively parked it on a slope wherever I took it and caught it in second gear. Side vent windows, a center console cowl vent and two vents on the inside panels near your feet provided more than enough air circulation in the summer. It had virtually no capacity for heating in the winter. The windshield wipers were vacuum actuated and would stop moving when you pressed the accelerator going up a big hil, which in western Pennsylvania meant half of your traveling was up one side of a hill. It had a wooden bed which I replaced with fresh cut white oak from my buddy's sawmill. All of the trim was polished stainless steel. I really loved that truck. Tooled around in it for several years until I decided that I needed FWD. I sold the '52 Ford to a friend who eventually did a full frame up restoration on it and finished it in candy apple red with so many clear top coats you thought you could bury your finger in the paint. Ended up buying a '76 Ford 3/4 ton Highboy with a four speed on the floor, Warn hubs and a 360 under the hood. Found a 390 truck engine with extra heavy main bearing reinforcements and built my first complete engine. Love me a good ol' Ford pickup! Cheers! Dave

Happy Birthday !!! Great site, great Moderators, great members, great little tractors! I’m glad I found this site and got to meet so many of you! Looking forward to meeting more of you through the upcoming years...

Hey they may be near 50, but mine is 54, exactly double my ag!!! Thanks for the offer of help, everyone here has been so helpful.

all I got is a cool hat from 1989 when I was 10 years old, the salesman gave it to me when my grandfather bought his new tractor

It’s opening day in MI, I’m sure other states too. Be safe out there, and good luck!

I got 2 inches. Didn't even get to try the 552 out

Found some led lights to put in place of originals, wired them up tonight along with original tail light. Man they are bright.

I just recently moved and I did a dumb one, all my tire chains hung as pairs in the old shed, and by where they hung I knew which tires they fit. so in my rush I grabbed all the chains and threw them in 2 5 gal buckets thinking I will remember. yeah that was fun the day sorting tire chains. ...

I thought 8 tracks and vinyl were what was current when I was a kid.... 1995, 1st grade, I remember telling my friends about the new Van Halen (1984) album my dad got, along with his new Metallica (Master of Puppets) album 😂😂, my first car was a G Body Cutlass supreme, can’t rock a mullet though, can’t stand hair touching my ears 😂

Yes. That is what you have to make sure clears. It isn’t much you have to take off. Just make sure after your done it doesn’t bind anywhere in a full turn. Other than that you will have to grind slots in the axles for snap rings. I know the 953 axle are different lengths and the 8 pinion axle are the same length. All I did was put the in so they were close to the same and put one of the hubs in a little to make up the difference.

We are talking about where the bull gear would hit the bottom of the 11 teeth part of the mushroom gear. I think you can see in this picture where the bull gear might be hitting. Grinding off some of the bottom edge of the bull gear would solve the issue. The bull gear is wide enough to do this without sacrificing strength. You can see the bull gear in the center left of this picture...it is at least 2" wide.

Nice deer Ed. Now I know why you haven't been as present here on Red Square. Been in the woods harvesting venison. Jim

My version of the front stabilizer. And the must have on all my hydro plow and blower machines …. foot pedal motion control.

The S/G on the Charger have you grounded the field terminal while it is running to see if it starts charging?? If it doesn't and combined with the slow cranking I would suspect the charge field coil..(it helps out in cranking). Kits are usually bearings and/or brushes...but they may not be your problem and would be a waste of money unless you knew what was wrong.

I would go for the gear reduction steering off of a 520 on a C195 if I ever owned another. I had one with the thrust bearings and a 60" deck; not too hard to steer, but nothing like my C165 with the steering gear from a 520H. Or for your added pleasure, you could swap in the 520H steering system into this C195 if you purchase it that way you get the best of all worlds combined.

Great topic Eric! Seems to me that the most common problem with a wider plow comes when you try to angle them and push especially wet/heavy snow. You often hear of it sliding the front of the tractor over. If you have enough weight (thank you Ed!) and/or good chains, typically you will have enough grunt with a WH to move the snow. However, the question remains, can you get enough weight over the front axle to keep it from sliding sideways? Unfortunately, I don’t have any seat time on a horse pushing snow but I cleared my 250’ drive for several years with my 60” blade on my diesel Cub (before we bought “mommas” 523D and the deuce). That Cub has lots of weight over the front wheels and generally has no problem with keeping the front end planted. I run 2 link v-bars on it normally and have 2 96# IH big tractor suitcase weights that I can throw on if I need extra traction. I made the mistake my first year using it of not pushing the snow back far enough and we had a lot of snow over the next several months. I got to the point where I had no where to go with it. I had to call my Uncle Rog to bring over the big Case tractor and 7’ rear PTO snowblower and clear it back for me. I learned from that and now I always be sure to blade the snow back far enough. Once those piles melt a little and refreeze, you won’t push them with a GT anymore—BTDT! My .02...

The 1x3 bar stock is drilled and tapped, bolted on from underneath. Everything is tack welded to that. It’s also got angle iron resting on the frame tacked to the bar stock too.

Great place to gather, it's no surprise that it has been around this long . And with the way it's run and managed and the members it should be here another 12

Happy Birthday Red Square and a BIG THANKS to your creators.

Sure, playing doubles?

Here's a couple of pictures with the 60" HD deck on it. I will try to make a video of it tilling, but I'm having problems with the sound on the video. Perhaps my phone isn't the best choice