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About 6 months ago a gentleman contacted me about purchasing this literal barn find C-101. He did so after posting here and many of you fine gentleman said I should be the one for this tractor. It would have been an 8 hour drive one way for me, so after asking for help here on RS @Ed Kennell stepped up and said he would help me. I have to say that if it wasn’t for him I’m not sure this would have happened? So thanks again Ed ! He was kind enough to pick it up, store it in his garage and then bring it to the Big Show for me. This tractor I believe is as close to New Old Stock as you will ever find. The guy I bought it from wasn’t a Wheel Horse guy but knew that it was old and in great condition and he wanted it to go to someone who would take care of it. He actually did find it in a barn he was cleaning out with his coworker who said that it belonged to his grandfather. Upon actually seeing it first hand and then driving it, I was amazed! It really was as described, the nubs on the original tires, paint on the muffler, no belt has ever run in the PTO pulley, original seat with not a crack or scuff on it, the paint is still on the shifters where it hits the shifter plate. I am now super happy to be the proud owner of this timepiece. This also completes my collection of the 1978-79 C Series tractors. I’m sorry that I didn’t take pictures of it as soon as I got it home, but basically it was just dirty and dusty. The rear rims had a little rust on them and I purchased a set of ags with nicely painted rims at the show so I switched them out until I repaint the original ones. Don’t worry, I have a new reflector for the one that is missing. I know one of you would pick up on that!! I did a light power washing, compound and wax, here it is!

Just thinking back about my 1257, back when I helped my dad get it, back when he had his own place to work on stuff in his garage before moving in a smaller apartment building. I want to say it was the summer of 2009 when my dad got it. Then I took over it in the spring of 2016 when he moved in the building. He took it apart and cleaned it up then painted it before I got it, I put it back together and added/changed some things throughout the years. Definitely a big difference between then and now looking back at a couple old pictures. Next year I really want to make it to the Big Show as things keep coming up every year. I’d really like to meet some of you guys as I’ve learned quite a bit on the forum from everything that’s been posted on here. It’s the friendliest and best forum I’ve ever been on.

My neighbor was pulling drip tape in the sweet corn today when I noticed the brand on the spool. The boys maintain some tension on the spool to keep it from tangling while the horses pull the tape attached to a cultivator.

The Trina Momma's been doing a really cool craft project this past few days. I don't have a specific measurement but that's a kid sized blanket. It comes up to the Trina momma's waist. She had a pattern for the engine. Only. The other three squares are completely freehand knitting!!

Next was the 1973 10/8 speed. This one is locked up tight! Pulled the shroud…not as nice as the C-81 . Really packed! Found some fur and whatnot was jammed between the starter gear and flywheel, she freed up once that was removed! This one will need more attention before a battery goes in it for sure. But not seized is a win for today

hi men, just wanted to give a shoutout and say thank you to two members here. thank you daveoman for all the help (diagrams, pics, and your time and patience) to help me get my C160 auto tranny adjusted properly. works great now! thank you pfrederi for sending me the seals i needed to stop my bronco tranny from leaking. i had to pull the tranny out of the bronco and replace some seals on the shaft that goes to the white plastic motion control cam. PITA of a job but, no more leaks! paul sent me these for free. i know you guys like pics and i'm sorry i do not have any as i do not own a cell phone. being a member here is fantastic! best regards mike

It was a decent show. Kinda clashes with the WHS in PA so hard to say when I’ll go again. Next year it’s probably the same weekend I think. Even with iffy weather it’s still good to just “hang with the guys”, bust chops etc… @wallfish

I got the last C-160 running from my recent haul. The previous owner told me it blew out lots of oil and “I can’t tell you how many trees I’ve hit”. I swapped out the hood with a nicer one, and cleaned up the improperly assembled breather vent assembly. It runs great, and doesn’t blow the dipstick any more! @Jrblanke here’s some pictures of it for ya!

Here is the link to my YouTube video from the Big Show Big Show Video

Thanks again to Mike Hower (my iPad can’t tag Mike’sHorseBarn) and his wonderful wife Alli for the loading assistance and photography!

Beautiful Don, thanks for letting me be a part of this adventure.

We went to this show yesterday but the threat of rain and the little bit of drizzle kept some people away. @Sparky grabbed a bunch more pics but I got a couple. This little steam train was pretty cool.

Trina and I and a friend went out to a medium sized hike yesterday. Approximately 6 miles. Elevation gain well over 1000 feet. Great calorie burning. Excellent woods hike. No real long distance views so it's not super popular with most folks. Big Rock Cave is a literal pile of giant rocks that form a few walkable and crawlable openings. Jungle gym!!

Had sometime to mess with the 2 rigs I hauled home on Friday. First was the C-81: Pulled the shroud, pretty clean and no mouse house. Disconnected the fuel line from the fuel pump (tank probably has nasty stuff). Checked the oil. Put a battery in it and a shot of carb cleaner in the carb throat and she fired off @ri702bill haven’t forgotten about you IMG_2834.mov

This show was a rain out Thur. and Fri., but the sun saved Saturday afternoon.

Quick bath to get some of the funk off em. The K-181 rolls over by hand, the 10hp does not, hopefully it’s just packed with critter stuff.

I see a Wheel Horse blanket coming soon.

My new flag was delivered yesterday.

I had to use a ratchet strap to pull Steve Oh Two up and out, he was in there good!

@WHX?? found this practically in his backyard this weekend. I says if nobody else wants it I do! I made a deal with the seller and Uncle Jim plans to pick it up before next weekend for me to pick up at Portage, WI Garden Tractor Daze. It’s the wide track model and the 20 hp engine. It’s locked up and needs some major work to be a runner. I’m torn between getting it going for a rip around the field, and making it another shop ceiling hanger

Guy at the BS had four of the old style mufflers for a real good price so Achto and I cleaned him out. Swapped out the strait out silver one for a down and out. Thought black looked better. First oil change as long as she's in.

I took it for a spin today. The overseas carb might need a bit more float tuning, it tends to flood out over any ruts. Otherwise, it’s great!

Not homemade but Achto got me for xmas one year ...

Mike got some better pics and the exhibitor sign explaining what this is. I scrambled to get a shot while he drove it by.

Changed out old yellow head light bulbs with LED's in Artie.

Bought these 2 today.. C-81 and a 1973 10-8 speed. Neither run, not sure what I’ll do with em. Bought cheap and were only 5 miles from home. While I was there I spotted a 42” RD shell that was brand new. For another $20 that came home with me. Strange electric lift thingy on the 10 horse machine. Factory??

Terry just made me a new custom set as well. Expecting them on Monday. I asked him to help me come up with something and sent him a pic of my tractor as it sits now. He sent me a rendered pic back, and I think it'll look great! Terry's work is awesome, and he's a great fella to deal with! Nobody else will get my money for decals.

nice rescue --- great to see these decks saved !!! I harvested a 42 rd reinforcement plate from another damaged 42 and then transferred to a better shell i did a more complete rehab on

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Hello all, I know my horses pretty well however not great with all the attachments. I picked this slant back cart today locally. Seller said he got it with an 854. That being said what I found weird is the what the trailer connects to the tractor. Seems to be a slot type hitch. Any help in identifying this one is appreciated.

Howdy folks been a while. Life's been busy but we've managed to get some done decided to do something different. A lot more to come plan is hopefully fit this fine machine with a 30+ hp diesel i do have one in mind just gotta make it happen. And yes I still have the original parts I took a parts 520 and repainted the sheet metal so we still have the originals.

And sometimes we get a pleasant surprise. I bought this hub for a job last week at a good price, (compared to OEM) When I got the hub, I noticed the high quality and markings of the maker's company and part #. Checked it out and found they are a huge USA manufacture since 1943

A squirrel had chewed through a screen to get at some birdseed my wife had stored in the sunroom. Thankfully, she had closed the door to the house! Cleaned up bird seed and squirrel droppings and then replaced the mesh in the screen door for an 8’ Anderson slider. . My wife had been hesitant about reducing the local squirrel population before, but she’s on board now!

Thanks guys for all your kind words and compliments! @Ed Kennell the reflector fell off while my brother was driving it around at the Big Show. The guy is almost 60 years old and still has ants in his pants, can’t sit still, always on the move! So he bought me two new ones (because he was afraid one new one would not match the original one!) I still have to put them on. @ri702bill I thought about adding headlights, I actually have a NOS headlight bucket and lens. I’m not sure if I’ll do that or leave it factory original? And I probably will use it for some kind of light duty work? Just not sure what? @peter lena As of right now I’m going to leave it as is because there is not one squeak or rattle on the whole tractor, but don’t worry Pete I promise I’ll keep it lubed up wherever it is necessary. Once again I want to thank you guys for all your comments, and also remember it is you people that fuel my addiction for these tractors!! In the fall I’m hoping to get out my collection and recreate these photos, as it’s been seven years since I’ve done it. Since then I’ve acquired 5-6 more! My wife says this is getting a little ridiculous and I kinda agree, but I’ll never tell her that 🤣

Our pool leak is taking the majority of my time, but a good tractor shine, tune and trail ride for a few minutes was just what the doctor ordered. The mixture screws were backed out pretty far, and it would occasionally stumble pretty hard. I brought them both out to 1-3/4 turns and played with it from there. It seems much happier! I swapped a set of 23x10.50 Deestones on the rear. While the tires were off, I also finished screwing the fenders to the tool box. Since I cut so much of the box away, I used a long piece of 3/8” threaded rod across the front fender braces to hold everything together, with jamb nuts inside and out of the sheet metal. I had thoughts of another stack on this. The muffler has a crack in the side but still has a decent tone. I decided I will leave it well alone until a change is necessary.

I’ll go out on record, and say a guy could probably search on here and find where I’ve said I wouldn’t ever want one of these, and maybe some place that says if it were cheap enough I’d nab it!

Been taking some time off from Whorse since the show; first oil change in almost 10 years for my 67, adjusted the front drums, replaced some saggy 58 year old leaf springs, cleaned the underside and spray detailed while she was in the air....

Nice tractor, this was the first year I made to the BIG SHOW and encourage you to go if you can. Took one tractor with me that was sold, but brought three tractors and a 701 motor back with me. Meet a great bunch of guys/gals while I was there, (953 nut was one of them). Well worth the trip, and wished I had not put off going all this time.

Never mind, I figured it out with a rubber mallet, it flew about four feet after the third whack.

Raw like eating an apple, Sauteed in butter with home fries and scrapple, Roast deer neck with onions taters and carrots, cheeseburger with onion and tomato, salads, and one of my faves, spring onions and radishes.

I'd say more than pretty alright I'd say good more for the rest of us ... Had an uncle once who would put some raw 3/8" slices between two slices of bread for a sammy...

My wife and kids would say someone took a picture of me in grumpy mode. ...I'm perfectly OK with that comparison! @Lane Ranger - not sure where you got that but I like it! If the show t-shirts are gonna be goofy, I nominate this picture to go on the next ones!

I have recently extended my little pole barn (well away from any electricity) to provide firewood storage. A couple of weeks ago scored a nice 12v crane which I've used to lift firewood bags to a mezzanine store level. I used an old but good pickup battery & thought to press into service a couple of old car driving lamps to provide some winter lights. How to keep battery charged is an obvious problem. I have a little Yanmar as well as a Wheelhorse C121 plus 48"deck & a Wheelhorse A800 that I usea as a tug & general runabout. This has a Honda clone 11hp electric start engine that replaced the old 8hp Kohler with pull start (sacrilege, but Im well into my 70's & pull starts have lost their attraction!) None of these have much onboard generation capacity to charge an external largeish battery. So - a PTO driven car alternator seemed to be a plan. I had a Delco 10Si lying about & a 55Amp alternator from an old Lada Niva, both bench tested OK & the Niva seemed to be the better choice (mounting was easier & more robust). I used some 20mm bar with a couple of stop washers welded to fit the mid Attacha-matic of the Wheelhorse A800. Couple of bits of flat bar to suit the alternator mount welded outboard & the adjustment post replaced the floor footguard mounting bolt of the W/H. Fitted a small panel from sheet steel to hold the excitation switch & panel light, plus an Andersen connector to plug the slave battery into & job was done. Of course none of the several thousand vee belts I seem to have fitted so I am awaiting some suitable candidates to arrive, but in the mean time I cut a few elastic bands from old inner tubes to try it out - worked fine down in the garage on a virtually fully charged battery, but as soon as i tried it on a slightly lower one , the "belt" snapped with the meter showing 13.5v, so it looks like I need a proper belt to test in earnest. Quite an easy job to do really & instanly removeable via the Attacha-Matic & PTO yoke to remove belt.

Reminds Me of a Giere Mountaineer II Made in Ortonville, MN till 2006

Lol Oh Balls... actually the square hood round fenders 1045 look is a fav. Easy on easy off for yard work. Who doesn’t like the C series hoods. Do a b hood one for Sylvia... I saw some tool box & fenders & seat springs at the BS cheap shoulda grabbed them.

Put cultivar plow on 73 12hp and plowed out Mater Patch…..

Such wisdom is seldom observed in such concise, one might even say, curd-ish, clarity... @Pullstart keeps Dinkin' around with all these 60's 70's 's like he's old or something...