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Twenty years ago, the forum we have come to know as Red Square launched. Karl and Mike will be along to fill in the details. Thanks to you the photos in this YouTube video help tell the story, with few exceptions all of the photos were posted on Red Square since November 2025. So, in essence you made this video, I just posted it for your enjoyment. There is no narration, just some lighthearted YouTube generic soundtrack music, Enjoy.

The Holy Grail Site to all things Wheel Horse. A site that the Folks are good people that will respect each other’s questions with respect no matter how simple it is. A place that no matter what you do to your WH, no one is going to put you down for it but be inspired by what you did. I grew up with a 1978 C141-8 mowing many acres and tilling gardens, had that tractor until 2004 (knowing it was a tried and true quality tractor) when I traded and bought new a 2004 315-8. This in turn with the advent of eBay and internet led me to discover the many versions of WH throughout the years, 1964 (birth year) models became my big search (now have all the styles from 64) and many others just fell into my barn along the way. Been a member here since July 2012, with a collection of 70 tractors, 52 being WH, this site has been a great resource. I have submitted many serial numbers and manuals to Qwest to add and am grateful for the work he does to keep those updates. I recently retired and now these tractors are my full time new job rebuilding the ones that need it and attending many more tractor shows and festivals. I just seen the 20th Anniversary YouTube video and was pleasantly surprised to see one of my Memorial Day pictures of some of my WH’s that I recruit neighbors to drive for me. Thank You for a Great Site and for keeping the Wheel Horse Name Alive.

HAPPPPY BIRTHDAY!!! A HUGE thanks to @nylyon and @Sparky and all the other Redsquare staff for keeping this going. And of course all the members and Supporters!!

Instead of creating a separate post, I will add to this one since Richard did such an amazing job with the video, thank you! Many of you know how this place came about: Chris, high school project, @Sparky babbling it up, and me looking for a snow plow, so I am not going to rehash the origins of the forum. When RedSquare started to grow, we picked the right team to help us build this place how we would like to see a forum run. We really tried to stop the hate posts and the sarcastic answers, to give the members a good place to ask their questions, and to allow a safe place for the younger members to be. In the beginning, it was a little challenging, and some of the initial members left to form their own forums with their own view of how they would like their site to run. Which was fine with us! After a few years, RedSquare became basically self-moderating. There is just the vibe of “it’s how we do things here” that ALL of you follow every day that keeps the forum running smoothly. When things go awry, our moderators quickly jump in to get things back on track. It amazes me just how few members (spammers excluded) we have had to ban permanently. I couldn’t be prouder of how RedSquare turned out; it far exceeded any expectation that I ever had. It really is hard to fathom that it has been 20 years, but that’s what the numbers say. I have always felt that RedSquare had a definite and positive influence on the Wheel Horse community. @gwest_ca was running the Wheel Horse Manuals group on Yahoo groups, and I forget who approached who, but with the Yahoo Groups shutting down, he offered to build the manuals section for us here. If you were not aware, Garry is 100% in charge of the manuals section—he kicked me out and told me to keep my hands off his baby. (Ok, not really, but close 😉) I can’t think of any other site, Toro included, that has a more comprehensive or better organized area for Wheel Horse manuals. Garry, I can’t thank you enough! So many members throughout the years have stepped up to build this place to where it is today, from volunteering to organize the forum better, to creating regular fun posts, making calendars, promoting the forum, and of course sharing your knowledge. For me, it’s never been about the tractors; it’s always been about the people, and we have the best. Congratulations on 20 incredible years of building something that truly matters to people. It's an amazing milestone!

I told my wife I wasn’t going to buy any more WH’s until I got the 420 LSE finished. It wasn’t 30 minutes later that I saw this 520 on MP. Floated the guy an offer. Next he’s asking when can he deliver it… Now to figure out if the Onan is any good. It’s not locked up. He said he bought it for the muffler and a hydraulic hose. The previous owner said it had a wiring issue and just stopped.

Thank you Dick, for everything you do for Red Square. Thank you for your daily posts on historic events, that must be a lot to keep up on every single day. Your many other contributions here do not go unnoticed, it’s people like you that make this forum great. We are all happy that you and your wife have made it through some difficult health issues. God bless you ❤️

OMG, this is beautiful. At the moment, I am at a loss for words so for now Thank You

November 14, 1956 The Great Bell of Big Ben first chimes at the foot of the still-unfinished clock tower outside the Palace of Westminster.

Happy 20th RedSquare! Tractor people are awesome, this place is amazing!

Once the virtual versions of all my Tractors are done. Next is the implements😁 @ri702bill even better virtual gas it’s free and the mileage is great. That would be cool though to have virtual vinyl decals. @squonk we’ll see once I make a plow/snowblower or repurpose one from another similar mod as it does snow in the game in winter. @Bar Nuthin that’s the next step I have another lawn tractor mod I’m getting the “Kohler” out of. It looks like a dead ringer for a K with some modification I can make it a Magnum. I even found a “Command” for the C-85. @953 nut it’s the only Wheel Horse I could fit my entire stable in my pocket…I’ve got 50gb of iCloud storage. My entire mod folder for the game is 17gb I think I’m good…for now😁

Love the 520-H. Beast of a tractor and the most comfortable of all my WH's. Good luck Don. My better half having Winter fun back around 2009 with a big smile and NO CAB. She's a tough one. Tom Boy

Made a front hitch to move the trailer I bought recently. Not as easy to install and remove as I'd like, but it works.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to RED SQUARE...and many more !!!!

Happy 20th anniversary to the forum and the founders, and all my best to the great folks who make this special place what it is. I joined a little over five years ago. At some point in the not too distant I expect to get around to posting something, anything, that might actually prove useful to somebody. In the meantime, thank you to everyone who have helped me out along the way! You guys are great! Thanks!

I totally know what you mean Mike!! This is a standard old bulb eater that I got sick of swapping bulbs in (including the “rough service” ones). Bought this screw in LED head, simply remove the old bulb cage and screw it in. Still has a hook

Well done!! Appreciate all you do for the forum Richard

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Reassembled!

Today we got the whole stack of standing seam accessories sorted out and also unloaded the shortest crate. That held the 96" panels. We moved the 16 foot trailer over to the side, and moved the camper under the frame, so Trina could use the walkable camper roof as her "staging" for installing the building metal roof panels. After some experimentation with setup we screwed the one panel in place. Upon attempting to install the second panel we discovered that our screws from stock have heads that are too thick for usage in the standing seam metal. We'll order some pancake head sheet metal screws. Not being able to work on the roof we decided to switch gears and install the end metal. That's the metal that was originally kit supplied for the roof. The lighter color here at picture left. We then decided to stay on the ground for installation today. We opened up the package of long panels. These are 19' 10" long and heavier guage. Hindsight being 20/20 I could have ordered them half the length (plus overlap) and we'd have an easier time with installation. The far side of the building was very bowed in the middle so we dug out some stones and sand. We'll let that settle overnight and see how the metal sets.

Great video. You all have helped me a lot. 20 years of great people and great knowledge. Great People and great site. Dave

That had been eliminated already by the previous owner. But who’s to say it was done right.

Yesterday Trina got the upper vertical studs finished up. It's extremely impressive to see how much the metal frame structure stiffened up by adding the back wall wooden frame. Several months ago we had a customer who is well known for not checking his paperwork make a mistake and ordered a metal roofing package with wavy panels instead of flat ones. It's been sitting for 10 months. It landed on my trailer Thursday. To start with, this will be the roof for the new camper shed. After that, who knows. Many things. Also in the trailer is my order of corrugated metal sheets for the long side walls.

Nine pin connecter

Soda: It is better that hers is in there. I can fit both vehicle in the garage by putting them forward and then putting the snowblower sideways on her side and the tractor on my side with the plow. That way I blow first and scrape with the plow down to the pavement. She likes a clean driveway. I think because she had both knees done. That’s the way it’s gotta be and I kind of agree with her.

This guy, my back yard 1 hr ago, says he's looking for you...

Here in my area of MA, and many others, the road intersections are named. The names are from fallen soldiers from that lived in that area. Many areas of the city of Worcester are actually known by that "square" of the names and referred to that way, such as Webster Sq, Tatnuck Sq etc. etc. etc.

And so it goes... As long as you don't have to say "Hon, your car is going to have to park in the drive, I need the garage space for a while..."

Next likely place would be battery cables and grounds.

My wife is the same way. Even thought I built an 18 x 20 pole building designed exclusively for the horses, several of them have kept into the garage.

I have that same one. Great light.

She’s back together! I made a few laps around the yard. Tested all gears in both high and low range and this “untested” trans from my stash has proven to be good! This particular transmission was from a C-81 I bought in NY with a blown engine. I figured it’s only had a little 8hp engine in front of it so how bad a life could it have had . Couple loose end to take care of like get the tow hitch back on as well as the plow bracket. Here’s the issue. This summer I installed a new 7473 belt and (I think) a new/used idler pulley. That belt has felt to short, meaning the clutch pedal only had to come up 1/2” and she was instantly grabbing, kinda popping wheelies. I reassembled it with a new belt from TSC and it’s doing the exact same thing. I honestly thought the other belt was the issue. What’s the diameter of the idler pulley? Maybe mines a wee bit to big? Thoughts??

When I was selecting photos that would be in the video the primary consideration was having people having fun with the Wheel Horse and an American flag gave the photo extra credit. Thank you for posting the pictures of your parade horses.

She's a 5L820

Before you buy parts, have you taken the block and crank to a show that machines small engines. Buying a used rank in good usable condition is probable a challenge. A shop may be able to grind you crank for less that buying one.

Asked AI … said all this needs to happen to swap out the air filter in a Kohler Mag 14 …was I misled ?? Obviously kidding…new brake shaft seal installed and time to wrestle the new 8 speed into this machine. The 3/4” PVC tubing was perfect to get the seal slid in/on nice and evenly. I’ve ruined a seal in the past so this time I bought two…now I have a spare

The wind is like a calm stillish breeze. It’s a beautiful morning!

Yeah, that’s her one rule. Her car has to be in the garage.😬

I have had good success using one for a mid 1960's 6 cylinder Chevrolet. Wire is the right length.

That is not the correct ignition condenser for a K-321. The Kohler 230722 Condenser fits all battery ignition single cylinder and twin cylinder from the K-90 to the K-582. It has a battery ignition system and uses a 200 to 500 nF condenser. Any automotive condenser from an engine with points will do. The unit of measure for a condenser is the Farad, and our small engines use a condenser that is in the nanofarad range (ten to the minus ninth power Farads) which is based on the voltage range they work in. A battery ignition system uses a 200 to 500 nF condenser. The lower end of the spectrum is preferable as too high a rating will allow more flow resulting in coil overheating. Do not use a condenser intended for a magneto ignition because its rating is too low and will result in burned ignition point contacts. Most automotive points condensers will be fine. I have used the 1960s Ford condenser ( 250 to 280 nF) because I had a few on the shelf. If you look up automotive condensers on line you should be able to find the capacitance rating. Armed with this information you can walk into your auto parts store and get a very confused look on the face of the person on the other side of the counter. The capacitance is not listed on the package and probably not in their store computer for have they have for condensers they stock.

Thanks guys !! I’ll let yall know how it goes !

Seal is installed, trans is bolted back in and for no reason at all I replaced the perfectly good shifter boot . I want to slap a new drive belt on it. What’s the tractor supply equivalent of the WH 7473 belt? @squonk

Finished the seat. Note the emblem. Came off the old C-125

Welcome to Red Square. Click on the picture in this link for more

Now that Don and Steve have your shifter problem solved please tell us a bit about your and yourself. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/forum/47-introductions/

No consulting fees? $200 an hour plus peridium! Paul and cafoose?

I think a 2 stage is way to much blower for an 856. Very heavy to lift manually and not enough horse power to blow effectively