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Hello everyone. I already posted a couple posts and became a supporter, so I figured I should introduce myself. My name is Brett but everyone calls me Buck. Nickname from my childhood and now I’m 47 and still have it. I used to be in the hobby big time. My dad, uncles, and cousins all had wheel horse tractors. I had 36 of them. Between all of my family members and I, we had over 200. I bought a house, got married, and had a daughter. The tractors sat and didn’t get ran so I sold them all except three. That was in 2016. This spring, the boy was out in the shed and wanted to get one of them out and running. Well we got all three of them running and he was hooked and it all came back to me! So in the last month or two, I’ve bought a 753 that I rescued from someone’s woods, a 500 special and a B-80 out of a barn, and a 701 at the big show! So I’m back collecting and searching. I get to do it all with my boy and get to meet great people who enjoy the same things! Thank you for having this group!

During the WHCC show at the fairgrounds, there was another show just 20 minutes away in Gettysburg!

June 30, 1953, workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, watch as the first completed Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon, rolls off the assembly line. It was one of just 300 Corvettes made that year.

Here is the main part of the speed problem. The throttle cable is on the bottom, goes to the black spring which goes to the governor arm which goes to the throttle plate. You push on the gas pedal and it is 2/3 of the way before the throttle moves. Top rpm is around 2300, idle is 1400 rpm. I pulled the spring and put stiff wire in, that livened things up. 4200 rpm and no governor at half throttle pedal. That got me to about 20 mph. Looks like a shorter spring might work.

Here is the steering system. In the second picture the tie rod comes from the front through the hole in the middle of the picture, goes to the lever which swivels at the top of the picture then heads toward the on the bottom tie rod. The third picture shows the rear tie rod attach point, also the articulation "hinge". The last picture shows the rear tie rod and the swivel.

Welcome! We're happy you're here.

The newest addition to my team needed a transmission fluid change pronto! “1978 C-81”

Welcome to Red Square. If I see your model number 05-42RY01 correctly it is for the 600-Series Zero-Turn mowers. In case you need it click on the image of the mower deck.

That was a good post Jim. Always good to find hauling help. Sounds like you have a good pair of tractors. Enjoy them every day.

More to come on my newest addition. Picked it up last Saturday and have made decent progress so far. It's the one in the background.

Might just be the valve seat let go. Is it the rear cylinder that’s at 0 psi?

They probably wanted to make sure everyone got their portion before you got the bucket

It has a Salisbury torque converter on it. I pulled the part off the engine for a clean and lube.

This was my first time back since 2002. It was just like I remember except more tractors and more great people. My wife, son, and I had a great time! I really enjoyed every minute of it with them and meeting some new people. I talked to Wild Bill quite a bit and caught up from 20+ years ago. Just everything was great about it! To all the people who volunteered, worked, or did anything to make it happen, THANK YOU! We will be back next year!

He typically replies pretty quickly, give him some time if you just did this , everyone had a long week / weekend and alot of travel time with the Wheel Horse show.

Very nice to see you again. We will have to do more Kevin things next year.

Brad, I'm very glad that you were able to make a worker out of that B-100. Here is what it looked like when I found it - PO said it had been sitting for a "couple of years".... I like the new muffler you put on her.

Wow that looks great thanks. Looking forward to being apart of the community

For real old school look, IMHO nothing beats a set of chrome reverse rims & a set of baby moons.....

After dinner I adjusted the cam tension and the neutral on the new addition. It now has something that looks like neutral, and something that feels like braking. It still slows down after running for a short while, and I haven't really figured out yet if it is a loss of RPM, or a lack of motive force from the transmission, but there is a very noticeable loss of ground speed. Either way I think the next steps are going to be a tune up, and servicing the transmission. As they say "No valid diagnostics can be performed until all needed maintenance is done." I do however believe I am going to seriously look into refurbishing the transmission I got from @pfrederi and putting it in this tractor. It looks very similar to the existing unit, except it has lift hydraulics installed already, and an actual brake drum.

There is about 32 shows in TX I try and go to 12 to 14 shows a year

My neighbor is a machinist. Over the years he has tried to emphasize the importance of safety glasses to new guys. His favorite line... "Wear your safety glasses because you can't hear b--bs". Told this to my wife and she promptly grabbed mine, shook them and said "He's right, they don't make a sound". Yup, I have a funny wife. 🤣

I know, was so excited that you and Karen would have it, but WHCC beat us out.

I'm Howard Fiest and I'm 20 in Friday's photo and 17 in Saturday's. I am from Bristolville, Ohio

There is always so much work that goes on behind the scenes, and the club never fails to put on a good show.

I had a good time, friendly folks, good priced food, layout, etc. I just wish I introduced myself to more people, just didn’t wanna be that guy to just run up and say “I’m thegearhead0324” while they’re in conversation or enjoying themselves. Always next year, the WHCC put on a very awesome event. Thank you .

It's you folks that come and bring your Wheel Horses that make the Annual Wheel Horse Show a success. The America 250 theme worked out well with all the American flags and decorations and proved that America is still united. The Wheel Horse Collectors Club has given me a permanent position on the board as I have been on the board of Directors since the beginning. And I just say Thank You all for coming every weekend after Fathers Day! Wild Bill

Super happy to see you got this! It'll be in great hands.

That's all I could talk @Raven AKA my significant other into posting a lot of pics this evening. I was in Mass and she headed to N.H to hang out with her sister. We met up with @Bill D and @Brockport Bill at the New York border last Saturday. We left at 5 30 am and returned home to Maine at 5 pm. Long day and haven't stopped working on it since. Will keep you guy's updated on the progress. By the way you meet the nicest people on Red Square. Two great members. Bill and Bill.