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I planted this Rhubarb two years ago. I thought it froze out with the cold temps this winter. No strawberries yet but I have plenty of frozen blackberries from last year. So my first attempt at a blackberry / rhubarb pie. Mrs K even gave me a

That lining looks good. I would hit it with brake cleaner which was the original intended use of the product.

April 18, 1923, Yankee Stadium opens in the Bronx, New York. The press nicknames it the “House that Ruth Built” for slugger Babe Ruth, and he marks the occasion with a three-run homer.

Got the 48 all hooked up had to buy a new belt. 42 takes 102" 48 takes 103" Hard to believe it makes a difference...it does. To wet to start mowing the paths. I like the front mount as it knocks some of the Tics down before they hit my leg Already had one.. Going to need lots of DEET this year. Did a short test may have to get a bigger horse the 48 put a load on the 14hp.

Hmmm, that reminds me, you guys didn't comply with my demands either! Change the forum name to Wallfish's RedSquare with big golden arch on the header! Make that happen or I'll sue ! LOL

More work on my Dodge M37 project: The old instrument panel in my M37 was a bit worse for wear. I purchased new gauges (some of the old ones weren't working, and the rest didn't look too good, either). I re-used as many parts as I could, which involved bead blasting and re-plating the instrument light holders and a few other parts. I also bead blasted, primed, and painted the panel itself and replaced the original straight-slot mounting screws with identical straight-slot screws in stainless steel. I replaced the "spider" wiring harness with an NOS part. To repair the old instrument light sockets, I replaced the wiring, sealed the wire entry to the sockets with closed-cell foam EPDM grommets glued on with Loctite 480, and wrapped it in heavy-wall heat shrink tubing. This took a few days, but I finished testing it today. Before: Before: Some parts in the zinc plating bath: After plating and passivation treatment: Steps in repairing the instrument lamp holders/sockets: Repaired instrument lamp holders/sockets, with LED lamps (I ended up using a different type of LED lamp than shown here): The bezels of the new instruments were a different color of green than the panel, so I masked them using a circle cutter and adhesive-backed masking film, cleaned the bezels, and sprayed them in Marine Corps green to match the panel color. BTW, I highly recommend the blue masking film for tons of different masking purposes. I can't remember what it's actually called, but it's available from multiple sources on eBay and other places. Restored instrument panel (rear view): Restored instrument panel: I adjusted this photo to approximate how the panel appeared to me with the instrument lights on and the shop lights turned off. It's probably a little brighter than it needs to be, but I'll stay with this for now: I won't be doing any more work on the dashboard for a while, since there are several higher-priority tasks ahead of that.

Put steering wheel center cap on 520H thanks ti AtoZ tractor, also added cubic inches decals to air cleaner lid on same tractor.

Ready for work.

Ok we'll do it but ya gotta wear the uniform!

Finally able to wrap this project up. Well, almost. will get into that at the end of this post. First we'll take a look back at where I started. And finally some pictures after a few hours work. Thanks for following along. Sure looks purty, just wish I could get it running right. I spent a fair amount of time trying different things with the engine today, but I just can't seem to get it to run good at high RPMs. Been a while since I've had an engine kick my but like this. I know that I have to be missing something, just wish that some type of epiphany would hurry up & hit me.

Ok, well… decided to drop the engine in for fit, and everything‘s looking good. Going to start snugging things up a little and then continuing with dressing the engine with all of the freshly painted and prepped accessories.

Ok but I'm not wearing that doofy Ronald outfit. But this cool one! LOL

No Jim, this is definitely not a 25 hour tractor! It’s more like 1125 hrs. I inherited this tractor from my step grandfather, the guy who got me started on Wheel Horse tractors. When he passed away it went to my uncle, then when he passed it went to my cousin who never used it so he gave it to me. I remember when my step grandfather bought it new in 1985 from the same dealership I bought my Work Horse from. It’s a 417-A, I believe it was his third Wheel Horse? I know he purchased it to replace his C-161 Twin Automatic that he mowed commercially with.It was getting tired and he wanted to upgrade. I have that tractor in my collection as well. He was a retired tugboat dispatcher in New York City who moved out here and mowed for some extra cash and something to do! We both mowed lawns in our neighborhood and I remember being so happy mowing lawns together with our brand new tractors. I was only 15 years old at the time. Papa Dave used his tractors to mow, rototill, and plow snow until he was no longer physically able to and I’m proud to have inherited both of his tractors. The C-161 is retired in my basement and the 417 is my dedicated snowblower tractor that only sees occasional use.

Plenty around here yet. All shapes of disrepair if anyone needs another project! Problem is they are way overpriced for what they are. No such thing as 100 dolla rollers anymore.

The weather is finally warming up here, so I plan to be outdoors soon, degreasing/cleaning the chassis of my 522xi and reinstalling the rest of the sheet metal. I still need to de-rust and repaint a couple of pieces first. I want to do the de-rusting outside with the abrasive blaster attachment for my pressure washer. In the meantime, I'm back on my 1954 Dodge M37 restoration project again. I'm planning to rebuild the engine, so not exactly today, but a few days ago I pulled it out of the truck and mounted it on my engine stand to finish taking it apart. Working by myself, it only took about two hours (of course it helped that I had already removed all of the body parts from the front of the truck). The truck only has a little over 8,000 miles on it (which isn't unusual for quite a few old military vehicles that probably spent much of their life in a National Guard armory parking lot), and so the engine has VERY little wear, However, I'm still planning on giving it a proper overhaul. After 72 years...not to mention sitting around for several decades covered up, but with the cylinder head off...the elements worked their magic, and it developed a bit of surface rust on the cylinder walls, as well as a few small rust spots on the connecting rod journals. The rust on the cylinder walls should clean up easily with a few passes of a hone, so the cylinders 'should' still be within standard spec (we'll see). The cam looks perfect, and I think that a very light grind on the crankshaft should clean it up nicely. I'm looking around for a good local automotive machine shop to do the crankshaft grinding/polishing and true up the connecting rods if necessary. I would also have them check the block to see if it could benefit from align honing and decking, etc. The valves, valve guides, and seats all look virtually new (other than a coat of light rust on top of the valves), but as long as I have it apart, I might touch them up a bit anyway...maybe even a three-angle grind. The engine came from the factory back in 1954 with such niceties as a forged steel crankshaft and some kind of steel exhaust valve seat inserts. I need to do a bit of research and testing to see if those original inserts will stand up to unleaded fuel. If need be, I can replace them with hardened seats or simply use a lead-substitute fuel additive. Other than machining operations that require specialized equipment that I don't own, I plan to do the bulk of the engine work myself, as I have for numerous other engines over the years. I've already rebuilt the carburetor, governor, waterproof distributor, fuel/vacuum pump, and the 24V 100A alternator, and I already have a ton of OEM NOS or new parts for it, like con rod bolts, cylinder head bolts, rings, bearings, seals and gaskets, water distribution tube, oil pump pressure upgrade kit, waterproof spark plugs, waterproof spark plug wires, etc., so once the machining is done, I should theoretically be able to get the engine back together pretty quickly and move on to other restoration tasks...and some Wheel Horse stuff.

Worked the 654 hard today. We've had tons of rain so far this spring. Have an 81yr old neighbor lady. Her landscape guy hasn't shown up to cut her lawn. I told her I'd mow before the city cites her. We had rain this morning so it was very wet & muddy. Her grass was at least 6-8" tall.

Shop rags can get expensive and I don’t like to put them in my washing machine. I’ve had this cement mixer around for a while now and figured I’d put it to good use IMG_4450.mov

WE DO NOT SHIP ANYTHING. CASH ONLY AND PICK UP ONLY. Let me think this over, I want a new choke cable, I can buy it now on eBay and have it shipped or I can drive about 600 miles round trip and hope he is there and in a good mood when I get there. decisions, decisions.

As far as removal, I have been successful using an oscillating saw with a scraper blade. If the scraper blade doesn't work, use a more aggressive blade.

Rather productive day today. Broke the axle shaft free of the hub with my 12 ton hobo freight press. Pulled the trans out of the 10-8, new axle shaft came in today for the 10-8 trans now just need to get the time to split it and repair it. Had my new tri-rib tires mounted yesterday and today threw them on the C120 for now to see how I like them since they’re for the 10-8. Then plowed out my new garden bed with the C120. All in all it was a good day.

Ma Yeah. Make the tongue extra long and fit a trailer bed on it to carry all the goodies bought at the shows. It would be like one of those long rear steering city fire trucks. Something different

I'm going to guess more people would have glass or easy access to it vs a 12x12 piece of thick steel plate. Wet sanding clears the dust out of fine grit paper to prevent clogging

And of course, Babe was born and raised in Baltimore, played his first pro ball with the Orioles, then was sold to Boston. It was said that in the prime of his career, he would smoke cigars in the dugout, and drink bourbon between innings. He never worked out as players do today, and would pitch entire games and into extra innings, while still being a prolific hitter.

I think that @ebinmaine corraled all the remaining East Coast C160's...

Just do when she ain't lookin...

@sqrlgtr or anyone else need a good cheap tiller? Saw this on CL near Winston-Salem NC

Gave the 257-H a good cleaning. 99 hours on it. Very underrated machines IMHO.

Same. We got a new splitter. Haven't got all the bugs/adjustments right yet. It'll get there.

Fire wood. That is all.

Yup. Just don't breathe any of that in either. Spray it, don't soak it. While it is wet, wipe it with a clean rag. Repeat as needed... If you insist on removing the liner, warm it up to about 175 degrees. Toaster oven or the top rack on the grill.... The liner should then peel off.

Got my first stripes of the season put down. 1967 model 867 with a 32” deck (I need to find a 36”)

Besides my 1257, this is my ‘79 F-100, original paint and metal, did some buffing when I got it. I dropped in a roller cam 302 last year, and kept the original “3 on the tree,” some other things I did to it like carpet and interior stuff. I bought it a few years ago in Arkansas, I’m in upstate NY so it was a haul for my 95 Chevy half ton to do, which is in the other picture that I’ve owned for over 7 years from NC. It’s my daily driver and I try to keep up on it best I can. I’ve replaced just about everything in that one mechanically.

It's too bad he doesn't know how to ship stuff as it's always good to have multiple resources for parts "This is the only place that does nothing but Wheel Horse" Yet there's a pic of a painted Yale forklift right on the front page! LOL Guess if you put a WH decal on anything you can call it a WH

Well, following an insane week of flight training in the Blackhawk, I gave my brain a few days to recuperate and now getting the recently rebuilt K341 put back together for installation. I had to take quite a long break away from the Tractor because of all the work requirements of life, so this is feeling kind of nice and therapeutic. Jason

Bingo...whatever became of him? He is hanging around and has been hoarding for years. He is on Craig's List and seems like he would be a bit difficult to deal with. This is what he has on the C's List as HIS rules. It seems that there are a hundred or more complete or nearly complete Wheel Horses there and if he wants to retire and will only sell parts off of them it will take a LOOOOONG time. *****UPDATE 8-9-2025***** AS IT SAYS IN THE LISTING this is a PARTS sale, tractors will have PARTS sold off of them and NOT SOLD COMPLETE, AND NO SHIPPING OPTIONS AT ALL FOR ANY REASON. We have a website here if you want to take a look - https://wheelhorsestables.com/ We have a lot of new parts, NOS parts, good used parts, and will be starting to part out about 100 complete tractors, 100 mowing decks, some dozer blades, snow blowers, and a few other misc attachments. We make a lot of new parts in our own machine shop we sell, and make new electrical pigtails, plug wires, lever throttle + choke cables, etc, that are here and in stock. If you need it it's a good chance we have it. Almost everything we have is Made in USA as well. ***** TRACTORS WILL NOT BE SOLD COMPLETE, WE DO NOT SHIP ANYTHING. CASH ONLY AND PICK UP ONLY. ***** NO TEXTS, NO EMAILS, *****CALLS ONLY, this is a land line. The funny part is that he he wants phone calls but there is no phone number given in the ad.

The GT1800/1848 gives the best of both worlds. Simple wiring, Eaton 1100 transmission with faster gearing. If you like the look of the 300/400 series but don't want complex wiring, that's the machine for you.

Well said Bill. The same here but the $$ are going up and up for these. Even the non runners. I like to find one every year and work on it over the winter. But I think I will have to turn that into two years Because of pricing. Just my .

Okay, I looked him up. I remember now. He started a competing forum. Looks like he got out over his skis a bit and is liquidating. Maybe we should send Kevin down.

I believe he is still selling parts but not shipping any. Sounds crazy. Years ago my WH dealer friend sold him most of the WH stock he had. Long trip to Mass from KY. Leo my dealer was here in Maine at one of our Meet & Greets. He's close to 90 and still goes to work every day. Super smart on tractors, parts and the history of WH. Very successful.

That rhubarb and blackberry pie looks like a keeper. I have never heard of rhubarb custard. Might be something to look into. Many moons ago our church had a men's bake off. Whereas most of the men baked cakes, but I made a fresh pumpkin pie. (Canned pumpkin is too purified- no texture.) Some folks asked me, a carpenter, about making the pie. I replied "I figure if I could build a house, I could certainly build a pie." Couple of weeks ago I made the pie pictured below. It's a custard type pie, super easy to make and you don't even need a crust as it kind of makes it's own crust. I threw in coconut and cut back on the sugar. For me, it was one of those pies that every time you pass through the kitchen, you've got to keep a fork in the pie dish and take at least two bites. Wife wasn't willing to take a bite so it was all mine. (I hope I'm not breaking some law by posting the original picture and recipe that I found on the internet somewhere.)

I've finally put new tires on Big Ugly, the '72 C10. The old ones have a date code of 2006. Great tread depth still, but dismal condition as far as ozone checking goes. Surprisingly, the lug nuts weren't rusted on. It has been about 20 years since I last had them off. The left rear was rusted to the hub, though. Several applications of throttle and brake with the lug nuts loose broke it loose, though. Treated him to new wheels, too. Fresh tires and fresh white paint look as good on a patinaed old truck as they do on a patinaed old tractor.

Excellent idea!! I had once thought about picking up a gas powered Maytag for washing shop rags.

He is Richard. I called on him a couple a years ago lookin for parts for a RJ and he was a real Dink with a capital D. I take that back all CAPS! Sounded like he was God's gift to horses. Hey guess what? I found the parts here ... good old Racin Bob saved my rear. Silly me for being the prodigal son. Hey ' Fish I got a '55 RJ for ya you wear that get up at the BS...

You have to dissemble the PTO... the back side belt goes outside the hoop. Will take some tomorrow

Guess I'm getting old. Hard for me to think of a 1972 as VINTAGE when I was nearly 30 when it was new.

There's a place called Nasco down in Saco. AFAIK they're excellent. If I needed work done they'd be the choice.

Alright. I'm a Skynard fan since it was my first concert in the summer of '77 at 13 years old. Not so much a fan of the covers and always prefer the original but AI does the best cover yet.

Here we go Jimbo!

There, fixed it for you.

Pressure washed the wheels and tires off on the 520H I been working on. Some wet shoes and a ruined pack of cigs later and waaa laaa.