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I finally finished restoring my 701 ! I began a restoration thread a little over 3 years ago, and for various reasons (other projects , work, new products , hand surgery etc ) the project kept getting pushed to the side. But now it's done so just enjoy the finished product. Engine and rear axle completely rebuilt, everything stripped to bare metal, all pits in the metal were filled, all stainless and grade 8 hardware throughout, very hard to find NOS 1576 Glasstex drive belt, Carlisle tires , K & B greasable hitch pin, K & B tie rod, all new wiring, reproduction shower head muffler and all stainless exhaust, you get the idea....no shortcuts taken. It's just a shame that someone before me destroyed the originality because it had a very unique and provable early life. It was originally sold new locally with a mix of 1961 and 1962 parts when new ( 1962 hood , 1962 and later " thin " steering fan gear. Two of the previous owners are well respected round hood experts , and it was sold by one of them at a large local Wheel Horse only auction about 8-9 years ago with the original parts and paint intact . That's when it got messed up .

Yesterday mounted up the 36” RD deck on my C-121. Then mowed the grandparents grass with it since it was high.

Had to do some re-organizing to fit all the tractors in my storage building so a good opportunity for a photo shot was had. Herd safely tucked away.

Gave the 310-8 a workout. Nuther tree blew down in the field. The new Carlisle Turfs nuver spun a wheel. Cut, split, and stacked. Now for some cervical maintenance.

I got this trailer last night. It was $300 less than a 5x8 new at TSC. Needs tires. I also need to see if there are brakes on the axles. The seller was a welding instructor. This was one of his classes’ projects and as they plated the deck it shrunk the top and warped it a bit. Hauls great the way it is, and there is a little step section to the top deck too. I’m excited about it, and it was purchased all with profits from one shop job last week.

Planted 3 rhubarb plants 3 years ago. All 3 are really big and full this year. Will definitely have plenty to put in the freezer this year. First rhubarb/strawberry pie of the year.

Found this generator at my uncles farm tucked into an old machinery shed. My uncle has dementia and is in a home & has not been home for a long time. It is a Winpower 50/30 PTCD It has a max output of 50,000 watts intermittent and 30,000 watts continuous (with a big enough tractor) There is a standard 110 volt plug on a 15A breaker, a 50A 220V plug on a 50A breaker and the big plug on the back fed by a 125A 220V breaker. This is how the poor thing looked at the farm. Here I am winching it onto my trailer. Generator hauled home and unloaded. Generator hooked up to a Wheel horse. Generator in my shop to begin it's cleanup. I unbolted generator from it's badly bent and broken cart then lifted it off using the front end loader. Cart was straightened and tongue repaired. It then got sanded and repainted. Wheel bearings checked and greased. Generator gearbox oil changed and PTO shaft cleaned and greased. Generator lifted back onto cart and bolted down. Hitched generator to tractor and hooked up PTO shaft. Ran generator up to speed and it came into the green on the volt gauge. Yay, it works. Changed out the 3 conductor 50A plug with a 4 conductor 50A plug because the three conductor plug was corroded and I just feel safer with a double neutral. Hooked generator to the shop and ran it up to speed. I used the 50A plug because my 25HP tractor couldn't do much more anyways It easily ran my 5HP air compressor that my small 6,300 watt generator has trouble with. While the generator was running the air compressor I hooked up my scope to check the waveform. It has some noise on it but for a portable generator it is the cleanest I have witnessed. When the compressor shut off, the waveform looked exactly the same. Here is how it looks on my AC mains from the utilities.

Went shopping at Lowes for Mothers Day. My wife loves tools and her cordless drill has seen better days. Whilst wandering around I found this cool socket fan light. 3 speeds and 3 light settings with remote. $50 So I unscrewed one of my LED's and tried it out. Pretty neat! I had 2 LED lights on each end of the bench. So I'm going to get 2 more electrical boxes and another fan. Put my LED light back up and add 2 more sockets and have dual fans over the bench.

I started posting questions before I saw this introduction area. So here I am, new member from MN. I have a tired old C100 that I've been using for the last few years, shown here hauling materials away after excavating for an addition. I'm currently in the market for something to keep the C100 company that will take on mowing duties since the C100 is kept busy with pushing and hauling chores and it's hard to justify taking the time to put the deck on.

Cleaned up this 45 year blade and finished with some decals

Upgraded the hood attach hinges on the 312-8 today!

My daughter built a friendship with a really nice lady at the Kroger store. One of those people who were always happy to see you and made a smile out of life. She did not have a lot and no car because of high rent costs. K saw her walking to work on Saturday and offered her a ride the rest of the way. . While riding along she told her story about wanting a five dollar bill to give to a boy at church who had little. The store said they only have change with a purchase,so after looking at high priced junk food, the clerk suggested a lottery ticket. Having never played, she was at her sister's house and wondered about the ticket and her sister found the lottery site. Wondering if three matches might be worth something, her sister looked and found FOUR. That's fifty thousand, or thirty five after taxes.

I was always a garden/lawn tractor fan, used to collect Murray’s and now it seems I’m on the path to getting Wheel Horses. My first one I purchased from MikesHorseBarn, I bought one then 2 Saturdays ago and then Mike dropped off another one in my yard yesterday! The shiny overspray painted one had an engine that didn’t want to spark, I threw a Kohler Command on it just for the heck of it. The one Mike dropped off yesterday started after a couple tries and has really nice wheels and tires. The funny thing about this is it has been over 24 hours, the old lady has seen the “‘new” tractor but has yet to notice that it’s a different one, or she gives up keeping track. My son has claimed the Electro 12, it’s his now.

Another product of the Elgin road trip I made a while back when I picked up the 78 Dino C-121. This trailer is well built and has excellent balance for dumping. It's a natural behind the 854 which is where it likely will be most of the time. My addiction to red paint forced me to freshen it up a bit. Wire wheeled, sanded, primed and Regal red. I used a roller with some help from a brush. Back on it's wheels I prepped the inside this morning and got the first coat of bedliner rolled on. There will be at least one more coat applied, probably two. I likes!

Here's mine.

Just had my garage floor epoxied. I had been thinking about it for a while. Two young firefighters that work with my son recently started a business doing it so I got the early adopter rate ;). They did an excellent job. The biggest pain was of course moving everything in and out. Thankfully my grandson helped me move the heavy stuff. before and after photo below.

Pretty much done with this project so I thought it was time to share some final pics with you. There is a couple small pieces that I am waiting for, but apparently Huck Finn's Log Raft Transport across the Mississippi river must not be running right now. One of the last items that I did install was the hour meter, I made a bracket and found a nice place to install it. On with the final shots. Thanks for coming along on this build. Now I have 8 months to figure out which one of my tractors to restore next.

As of today, both the 1989 312-8 resto-mod and the 1989 310-8 are now sporting NOS mower decks. No more patching rust or getting dirt in the old eyes while mowing.

"Fireball 8 " is all assembled waiting to be dropped into HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! Just waiting for some warmer weather so I can get the hose and power washer out so I can degrease the carcass.

Finally put the 42" blade i picked up a few months ago together after a complete tear down and fresh paint.

This show is an hours east of Dallas and 4 hours from home. Not a real big show, but I like to go to different ones to see different things. I brought my Mayrath on the back of my truck to keep it simple. My wife drove the truck with Mayrath and I drove our Class C RV. We made a 4 day weekend of it. Did a little exploring around tins area of NE Texas. Here a few of the “different” ones Interesting Sesrs I love the looks of the Gibson with hoods The Silver Kings are not very common down here This 8N had an aftermarket lift with longer front spindles and larger rear tires this miniature John Deer B was built on a Cub Cadet chassis stretches in the front. Rare to front tires with one rib Nicely restored International This Farmall M with a factory lifted front end and taller rear drop axles really made it look like a much bigger tractor. @ClassicTractorProfessor this made think of you and your M I like this belt pulley from a Farmall Cub retrofitted to a 1961 Cub Original. The main shaft through the transmission and rear end is replaced with the Cub shaft. No custom modifications required This Allis Chalmers B dropped custom had a great hot rod look to it and it was amazingly simple to lower. It was a grandfather/grandson project. It has @Pullstart written all over it. The front axle is flipped over and steering rod modified The rear axle factory drops are rotated 180 so the drops are to the top He said it bolted up with no modifications except to brake rod I spotted these steam belt pulley power units and had to stop for a few pictured. Regrettable the place looked shut down.

Tackled a bunch of smaller tasks on the 510-8 today. Charging system repaired. I don’t think the volt gage has moved in a looooong time! Check out how it isn’t faded where the needle has been sitting. Wiring cleaned up (about 96% done) All gages are working (volts, hour meter and fuel gage) although I dont know how accurate the fuel gage is yet. Steering wheel center cap glued on. Front tire resealed (leaked down in 24 hours)

While @wallfish is sitting around in his PJ’s talking about what he “might do” I’m here gettin it done!!

Rebuild 3 noisy spindles for a 42” RD. Plan is to sand down the deck, prime and paint, then new gauge wheels and anti-scalp wheels too.

First full yard mow of the season..’77 B-80/8 speed with a 36” RD

This pretty much wraps up the 510-8 project…wheel paint.

Freshly painted wheels

The local mom and pop tire shop quotes me $339 for 5 tires cash and carry. I’ll mount them. For now, my spare will ride on the rig until I find a wheel. They are camper axles, but have a funky wide 4 bolt pattern. the same tires on eBay mind you, are $338 for 4. I’m paying an extra dollar for my spare and keeping the local lights on.

Been awhile since I’ve been on here. My newest project. Raider 12 with a loader. Just got it running today with the hopes of bringing it to zagray.

Got the beams leveled at all the support points so there are just some low spots to fill in on some of the beams I think I might even start laying down new floor on Saturday. Its definitely a incredible difference from what the floor was I probably had 6 inch variances in the floor to I believe I got it around 1/2"

We went to Baton Rouge, and ended up driving to New Orleans to the WWII Museum. There are a lot of exhibits, displays, photos, etc. of the war, both the Europe and the Pacific wars. I didn't really take any pictures of some of the interesting stuff, it was so crowded it was hard to take clean images without a bunch of tourists in front of them. It was busy and crowded. I did take some, more as an afterthought, and of the larger displays. They even had displays of what homes in America would have looked like during the war, I.e. kitchen with war time appliances, and a living room complete with a radio next to a fireplace, I.e. Roosevelt's Fireplace Chats. BTW, it isn't cheap including the parking. It's close to the Super Dome in the business district of New Orleans.

I got Power of You (Employee of the Month) at work for this month. That was cool.

Got the barn doors up. The doors I got for free, but I had to put the chalkboard insert in them. The track I already had it was laying in the barn, I just repainted it. And then got the door hardware.

Managed to get a few things done this weekend. Got the fender pan out of the e-tank, primed, wet sanded and coated with two coats of Regal Red. Had to fashion a pair of taller brackets so it clears the hood stand since it's from a 310 going on a c-160. I'll probably weld those once everything is fitted and correct. Got the axle replaced in a spare uni-drive and ordered the bearings and seals so that can be buttoned up.

Did something different with my wrench drawer. See how it goes. Like to see what you guys have come up with over the years

Talking to a friend about a rock rack ,and look what showed up, mid 70s, york rake , with grader blade. Needs a little TLC, seems to be all here. It's a heavy

Got about a 1/3 of the flooring done today

Brought a spare hydro to the shop to go through it to have a spare. Needed to split the case to replace an axle that I've had sitting around waiting on me. Considering going through the pump. It was good when I took it off but it's never been open so I might take a look inside.

I pick this up today. Needs some help but I have the parts. I have had many of this model 4 speed and 8. I have always enjoyed these eight speeds for sure grunt of power and pulling..This is my winter tractor for plowing. Needs some love. It has an over the big pond carb on it now. Runs ok but I have something for that. Hope you enjoy the picks.

Wife and I like to sit in the middle garage bay and watch the world go by…not a whole lot actually goes by . Snagged this small wooden wire reel the other day with a real wood core, most of the time the reels have a cardboard core. Found leftover stain in the basement and slapped some on.! She’s ready to hold my cold snacks next time we do out sittin thing

Oil change and first ride around the block on the Suburban

Hello Everyone, The information here has been invaluable as far as getting this old wheel horse I purchased back in service. Some parts home made, the motor generator is ripped off a 2013 Yamaha, some salvaged parts. I bought this little bastard some months ago, it had to be dug out of the previous owners yard and lifted with a backhoe. It had not ran in about 40 years. Thanks for taking a look.

After a long winter's rehabilitation.

I don't know how the DOT is going to feel about you placing rocks in the public right-of-way. Seems to me you are creating a hazard could be a problem if they causes an injury. I know it can be aggravating if drivers stray off the pavement but you could be opening a big can of worms.

Spring cleaning of the horse stall.

Tried to finish up my 30 minute spring project that takes several days...got to wait for the wind to be right direction today wasn't. At least snow blower you can crank around the discharge chute. ... But the sweepster beats rakiing to get the driveway back in to the driveway and the road back on to the road.