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My trigger for picking up my first Wheel Horse was seeing my neighbor's Raider 10 buried back in the corner of his shed, along with a host of attachments. It has a hole in the side of the block, and he says he's saving it for a retirement project. When I brought home my C-120, he was almost as excited as I was. Well today he came rolling up on a '76 B-100 8-speed he picked up from the original owner who is heading for an assisted living facility. It was listed for $650 and my neighbor was going to give him the full asking price (w/snowplow). The gentleman showed him receipts for everything that has ever been done to it, including a recent one where his mechanic pulled the head and carb and gave it a full service. The old boy wanted to drive it one last time, so my neighbor let him drive it up on the trailer. When he went to pay, the old man says, "Well, I think it's going to a good home so just give me $500."

We were in northern Connecticut today to look at purchasing a camper( which we did!) and had some time to kill, so this is where we went. I took some pictures for you folks!

Father bought My L-107 22 May 1967 $469.35 Still use her most every day... New HH70 back in early 90s.

Excellent show this year with the best weather. This was the Saturday show not Sunday. Nice temps and not humid for a change. There were a lot more heavy trucks than I have ever seen this year. Bi-Planes taking off and landing was nice as well. @Handy Don Tried not to overload you with too many Chevrolet pics. Enjoy

Bats moving in..........Whew, I thought your MIL was coming for a long visit.

So with the destruction of the transmission is my suburban, I have decided to build something a little different and it's a little safer and easier for my kids. So I am building what I call a doodle horse. Ideas are from the doodle bug conversion in the past. I am extending the frame rails and mounting the engine behind the seat. I went with a belt drive tourqe convertor that drives by chain a forward and reverse gear box to a soild chain drive axle. It has one mechanical disc brake which I will use the original brake pedal. The whole tractor will be much longer then original so I wanted to make it look not goofy so I am cutting some rough cut oak boards and building a simple bed frame, steel frame wood sides and flooring. Here's some pictures. Don't mind the mess things have been crazy and I'm trying to finish this before the local show. I'll post more. I'm still waiting on the axle frame rails need to be finished tonight.

That is my breakfast. Onion, green, banana, jalapenos and tomato's. Some land raised chicken eggs, Viola good eating! Takes me back to when I was a kid, My dad made this pretty often.

Started on the 314A project. Added Sta-Bil and fresh fuel. Tuned the carb ...opened low idle jet almost 1 turn, high jet was OK Started soaking fasteners with PB Cleaned up the hub caps and wheels Jack up one wheel and spin it while using the wire brush on a grinder, then aluminum foil rub. Ya think the fronts were well greased Pete?

I noticed during the last few months of mowing with the refurbed 312-8 that one of the fuel tank captured nuts had developed a seep. No worries, had some about to expire fuel tank sealant at work so I sealed up both captured nuts and add a flat washer. Leak check was good using the blue dinosaur juice.

Just wanted to share a bit of art I've done recently.

My neighbors would occasionally give me a case of beer to plow there driveway in the winter I consider that making money 💰 🤑

I see3 there was no rust on the inside of that hubcap.

My brother owns a Plumbing and Handyman company and has a customer with a 1/4 mile driveway full of potholes that needed filling. I’ve been working with him two or three days a week since I retired back in April. He’s on vacation and asked me if I wanted to do it and of course I said sure. I brought my 314 H and my small dump trailer. My trailer was comfortable with 35 shovel fulls per load, and I did 40 loads. It took me five hours in the miserable heat. The 314, like always, worked like a beast. So now I have a few dollars of funny money I’m curious if any of you have used your tractors to make a few extra bucks?

I bought a new C-120 in 1977. Its now a C-120/180 with a 2010 Briggs & Stratton Vanguard. With a 48" deck.

It wasn’t extra money, but it was money I made to pay for my tractor. In 1984 I bought my Work Horse GT-1800 brand new to mow commercially. I paid it off in less than two years and even saved up a little bit for a small down payment on my first truck! I mowed commercially with it for 8 years before giving up the mowing business. I wish I had an hour meter on that tractor, as I not only mowed with it but also tilled many gardens and plowed many driveways. Now after restoration it’s in retirement, and still in my possession 41 years later!

Doing a little firewood processing today.

Grand kids are visiting. IMG_1464.mov

August 2022

LEDs will spoil you. It's nice having lights that actually light up what is in front of you...

The last time I held a “squishy” a baby, it wasn’t oil that I got all over me. 🤣

So, if sumac is the main ingredient in Sumacaid, then do I want to know what's in Gatorade???

The first peacetime all-Black army regiment, which we honor on Buffalo Soldiers Day, July 28th each year, was formed mainly to keep order in the Wild West after the Civil War. In such a rough-and-tumble place, where unknown natural dangers and thieves abounded, the buffalo soldiers had extremely low desertion rates. These brave men of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments were inexplicably named the ‘buffalo soldiers’ not by their own leadership, but by the Native American tribes they came into contact with — and no one quite knows why! These troops helped catch cattle thieves, protect national parks, ensure the safe travel of settlers from the East, and much more. Today, we honor their service in helping our country stay safe, and being a groundbreaking step towards greater racial equality in the military.

Back about 8 or 9 years ago I built a pole trailer for pulling logs out of our forest. The main beam is 8 feet. The usable cargo area is just under 6 feet. It was a great experiment but I never did get the axle quite right. Too light duty. After using it for a season or three we decided it was easier to get the Monster Splitter down in the forest and process the firewood near where each tree 🌳 was felled. That trailer has been setting idle since. I've mulled over adding a flat floor and sides but we have the two normal yard trailers already. Over the years we've cleared LOTS of forest pathways and cleared the whole area around the garden. Nowadays we have more space to work. We've decided to revisit the idea of pulling 5 to 10 foot logs up to the front yard where the splitter is usually setting. Here's a video showing the thoughts. The first repair/ modification is to make an axle that can hold a load. A few years ago I had a friend make this angle iron cross frame. My intention was to weld a pair of axle stubs to it. I've never welded anything this thick and my welding "skills" - aren't. I could and should learn but I have no materials to practice on and likely won't tackle anything this thick again soon. After studying the situation for a bit I decided this could absolutely be bolted. I drilled a plethora of holes 🕳 in various areas and depths today. Here it is on the hand truck I used to drag it up from down back. I was in thinkerin' mode. Here I've removed the remnants of the old axle and its attachment points. I removed and replaced many of the bolts. I drilled (3) 1/2" diameter holes in each axle stub. Also drilled 3 matching holes in the support brace. There will be one more long bolt 🔩 in the empty holes 🕳 of each axle stub. The metal cross brace is held to the wooden one by several bolts going into and /or through both. Tomorrow I'll see about getting wheels on it.

Rototilled the garden with the C-145

I can just about imagine the smell of that cheap orange Wal-mart paint burning off that muffler.

v Not even close. Looks purdy in some body's eyes. I gotta see the orange glow from those bulbs.

After work, the bezel had dried fully so on it went for now. I still need to add the chrome accents and horse but that’s the easy part. It’s getting there piece by piece.

Me too. Everything I have is modified and not one machine is 100% factory correct. Very few of my attachments are unmodified, and most are complete fabrications. And let me say I love Wheel Horse equipment. It's just rare to find complete machines here that aren't chopped up already. I've always had to do the best with what I have. Sorry for posting the same old pictures. I'll get new ones when it isn't 102 degrees with 80% humidity. At 10:00 PM last night, it was still 89 degrees here. It's bleeping warm!

Got the @76c12091520h hitch installed on the Tecumsehorse this morning. I'll make a thread about that later. Then we all worked on firewood processes.

The one in the middle. He doesn't have to drive or get out to open and close the gates.

In the cherry tomato, granddaughter liked it.

BBT has taught herself to install tile. This is the entry space to the Momma apartment in the basement.

My gorgeous Grandmother Mamie and Grandfather Pappy that raised me. I also really miss mine. Pappys first car he drove the long 90 mile trip to Pittsburg. And Great Grandmother and Grandfather.

That slow tractor race reminds me of watching @ebinmaine's progress on Colossus... only, well... faster...

@WHX?? @Achto @jeremi3210 and a couple other folks ran the tractor games event at Portage. Lots of fun!

Window shopped & made an offer for a 854. 'Tis my belief everyone should have one ... who am I to argue with myself? Better to ask forgiveness right?? 'Sides Dan came and got his tractors so got a couple open stalls ...

I built this bat "rocket" house a few years back. I understood that it might take a few years for the bats to take to it, but I had almost given up hope. Then today I noticed this...

@PWL216 bought mine new in may 82 , c-85 36 " r/d deck , wheel weights , 42" plow , $ 2100, still have it , also my regular go to for repetitive failures , on the other 2 , similarities , experimentation , eliminate a problem basically have the same set up on all 3 . plowed miles of snow and many an acre of grass . refitted a 12 hp magnum many years back , still has original paint , that has be retained with , oil recovery , zero rust , dread the idea of selling any , just the thought of someone , beating the hell out of it and zero service , is a major turn off . still my favorite , pete

i plowed for two older neighbors for years. i received gift cards to grocery stores, beer, scratch tickets and a used cadillac! (2000 STS)

Got this pole trailer finished up and tested.

I clear the snow from 4 neighbors driveways. I have received gas and restaurant gift cards, books, maple syrup, and thank you cards.

To all commenters on this post, I am offering to you a pre-classified sale of this one-of-a-kind, ultra unique Bronco 14 for just $2,800! Don’t try and low ball me, I know what I have! Im kidding of course 🤪 #ranwhenparked #semaready #professionallypainted

Well after a few months of off and on reading I have read all 968 pages of this part of the forum.

Repurposed two blower fans to shop fans today. Nice to have hot air flow on these 100 plus summer days. They work great.

“Heroically" repaired my spouse’s “go to” hairdryer. It kept turning itself off while in use. I discovered the internal air inlet screen looked like the dryer lint filter after a load of wash—low airflow caused it trip the overheat protection. Joined a village-sponsored “Paddle” accompanied by the village historian who shared stories (and some tales) of happenings on, in, and near our river over the last 200+ years. The tip of the bow of my wood-oared Adirondack Guideboat is at the bottom—all the other boats were plastic!

It would make a great display piece for a tractor show. Maybe pumping water up to a small flume that operates a small waterwheel that turns a fan, ice cream churn, etc.

As I mentioned earlier, I added a Marine primer Bulb on the C81. I got ambitious and mounted it under the seat pan with a spring loaded rod & knob under the seat. Had all the materials in house, why not.....

This was taken at the winter dealer meetings in Orlando, FL

Great workmanship. I knew the Brits drove on the wrong side of the road but never knew they also ran the Suburban's exhaust on the wrong side of the tractor.

Its her "she shed" so no tractors allowed inside.