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The "old timers" around here have endured this annual bit of Christmas cheer for several years. I hope it brings a smile to our newer members, with warmest wishes to all for a wonderful Christmas! Dedicated to all the members of Red Square world-wide and our families.....(with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore!) ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all ‘round our house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The tractors were parked in their stalls with great care, I felt very blessed just to know they were there. Our boy-dog was nestled all snug on our bed, While visions of Milk Bones danced round in his head. My wife in her PJ’s had gone off to snooze, While I’d settled down for the late evening news. When somewhere outside there arose a dull roar; It rattled the walls, it shook the whole floor! I ran to the door and flung it wide open, To see what the heck had fallen or broken. The yard light shone bright on the new fallen snow, Where nothing had crashed, no damage did show. When what to my wondering eyes did appear, But eight Wheel Horse tractors! Why now, and why here? They pulled a large trailer piled high front to back, With parts and attachments, some red and some black! Motors and mowers and switches and wires, And belt guards and tillers and wheels with new tires! Then even more tractors appeared on our street, They came two by two in ranks very neat. RJ’s and GT’s and B’s, C’s and D’s, With numbers and letters of every series. Their engines did thunder, their hot exhaust rose, The air filled with laughter and hearty “Ho! Ho’sâ€Â! Though I did not know all the drivers by name, They flew a big banner, “Red Square†it proclaimed! As quick as they’d come they all slid to a stop, Then a man dressed in red appeared near my shop! I could see that he carried a very large sack, It bulged and it sagged and it ‘near broke his back! He winked and he grinned as he switched on the light, Then pulled the door shut to hide from my sight. “This can’t be realâ€Â, I thought to myself, “I’m too old to believe in the ‘jolly old elf’ â€Â! He was gone but a moment, then quickly came back, His stepped seemed much lighter, and so did his pack. He signaled ‘thumbs up’ with a mischievous smile, Then boarded his wagon, climbed back up the pile. Atop this great load, with white beard and hair, The man all in red hailed the drivers by pair: “Now Karl, now TT, now Ian, now Bill, On Chuck, on Charlie, on Mike, on Will….†“We’ve far to go boys, let’s keep up the pace, Open your throttles, we’re in quite a race, We’ve six thousand homes to visit this night, Our work must be done before it’s daylight!†I started to step out to say a “Thank you!â€Â, But this man was fast, and so were his crew! Clutches were dumped as engines did scream, The herd quickly vanished as if in a dream! I now think ‘twas Santa who commanded this fleet, Atop his red wagon in a 520 seat, For his words echoed long after he’d gone out of sight, “Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night!†If a herd of red tractors should come to greet you, On the night before Christmas, a jolly red crew, It’s just folks from Red Square who’ve cleverly planned To get more seat time giving Santa a hand! *** *** *** *** *** *** May the Holidays be filled with peace, love, happiness and contentment for all of us, May the Lord as you may choose to define Him in your life bless and watch over you, May the memories of those who have left us remind us of how precious life is, and May 2012 be filled with peace, prosperity and good health for us all!

I saw a post about plow cutting edges and I remembered a site I was looking at before. Checked a few things and found this. It's a UHMW (Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene) strip 1/2" x 4" 48". You could rip it in half on the table saw and have two dirt cheap cutting edges. I am not an expert on plastics but this looks like a great candidate for the job. http://www.amazon.com/UHMW-Sheet-48-Peacht...pd_sbs_indust_1 It has the highest impact strength of any thermoplastic presently made. It is highly resistant to corrosive chemicals, with exception of oxidizing acids. It has extremely low moisture absorption, has a very low coefficient of friction, is self-lubricating, and is highly resistant to abrasion (15 times more resistant to abrasion than carbon steel). Its coefficient of friction is significantly lower than that of nylon and acetal, and is comparable to that of Teflon. I didn't look around for a cheaper price as this looked pretty good to me. I am going to order some and use my router to make skid shoes for my snowblower.

I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out. Dare I say its a keeper?

Wishing my RedSquare family a joyous and prosperous holiday season. May God bless each and every one of you, and fill your coming new year with health, wealth, and success. Merry Christmas everyone.

Thats who I was thinking of as I was reading this.

I am sure it is Ron. Nice collection but tough to see them that way.

His first name does'nt happen to be Branch, does it?

You have to make new spindles to get it that high. Take a look at these tractors they are built to look like full size tractors, they have higher spindles he built. http://www.thelittle...o.blogspot.com/ I think he used 16" wheels on the back.

Thank you for the walk around of the blower mounted!

merry christmas and snow tomorrow for us in the northeast

Super holiday greetings to all! and to our brother and sisters in the our military and civil service and contractors deployed around the world in support of our great nation. (many a xmas, thanksgiving, birthday etc I spent down range) and we must never forget the dedication and sacrifice they endure.

Thanks Craig....and to you also. And all of you too...Merry Christmas!!

Wont hurt my feelings if we don't see a single flake around here. Mike.........

Same to you and yours Craig. Merry Christmas!

Hey guys, Thanks for all the input. I glued it up and painted the lens today. It looks good from a distance. But you can see defects when you get real close. Here are a few pics on what I did.

Dusty I've been pretty fortunate to have some of the most desirable vintage Horse's out there, but owning a horse is really no fun to me if they are garage queens. I started out collecting like a lot of RS members...just grabbing what ever was red & asked questions later. As my knowledge of Wheel Horse's grew more & more my appreciation for the post 1965 tractors with the new square hood, & rear fender, but still had the foot stirups. To me the 65 through 67 Horse's are the sweetest looking ones made....(sorry round hood collectors) & they are fun to work with. Plowing snow, turning dirt in the garden, leveling the drive with a belly blade, mowing, or just pulling the cart around. I'd come across a few 867's since becomeing a collector, but timeing was wrong & didn't have the time or money to chase them down. This one time it worked out. I don't know of the actual production numbers, but I'd say they are not common. The 867, 1067, 1267 models were the first Wheel Horse models to have the hi/lo shifter ( called 6 speeds back then) & the 867 is the only short frame to be offered with the 6 speed. So finding one to add to my growing collection of 65-67 models was high on my list of tractors to own. Putting it on my "bucket list" of Horse's.

The K-341 engines are a different casting - easily identified by 10 head bolts vs. 9 on the 241 - 321 models.

You might consider a mod like this for added stability: The stem of the "T" is free to slide in the hole in the angle. I have since had my son weld the angle to the frame but the clamps worked pretty well the first winter. I think some of the larger blades come with something like this from the factory. One picture I saw had an inverted "L" instead of the "T" and there was a tab with an appropriate size hole welded to the side of the frame. -hank