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A few weeks ago while setting up the MI WH show a guy stoped in and asked if I wanted to buy a old WH?? well I said yes but what is it and how much? he said he thought it was a 1964 something, and wanted $40 for it, we swapped phone no.s and went on our way doing things at hand, well I lost his no. in my truck till the other day it was under the seat, so I called him today, and he said he had been thinking of me but lost my no. anyways he said it was in the barn under a semi trailer and I could come look but it might be a while before he could get it out, my oldest son Nick was over today so we went to take a look, this guy has a old barn that was so full it was spilling out in to the yard around it, and only had trails to walk through, with flashlight in hand I found the WH tucked under the trailer, where it had been for years, it took me and Nick 20 min. to dig a trail to pull it out, I think it's a 704, but has a 8hp in it now, blade is a bit rusty, very cool weights not sure if they are home made or not, but I like them, bummer the ags are so dry rotted, I have another set like them Firestone 23x8.5x12s not bad for $40 even came with the orig. front tires that are not so good and the recoil that has a broken spring.

Last weekend we took the Farmall to a local tractor pull, it was a dead weight pull, you only have to pull the sled I think it was 10' but I tell you what as they added weight to the sled it got very hard, lining up your tractor for the hook made a big difference in how well it pulled, we were going to all use the Farmall but they said only 2 drivers per tractor, so me and my oldest Nick pulled the Farmall, my Daughter Hunter pulled a friends Minneapolis Moline, and Ryan who can't reach the foot clutch on the Farmall yet pulled a big MM, with a hand clutch, in some of the pics when he is pulling you can only see his hat over the fenders, he had to stand up to drive it around the pits and to hook it up on the track, he has pulled this one a few times at other pulls and is getting pretty good at it, the Farmall went on a diet the day before we pulled the HYD pump and few other items to make the tractor lighter, we weighed it the day before at 3900lbs with no driver, as we pulled parts we weighed each part and we took off about 200lbs then we found out the weight classes are 2500, 3500, 4500 and up with driver, so we had to put weights on it to make it up to the 4500lb class with driver, dead weight pulls are fun you get to pull and pull as they add weight, till you can't pull any more, I found out the Farmall needs more HP the stock 24hp is not enough, I pulled a friends MM the one Hunter pulled in the 5500lb class we had weights hanging off everything we could find to make it weigh that much, but it had a 34hp engine and pulled very well, but in the end we all had fun, but I can tell you weighting up tractors sucks, moving 75lb and 100lb weights as fast as you can from one tractor to another to make the next class at 1000lbs between classes. we plan to pull more this fall, a family that plays together stays together, and we play hard. Me pulling the H for the first time My little girl pulling a MM My oldest Nick pulling for the first time. My second hook. Nicks second hook Hunter with the sled getting full of weight, the sled empty weighed 1200lbs, each block was 500lbs, so there is about 9000lbs she is pulling here on a sticky clay track. Ryan my youngest pulling a big MM, this pic it to show him standing driving it up to hook up, during a pull you have to be seated, he has to watch the flag man and the ground he can't see over the hood sitting, but he does very well. Ryan, or the hat as the anouncer called him during a pull.

In my opinion the teeter totter would be much safer if nut roasters are no longer allowed to go on it. They flip way too easy if the front tires aren't loaded. I hope it isn't off limits next yr. The kids love it and its a ton of fun to watch them. I'm sure we could get a few volunteers to supervise it for a few hrs. a day no problem. I'd give up some of my pickin time.....

Added to the Chore List. A quick trip to the junque yard. Hundreds of riding mowers and garden tractors. For a five spot, a rather nice high back padded Simplicity seat. Once home, we took out the heat gun, bye-bye Simplicity. Repainted the steel back 'n bottom, gloss black RustOleum enamel. On the back, now reads, Wheel Horse. Saved the old WH seat, serviceable. Had the two springs but, sorry perfectionists, had to add four holds to the fender assembly. Added image to my Gallery. Still no signs of the grandson runnin' out of steam. What'll it take?

Nice pics Craig, I bet next time you'll remember to fill up that Horse!!

Hit and miss engines are so cool ! My favorite part is when they got them belted up doing something like pumping water or running a fan. Alexander N.Y, show is this week. Last year a guy had one rigged up so when the exhaust popped, it shot a Pepsi can into the air so it would ring a bell like the old carnival game. :happy-jumpeveryone:

I know what it's like having the only "little" tractor" among the big boys. We have a show here every Memorial Day. I park my tractor early in a good spot. I go out checking out everything else and come back to find the local IH club picked my tractor up and moved it somewhere else so they could have a prime spot! They could have popped it out of gear and rolled it but no, a bunch of guys grabbed it and just carried it like it was a toy. Never again.They are lucky I don't work a Napa anymore. When they came in it would be list price plus 10% :*****:

At least she's wearing shoes with that engine pulley spinning a few inches away from her tootsies or is that how you keep your nails trimmed. Looks like you could almost drive that "Tecky Driver" under that Oliver. :)

Of course, you know Mrs. Craig likes that Denny. I still can't get over her following me in all that heat, with camera in hand, all the way to the gas station. You'll find those picts in the gallery.

Looks like a nice show Craig. Mrs. Craig, thanks for doing all the work while Craig was playing. :ychain:

"Ours" never did have the extra rear weights, but they should technically have two. That's the main reason that the rear axle on ours was broke twice. I tell everyone who runs it to leave the deck on the ground unless they absolutely have to raise it. R&R Products in AZ sells some aftermarket parts for these machines. I just bought a front fork, wheel bearing kits, and rear caster wheel assemblies from them for a fraction of Toro's cost. Not sure if you're at this stage yet, but I run B69 belts on the deck. If I remember correctly, the OEM deck belts cross to a B70, but I don't have as much adjustment.

I know you have one happy 520h there!! Looks great!! Belt cover looks factory!! Good job!! Hope it gives you 20 years trouble free service!!

Thanks MRS AMCRULES! Nice pics. My favorite is Craig being chased by the local PD.

Last but certainly not least, the big kahuna, to wrap it all up. Thanks to the Mrs. for enduring the heat and humidity, without her, the majority of the picts you see here wouldn't have happened today.

I think you mean Labor Day! Memorial Day was the start of summer back in May.

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From you for sure...... :laughing-rofl: