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The people on this site are truly fantastic. In the 4 years that I have been a member and all the shows that I have been going to, I have met a lot of special people and made many good friends Today is a one year anniversary for me. It was a year ago today that I was trimming branches, when my ladder disappeared out from under me and I fell and fractured a few bones. I had many members call and get a hold of me, while I was healing, wishing me well...I really appreciated all of that. Shorts (Paul) saw to it that I would not do it again by giving me a toy chain saw at Scott's M&G this year. Then today, the mail man drops off a package from Woodchuckfarmer (Wayne and his wife Peggy). I had spent a few special hours with them drinking some homemade wine at the Big Show this year. So I open up the package and here was what was in there. It did not take much time for me to open one of my favorite Adam's County Wines...Three Ships to the Wind...and check out these glasses. WOW, they are me and one of the nicest gifts I have ever received. Thanks guys...very special. Red Neck Wine Glasses for Friends in Low Places Hey RAT...what do you think would look good in one of these???

WOW! Six years! Its still fun to read thru it all and I'm proud to have been here this long as member #2. What else does #2 stand for..... ...... ..... Mike.........

Well the search is finally over for the elusive Massey Ferguson MF 14. The first picture of me, when I was 3 years old, sitting on a tractor was on a MF 14 35 years ago. Have been wanting to find a good candidate to add to the collection. Well here she is......... It needs a few little things and a definite bath. Boy I forgot how fast the Massey tractors cover some ground!

i would use an old belt of the correct width that is longer than you need. cut it and then wrap it around the pulleys. make a mark with a pen where they overlap. then measure. should get you close enuff....but get several sizes as suggested

Well I had to till the garden under and the old 417-8 just would not start. I admit I let it sit to long with no attention all summer. I cleaned the Carb and checked the points which seemed fine. The condenser I checked with the digital meter and I could get not reading on it at all. Matbe shorted open. I pulled the plugs and I broke one so I decided to buy some actual new parts for it. The Kohler KT17 twin was refreshed last year painted and put back into service. The battery is the one that came with it and I would just recharge it from time to time. Spent some time on the Advance Auto web site and ended up with a new battery and condenser. I used the Autolite App to find the plugs and they had listings for my Wheel Horse Kohler KT17 so I went top of the line with the XP Iridium plugs. List for $6.99 but after coupons it was $ 4.16 and there is a rebate of $2.00 per plug from Autolite. I installed the new battery and gapped and installed the plugs down to .035 to see how they would do. The 417-8 starts like it never has......almost no choke and the idle was extremely smooth and the temp was down at 32 degrees. The new batttery really spins the starter fast.....surprise to me. Nice surprise to see it run so well. I think I will buy a new battery and plugs for my 418a with the 18 hp kohler as well. The plug I used was an Autolite XP25 for the Kohler KT17. It called for an XP26 but that was a special order item. Called Autolite Tech Support and both plugs list out with with same specs and heat range but the tech would only say that the XP25 was just a tad colder that the XP26. I will run the plugs and report back how they do.

RedSquare has been here for 6 years! Happy anniversary RedSquare and it's first 2 members, whchris and Sparky!

Lane and David Ralph brought two 1964 1054's (with 12 inch WH garden plow and cultivator) and a B-100 with 3000 Watt Wheel Horse generator to run a box fan and Panasonic radio! We displayed Friday thru Sunday and met a lot of nice folks and did some recuitment for Red Square - encouraging Wheel Horse owners to join. I also took a photo of a Wheel Horse management employee that I am sending to Lawn and Garden Tractor Magazine -he had a LGTC tee shirt on he bought three years ago at the Florida Flywheelers show ! Ravens Trailer loaded for the show: Some unususal motorized Wheel Horses: Two of Richard Layne of Mentone Wheel Horse tractors : Scott Brothers Wheel Horse 754: 1982 SK 486 Wheel Horse: Rare Aircraft L and G tractor made by Dodge : Neat Looking Roof Three wheel mower and snowblade attachment. Roof was made in Pontiac, Illinois: A real Beast of a tactor: Neat four wheel trailer made from old Cub Cadet tractor frame with the transmission removed: Old International truck painted up nice: Nice Old Chevrolet coupe:

I've done this on a few tractors, I think I used 1.5" long bolts, full tread style and I add a few drops of loctite to the last few treads as I run them in, then I use 7/16" automotive lug nuts to hold the wheel on, this one I used chrome nuts they were cheap. I remove the set screw to install the ones that they are in the way, it's a good idea to check the set screws at least once a year anyway.

Just got another catalog and wow, It's been a year and they already made a game commemorating Steve's stay in the hospital!!!

You can replace the wire without changing the coil on a K91. Pull the wire out of the coil ( easier said than done) and you will see the little pin inside the hole that pokes into the wire. That's why a stranded wire would work better. Epoxy it back in.

I keep getting catalogs with those Redneck wine glasses. I thought about getting them for you. But then I saw the bra that has a hose attached and you "Fill the Tanks" with your favorite beverage and suck through the hose. Then I couldn't decide what you would have appreciated more!!!

It's all about the Steveasaurus, you're definitely one from the top shelf. :bow-blue:

Déjà vu? http://www.wheelhors...or As my dad would say: "The dog that craps big, doesn't crap long" ~ except he doesn't say "crap". :eusa-whistle:

I have one of my gardens that is in some pretty crappy ground. Before I bought the place the P.O. tore down an old barn and the fill he put down was very gravelly and almost seemed to have ground asphalt in it. So for 3 years I have had the neighbor bring me down his horse manure (he beds with shavings) and spread it on that garden in the fall. Usually 4 loads, and then I plow it in. The wood shavings compost rather quickly and it really has mellowed that ground. Next year will be the first year I am going to put only tomatoes in that garden. I think it is mellow enough and has good drainage so I think they will do fine in there. The other 2 gardens will get plowed about a week or so before planting in the spring. This takes care of any weeds that have sprouted and makes a relatively weed free garden. But, that can also be a double edged sword. Because, if the ground is kind of wet it can get very hard after spring plowing. But, If I can disc it and field cultivate it shortly after plowing it turns out good. I don't add calcium to mine. I think I am getting all I need from the manure. I have been toying with the Idea of taking soil samples and bringing them in the extension office for testing to see where we are on potash and sulfur. I also spread some sweet barn lime on them every 3 years to control Ph and it seems to be working (we have alot of Black Walnut trees and they tend to make the ground acidic around them). I would recommend some good old fashioned manure instead of all the fertilizers that are out there now. Pat

Nice Horse! Uncle Bob took good care of that Stallion! Don't remember the models but, had my 1st Horse 30-40 years ago along with a '32 Farmall.

roscoemi the reason I put both of the Tanks tops even (actually the stock tank is 1/2" higher) was so I could never overfill the stock tractor tank by having too much fuel in the larger tank. If I jacked that tank up that high it would be almost behind the seat and would be a lot harder to support. The tank being low like I have gives it a lower center of gravity and gives the tank more support. Yep by putting them that way I kinda bucked up by making it too safe. I guess hind sight is 20 /20 but I still am happy that I have a good way to fill without going in the cab and through all that hassle. I have decided to go option # 2 using the Larger Tank as a Reservoir. And filling the smaller tank as needed. I Already have a brand new in da box Mr. Gasket 12S fuel pump that transfers 35gph which = .58 gal per minute it should take about 4 1/2 minutes to fill the tank I think I can stand that. There will also need to be a solenoid valve installed to positively stop the flow once the smaller tank is filled or it will continue to flow to the engine. Ill use a fuel selector valve and just plug the unused port. As in all pumps you install on the discharge side as not valve off the intake side and run the pump dry. I will have a momentary push button switch that will open the solenoid valve and start the pump instantly and will stop once the push button is released so this should prove to be failsafe. Well anyways thats the plan but Ive said that before!

happy anniversary from the north,glad to be here and glad to be close enough to south bend that wheelhorses came here ,were lucky

Yes I'll like it tomorrow, turns out that is ThursdaY! :thumbs2:

Ha... for a while it was just Karl and Mike's forum. Funny looking back to the beginning it took nearly a year to get any real traffic. Happy anniversary :rs:

I'll bet that 60-inch deck on a 520-8 was fun to raise with a manual lift...

Thanks Martin: Here are a few more: Nice side view of the Wheel Horse 633 owned by Gene Wisinski of Monticello, Indiana with his GM-60 57 inch three gang mower that weighed 190 lbs and cost $205 in 1964. Case 644 with Loader: We had a nice visit with B.J. Timmons on Friday and he had thought about bringing his GT 14 with loader but did not show it at Winamac. On Satuday around 3 or 4 o'clock who shows up but B.J. Timmons, his brother on a 953 Wheel Horse and another Timmons family member on a nice Commado 800 riding up to out checkered flag canopy. The GT 14 with loader attracted about 25 peole in a real hurry as B.J. Timmons is a machinist and did a wonderful restore job on tis 1972 GT 14 with loader. Interesting Case with hydraulics and just about as small as the Wheel Horse Lawn Ranger: My 1975 B-100 automatic with 3000 watt Wheel Horse generator: 1975 B-100 with box fan and Radio running : Our show neigbor - young Ashton Van Couten's 1966 876 automatic he recently bought at an auction in Winamac for $225!: :woohoo: