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So a few weeks back I picked up this old craftsman air compressor at a local auction. I knew it ran and for $15 I just couldn't pass it up. Everything on it worked it was just filthy and had been painted a few times in its life. Looked like a fun clean up and restore project. I did a little research online to try and find some info. There are some photos but none of them were the same so I just decided to paint it the way I thought it would have looked. Below is a before picture and then a few I took after I put it all back together yesterday From the bost of my knowledge I would say its from the 50s and from what I could tell it was part of a paint spraying kit. It has a single stage pump and then an expansion chamber with a release valve that pops at 50 PSI. pretty cool little compressor. I have a bottom feed touch up gun that I may give this a try with. After

these are last year pics, still waiting for the snow here in the UK!

Finally got some snow worth getting the 314-H out for. Here are my photos from this morning. Thad (Ohio)

I doubt it.....back then folks were smart enough to keep their fingers out of the way. Unlike today where there are warning signs for everything in this lawsuit-happy world. Mike.........

Don't know if you can push more than this ....but I was pretty impressed plowing my mother's sidewalk. Thad (Ohio)

my goal this year is to get as many of my tractors running & opperating as well as can be. my short term goal is to get all 4 of the tecky powered machines working. i'm half way there! the 1969 raider 9 i bought at Pittsburgh-Parts-Arama in 1994 & was in regular use untill 2002 when somthing went wrong with the trany. KPfrom NC.noticed the hub was moving but not the axle,so i replaced the hub & woodruff key flushed it out & installed new axle seals, shift boot &fresh 85-140 gear lube. i also fixed the battery box and put a new throttle cable, gas lines & fuel filter on it. I soaked the carb overnight & blew it out. it runs super! great at pushing leaves into the pile. the other one is a 1971 workhorse 800 that i bought last year from a RS. member he was restoring it when he had a mc. wreck & lost his leg. well the poor workhorse sat right where it was for several years till i steped in & saved it.this one needed a new carb from the late WHEELHORSEJUNKY. new throtle & choke cables, the trany flushed & new seals & boot & gearlube & 1 valve stem on 1 rear tire. then i welded the seat pan & installed a better seat. boy does it run well! now i only have to install the S.G. on the nos. hh120 on the 1967 1077 & put a tube & do a carb clean on the 1967 lawn ranger & all my tecumpseh powered machines will be work ready! so fellow members what are your WH. goals for 2013 ? HAPPY NEW YEAR JAY IN NC

Nice one copperhead, that gets my vote for the December, 2014 calendar.

Here is a couple more photos from plowing snow today. The tire and chain combo is the best I have ever used. I have tried just about as many different things out there from turf tires, ag tires, chains, no chains, wheel weights, no wheel weights...and this tire "Carlisle HD Field Trax" with 2-link chains and 50lbs weights seems to be the best. I have about a 300 foot driveway on a very steep incline. This setup seems to just plug right along whether we have a wet snow, fine snow, ice, slush....it just works in everything. Thad (Ohio)

Meet Widestride. Modified C120 for logging work over rough terrain. Agri tyres to go on and independant rear brakes. Holds its course on steep banks and steers good. Very stable tractor, pulls a 4x5 4 wheel trailer and soon to be log skidder. Deciding whether to put rubber fenders on all round or leave it as it is. When all mods have been made i will tear it down for paint. Can anyone recommend a reliable 12volt winch for the front.

Just got in from plowing..right in the middle of the storm here on the CT coast. I picked up a 75 C-100 this fall and got to break it in tonight.. Wet and heavy snow coming down a a good clip the whole time. Looks like about 8 inches as of about 8 pm and probably almost half of that fell while I was plowing. Whatever else falls will have to wait till tomorrow. Nobody else to take pictures so this is all ya get.. Didn't look too bad out of the gate.. Now it looks bad... Running out of room already.. Had to dismount for this picture... Let it snow, let it snow, let it....OK enough already...

The Carlisle tire is called "All Trail" part # is 511505 and it is a 23x10.50-12. They are mounted on factory Wheel Horse rims, but they were from a 520H. Here is a photo of the tires without the chains....I really like them....the right balance between turf and ag tires. Easy on the lawn too. Thad (Ohio)

From this afternoon with skimask on. The wind was bitter!

Well the Charger WINS! Have had the GT14 and the PK and now the Charger 12 all out with a blad this year. This is first outing with the Charger. Did you know chains on small tires can jerk your innards out? Was gonna let a little air out and got blue liquid, so must be loaded? Left them then. Did you know you can go TOO fast with hydros for snow plowing, ha! Manual lift is hard on old guys with bad shoulders, specially when having trouble with locking UP! These things can really push and I was hitting the old banks and even pushing Them back with little effort, all while bairly running fast engine speed. Smaller, turns quicker, I like it best of all of these. NOW.....if it just had a Foot control.....hmmm!

Got eight more inches of snow over night here in western PA! Had fun two days in a row!

We got about 5" of snow overnight. I plowed my dad's, daughters, and my drive along with a few here and there as I worked from 1 end of town to the other...Oh, I spent about an hour cleaning the sidewalks and some of the street at our church. I don't have any current pictures, but here is a couple from 2 years ago....same tractor & plow with the same "ole me!

Me on my 867 plowing about 6" of snow 12-26-12

These are from last year but the snow fall is the same. Lots of it. I know this smile is not as big as Pork Chops but I'm not as young as he is. I hope when he's my age he'll still have that smile when he's on his tractor.

Grandson was very dissapointed, only 1" of white stuff. By morning was mostly gone. He was hoping for a driving lesson. Oh, yeah! Snowblower isn't mounted but, if needed would be my pleasure to put it on the '68 Raider 12. The Harleys are spit shined, heels too (like duh!) and ready for any action (work or play). '85 416-8 has the 48" blade, ready. '88 414-8 42" blade, all set to go. Both gassed up, new headlamps. Chains ready but, not mounted. Picking up 23 x 10.5 x 12's mounted tomorrow, filled, approx. weight = 90 lbs. each. Makes my recent lug nut "upgrade" necessary! Wouldn't want to play with 90 lb. tires! That and chains should do the trick for any "winter event." P.S.: Woolrich goose down for the driver. **Note** I like to keep the blades out of the drips; sitting on 2 x 4 blocks (as shown in image below). I often back up on 2 x's front to rear when the chains are on; chains out of the dribbles too!

Sorry for the delayed posting of this pic, but I have a new smart phone that is obviously a bit smarter than me. Anyway I have finally figured out how to transfer pics around on it to get to my computer and now to you all. This is my Son-In-Law. His name is PD, and he is proudly standing next to his first Wheel Horse Tractor. This is the one I gave him for Christmas. He is already looking for bling stuff on the internet, and has contacted someone to Jet Hot Coat the muffler. His nephew is going to have the wheels powdercoated. PD tells me he by Spring I will have to play catch-up because his 312 is going to be looking better than new. I am very excited for him. Here is a pic;

I picked up a 655, well I didn't pick it up, the guy delivered it to me, I seen him at the local scrap yard a few weeks back, he was looking for parts for a WH, the guys told him he was in luck, as the WH guy was there that day, he showed me a few pics on his phone and said it had no spark, I told him a few things to try, and said if you need parts get with me, then I handed him a business card, (they are well worth the money $40 for a 1000 cards) well he called me yesterday and said he just wants it gone, he was done messing with it, I told him I was busy and would be a few days before I could go look at it, so he shot a price and said I'll deliver it, if you can pay me today, I said I can do that, so a hour later I had this setting in my yard, I'll mess with it some, but it looks like a good parts tractor, deck is in pretty good shape, just ugly, I haven't picked up a tractor in a while I've passed on a few, but this one was cheap and I didn't have to go get it, and came with plow, axle bracket, deck and tire chains, and up close it is very ruff, so no I'm not going to fix it up.

Not sure which one looks tougher, PD or the WH.

After steam cleaning my rusty 702, I found some of that yellow primer too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKCjLUKBUJE&list=UUd_ptV1TUpPlW1VhCjxez_Q&index=10

That is a great Christmas present. Bet hes a happy camper. I bet he takes good care of it. It is a beauty!

Wow! It already looks great. Nice Christmas gift!

The product Tuffbond 230 apparently is an epoxy from India. You probably know that already. Googling could discover no US supplier, so I guess you should look for a domestically available clutch and brake adhesive. People who do this work should be able to advise re a substitue. How about the people who suggested that you use this material, where do they get it? I love mysteries. I awaiteth your solution. Good luck. Tom

or maybe I wasnt as good as I thought I was.But He came through. Picked up a C-160 in Oh. today. Its got some issues but it will make a nice project for the Winter and Spring and Summer. Lol. Has a running 341 on it like it should and the hubs have not drifted so the axles shoud be good unlike the 416 parts tractor I was given. A few missing parts as one would expect for the price I payed. Deck is junk. Im sure I will be asking for advice and looking for some parts down the road. Numbers 71-16K802 13779 7084 Jack

When he landed on his head, the seismographs on the moon picked it up! :ychain:

I too am amazed at the amount of snow my Wheel Horse will push. I need some weight and/or roller chains on the front tires. The front end wants to slide sideways when I have the plow angled.

Ok today had more snow and it was wet and heavy so I decided to use the 1958 Wheel Horse RJ and the 42 inch snowplow/dozer blade again-instead of my 1967 Lawn Ranger with the St-324 snowthrower. Here are some photos of the RJ and plow setup: Here is a video with only a few seconds of snow moving but you will get the idea. I was pleased to see how the curved blade on the SPR-42 inch Wheel Horse snowplow/dozer blade used on these RJ's moves the snow and curls it up when you are moving a lot of it. I apply SNOW JET on the blade to give it some added resistence to snow and ice sticking on the blade as you work.

I frequently wind up having to remove the bolt in the pivot arm (to the right of the fuel line in your picture) to twist things around enough to move the spring

WH 1303 CR 7410

I have cheated before by drilling a hole right in the clip groove through the spindle and used a cotter pin, some spindles are factory like that also.

Here are a few of my 1963 WH's Model # 603 Special's. One of my favorite Models, they are all usually different from each other one way or another!

Here is my early production RJ35. Made probably in the 2nd batch of 1955 tractors, not in the first 100 produced. Has the cast iron steering wheel, gas tank stand and some other early production parts. I added the non original Kohler engine but it should be a Clinton engine.

How about a little MM Wheelhorse GT14?

Loosen the clamp that holds the throttle conduit. Start the engine with the lever in the idle position. Then slide the conduit and cable until it just starts to pull the throttle open and lock the clamp back down. I'm guessing the conduit may have pulled closer to the lever that pulls the governor.

Not possible - that type of rear axle hitch wasn't around in '64. The correct hitch for your blade frame style bolts to the front of the axle housings: The brackets/locks are on the outside of the frame instead of inside like the newer blades/hitches. I did measure the angle rod on mine and it is also 32" long.

Lots of good suggestions here. Everyones local climate and soil is a little different and lawn types and preferences vary. At work, our athletic fields usually get aerated right after spring soccer or summer softball and once again after fall soccer. We aerate to relieve soil compaction. We core aerate most of the time but depending upon the condition of the soil and the weather we will use slicing knives. Generally each fall, about a week after core aerateing we overseed with a slit seeder. This machine breaks up the cores that are lying on top of the soil and at the same time it cuts a slit on the top of the soil for the seed to lodge in. You need good soil contact for the seed to germinate. While the machine is breaking up the cores and, slitting the surface it is depositing the seed and covering it with the broken up cores. We overseed in the fall because we begin to use the fields too early in the spring for the seed to germinate and establish itself. (unless we close a field for a season but that creates scheduling problems). Fall overseeding works well for us. We get the seed in the ground in mid to late August or early September and it gets worked into the ground by the players during their last game or two. It usually has a chance to germinate during the warm days and cool niights and establishs a fair root system before it goes dormant for the winter. You can also try a late season dormant seeding where you overseed just before the snow flies. This way the seed is in the soil and ready to germinate when the days warm up and you get spring rains. Almost forgot. Unless you have frost heave or animal damage, you shouldn't need to roll your lawn. Compaction is one of the main reasons that certain weeds thrive in lawns. It also limits the transmission of water, nutrients and air to the plant and its roots. Aerate, aerate, aerate. Here's a picture of my aerating operation. I'm a little lazy. I should have removed the blower and cab doors but in northern Michigan you need to be prepared. These coring machines are very inexpensive and can be found pretty cheap on CL or e..y.

Happy Birthday Mike! How old is that in dog years?

I would like to add THIS IS NOT ME, I don't work that way, first in line gets dibs, then if that person passes, next in line, then I wait for payment for a reasonable amount of time, and normally if I don't receive payment in a fair amount of time, I send a reminder asking if they still want the item, then I ship soon after getting payment, I do charge the Paypal fees to the buyer, they add up fast with the amount of items I sell, and they charge the fees on the total including shipping that I don't make money on, at the end of a year the fees can be very high on all the items I have sold, and asking each person to pay them, in my eye is better than me paying ALL of them. I normally figure my own shipping cost and do not charge any extra, for packing or any thing, but if the buyer wants to send me a label prepaid for shipping that is fine. If I worked that way I would be out of business in no time, a good seller/buyer relationship is a must.

I'm voting Pork Chop #1 for this winters' Snow Removal Champion. :woohoo:

Used the wife's Toro Powershovel last night for the first time, was actually...a pretty impressive performer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY0Nc6IRfHg&list=UUd_ptV1TUpPlW1VhCjxez_Q&index=1

Got about 7" here. the 18 auto will be going to work in about an hour or so. Hopefully my lil guy can get a video of it workin on his iPad for me to upload later, but heres a couple pics from the weekend when I got her ready....

Just a short video from last night. Battery died on phone before I could get more.

There is no box for me to check either.... I'd sell it! Let some one who wants to leave it "perfect" pay me the big bucks for it....so I can buy a good tractor! If its in my barn, its getting used!

I would be taking it to the shows and I'm not pushing it around ether but I would not be working it also . Unless your starting up a wheel-horse museum I would fire her up I believe it still would be a fine example of a NOS wheel horse Brian

I personally would get tired of pushing an NOS tractor on and off my trailer bringing it to shows just so I can say its never been started. I wouldn't work it but I ain't gonna push it around either. I get more enjoyment out of riding them than I do looking at them so fire in the hole.

I like plowing snow.

jd...you are right...the games start on the 28th...dang small print in the paper...thanks I can not edit the top post now, but I think it will be OK. thanks again.