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Got all my horses out to day to give them some fresh air... and i took some pict to share whit you.. Enjoy them.... Lars

Started out with a little Lawn Ranger that I still have but since then I can not seem to stop buying trading and selling. I bought a package deal this spring, 16 hydro no name with plow, disc tiller and snow blade. Sold the attachments and took my tractor to PA and sold it. Bought a sweet 520-H and loved it. Found a set of twin 416s on CL and bought them. 1 week later I updated my 520-h with the good parts off one of the 416-H s and then sold that 416-H. for a fair profit. Just one week later I reluctantly sold my nice 520-H for a nice check and the 2 machines pictured above. I have managed to deal and barter my way from no WH tractors to a lawn Ranger, A 416-H with snow blower, an AC 310 with a Kohler 10 horse and new deck, 1 snapper z180 zero turn with an 18 Kohler magnum (Not real pretty) but runs drives and mows awesome. And after doing the math I have + $250 cash in my WH tractor fund Next step is to clean and polish the 2 off brands as good as possible and park them in the golden spot in front of my shop and turn them into Wheel Horse tractor cash. Hoping to buy sell and trade my way up to enough WH money to buy a completely rebuilt piece of Wheel Horse History. Or maybe pay one of our talented members to restore my 416-H to like new condition. Who knows but man do I enjoy the chase and the deals. I may be in the second stage of Horseaholism. There is no hope for recovery.

So, the Vice President at work asked me to build her a cool cabinet, (she has the same taste in deco as I do). She wanted it on something with old style wheels like the first bench I made on top of this thread. i took that bench and built onto it. I only use hand selected pallets. So....Here is what she is gettin. She loves it! Now everyone wants to to make something similar for them. Not!

I got home from work today with a little extra energy so I decided to do a little work on my son Coles Burban. Since I can't find any of them NOS blue electric start motors I decided too fab up my own. Just as I was gettin started and tryin to come up with some idea's I glanced up at my work bench and there it was.... the hell with puttin electric start on a k91 that is a little tired. On went this k181 with electric start. All it took was four new holes and a few other mods and that is it. No hood hackin etc. Its a tight fit but it fits and nothing hits. I should be blastin around tomm with it if all goes as planned. Once any bugs are worked out I'll pull it off and paint it up.

This will be my first Wheel Horse Gt14 that i just picked up today for $275.00. The tractor will need some minor TLC. The engine was rebuilt with only 50 hours on it and runs great. I figure just alone the wheel weights and plow where worth the price. I don't run across too many GT 14s and seeming there getting harder to find..

Thought I'd share my latest yard project. We visited the ol' family homestead in IL a couple weekends ago. One of the purposes was to get some splits of the large quantities and varieties of Iris that were around the farm. Grandma said I could have all I wanted, so armed with a spade and a wheelbarrow, we traipsed around the farm and I dug/labeled what she told me! Now of course, I wasn't smart enough to plan ahead to have someplace to put them, so they sat for a few weeks in the nice cool garage before I got them in the ground. It doesn't hurt them, the tubers just go dormant when they're dry. So after surveying, measuring, estimating and deliberation, I concluded the perfect place to put them.... right where my wife wants them! :duh: I bought a tiller at the LeSueur spring swap this year. Rusty outside, but nearly brand new underneath!! These tines have barely ever seen dirt. I'm guessing it got used one year, set behind the shed and never used again. But....(as usual it seems) it didn't have the idler setup. After some searching and bitching about ebay prices for them, I managed to get a reproduction from a very reputable collector/fabricator whom I trusted would make it correctly. You just never know what you're going to get with a reproduction from an unknown maker. Funny part was it didn't fit! The centering bushings that were welded on didn't allow it to fit and close the midmount hitch!?! So after a few emails, we figured out why. He had copied his original correctly and nothing was wrong with his part. I was just using it differently than intended. The midmount on the Raider that I was putting it on was an earlier style and made to only accommodate a 3/4" shaft, whereas the later midmount hitches allowed the hitch to close around the larger bushings. (like this) We both learned something. The original setup for the Raider was one of the earlier tillers that used the two belt system with an idler assembly mounted at the rear of the frame, and I was trying to run a single belt system. OK... cut the bushings, make it fit and its A-OK. Got the belt mounted, tested it to see if the belt was running true and now, ready to till. I know I should be running the belt in the inner pto groove. I had it on there, but it was guitar string tight, so I moved it back to the outside. Seemed to work alright for me though. Maybe if the belt stretches a little bit over time I can get it to the inner one. It would be nice to get the additional few RPMs on the tines. I got out the Gravely zero turn, dropped the deck to the ground and scalped out a bed outline to 1/4". The Gravely deck really does get down that far... the ground polishes the blade bolt heads. (Should have taken a picture of that but didn't think of it.) Parked that in the shade and commenced tilling. Never used a tractor mounted tiller before, but man... was that nice!! My Raider 9 has a transplanted K-181 in it, and it had no problem running that tiller in Low 1st gear. The 8HP Kohler is easy on the gas, and the longer frame of the Raider keeps it balanced pretty nicely so I didn't even need additional weight anywhere. Ideally though, I'd like to run some front wheel weights, or hang a weight bracket out front with about 40-50 lbs on it. I could feel the front get a tinge light when I let off the clutch. I can't wait to actually get to use it in the garden this fall. So I finished up with this. We got it all planted (I think there were about 80-100 tubers) now just waiting to get mulch delivered/spread and figure out edging. I'll post a finished picture when we get that done.

You just show up and its easiest just to ride your tractors in unless your there before 8am.This is a pretty busy show with lots of people and gets pretty tight in a truck and trailer. Sure wish I could make it this year. .. Sent from my SCH-R530U using Tapatalk 2

Great deal but, you'll need to calm it down a bit. Certainly a bright Stallion! Red is for the blood we shed.

my weights are on inside $275 and moves good deal cheers oh & I see your a WH junkie I can see I need to stay away from here as I'm thinking total redo now ;)

Good score!

Nice looking machine you got there

just bought 2 of the 9815s at NAPA. $5 ea.

Well spent the day cleaning and charging batt.s a few are not going to make it this year, just no time to deal with them. I'll be setting up the show tomorrow, so for the next few days I will not be on the putor much, got 4 loads of tractors hauled today so they are all there that will be shown this year, so glad the C-195 diesel is running and driving, I hope you all can make it, the weather is going to be great, lots to see. Workers cleaned and ready This is the lot that will be at the show this weekend, I wanted a few more to go but they didn't want to go I guess

You need the little wire keeper fingers bolted to the engine. They take up the slack and disengage the belt when you depress the clutch. I'll see if I can find a post on them.... there's been some with pictures in the past.

Beautiful herd, they all look clean, shinny and original.

Looks great! That was a steal for $275!

Saturday - partly cloudy 77 degrees .........SWEEEEEET! nice weekend for you'all to come out to the show and a chance to win them awesome prize's Kelly has to offer. new tires - powder coated rims

Nice herd and a very nice setting!

FIVE? FIVE? thats just greedy!

Went to a auction in Galion Ohio today. bought a 606 with mower deck, snow plow , home made wheel weights, & tire chains. also bought 2 pairs of Silvertown tires, potato plow that fits rj's & cultivators. total of $75

So Jim , are you actively pursuing this ???

Have never seen pictures. Found this in price lists. Harrow Disc Drag 24" 1954 DP-116 Six 11" disc blades (Fits walking tractor) $24.00 Harrow Disc Drag 32" 1954-1956 DP-118 Eight 11" disc blades (Fits walking tractor) $27.50 Harrow Disc Drag 32" 1958 DP-118 Eight 11" disc blades 58lbs. $31.50 Harrow Disc Drag 32" 1959 DP-118 Eight 11" disc blades 58lbs. $35.00 Harrow Disc Drag 32" 1961-1967 DP-861 Listed on early attachment interchange Fits all except 1054 Harrow Disc Drag 32" 1968 7-1511 Formerly DP-861 Harrow Disc Drag 32" 1969-1974 7-1512 Harrow Disc Drag 32" 1975 7-1513 Eight 11" blades adjust to 0, 10, 20 and 30 degrees This is the earliest manual I've seen - 1961 (Wonder if the DP was for disc plow?) Garry

Jay, can't believe no one thought of this. why not let this young man pick out his first tractor from the herd. what could be better than helping out a beginner with a tractor that you knew was mechanically sound, making his new found hobby a positive experience. Bean, Jay AND Van offered excellent tractors to me already (including that C125 that really got me thinking hard). But due to my hardheadedness, lack of common sense, and taste for adventure, I have decided to choose the road that leads to the unknown....I am kind of wanting the challenge of taking the neglected and making it loved. From what I have read here, it seems like there is not too many items that will be really costly, and unless those bearings are shot, I think I could be terrorizing the neighborhood for under 100 bucks (not counting purchase price). Can y'all sense my confidence growing?

I think the coolest part is the step through chassis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkgozdtsh_g

Very nice fleet!

Great looking herd!

Auch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj3s8qq3kU4

I used "Cove edge" (the 4"high x 40" long) kitchen appliance base rubber molding ($3, Home Depot), use the better stiffer quality style. The original factory part was 3/16" metal, about 32" long and bolted into the five bolt holes already there (part no longer available), it stuck out about 1.25". You need to allow enough clearance for the rear wheels and the slight 'wiggle' of the deck, I left it a little longer between the rear wheels (my tires are 12" wide). When I have to replace this, I'll use a 32" strip of cove edge cut to 3.0"wide plus a 16" piece of cove edge on top of that, centered, x full 4", with the curve down; five short carriage bolts with fender washers will hold it all on, as shown in photo. This reduced the grass blow-up to very very little, 2% at most, big improvement. This thin-cheap cove edge lasts about 2-years, would prefer a thicker rubber (like the belting at TSC). Good luck,