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Was at a show over the weekend in Georgetown,Ohio this was on display in the flower bed.

After a lot of discussion, I really thought I needed to come up with something to keep the darn grass, leaves and debris off the intake screen of my 520H. Well - it took me 3 tries to get one (the first one was a frame mounted steel version) to fit and I had some time to install it and test it tonight. It looks a bit...weird. I used polycarbonate and some aluminum angle to construct it. Almost all the screws are stainless steel. Some things to keep in mind: I did have to remove the lip from bottom of the intake screen. I shimmed this out from the inside screen with 1/4 - 20 flat washers to clear the heads of the button head screws that rotate on the inside screen. It still rubbed a little bit but not enough to bother me - it "cleared out" a little material off the polycarbonate. If I held my dimensions tighter this would have been a non-issue. The angles help it clear the front wheel (turned all the way) and the foot rest. Seems to work OK but it needs to be used for a few weeks to test the durability of it. Here's some pics: Prototype 2 - FAIL: Prototype 3: That's all the grass after mowing for more than 30 minutes. I was purposely mowing over old grass piles to kick up a lot of clippings - seems to work well. Notice there isn't any grass on the screen below the shield.

I have a b-115 I bought last year. Here it is still on the truck then. Here it is with a John Deere I had bought to resale: And here is the new addition: People on facebook are telling me it's a 72. It's still on the truck until friday, with the other project I picked up with it. I paid $100 total for both the mower and the coke machine.

Not sure what this is all about but I'm very interested to say the least. Love me some Fall Saturdays filled with football and Sunday filled with Wheel Horses. I hope nobody crucifies the Penn State guy......

Looks pretty cool to me! I have bought 2 of my WH's from similar set ups. My RJ59 was a lawn ornament, the owner kept the mower deck and rare belt guards in his barn. My very first WH I ever bought was a lawn ornament also, my 704. The 704 had flowers around it and I asked the guy if he would sell it. He said that he had the spark plug out of it and his 4 year old son had put some dirt clods down the spark plug hole! Ouch! He said it had brand new bar lugs on the rear and because of that, he'd have to have $20.00 out of the little tractor! Uhhh, ok! I paid him quickly and we loaded it up! I got it home and took the head off it and there wasn't any dirt clods down in there after all! Just a few piece's of sand like dirt, not much at all. The dad must have caught the kid right before he dropped the dirt down in the motor! I put the head back on and tried to start it. It fired right up after only a few pulls! Best $20.00 I ever spent. I still have the machine and it runs like a champ! Ya never know where you might find a retired Horse, just waiting to be rescued and put back into service! KJ

I'm glad to hear you sold the Green thing next to your . Showing things like that on this site is a no-no. After seeing what you hauled home for $ 100 I expect to see your photo on a wanted poster at the Post Office, you stole them. That Rambler will make a great tow vehicle for the horses. I see some after market wheels, has the running gear been updated or is it stock?

Pleeez tell me you don't have that tied down by the steering wheel ??? Welcome aboard !

Good deal on the horses... what's the story with the '60 Ambassador sittin' there?

Don't know how deep you went into the rebuild process, but if it spits and sputters when you unchoke it, that sounds like you have a worn throttle shaft/bushing. Also, did you clean all the little holes in the shaft of "A", and make sure that the inside of "A" tube is clear and free of debris? The brass pointed tube with the little holes is hollow and must be clean.

Right now it looks pretty good as a Fred Flintstone model.

Now that was a deal. Another horse and something to keep your beer cold in the shop!

No. I don't believe so. There were only three little drops under it and I just changed the oil 2 days before. I added 1 1/2 quarts of 80-90 wt oil. I plan to run it for a bit then flush it and put new in just to get things cleaned out well. And thank you for the part numbers. That's a big help. I'm going to my toro dealer today:)

Hey mike next year we need to try to buy that 502 & tell them they need to change each year just to be fair to all the other tractor people.......

Jim, the ol' Precious the mighty snickering pooch, wont be laughing so hard when the Hawkeyes come to town this year!!! Scoobie - doooo

The day we picked up our first the seller asked how many we had. My wife asked if they were addictive, he assured her that they weren't, he lied! We now have nine of them, all the way from a 1957 RJ-35 to a 1970 GT-14 (as well as a few other brands ) and love them all. , I'm hooked! I must say the 953 is my favorate, very tough and comfortable, but I feel proud of all of them.

I don't think it will become a show queen, but if I can get it running, it will make a nice toy for the grandsons. Edit: or maybe a Birthday Party tractor.

Are your arms long enough to golf???

I really like working this d200 backhoe!!

I feel like a black sheep with my 1982 red hood . This is a unrestored 1982 SK486 with 1300 hours I bought new. I use it about 20-25 hours in the fall to clean up leaves. I use and old 42" deck for my vacuum system. I mow with a 99 314-8 Bowtie in Ohio

Ok, this is just the farmer in me coming out. When talking about implements, it generally means, something that is attached to a farm tractor. Now if that is what we mean, then the moldboard plow. If we are talking about "attachments" then that would be the snow blower. Sorry guys and gals, just the farm boy being a little to anal.

The blower.

Here's my C195 Brian

Just a bit of a picture update, for the most part this is how it will be at the MI WH show, I have a temp fuel tank mounted, I may swap the hood for a nicer one, I have a few new gauges on order should be here this week, got the aircleaner mount done, just need to tighten the bolts so it sets level, seat is not what I want but it's in good shape and fits for now, starter is giving me fits, needs replaced but will be weeks to get one, so crossing my fingers it holds out for now, any way here it is ugly but drivable, I'm so glad I did the GT14 fender swap, it was a bit of work, but I'm VERY happy with it and the way the footrest turned out.

Thanks Ken, I am very proud indeed.. It's taken a long time to reach this point, but it's certainly been worth it Yeah she is a bit bright out in the sun.. Maybe people need to look at it through a pin hole in a piece of card... A Wheel Horse eclipse I've not had a chance to do any work on the ol girl today.. Had a wasted day going to London to see a specialist who spent an hour talking about "how the brain can be trained to deal with things that I don't know are about to happen".. And then finished it off with "it probably wouldn't work with you"!!!! Anyway, miniature rant over... The battery box now has a lid, I'd better get it painted tomorrow.. I did set out to find out why the ol girl won't tick-over but while I was in the carb area I thought I'd sort something that needing sorting. The engine was designed to run with a sealed air box on top of the carb with all the air being forced in to the air box from the cooling fan.. The original air box wouldn't fit under the hood so I just fitted a "normal" Raider (and others) type air cleaner.. This worked ok but the engine ran a bit on the rich side.. The carb being a fixed jet type means I couldn't adjust the mixture!! Soooo... I cut a hole in my freshly painted air cleaner.. A bit of faffing about with some rubber hose later and the air could be forced into the air cleaner. I needed to stop the air being blown out where it would normally be sucked in, so the out lip on the base of the air cleaner was gently beaten flat.. To give enough space to fit this ally ring in.. I know it looks a bit of a strange shape, but it fits as it should so I guess the top of the air cleaner is a bit on the oval side.. Anyway, the air filter (the bit the actually does the filtering) fits inside the ring. And when the air cleaner is bolted together the air can blow out no longer.. I still need to work out why she won't tick over though!! And to finish, my latest video.. You get to see her looking all bright in the sun, and Mark driving about in a much better quality than PotatoBucket can handle

1959 RJ. Here she is upon pick up and then after she was cleaned up. I really love riding this one around at the shows. Runs excellent and shifts nice and smooth.

Here's where my head is at...... People need to quit over-thinking these tractors and have fun with them.

Just to clarify, I could get a modern-type long frame plow and attach it to my short-frame 1964 854? All I'd have to do is relocate the rear axle mounting crossmember/pin thing to the forward hole and everything else will line up? I see a couple of the modern ones for sale on craigslist.