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Well I finally got to go to my first show today with the help of Brrly1 and I got to say it was super great! I talked to and met other people and with the help of a good friend Carl, I got to get my C125 running for the first time since January this year!!!! The spool valve blew the seals and I thought there was no hope until I met Carl and Brrly1 who helped me get the parts, get it fixed, and invited me then took me to my first show. I just want to say thanks to these great guys and all of the other Wheel Horse people. I have felt very welcome in this hobby. Probably the best hobby in the world!!! Now, I look foreword to many more shown and friends!!

Well for the 2nd year in a row, I got rained out of the garden tractor pull. Still lots of tractors and interesting contraptions around. Only nuts I saw there were Buckrancher and Jo. Flea market was big but this is starting to bug me. People bring all kinds of stuff AND I MEAN STUFF!!! and then they overprice everything and have to take all most everything home. Hardly seems worth it. Our site at the Steam Pageant we price most things to sell because we want them gone! Well didn't get any puller pics. When they started coming out the rain started. Very cool video at the end. Long entrance road into the show before and after Big mohambie marine engine Hart-Parr & Mini Moline Nice Oliver crawler old Ford Case steamer Porter Cable Craftsman Red Green was there! Get me a ladder! Cutting wood the slow way It will be a while before the bird's done! Bantam Finally a Horsie Tecky Power! This is for Steve! HE WANTS SNOW! Tiny Massey Hey another Horse! Bolens Pile of Cubs Long view from the entrance when I went to get the rain gear! Only pulling pic I got before the big rain Finally. Here's something you don't see often at a tractor show. A hand built Carousel powered by a hit in miss gas engine! Here's a video of it running!

Had a wonderful day with my WH friends Karl (rockinhorse) and Lane (Lane Ranger) at Elnora on Saturday. I know everyone loves to see pictures so I have 50+ to post. As Lane said, the photos are in no particular order...Just nice pictures of interesting items. I could have taken 1000 pictures and never even got everything that was there! Enjoy..

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More photos... 1st cordless drill.....

Congratulations on getting your back up on all fours.

Happy late b day my friend!!! Sorry I didn't see this yesterday, but working a lot and no time!

Thanks guys...you do not know how special you guys are to me...There was a time when I did not think I would reach 30 years old...WTF was I thinking. Thanks

I had a great time today at Elnora, Indiana (Daviess County Four H Fairgrounds) at the White River Valley Antique Association's 29th Annual Show. Sat all day with Ken Smith ( KC9KAS) of Holland , Indiana and Karl Stohry ( rockinhorse) of Flat Rock, Indiana. Joined by Brian Lawson of Brazil, Indiana later in the morning. Here are some photos of the show in no particular order! Red Square Members : Ken Smith, Brian Lawson, Karl Stohry and Lane Ralph September 7, 2013 -Elnora, Indiana Two Wheel Horse tractors Henry Bullington brought from Tenn. to Elnora: Brian Lawson's 855 Wheel Horse Karl's Dark Horse 12 Custom Wheel Horse The next generation of Wheel Horse owners listening to the old timers Ken and Karl hard at it

Well, baby still hasn't had it's first bath yet...eventually it'll go to work with me and get steam cleaned at some point. Had to change the oil three times the other night just to get it to turn over... the sludge in there was thick like tar in there from not being changed, and sitting so long. Almost started thinking I was going to get it running again until I discovered the carb was leaking like a sieve. The kit for it came in the mail today, so I skipped the tractor parade to clean and rebuild the carb, replaced the fuel line, cleaned the gawd awful, funky crud outta the fuel tank, to finally get some fire in the hole. Actually, it turns out to be a pretty good runner...but found I'm gonna have to go through the sloppy steering now. So, some progress made...and more work to go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdReuUtTvqI Also, thought I check out how it would look with a set of duals on...wife says to me "I don't think you have to have dual wheels on every tractor you own"...I thought...the nerve of that woman to think such nonsense...but you know...I didn't have the nerve to say it out loud. LOL!

We are back in San Francisco now. Here I am eating dinner in the famous Cliff House Restaurant, overlooking the Pacific Ocean as the sun was setting. More pictures will be added when I get home. Sorry guys. I didn't see a single red tractor...no, wait. Yes I did.

Since Kelly wet your appetites about Wheel Horse tractors at Indy with his story and pictures of his White Walls from the Indy 2 1/2, I thought I'd also share these pictures I've dug up by scouring the internet. A while back, several of us had been discussing some Indy stuff and it prompted me to go looking. If I remember right, it was sorekiwi that posted a pic that showed a Massey and a Wheel Horse Charger both behind a pit wall, someone else posted a Panzer towing a racer. I had the thought that rather than searching for pics of tractors from the era, I should search for Indy Pit Pictures. I managed to come up with this small collection from the early 60s. There is at least one Wheel Horse in every one of these pictures. The key is to look at the background. Some of you have seen these before, but many of you have not. Enjoy guys! Sometime, I would love to find the time to be able to look through the photo archive albums at the Speedway in Indy, They have hundreds of thousands of photos. A year or two ago at the show, one of the prizes was several reprints of official Indy Motor Speedway Wheel Horse pictures. They are copyrighted material that can't be posted online though.

Hi there Europeans! Jan van der Zwaan is the name and I,m already on the Red square site in the US, I,m from the Netherlands and proud owner of a Commando 8 1968 with Kohler k181s engine, lookin forward to get to know some of you guys,

Got the WH out to sweep the garage

Video from my first place run in Open Super today. The track was a little on the dry side http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4451d44xg4

My son and i took a trip to PA and picked up these two. I have been looking for a decent b-80 for a little while and the little 7 is in great shape, just couldn't so no.

just corrected settings on my account. you might want to check your shipping preferences if you use ebay. they are really pushing this new shipping program, and you may find that you have been "volunteered" to participate.

Hey had a good time sat. I think we were the ambassadors for RED SQUARE yesterday. People have a lot of interest in wheel horse's and asked a lot of questions yesterday. Hope we get some to join . It's funny how people would come up and start talking wheel horse stuff as we were in the flea market area quess the shirts give it away Brookvile tractor show end of the month plan on going should be a good one .

She got them from the camera to the 'puter....I got them onto RS.

It would have to be a 312-8 (just like mine) Keep it simple, keep it cheap, reliability is better than anything mechanical has any right to be. Just a good all year round working tractor.

Love the hood ornament!

Spent another few hours this afternoon chopping into 3/8 RSJ... The result now being the front pivot bearing that provides articulation. An hour with a 31mm and 51mm hole saws was worth it! I'm now on all fours, still need the cradle completing to hold the rear transmission. Cheeky shot showing the dual articulation

Got the fuel pump to work! ​ Finally!! Definitely getting gas to the carb. Of course, now the carb is spitting gas out---looks like I'm in bad need of a gasket!!! Took a quick spin around the house, couldn't resist. Nothing like a first ride on a wheel horse, eh? Thanks for all your help my friends.

OK guys, I corrected the post. Sorry, it was late last night when I typed that and was a little excited over my picks. Yes the order is by the weeks won/lost record first, and then the ties are in alphabetical order. BTW...all the Big Ten teams won yesterday except that Navy beat Indiana.

Cool tractor! I enjoyed the video Craig

Overall I believe real Wheel Horse people are good people. The big show in Pa. convinced me of that when I went for the first time this year.

Put me in for 2, xl and 2, 3xl's for me, looking forward to seeing you in October. shorts

I tried putting the deck and mule drive from my 314-8 on my 73 Raider 10. I am tilling with the 314 for the summer and the little Raider didn't come with a deck. Having a deck in the shed next to a tractor without one was killing me. The front tire rubs the mule drive on left turns though... The pulley gaurd on the 314-8 measures 3 3/16". The pulley gaurd on my 69 Raider 12 measures 3". The front tires on my 73 are an inch wider than the 69 also. 6.5-5.5. I honestly thought all mule drives were the same Does the 73 take the same size mule drive as my 69? And is 6.50 the correct tire width for the 73? Thanks, Kevin

Saw this story on Yahoo today http://screen.yahoo.com/story-2-larrys-tractor-002119832.html

Two problems here... 1) I had a 9 and 3 record this week, and 2) there's something wrong with your alphabetical order. You listed it by won / loss record, which makes perfect "sense". And about that, " I have never been used to being on top", TMI Dude!

great pics mike good to see you again that was our first time there it was a pretty good show until the rain started Brian

Bringing up the rear!

Thanks, I was kind of thinking of the diesel route. I have a jug of heating oil that was left over from a tank I pulled. Not good to burn but probably perfect for soaking the trans.. that little bit of penetrating oil that's already in there will probably be a little bit of a help.. I'm really hoping not to have to tear it down.

I am in n/w PA...about 80 miles north of PGH and I have a 1997 model 520H with a 60" deck for sale. This 520-H has only 484 hours on it and it runs without so much as a burp and absolutely no smoke at all. The Onan 20hp engine starts easily and runs perfectly across the rpm range, staying smooth without 'searching' at all. It has a 425CCA battery, all lights and dash-board gauges work, safety switches are intact, and a very positive and strong Eaton 1100 power unit. This one has the Gear Reduction steering, forward swept front axle, louvered hood, and hyd lift of course. The seat isn't torn or split, and it has arm rests. The seat flip up static piston actually works too (1st I've seen for a while). The motion and lift controls are on the steering column and work flawlessly. There are no puddles on floor from leaking anything....all dry, and all good. I backed into it with my truck this spring and had to replace the fender so the decal on it isn't correct. The right front corner of the hood was damaged by PO and is repaired by pop-rivets yet a couple dents remain. The paint has flaked off in some panels and the fender allowing surface rust to raise its ugly head. The PO was a truck driver...thus the Mack Bulldog mounted to the hood. For a whole bunch of pics... go to this photobucket: http://s590.photobucket.com/user/DAVEOMAN/library/520-H%201997#/user/DAVEOMAN/library/520-H%201997?sort=3&page=1&_suid=13786243995330279259843539236

they look real good Craig

I did get ONE Photo of my own Lawn Ranger today at the White River Valley Antique Association Show in Elnora, Indiana! Just one! I was too busy doing other things!

Wow that was what was all there, I live ten min from it and have never been. Thanks for the pics because I am sure going next year.

Nice photos. Thanks! Working on uploading photos from a show that Karl Story, Lane Ralph and myself attended today.

Steve, you have to put different field coils in it to make it turn the other direction. Any starter repair shop could do that for you.

Whoa...Illinois beats a top 30 team 45/17...how cool is that??? Happy Birthday to me! Good luck picking the game next week for them...Illinois vs Washington...if Illinois wins this game they should crack the Top 25. Iowa was lucky...they have a long way to go....they play Iowa St. next week...lucky for them they do not play Illinois this year.

Glenn, I married a Finnish girl, whose family settled in Ontonagon when they came over...sounds like we both did OK. BTW...there is a great tavern in Wakefield on RT# 2...it is just east of the lake on the south side of the road. Ha Ha Glen...I can make it there in 7 1/2 hours. One other thing...don't order Pizza (they have no clue there)...you have to come to Chicago for that.

The setscrew bolts for those hubs will NEVER be tight enough if all you use is an adjustable or open end wrench. The screw WILL loosen up again, guaranteed. You need to torque those to 30 LB/FT and the only way you are going to do that is with a proper 8-point socket. Fact is though, as others have already said, that if the set screw is worn, you need a new one. The KEY is also worn, and most likely the keyway slot in the axle as well. More info here:

Thought I'd post up some more pictures of the internals for anyone who is interested. Despite the crankcase being aluminum, it is a pretty stout piece with lots of stiffening ribs: The underneath of the engine has two little "windows" to allow forced air from the blower housing to coll the underneath of the engine. For this reason it would be a good idea to mount the engine on the chassis with the centre section of the crankcase clear to allow the air to flow: The tapered and the straight cranks. Note that my new straight crank doesn't have a plug in the end of the oil gallery drilling. The tapered crank has an aluminum plug hammered into it. I tapped the hole to accept a short 5/16 setscrew. The balance shaft: And the cylinder head: And the piston: Wont have parts till Monday, I hope to have this thing back together next week.

There was a service bulletin on tightening steering on round hoods. You replace roll pins with over size ones at the spindles and steering shaft. I did it to my 704 and it drives like new! Bulletin WH 61-90 #49 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wheelhorsetractormanuals8/files/

I just re-read the post. Enjoying the comments 'cause I don't know what I'm doin'. Just having fun and seat time with the boys. Wo.....wo......work! Lawns and property are always **** 'n Span clean. Forty years ago, my 1st WH, forget the model number. Long gone. The 1st Horse started this whole WH frenzy. Tank goodness my sons and I got an early education. We all laugh watchin' purchases at Home "Cheapo" and Lowes. OMG! A bit relaxed, semi-retired, I spend more time than needed playing with the Herd and Grandsons. Those boys, elementary schoolers, love Horses, camo clothing, work boots, Tractor Supply, welding, changing oil, tamping the driveway, backpack blowers, weed wackers and workin' with the Stallions. My Sons laugh and me and the Grandsons! The nerve! Currently our goto Horses are the '85 416-8 and the '90 520-8. I do like the wider stance of the front axle. Just for looks I guess. The Boys shine the wheel covers diligently and spray McQuires tire shine on the tires and the polyethylene gas tank (works great on the PE tank). Although the 20hp Onan runs like a Patek-Philippi watch, worries me. Stories I guess. The 16hp Kohler is POWER too. Both great Horses. Now, sorry, off topic. 'Cause we guys like red, and always liked IH, us boys are going to look at a "like new", kept indoors, local, runnin' great, 48" deck, Cub Cadet 582. Any thoughts on this non-WH "thing"? PS. Sorry, just thinkin' (I think, I think) again. Miss my Farmall ('32) and gas powered washing machines.

I love the 953/1054 also, but as far as big and tough you may want to look for a GT-14, mine has a Front end loader and 3 point on it and it is a Beast!

That's why I don't restore, I recondition. Everybody has a choice to do with their tractor as they see fit. There can be no right or wrong if you are happy with it. Gene...

Hello, I just thought I'd put this up...my solution to this "problem". Its not rocket science I know but it works, pictures speak a thousand words.. Anyone wanting to use this idea, Use an angle grinder,( pins are hardened) Leave minimum gap in ring (just clears bracket) Thread ring on horizontally to the ground from outside(nearest wheel) I've made these for both my tractors, done some tilling and a couple of mows and haven't lost one yet, I'm not saying its impossible, but I think highly unlikely. Installing with the tiller on is a doddle! :thumbs: