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Hey guys, My brother started working at a small engine repair shop last year, (way cool). A mom and pop place that used to be a WH dealer. Anyway he took me for a tour thru the shop area, and I noticed a few signs tucked away in the corner. Couldn't help but thumb thru in an off chance there'd be gold in there. Well...there was. He could tell that I wanted it pretty bad, (cartwheels might have gave it away). He introduced me to the owner, and I made him a kind offer. He told me he'd think about it. I assured him it'd be hanging in my garage in a very nicely kept place, and not for resale. Well I left without the sign. A couple of months later, my brother gave the sign to me for my 40th birthday. Said he got it for $50. I told him he stole it. I had my little helper with me to clean it up just a little, put in a new ballast, chord, bulb, and hung it up. I tied it into a motion sensor so whenever you're in the garage, she turns on. Look pretty nice to me. It's not perfect, but that's what makes it perfect. Still has some grease stains, etc, and a couple of cracks. I'm digging it. Let me know what you all think.

I have recently rebuilt the hydro unit in one of my 520H tractors, but haven't tried it out yet as the tractor has some way to go before it is finished. The seal kit is available p.n. 563310 and priced at $40.11 from Jack's where I get all my parts. Input and output shaft bearings are commonly available from bearing suppliers. I pulled mine down and cleaned everything then reassembled with new seals and replaced input shaft bearing. The output bearing was fine as it is constantly flooded with oil being the return path for oil from the hydro to trans. The input bearing is sealed so I replaced that as a precaution. Things to look for are wear and scoring in the pump and rotor balls and races and these can be fairly terminal or expensive to replace. Other than that it is vital to keep the balls in their correct pockets and obviously cleanliness is essential. My hydro was in good condition without apparent issues so I reassembled everything. I took a heap of photos but not a step by step record. The manual is easy to follow. The main reason I pulled mine apart was I was worried about corrosion of the cooling fins so I got the housing blasted.

We are only a couple of weeks away and I am getting really excited to be able to host our 4th Annual Event! Here are some final details that need to be covered before our big day arrives: Parking: Our field out behind the golf cart business is now home to a new barn that is being constructed. So this area is unavailable for our use. We will have you park just east of the elevator and will have a couple Gators running back and forth to give folks a ride back to the property. It isn't far at all, just thought it would be nice to help you out a bit. Only those that are arriving the night before (Friday) will be allowed to park across the street next to the golf cart business. We CAN NOT park between the golf cart business and elevator.....too many semis had a hard time getting through last year. Show area: Will continue to be in the center circle. Please pull in on the west end of the circle drive, unload on the property and then park down across from the church and just east of the elevator. Signs will be out to help mark the proper areas. Swap Meet area: Will start at the barn on the north side of the driveway and will head down toward the east. This area is not for general parking but for swap meet items only. Our swap meet area continues to grow with many awesome deals going on throughout the day. Food: Food will be provided once again by the Miller family. They will have things for you to buy throughout the day. We will try and make sure that coffee is ready to go for the early morning arrivals. I can't thank them enough for taking on this huge task of keeping everyone fed. I am sure they will have their awesome pies yet again this year for all of us to enjoy. Show T-shirts: Are for sale again this year. I am really pleased with the design and the quality of shirts are always a good one. I am only taking pre-orders for the shirts and might have just a couple extra shirts on hand the day of for sale. Since this expense is coming out of my pocket, I can't afford to have extra shirts laying around after the show has completed. Get your orders in now. More information can be found here: Plowing: Having the opportunity last year to plow in the field was a big hit with all of the folks in attendance. The farmer that owns the field said that if the crops have been removed prior to the show that we will be allowed to play with the machines again out there. It was a big hit with those in the community and the workers at the elevator. They all were impressed with what our little red tractors could do. So if interested, please throw in a plow and be prepared to play out in the field. Raffle and Show Meeting: We will have our raffle at 2 p.m. in the barn (if we all can fit). I am in desperate need of some items to be raffled off for this year's event. A few of you have been so kind to chip in and provide some nice prizes for the cause. Remember that 100% of the proceeds that are raised from this go directly to St. Baldrick's Foundation in honor of the late Max Nunn. For more information on this little hero and what he means to this forum please read the following thread: In the meeting we will also be talking about some possibilities for the future and I need as many of you there as possible to help with some logistics. Tractor games: If I can get some things organized, I would like to have a couple of tractor games available throughout the day. I might need some helping hands to be able to pull this off. Address of the show site: If you need the address or directions to the show site, please send me a private message. Since the show is being held on my parents property, I don't like to paste the address all over the web. Restroom: There will be a port a potty on site again this year. Please again understand that this is the family property and traffic through the house needs to be kept at a minimum. Camping: There are a few folks that are coming the day before and will be camping out. You are more than welcome to join them and if the weather cooperates we will try and have a bon fire this year. Please let me know ahead of time if you are planning on camping. Local Lodging: If you are wanting a place to stay over night. Feel free to check out these local places. http://www.google.com/hotels/?gl=US&cu_link=1#search;l=Warsaw,+Indiana;q=warsaw+in+hotels;d=2013-09-22;n=1;si=;av=r Seating: We will have seating and tables in the barn for you to enjoy fellowship and a time to relax and eat. I would highly encourage you to throw in a lawn chair because the weather is going to be beautiful this year! Safety, safety, safety!!!!!: All ages are encouraged and welcome to attend. Please understand that the show property is right next to a country road where some locals feel the need to see how fast they can get their 4 cylinder going in a small stretch. If you have children attending, please keep an eye on them as I would hate for a horrific accident. Please be careful with all of the machinery. This show has turned in to a great thing for our family. We don't want the fun to stop. Goal: Last year we topped the 160 tractor mark for the first time. I am really hoping that we can hit the 200 mark this year. I need your help in doing this. This show is open for ANY brand of tractor and we encourage all to attend. So please tell your non Wheel Horse friends to load up their machines so that we can admire some of the history of lawn and garden tractors. Thank you again to all of you that make the huge sacrifice to attend our show. We completely understand that we all have busy schedules, high gas prices, etc. get in the way. We are honored that you are willing to spend the day with us. For those of you that are new to the forum, this is a great venue to meet many of the folks here on the forum in person. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I am looking forward to seeing all of you once again!

The past weekends adventure... Our local tractor show was this weekend. This year I took 21 tractors and left with 20. It took 4 loads...but if you can haul everything there in under an hr its not that big a deal...I live about a mile from the show. I sold my case 155, and 657. And ended up bringing home a pretty nice c141. I have been hoping for a c160 for quite a while but can't ever find one I can afford. This is gonna be my snowblowing tractor. it runs great, and has a clevis hitch on it. No attachments. I have a belt guard for it....its just not on. I also bought a trailblazer 5 snowblower, lot of small parts. One being an original back rest and square seat pan for a round hood, and even got a a new seat for the john deere 140 lol. Well here are a few pictures of what I bought...and my spot on sunday morning.

I guess I will add my 1996 314-8 50th anniversary model she's a worker and mostly original I added a seat lift and 520 rims with 23x10.50x12 super lugs and three rib fronts tires Brian

Grandson loves our '90 520-8, don't we all! The renovation bits 'n pieces still in progress but the Horse performs.

I put the tires on because of my gravel drive. I used the shoe as a pattern and cut adj. slots in a plate. Welded a cut off bolt for an axle. Drilled a hole for a cotter pin retainer. Got a couple of 4" wheel tire combos from TSC.

My bad... 158.6 hours....

I guess I'll throw my hat in the ring. From this to this in 8 hrs flat. I know I have at least one doubter out there but it can be done, and this tractor does look nice. I don't even know what yr. it is, don't care. (1985?) She has almost 2000 hrs on the clock and still purrs like a kitten. I cut at least an acre of grass a week with it, haul firewood,pull the sweeper, all the kinds of things Wheel Horse's were meant to do she does no problem. No trailer queen here, just an honest hard workin refurb.

Speed up that Horse? For those of you that do not know, I race Lawn Mowers with the United States Lawn Mower Racing Association. I compete at the top level of Lawn Mower racing, the Sta-Bil Lawn And Garden Mower racing Series. I race the #M37 Cool Rides Online mower in the C/P Class. After Several inquiries as to speeding up tractors I decided to do a write up on just this subject. So let’s speed up that Horse! Put a 6†pulley on your engine, and a 4†pulley on your tranny and you will boost the speed of your tractor to approx 10MPH... But that isn’t enough...LETS GO FAST! WHOOAAAAA BIG RED! You did not think it was going to be that easy did you! First thing, before we talk about gears and pulleys and revs and all that jazz….lets look at a few things! LIKE SAFETY! Your tractor is a tractor, not a go-cart! Tractors are made for working, not flying around the neighborhood. There for, many of the components on your tractor were neither designed for , nor are they correct for High speed applications! First of these being the brakes! Higher speeds are much harder on brakes. That little band brake that will flip you out of the seat at 7mph…won’t do much more than make some smoke at 30 MPH! On USLMRA Racing mowers we upgrade to some pretty serious Disc Brakes, some of us running front & Rear brakes so that we can safely Whoa up our trick Pony’s! Next is Wheels; Now compared to most, WH’s have some strong feet, but speed is hard on wheels! On our sanctioned class racers we upgrade to some pretty stout stuff! Along with wheels comes steering; That wobbly gobbly thing we call a “Good Strong Front end†is not near stable enough for high speed application. One of the biggest things is Stability; A USLMRA Prepared Class racer sits as low as 4†Off of the ground, has a 38†tracking width, and weighs in the neighborhood of 300-350 pounds, give or take. With our tractors sitting 3 times or more than that up, several inches narrower, and two or three times the weight…..things get interesting REAL quick! Having a 600 or more pound tractor land on you can get way past dangerous in less than a heartbeat. Now that we have considered how unsafe this venture can be…why else DON’T we want to make changes to the gearing of our tractor? How about your engine? More than likely, without some major modifications, that K91 is NOT going to pull a doubled up gear ratio! How about your tranny? WH trannies are NOT models of efficiency. They may be great for the job they were intended, but when it comes to high speed application they would not be your first choice, or second….or 23rd? Over speeding them can have catastrophic effects on them, to the point of actually blowing them apart. Do you really want to do that to your 50 Y/O treasure? Finally there is the subject of the purpose of your tractor. If you ever connect any type of attachment or implement to your tractor you DO NOT want to speed it up! Plain and simple here gents, without re-engineering and re-gearing your transaxle, you cannot speed up one gear without speeding up all of them. Tractors are made for working, and Wheel Horses are capable of some simply amazing feats when you consider the amount of work they get done for the size of engines they have. The minute you start increasing speed you decrease the amount of work your tractor can do. And as far as mowers or snow blowers go go, excessive speeds on rotating attachments can be fatal, for the attachment and the operator! You start speeding it up, forget about dirt work, snow pushing or all that other “Tractor†stuff with your now very poorly designed Go Cart! SO just so we are clear, if you decide to proceed beyond this point… I AM ABOUT TO SHOW YOU THE EASIEST AND QUICKEST WAY TO MAKE YOUR TRACTOR USELESS AND WORSE YET....SPILL YOUR BEER!! Now that you have decided to ignore my very intelligent and worthy cautions.....lets get to the fun! You can slightly “boost†the speed of most tractors without any major ramifications...so for youthat want to make your 7MPH Horses go a whopping 9MPH...or get really out there and hit the double digits at say 12MPH!! here is the goods! Making your tractor faster is relatively simple, it takes a little bit of math, some minor mechanical ability and fabrication skill. The speed of a tractor has 3 basic elements; The speed of the engine, the overall gear ratio and the size of the tires. Now immediately someone is going to tell me I forgot the SIZE of the engine. In theory the engines size or power does not determine how fast the tractor will go but rather how long it will take it to get to that speed! In actuality, if you do not have enough engine to get the thing rolling in the first place...the amount of time it takes to reach top speed is exactly never! We are going to focus on the second element only. The engine build is an entirely different subject, and I am going to assume most of us already have our tires. So what you guys really want to know is, how to manipulate your gear ratio. Simply put, the overall gear ratio of a tractor is a comparison between how fast the engine turns and how fast the axle turns. The fewer revolutions your engine makes for every revolution of the axle, the faster your tractor goes. The overall ratio on a WH is broken into 2 sections. The primary, or belt drive, consists of the engine pulley, the belt and the transmission pulley. The final drive, or trans-axle, consist of.....you guessed it...the trans-axle! To find your overall Drive Ratio you Multiply your primary ratio by your final ratio. To speed up your tractor, you must change one of these ratios. As I said earlier, there is nothing you can do about the trans-axle ratio without re-engineering the whole thing. The primary drive however, we can whoop the hell out of that! How much speed you gain will be determined by how much you change that ratio..most of us would prefer to know how much speed we are going to get before we buy the pulleys. So NOW we are getting to what you really wanted to know. I know....Rooster just shut up and tell me what size to get! OK..A 6 on the engine and a 4 on the tranny...happy now? If you want to know how I got those numbers...read on. To determine your pulley sizes you need a formula...and here it is... Top Speed = (Engine RPM * Tire Diameter) / (Gear Ratio * 336) SO lets break that down a little.... Engine RPM: I usually govern “working†engines around 3500...so we will just use that #. Tire Dia: This is the actual measured Height of your rear tires...not what is printed on the sidewall. For argument, we ar going to use 23†336: This is a constant derived from the circumf...ohhh you don’t care...just use the number! Gear ratio: This is the thing we are working with...remember... To find your overall gear ratio takes another formula.... Overall Gear ratio= Primary Ratio * Final Ratio Primary Ratio= Transmission Pulley/ Engine pulley SOOOOOO I believe most WH’s have a 4†engine pulley and a 6†tranny Pulley Gear Ratio= (Trans Pulley/Engine Pulley)*Final Ratio ANDDDDD Top Speed = (RPM*Dia)/(((Trans Pulley/Engine Pulley)*Final Ratio)*336) We now have the complete formula for figuring speed. So lets plug our numbers in here... I believe most WH’s have a 4†engine pulley and a 6†tranny Pulley, and the final gear drives best my research shows on manual tranyy’s is 24.6/1. Top Speed=(3500*23)/((( 6/4 )*24.6)*336) 80,500/(( 1.5 *24.6)*336) 80,500/((36.9)*336) 80,500/ 12,398.4=6.49 MPH So, the speed of a Manual transmission Wheel Horse Tractor with 23†tall tires, at 3500 RPM is about 6 ½ MPH...more or less depending on how many beers you have had. Now ….I still have not told you how to make it faster.... Simply change the pulleys... Bigger on the engine or smaller on the tranny makes you faster. Smaller on the engine or bigger on the tranny makes you slower...but you can pull more How much faster is simply a matter of how drastic of a change you make. To make this easier, I have made a calculator for you to use....Wheel Horse Speed Calculator Insert your Pulley sizes, tire Diameter and engine speed and it will figure your Overall Gear ratio and top speed for you. So now we are all done! Oops....wait....your clutch doesn’t work anymore....dangit. Here’s an Idea...since your clutch and belt are made to work with a 4†& 6†pulley....use those sizes, only put the 6†on the engine and the 4†on the tranny....where have I heard that before? We still have a belt guard issue, which on many tractors is also a belt guide issue...which must be addressed. I am sorry to tell you, but I have not devised any other way than making a new belt guard? As for the issue of attachments, all hope is not lost. You can buy “Stepped†sized pulleys. So your drive pulley would be the 6†and your attachment pulley what ever size the original was.

We had to pick up my step daughter at her dad's this weekend in South Bend In. So of coarse we had to take a detour to the old Wheel Horse plant to see where my horses were born. Took a few picks with the phone..... enjoy

Ok folks I am in need of your assistance. I am currently in the planning stages and working out the details here at the elementary school that I am teaching at to start a “tractor club” for boys and girls in the 5th and 6th grades. This will be a unique opportunity to share in my hobby with the kids that I work with each day. My goal is that the kids will be able to get their hands dirty and learn about a vintage piece of machinery while taking pride and ownership in a project that they can see through to completion. I feel that this is almost becoming a dying breed as electronics have taken over the interest of young minds. I am currently on the search for a vintage Wheel Horse machine that is not ultra collectible and one that is fairly simple to work on, gear drive tranny is a must. Since this project will be funded on my dime, I am looking for a inexpensive machine that will fit the bill. I will then be searching for parts from time to time once the tractor has been designated. At the end of the project we will auction it off and take the money from the sale to purchase the machine and supplies for the project during the next school year. We are still working out the logistics here at school and hoping to get this project started very soon. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. I will try my best to document our progress for all of you to follow along and enjoy. I am excited at the possibilities that we may have. Thanks again! ****UPDATE**** David Rice has been gracious enough to get a nice running C-120 in to my possession for this project. A thank you goes out to Terry Dennis as well for the new decals that this machine will have once it nears completion. I am continually impressed with the hearts and generosity that so many of the members have. I am looking forward to this project with much anticipation!!!!!

I've been around RS for a while now, but have been a little distant with things as of late. Still love my WH, so don't get me wrong. Just figured I'd share this link with whoever wants to check it out. http://rides.hotrod.com/ride/1213672/coadster32/1979/chevrolet/camaro/ Here's another thing I've gotten into as well. (Won't mention any names on this one though.) http://homedistiller.org/ Both our kids have also gotten into extra activities, and my wife is the president of the school PTO...which keeps me juggling things as well. She puts a lot of work into it, and received the parent of the year award from the city for our school. It was great to see all that hard work get recognized.

Found this in the basement. Thought I'd bring it up for the new guys.

Looking good Denny, If only that Sickle Bar could talk, from where I got it, to being stolen from me, to me getting it back, to you getting it from me. I am glad you got it and restored it. Looks a whole lot better on a tractor than it did just sitting around here. You did good.

Why do you guys have to live so far away??? I think distilling and wine making are the best hobbies. Everyone wants to see your setup and sample the wares. Want to see my stamp collection??...I did not think so. .

After viewing the entries, my '90 520-8 included, I had to add just one more. My '85 416-8 is a champion Stallion too! Loves the snow and turf grasses too!

My bad... Hour Meter - 520H w-Loader.JPG 158.6 hours.... Well, I'll still do the trade but you'll have to make up the difference!

Scott we will try to make it. Put me down for 2 4XL shirts and a youth Large

You've got that right...I count 8 games that could go either way. Wait...make that 7...I was thinking Appellation St. was playing Michigan. I really want to pick Iowa over Iowa St, but the Cyclones just seem to have the Hawkeyes number...and St. is at home. My upset is UCLA over Nebraska...they are on a mission. I have to go with my Illini over Washington...just because. Here are my picks... MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, UCLA, INDIANA, IOWA ST., MICHIGAN ST., ILLINOIS, PENN ST., OHIO ST., NOTRE DAME, NORTHWESTERN, WISCONSIN.

I'm working on an rj35 that I picked up a couple yrs. ago and I had a few questions: I am missing the tension spring that goes here p/n 1129. I'm going to try to match one up and need to know approx. how long this spring should be?? http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq100/qd-16/037_zps22c45795.jpg I was also wondering what this bracket with the hole is?? http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq100/qd-16/039_zps363370d7.jpg The last thing I need to know is about the belt that goes from the vari pulley to the jack-shaft pulley under the seat....My rj35 has the 6" pulley so what belt length do I need? Thanks for any info! Al.

Must have been one H%## of a log splitter. Anybody else looking to do that? I have a log splitter that I don't use any more.

What a SCORE!. Hey, I got a chain saw, if you ever just want to trade the loader. LOL.

What a wonderful thing to do. Im sure the kids are gonna really enjoy this project & it will give them a massive sensen of acheivemnt when its completed. Sadly kids of today are not involved in these sorts of projects & thay are really missing out , Computors are great but practical experience is far greater Well done Scott

I test floats using HOT water. Hold the float with long needlenose pliers and quickly dunk it into the hot water. The heat causes the air inside the float to expand and pressurize slightly, enough to leak and create a stream of air bubbles if there are any leaks in the float! Same trick can be used to empty a sunken float.. just dunk it several times with the leak at the bottom, the pressure will push the gas out... dip, pause, remove & cool, repeat. Keep repeating the cycle until the float is empty. Then get some good solder and patch up the leaks!

My prediction this week. Gonna be some heart breakers and games changers...

I'm actually kind of jealous. Think I'll see if I can't enroll back to grade school. What school did you say you taught at?

Your site looks great with the sun shining through that big ol' American flag. Dude, you got a lot of 's you're showing off there... two to many of the green ones in there though.

Nice NEW STALLION, and see ya already included in the herd. And me too, would like a 16hp. Can't fig why I like the older ones, guess brings back youthful memories and know it was a period of pride in production. Have you even got anything left to put in a seat as you must have 'bout worked it off. One of these days I'm gettin' a GIANT tractor and draggin' some of those good tractor shows/swaps down this way.

As a former Midwesterner (just had a fellow from PA think that I was from Minnesota with my ahkcent!), this is one of the best trips in the area. All of the above plus take a day to go to Mackinac Island for fudge, and make sure that you drive across the Mackinac Bridge. The Agawa Canyon Tour Train runs until October 14 out of Sault Ste. Marie into the Canadian Shield. Mid October is a great time as the unofficial state bird (mosquito) should be about done. Watch out for deer, and black bears. You Betcha!

after reading a bit i do understand that these things are tough to control. what i may end up doing is clearing the area i want to use inside the thicket and then cover it with plastic or a tarp for atleast a year. i think i'll invest in a bench mounted chain sharpener too, i'm gonna need it. as soon as the leaves drop i'll start cutting them down as close to ground level as possible. then cover with plastic. i'm not going to let my stallion near these things though, maybe just use it to drag them out. i'll pile up the wood to use for future campfires. once it's cleared and covered for a year i may put down a very thinck layer of muclh, maybe even rubber playground mulch. or i could just chip them right there and use that until it rots and then cover with mulch. now i wish i bought that mighty mak chipper! it's going to be a long process for sure. looking to eventually put a 20' tipi in there:

Hopefully I can get a way there for next year! I really want to go!

Looks like you had a good day, thanks for sharing it!

We have tons of autumn olive on our place in Virginia, and I can tell you it's a huge pain in the arse to get rid of. Goats and other livestock will eat the smaller plants, and it can be sprayed with various herbicides (some more successful than others, none completely effective that I know of). It can also be "managed" mechanically, i.e., by cutting, but as a guy from the Forest Service told me a few years back, cutting autumn olive just p*sses it off and it comes back even stronger than before by spreading underground. It seems that a combination of all these methods has a chance of controlling it, but I haven't done that yet. Some of the local excavators are trying to eliminate it by digging the larger trees out of the ground completely and then burning them, which I think might work, it would at least get the plants back to a manageable size again. I hadn't heard Lane Ranger's information before now, it's probably worth looking into. But I think you'd have to be careful about encouraging too many walnut trees in an area as well, I believe their roots release toxins into the ground that make it difficult for other plants to grow. And Craig, with all due respect, seriously, I don't think I've ever met a Wheel Horse I'd want to abuse that badly, although I confess I've mowed over my share of the smaller plants. I've also beat the crap out of a 7' bush hog type mower on some 10' tall autumn olive trees, and I promised myself I'd never do that again, it's just too much abuse. In any event, I did a good bit of research a few years ago on this pleasant little piece of nature, and I'd be happy to provide some more links if anybody's interested. Kaiser, good luck with your project -- it sounds like fun, and it has as good a chance as anything of helping you manage this stuff. I'd love to see pictures as you get it done. Oh, I almost forgot... Wildlife love the berries, especially deer and birds, which is part of why this stuff has spread so quickly and widely since it was not-so-wisely introduced into this country. But be aware that bears also like them, they'll even push the trees completely down to the ground and sit on them to get to the berries more easily. Be very careful if you see that some of your trees look like they've been almost uprooted, and you didn't do it.

I have to agree. I have met some very nice, helpful people while enjoying this hobby. Spent all day Saturday with rockinhorse & Lane Ranger at Elnora Indiana....Had a blast and met some new/young WH owners.

just bumping this thread...... its that time of year again. sitting on the front porch with a coffee this morning watching this less than 200 ft away...

That is great thing your doing and glad to hear about the response your getting. Definitely keep us updated on how it's going. I will never forget my small engine class that I had freshman year at high school. Taught me a lot about how things work and how to figure out what's wrong before jumping in feet first.

Well it is nothing real fancy but it is my worker. Love, love, love this machine!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2000 522xi with a 60" deck. Has power steering, cruise control, tilt steering and is one beast of a snow plowing machine.

A teacher friend of mine got tired of seeing kids sent to study hall with nothing to do...so he started a auto class for girls...brought in a car to teach them how to check the water, oil etc, change a tire....next thing he knew he had all the "study hall" boys wanting to get in the class.(girls will do that)...some one donated a 53 Ford p/up for them to work on....they put new wood in the bed floor...fancy wheels..painted it and sold it for big bucks to fund the project for the next year. Sad part...the school closed the metal and woodworking shop and replaced it with computers....now the kids don't know how to check the oil, change a tire or do anything to fix up an ole car...BUT they sure know how to TEXT!!!!...some of them are the same kids that will be taking care of you in a nursing home one of these days~~~!! PS...Good luck with your project...i'm likin' it!

Was able to capture a little bit of the experience myself. Had a fantastic time, even though it never feels long enough to sit and chat with everyone. Our display..... Brian's aka buckrancher's beautiful stainless! Bob and Terry sharing a few laughs John Campbell and Lonny Eskridge trying to break my camera! Ken Townsend on the magnificent 520 articulated built by Bob Rock and Ken. Jordan aka Jdog....hard at work selling his goodies! Cruise Night! Kate G. posing for a pic with the featured tractors! Wild Bill and the others showing off their beautiful machines! Eric Eskridge on his beautiful restore! Dog gone iPad....uggghhhh. Jason, I need your help buddy!

http://www.repairclinic.com/PartDetail/Clevis-hitch-tiller-/85518/1846277

They are garden tractors, not high dollar cars or trucks, they should be built to your ability and be happy with that, I'm a Body man, I can build the heck out of one of these tractors, but I also have a round hood I spray bombed, I took it all apart but still used a rattle can, My Daughters tractor is a candy red, with $600 worth of paint, primer and supplies, it also has 90% of the fasteners on it changed to stainless, I like it, she loves it because it's different no one else has one like it, it's not a belly button tractor you know everyone has one, to put one back to new condition would be hard because they didn't do a very good job when new, parts where assembled then painted undersides and insides did not get much if any paint on them, on some models, why take the fun out of the hobby from the guy that can't paint like a pro, or don't have tons of money to throw at them, I run a WH show in MI. I tell everyone to bring anything workers, resto jobs, clean orig. even beaters, if you want to bring it to the show it will be welcome, the only real pet peeve I have is if you did not take it apart and you rattle canned it, please don't call it a restoration, call it what it is, a clean up and repaint, there are different levels of a restore, but just throwing paint at a tractor is not one.

My opinion is "what ever makes you happy". There are no Wheel Horse police out there to ticket you for doing something "wrong" Sent from my MB520 using Tapatalk 2

Or you can go totally of the wall the other way and do something like this

Lock joint tube. Looks very active and secure lots of no trespassing sighns and video cameras

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Nice fabrication. That's going to look great when it's finished, If you need any more measurements, just let me know, Id be happy to get the tape measure out and pop out to the garage. Keep the pictures coming!