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8 pointsHi all, Finally got the lawn ranger out for a ride today. Very happy with the way this one turned out, runs great and looks good too! Just have to do a couple paint touch ups and paint the letters on the hood and its done. Thanks, Jake
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5 pointsof the 2014 mowing season. I was actually pretty impressed with the performance of my newly aquired 401's reel mower today.
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4 pointsTry a white paint pen Jake, That's the trick I learned from a few on the site. Works great and is easy to do.
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3 pointsHey all, I have been thinking about what to do with the rims as far as paint on my 1054. I'm not a purist so a different color doesn't bother me. The paint on the tractor itself is a nuttin-special rattle can job so the rims will be the same . Not to mention I have no painting skills! I started out with these nasty rims... I decided to try a flat black finish with a shiny silver ring around the outside of the rim. The seat frame is silver so its not the only silver on the machine. Any thoughts?? Looks good/OK/lousy? What about the hubs? Would you paint em black...leave em red...or what? I can handle criticism . Mike..............
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3 pointsHere are some of the pics of the Greater Minnesota Two cylinder club (Little Falls MN) Wheel Horse was the featured garden tractor and Scorpion was featured snowmobile. First pics are of the mighty Miss going thru Little Falls, had to take pics of the sheer power and speed of the water. Few other misc. pictures, then the tractor line up, brought to you by Joebob, Pronzy, Terry M ( and Andrew) and Shynon. Last pic is the grand prize for exhibitor in each feature class AKA Shynon. ( I will be getting the Wheel Horse refrigerator as I do not own a scorpion snowmobile)
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3 pointsFound this little thing on cl for 80$ I've had my eye out for one for a while I've wanted a pull start 7hp on the large frame I think its cool and its a newer motor
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2 pointsLast summer, my old John Deere 160 engine bit the dust, so I purchased a used Simplicity Broadmoor. Nice tractor, BUT, when I had my Cyclone Rake attached and was cleaning up leaves in the fall, I found that the mower deck would blow leaves out the front, making the dreadful job of leaf cleanup even harder. So, I put a for sale sign on the Broadmoor, set it out by the road, and within 4 hours it was sold and gone. Now, the task of finding another lawn tractor to use with the Cyclone rake with began. Since all of my Wheel Horses would require the purchase of a side discharge deck, and extensive modification in the hitch department to be able to haul around the Cyclone, I opted to go back to John Deere. My brother-in-law had recently gotten a JD X300 from an estate, didn't really need it, so he offered it to me at an unbelievable price. It's everything I need. 42" side discharge deck, 17HP twin cylinder OHV engine, hydrostatic transmission, and reasonably low hours.
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2 pointsOn another thread I asked what kind of Tranny and rear end and the year I had on my senior. After much research I found that the transmission is what they call a Top Loader and the date code says its a 1934. The rear end is definitely a Model "A" as I went over to a friend of mine who has a Model A and looked it over and mine matches his. With this info in hand I can order gaskets that I need to fix the leaks. On another note, I drove over to ME Miller Tire Saturday and picked up the front and rear tires That I will be using. I had ordered a 8 X 16 Blank Rim in case the Lab Metal job didn't turn out how I wanted it to. Anyway the 8 X 16 was too wide.. I didn't realize that just because it's an 8 x 16 tire it doesn't take an 8 X 16 rim. Live and learn Well with the return shipping I would have had and the shipping of the replacement rims and the tires my shipping would have been $160.00. Well I made the trip for about $35.00 with gas and tolls. I will weld the spokes in later this week more on that later. The front tires are Firestone rib old style 4 X 12. The rears are Superstrong 8 X 16 Ags which bought out the Firestone rear molds and are making them under the Superstong name. Here is pics of the new Skins.
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2 pointsI don't have the paperwork from my 416-H that I inherited from my grandfather, but he wrote all his expenses for his home in a notebook.... He logged $6000 for the Horse in April of 94... He bought it with the 42"SD, and the tiller. Sent from my ADR6350 using Tapatalk 2
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2 pointsLooks awesome! Smear the entire area of the hood letters with rubber cement. Let dry. Rub the cement off of the flat part of the paint. Paint the letters with your choice of color. Let dry. Then rub off the remaining cement. done. Cheap liquid masker. If this crotchety untalented old fool can do it, anybody can! Old artist trick.
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1 pointI've had a pretty busy spring. It was really warm in March so I had alot of calls come in to get some roto-tilling done. I did a few back in March but did the bulk in the last week. So far I've done 18 jobs. From a 4x8 foot plot up to a 100x100 garden, and everything in between. Most are gardens but some are people putting in grass or landscaping. Some jobs are current gardens but most lately have been breaking new ground. The C-125 does an awesome job but one garden just kicked mine and my tractors butt. The ground was so hard I literally had to stand on the tiller to get it to push into the earth. Doing that got me down about three inches, then I switched to turning circles so the tines were cutting sideways into the earth. That got me to about 4-5 inches deep. It was a 15 x 30 garden and it took me like an hour and a half. Anyways, here's some pics. I know you want them. Breaking new ground for a wildlife trail. How a garden should look after my job is done. On a side note, my tractor doesn't have an hour meter, so how often should I be changing the oil during this rough use? John
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1 pointSo if you havent checked the classifieds, I have a friend who's dad recently passed away. His dads brother was a Wheel Horse dealer and he had a mobile home park as well as a house and barn with lots of grass. So to him one 520 wasn't enough. He actually has 3 of them. 2 he is selling, but the third he tells me is a 50th anniversary tractor. It has gold badging and gold logos on the hubcaps. This is the serial number tag and the tractor in question. He's not selling this one as it was his dads pride and joy. Just thought you guys would like a look. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
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1 pointGot a call about 2 weeks ago asking if I wanted to buy a entire collection, mostly WH stuff, lots of parts and about 10 tractors, so after work the next day I drove the 40 miles to take a peek at them, I spent over a hour looking at the piles and boxes of parts, checking the tractors over, trying to come to a price, the owner might agree on, we haggled a little and both agreed on one, well that as I said was 2 weeks ago, today I go to pick everything up, yes lots of pics to follow, later today and tomorrow, pretty sure it will be a few loads to get it all, here is a few teaser shots from when I looked the first time.
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1 pointCheck with Fastenal for shipping quotes... my brother has been using them to ship tractors all over the US without issue and good service.
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1 pointJust got this from 312-8. Plow, 37" deck bagger, new tires and battery in last two years. Bought it from my dad he has owned it since 09. He bought it from the original owner with service records. At the time the deck was newly rebuilt. Manual spring fix on clutch already done.
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1 pointKelly, if by chance those AG tires on the case are a 15 inch wheel, let me know if you would separate those (the set, wheels and tires) my 1054 is still in need of a better set and those look pretty good. Quite the haul!
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1 pointCheck to see if there is 12 volts at the coil with your meter. Or you could jump power from the positive side of the battery to the positive side of the coil. Do not put 12 volts + to the negative side of the coil, It will fry your trigger and maybe the coil. If it was me , I would go over all the wiring and take care of all the issues and return it back to original. Then it would save you a lot of these head aches.
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1 pointI'd love too find a score like that Kelly! Just the happiness of going thru all those parts boxes... You look like a happy boy in your second pic down! It looks as though it is all pretty nice stuff..
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1 pointThat Mustang puller pic for the Wheel Horse just makes my day!
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1 pointThe two farmers are putting up hog fencing for the deer on Wednesday and we are going to put chicken wire around it for the rabbits ! But the secret weapon is to buy some artificial fox urine in a spray bottle ! I think it is $20 a pint and it will keep just about everything away for a while! This Liguid Fence also works well. I used it before too. http://www.liquidfence.com/deer-repellent-1-qt-con.html Sorekiwi: I had a garden 20 years ago bigger than this and three rows of sweet corn came in and the night it was ready to pick the raccoons took it all!
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1 pointWOW! That looks like a brand new off the showroom floor Wheel Horse. Great job.
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1 pointThat's exactly what I was thinking. Beautiful restoration. Now when are you going to start mowing thorn bushes with it? :)
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1 pointAnd, here is a side view taken this evening. Yeah, I know, it has a lot of scratches, but it looks considerably better than when I got her. One of the obvious items needing attention in this photo, is the mis-routed throttle cable. The cable appears to be original, yet also appears to be too short. It is possible that in the past, the end had broken, and the PO had just shortened the cable. If such is the case, I will be in the market for a new one. The choke cable is properly routed, and still works smoothly. The wiring also doesn't look to have been molested, but is rather messy and tangled. Too, the fuses had to be re-clipped into their proper places, as they were just dangling when I purchased the tractor. Will try to tidy up the wiring with ties and loom in the near future. All in all, I am ecstatic with the 312. She smokes a bit, and has a faint rod knock. Still, she mows beautifully, has plenty of pep yet, and really doesn't look all that bad considering it is almost 30 years old.
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1 pointGood looking 1968 Lawn Ranger! Good job on the restoration! I like the back tires too. The seat looks good but they had a different seat for 1968, it is probably hard to find that style though, it had the seperate back rest on them and the WH logo too. Cool little machine for sure! The 1968 Lawn Ranger had a few one year only parts on it like the 3 spoke steering wheel and the decals on the side of the hood and the seat I mentioned. I think the front tire treads were different from the previous years too. You are getting alot done this year, keep up the good work!
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1 pointHere is a shot of the hood hinge rebuild I had to do. When I first got the tractor, the hinge would open almost to the ground, and flopped around like a rag. The hinge pin was worn nearly through on the ends, and the hinge brackets had 7/8" long slots cut into them where the 3/8" holes should have been. Making a new pin in the lathe was not much of a problem. The worn 3/8" bracket holes were a little more difficult. I had to carefully weld up the holes with the TIG, then carefully die grind them back to round so as to maintain hole alignment. Then I reamed the holes larger, made bronze bushings, and pressed them into the brackets. I then assembled the hinge using new fasteners. The mule drive bracket holes are a little worn, but not severely at this point. Will bush them at a later date. Although the hinge was now reasonably tight, the hood would still drop down and hit the mule drive. You can see where it has hit numerous times, and now sports a dent. The original hood stop rod was gone when I got the machine, so I fashioned a new one from 4140 pre-hardened rod. In this case, I used 5/16" rod instead of the original 1/4". This necessitated drilling the mule drive holes out slightly. I also deviated from the factory method of holding the pin in by drilling the cross holes at the very ends of the pin, and making the pin about 1/8" longer. This puts the cotters on the outside of the mule bracket so that the cotters cannot interfere with the hood hinge brackets. Also, instead of using cotter pins, I employed spring cotters. Just looked better to me.
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1 pointThe deer got all my sweetcorn last year, decimated it a week or two before it was ready for picking. They never used to come that close to the house, but last year was the first time I havent had a dog or two running around the property.
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1 pointHey Lane, just curious about what yo are doing to keep the wildlife out. I put in a garden every year and about half is eaten by deer, rabbits and birds!!!
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1 pointThumbs up Jake, you really do a nice job on the tractors you do. Another keeper. Glenn
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1 pointLooks great!! I think that poor unloved carcass in the background is feeling very left out . Mike...........
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1 pointget a testers white paint pen from a hobby shop Jake looks like you did a great job on her
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1 pointGreat looking tractor! You did a very nice job with that one! If you would like to add a snow blade to it, I have a very good one! Send me a pm and we can discuss it!
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1 pointExcellent job Jake! I'm waiting to see how you do the hood letters, been avoiding them on P'Chop's Ranger.
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1 pointThats a Very Nice looking "top notch" restore on that Lawn Ranger Jake!!
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1 pointAlso, did some mowing with the gear drive deck today too. Cuts great, although a tad bit noisy... actually, caught my new neighbor giving me the stink eye while using it.
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1 pointWhen you lift the rear hitch, it pulls back on the deck, the deck hangs on 4 straps of flat stock, and as you pull back it swings up, it does not raise very high
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1 pointYikes!!! I need to grease mine. I sure hope its not that dry. Theres actually a ton of maintenance I need to do to my 18 Auto gear box. Definitely needs some love
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1 pointJust got back with the second load, but here is a few pics of the first one. Back of the wifes van had them hanging out the sides Back of my suburban Can you see 5 complete tractors in the pic ?? they are even all in one piece 2 suburbans, a lawn Ranger, a Simplicity, and a Anniversary edition WH plus LOTS more I'll get pics of the rest in a bit, I need to eat been on the go from 6am, it's 2:30 now
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1 pointThe 414 is still outfitted for Winter duty and a quick look at some parts of the lawn today showed that it REALLY needed a mowing. Thankfully the 416 was just waiting for the chance to come out of the shed. While it's quick to change over attachments, it's even faster having more than one! So guys, if you only have one, you need to start looking!