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Hello all. I have been writing n rewriting this post on n off all day. But for some1 who is rarely lost for words, i am, yet again. But i gotta try n say something; express my gratitude. The way my life has been going...well, it doesnt take much to throw me these days; lotsa times i struggle. Just to keep it together. But things happen, here n there, that remind me there must be a reason why to it all. Well...so i do; so i am. I make no bones that rightnow, God n Clara...i draw strength from them; believing He must know what is right, above all else. Though my faith in Him is what it is, and i would be lost n gone without it...i struggle with the human side of that, sometimes. But, like i said above, things happen. N sometimes 'right' people happen. And ya know what? I sure seem to find A LOT of those people on this forum. And i just want to add Bob Ellison to the list of people who have shown me, once again, that decency n kindness in this world isnt dead...and im sure God will sort it out, n following Him certainly seems the way to go in finding one's way through these strange times. I wont go into detail because i dunno how much i should share; i'll let the pics tell the rest. Besides, all i did was was express some thoughtfulness because one of Bob's posting struck a nerve. I never thought much of it past that, because, well, ive always thought, Isnt that the way a fellow Man should be towards another, who is facing hard times? Lord knows, many of you here have done that same thing here, for me, many times... And so i just want to close by saying that i consider Mr. Bob Ellison not only a fine Craftsman,but also another fine & decent human being that the Forum is fortunate to count as a member. I am humbled, Sir, and i thank You. I will be in touch again, as i wrote you earlier; count on that, as well as continued words with Him, about all concerned. And i thank the rest of you, too, for having me in your ranks. I am grateful.

I alternate mowing between a couple machines....this week it was the C-105 with a 42”SD. Always does a nice job

@BOB ELLISON is the best, I too am honored to count him among my flock of Christian friends. We all face struggles in life but faith in God goes a long way to ease that burden.

Pure multi strand copper. (Not 1 solid wire). Not CCA. That stands for Copper Clad Aluminum and some say the 2 metals can corrode each other in the long run. 14 gauge except battery cables. I bought a roll of 7 conductor trailer wiring harness. I separate the wires and it gives me 7 different colors.

I wouldnt say I have much of a " Heard " but I like to see others..... So here we go.

My herd doubled towards the tail end of last year after I picked up my 655 and C-195, had those two at work for a short time when I was getting the C-195 sorted out. Bringing them home to join the others was a great day Then I decided to get rid of the golf cart, clean up the garage, which gave everyone a little breathing room, and I got them all dressed up for the winter. (my garage has remained nowhere near this clean ) Post winter I got everyone (who was running) back outside for some fresh air and a much needed run session and got chains off, and eventually other implements as well.

Very nice post. There are good people in this world who enjoy helping others. Good post.

I got lucky one day and a Red [] member new that I was looking for one: He can chime in if he likes. Sent a pm and off I went to pick it up. All I did was use marvel to clean it up. Easy way to clean and bring back color. I think when at the factory they ran out of the side decals or the assembler put the wrong ones on. No big deal. The bonus of this is it is the same year as the tractor. And pretty much the same area in the state soooo you never know could be a set? Or not. I will hook it to the tractor one day to take a side shot Friday for Sparky. Hope you enjoyed the picks and the story.

The o’l 520 looks a lil better after pressure washing and a new seat. Runs great and hydraulics work well. Still a long ways to go

God is good! I believe in good karma as well I am always doing things for folks for free a lot of times or little to no cost. And i have gotten rewarded 10 fold. I do what I do to help others not for a gift in return. My late dad instilled that to me and I am thankful for that. It is so good to here stories like this specially with whats all going on in this world today! The thing I tell folks when i am helping them weather it is a car repair or garden tractor repair and they have little to no money. I tell them just pass on the good deed and say Thank You. A Thank you means more to me then anything someone could give me.

Now available and ready to ship: Complete, ready to install 6" PTO clutch plate assemblies. These are the hard to find , smaller , 6 inch clutch plates as found on the pre-1974 Raider, Chargers, etc.(The style as shown in the last photo). They feature the correct 3/16" backer plates, but just like our 6 3/4" clutch plates, these also have a 3/16" riveted clutch facing which offers 50% more material than original. Completely new, manufactured in house by us .They are priced at $67.00 each and that price includes the shipping. We accept cash, check, money order, or Paypal. Continental US only. PM if interested.

Hate to keep posting the same pictures but here’s my herd

Bob is an awesome guy! He sent me a patriotic seat for my 1054 a while back, it looks amazing! The white is a great pearl color, the deep red and blue are so good too! There’s a Luke Bryan song based on Philippians 4:15(?). “Don’t worry ‘bout nothin’, pray about everything.”

Look at Psalms 91, has always given me comfort when this world has overwhelmed me. Bob

Dan's @Achto a cast connoisseur. I have a couple but all I know is they hurt when I bring home a new old tractor!

Look what has just turned up at the house! Paint job is a bit rough, but will get them sandblasted at some point anyway. Might put them on later, pics will follow....

I pray every day for this world to straighten out.God has some kind of plan for all of us.Thank you for your post.

Try using a straight weight oil, as recommended by Kohler during the warmer months like 30w. See if that doesn't help with the smoking issue before you tear anything apart. You say you're using 10-40 , they call for a multi-grade for colder weather.

I don't know how many of you guys have gotten original sales packets with your tractors but I did with a couple of mine. The first a 310-8 I bought about 20 years ago from the original owner. It came withe the bagger set-up, which I still use for fall clean up, a single stage blower and a tiller. I've since sold the tiller and blower. The second tractor is my very nice 312-8 also bought from the original owner. It came with a 42" recycler deck that is still my primary mower. The 310-8 was sold by Granz Power Equipment in Salem N.H. and the 312-8 was sold by Philbricks in N. Hampton N.H. My 520H has no literature with it, wish it did but I do know it was also sold by Philbricks.

Here's my hurd for now. I am working on getting together a charger. Oh then there is my other heard.

What a wonderful gesture.....and at the same time what a gut check for us who think we will all be here forever.. Im sure we all can relate to losing a loved one, or gaining a friend for doing a simple task, who for them would be impossible. I can cane a chair, a long lost art... but I cannot do work like Bob when it comes to re-upholstering. We all have wonderful talents and we need to embrace and love them while the good Lord has given us our time here on Earth. God Bless everyone, and their God given talents..

A few years ago, I couldn't give this one away at our big W-H show, so here it will sit.

Here's my herd Although last weekend, I sold one to a young lady that wanted to give her dad a special birthday present. So l sold the 877. Six tractors is still to many l don't have enough attachments for them all. And I don't like that they just sit and not get used. They were built to work.

I don't know whether to cry about Bob's generosity or because he mentioned he will not be making them any more.

Another project.... Had an old shed door that was getting in the way, but we didn't have a proper TV table/stand. Cut the old door up and turned it into a rough and ready table, original paint with years of neglect and character was kept. It's served us well for a few years now and cost nothing but time.

Yea all of that I also use Rotella 30w very good oil, remember good oil is cheaper than parts!

Gash dang it, I saw it had $100 in my pocket and room to haul it. Said it ran two years ago but back trouble so he stopped using it. I had one 6 or so rears ago with all factory weights and a lot of attachment and my neighbors son loved it so much I sold it cheap and the next weekend he lined up work for it. When we moved he was still pushing snow. I guess I must have missed it since I grabbed this one. Late 50's I am thinking Brigs 81302

First let's say I am electrically challenged but I can read a blueprint. I have an 854 and a 653 needing new wiring. I have found the diagrams of the wiring but they don't list gauges, or types. Anyone have suggestions on a type of wire or gauge of wire? There's a million options for wire types and I am lost.

This is now the largest frying pan we have.

Was browsing eBay the other day and came across these nice wheels with brand new tyres from a commando 8. Threw the minimum bid on, sorted out potential couriers then sat back waiting for the price to go crazy. Nobody else bid, and now they are mine for less than the tyres would cost - result!

Well, mine is a small herd, too, @D_Mac, n right now, only 1 runner (unless u count the Trailblazer, n my 312-8 that isnt here), but hey, all things considered, im lucky to have these, sofar😊

My little herd.

Old lady's the FB junkie here Madge ... all recipes and gossip tho.....no tractor pages.... I don't even go on the mafia FB page! She does go ther and the pics and send them to me!

It's OK, his hands are soaking in it.

Mines real beat up but keeps a workin! Only paid 25 clams for it. Go to tub for gas service on plow day.

Thanks guys! I found a seller on ebay with a set of blades for $30...there was a review saying they were good blades and not stamped pieces of junk. We'll see what I get next week! Looking at the manual, the grease fitting seems like something I should be able to grab at my local hardware store. I'll check it out and see what I can find. As requested, here are some pictures of the Horse when I received it. This is after I removed the deck and replaced it with the plow. I left the pulleys bolted onto the frame. It is a very close fit to the plow frame! I'll have pictures of the new tractor this weekend. I was planning on filling the tires of this one with rv antifreeze, but with it relegated to lawn duty I don't think i'll have to bother.

Hi Guys, Since talking about the Speedex model B, I thought I'd post a picture of our "small frame" early Speedex tractors that came after the B. The smallest model that Harold Pond offered in his Speedex tractor lineup was the model D4 (the 6 pictured on top of the shelf and one below with sickle mower). I had never seen one until a friend bought one and hauled it home from Conneticut. But when I saw it, I was hooked; being so cute and tiny making them easy to store, haul and the right size for our girls to ride around on. They were made in the early/mid 1950's, most dating to 1952-1957 and were powered by either a Clinton 1100 or Briggs 8, both using 6:1 gear reduction. It has ony a single speed forward/reverse that was dirven by 2 v-belts and you'd turn a lever which slides the engine either way to put tension the belts which drives the tractor - definitly unique. They're tough tractors to find with currently less than 20 total known but for me, the hunt for D4's is much of the fun in collecting them because of the challenge in finding them. This is really the tractor that I blame for my Wheel Horse addiction as prior to collecting these little Speedex D4's, although I admired the little RJ's, I didn't own one. I always thought though, that it would be really cool to display an RJ35 built at the same time that's physcially the same size as a D4 together, to show people what both sides of the Pond family were doing at the same time. As they say I guess, the rest is history... Anyway, hope you enjoy. -Rob

T1 30 Rotella has zinc which is good on the internal parts as well as a blend of detergents. I run it year round here. Of course I'm in the Midsouth so we don't get all that cold in the winter.

12Horse Paladin Thanks for the reply. These are hard to find around here. They do not last a day on the net when you see them. I use Marvel because it is easy to use plus it protects the meatal from rusting. Thanks for the reply.

Do you have the cone style pulley that bolts onto the input shaft of the transmission? I have heard that is the rarest part of the equation and possibly fragile even. Any experience I have had with a GT14 says they are tougher than they need to be and every “should I ——- for/with my GT14?” Question should be yes hands down.

Wish my metal was as well laid out! Cut the grass on our community patch and plumbed in a new radiator at my brothers house. Just spent an hour cleaning up a spray paint drying unit that I got from an aution for 20 pounds, I'll sell it on for a profit hopefully.

I haven't repurposed any of this yet, however these objects were all saved from our skip while I was on the ship the last two weeks. Unfortunately the aluminium ladder was cut in half, but I think it might be useful with the runs removed for screeding concrete - and I have a lot of that work coming up. The tripods are interesting, but I have no use for them other than using the steel for something else. They are part of our rescue equipment for hauling people up and out of areas. Those of you in America may not know of the "Herald of free enterprise" ferry disaster back in 1987, but these tripods became part of our safety equipment as a result of the findings there. The ship ended up on her side on a sandbank with people trapped inside, survivors and rescuers struggled to reach them from the hull side. As a result we carry these and associated equipment to get into the ships hull and recover survivors. Anyway, I digress, they have been renewed and the old ones found their way into my van... The stainless steel tin will be used for oil changes and cleaning up components.

The two hooded models include a 1958 M14, the last year of the lever steer and first year of the hood option and an original condition 1960 S14, which was an improved M14 with steering wheel.

ED FOX , hello ed , i have used RISLONE ENGINE TREATMENT ON a number of used engines https://www.walmart.com/ip/Rislone-Ring-Seal-Smoke-Repair-16-oz/22269732?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101002903&&adid=22222222227016838564&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=52919137511&wl4=pla-84839958431&wl5=9003292&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=136582778&wl11=online&wl12=22269732&veh=sem&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv5rAoNbR6gIVA-21Ch12LQV0EAQYAiABEgJNXvD_BwE the cleaning and make up , very quickly turns , oil to dark , telling you its cleaning. do this over a couple of hot oil changes , it has really worked for me , oil alone will not do it. i agree with a 30 wt oil, i use rotella . pete

Detergent oil is fine.

A Kohler engine with only 700 hours of operation on it shouldn't bee in need of a rebuild if it has had regular oil changes every 25 hours of operation. As Randy said, you should be using 30 rather than 10 W 30. Also, be sure you are not overfilling the oil.

I have a weakness for these early gilson machines so I picked this up today. There's just something about those round fenders and the big square hood. Who has one of these? I don't see many of these around. Came with a front mount blade and a ton of maintenance paperwork from over the years. Something fell on it and broke the steering wheel, but it takes the same wheel as a horse and I have a two on the shelf. Anyone have a starter generator belt cover for it they want to sell? Last picture is what the shield looks like.

I have GOT TO buy me some of that Marvel, and try it. Awesome trailer!!👍🏼👍🏼 Mine's a 77, too, i think, n nowhere near as nice, but it matches nicely with the '77 C160. Still needs lotsa work, nnalready have more in than it'll prolly ever be worth, but it's not going anywhere anytime soon!