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Had to dig up a pachysandra bed. If you have never done this the roots are like a plate of spaghetti. Using my 312-8 and the plow I was able to plow up the lion's share and do very little digging by hand.

Just out for a Sunday ride!

Labor Day Yard Sale…. No Wheel Horses for sale, but they’re attracting customers!

A little light duty clean up with the 701 today. This is my favorite tractor for pulling the lawn sweeper around.

Bought this angle grinder a few years ago on the cheap. Being compact and slightly underpowered, i dedicated it to the "wheels of death".......the wheels finally won out but not after a impressively huge run by the Har-boo Fright "Drill Master" I tortured the living snot out of this thing, don't think I had much more then ten bucks in it.

Y’all show off your mint 1994 520H what was the first year they put the red Toro logo on them?

I was actually able to remove not 1, not 2, but 3 roll pins in one day. Not only that.......I was able to reuse one of them needed on another tractor! After nearly destroying a tractor trying to get my first steering wheel off, i was not looking forward to this today. It all worked out tho. Skinny Minnow said i should go buy some lottery tickets today i thought about going after #4, the steering wheel, but thought not gonna push my luck and keep soaking it for a while and end the day on a good note. i dont know what whoever was thinking that invented those ....... things!

My daughters first time pulling the sled. She had fun.

The question was " What did you do to day" I took a few pictures. The Eddleman mower was finished a couple weeks back. Ran out of black paint, I used some old paint I had on the tank and it came off when I filled the tank. I can't used the cart as I don't have any lawn level enough as It doesn't have brakes, but I painted it anyway.

That's some false advertising right there!

I bought this C-120 with a 36" RD deck solely to pull a 42" lawn sweeper. As usual with a new acquisition, I hid it from my wife until I could sell another red tractor. Then, out of the blue, inspiration hit: I presented it to her as 'her' tractor. It worked! She had a blast driving it (and didn't ask me when I bought it). I think I might look for a C-160 to give her for Christmas!

Finally got the engine mount fabbed and installed. Alignment is perfect. Love it when a plan comes together! I could've dropped the Onan plate altogether, but the PTO hoop thingy is already there. One less thing to worry about later.

Options were pool time or wake up the tractors. Win! “Cheeeeese! All done.”

For those who have never done this. two notes: The short bar ,right side of tool picture, is made from a piece of 3/8 flat stock. It is 1.772 long and the ends are rounded to fit in the outer bearing bore of the bell. The ring is 5/16 thick to be used when installing the inner bearing. It sets the bearing to allow installation of the seal. Hope this will be helpful to someone. Marv

Yes but I must admit I only test pushing. If it passes that and then you find out it is not strong in reverse it will most likely be an acceleration valve issue which is not a major issue. As long as it is strong on one direction you can be pretty assured you don't have major wear on slippers or valve plates...They be the difficult fixes...

The Joisey Shaw was pretty much spared. We did get a lot of rain, about 5" or so, but little or no flooding. The whole shore area was to the East of the major rain. Nawt Joisey got absolutely HAMMERED with flooding and damage. My neighbor works as maintenance guy for a major chain of coffee stores in the North Jersey area. His company diverted all their teams to help the people up there. I donated my 'trash pump' to the cause. Haven't used it in many years but he and I were able to get it going in about an hour or so. Last report I heard is that it pumped out over a dozen basements already!

What's in my mirror did not really concern me too much. It's what ended up in my face that was a bit of a concern. Went to a local drive through zoo today. You are allowed to feed the animals through the window of your vehical, some of the critters don't have the patients to wait for you to get the food out side of the window.

There is a couple things i do to also make them last for years. 1 i try to never cover the vents on the body...it creats big heat inside. 2 during use i never push it hard....creats alot of heat on the peice being worked on especially thin metal and will cause warpage. Letting the tool rev will allow it to cut or clean much faster too. 3 i always try to blow them out....rust and fine metal paticulate accumulates inside. 4 thank the grinding gods for getting one more days use and still having all my fingers lol.

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Around 30… Here’s what starts and was easy to get out of the double stacker barn!

Knob and tube wiring, I've seen that in a few of our remodeling jobs. Must have been fairly decent for it's time, seeing you still find it being used and the places haven't burned down.

A 1056 (without the loader now) way back right, a Commando 800 near right.

Appears they're more adept at this game than you are.

Some light house cleaning here today. 20210904_132907.mp4

found that , 2 , 12 " adjustable wrenches working on the same auger bend issue , in opposed directions , right on top of each other , deliver a very good easy result to a bend . just taking little bites on the area , increases your mechanical advantage . bouncing a hammer off of it is not good for any part of it . also using a specific chain lubricant on the auger drive , makes it work much easier , should be able to spin it up by hand at the belt mount area . just my own experience, pete

WHAT? Are you kidding us here on Red Square that you built that yourself? We will need pictures of the build as that is totally awesome .WOW that’s really nice 👍🏻 I’m sure pretty much all of us here love it.

Camel's butt. I'm telling you folks I wasn't expecting to see THAT in this thread.....

The "A" is the giveaway. "H" is the full hydro.

Yepper! Ordered...... got a pic of that set from Prondzy on Friday....now if i can figure how to swing a hammer with 90degree bend at the last second to get around the wheel, im golden!

Laid the wrenches down this weekend, and picked up a fishing pole. Should-a stuck with the wrenches.

Napa 25-7345 Belt Angle: 37 Deg Belt Construction: Notched Belt Material: Ethylene (EPDM) Brand: NAPA Cord Material: Polyester Cross Section Designation of Belt: HC41 Effective Length: 34.59 in Manufacturer: Gates Notched Belt: Yes Number of Strands: 1 Outside Circumference: 35.35 in SDS Required: No Top Width: .41 UNSPSC: 26111801 V-Belt Type: V-Belt VMRS Code: 065-005-003 Weight: 0.17

Ensure the fuse and the contacts in the fuse block are clean and tight. Put some di-electric grease (even white spray grease will work) on the fuse block contact area to help keep out water and prevent corrosion. The reason your fuse melted is due to a bad connection creating heat.

Yes!!

hola, puede usar www.wheelhorsepartsandmore.com para ese cable de elevación. Lowell y Joette tienen un gran papel, aunque no estoy seguro de que realicen envíos al extranjero. usted podrá enviarles un mensaje a @wheelhorseman traducido con google, disculpe las palabras incorrectas ...

Hope this is a good translation. "Hello friends, do you know any online page to buy the cable for the rear lift of my Wheel Horse 702?"

Amazon. They are Oregon products. 7/16" and 9/16".

Get your self a set of these short roll pin punches. They work Amazon.com: Grace USA - Steel Roll Spring Punch Set - SRS7 - Gunsmithing - Steel Punches - 7 piece - Gunsmith Tools & Accessories, Black, Short Steel Roll Set : Tools & Home Improvement

Now THAT is a great score! That tractor is awesome the way you got it!. If the spray paint is still fresh (I see you posted Friday) Toluene or Xylene should take it off without ruining the original paint. Especially if he shot it with Rustoleum, That takes a long time to fully cure. If that doesn't work, I'd wet sand it with 320 until you get to the original. Then depending how shiny you want it, go finer from there and hit it with polishing compound. I use this three stage compound. If you dry sand it you risk messing with the original paint in that it may put in deeper scratches than you can get back out with the thickness you have to work with. I hate half-@$$ rattle can jobs

Decks were a dime a dozen, at one point I had stacks of them. I've kept a few and I keep them oiled. It does see to keep the grass from sticking. Even the tractor get sprayed with WD-40 and wiped down. Not so good if you plan on repainting something, but a good rust proofing. WD will remove oxidation off the paint, the lazy mans shine.

After the first couple seconds I did put on dust mask...no more choking after that...

Finally ordered it and got it yesterday. Not a bad deal for $26 , 3/4" thick, 4" tall, 5' long. Shipping was about $15 I think. Did some repair work on the blade, welded the 1/8" steel flat stock to the bottom edge where the p.o. had neglected it and ground it down to the bolt holes. Quick 'farmer' paint job ... You can see the rubber edge that I've got the blade resting on while the paint dries. (yeah, I only painted the bottom of the front where I was welding. )

So a recently retired friend from work needed the ceiling of his front porch replaced...house built in 1936 ... not a square corner to be found.... Real 2x4 dimensional framing lumber though... I about choked to death on the dust tearing out the old ceiling... Check out what must be the original wiring... cloth covered wires strung through porcelain insulators..and look at that porch light socket ! Didn't finish today...back at it tomorrow...

Also, FWIW- this gives an idea of how the Vanguard block outer holes line up against the frame.

It's starting to look a little more like a tractor than a collection of spare parts. Waiting on a few things that should arrive in the next couple of weeks. Started to run some of the wires and noticed that the 876 did not have lights from the factory. But this on does. Who ever did it did a great job of cutting out the hole for the wafer switch. Since the 876 wiring diagram does not cover head and tail lights. I tapped into the cigar lighter for the circuit. If anyone has a better idea for the circuit let me know. I made a mod to the seat. The original is bolted to the fender with one bolt into one of the three holes. Even with the bolt in the farther hole it is/was a little cramped if you are 6'2". Dug around the spare parts locker and came up with a set of seat springs and a pretty decent seat. The "Sage of All Things Wheel Horse" once told me that if you mount the springs backwards it tips the seat back giving a little more room for long legs. It really works!!!!! Finished the hood and was ready to attach the hood ornament and found I was out of the push on nuts. Went back to the auto paint store where I had bought them before and they were out. They tried to order more of them but both of the suppliers they use were out. Found some on Amazon. They come in 100 packs. Told the wife that I had enough for 50 more tractors. The woman has no sense of humor. So.......If you need a couple or so, let me know. I have a surplus

I know it’s Tuesday but… Tractor isn’t really squatting from the tongue weight as much as it appears, the rear tire is low on air making it appear to squat.