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Just trying to find out if anyone would be interested in a white 20oz tumbler with the Red Square logo on it and your user name or first name on the other side. Karl gave me the okay on this. I was going to donate some of each cup back to the site but he said I didn’t have to…. So I’ll give away one or two every once in while. The admins/mods name would be in blue and the supporter name would be in red just like on the site. The grey one in the picture is Karls but the rest will be white, unless you want grey. I have to run the lettering up the cup to be able to fit logo and name on them. Price will be $35 plus shipping.

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added pull springs to my throttle / choke spring pull point , found this to be the easiest way to control throttle creep , also added one to my carb throttle plate , just tempers setting enough to make for easy quick starts . have this set up on 3 kohler magnum 12 engines . lots of hours , with no problems . just an experiment that works , pete

Just gonna add- I just got another decal set from Terry, and the materials, craftsmanship, and attention to detail on his products are outstanding. I for one am thankful that we are lucky enough to have someone doing this work at all- and the level of quality is a huge bonus! I have tractors with his decals that are more than 10 years old, and they still look great!

Thanks for the compliments on the hand painted lettering.However,I can’t lie.It was done with a black sharpie. Trust me If I had painted with a brush it would looked like a blind person painted it and that would be a complement 😆

Day wasn’t completely ruined.. I’ll now refer to this as the hood less horsemen for All Hallows’ eve 😂

I keep the snow blades bent forward like that on both my machine and Trina's all winter. I find that the snow rolls off to the side better and as stated there is much less aggressive digging on our dirt/stone driveway.

Andrew...wet grass is sticky....it clumps...and it attaches itself to the underside of the deck. It is also a very ACIDIC . Have you seen the effect on the aluminum spindle housings? Dry grass blows out faster and easier than wet lawn. The only real way to get the deck clean from the wet grass is to take it off the tractor each time and wash the underside. There is just no substitute for LABOR if you want to mow wet grass....Just my 2 cents from 62 years of being on the planet …..Also my experience with those expensive housings !!

Hmmmm... OHHHHH, you mean like a DRINKING CUP !

You can shorten it to Professor if it would work better, that's what everyone here at home calls me anyway. Some days I even forget what my actual name is

Got the engine painted and bolted up. I forgor how bleeping heavy an old cast iron Kohler is- especially when you try not to booger the paint! I know it looks funny, but I always put stove paint on the cooling fins.

Still waiting for the throttle shaft, probably next week when it comes, but my steeeekers came today! Might name this thing Big Sexy! Also missing my headlight switch.... But nowhere in this machine is the word "Toro"!

Got Busy covering the bottom of one of the 48" SD.....Rubberized truck bed liner, over POR-15.....VERY DURABLE. Have this treatment on a 42" and its been good for 5 years now. The bed liner is very smooth, sheds grass nicely. I do not mow WET grass, so have no info on that

This 953 jumped in my truck today! Between 953’s, 1054’s and projects in between, this makes more than I need. But… 1 bottom plow, 54” snow/doze blade, disc, … @Alliemorgan it was great meeting you as well!

Somehow I ended up with an unneeded snowblower lift bar when I was picking some deck mounting parts at the big show (the seller was helping me load, guess he got carried away). I can send it up to Maine with Eric when I see him on the 23rd, if that's of any help. Tomorrow I'll get the dimensions and a couple of pics and PM them to you.

@WHX?? you can send those horses to Texas. I saw at least 3 Michigan license plates driving through Austin on my way to the farm. @SylvanLakeWH They would feel right at home down here.

@Oldskool Nice find. I don't see the lifting bar or its flag. Needed to connect the tractor lift mechanism to the pin at the bottom rear of the blower cylinder. Dirty for sure, but practically no rust and the auger looks straight and hardly worn. Flip the side panels so the leading edge is forward as a drift cutter and not to the side as they are now. May need to swap sides. Good luck and enjoy!

I found myself a snowblower last night. More work for the horses,and less for me. Although I don't think I have all the pieces yet to install it. Any input from the seasoned users? Do's? Don'ts?

Carols late father made me a cup of coffee, and the only one, not long after we started dating. That was like bitter mud. I knew then didn't approve of me. He did change his opinion, though it took years. He shook my hand once. The day before he died.

I can mig/stick just no tig. sometimes i break **** just to weld ! lol if its still around when im off again ill buy it and mess with it over the winter when i have to "get outta the house" ill keep everyone posted

Sorry, I forgot to specify, I usually mow with my Troy-Built push mower because I had no running tractors until this past Sunday. Thanks for the info @johnnymag3. I just never got a real reason even when I went on the Google machine. Thanks again. Now I will probably not mow wet grass because I like my money. Andrew

My grandmother used to make coffee like that. Didn't need a cup, it was strong enough to stand up by itself. Practically had to chew it....

@Bill D I saw this video the other night and thought you'd like it. Choo Choo Trains - Close Up and Very Personal. As it turns out, that's the actual title of the VHS tape. Ha! Fun video to watch for anyone who appreciates old iron. (I must take exception to the fact that there are some diesel-electrics in there, simply because that cannot go, "Choo choo".

For the first couple of years of the Wheel Horse show in PA there was a IH OS-6 living in the orchard near the Round Barn. It was the first orchard tractor I ever saw in the wild. The OS-6 was kind of halfway between the regular W-6 and the full-fendered O6. I remember that first trip to PA over 20 years ago. I saw the sparse corn and bean fields around Gettysburg and couldn’t help but think “why do they even bother trying to farm these hills and rocks?” But the orchards sure looked idyllic. Not many standard tread tractors around here. This was row crop country. The WD-9 was far and away my favorite styled IH. No orchard version of that behemoth was available. I got to drive one at a show once and am still smitten. good looking machines. steve

I’ve heard that it can be damaging but I have never experienced it. I wonder if the region or weather etc. affects how it damages. Andrew

Before I built the HellHorse... and used my drag... mine was indeed dirt. Now, after a summer of dragging, it is beautiful gravel! Don

Snowblowers lift by pushing forward on the bottom of the blower while it pivots around the front Attach-a-Matic to get the it off the ground by a few inches. The lift bar and flag connect the "pushing" rockshaft in the tractor to the blower. This is a thread that discussed making these things for one model (the lengths vary somewhat depending on tractor model and blower model). The thread also has a link to this thread: For a guy with your "parts" pile and skills, making one of these sets will be straightforward. I will call your attention to the idea of making the rod on the flag a bit longer, leaving the lift bar pipe a bit shorter, and then using spacers or washers on that rod to adjust the lifting height. Of course, you might want to just ask the PO if s/he still has them and could you pick them up! The snowblower OMs in the file section show how to do the installs so search there using the model number of your blower!

I did the same thing on my Raider 12. Got sick of having to pull on the throttle all of the time. This spring assist was one of the best things that I've done to improve the tractor.

Paint pens work fairly well for an application like that too.

Would love to if i could find one. Yep, and it's a 6/8 speed It's a big box, shafts are ticker then those in a WH tranny. I run a 1-1 drive, so it will not reach more then 3600rpm. The hood was made to fit a 20hp command V-twin with the fuelpump on the valve cover, It should fit such a big boxer engine too.

Maybe I am missing something... but why is your blade bent down like that? Brand new driveway. Put a pvc wear bar on and keeping blade at that angle and very light to reduce impact on drive… works like a charm…

This is an interesting debate, isn't it? Buyers come in all styles, right? They range from the "I don't have the time/skill/patience to do it myself so I'm happy it runs and looks decent" to the "you've ruined it by messing with the original paint and I'm no longer interested". You never know when one or the other will arrive. Another aspect is that there are (in my personal experience) fewer buyers who understand and are willing to own/maintain 20 to 40-year old equipment, let alone willing to bring it back to life, than there are "I need something that looks ok, doesn't cost too much, and lets me mow the lawn this afternoon". I've fielded the "Where do you get this serviced and are there parts available?" question many times. Owning machines of this vintage is a different commitment than for many other purchases. My impression of the members of this forum is that they are willing, for pleasure or economy or effectiveness or other reasons, to make the commitment.

When you lift up on the large drawer it folds down into the desk to reveal the missing type writer.

Well, I'll admit your handle was near the top of a kinda short list.... Still, part of the fun of this forum that it mixes the serious with the hilarious.

It looks nice in the pictures, not to be critical it's your deal. I am often very cautious when I see quick spray paint jobs. I think you would be better off getting them running good and just clean them up with the original paint and patina, and maybe just paint the rims. Let the buyer decide if they want to paint it correctly.

I'll take a cup richie! And if @WHX?? is handing out tractors I'll take one of those too!

You show up after a long drive and all you got to do is grunt. I'll know what you're after. Absolutely anytime brother man. We got plenty of driveway to park whatever you're driving.

Are we keeping this name?

Atta boy. Stop posting pictures…your making me too jealous!

Thay may be correct. That could be the side where the bolts go up from the bottom.

I dunno Kev. If yer other half is allowing or even worse.. appreciates.. those... 🟢🦌 Things.

i have done a number of deck rehabs myself but for my own original 37 inch SD that goes with my original 312-8, I chose to go to body shop like you did with your hood and fender -- comes back looking considerably better

I love everything about that machine. I wish you were closer, I would love to see it in person.

Might have to make a gallon jug with that long name I’ll work it up and see what I can do

That makes me laugh every time I see it!

Used them on a FEL, worked them hard no issues. If you have a nail issue, go tubeless so you can plug them on the machine. 2 - 23X10.50-12 Deestone D405 4P Super Lug Tires AG DS5245 23x10.5-12 US $129.00 Shipping: $21.85 Standard Shipping | See details Located in: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Because that's coffee ☕☕☕☕☕☕☕. Not ridiculous brown Water. In all seriousness, I boil mine because it's sweeter than perc'd. There's a residue left on the inside of the pan after boiling. That's some of the bitter oils settling out.

So not my best work on the paint but it's an improvement. I still can't believe how well it runs. It has 5 yr old gas in it. I did nothing to clean the carb. Turn the key it fires right up. Runs real smooth at super low idle and at wide open throttle. Engine is no joke. Before I painted it I changed the oil and replaced the headlight bulbs. Couldn't be happier with it.

Saw this thing huffing and puffing and shaking and shimmying at the Zagray Farm show. Yeah, its not a nice color but it took some gumption to marry this hit-and-miss to a tractor!