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Found me a 1045 with attachments today. All original. Lights were added but are a early design believe from trucks. Receipt shows it was sold on June 13 1964. One owner until today.

SOOOOOO true! Over the years I've had three neighbors in particular who told me I was obsessive when they saw my collection. ...All of them have Wheel Horses now.

I think I posted about my 416 earlier. I ordered up the Deestone 6p Super Lugs off ebay - I got an extra set of rims with the tractor. I also bought a couple of high-lumen LED headlamps and an Eparts low-back seat. Those seats are pricey! Well, when you start poking around, things happen. Today a big haul of sketchy equipment followed me home - very spontaneous, bought today, will sort out later. The main piece was a mostly intact 1045. There is a grader but in pretty rusted shape. Everything comes with heavy pitting - and worse - from sitting in one of those barns that has space between the vertical siding. The barn roof was good, but the gaps let a lot of weather in, obviously. The snow thrower looks operational, but quite beaten up. I got two engines in the mix, a couple of WH's without engines - they might match up. I will need help ID'ing them later on. Because I squeezed this haul between other more pressing things this weekend, I just got them into the garage and will take a closer look over the next couple of weeks. Have to get my grinder with the wire brush to work. And get into the isavetractors YouTube channel and website.

I was working on my pellet stove today cleaning it to get ready for this heating season. The pellet stove is awesome (Harmon stoves made in Penn. USA). I was trying to remove the ESP probe using a Chinese 1/4 drive extension and the damn thing kept falling off my USA Craftsmen ratchet. I whipped it out in the woods and grabbed a USA made extension and finished the job. Also today I was looking for work boots to replace my Chippewa logger boots model number 20091 NON insulted logger boots that are 6 years old. Guess what Chippewa now discontinued them and have a replacement that are made in CHINA! So........BYE BYE Chippewa boots. I have two older pairs of these boots and loved how they fit and wore like iron. Maybe that's why we love the WH tractors because they were made in the good old USA! I hate Chinese garbage products!!

With winter being right around the corner, it's going to be too cold and dark after work to work on many projects around here, but I know me well enough to know that I would go nuts not being able to tinker on something. So this weekend was spent cleaning out a corner in the basement and setting up a work area. Can't work on large projects down here, but I've got a couple Maytag 92s and a 19 that need to rebuilt, as well as tackling the 8 speed out of Ray's C141. Should keep me occupied and out of the nut house until spring, when I can get back to working on the larger projects outside

Better be careful. The wife let me take over the garage because her Tundra won't fit anyway. Was supposed to be a temporary thing until my shop was set up. That was three years ago...

There is so much that I could say, but I won't because I want to remain a member in good standing here. Let's just hope that the USA comes back to our senses.

So rust is iron oxide, so an iron molecule bonded to an oxygen molecule. Stick the rusty piece in a tub of water with a clean piece of iron, add something to the water to make it a good electrolyte (sodium carbonate is best, sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) is a good second choice) and run an electrical current through it (in the proper direction) and it will forcibly unbond the oxygen on the rusty piece and drag it over to the clean piece. There will be some rust left on the work piece, but it should come off easily by hand. Think quick scrub with steel wool vs a heavy hit with a wire wheel and power grinder. The clean piece of iron you put in to attract the rust is called a "sacrificial anode", it is usually ruined in the process, but I'm hoping that using a flat piece I can clean it up easy and reuse it a few times before it is completely ruined. Some guys I know use old brake rotors, but I didn't have any of those handy. I did have a 10 ft strip of weld plate that I could cut sections off of. In my situation this is preferable to acid washing the corrosion, because an acid soak, like vinegar, can eat the metal away, and keep eating it once the rust is gone. This I can set up, walk away, go to bed, go to work, play with the kids, basically forget about it, and once the rust is a gone to the sacrificial piece the amperage in the system will drop to nearly zero, and the only thing that continues to be negatively impacted is my electric bill. The piece I am cleaning will loose whatever mass is already rust, but will not continue to loose material once the rust is gone.

In my in-laws house, screw from wine press. It was used until about 30 years ago when it was then dismantled to make “ improvements” . It is dated from 1772. It is about 12 feet long. Made from one entire tree. This type of setup dates back from the Romans and was prevalent in this part of country. This is what would look like . Still quite a few around totally intact.

…So I bought a pair! Scored these off FB Marketplace this morning and only 5 miles away from home! Both are 312-8’s with Magnums, one set of wheel weights, two axle brackets, two high back seats with NO RIPS! One has a 36RD and the other a 42RD, both decks are solid. Neither are running but both spin over with compression and the throttle shafts are right so I bet they come to life with little effort.

I once saw a 314-8 speed at the scrap yard. Try as I might, they would not let me take anything already taken as scrap. They had a sales area, but they wouldn't even consider it. The guy kept saying he put a screwdriver into the plug hole on it and it didn't move when he turned the flywheel, so I wouldn't really want it anyway. I didn't have the heart to tell him that the plug was over the valves, not the piston. Tractor was in better shape than half the ones I've brought home. Closest I ever came to stealing something from the scrapyard. Oh well, I'd probably got caught anyway. I love these tractors, but not that much!

I sell buckets...full or empty.

I know we usually like “red” tractors here, so I put my red plow on. anyways, this tractor got me into this whole hobby. Pretty much every rusted old tractor that followed me home can be blamed on this thing here. I got it off a close family friend who bought it new in 68, and only ever used it for plowing. It came from a dealership right around the corner from my house as well. It’s always been well taken care of. I figured it’s about time to service it again so I’m gonna get some 10w30 in its motor for winter time. And maybe toss a new spark plug it’s way. The issue is I can’t find the torque spec for the spark plug anywhere. I know “hand tight” and then “snugged” usually does the trick but I’d like to do it right. Does anyone happen to have the owners manual handy?

If you google E-Tank you will find lots of videos. I use Swimming Pool Ph+ since I can’t find washing soda around my area. It works good. The nice thing about an E-Tank is it will remove rust and if you let it cook longer the remains paint will come off with a nylon bristle brush. While it is somewhat line of site between the anode and part. But I have had a few rusted together pieces free up. I love it when something works while I sleep.

I'm familiar with the electro-chemical reaction happening here, but this is my first attempt at actually using it for this purpose. I'll do a write-up once I have some actual results and I'm confident in my setup. This is supposed to be superior to grinding/wire wheels because those can miss the bottoms of pits, doesn't. Here is a nickel-plated penny I made in 8th grade using the same process.

Just a few cool pics from the Maine Owls Head Truck and Tractor Show July 2021

Off the top, if it is not leaking, I would say just keep an eye on it. Bit of trivia...barbed wire was invented in DeKalb, Illinois...about 20 miles west of Elgin.

Welcome to Red Square. Choke cable stays on left side of engine goes down under blower shroud then up to the bracket then the carb. Throttle goes under exhaust pipe across front of engine (note the clamp holding it to the valve cover)

The only Chinese products that I love and will continue to buy is Kung Pao Chicken with Shrimp Fried Rice and an Egg roll.

Cause we know the definition of quality!!

You bought the wrong filter. Should be a 1410. 1307 is an engine filter. 1410 fluid power filter

China is buying our local lumber, shipping it to china, were they produce stuff, they import back here. Local woodworkshops can't get any wood. China has a diffrent production standard. that's the way they do their stuff. I avoid it as well. If their is a kohler for sale for €500, I will grab that before I will grab a chinese clone for €100

Nothing wrong with that haul! A 1045 is a great find! Most of what I bring home looks way worse!

Gave my 11yo son some seat time today dethatching the lawn. He did such a good job that later I had him do some of the annual field mowing while I shot fleeing field mice with my Crosman SBR. I got a bunch and also saw a hawk dive and get one. https://youtube.com/shorts/rdi3sYvx_s8 https://youtube.com/shorts/z_IH3gvER9w

I just can't help myself sometimes, and I love this blower setup! Everything is in really good condition cosmetically.

I still wear my USA made 40yo Danners on warm days and 30yo 1000gram Rockys on cold days. The Danners have the origonal soles. The rockys were resoled about 15 years ago. These boots have taken me many miles in PeeAaa, Md.,WVa., Montana, Canada, Wales, Austria, Slovenia and Switzerland. Danners Rockys

New horse is getting a lot of attention! 🤣. Husband has had the local pulling club look over got the green light for next year!!! Hopefully it’s not bad to just drive a puller but the kids really like it!!!

Love my Wheel Horses because they led me to this place where I found a home and friends. Randy

I love Coleman stuff, here is some of my nicer lanterns and I have almost as many stoves.

Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. Washing soda is Sodium carbonate. Everything I have read instructs to use "Washing Soda". BTW If you use a large battery charger, and set it at 40 amps, the water will get quite warm.

You can still watch the Rat Patrol if you get the Heroes and Icons channel

Wondered the same thing.

Not the WH per se, but the Speedex. Today we did electrolysis. I set it up last night, but it didn't seem to be working right, checked it after work today, definitely was not working right. My "dumb" charger is apparently smart enough to know when it's not hooked up to a real battery, so I grabbed the 12V out of the kids' PowerWheels and hooked it to the charger, then ran a set of jumper cables to my work piece and anode, and got bubbles right away, and within minutes the water was getting cloudy. I'll check it again in the morning, which will be 12 to 13 hours in the tank. If this works as well as I hope I will probably remove the gear boxes and dump the whole frame in the tub (yes, it will fit in that tub). Also, I am hoping that by using lengths of flat-iron I'll be able to clean and reuse my anodes a few times.

Is that your rig Plunge? Geez and I get hammered for taking a ride on a not even mine JD plow rig! My idea is of easy leaf removal is me handing the missus a rake when her bagger is broke and she sasses me about who her mechanic is!

This has to be one of the most disheartening topics I’ve read on this site. I think I’ll go look at my little red tractors and contemplate how long they might continue to run, forestalling the descent into this post industrial abyss. p.s. Wix filters of all things! Made of Chinesium!?!?! Gaaaah!

He must have got his SS check. he he

He bought everything. I just went along to lend a hand and shoot the breeze.

The backset on 12" D series wheels is deep... 6"

Where in WI are ya? Uncle Jim @WHX?? always says he’s tractor heavy… then he buys three more! Sounds familiar..

Keep an eye on our classified section on this forum. Craig's List, I know there are a few in the Southern part of the state on there. Also Face Book market place, I don't Face Book but people are informing me of listings on there all of the time. Good luck with your search and keep us up to date when you find one.

Sadly over here is basically the same. Country is also now not only flooded with cheap Chinese products, but also flooded with Chinese owned massive stores and warehouses that do not pay any taxes like all the others. Government gave them that incentive years back and now they are an actual epidemic here. Of course the ruse of inexpensive products which is really like a drug addiction has everyone hooked on it. Now that they are beginning to realize how crappy the products are, it us too late. Damage is done.

I almost always buy WIX filters... They have been great all around from what I've seen over the years. Bought a 51307 today for my FILs Charger hydrogear. It was very hard to put it on because the threads weren't exactly right. Pulled the box from the trash to double check the number, and it clearly says MADE IN CHINA. Guess I gotta find another brand...

The guy who used to own it made some homemade solid lead weights for plowing. At this point I just leave them on all year round. 80lbs a piece is too much to be taking on and off constantly. And the nice “regal red” paint goes nicely with the patina. The thing that surprises me the most though about these bolens is they feel so much heftier than all the wheel horses I’ve tinkered with. The horses are far easier to work on, but I feel like the 1050 would pull a wheel horse around like nothing.

Aside of being tough, versatile and easy to work on.......the color RED! They are so sharp when cleaned up!

Has anyone seen the movie secondhand Lion??? “There was this one traveling salesman!!!” 🤣😂. So with that said we now have a new addition to the herd!!!! Everybody’s excited about next year getting to pull it!!!

Vine well over 100 years old still producing grapes. I remember as a child being told by my grandfather that his father already had told him it was there when he was a child. The only one left like that. This tree of the palm family was crucial to the vineyard maintenance. The leaves were split into thin “strings” and used to tie vines during pruning time. There was no string available to purchase so one had to be resourceful. It’s actually incredibly strong and resistant to rot.

Went to the old homestead. The new chestnut grove is growing fast , soon it will need to be thinned. Grapes have already been harvested and new wine is fermenting. The new walnut trees also already producing great sweet tasting walnuts.

Can’t paint it, Rylee’s not done plowing yet!