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Happy Sunday Wheel Horse Freaks!!! So... saw a C111 on FB... the Briggs piques my interest. Well it's seriously a parts machine / would need one of everything to fix. But... it has a headlight assembly that my other C111 is missing. Plus some other trinkets... Gave $40 and am hauling it home Off to work now Tony

Happy Birthday, to the best site on the web! Thanks @admin for doing what you do!

Not that iam much looking forward to snow! But I also like to be prepared!!! The 670 predator did great all summer with the mower so iam sure it will handle the snow also!!!

Haven't posted much lately, been pretty busy. But I found time to rustle up this one. 522xi low hours, was grandma's mower, but it drains battery when sitting. Best part no lights were flashing behind me

Got the current herd to line up for a picture. A M12, M16 and a KT17 bounded to a 4 speed, 8speed and a Sundstrand hydro

I'm ready, got 3 pair of Wrangler jeans, at least 4 long sleeves T shirt and a Carhart Chore coat. The tractors stay in the shed.

Wow, it’s so hard to believe that the Karl & Mike forum turned 15 today. It’s been an amazing ride, from the early days where there were really just 2 of us, to today where there’s thousands who enjoy the site on a regular basis. The credit for the sites success belongs to all of you, the best forum members on the planet! You all make RedSquare what it is, and thank you for sharing 15 years of horse talk! Happy Birthday Trivia question for this year. Cecil Pond was aware of RedSquare, but was he a member?

And snow it begins. Don't worry gang, this tractor only spent the night outside. It's under a roof now.

Because I was tired of feeling under the tank for the gas shut off valve on my 867, I decided to do something about it. I replaced the old valve/tank filter with a inline filter that has a 1/8" NPT on one end and a 1/4" hose barb on the other and screwed that directly into the bottom of the tank. Then I bought a 1/4 turn valve with 1/4" hose barbs and installed it on the dash tower in plain sight. Finally, i removed the questionable fuel pump, made a nice 1/8" thick aluminum cover to replace the pump and ran the new gas line directly from the new 1/4 turn valve into the carb. Now , I'm happy to say, the engine starts immediately each and everytime. PS: I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I hope this picture doesn't disappears after a few days like my other ones do.

50 years in the back of a bowling center. Several $$$$$$$$$ in hearing aids, and I can hear everything I want to, and some things I don't.

No, just gravity. Nice and simple. It would probably stop running if I let the tank get down to 1/4 full, so I don't.

Many thanks to all involved, Admin, Mods and members for helping Red Square attain 15 years of age. Hears to another 15.

Looks like a gangster flanked by a couple hit men! Needs a caption "We mean business!"

Finally got the seat on. I had to modify an old 520-H seat plate to make the seat flip up. Basically I just mounted it upside down. I had to fab a support for the pivot bolts as low as possible, but it works great. This was the only way to fully raise the fender pan with the blower mounted. Didn't get to take it home today. Gonna try again tomorrow. All that is left is the last of the wiring.

Other than tires, it's original.

I’m in the middle of a 1984 Work Horse GT-1600 Refresh right now…

I used 1/4" all thread to make j- bolts and used #9 galvanized wire and made loops on the end for the j bolts. Cost <$2

Batteries have a raised plastic ridge by the terminals to prevent this. Have several WHs with rods or a piece of steel plate never had an issue...

It is for a leaf collection system that uses the PTO.

Wow! Thanks for posting it Kevin, completely slipped my mind. 15 years and still going strong…who woulda thunk it

I got a new 48 plow. can’t wait to plow!!

You can with a 12" adjustable. I also have a 15" adjustable if the 12 is not enough.

Ok..ok….I’ll get pictures tomorrow. 👍😂

I second the motion... Don

I don't understand why that's important? Agree on the tighten loosen sequence. It's dang near impossible to get 25 ft lb out of an open end wrench unless you're Popeye!

Got the snow blade mounted on the 418-A today before being called on an unexpected work trip to L.A.

So we need to link our account to Facebunk, well that ain't gonna happen.

Later models had a piece of angle welded to the hold down bar that held the front of the battery. Here is some information.

Welcome to RedSquare!!! Hub brakes on a C-121? This isn't a 121 and not stock but, this one has hub brakes.

Yes I did! It bolted right on with no modifications.

Luckily no snow here yet...

Also here are some pictures of the 854.

We're as ready as ever. 3 snow shovels. Roof rake. Car top snow pusherer. 4 plow blades ranging from 42" to 61" width. One nice, near new Ariens commercial grade walk behind snowblower. Bring it.

I was mistaken, the bearing I needed was the 1518 not the 1531 I didn’t notice until I got it that the 1531 has a cap and was slightly taller. I misunderstood the spreadsheet with the bearing numbers, I thought the in end input bearing meant it was the inboard bearing for the input shaft since the axle bearings are also labeled in end and out end… turns out that’s the one I needed, unfortunately that’s gonna be another week. Live and learn I guess, on the bright side the actual on I need is like $3 cheaper.

@Mustang67ford Also just occurred to me... When you drain the transmission be sure to raise the front of the tractor as much as safely possible to get the fluid over the internal center hump.

Here's chart's that sort of shows what i was trying to say.

Thanks to everyone that keeps this site going.

Tony: Worth that just for the 8 speed and rear wheels. Bill

The Raider name was used from '68 - '74 '68 and '69 would have the earlier square hood. I would date this tractor as a '70 - '74 I'm going to guess that it doesn't run right now, seeing that the carb is not on it. Turn the engine over by hand to see if it is free and feel for compression. Use your findings for bargaining. Either way at $200 that tractor would be coming home with me.

With blade deck and weights its worth 200 even if doesn't run right now.

Early picking

Make sure reservoir is full. Just operate all of the hydraulics and the air will be expelled when the return oil reaches the reservoir. I would drive it first to get any air out of the trans before doing anything else. Re fill the reservoir often to replace the oil that displaced the air. Air in the circuit will make things feel " spongy " because air compresses. Continue to operate the system to expel all of the air if that's the condition. Hot oil releases the air quicker because it's not as thick of a viscosity so run it until it's all warmed up.

now don't be giving people any bad ideas, we can tend to come up with those on our own

I see what ya did there.

Got a new seat installed on the 418-A. Just kidding! Here's the new seat. Very nice quality.

Ill second that for the most part. We run quiet mufflers so I don't use ear protection while just driving the tractors but I do for many other machines or tools.