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This will be almost as fun as a tractor! Thanks to my wife for a great Christmas present!

We lost @JimD a few years ago. He could always find weird and wonderful photos that just needed the right caption. In memory Of JimD, CAPTION THIS AND FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR OWN PHOTOS THAT NEED A CAPTION.

Another Christmas train ride in the books…

Both sides of the 500 Special I brought back to life. The little Lawn Ranger and the 857. All gone but not forgotten.

Update: Kidney is functioning well and lab work shows all the numbers are moving the right direction. Produced 2 liters yesterday. Hopefully tomorrow's review will be good as well. Jay

BEFORE After Merry Christmas

With the fenders almost all welded I figure it was time to start on the hood. The headlights should be here the first of the week. So by then I'm thinking the front should get finished.

Horse feathers!

I didn't mind the initial post or the tangents. In reference to the initial topic, though, language (spoken and written) is very important to me. A person's choice of words tells me a lot about what s/he thinks and how clearly they can convey information. Care in writing and speaking is a sign that the writer or speaker respects the listener, and expects the same in return. Does a speaker/writer pay attention to what words their listener might find objectionable or is it "all about me" when s/he speaks? Casual use of homonyms to "mask" profanity is, to me at least, a sign that the speaker is fully aware of their tactics but lacks the vocabulary or the interest to be better spoken.

Back to the original intent of the post. I was attending my 11 year old grandson's championship soccer game back in October. These were 5th & 6th graders. There were more f-words being thrown around on the field, and I don't mean "fricking". I'm not sure why the officials allowed it. I'm not a prude either, but I am disgusted by what language has devolved to in today's society. Not only was the language on the field, but some parents were guilty as well. I never used the f-word around my children, and now that they are grown, they don't use it around me. You hear it in movies, TV shows, and in music. My neice who is a nurse can't talk or type on Facebook without using it. I can't accept it as being the new normal. There is nothing normal about it. My 2 cents worth.

Thank you @Lee1977 . On my weekend project I was using a stripped down 8 speed tractor for mock up. Tossed an eaton on a stalled out project instead. You saved me from a mistake. Melted this Into this. Please excuse the mess. made up a quick filter mount.

This “solo stove” will be with me at the 2022 big show!!

Not quite sure just what it is, but Happy Boxing Day to our friends of the north.

Looks like a plow adapter for a Brinly moldboard to work with a WH slot hitch.

Just need some time at work to finish the fabrication of the bucket to get in back working… then I’ll work on the rest at a later date

Those aren't really his legs ??

The Beach Boys sang it best - "To get the traction I'm ridin' the clutch My pressure plate's burnin' that machine's too much"

WANTED - I am looking for a deck for this. Contact: Big Daddy "Ed Roth"

It’s good that old 953 could take your mind off things for at least a few minutes. Looking forward to seeing your wife driving it

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! Lol hope it was a great family time and the reason for the season was remembered!

One of the gifts that my wife gave me was this awesome ornament for the tree. One request from her for Christmas was some thing that I made. So I threw together this bird feeder for her. Hope you all had a great Christmas.

Finally I have come up with something for a grille insert.

@)#($+&-_@$$. Us and meeces. Constantly at war. IIFF the ground wire won't contact anything and shut the tractor down at the wrong time it really won't hurt anything. Mice are extremely fickle about what they like or don't. Search this site and Google and you'll find dozens of helpful things that may or may not rid your area of the no good rotten sonova........

Do not apologize for the way you feel about this. Your feelings on this are not unique to you. Your specific complaint may not seem "severe" enough for some but it is legitimate and a sign of worst things to come in the horizon. You have the right to not want your grandchildren exposed to that language. We speak here also about will power and stopping addictions such as to tobacco by using just that. We also compare it to heroin addiction. Most of us that do not have one or the other really have no idea what we are talking about. I have never been addicted to anything in my life with the exception of cake. Although I have never spoken about it here before my life has however been affected by tobacco addiction which is really inconsequential compared to the other addiction which affects my life. Heroin addiction by someone very close and dear to me. Comparing the reactions to quitting attempts on the two is really with all due respect a bit ignorant. Knowing the two on a very personal basis has given me a rather deep understanding on the struggles of stopping either.Our society and systems are not conducive to it. Promoting will power for it although with good intentions, it is a bit naive. Lots of forces not under our control at work here.

Was fortunate to see that at the Big Show. What ever happened to Horsefeathers...

We be a hardy bunch and appreciate the shout out. If it weren't for the covid crap I think alot of us would be south of the border enjoying the hospitality, and shopping for some elusive wh part. Hoping you all had a merry Christmas and a happy new year to come. Amen to the horse 🐎 🙏

Doing much better. May actually go out and start up all the “kids” today.

I know next to nothing about stators and how to rebuild them, but I did check out the video that @Gregor just posted... Turns out, Norman at iSaveTractors also has a nice tech article to go along with his video: Engine Science: Rewind Your Small Tractor Engine Stator - Charging System Repair - iSaveTractors

"To the back yard, AND BEYOND!"

Wanted. Super hi lift mower deck for rare gasser model.

I hope your wife is doing ok and everything is good.

I didn't put them on to make the spindle stronger. I had a front wheel that would not hold the bearing a it destroyed the spindle. This was long before Redsquare, used Wheel Horse parts were nonexistent. The trailer spindles ,hubs; wheels and tires cost me less then new WH spindle, wheel. I for got to say the front tires would not hold air, so that fixed all three. The only thing every mounted on the front is a mule drive. I went with the heavy spindles for ease of installation. I sawed of the back of the trailer spindle drilled a 3/4" hole in it cut some off the WH spindle slid it on and welded it. That was 33 years ago the only thing I have done to them is tighten one nut to the next slot.

While I have been at the hospital with my wife USPS has been dropping packages in my mail box. The parts above the cable is for other tractors. Needle bearings for front wheels. I also have new bearings, races and seals for the 953 not pictured.

I think kids are well versed in much “nastier” words than fricking nowadays. But…the use of that word got your attention, got a discussion going on a tractor forum about the difficulties of quitting and AND got a few of you talking about the quitting process that worked (or didn’t) for them. And if if gets just one of my Wheel Horse brothers to quit a nasty life threatening habit I’d say it might just be a successful TV ad!

My dad smoked. I hated it. Eventually what lead to his death. Never had the desire. I did smoke a clutch in my buick. Smelled worse than cigarettes

A lot of cleaning, painting, wiring, flushing, lubing, replacing worn out fastners, battery, fuel shutoff and lines, front wheel bearings, hardware and armrests recovered with leather when a new addition to the herd shows up. All worth it when the time comes to throw a leg over it and get some seat time. In the Spring carb and starter need attention and should be ready for the 4th annual Meet & Greet in September 2022. When the next owner comes along it will probably need nothing but love, that which it deserves.

Hi guys and gals, Unfortunately for this forum my next project isn’t a horse. It’s a Cub. I bought a basket case 61’ original last year for 80 bucks. I’ve been accumulating some parts for months now, like the original oil bath air cleaner. Time to dig in, and I’ll post all updates here. Might be slow cause I’m also working on my 64’ C10.

No pictures of no snow? It was 60 degrees here yesterday.

Dan's boards Mike.... he has got some Kohler shakes it decals at the bottom now tho. He made them himself in his usual anal fashion! These are Terry's boards .... he is a class A 'holer so you don't want to mess with him but sure is fun trying to beat him. He's got them lighted up big time for night tossing and really cool graphics.

Item 19 in the manual for AC-7 cultivator

Normans video explain it very good how to do it. you just have to take care you cleaned the stator before first winding as smooth as you can. A smoothened cover with a clear foil like tesa or similar prevents any shorts after you made your Windings. The counts of Winding and the thickness of the wire is depending on how many current or better how many Power you can get from your new stator. Depending on the clean Work and your patience while rewinding, it results in a better performing Coil. there is no witchcraft, simply a doing. good Luck.

Long story short, none of this cost me more than 50 dollars or free each. Some people.... Cub 682 sitting 15 years with original KT17 parked because deck was shot. Free. John Deere 575 skid steer sitting 5 years since starter died. Starter is fine, ground wire broken. Free. Ingersoll 4018 sitting 3 years. Never used for mowing and pulled a garden trailer. 343 original hours. Was told motor threw a rod but was completely full of oil about 8 quarts. Free. Cub 108 failed project in progress. New points, coil, condenser and carb it wouldn't run. Guy didn't know how to time. Free. Troybilt Horse sat 2 years. Coil fell onto flywheel and shroud beaten with a hammer thinking it would fix it. Installed new solid state coil and blower cover. 10 dollars. Wheel Horse Auto 12 sitting 25 years outside but motor covered, not running yet but working on it slowly. Can't believe why something can be diagnosed and repaired easily is discarded so quickly. Not bad being a garbage man

Yeah. I’ve used tomkat place packs for years now. Today I switched to tomkat oat and seed bait. They’d probably like the more natural based poisons🤔

Getting close to the infamous 'brown note' !

While walking the dog yesterday on the Fred Meijer trial, I ran across an older couple collecting firewood. They had an 8N, with a Furgison 3 point scoop bucket. He was driving, she was standing in the bucket. I walked past them while they were cutting and loading. I mentioned that riding two up on that rig was frowned upon by OSHA. She replied that riding the empty buck was easy - it gets tricky riding on top of a load of logs.

I think it depends on the time period! While growing up in my family's equipment business in Vermont in the '60s we started out selling Jacobsen Chief tractors and back then 12hp was as big as they got. There was a lot of 7, 8 and 10hp tractors sold back then. Later on we gave up Jacobsen and had Ariens tractors (after they bought from New Holland), and W/H and the C-125 was the most popular one we sold. We only sold a very few D series, because most folks favored the Ariens GT over the D. The C-85 was an amazing unit and that's one of the ones I still have, it's incredible all the work that little machine has done. Back in the early '80s the C series was basically the same tractor, except the engine, so even the smaller 8 and 10s had the same transmission and such. The 10hp ones just seemed in between, but for most folks the 12 was just right. As we know things have escalated and I'm pretty sure it would be hard to find a tractor under 20hp today. So I think the 12hp or maybe the 14hp may have been the best overall tractors, 16hp seemed over kill for most jobs. This would be before 300, 400 and 500 series were introduced! C-85

I can't speak to that... yet... because I'm still taking Nicotine in the form of the Nicoderm patch. Step 1 is 21 mg / day, 2 weeks / Step 2 is 14 mg / day, 2 weeks / Step 3 is 7 mg / day, 2 weeks. I'm on my SECOND box of Step 3 right now because when the first one was finished, I wanted a smoke so bad... hopefully another 2 weeks will do it. I know at some point I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and JUST DO IT ! The PHYSICAL reaction to quitting Nicotine isn't nearly as bad as that with heroin though... and I'm speaking from OBSERVATION, NOT personal experience! Whatever the hold that nicotine has on someone just doesn't make any logical sense... it's not like nicotine gets you high, you don't actually FEEL anything! So why does your brain crave it so? And,,,, it's NOT FRICKIN HARD! You just need to make up your mind to do it! All it takes is WILL POWER! How is having will power FRICKIN' HARD ? (I say this as I'm pondering an excuse to the Treasurer for me to go out and sneak to the convenience store and buy a pack... yeah, it's FRICKIN' HARD! ) This makes "Honey, I gotta hit Tractor Supply, be back in a bit!" plausible...