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I have been buying these hex head plastic covers for years from the company! They look great, protect from rust, dirt and grease. They come in different sizes and colors. Adds some bling but real protection to the tractors. A couple photos from my B-80 with ten year old chrome look plastic pro-dec covers. Link to the company website: http://www.pro-dec.com

Picked this up at an estate sale today for 20 bucks. Looks like it just rolled out of the showroom. I have owed one of these before and I must say Gilson must have had a really good paint department because of the two I have seen the paint holds up great for the years. Although this one looks great it needs big help. First of all the inside of the gas tank is the worst I have ever seen. Not sure it could be saved. Second it is missing the throttle speed adjustment lever. We'll it's not really a lever. If you are familiar with these it's a knob that sticks straight up from the top of the engine. Pull up for full throttle, push down for idle. 5hp Briggs engine. Carb mounts to the tank. If anyone has a source for replacement parts let me know. I would like to get it running again. Does start with starting fluid. Thanks

If you make it into a mini-trailer with a pivot at the hitch and a couple of inflatable tire caster at the back it should be stable and follow you where ever you go, easy to back up too. Something like this;

@Ed Kennell I was pushing trees around today with the Cat D4 28X dozer

Sophi giving her approval on my Raider after I prepped it for its first plow day. Ready to go for a ride.

I could use that on all the leaves in my yard.

So I was outside enjoying a beautiful day here in Western New York. Had two of my favorites out with me. Jeffrey and Forsaken. Jeffrey stopped biting the tires long enough for me to snap a picture. He HAS to bite the tires of whatever rolls out of the garage. Lawn mower, snowblower, trailer, tractor.... if it has tires and rolls he bites them. Anyone else have a dog who does that ? Let's see your photos of your dogs with your Wheel Horse.

with a lawn sweeper being effectively a short trailer, they are difficult to back up. I know what you mean about oak trees randomly dropping leaves. The majority of my trees are oaks - a mix of red oak and white oak. Yup, the different types drop leaves at different times. Some of the trees hang onto some leaves all winter.

Ok so I found another one I'm probably going to go pick up this weekend. Is this one also a Suburban?

She just ain't right then ... you can tell her I said that ... far enough away she won't pummel me...

Another picture of the 86 K-20 back in 1999 when I had to put this truck to work for 3 years as a result of an accident with my 88 R-30 chassis cab with utility / panel body. This is a Reading space cap all steel made in Reading P.A. this is one of 3 new truck bodies from them. Very satisfied with their products, 2 steel and 1 aluminum. Was able to sell this cap and recoup a nice amount for it and put that towards the aluminum panel body for the 2002 Chevy K-3500 dual wheel chassis cab.

@JCM is the supplier of Peanut M&Ms too!!

Have to... Jeff's got the camp stove... I'll bring my chickens and turkeys so we have fresh eggs, Jeff! Jim's the moderator... he'll make sure that proper techniques are followed in 'priming the system' (i.e. violating the horse) after the engine swap... Don

Remember to pull @Jeff-C175 and @SylvanLakeWH with you

So the guy offered to sell me.this one for $500...plus an additional engine and a rusty mower deck that looks pretty rough...is that a decent asking price?

I cut up many small trees and shrubs with my sawall and a pruning blade. Very effective.

It's in there sir.

I don't use electrical tape for anything because that stuff degrades into a sticky freaking mess (I get this is spray), EXCEPT for wires that I don't want to touch with a wire cap, like home wiring. If you want to displace water I use WD-40 (water displacement recipe #40) If you want to keep it clean and water repellant, maybe silicone spray If you want to keep it from rusting, get some Clenzoil made right here in Dade City, FL. I spray/wipe it on anything I don't want to rust /corrode which is most everything in humid FL.

I have restored a few tractors over the years and was using the Miller's Tire Paint initially. It worked great and was a good product. However, with the coordination of a few fellow forum members and doing some sniffing and testing, we have found that diluted black latex paint does the same thing for a much cheaper price. Not banging tire paint specific products, they work. I'm just suggesting you can do it cheaper with possibly the same results I will let you know because I'm getting ready to do the tire on this . . .

Cut down and dug out a huge yuca type plant. I should have taken a picture before I started. You can see all the tops lined up behind the dirt pile. My C160 helped dig the hole and break off the soft roots. The root pile next to the dozer blade is about 1/3 of them. The rest are already in the trash can. Took all morning to get it the mass of dried spiny leaves around the trunks was hell to cut with the chain saw. They kept getting pulled into the drive gear area and bogging down the saw.

Spent the majority of the afternoon today on Morgan, the 14-8, in third gear at 3/4 throttle towing the lawn sweeper around. Good day for the activity. Good breeze, dry leaves - a combination that worked almost too well. Anyhow, it looks like about 90% of the leaves in the 40 or so trees on our property are down and disposed of. That lawn sweeper is getting really loose. Think I'll buy a new one before next fall so I don't get caught with a broken, unrepairable sweeper when I also have a leaf covered lawn.

Yes, we 'Muricans have long "axles".

No tire bitten, but she appears in just about all the pictures.

Today I took my plow apart for my 604 and my dad helped me set up an e/tank.We are hoping to get it painted while it’s still warm out and put it on.

After repainting the tractor over the summer myself I decided to redo the blade too , came out not that bad , I have wheel horse 55 plastic rear weights I have on now and chains I don’t have on yet , engine blew pulling trees and I redid it had people say I’m a “self proclaimed expert” , I didn’t go to tech school for small engine but I did for automotive technology and I sure am a Jack of all trades and do know what I’m doing if I don’t I’ll find a way to make it work , to those who think people who know nothing can’t rebuild a engine or redo a tractor like how I have been doubted in the past , I started this tractor before tech school and before any experience this is my experience shown in a picture of my first and best , it takes common sense to know how to rebuild a engine and redo a wheel horse , over the summer I never torn down a tractor to nothing I did in 2 hours and put it back in 3 no manual and it’s just fine , engine blew and I redid it no manual only torque spec sheet , and I’ll tell you it runs better than ever and to all those saying the motor was junk , or I don’t know how to rebuild it , I don’t know what I’m talking about , or what it’s called , I damn well don’t know what it’s called but I sure as hell know what it does and that’s what matters and I rebuilt that I engine in 2 days 3 hours per day and it came out just fine , to all who doubt this is the masterpiece someone who is a “self proclaimed expert” can do from not knowing **** at the beginning I know more than anyone in my Town when it comes to small engines I’m the person everyone calls and I can diagnose and fix anything without buying new or hiring someone to do my ****. ~Proudly

Life is no fun without MORE POWER!

Might havta call dibs on that 953 Sparky...

Best you can do is plane the head so it's straight.

Leakage at that side of the block is common with all the heat from the exhaust valve. Combustion gases eat away at the deck surface.

Thank you Steve. I'll pickup a meter this weekend and get to work. I appreciate your feedback

Here's some new info for you - to REALLY drive me crazy. Went out, turned the key - she fired right up and then I pulled up on the PTO switch and it kicked in right away and ran for close to an hour, mulching leaves. I didn't want to press my luck, so I waited until I was all done, I shut the PTO switch off, waited a few minutes and then turned it back on and it worked! There's a gremlin in this thing and I need it to be more consistent because I use it to snowblow the driveway. I'm going to need it when I need it. Thx in advance!

Is / are the one / ones that are in your stable, as long as they're red.

Thank-you. Those of us who have been on the forum for a while have learned to keep our 'favorite' tractor thoughts to ourselves. Most of us own 40 year old tractors... some of use such as myself have 50-60 year old tractors... and it became apparent in the past on the forum that unnecessary and silly arguments can occur over 'what was the best tractor ever made.' We ALL have the best tractors ever made... and if I never have an RJ in my possession... I won't feel less fortunate... Don

Electrical tape in the good old days would stick and stay put. I suppose a few California lab rats licked the good glue and later developed a problem they probably would have had anyway so as a result we can't have tape that works.

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but how about the Big Show dates

Starter fit perfect. With the new fuse block and battery it started right up and runs WAY better. Thanks again, We are having unusually warm weather so I like to cut the grass close before (to minimize snow mold) the winter and I overseeded some bad areas as well. Brian

Wonderful gift from China...Emerald Ash Borer. There are a few trees I can cut myself like this one, but, I am hiring a tree service to lay down several more. There will be lots of cutting up and hauling away work for the 310-8 and the L-107. Provably some heavy lifting with the D200 FEL. Yesterday was the start.

Think i've said it before but man does that fender tire combo looks good! Reminds me of the big 'wheatland' tractors.

For future reference to cutting anything around dirt like that... Use a sawzall with a super coarse blade. Works like a charm. We've done a LOT of root removal here with all the land clearing. There are blades with reinforced teeth on a 4 to 6 TPI count and varying lengths. Extremely handy.

Muscle power helped!

It's official we have a celebrity in our midst... Haven't even read the article yet @tractorchick & @Achto but promise I will and not in the throne room...

It’s good seeing kids my age interested in old stuff like this most kids my age don’t care about this stuff and don’t appreciate it I love seeing kids into this stuff others would call junk. Kollin

Doing some yard/farm cleanup. Mother Nature has been trying to take over the barns and I’m taking them back. The dog house has been a catch all for too many years. I bet the dog’s been gone for 10 or so? It was just harboring mice…

Got some motor assembly done! Looks pretty sweet!

Hey everyone! I got my painting done today. Have been waiting for a warm enough day but today was perfect. I was pretty happy with the paint. Now to let it cure for a week and put 'er back together with decals and such. All the prep work paid off. I used Toro red from toro. The paint is older than I am lol. Also a perfect project to test out the new paint booth and 3M paint gun.