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Just picked up an 856 from a landscaping supply company in South Bend. This little guy had been purchased new in ‘66 and tended the same plot of land from them until the early 2000’s. It’s been worked harder than most and is definitely rougher than I had hoped but I’m really excited to get to work. At some point the original Kohler failed and was replaced with a Magnum, not sure how many hours on the new engine. I talked to the guy at the family owned landscape company and he said they used it to cultivate the fields.

Ive never really liked using an abrasive wheel chop saw for metal stock. Gets the job done, but really makes a mess of things. So whenever possible I would use one of my portable bandsaws I keep in the work truck (pipefitter) Had been trying to get my woodworking bandsaw to function as a metal cutting saw, but couldn’t find a blade that would really work at those speeds. Anyways, stumbled on a market place listing for 75 bucks for a purpose built metal cutting band saw. Was a little rough on the eyeballs, but it cleaned up well, and I decided to try Krylon Fusion paint, as the Rustoleum has really gotten expensive. The paint went on well and dried really fast. Not Sure how durable it is, but should certainly work for its purpose. So far, happy with it. The angle Iron cart it came with was a complete surprise bonus. The casters alone are probably worth 50 bucks.

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Morning All... On way home from @JCM and @Raven (Jim and Patty) meet and greet we got poured on. Well the tractors where all wet this morning... decided it could walk itself to its stall. Thanks Jim and Patty... great place and good time / company. Tony 20230910_084104.mp4 20230909_115632.mp4

We planned to spend our 60th wedding anniversary in Hawaii, but plans change. Spent the big day at OSS Hospital getting an MRI on Mrs. Ks ailing back. She had L3,4, and 5 fused in 2017 and is now struggling with some pain. Sept. 8 1963 2023

Boy did you find the right place! In the classified section go into the Vendors area and take a look at what Vinyl Guy has to offer. I already know without checking that he can hook you up. https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/forum/50-vinylguy/

Little fall trimming going on today.

I’m a 69 year old retired auto technician trying to restore a 1977 c120 auto & I need help finding all the decals needed to do it. Got any tips?

Friday at about 5PM ordered a 6 feet bronze bar from McMaster Carr. Immediate confirmation and delivery scheduled for Monday. Get home today and BAM, there it is less than 12 hours later and on Saturday.

Ray, section 5, article 6B in the Red Square Rule Book requires pictures to be posted of any/all restorations for proper restoration advice!!! Just kidding, but we do love us some pictures!!

Thought I better cover the knives on this sickle before I take it to a show.

Nice find. A true time saver as you can basically set it and forget it and go do other stuff while she's cutting. Especially nice for bigger thicker material and or many pieces. There's little adjustments of the rollers to get the blade to cut straight and true but once set up, it's nice to have everything cut square. Run some practice pieces for a long cut, maybe 4-6 inches or so and make adjustments as necessary until that cut line is square the entire length. I prefer using a variable-pitch blade and a higher TPI blade for thinner sheet metal stuff

After a great meet/greet up at @JCM Jim’s in Maine yesterday it’s time to get the mud and crud off the two rigs that cruised the trails. My new Stihl electric pressure washer to the rescue

handy dandy. got one on the cheap too. has cut a lot of metal. and sometimes use it in the upright position. I have both 18T and 24T but use the 18T more just got to be careful on thin stuff. ditched the Harbor Fright blades and I spend more on the Olson Hard Back

HOORAY FOR ME.... I WON. Finally, I was rewarded with a SIMPLE solution to the K341 engine rev issue: The Clamp on the Governor arm was NOT tightened to the Gov Rod...just loosely fit by P.O. Reset the Gov arm as per 'INEEDANOTHER' above, clamped it tight in position and PRESTO...no more over-rev. YEAHHHHH. Thanx y'all...

Well with summer coming to an end, I’ve really been putting more thought into tinkering with the 1975 C-160 I acquired probably a year or more ago. My shop is a little cluttered from past projects so I decided to tidy up a bit. Got started trying to straighten up and the Shop-Vac on/ off switch broke. Of course I HAD TO take it apart and mess with it. The switch itself seemed to toggle back and forth just fine between on and off. But, the green and red buttons on top that work that switch just wouldn’t cooperate. Then I thought “heck with it”. I did not want to order a switch and then the green and red buttons not cooperate with the new switch. I’m just gonna get a new shop vac. But, it has a perfectly good cord on it and my Skil Saw is needing a cord. I decided to put the Shop Vac cord on the Skil Saw. I knew I was getting into tricky stuff, trying to take a Skil Saw apart and wire in a new cord, but I got it done. When I got the handle apart I found a warning label which I would not heed anyways. I didn’t know I had to take the brushes out to change a cord !😆 IMG_3057.mov

I’ll have to do that, add the drain tap for the gear box. I’ll look into that once I get the shop back in order. Been rearranging stuff ever since I decided I wanted another work bench. That turned into a total reorganization of the shop. Wasn’t planning on spending a good chunk of the day cleaning and repainting the band saw, but I had to do something while waited between finish coats on the new workbench.

Nice score. I have the HFT version, works great ONCE YOU GET IT TO TRACK PROPERLY in both horizontal and vertical positions. I did two mods right when I got it - drilled & tapped the gearbox for a drain - 1/8 NPT short nipple & cap. The "as shipped" lubricant needs to be drained and replaced with 400 weight gear oil, to protect the worm gear. The stability of the shelf you for vertical use was totally inadequate as supplied. Modified to add the necessary rigidity. I completely agree with @wallfish about the premium variable pitch sawblade - cuts better, straighter and is somewhat self cleaning. FYI - I could NOT get the tracking correct using the as supplied cheapo carbon steel sawblade. Switched to the variable pitch - no issues..... I purposely did not mount it on a dolly - my celler floor is far from level and I don't need to chase it.

I get a call a day before Thanksgiving. School has a critical air handler that blew it's belts off. Takes 5 of one size. 3VX530. They have another unit the same model, same age ect. They want the belts replaced on that too plus enough spares for both. So where do I get 20 of these belts? I don't want Grainger's Dayton crap. I call McMaster. " We got 63 of them and they are Gates brand". I tell him I have to have them by Fri. AM as the school is closed. I have keys to get in and can shut everything down without causing a ruckus. He says they have the UPS truck there and they are all ready being pulled for loading in the truck. Fri after T giving. No Belts. Call MMC and they say yes the belts left but the Nor'Easter forced UPS to pull their trucks off the road. Only time I never got what I ordered in 2 days. We had an old guy at work that always got names and phrases mixed up. Instead of saying "opening a Pandora's box " he'd say "opening a pan of boxes" or he would say "She smokes like a fish!" He would call MMC "Master McCarr"

Had the man fill up my jug with nonE.

You can use a motorcycle battery there. Trina had to do that in her Military Tribute Tractor when she had the larger sized Tecumseh engine. It's an easy adaptation. If there was a way to ship the battery you'd be welcome to it but I can certainly get the numbers from it for you. This is super cool. One owner machines are uncommon whether residential or commercial. I'll be looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

Has not been started in over 10 years. Changed fuel line and installed battery and she fire off! IMG_1189.mov

You're on it. Redsquare. If it was built ... there's a pic of it here. Good bet is to search by model number.

Found this neat pile of steel on @Sparky's truck. I figured it would make a great front weight for something. 12" x 4" x 4" Totals out about 52+ lbs.

We worked on the erosion control project for a bit this afternoon. Got some more sand and stone moved. We're some past the halfway point now.

welcome aboard! I have only been here a short while myself and I'm here to tell ya this is the best forum on the internet!!

Definitely @Vinylguy… He makes excellent quality decals, can do custom work, and is absolutely a great man to do business with ! Top notch ! to !

Seconded. @Vinylguy Terry is the man. And

This one is branded Buffalo. Think HF cloned this type, or whatever this is a clone of. Ive seen them branded as shop fox, grizzly, HF, cal tool, Wen, etc. HF doesn’t originate anything. They only reverse engineer other stuff thats on the market. This one is made in Taiwan, but its 20 years old and still holding up fine. Ive seen these Taiwan jobs that are 40 years old, same design.

@Heatingman we used to have SIMALAR , PORTA BAND SAWS IN ALL OUR SHOPS , always making up metal , brackets / fittings , like a third arm , don't force it let the saw blade find its happy place , safety glasses , etc. , background horse looks good Pete

Pretty much the same…although I did take a long drive on my 315-8 thru the Maine woods as well

Yes I am extremely familiar with it since I used to personally pick up items from there during my travels . They are 65 miles away. I have however ordered items from vendors much closer to me than they are and never once I have received the items in this time frame. Ordered on a Friday right at closing time. Order fulfilled and shipped same day. Granted that they have the UPS trucks parked on all of their docks all day. One gets full another one replaces it immediately. Any other vendor would also be charging overnight and or Saturday delivery charges. Those alone for this oversized item would be in the hundreds of dollars. $27.95 shipping.

I ask McMaster how they could deliver so quick sometime. They told me some of their warehouses have UPS depots inside. off the shelf and on the truck. Plus I have to add no junk, mostly US made items.

I've made a free DOWNLOAD file named UPGRADE.pdf. It'll show you what to do to 'upgrade' the Electro 12 to accept the 'Tach-o-Matic implements.... with ease. This method eliminates the awkward SIDE belt drive... changing that to FRONT belt drive as is used from 1973 and newer model tractors. With this, most ANY mower deck can be used. This pic is a Raider 10 with the UPGRADE...from a few years ago. MULE DRIVE UPGRADE.pdf

Put the rear hitch and seat on tonight now just some little love adjustment to the old 753 little bit closer

I fabbed up a piece of aluminum flashing and riveted a washer on it for a spring to hold it on for my sickle bar for the exact reason. Going to shows and keeping intriguing hands away.

Many Onan engines suffer valve seat problems and if the intake valve on a cylinder is not seating completely the pressure leaking past it will cause the problem you are having.

The point here is that they consistently ship faster than anyone else out there. In fact they ship faster than most take to just process the orders. Their communication is immediate including tracking numbers. In addition to all that they always include item’s spec certificates. Who else does that without requesting ? Even requesting it is a problem with most not even understanding what is being requested. The arrangement they have with UPS is unique. Essentially they ship overnight or second day without charging for that service.

That is what I have been using for the past half dozen years, best can in the world for filling tanks located under the seat. Around $ 25 for the 2 1/2 gallon size at Wally World.

Where is the battery mounted now? Years back I used a motorcycle battery mounted in the tool box under the seat on a Predator conversion, worked fine.

Caz I'll run this by Trina and see what we come up with. Thank you very much. As far as the floor or ceiling supports... I've spoken to the builder about the construction of these pole type buildings. The poles are in the ground 4+ feet and obviously quite strong... but... the walls are not. The vertical outer boards are supported by the horizontal purlins set outside the poles. Neither of those are meant to carry bunches of extra weight. That's the reasoning behind needing a roller on the floor, or hanging from the roof trusses. In my case I'd likely do the floor roller because of ease and keeping the weight off the structure. Most of the weight would be resting on the concrete.

The magnum replacement creates a problem for the battery, the starter directly conflicts with the battery location. I’m not sure if I’ll just look for a smaller battery or try to relocate the battery under the seat.

Stood around and shot the breeze all day about Wheelhorses.

had a hitch so shrunk it down for the b60.

My 67 did not have the holes in the frame for the "T" bar. What I did was drill one hole in the deck and connect a chain from the deck to the rock shaft

If you add the belly hitch, front hitch adapter, and the "T" lift found on everything after the early seventies- you can carry just about any "newer" mower deck on that machine. 36 side or rear discharge, 42 side or rear discharge, and the 48. All will work.

I've been using this and it works really well, no spills and shuts off automagically.

Your not going to ceiling so support it from the top with a chain angled up to and eye bolt in the wall above.